The next day, several officers sent by the Navy Command to assist Tan Renhao arrived, and negotiations on reducing the purchase price of the aircraft began in earnest.

After talking with Feng Xiangchu, Tan Renhao no longer had much hope for negotiations. In fact, it was not Feng Xiangchu who came to negotiate on behalf of Ha Fei, but several other senior managers. And on the second day of the negotiations, the problem was refined, which was obviously not the solution to the problem, which only prolonged the negotiations and did not help the Navy in any way. After five days in Hafei, Tan Renhao received a call from the headquarters, and he left several officers behind to continue discussing the details with Hafei, and he flew back to Zhoushan.

Gan Yongxing also returned to Zhoushan at the same time, and after knowing that Gan Yongxing's plane was about to arrive, Tan Renhao decided to wait for the chief of staff at the airport. This time, Gan Yongxing not only went to Songjiang, but also went to Dalian and Guangzhou, and only Weihai had not had time to go. It was Gan Yongxing who let Tan Renhao return to Zhoushan.

"I've also encountered the situation you said." After Gan Yongxing finished talking about Ren Hao's simple story, he also smiled bitterly. "Like the aircraft factories, several major shipyards in the empire are actually controlled by some big capitalists, and a large number of parts and components are outsourced, and if you want to reduce prices, you need to use your brains in the downstream manufacturers, and these downstream manufacturers are also controlled by those big capitalists, to put it bluntly, we are fighting against those big capitalists."

"Does the Headmaster know about this too?"

Gan Yongxing nodded. "I called the principal first, and the principal asked you to come back."

"So we don't have to negotiate with the vendor?"

"No, I'm afraid this has to go on." Gan Yongxing got into the car, and waited until Tan Renhao came up before he continued. "The principal is also annoyed now, maybe he has reported the situation to the prime minister. If this thing is pulled apart. That's not just for our navy. ”

"Maybe the Army is in the same trouble." Tan Renhao immediately thought of the army.

"It's not the Army's business, or rather, it's not our Army's business." Gan Yongxing asked the driver to start the car. "Let's put it this way. If the price factor is not in the hands of the manufacturer, then we have to start in other aspects, not just negotiate with the manufacturer. ”

Tan Renhao didn't ask any more questions, he had already thought of this key question. What really controls the military manufacturing of the empire is the words of some oligarchic capitalists. Then the problem is serious.

"The principal will probably talk to us in detail tomorrow, so you should hurry up and learn more about the situation." Gan Yongxing took out his cigarette and looked a little upset. "In the D section of the archives, there are several important documents that you can take a look at first, which will help you a lot."

Tan Renhao frowned slightly, the personal information stored in the Ding section of the archive room was all personal information that had nothing to do with the navy, and it was here that he found Feng Xiangchu's personal file, he didn't know what Gan Yongxing wanted him to see, but he decided to read it first. At least the chief of staff will not joke on this issue.

"Also, summarize your gains in the past few days as soon as possible, maybe the principal will think that we will summarize the report."

Tan Renhao wrote it down again, and after returning to the naval headquarters, he first completed the summary report of the past few days, and then went directly to the archives to find the useful information that Gan Yongxing said. These materials are secret. Tan Renhao is qualified to access top-secret documents, so he is naturally qualified to access secret documents. When Tan Renhao found those materials in the archives, he understood why Gan Yongxing wanted him to read these documents. This is actually the profile of some of the big capitalists of the empire. Tan Renhao did not leave the archives in a hurry, he also went to the Geng District, where the Empire's domestic industrial documents were stored, to find another important document, and then returned to his office.

The Empire's military-industrial system was extremely complex, originally not so complicated, but the problems exposed in several large-scale wars almost caused the Empire to lose the war. So, in the development of hundreds of years. In order to be able to provide the Imperial army with sufficient weapons and ammunition supplies in extreme situations, the Empire has established a complete and equally complex military-industrial system. Including the nascent aviation industry, its basic form of construction is not much different from the old military industry such as ships, vehicles, artillery, firearms, etc.

Taking Shenfei as an example, before it was officially included in the list of suppliers of the Navy, Shenfei was also a private aircraft factory, and its main customers were not the military, but private and emerging airlines. It was not until the Navy began to officially purchase aircraft from Shen Fei that the nature of Shen Fei underwent major changes, and the most important thing was that the Navy directly injected capital into Shen Fei, which became Shen Fei's first major move. By the outbreak of the war, the navy had already controlled 30% of Shen Fei's equity, but it did not account for more than half of it, so the navy did not directly manage Shen Fei's business, but controlled Shen Fei through the board of directors, so that Shen Fei could develop according to the needs of the navy. To put it bluntly, after the capital injection of the navy, Shen Fei has become a semi-nationalized enterprise from a private enterprise. The same is true for all other companies that have entered the list of suppliers to the army, and neither the army nor the navy will control more than half of the shares, so as to avoid direct control of the enterprises and monopolies, which is also not allowed by the laws of the empire.

Before the outbreak of the war, the Equipment Technology Office and the Logistics Department under the Navy Command were responsible for managing the Navy's assets in various enterprises, which was also an effective means of allowing enterprises to cooperate with the Navy as much as possible. After the outbreak of the war, the Navy was no longer directly responsible for the management of these assets, but handed over management to the Cabinet government. Xue Xiyue also set up the "State-owned Assets Management Office" as early as the beginning of 22, which is directly responsible to the prime minister, and the state-owned assets involved are not only military industries, but also other important basic industries. This was also an effective way for the empire to complete the industrial transformation in a short period of time and allow the empire's economy to quickly enter a state of war, which had a huge effect in the early stage of the war. It can be said that the fact that the empire was able to defeat Japan in just over two years, and that it was able to withstand strong pressure on various battlefields and gradually gain strategic superiority, had a lot to do with the measures taken by the empire to control domestic industry.

