On January 5, at the 13th of the City God's Temple, an important informal negotiation was underway.

Li Lu did not wait for Lloyd of MBB Company, nor did he wait for Chen Leihu of Pujiang District, but it turned out to be Wells, the commercial representative of Grumman Company. Wade accompanied him to No. 13 of the City God Temple early in the morning to see Li Lu.

If it weren't for Wade, Wells would never have believed that this young Chinese man in front of him was capable of solving Grumman's current predicament. It is not a simple matter to trade arms in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

Wells rested his arms on his knees, crossed his hands, and said to Li Lu, "Mr. Li, I'm afraid we can't agree to your conditions." Variable swept wing technology is one of the core technologies of our company, regardless of the limitation of technology output, for the benefit of our company, we will not transfer. ”

After the previous pleasantries, Wells began to talk about the core issues.

Wade said, "Lu, I personally understand your desire for technology, maybe you choose another one or even several technologies, at least the military meaning is not so strong, and the specific implementation is much less difficult." ”

Wells continued, "Mr. Li, you are an important contact to help us finalize the deal, and we can make some concessions on the distribution of profits. Your good relationship with the Iran Puda company is indeed what we rely on. ”

Taking a puff of cigarette, Li Lu narrowed his eyes slightly, first glanced at Wade, and then his eyes fell on Wells's face, and he said, "I have already said that the variable sweep wing technology is the basic condition, and without this foundation, it is impossible to talk about a series of things behind." In view of my excellent personal relationship with Mr. Wade, I can introduce you to Shapur, Deputy General Manager of the Iranian Puda Company. ”

In other words, you can talk about it yourself.

Wells, who is almost fifty years old, really underestimates him if he happily agrees. He knew very well that if Grumman went directly to contact Iran's Puda Company, there would only be one result - the talks collapsed. In all likelihood, there will not even be a chance to talk. The Iranians see the United States as their worst enemy, how can they possibly do business with American companies.

Iran at this time was not the Iran of the Pahlavi dynasty.

Li Lu said this, which is tantamount to clearly closing the door to any cooperation - there is no change in swept wing technology, and everything is not discussed.

His attitude was very resolute.

Li Lu didn't wait for them to speak, and said to Wade, "Mr. Wade, I don't think we have to waste time on this, I will get in touch with the Iranian Puda Company as soon as possible." You know, they have an office in the dry port, and I'll make the situation clear. ”

Shaking his head helplessly, Wade looked at Wells and inquired with his gaze.

Wells pondered, and he said to Li Lu, "Mr. Li, please give us a few minutes. ”

Li Lu stood up and said, "No problem, you guys have a good discussion." ”

He headed to the second floor, leaving time and space for Wade and Wells.

Wade said, "Orsson, I don't think Grumman's top brass is going to bite the wrecker technology. So what's the matter, don't forget, you're competing with other companies for the 82 Improvement Project, which is exporting advanced avionics systems, including advanced airborne radar. As a general contractor, you can get hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts. ”

Wells groaned and said, "I know where the focus should be, in fact, given that the Navy has approved the negotiations between General Dynamics and Huaxia on the LM2500 gas turbine, and Sikorsky's Black Hawk helicopter is also in the list of weapons introduced by Huaxia, the transfer of variable swept wing technology, although there is no restriction problem, but my question is, he, you, a Chinese kid named Li Lu, is he really capable of selling twenty-four Tomcat fighters?" ”

A business worth six or seven billion dollars, Wells has such suspicions, and that is not unusual at all.

Wade said in a deep voice, "Orsson, Chrysler Defense Company and Huaxia Guangming Factory, well, it should be called Red Star Defense Company now about the Asian Tiger main battle tank project, you should understand." Maybe you don't know, our Asian Tiger tanks have already received an order for a hundred units, the buyer is the Iranian company Puda. Being able to get through this deal with a big truck is Li Lu's efforts. Well, it's what you said about the Chinese children who contributed to it by themselves. The price is also good. ”

"Are you telling the truth?" Wells' eyes widened.

He knew that Chrysler Defense had done well in Huaxia, and Wade had come to Huaxia many earlier than him, but he didn't know that Chrysler Defense had made such great progress. An order for hundreds of main battle tanks means hundreds of millions of dollars in profits.

Wells, exactly, is Grumman really refusing to transfer the variable swept wing technology out of taboo considerations, obviously not. These arms enterprises, which are in the leading line of the world's military technology, will never believe that any country can surpass them and transfer some mature technology, as long as there is a profit.

What's more, at this time, Grumman is very eager to sell the production line and a full set of technology of the Tomcat fighter to Huaxia! What is the variable swept wing technology? The only problem they encountered was actually very simple - the asking price was too high, and Huaxia simply didn't have that much money.

"Believe me, as long as he changes the swept wing technology, it is already a big concession." Wade said in a deep voice, "What would you do if he asked for technical information on the engine or even the airborne radar?" Orson, listen to me, finalize this deal as soon as possible, dispose of the inventory, and get out of the financial crisis as soon as possible. ”

Wells looked at Wade and asked, "Did you hear anything?" ”

Wade spread his hands and said, "Grumman has always been a major supplier to the Navy, and you guys are in the way of a lot of people's money, or in the near future, they will attack Tomcat fighters." ”

The Tomcat fighter is Grumman's weakness, and the Tomcat is also defeated, but even Wade, who has access to the core congressional members of the White House, cannot predict how Grumman's competitors will start. The refusal to compensate for the Tomcat project has almost broken the backbone of Grumman, and if it weren't for the Pahlavi government's intervention, Grumman would have needed to be prefixed long ago.

All in all, Wade made it clear to Wells that he meant one thing - don't be pretentious, you can't even hold your job, and you're still struggling with what kind of sweeping wing technology or something. Wells is well aware of this truth, the company is gone, and all the technology is fake.

Doesn't he know that many competitors have been trying to swallow Grumman?

Wells was well aware that Grumman had held the Navy's largest order for decades, and it had been long-term, and had already been coveted by others.

He can even see that the reason for the increasing pressure is that this decade will be a decade of great development in the construction of the US Navy, which means tens of billions of massive orders.

Patting Wells on the shoulder, Wade said, "If you change your mind, I'll go and get down and talk about something substantial." ”

Wells lit a cigarette, took a deep puff, and said, "That's it, I'll talk to him in detail." ”

Wade smiled and nodded, got up and asked Li Lu to come down on the second floor.