All the reporters recorded Prince Albert's provocative statement, which, of course, was not FN's idea and will, but Albert's solo declaration of challenge. If FN develops smoothly under his leadership, it is likely to be like Apple, once a backbone falls, it will only have to gnaw at the old capital. Don't you see that the Colt Company and the Izhevsk Arsenal have reached the point of bankruptcy and reorganization? Of course, the Izhevsk Arsenal has a lot to do with the pirated AK series rifles that are flying all over the world.

So AKM applied for a patent right after it was tinkered with by Albert, and someone else wanted to produce AK rifles? Okay, for every rifle produced, 10 percent of the profits must be given to the patent holder, and one hand pays for the production of the other, Lao Tzu is not the Soviet Union that does not pay attention to the protection of intellectual property rights.

And the AKM rifle sold by Albert costs about $50, which is not cheap but not too expensive. But if you buy 20 sticks at a time, you can get an extra one for free, and you can get a 10% discount if you order 500 sticks in one go.

Compared with the AKM rifle shining on the stage, FAL's performance is much more low-key, and it can even be said that all the limelight was stolen by AKM rifles, but the high single-shot accuracy of the FAL rifle still left an impression on Franz present. Originally, the War Department guys were selling face to Crown Prince Boshean to build momentum for this press conference, but after seeing the performance of the AKM and FAL, Franz noticed their value.

Albert didn't plan to let the FAL rifle shine here, if he needed to, he could have held a press conference for AKM first, and then a press conference for the FAL rifle, Albert's eyes were on another country on the other side of the Atlantic, the United States. It can be said that the FAL is completely a gun tailored for the American program of unification of calibers. Albert had already entrusted Sever with bringing the FAL test gun to his friends in the U.S. Army Ordnance Bureau, presumably with results in the near future.

At the end of the press conference, Albert once again unleashed a bombshell, which made all the journalists who thought it was over as excited as if they had been beaten with blood.

"We will launch a new submachine gun again in two months, and as for this submachine gun, all data is currently under wraps, because it is specifically designed to challenge the status of the Chicago typewriter on the other side of the Atlantic!"

This time Albert directly chose to challenge the Thompson submachine gun of the American Automatic Ordnance Company, at this time World War II had ended, and Thompson began to be in a state of discontinuation, but the production of more than 1.4 million units in which country should not be underestimated, everyone in the audience was curious about where the prince came from his confidence, and wanted to challenge the legitimacy of this legendary firearm.

Franz found Albert after the press conference, in addition to congratulating the prince, he also planned to do a business with the FN company, anyway, when he came over, the people from the military department spoke, no matter what, he also wanted to give Prince Albert a little face, and purchase a dozen or twenty new guns to support the field.

"Oh, you're saying that the War Department is ready to procure 100 AKM rifles, 50 FAL rifles?" Albert stared playfully at the young officer in front of him.

"Yes, Your Highness Albert, the War Department has a great interest in new types of firearms." Franz secretly wiped his sweat as he spoke, if that group of guys knew that they had tripled the number of guns they purchased, would they settle accounts with themselves? However, Franz is convinced that after seeing the performance of these two firearms, the group of guys will definitely find it too little.

"Your Excellency Franz, isn't the army going to purchase a few more FAL rifles? In fact, the performance of this gun is not bad compared to AKM. "Of course, Albert will not tell Franz that in two years, maybe NATO countries will use guns of a unified caliber, you recommend the use of AKM at this time, if the whole ** team is really equipped, will it have to be completely replaced at that time?

However, Albert is also happy to see the army being trapped, anyway, in business, there has always been more orders.

Franz shook his head and said, "The Army is only going to test the actual combat effectiveness of these two guns before deciding whether to purchase them." ”

Albert nodded approvingly, when the FN49 semi-automatic rifle was produced, 17 countries also purchased this rifle in small quantities for testing and evaluation, and the War Department's approach was understandable.

"If the War Department has any ideas, welcome to FN Company." Albert generously stretched out his hand and shook hands with the officer in front of him.

"We look forward to working with you." Franz replied with a smile.

Thanks to FN's media efforts, the AKM rifle's excellent performance at press conferences, and Prince Albert's dashing one-handed magazine change, the AKM rifle and FAL rifle attracted the attention of various countries as soon as they appeared. And Albert clicked on the FN company and tried to sell it to the armies of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Luxembourg to see if he was interested in these two guns.

The countries Albert pointed out were all big customers of the FN49 semi-automatic rifle back then, and if there were no accidents, this more powerful gun would be their best choice.

Thanks to the efforts of the PR department, the two new products of FN were quickly mentioned in newspapers around the world, but the vast majority of people just looked at them and forgot about them, while those in the War Department or those who were also involved in the military industry smelled something unusual.

