In the end, Qin Lang decided to meet with the officers of the army first. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Their arrival in San Diego must have something to do with business, and the two gentlemen of the Admiralty's shipbuilding department, whatever news they brought, were obviously unlikely to bring him income. The Great Viper Arms Company does not produce naval guns or armor steel, let alone warships, and the business of the Navy is completely insulated from it.

Business is always paramount, at all times.

There was only one thing that made Qin Lang feel dissatisfied: the impression left on him by several officers sent by the army was not very good.

"I'm Desmond Harrington," the lieutenant colonel of the lead said, with a simple look on his face, "and they're my fellow ......: Major James MacDonald."

Qin Lang listened to his introduction absentmindedly, and at the same time slowly looked at the four officers sent by the War Department. The arrogant lieutenant colonel was the tallest officer and the oldest of them all—at least it seemed. But the other three officers, two Army majors and one Army captain, didn't seem much younger.

The U.S. Army is now a small force with a low top rank, officers are unusually slow to be promoted, and the likelihood of becoming a general is slim.

Of course, this did not prevent Lieutenant Colonel Harrington from behaving like an arrogant general. But who cares about him? The arrogance of a lieutenant colonel officer who served in an army that was perhaps not as strong as the Montenegrin Army[Note] had the only effect of making him look extremely ridiculous.

It is a pity that Lieutenant Colonel Harrington did not realize this.

He was still saying loudly, "...... We have been appointed by the Federal Department of the Army to negotiate with the Grand Viper Arms Company on all matters relating to the transfer of the rights to the production of the Predator rifle and the .308 Viper rifle cartridge......"

The news that Qin Lang expected was neither good nor bad. Until the U.S. government closed the Springfield Arsenal in the fifties, it was the U.S. Army's primary rifle production base - and in peacetime, it was the only factory that produced rifles for the U.S. Army.

Therefore, if the US Army decides to replace the Kragg-Jorgensen rifle, which has been in production for less than four years, with the Predator rifle, the War Department will certainly ask the Grand Viper Arms Company to transfer the production rights.

Qin Lang didn't mind transferring the production power of rifles, and of course Rachel was too-as long as the increase prescribed by the War Department was appropriate, everything would be fine.

"The Department of the Army has decided to adopt the Predator rifle as the standard rifle for the Army," Harrington began to read a document, "though the Department of the War believes that while your Big Viper Weapons Company has the ability to develop this rifle, it still does not have the ability and qualifications to produce weapons for the federal army, so it ......"

"Lieutenant Colonel Harrington," Rachel smiled, "do you mind if I bring in the company's legal counsel?" I think there may be some legal issues involved in the discussion in a little while. ”

The lieutenant colonel briefly lost his mind for a few seconds—even though he was fifty years old, a beautiful young lady still made his heart beat faster when she smiled at him. "Of course, ma'am." He replied, "You can bring your legal counsel here." In fact, Captain Bacon is our legal expert. ”

"Thank you, Lieutenant Colonel." Rachel glanced at Captain Kevin Bacon, a forty-year-old officer who looked less like a legal expert and more like a butcher. But...... Since the War Department considers him a legal expert, then he is a legal expert.

She didn't care about the captain, turned to the secretary and nodded, and then the secretary got up and left. After a while, she walked into the conference room with the company's legal counsel.

The legal counsel of the Great Viper Weapons Company looks to be in his thirties, which is a relatively young man in the legal profession. But he was a real legal expert, a graduate of Yale University, who had been working for Wall Street financial moguls until Morgan hired him and placed him at Viper Arms; He is a cunning fox.

Moreover, Qin Lang and Rachel are by no means easy negotiation opponents to deal with. As a result, as soon as the negotiations began, the army officers felt that they were in serious trouble.

Although Qin Lang and Rachel agreed to transfer the production rights of the Predator rifle, there was a serious and irreconcilable difference between the two sides on the terms of the transfer - the War Department planned to buy the production rights of the rifle for a lump sum of $100,000, but Qin Lang and Rachel's demands were much higher than that.

Qin Lang refused to transfer the right to produce weapons at one time, no matter which way you look at it, this is a loss-making business.

