Colonel Wilson looked at Lin Qing with an angry look on his face, and he still had a smile on his face, obviously he was used to bargaining with others, and others looked angry, but business is business, who knows if Lin Qing is really angry or pretending? Wilson believes that as long as he lowers the price now, the smile on Lin Qing's face will immediately bloom like a flower. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"This price is too high, Colonel Wilson, it's not the first time we've done business, I think you should know what kind of person I am, if it weren't for the outrageous price, I wouldn't be so angry・・・・・・・"

"And it's not just a matter of price, it's a matter of attitude・・・・・・"

"I can't see the sincerity of the Dutch government at this price, I think I'll go to Germany, I'll go to France and they'll be more than happy to sell me their warships that are about to be decommissioned, and you know, every old warship needs expensive maintenance."

"・・・・・・'re done, I'm done!"

Lin Qing's mouth was like a machine gun, and he kept talking for five minutes, and finally felt a little uncomfortable in his throat, stopped and picked up the water cup and took a sip of water.

"Count Lin Qing, I don't think the price is too high this time, but I think it is a very reliable price, in your eyes Admiral Grau is already a very old cruiser, but in the eyes of him he is not old at all, although the cruiser Admiral Grau has been more than sixty years old."

"But this ship has undergone major renovations and repairs in the eighties of the last century, and his actual concept is fully in line with the needs of modern warfare, and he is also equipped with advanced anti-missile systems, radars, communication systems, etc., which are perfect, although not the most advanced, but I think it is absolutely enough for the Palawan government to deal with the Philippine government, of course, if the Palawan government wants to build a complete naval port, we can discuss it separately・・・・・・" Wilson always had a smile on the corner of his mouth, He didn't hurry or talk to Lin Qing, and he didn't listen to Lin Qing's complaints just now.

"The Cotton Ale-class frigate is even more perfect, although he is a product of the eighties of the last century, but we look at the cruisers, frigates, destroyers of various countries in the world, most of the active ships of the mainstream countries are the products of the eighties of the last century, and even the seventies, Cotton Ayre is not outdated, Germany currently has seven active Cotton Ale-class frigates, namely Bremen, Reinland Palatinate", "Nieder Saxony" ・・・・・・"

"Not only Germany, but also Greece ten ships are in service, all of which were purchased by Greece from the Netherlands at the end of the last century, not only that, but also the United Arab Emirates and two, a total of more than 30 Cotton Ayres in the world are in service, which should show his excellence, especially the COGOG propulsion system it uses, which is now the world's top level ・・・・・・・"

Lin Qing listened to what Colonel Wilson said for a long time, which meant that the Dutch warships were very good, very advanced, and very trustworthy, and there were still dozens of ships in service in the world・・・・・

"Colonel Wilson, I understand everything you said, but you know, I am an arms dealer, I want benefits, the price you give is really unreliable, when the British Niteroi class was sold to Brazil, it cost less than 200 million US dollars, and the same level of Niteroi class has a cruising range of 1,000 nautical miles more than your Cotton Ayre class, the speed is two knots higher, and the anti-ship missiles are more advanced than yours・・・・・・"

"Colonel Wilson, if it was a warship during World War II, the price of a battleship had never been higher than $300 million, and the most expensive was an Iowa-class battleship sold by the United States, which should have cost $200 million. And I think you should know that battleships and cruisers are not units of the same magnitude. ”

Lin Qing shrugged his shoulders, obviously not very satisfied with the price given by the Netherlands, but do business, the Dutch side can ask for a price, and he can also bargain on the ground, the competition is patience, see who is impatient first.

Wilson and the two officers beside him whispered something to each other, they should be negotiating the price, obviously Prince William has a lot of trust in this Colonel Wilson, the last time he negotiated, Wilson had the absolute right to decide, it seems that this time he also has the absolute right to decide.

This is not the last time there was a small arms deal, and the amount of the deal was not large, this time it was a deal of three warships and warships and a variety of national defense weapons, but the first thing to talk about was the largest part.

"Mr. Lin Qing, how about packing three warships for you at a 20% discount?" Colonel Wilson and the three discussed in a low voice for a long time, and finally agreed to give a price of 20% off, which looked the same as a supermarket discount promotion.

