"Oh......?"

Hearing that Lei Qiang seemed to have something to say with a little bitterness, Long Yun felt very strange, he turned his head and saw that Shangguan Li and Zhai Qize were still visiting the model exhibition area not far away, and it seemed that they would not leave for a while. So he called Lei Qiang to sit down on the wooden bench next to the tarmac to take a breath, and went to the vending machine to buy two bottles of lemonade.

"Brother Lei Qiang, I looked at it again just now, that Su Liangqi seems to be very familiar, it is the old SK imported in China in the early years and later retired and transferred to the people?"

"Yes, Captain Dragon. - Oh, no wonder you look familiar: this Su Liangqi has just retired from 'Uranus', 'Uranus', this team has played against you in the last game of the group stage. ”

"Huh? Yes, that's what happened - so Uranus transferred those two old SKs to Tianhe? ”

"Haha, no. Dongge and I have resigned, and now we are no longer working hard in 'Tianhe'. ”

Facing Long Yun's face full of surprise, Lei Qiang first poured a few sips of lemonade on his neck, and then wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, and slowly clarified the relationship between this matter and the relationship to him.

In the aviation competition industry, the schedule of the qualifiers for each IFT is often "a few joys and a few sorrows" for each participating team. Of course, the teams that are soaring in the competition are easy to say, and their popularity is rising and sponsorship money will roll in; But everyone knows that the game is about having fewer winners at the back, and the team that loses the game often has a bad time.

For the aviation competition team with a mediocre record and no subsequent tournaments, losing the all-important IFT qualifiers will not bring an existential crisis to the whole team, but it will also suffer from many restrictions from sponsors. Lei Qiang, who opened the chatterbox. Let's start with Uranus. This team has been underperforming in recent years. The use of old Su-27SK fighters also hindered the normal performance of the players; After failing to qualify for the group stage of this IFT qualifiers, the original investors also lost patience and simply drained all the team's liquid assets, and then packaged the team, fighter jets and licenses to change things.

Although the situation of "Uranus" is bleak, Long Yun has not spoken after hearing this, and Lei Qiang continues to talk about the problem of "Tianhe".

Listening to Lei Qiang's statement, his partner with Zhou Xiaodong has always been the main combination of the "Tianhe" team, although in this qualifier because he was assigned to Group F where strong teams such as "Chenlong" and "Thunder" are located, it is nothing to the "Tianhe" with deep pockets and many games.

However, this time they lost out of the group stage. After the last group game, Zhou Xiaodong had a fierce quarrel with investors and management over the introduction of talent for the team, and then resigned on the spot and evaporated; Lei Qiang couldn't find anyone else when he called or emailed later, but he knew on the Internet that he was okay now, and it was completely unclear what he was doing.

"This ...... Brother Lei Qiang, then you will also leave 'Tianhe' now, but you have to do your best to find a new team to join. ”

After listening to Lei Qiang's narration, Long Yun knew that the sturdy young man in front of him had also resigned from "Tianhe", and he knew that it was very important for aviation competitors to maintain their condition, and the feeling of driving a real fighter into the air was not something that a simulator could give. Hear Long Yun's words. Lei Qiang smiled, he could talk when he met an old acquaintance in China here. He was still very happy:

"Who's to say it isn't. After coming out of 'Tianhe', I felt that instead of looking for other powerful teams to join, and I didn't know that Ma Yue would be able to become the main force in the Year of the Monkey, it was better to try my luck with a team that was waiting to be revived, so a few days ago I found an investor who bought 'Uranus' and talked to it, and then joined in. Captain Dragon, I'm a member of Uranus now! - No, the first thing I did after joining the team was to come to the NAARC arena to see if I could sell the old fighters in the team's hands for a good price; The day before yesterday, another old SK had been bought by a collecting society, and now the one you see is left. ”

"Oh, that's what happened."

Raising his hand and taking two sips of the drink, Long Yun now understood what the situation was; No wonder I thought that the fighter plane served by Lei Qiang was quite familiar before, but I didn't expect it to be the previous "Uranus" competition machine.

Recalling the fierce competition in the last game of the group stage, Long Yun nodded slightly, he knew that the gray painted Su-27SK on the tarmac had been out of the factory for almost 30 years, and the strength of the fuselage structure had decreased so much that it was impossible to compete in fierce competitions or even actual combat, so he was able to obtain the export license of waste equipment from China Customs.

As an insider in aviation competition, Long Yun naturally knew that the "Uranus" that had changed investors had a difficult start, and he also knew that Lei Qiang's idea now was to quickly find a buyer for the old fighter at hand and sell it at a good price. Although after decades of intermittent use, the old SK, which is no longer suitable for vigorous maneuvering, can no longer be used for competition, but in North America, the Su-27 series fighters are very sought-after popular collector's models.