Because the empire had a clear decree prohibiting monopolies. At the same time, the government is prohibited from engaging in commercial activities to avoid the emergence of government-business associations that could lead to corruption. As a result, the Imperial Cabinet government did not have direct control over the operations of domestic factories. The "State-owned Assets Management Office" cannot directly intervene in the normal operation of the factory. The only way to avoid violating the law is not to directly manage the business. Therefore, the proportion of state-owned enterprises injected by the imperial government is less than half, and never more than half. And the board of directors elected by the shareholders, as well as the chairman elected by the board of directors, are ordinary businessmen. And not the Reich Government, or an official of the Reich Government.

The problem is that there is not much of a problem with private businessmen managing enterprises, but the problem is that these factories have state-owned assets, that is, private businessmen are operating state-owned assets. Some government decrees will restrict the behavior of these businessmen, but they will not fundamentally prevent the embezzlement of state-owned assets. It can be said that the business tycoons of any empire have a stain on their history and use state-owned assets for personal gain. This is the best way to make a fortune.

The disadvantages of this system are obvious, but so are the benefits. For the Empire, the greatest advantage is that in times of emergency, the whole country can concentrate its forces to fight a war and thus win the war. As for the problems that arise from this, or arise incidentally. Someone tried to find a solution, but it didn't work. Especially in times of war, it is even more impossible to effectively control all state-owned assets. Over the centuries, a pattern has also formed within the empire, that is, in times of war, a large number of state-owned assets are injected into private industry to promote nationalization. As soon as the war is over, the government will gradually sell off its holdings and reduce nationalization. Even the complete revocation of nationalization and the restoration of the market economic system. Of course. This has come and gone, and there have been two large-scale flows, and the loss of state-owned assets in the middle is even more difficult to estimate. A truly savvy businessman can easily find the loopholes and use them to make a fortune and put the country's wealth in his pocket!

It can be said that almost all of the more than 20 big families and big capitalists in the empire started by making war money. For example, the Chi family, which became famous for producing cars after the First Global War. During the First Global War, the Xia family made their fortune by producing guns. Before the First Global War, the chemical industry was the main industry, and later expanded to the ammunition production industry. There was also the Qing family, which was already famous during the Hundred Years War between Tang and Japan. These four big families all made money through war, and eventually became famous families in the empire. Of course, similar to it, there are by no means a few big capitalists who made a fortune by making a fortune in the war, and Duan Yulin is a typical representative.

Fundamentally speaking, the capitalist families of the empire are different from those big families in the West, because in history, the imperial government has repeatedly eradicated these big families that endanger the country, and in the cruel struggle, the capitalist families of the empire have learned a valuable lesson, that is, they will never occupy too much share in a certain industry or even a certain enterprise, and they will never show their heads. This has formed a strange phenomenon, several, or even dozens of families, infiltrate each other, participate in each other's industries, thus dispersing their own assets, and in addition, through marriages, alliances, etc., to form underground alliances. Most importantly, these families never take the initiative to participate in political activities, or even directly participate in economic activities, but support their spokesmen, whose spokesmen realize their interests and promote their influence, while they manipulate them behind the scenes.

In terms of the four major families that controlled the imperial aircraft industry at that time, these four families controlled more than 40% of the shares of the six large aircraft factories, which was already above the shares controlled by the imperial government. But they did not have more than 20 percent of the shares in any of the major aircraft factories, and the shares were nominally distributed among each member of the family, so that each family member controlled even fewer shares. Coupled with other small shareholders, these four families are fully capable of controlling the empire's aircraft industry, and therefore the price of aircraft!

Of course, in terms of politics, the big capitalist families will not allow themselves to be targeted, and the most effective way is not to enter the imperial cabinet government, because any imperial prime minister with a little ambition will not let these big families have a good life. Therefore, these families can achieve their political influence by supporting, supporting, and sponsoring members of Parliament, which is much more cost-effective and less risky than entering the imperial government, or even supporting the imperial prime minister. By gaining a voice in parliament, one was able to interfere in the executive activities of the Prime Minister of the Empire, and even influence the laws of the Empire. For these capitalists, this can be regarded as a rewarding investment, and it is also an important guarantee for the survival of these large families.

When Tan Renhao learned about these situations in the empire in detail, he also knew where the crux of the problem was. As long as these big capitalists still want to make high profits and make a fortune in the country, then they should not think about lowering the price of arms purchases. At the same time, Tan Renhao also vaguely felt that it was these people who were secretly destroying the foundation of the empire, and all of this stemmed from a wartime bill proposed by Prime Minister Xue Xiyue at the end of 21 that has not yet been officially implemented.

For hundreds of years, dozens of imperial prime ministers have recognized that those large families with rich assets are the cancer of the empire, the moth of the empire, and although many prime ministers have fought to eradicate these cancers, the result has not been able to achieve real success. Xue Xiyue also knew the dangers of these big families, in peacetime, Xue Xiyue would not expect the parliament to approve the bills he used to deal with these big families, only in wartime, he had the opportunity to use the enormous power that the prime minister had in wartime to eradicate these cancers that endangered the empire. Therefore, shortly after the outbreak of the war, Xue Xiyue proposed a bill aimed at the complete nationalization of important industries in wartime. As a result, before the bill was officially submitted to the Supreme Court, Xue Xiyue almost collapsed.

Tan Renhao didn't know the content of this wartime bill, but he knew that it was a powerful weapon used by the prime minister against the oligarchic family, and the assassination of the prime minister must be related to this bill, at least now Tan Renhao thought of this!