First of all, the representatives of the Argentine state went to FN to visit the two new rifles and test them, they were impressed by the performance of the AKM and FAL rifles, and after various evaluations of these two firearms, the Argentine state representatives decided to sign an order contract with FN for 1,000 AKM rifles and 700 FAL rifles.

They were followed by representatives of the Colombian government and the Luxembourg army, but they did not purchase much, just over 800. However, Albert is already very satisfied, after all, once the effect is good in a small area, waiting for large-scale procurement is an extremely tempting big cake.

However, Venezuela did not show the local tyrant atmosphere when it signed the contract for the purchase of 8,000 FN49 rifles in one go, but only ordered 3,000 AKM rifles and 800 FAL rifles, which made Albert a little disappointed, but Albert did not care too much. Business, pay attention to a long stream, when they really discover the value of this gun, it will be a lot of money.

Coupled with the purchases of Brazil, Egypt, and Indonesia, Albert has earned more than $400,000 on AKM and FAL rifles, and even he himself sighed when he saw this figure.

However, before the Belgian Strategic Resources Cooperative opened, Albert made a special trip to his father, Leopold III.

In Albert's impression, Leopold III was a benevolent (none) benevolent monarch who worried about the country and the people, in the original world in May 1940 when Germany launched the war on the Western Front, Leopold III served as the commander-in-chief of the Belgian army, as for the combat effectiveness of the Belgian army, there is a saying that it is special ** that 100,000 pigs can not be caught in three days.

Eighteen days after the German invasion, Leopold III ordered the surrender of the besieged troops. He pledged to share the fate of his soldiers and not to join the government-in-exile in London, but the Belgian government did not agree with his decision at the time. Leopold III remained at home and lived in seclusion in the Lygne, trying to help his people by bargaining with Hitler. On November 19, Leopold III went to Berchtesgaden, Germany, to meet with Hitler, discuss the future of the Belgian people and the fate of the royal family, and at the same time use a group of pro-German elements, which is a fight with Mr. Wang Zhaoming of the Republic of China to save the country.

But Leopold III's action puzzled most of the people, and even the government-in-exile and many Belgians believed that he had betrayed Belgian interests by colluding with the Germans.

In 1945, Berlin, which had been demolished with three defense towers, finally fell, and the American team rescued Leopold III. Awaiting the decision on the issue of reset. In 1950, he received 58% of the votes in a referendum to restore his rights, and after returning home on May 22, in order to avoid further riots, Leopold III asked the Belgian government to proclaim Crown Prince Baudouin as king; On July 17, 1951, Leopold III abdicated and Baudouin I took an oath to the constitution and became the fifth king of the Kingdom of Belgium.

The world of Leopold III is as mediocre, but this country, known as the crossroads of Western Europe, is not involved in the turmoil of the world war, which is a blessing in misfortune.

However, when Leopold III heard Albert say that he wanted to start a company, he was still slightly surprised, this child had nothing but to make himself uneasy. And now not only a novel shocked the literary world, but also developed two new types of firearms, and even made the War Department of War who never opened their mouths to praise people.

"Father, I now have a lot of new ideas, I hope that in the future, a series of military supplies such as clothing, belts, backpacks, gloves, vests and so on for the Belgian army can use my designs, and the sale of AKM and FAL rifles has also made me a good amount of money, and now I want to have a comprehensive munitions factory with a certain research ability, so that my ideas can be turned into actual products."

Albert, of course, would not tell his father that the ideas were "plagiarized" from the future.

Leopold III was silent for a moment, he seemed to be thinking about the feasibility of his son's idea, the innovation of all the munitions of the Belgian army? This is a huge industrial chain, and for his thirteen-year-old son, Leopold III had to re-examine Albert again, and Saxe-Coburg and the Gotha family finally have a good royal family?

Seeing that his father was a little shaken, Albert continued to persuade, "In this way, I only need a munitions processing factory, as a royal property, I also have the right to inherit, the actual situation can wait for me to come up with a design sample, you can decide whether to leave it to me completely, of course, I am only responsible for research and development, as for the sales of products, it will be taken care of by others." ”

The Belgian Saxe-Cobourggothard family owns a large amount of family wealth in Belgium, and the children of the royal family can receive the royal inheritance from the emperor when they become adults, and Albert, as the future prince of Belgium, handed over a part of the estate to him at this time.

Thinking of this, Leopold III finally nodded and agreed to Albert's needs, which can be regarded as a little compensation for the fact that his son, who was busy with government affairs, had not been close to his son for many years.

"Thank you, father." Albert was overjoyed by Leopold III's generosity, and he made a small and innocuous request, "Father, can I name that munitions factory myself?" ”

Leopold III touched Albert's little head, feeling a little as if his son had grown up and become much more sensible overnight, and he smiled with satisfaction, "Of course, dear child, what are you going to name it?" ”

"NORINCO, NORINCO." Albert thought for a moment and said.