But having said that, the emotions of aviation competitors are the same as pilots, and selling fighter planes is not a pleasant thing, thinking of this, he patted Lei Qiang's arm, and the two stood up and walked towards the tarmac.

While walking and talking, Long Yun somehow remembered his previous arrangement, doesn't "Chenlong" still need a backup pilot? But after hesitating for a few seconds, he still didn't ask; This may be because the young man in front of him already has a new owner, but he knows in his heart that the real reason why he hesitated and didn't open his mouth was probably because of the hesitation in his heart and the confusion about the way forward.

Just as he was thinking about it, when he was a little distracted, he heard an exaggerated shout in the distance:

“What？ ——Three-Million-Dollors，are-you-kidding-me？ (What?) Three million dollars, are you kidding me? ）

Following the direction from which the voice came, Long Yun saw a short figure with brown hair and a straight suit, who was standing next to Lei Qiang's fighter plane at this time. Gestures exaggerated with gestures:

“We-just-want-a-‘Flanker’-for-testing。 But-who？ Who-will-pay-cashes-for-this-jade？ (We wanted to buy a 'Flanker' to test.) But who, who will pay for this old thing? ）

"What's wrong, what's going on?"

Seeing the brown-haired young man yelling next to the tarmac, Lei Qiang stepped forward and asked the pilot present, only to know that this guy seemed to be the head of a certain aviation team, and he asked about the price of the Su-27SK just now, probably because he thought it was too expensive, so he started yelling.

Just as Lei Qiang was talking to the people in the team, he approached Long Yun, who came over. First, he tilted his head to look at the young man who had not yet stopped his mouth; However, the snooping technique quickly returned to the results, and he knew that a middle-aged man standing beside the young man, slightly chubby and wearing glasses, was the main one. Inadvertently leaned closer, Long Yun sniffed a little and knew that the middle-aged man should have drunk wine; And the snooping technique of consciousness let him know what this guy really thought, he should have found out that the old Su-27SK in front of him was an original from KnAAPO, and he wanted to use words to deceive him and buy it back at a low price to make a profit.

The so-called "uneven road", naturally should "draw a knife to help", not to mention that it is an old acquaintance from China, Long Yun simply walked slowly to the middle-aged man's side, and whispered two fluent English words to reveal his bottom:

"I said, sir, look at you, too, you're an expert. If it's an old F-15, maybe it's not worth the price; But the original Su-27SK from the banks of the Amur River does not exist much. Do you still think $3 million is expensive? ”

"-oh?"

Hearing Long Yun's words, the middle-aged man quickly glanced at him twice, and at the same time his lips moved slightly:

“…… James. ”

Hearing the greeting of the middle-aged man behind him, the young man named James immediately stopped chattering, and Lei Qiang next to him also saw that the guy in front of him was just a minion, and the one behind him was really in charge.

"But, young man, aren't you in a hurry to sell the planes?"

As if acting, he changed his tone, the brown-haired James put away the cynicism just now, his slightly puffy eyes looked at Long Yun vigilantly for a moment, and his words were much more serious: "And, when it comes to the F-15, I don't think the Russian Sukhoi fighter can be compared to it." Let's just say that in Sacramento, the results in the NAARC race are very telling, the Su-27 can't fly the F-15, what do you think? ”

"Maybe. So what? ”

Lei Qiang replied noncommittally, but he knew that what this guy said was not wrong.

"Yes, then you see, our Mr. Maxim is interested in this fighter, but he is not buying it for competition; For a fighter that can only be used for collection, the price of three million is too high. ”

As if in order to create a favorable atmosphere for negotiation, James, who had been standing in front of the middle-aged man, took a step sideways, and he lost no time in bowing slightly to make an introduction, "You are from China, right?" - In case you didn't know, Mr. Maxim is the owner of the 'MATRIX' team and a reputable collector of jets. If someone is willing to sell this old fighter plane, which can no longer be lifted into the air, we can offer a price of 1.5 million. ”

"One and a half million?"

Hearing this number, Lei Qiang, who was holding his arms in front of him with his arms crossed, his eyes were a little puffed out:

"You're kidding, right? Three million is already very cheap, and we don't sell it if it's lower. ”

"Oh, young man, please think slowly; As a sign of sincerity, I can raise the price to two million, which is my bottom line. ”

From the beginning of the dialogue until now, Maxim is the first time to speak out; Taking a Havana cigar from his assistant, he squinted his eyes and smiled like a long-time mall veteran, and then lit the cigar quite leisurely, pacing around the tarmac. (To be continued......)

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