Sitting down in the living room on the second floor, Wade smiled and nodded to Zhang Weiwei, who handed over the tea, and said, "Zhang, how are you doing?" ”

They are also old friends, showing that in the Asian Tiger project team of the old Guangming Factory, Zhang Weiwei is responsible for the vigilance and security work, and then on the southwest battlefield, Zhang Weiwei also participated in the battlefield research team.

Sitting down and lighting a cigarette, Zhang Weiwei said, "It's good, all aspects of the work are going well, but I still encounter some problems." ”

"Oh? What problems did Li Lu not solve? Wade also means chatting, but I didn't expect Zhang Weiwei to really ask some questions.

Zhang Weiwei said, "We are extremely short of talents, mainly professor-level talents who can teach the technical team. Our leaders often mentioned that your Chrysler Defense technical team is very good, and it would be great if you could have a technical exchange training or something. ”

Wade suddenly laughed and said, "There is a saying, what kind of general leads what kind of soldiers." Li Lu is eager for talents, and the soldiers he brings out are also thinking about talents all the time. Nevertheless, I have great admiration for your respect for talent. Zhang, the Asian Tiger Tank project team is still here, and our technicians are still there, you can continue to study, do research work together, and continue to do research on the improvement of the Asian Tiger Tank, which is a good learning opportunity for your team building. ”

Zhang Weiwei nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, of course, but our boss means to expand the scope of technical cooperation." Our boss likes your tank gas turbine very much, but it would be nice if you could get MTU's automotive diesel engine series technology. ”

Wade suddenly smiled bitterly and asked, "Zhang, is this what Li Lu told you?" ”

Zhang Weiwei smiled and nodded admitted, "Yes, the boss explained in detail last night, he didn't expect Grumman's people to be so hypocritical, and he planned to talk to you about this matter in person, now I can only talk to you about this matter first." ”

There is no doubt that Wade does not dare to underestimate Zhang Weiwei at all. His words are Li Lu's words, and even he is the person who can influence Li Lu's decision the most so far, there is no one. Wade is definitely an old friend of Li Lu, when the Asian Tiger Tank Project was established, Li Lu joined the Guangming Factory for a few days, and even the "behind-the-scenes initiator" of the Asian Tiger Tank Project settled in the Guangming Factory was Li Lu.

Therefore, Wade knows very well that as the only assistant who has been following Li Lu, Zhang Weiwei's status is very special, which is enough to influence some very important decisions of Li Lu. Moreover, talking to Zhang Weiwei first, you can even leave a little leeway, which is a good thing, Wade couldn't be more happy. Li Lu is different from the past, and controlling the Red Star Defense Company is equivalent to controlling all the foreign exchange of the company. Theoretically speaking, Red Star Defense has complete autonomy over foreign exchange, in other words, the foreign exchange obtained from cooperation with Iran's Puda Company and Iraq's Dharam Company belongs to the company.

It is conceivable how great the power of the general manager of the Red Star Defense Company is, but the specific environmental restrictions are not very prominent now. There is less than 100 million US dollars in foreign exchange reserves in the whole country, and you have hundreds of millions of foreign exchange in your hands, and you still want to use it independently, which is too funny.

The price is the price, saying a thousand things and ten thousand, in the final analysis, it is the price.

There's nothing you can't work with, and there's nothing you can't sell, as long as the price is right.

"Put the gas turbine aside." "I think what you want is a large-scale technical cooperation between Red Star and Chrysler Defense, mainly with a focus on diesel engines and on-board communications equipment," Wade said. That's right, Zhang? ”

Zhang Weiwei nodded, "Yes, you are very accurate. ”

Wade is the top person in charge of the foreign technical team of the Asian Tiger tank, and of course he knows which aspects of technology Huaxia lacks the most, and which aspects of technology are most urgently obtained. The engine and electronics are the most important of them, and the on-board communication equipment is the key to the electronic equipment.

"Okay, let's talk about it in detail." Wade said.

Zhang Weiwei and Wade are talking here, and in the reception room on the first floor, the conversation between Li Lu and Wells has gradually entered the substantive content.

Wells said, "Mr. Lee, the point of contention at the moment is that as an intermediary contact, your primary right. As a precondition for the transfer of the swept wing technology, your responsibility is to complete the communication with the Iranian Puda company and then the goods are delivered through your Red Star Maschinenbau Co., Ltd. ”

Li Lu said, "I mean, you don't have to think about the matter on the side of the Iranian Puda company, and don't even worry about the outcome of my communication with them. Your Grumman company's purpose is to dispose of the twenty-four Tomcats in stock, so I'll pay for the Tomcats, along with your variable sweep wing technology. The transaction between Red Star Maschinenbau GmbH and Grumman ended after you completed the transfer of the variable sweep wing technology. It's simple. ”

Wells frowned and said, "Mr. Lee, this is tantamount to a deal between Grumman and Red Star, I have to warn you, that is hundreds of millions of dollars in goods, and if you fail to negotiate with the Iranian side, your losses are immeasurable." ”

The unit price of a fighter of the same level as the Tomcat is 20 million to 30 million US dollars on the market, of course, this is the manufacturer's quotation, and what kind of surcharge is needed in the intermediate link needs to be based on the actual situation.