His reasoning is simple: based on the historical records he knows, the total production of the Kragg-Jorgensen rifle, the Springfield M1903 rifle, and the M1917 rifle is probably close to three million units. Even taking into account that the M1903 was developed to replace the Kragg, and the M1917 was a replacement for the M1903, the total production of the Predator rifles, which could replace all three rifles, should have exceeded at least two million units. [Note 2]

Two million rifles, a hundred thousand dollars, they can't be equated in any way - not even a tenfold increase.

Therefore, Qin Lang would never agree with the War Department to obtain the right to produce rifles at one time.

He had a completely different proposal: the War Department would be granted the right to produce it for a symbolic price of one dollar, and then, for the next twenty-five years, the federal-owned arsenals would pay a three-dollar license fee to the Grand Viper Arms Company for each rifle produced, while the Grand Viper Arms Company would retain the right to sell Predator rifles in the civilian arms market and abroad.

Lieutenant Colonel Harrington and three of his colleagues did not like this suggestion. Although they did not object to the Grand Viper Arms Company retaining the right to sell rifles in the civilian market and abroad, it would never be possible to pay it three dollars per rifle for twenty-five years.

That's a lot of money!

Just to replace the Kragg rifles that had already been produced, the Springfield Arsenal needed to produce 100,000 new guns, and if Qin Lang's requirements were followed, the War Department would need to pay him $300,000......

In God's name, three hundred thousand dollars! This cunning businessman made a full two hundred thousand more at once.

And that's not all the War Department will have to pay. Who can say how many rifles the Army will need in twenty-five years? Maybe 300,000, maybe 500,000, maybe more...... So Qin Lang and his partner could happily count the banknotes.

And all they have to do is count the bills.

This is so despicable that his advice is nothing short of blackmail! Naked blackmail! For a moment, Harrington even thought that Qin Lang was not an honest Chinese at all, but a damned, overly shrewd Jew.

Harrington was now starting to hate Qin Lang.

And his young and beautiful partner, who is simply a female demon.

Yet at this moment, it seemed like he could do nothing. Qin Lang and Rachel are both cunning professional businessmen, and the legal counsel they hire is an extremely formidable enemy. And the situation is in their favor.

The .308 Viper rifle cartridge used in the Predator rifle is a proprietary product of the Grand Viper Weapons Company, and no factory can produce this high-performance bullet without the company's authorization - but it is also the most desirable thing for the War Department. It was precisely because of the .308 Viper rifle cartridge that the War Department made the decision so quickly to replace the "Kragg" with the Predator.

Otherwise, with the number of supporters of the "Krag" rifle in the army, even if the quarrel is extended for another ten months, nothing will come of it.

Qin Lang was obviously very aware of this problem, which is why he put forward such high conditions. The War Department will either satisfy him, or invest itself in the development of a new sharp-pointed ...... Oh, it's still impossible, he registered a patent for the shape of the spiked bullet in the name of the company!

And now, behind the Big Viper Weapons Company are five large consortia and banks, and it is said that there are also Qin Lang's friends in the Senate, which means that the War Department must seriously consider the possible consequences no matter what means it intends to use.

Worse still, the law upholds their power. They always find the right provisions to defend their points of view and to refute the points raised by the officers with other provisions. The officers could not force them to accept the conditions of the War Department, or even put on a threatening posture - there was a lawyer by profession who could take anyone to court.

However, wrestling with complex legal terms is not a job that officers are good at.

Poor Captain Bacon. Harrington looked sadly and sympathetically at his "legal expert." He's now in a state of collapse. But how long have the negotiations been? Maybe only ten minutes, maybe fifteen minutes, but Captain Kevin Bacon had reached the point where he had nothing to say.

He turned his gaze to the two majors. They are putting up a stubborn resistance in vain, but defeat is a simple matter of time.

The situation is very sinister. Harrington thought about it briefly and decided to retreat for the time being. "Mr. Qin, Miss McBride, I think this is the end of today's talks," he said, "and my colleagues and I have just made a long journey and are not very energetic. ”

"I understand, Lieutenant Colonel Harrington." Qin Lang stood up, "Then, let's talk about it tomorrow." ”

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Note: According to a booklet on the military power of various countries produced by the General Staff of the German Army before World War I, the United States Army ranks behind the Montenegrin Army

Note 2: The total production of Krag rifles was 500,000 units, with more than 2 million M1917 rifles and an unknown number of M1903s, while the U.S. Army also received 280,000 American-made Mosin-Nagan rifles during World War I. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the WWW.CMFU.COM, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )