426 Happy development
Li Guang threw the first task force to Zheng Xuechang and returned to Datang Island directly.
Why are you in such a hurry? It's kind of weird.
The finances of Haitang Kingdom were suddenly abundant, so that Premier Yuan was a little at a loss and didn't know how to spend the money.
In the past four or three years, Premier Yuan had planned to work hard for one year to create $24 million, or about 1 billion Tang Yuan, for the Navy Resistance Army, both in terms of government and business. But suddenly there were a couple more "windfall" incomes.
That absurd movie is expected to bring a net profit of 60 million US dollars to Haitang Kingdom.
The three technologies of the aircraft carrier have won 100 million US dollars in free assistance for Haitang.
And the napalm sold by Su Zizi to the U.S. military, if nothing else, can create at least another $40 million in tax revenue for Haitang Kingdom. Su Zizi sells napalm at a price of $2,000 a ton. And the government is going to take 1,000 dollars a tonne. Not to mention how others feel, even Premier Yuan feels a little blushing, the tax is too heavy. The production technology funds are all Su Zizi's, the sales are Li Guanggan's, and the government is only organizing escorts. The tax was too heavy, and Su Zizi didn't bargain at all. In the end, it is the businessmen who are black, or the officials who are black. This is a topic. Premier Yuan found out about his conscience, so he helped Su Zizi with some small favors. So much so that Yuan Ran asked angrily: "Who is your daughter?" ”
In addition, Haitang also has a series of arms sales. First of all, the miscellaneous artillery in the army, which was sold to Peru and Bolivia in South America. Don't look at it as a miscellaneous number, but in the hands of these two countries, it is also a treasure, which directly makes its military strength soar.
In addition, the situation in Uruguay has taken a new turn. At the beginning of the year, there was another turmoil in Uruguay, and with the covert support of the United States and the Haitang Kingdom, Dr. Larry, a good friend of Li Guang, was elected president??? This year. It is really not difficult to control the political situation of a small country. The U.S. side guarantees that there will be no major economic turmoil when Larry takes office. Haitang happened to have a fleet in Uruguay, and a few destroyers and a seaplane carrier PJP easily deterred various forces in Uruguay.
Since Dr. Larry came to power, the first thing he did was to borrow $10 million from Oolong Bank to build a loyal army.
The Army, Haitang State provides a full range of equipment from rifles and submachine guns to infantry artillery field artillery mortars, and sends officers to guide training.
Navy, Haitang sold two torpedo boats.
Air force. Haitang provided twenty-four American-made TBD torpedo planes and twenty-four water reconnaissance planes.
These arms trades, the Haitang State did not earn excessive profits. But don't underestimate the steady stream of orders. That's not going to be a low margin. In return, Haitang was given the right of first refusal to purchase Uruguayan agricultural products.
There is another product in the Haitang Kingdom that has a new atmosphere, and the three-inch anti-aircraft gun of the Hai Kang Army has finally been eyed. The design of this anti-aircraft gun copied the German 88 anti-aircraft gun. The parts are procured from the United States, and the steel for the barrel comes from the Soviet Union, which has the highest level of cannon steel smelting. In the course of several years of use of the Naval Resistance Force, it has been constantly refitted. Now it has become a fairly mature product.
Before, this gun was not cared for. The reason is that neither the Americans nor the British believe that a small force, and there is not much industrial base, can produce an anti-aircraft gun with excellent performance. Since the retreat at Dunkirk, the Haitang Kingdom has had good relations with Belgium. After a difficult pitch, after the purchase of twelve three-inch anti-aircraft guns in Belgium, it was the British who discovered the merits of this anti-aircraft gun.
This cannon is already good for flexible and convenient operation. And the biggest advantage is sharpness. Using armor-piercing shells for flat fire, the penetration is more bullish than the German 88mm guns. Rommel was in North Africa and used 88 anti-aircraft guns to hit British tanks, which almost terrified the British army. And the naval resistance army this cannon. Although the caliber is inferior, the barrel is long, and the barrel reaches an astonishing seventy-one times the diameter. And the German 88mm gun was only fifty-six times larger.
Moreover, Haitang has a single tube used by the army and a double assembly used by the navy, with a complete range of models, and the shells are common to those of Britain and the United States, and the supply is simple.
Can the British copy it? With the strength of the British, it is completely possible. The problem, however, was that Britain was not always able to smelt the Soviet level of cannon steel, and time was running out. You must know that it took almost five years for Haitang to perfect this artillery from three or seven to four or three years, and it took a huge amount of financial and material resources. The British are no matter how cattle are, and it takes time to make abrasives and abrasives.
Originally, Li Guang was a little embarrassed to mention this gun, because the input-output ratio was really not high. To put it simply, the economic benefits are not good, and the face of the crossing person is not good-looking.
However, once the export starts, then all the investment pays off. You know, of all artillery pieces of the same caliber, anti-aircraft guns are the most expensive. The three-inch gun of the Navy Army costs $45,000, while the Navy twin model costs $75,000. The profits are super terrifying, almost 200 percent.
As soon as the UK started buying, word of mouth spread immediately. In recent years, the Americans' great power mentality has not yet been fully established, and the Americans have a kind of heartfelt trust in Britain. As a result, the US Navy Army also began to buy.
Sigh with emotion: sales is really a science, not a simple performance price service. This kind of public relations sales pitch that has gone around a few times, and it is really not easy to figure out the twists and turns in the middle. It is not that Haitang has not sold anti-aircraft artillery to the United States, but it has not replied for a long time.
In fact, the United States cannot be completely blamed, and Li Guang is also responsible. At the beginning, Li Guang asked to buy American 40-mm antiaircraft guns, but in fact it was also because of his blind trust in American products. Before World War II, American products really could not be said to be brand-name products, or with the halo of high-tech products. NOW, THE NAVY RESISTANCE FORCE HAS GRADUALLY DISCOVERED THE DEFECTS OF THE 40MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN MADE BY THE UNITED STATES, AND THE WARSHIPS ARE GRADUALLY REDUCING THIS GUN, REPLACING IT WITH THE THREE-INCH ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN OF THE HAITANG COUNTRY AND MORE AMERICAN-MADE 20MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS. In short, Li Guang almost thought that it was an unsuccessful investment, but it finally came to fruition in four or three years. It is estimated that this alone will make a profit of more than $10 million a year, and may even reach $20 million.
After three calculations, Yuan Ye, the prime minister of Haitang Kingdom, spent a New Year, and miraculously found that in four or three years, it was possible to obtain 200 million US dollars.
Premier Yuan's performance is very strange: how to spend so much money?
In this regard, Li Guang still praised it, at least the prime minister did not want to dig a pit to hide the money. This is no joke, Premier Yuan is in control of Haitang Bank, and there are a lot of gold reserves in the warehouse. However, Li Guang supports this point.
A semi-pristine piece of land, a blank sheet of paper-like foundations, to build a developed country. There are quite a few places to spend money. More than $200 million is certainly not enough. Professor Yuan's so-called how to spend money refers to where to start correctly. How the money should be spent is in the best interest of the country. It's a big problem. Money will not be spent. This is the dilemma faced by Premier Yuan. However, it was not funny at all, because Professor Yuan had gray hair because of this, and the young people of the National Development and Reform Commission held meetings all night. However, among the different opinions, some suggestions are also very reasonable, but they cannot form a resolution. The main reason is that everyone's suggestions are very reasonable, after all, Datang Island, which is a blank sheet of paper, if it is fully rolled out, any project can cost hundreds of millions of dollars. For example, building roads.
In fact, if you are in a slightly higher position, you will find that planning is not the most difficult, but breaking is the most difficult.
The main reason why Premier Yuan finds it difficult to make a decision is that he has recently had some mental obstacles to economic development. Not to mention Li Guang's sale of aircraft carrier technology, nor to mention the arms trade. Although those are lucrative, they are reasonable in Premier Yuan's view. However, "First Blood", a film that seems rather absurd to Premier Yuan, can make tens of millions of dollars in the United States. This is completely outside of Premier Yuan's concept.
Premier Yuan is also a role that has traveled from south to north, Europe and America. But the "decay" of the United States is, yes, decay. To say that decay is light, in Premier Yuan's view, the Americans are simply losers. Spend more than 100 million dollars (box office, not pure profit. Watching movies, it is said that some Americans do not get tired of watching it ten times.
This is completely unthinkable.
What can a hundred million dollars do?
The food purchased is enough to feed five million people for a year. If it is used urgently, it will be enough for 10 million people to survive a year.
In Premier Yuan's view, the fact that millions of people are busy working for a year and can provide $24 million in military spending for the Naval Resistance Force is already a super achievement.
Premier Yuan has the title of a prime minister, but he demands himself as a provincial chairman, after all, Haitang has such a small population, isn't it?
In Premier Yuan's view, he is already a provincial governor, and there are few provincial chairmen in China who can generate a net profit of $24 million a year.
In fact, Premier Yuan's thinking can also be seen from the projects advocated by Premier Yuan in the past.
Agriculture, first. This is not only Premier Yuan's own thoughts, but also the thoughts of almost all Haitang people. Li Guang did not object to this, mainly because agriculture is used to attract immigrants, and it is indeed difficult for the quality of domestic peasants to engage in industry.
Second, Premier Yuan vigorously set up a cement factory. Because, this thing is really not very difficult, and the demand is still large. The existing scale has been expanded by 10 times and 100 times, and there is no need to worry about usage.
Third, the government began to purchase textile machinery. Prepare to set up several cotton mills, woolen mills, silk mills. Li Guang did not object to this, anyway, there is a lot of wool here in Datang Island, and there is cotton cultivation in the local area, there is a lot of cotton in India, silk is a traditional industry in China, and many farmers from the south have planted mulberry trees in the mountains. The climate of Datang Island, in many places, is still more suitable for planting mulberry trees and raising silkworms. Food, clothing, housing and transportation, Premier Yuan has done three. As for the line, the road has not been repaired much, and it seems that it is not taken care of for the time being.
However, Premier Yuan thinks that he is doing all the right things, and the profits are not as good as a movie, so there are some obstacles. He found that he should make up for his own ideas of governing the country and invigorating the economy.
This thing, Li Guang is "doing". Therefore, Li Guang returned. (To be continued......)