Wells naturally knew that the price of disposing of inventory would definitely not be the same as the market price, and he had an account book in his heart, even if it was at a six-fold price, it was a total purchase and sale worth more than $400 million. He may not doubt that Li Lu can come up with so much money, but he is skeptical that Li Lu can make a deal with Iran's Puda Company.

Taking a puff of his cigarette, Li Lu said, "Mr. Wells, that's right, this is the deal between Red Star and Grumman, one hand to pay and the other to deliver." You don't have to worry about not being able to handle the inventory, you just need to do a good job of after-sales service. ”

Wells hesitated and said, "As far as I know, your Red Star Maschinen-Building Co., Ltd. is nothing more than a fledgling automobile factory, which now mainly produces tractors. Mr. Li, it's not that I doubt your strength, it's just that I have also done an understanding that there is not much foreign exchange you can use in the Red Star Defense Company. ”

Li Lu said with a smile, "Then have you ever understood that I have tens of millions of barrels of crude oil, and as long as I need it, tens of millions of barrels per year is not a difficult task." ”

"What!?" Wells was taken aback.

Obviously, Wells made a judgment in an instant - such a crucial information was either concealed by Wade, or even Wade did not know about it.

Li Lu said slowly, "Red Star (Hong Kong) International Trade Co., Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Red Star Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd., I think there is no problem that cannot be overcome by using Hong Kong dollars for transactions, or troublesome conversion into US dollars." Of course, the last thing Grumman needs to worry about is my financial strength. Mr. Wells, I know you very well, and it was precisely because of your vigorous lobbying that the Pahlavi government decided to purchase Tomcat fighters that you are familiar with the Middle East, so you should know very well what it means for me to have good relations with the warring parties in the current Iran-Iraq war. I am the only one who dares to sell arms to both of them at the same time, and I am the only one who can get crude oil and even oil fields from both of them at the same time. ”

Wells was completely shocked, he was a Middle East expert, and he knew the geographical relationship there very well. At least there is one thing he will not deny - at present, there will be no second person who can maintain good relations with Iran and Iran at the same time, except for the young man in front of him.

Either on the side of Iran, on the side of Iraq, or on the side of Iraq, and on the premise of not selling military materiel to either side. If you sell to one of them, the other side will be full fire and will treat you as an enemy.

Even the Americans did not dare to do this.

But Li Lu dared, to be exact, the poor and crazy evil rabbit dared, and the two Yi chose a tacit attitude because they had their own considerations. It doesn't matter if the evil rabbit is bold, or if you are poor and crazy, you can fight yourself, or you choose a clever time, the facts are the facts, and it is very clear there.

If you dare to trade directly with Iran's Puda Company, Grumman Company still needs to take off your pants and fart in such a big circle to find Li Lu here? Not only do they not dare, they can't, and they are very likely to be rejected by the other party.

However, while Wells was shocked, he didn't see the danger of Li Lu. Li Lu was actually stepping on the tightrope at this time, and under the tightrope was an abyss. He had to balance the forces on both sides, and each side was made up of different parties, maintaining a delicate balance, otherwise it would be doomed.

The new Guangming plant and the emerging company are counted as one interest party, the foreign exchange management department is counted as one party, Iran's Puda and Iraq's Dharam are a pair of needle-to-wheat combinations, plus several Japanese companies involved in the merger: Mitsui Corporation, Toshiba Corporation and Fuji Heavy Industries, and now there is another Grumman, and it is very likely that there will be a West German MBB company in the future......

With oil as the fulcrum, Li Lu has pried up these heavyweight enterprises in such a short period of time, and what he can really provide support for this is only the Red Star Factory in the seedling state and the Fenyuan Company, which is completely inadequate. As for other chaotic industries, they simply can't reach even a fraction of these big trade orders.

One is prosperous and one is lost, this is Li Lu's dangerous situation.

Each place needs to be calculated accurately to the number of days, otherwise, if the time difference between the foreign exchange paid by the two parties in Iran Puda and Iraq's Dharam to the specific interest party is used to the extreme, it will be a great test of his planning skills.

After about half a cigarette, Wells slowly came to his senses, reached out and picked up the large front door on the coffee table, although he was not used to smoking such flue-cured tobacco, he still lit one and took a deep breath, and said, "So, Mr. Li, you plan to use oil fields or crude oil as security?" ”

"Yes." Li Lu readily admitted, "I will not pay in a lump sum, but will complete the payment in three to five years." ”

"It can't be." Wells shook his head flatly in refusal.

Li Lu said, "Mr. Wells, don't be busy refusing yet. ”

He slowly rolled up the sleeves of his dark blue overalls jacket and said, "It's not a good thing for Grumman to have a lot of money in the account in the short term. The U.S. Navy has as many as three aircraft carriers launched in the next two years, and more than 100 carrier-based aircraft to be replaced. I think it is precisely you, as producers, who are afraid of receiving orders from the US Navy. ”

Wells was silent, the other party knew no less than he did.

Because there was an agreement many years ago, until the production of nearly 500 Tomcat fighters was completed, the transaction price could not be renegotiated. In other words, before the production of 500 Tomcat fighters is completed, Grumman will continue to deliver the aircraft to the US Navy, and millions of dollars will be paid for each Tomcat.

How did the twenty-four Tomcat fighters in stock come from?

It was a fighter that Grumman withheld, because once it was delivered to the US Navy, losses would occur. The U.S. Navy also did not want to push Grumman to a dead end, so it turned a blind eye, but sooner or later the agreement had to be fulfilled. If the U.S. Navy knew that Grumman had a lot of money on its books, they would have thought that Grumman would be able to insist on producing 500 Tomcats, and would have asked for the contract to continue......

Li Lu said, "I use crude oil as a guarantee, and even the right to exploit oil fields, your interests will not be damaged, and I believe that in the future, we will have a broader space for cooperation." ”

Wells understood what Li Lu meant, for Grumman, this was a life-continuation plan, and he also knew that Li Lu would definitely not be able to come up with hundreds of millions of dollars at once. This is almost the only option that the two sides have been able to agree on so far.

The point is, Grumman doesn't have a second option.

It is impractical to expect the funds of the Eight Masters Reform Project in cooperation with Huaxia to keep the business running.

"Mr. Li, I think I need to report to the senior management, and I hope that your proposal will be approved by the senior management of the company." Wells sighed slightly and said.

Li Lu smiled, "No problem, but the next time we meet, it will be in the dry port." Mr. Wells, welcome to the dry port and visit my Red Star Factory, I believe you will be pleasantly surprised. ”

"I hope so." Wells forced a smile.

He couldn't be happier, and the way he was talking about it was completely different from what he imagined. The facts show that he met a Chinese man who was not easy to deal with.

Wade came downstairs at the right time, and it seemed that he had a preliminary conversation with Zhang Weiwei, and his smile was quite bright. He walked over and said to Li Lu with a smile, "Lu, are you interested in McDonnell Douglas' MD-82 project?" I think we can work together. ”

Li Lu shook his head decisively and said, "No, I'm not optimistic. ”

"Why? The MD-82 is a promising airliner. Wells was stunned and interjected.

You know, this is what Wade is busy with in Shanghai, but so far he has not found a chance to cooperate and get a piece of the pie.

Li Lu smiled, "No, I'm not optimistic about McDonnell Douglas, of course, I'm still very interested in their technology." When they are about to go out of business, or are facing a merger, I will consider buying machinery and equipment that they are willing to sell. ”

Not only Wells, but even Wade was stunned when he heard this.

Without giving them time to think, Li Lu smiled and waved his hand, and said, "Two, I won't be far away." Mr. Wells, we'll see you at the dry port. ”

Send them out.

Before getting into the car, Wade's hand stopped at the door handle and said, "He thinks McDonnell Douglas is going to go out of business?" ”

"Maybe it's a merger, or maybe an acquisition." Wells was a little distraught.

He even thought that Li Lu was warning him in circles, to be precise, pointing out the weakness of Grumman's company. In fact, it will be more than a decade before McDonnell Douglas is acquired by Boeing. Grumman also has more than a decade to live.

How could Wade understand the words of the future people, he shook his head helplessly, and said, "Lu this person, he likes technology, likes independent research and development, the MD-82 project is just an assembly project in Huaxia, and it is reasonable that he is not interested." ”

Wells suddenly asked, "Wade, you know, he said he has oil fields, oil fields in the Persian Gulf, and tens of millions of barrels of crude oil. ”

Wade was stunned, then his expression slowly reset, becoming thoughtful, and for a while, he sighed deeply and said, "He's a terrible person." ”

"What does that mean?" Wells was puzzled.

Wade sighed deeply again, and said in Huaxia, "Follow Li Lu, eat fragrant and drink spicy." ”

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