A week later, after BAE Systems came forward, Serena received a tender from the Indian Ministry of Defense.

There are only a few pages, except for the basic requirements introduction, there is no more than one word, and the D&F company has to bear the relevant costs.

Obviously, it's just the role of accompanying the prince to study.

Swap it to other companies and they will definitely throw this tender in the trash.

How can there be any reason for the bidding company to pay for its own travel expenses?

Nominally, India is Party A who pays money and puts forward demand, and the bidding company is Party B that provides products and services, and Party A has more right to speak as the main body, but the arms trade has particularity, itself has a monopoly nature, and is dominated by technical strength, so it is usually Party A bears all the costs of bidding, and Party B only needs to send personnel and products to participate in the bidding, and has never heard of Party B paying for its own expenses.

This is especially true in India.

You know, India itself does not have a commendable military industry, and even the industrial system is not sound enough.

For decades, the weapons and equipment used by the Indian army have been almost entirely imported, and a small number of domestically produced weapons have only a symbolic meaning of self-comfort.

Whether it is to purchase fighter jets from France and Russia, or transport aircraft from the United States, after going through the basic bidding process, it is the Indian authorities who send people to these countries for follow-up negotiations, not the winning bidders to send people to India, the key is that India is the weaker party.

To put it simply, it is not the arms companies that are begging India to buy them, but India to the arms companies that are asking them to sell.

It's just that Wang Dong didn't take it to heart.

In his words, it is regarded as a trip to India, and the whole process is accompanied by personnel arranged by the Indian government, and there is no need to ask for a tour guide yourself.

Subsequently, Serena spent a few days preparing, mainly booking hotels.

As for the visa, it is the other way around, because with a British passport, it is visa-free in Commonwealth countries.

Because he was going to travel, Wang Dong brought all the people he could bring with him, but in fact, there were only a few people such as Zhao Yu, Nicholas and Chen Zihao who couldn't go.

Maybe it was to make everyone happy, or maybe it was to save face, Wang Dong asked Serena to charter a flight.

Of course, the advantage of chartering a flight is that it saves you the trouble of connecting flights to London.

Another benefit is that the eight hours from Edinburgh to New Delhi can enjoy the best service, but it doesn't mean much to Wang Dong, because he is used to sleeping during the flight.

When I woke up, I was already at Indira Gandhi International Airport.

When I came out of the airport and saw the bus that came to pick them up, a round-headed passenger car that was very common in major cities in China in the 80s of the last century, I had a feeling of time and space confusion.

This is New Delhi, the capital of India?

Admittedly, the Indira-Gandhi International Airport is a magnificent and modern airport, but leaving the airport is a different world.

Overall, it's as if time has been turned back decades.

Not only Wang Dong, but also others, Serena also called the hotel and asked for the license plate number of the pick-up bus.

Indeed, there is no mistake about it, it was the bus sent by the hotel to pick them up.

A dignified five-star hotel is still using this kind of bus that is older than Wang Dong!

After entering the city, Wang Dong began to wonder whether India had the strength to buy new firearms.

Needless to say, the air pollution is not much better than the worst city Wang Dong has ever seen, the key is the traffic, there are traffic jams everywhere.

It's not that there are too many vehicles, it's that the roads are narrow!

In fact, Wang Dong has been to India before, but not to New Delhi.

During their time in the Military Intelligence Agency, Wang Dong and Luo Qing rarely traveled to South Asia, and the two were mainly active in Africa and Europe, mainly in languages.

Although English is the lingua franca of India, the official language of India is Hindi, and each of India's minority states has its own official language, and there are many unofficial languages in remote areas, so intelligence officers operating in India must be multilingual.

In fact, too many languages are one of the main social problems in India.

Nowhere is this more evident than in education.

After the establishment of independence, the Indian government has been working hard to popularize basic education, although the investment is not much, but it has lasted for decades, the total investment is not small, and India has not eradicated illiteracy, there are still more than half of the people do not master the basic reading and writing skills, too many languages are the main reason.

To put it simply, in schools in India, there are at least two language courses, English and Hindi.

In minority states, an additional language, which is the official language of the state, must be added.

In the period of only a few years of compulsory education, too much time is spent learning the language, and other courses are definitely affected, and the quality of teaching is definitely reduced.

In fact, many Indian students do not learn much during the compulsory education stage.

Due to economic and cultural factors, many Indians have to participate in the labor force after the age of 14, and they are unable to receive more education.

Of course, that's all a stretch.

When he came to New Delhi, Wang Dong's first impression of the city was very bad, even if it was a five-star hotel, it looked extremely old and dilapidated.

In terms of diet, Wang Dong is not very used to it.

It's simple, it's too spicy.

It's not that Wang Dong can't eat spicy, but the spicy in India is not the same as the kind of spicy he is familiar with, and the spicy in India tends to be bitter and spicy, not spicy.

Fortunately, New Delhi is the capital of India and India's gateway to the world.

That night, with the help of the hotel manager, Wang Dong and his team went to the embassy district to find a Chinese restaurant and had a dinner that was not authentic, but barely passable.

Probably very disappointed, no one mentioned tourism, even Wang Dong was not in the mood.

In fact, the weather is also a key factor.

It's the height of summer, and in addition to the heat, there is also humidity.

In Luo Qing's words, I don't want to go anywhere except staying in an air-conditioned room, especially a tourist attraction with many tourists.

Fortunately, everyone knows that coming to India is not for tourism, but for business.

Early the next morning, Wang Dong went to the procurement office of the Indian Ministry of Defense with Serena, accompanied by Luo Qing, Zhao Huang, Tiehu and Gao Jun.

Of course, only Serena and Gao Jun used the identity of the D&F company, and the others were all entourage.

After Serena handed in the bid, the officials of the procurement office asked her to leave her contact number, go back and wait for news, and did not say a word of nonsense.

As for when, that is, when there will be news, the officials of the procurement office do not know.

Wang Dong was a little annoyed, but he could only endure it.

Of course, Wang Dong didn't wait.

Before coming to New Delhi, Mr. Wang contacted Musharraf and asked him to return to Islamabad to see if he could get some support from the Inter-Services Intelligence Bureau.

If Wang Dong plans to do something in India, he needs to find not the Military Intelligence Agency, but the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence Agency.

In a sense, Pakistan's ISI knows India better than the Indians, after all, India is Pakistan's sworn enemy.