Zhang Weiwei drove all the way to No. 17 Wutong Road.

Seeing that he wanted to speak all the way but stopped, Li Lu rolled down the window and lit a cigarette, saying, "Do you want to ask about that Japanese?" ”

"Yes, sir, I can't hide anything from you." Zhang Weiwei nodded and admitted, "I went to Xiao Huang to exchange information and learned about this matter. ”

Li Lu said in a deep voice, "That Japanese man's name is Motokawa, and he is a business spy. We have to buy and sell with Japanese companies, especially the machinery purchased from Toshiba Corporation, and we must not have an accident before delivery. ”

"Spies?" Zhang Weiwei was taken aback.

Li Lu palpitated, sighed, and said, "God opens his eyes." If I hadn't gone to the Friendship Mall, I'm afraid the next time I saw him would probably be in Inland Port, and by then, he would have basically figured out the transaction between us and Toshiba. Do you know who the Englishman was with him? ”

"British Arms Company?" Zhang Weiwei said.

"That's right."

has been following Li Lu, Zhang Weiwei has grown extremely fast in all aspects, and he is the one who knows Li Lu best. Otherwise, he would not be baffled by Li Lu's extreme approach to Benchuan, even though Benchuan's insulting language was infuriating.

Li Lu said, "The 1005 mm tank gun used in the Asian Tiger tank was developed by the British Royal Arsenal, and the Americans made their 1005 mm tank gun on this basis, which is actually an adaptation improvement of the British product." James was the business representative of the British Arms Group. There are inextricable connections in this, and it is easy for Motokawa to get clues from him, and even find out the transactions between us and the Iranian Puda and Iraqi Dalam companies. ”

Zhang Weiwei completely understands that Li Lu is definitely not a person who takes someone's life for a word.

However, Zhang Weiwei would not ask Li Lu how he knew that Benchuan was a commercial espionage, he knew that Li Lu had other sources of intelligence that even he had no permission to know.

Under such circumstances, Benchuan will die sooner or later, and it is better to die early than late, otherwise it will be Li Lu's big gang that will die.

Li Lu said, "Do you know why Grumman asked me to contact me to sell Tomcat fighters to Iran's Puda Company?" Prior to this, Iran had already received fifty Tomcat fighters from Grumman, and it stands to reason that they have a good basis for cooperation. ”

Zhang Weiwei shook his head blankly, "Boss, I can't figure it out." ”

"Lao Zhang, you should learn more about international politics and take the time to make up for this knowledge, especially the history of the Middle East. This is good for your personal development and our career, and it is very necessary. Li Lu said solemnly, "I don't plan to let you be responsible for a certain aspect of the work alone, you still have to be an honest assistant, or even a think tank, so you have to speed up the enrichment of yourself." ”

Zhang Weiwei nodded solemnly, "Boss, I remember." Yesterday I looked for some information and looked at it, and the stalemate between Iran and the United States began with the Iranian revolution, and after the Pahlavi government was overthrown, relations between Iran and the United States fell into the abyss. But I don't understand why Grumman dares to sell Tomcats to Iran if the Americans hate Iran so much. ”

As Li Lu's business extended more and more to the field of arms, Zhang Weiwei's vision was passively stretched and widened, and the factors to be considered were all national politics that the people had always thought were not of concern to the people, which made Zhang Weiwei realize his own shortcomings, so he has been working hard to learn and progress.

In cooperation with Iran's Puda Company and Iraq's Dharam Company, Li Lu made a solution that seemed to be similar but was actually completely different, and generally leaned towards Iran's side. Why this is done is enough for Zhang Weiwei to study for a long time.

Li Lu took a puff of cigarette and said, "The Tomcat fighter is the most advanced and the only carrier-based heavy air control fighter in the world. That is, the Tomcat fighter is advanced and is the main weapon that the Americans restrict exports. What was the relationship between Iran's Pahlavi government and the Americans, and the Americans asked it to do whatever it wanted, and there were almost no people who did not agree, and they were so obedient that they wanted to wear a pair of underwear. Correspondingly, the Pahlavi government wanted to buy Tomcat fighters, and the Americans agreed without hesitation, and they delivered them in a very short time, and fifty of them were sold. At that time, the US Navy was equipped with only seventy or eighty Tomcat fighters. ”

"After the Iranian Revolution, all the policies implemented during the Pahlavi government were overthrown, and as long as they were carried out by the Pahlavi government, all the Iranian governments after the revolution were abolished or adopted the opposite policy. The same is true of foreign policy toward the United States. There are deeper reasons for this, which are too complicated to explain clearly for a while. ”

Li Lu paused and said, "Grumman has to sell Tomcat fighters to Iran now, there are three main reasons, first, they have encountered a financial crisis, which is very dangerous, second, they want to sell to us but we don't have so much foreign exchange, and third, Tomcat fighters, as the main carrier-based fighters of the US Navy in active service, are restricted from exporting." Therefore, they don't have many choices, and if we don't buy them, they can only sell them to old users, and they will do everything they can to sell them. ”

With such an analysis, Zhang Weiwei's eyes suddenly widened, and the ins and outs were very clear.

Zhang Weiwei thought for a while, turned a corner in front, entered Wutong Road, and asked, "Boss, your attitude towards Iran and Iraq is biased towards Iran's side, what is the point here?" ”

"Willingness is complicated, it's not a simple multiple-choice question." Li Ludao, "Maybe in two or three years, I will be biased towards the Iraqi side, and the focus needs to be chosen according to the actual situation." I'm a businessman and don't have any extra-economic views on the Iran-Iraq war. ”

He pondered for a moment and said, "Iran has just finished the revolution and the war broke out, and their situation is very dangerous, especially the lack of expendable weapons and equipment. For us, the two sides are inseparable in order to maximize benefits. Therefore, in the early stage, our sales service should be inclined to Iran. Of course, there are other factors, so I won't go into details. ”

Zhang Weiwei's brows jumped sharply, and he hesitated for a while before asking, "Boss, how do I feel that it is not the troops on the battlefield that decide the outcome of the war, but the arms suppliers who provide weapons and ammunition for the troops?" ”

"It's not bad, you're kind of savvy." Li Lu was a little surprised, Zhang Weiwei was able to realize this so quickly, it was really good, he said, "Some people believe that behind Iran is the Soviet Union, behind Iraq is the United States, the Iran-Iraq war is a proxy war, and the actual confrontation is against the two superpowers in the world." There is nothing wrong with this view, but specifically, the support of the United States and the Soviet Union for both sides is very limited. For us, if we tightly grasp a fundamental thing to do things, there will be nothing wrong. ”

"What fundamentally?" Zhang Weiwei asked.

Li Lu pressed the cigarette butt into the ashtray, spat out a heavy puff of cigarette, and said, "Maximize benefits." ”

Isn't that the essence of a businessman?