Although everyone usually sees it in supermarkets, convenience stores, and shopping malls, and they don't think it's a big discount, but it is different in front of the unit price of $1.7 billion, saving Lin Qing $340 million, which is enough for Lin Qing to buy another Cotton-El-class frigate.

Lin Qing still shook his head, although the eight-percent discount given by Wilson was already a discount, but it couldn't withstand the Dutchman's price increase was too high, the price of a Cotton-El-class frigate with a unit price of 400 million US dollars was far higher than Lin Qing's psychological expectations, and the purchase of the cruiser Admiral Grau at 560 million US dollars also far exceeded Lin Qing's expectations.

The price that Lin Qing was looking forward to was $300 million to buy the Cotton-Ale-class frigate and $400 million to buy the cruiser Admiral Grau, which he also calculated, and the Dutch government would not only not suffer a loss, but also make a lot of money.

"Mr. Earl, seven percent off, this is our low price!" After arguing for more than half an hour, Colonel Wilson once again quoted a price, which was slowly approaching the low price in Lin Qing's heart, but there were still some gaps, Lin Qing still planned to work hard, after all, the money saved now was his own money.

"Welsh Colonel, I think our price is still somewhat negotiable, don't you? I think we should be able to sit down and talk about it, because it's a mutually beneficial business for me and the Dutch government. ”

Lin Qing knew that the Dutch government wanted to sell the warship, otherwise, he would not have put the Admiral Grau cruiser in the picture album when he bought weapons last time, and he was obviously ready to sell it for a long time, but they didn't want to admit it now.

If the Dutch government asked Lin Qing to take the initiative to push the battleship, then the price would not be the current price, and now the Dutch government dared to offer such a high price, it was entirely because Lin Qing took the initiative to talk to them, they dared to offer such a high price, and they were not afraid of scaring Lin Qing away.

Only people living in Europe can know that there have been big problems in the European economy in recent years, and the Dutch government is also facing such a problem, constantly reducing government spending every year, and also reducing military spending.

Now that the Dutch warships had reached the point where they had to be replaced, they did not have enough money to buy new warships, so they could only raise the price of the old warships.

Colonel Wales shook his head: "Mr. Earl, if you are willing to buy a seven-fold discount, we will directly retire two Cotton-Ale-class frigates to you, and at the same time we promise not to dismantle any equipment, of course, if you insist on lowering the price, we can only dismantle some of the radar supporting facilities on the ship, as long as you are willing to accept a warship without any modern weapons and equipment, the five-fold price is not impossible." ”

After Wilson finished speaking, he also bought a pass, looked at Lin Qing with a smile on his face, and then slowly spoke: "We will dismantle the radar system, fire control system, and missile system on the battleship, you should know that these things can be sold on the international arms market and can be sold at a good price, I'm right!" After speaking, he spread his hands helplessly, obviously the price of seven percent off is already a low price.

Lin Qing nodded helplessly, and finally agreed to this price, after all, most of the arms sold by European and American countries to Asia are castrated versions, if it is not a castrated version, the price will be very expensive, if you don't disassemble the equipment and drive away directly, Lin Qingqing is taking a big advantage.

In fact, the reason why I was able to take these three warships and bargain was because the Dutch economy was also in a recession, and the annual defense budget was very large, which was a heavy burden for the Dutch government.

Every country in the world is not like the United States, China, and Russia, which has a defense budget of tens of billions or hundreds of billions every year, and a country like the Netherlands has an annual defense budget of more than a billion, occasionally billions, after all, there is not much international affairs for the Netherlands, unlike the Americans who go all over the world to be policemen, and they will beat whoever is unhappy, and they don't have to be like Japan, which is ambitious all day long to dominate here and where, so it is good to maintain domestic stability and not be too outdated.

After all, the Netherlands lives next to Erdezi, a military power, and next door there is a 10,000-year-old-stirring stick called Britain, not to mention France, an army power, the navy can't do the British, and the army can't do Germany and France, why do you spend so much military money every year? Just make do with it, and as long as the price is right, they are happy to sell something to cover their military expenses.

(To be continued.) )