Chapter 285: Secret Agreement
France has big ambitions!
The EU is very closely linked, but it is still an alliance rather than a separate country, and each country's position in the EU still depends on its own strength. If France wants to dominate the EU, it must have a strong military force to suppress the UK, Germany, Italy and other powerful countries and counteract the strong influence of the United States on the EU.
Hey.
Thinking about this, Xiao Tian suddenly smiled, not afraid that France is ambitious, but afraid that it will willingly be a loyal dog by the side of the United States.
France wants F22 Raptor fighters, no problem, sell!
"I admit that I have a certain connection with the Dark Star Organization, and if the French Air Force wants to buy high-tech weapons, I will do my best to meet them." It's all up to this, and there's no point in concealing it. Xiao Tian simply admitted that there was a relationship between the dark stars.
Hear the words.
Pierre and Raymond laughed.
Yang Guohua was calm on the surface, but there was a storm in his heart, he didn't expect that a sunny boy in his eyes was really related to an arms organization. And he actually heard that Xiao Tian was negotiating with the French president about the sale of Raptor fighters, oh my God, this world is too crazy, isn't the Raptor fighter produced by the United States, how can there be dark stars? Yang Guohua's mind was in chaos and fell into confusion.
"I wonder how many Raptor fighters your country wants to procure?"
Xiao Tian went straight to the point, and he was no longer in the ink. Even the United States is going to sell Raptor fighters, so he naturally let go of his scruples and went to sell them on sale.
"No, no, Xiao you misunderstood. What France wants is not to buy Raptor fighters separately, but to build Raptor fighters! Pierre corrected.
"No problem!"
Xiao Tian readily agreed. The technology of the Raptor fighter has long been reversed by the S-class R&D robot, and it is not possible to say that it is exactly the same as the technology mastered by the United States, but at least it has a 99% overlap rate. Since the French want it, just sell it to them!
The Raptor fighters sold by Dark Star are technologically optimized, and their combat effectiveness is 20% higher than that of the original American counterparts, and it doesn't hurt to sell the production technology of the original Raptor fighter to France.
"After France purchases twenty-four Raptor fighters, the Dark Star side will automatically make all the manufacturing technology of the Raptor fighters. The French side needs to pay a one-time payment of $2 billion in technology transfer fees. Xiao Tian put forward his requirements, the technology of the Raptor fighter is leading in the world, compared with its research and development expenses of hundreds of billions of dollars, it is not too much to ask for two billion dollars in technology transfer fees.
"Two billion dollars! Mr. Xiao, is this price too high? Pierre asked with a frown.
"No, no, that's not that high. If not for the friendship with French friends. Even if I were given $20 billion, I wouldn't be happy to sell technology. Xiao Tian shook his head and said, "Mr. President, you have to understand that the research and development cost of the Raptor fighter is more than 100 billion US dollars, and it is almost impossible for the US government to agree to transfer all the technology, and only Dark Star is willing to transfer technology to France!" ”
"This ......"
Pierre was speechless.
But as Xiao Tian said. Even if the United States lifted export restrictions, it was very stuck in the export of technology, and he and Lawnster held hours of negotiations on technology transfer, but failed to persuade the US government to transfer the technology of the F22 Raptor fighter to France. The other party only gave an ambiguous response, and Pierre understood that the United States just wanted to use France to sanction Galaxy, and once it was lost, France would definitely not be able to get the manufacturing technology for the Raptor fighter.
The Raptor fighter can be sold to you, but if you want to produce technology, no way!
That's the bottom line for the United States.
The Americans just want France to pay to maintain the production line of F22 Raptor fighters for them, and make a lot of money by the way. There is no interest in technology transfer at all.
Therefore.
President Pierre will turn his attention to the dark star.
He also understood that Xiao Tian was willing to transfer the technology of the Raptor fighter to France this time, and he also wanted France to ensure the safety of the Galaxy Group in France.
In a nutshell.
In this exchange of interests, France admitted not to protect Galaxy's interests in France, and in return the French military could get the coveted Raptor fighter manufacturing technology.
Admittedly.
The 2 billion technology transfer fee seems to be sky-high, but it is actually very low, and it can even be said to be the price of cabbage.
In fact, Pierre is already excited!
"Mr. Xiao Tian, it's no problem for France to purchase twenty-four Raptor fighters, but is this price?" Pierre hesitated.
France is also afraid of being pitted.
The U.S. government sold Raptor fighters to France at a "preferential price". They all dare to open their mouths and ask for $450 million, which is only a single machine, not including supporting weapons and ammunition, spare parts, after-sales service and other related expenses, all of which must be added together, which is not far from $600 million.
Pierre was very angry at the greed of the Americans. This also prompted him to make up his mind to talk to Xiao Tian.
on this.
Of course, Xiao Tian is not clear!
Nor did Lawnster expect that his greed would induce Pierre to defect to the side of America's enemies.
"Hehe, please rest assured Mr. President, the arms sold by Dark Star are priced, and they will never be easily changed due to the identity of the customer, let alone rip off customers. The unit price of the Raptor fighter is $300 million, with a spare spare parts, and no ammunition weapons and after-sales maintenance services are provided. Xiao Tian opened his mouth and quoted the price.
"Hmm."
Pierre smiled and nodded in satisfaction, the price was within his acceptable range. As far as he knows, the purchase price of a single aircraft within the US Air Force is also about $300 million, which does not include supporting weapons and ammunition, spare parts, and after-sales service.
The F22 Raptor fighter is unique to the United States!
France can obtain the F22 Raptor fighter and manufacturing technology through the dark star organization, and it is already extremely satisfied, even if the price is slightly higher than the internal price of the US military, it is acceptable, not to mention that the price given by Xiao Tian is basically the same as the internal purchase price of the United States.
Soon.
Xiao Tian made a secret agreement with the French president.
France will hold a press conference to clarify that there is no relationship between Galaxy and Darkside, and that Galaxy is a legally operating company. In addition, Galaxy Group will conduct a public recognition event for its contribution to France, which will be presided over by Pierre himself.
In return.
Darkstar will hand over all the technical information on the manufacture of the F22 Raptor fighter to France within half a year, and deliver the twenty-four Raptor fighters ordered by France within one year!
Call.
When Xiao Tian and Pierre exchanged contract documents with each other, both of them invariably showed a knowing smile, and both of them got what they wanted, and they were very satisfied.
This lays a solid foundation for future cooperation.
"Mr. President, please deposit 40% of the contract money into this account in advance, and after the dark star side confirms the receipt. The terms of the contract will be implemented immediately! Xiao Tian handed over an account prepared in advance to Pierre and said with a smile. Under normal circumstances, the purchase and sale of arms by Dark Stars is divided into three settlements, the first is 40% of the contract deposit, the second is 40% of the contract in the middle of the contract, and the third is the final payment of 20% after the delivery of the goods. Of course, there are exceptions, such as Omar and Karzai, who bought arms on credit. and did not comply with these terms.
"No problem!"
Pierre replied briskly that the French were very happy to get the technology of the Raptor fighter, and there was no doubt that the payment would be delayed. It was also understood that the speed of payment by France would determine the time it would take for them to get all the technology of the Raptor fighters, so it was very simple.
these years.
With the large sales of American F35 fighters, many European countries led by the United Kingdom and Italy have purchased F35 fighters in large quantities. The Rafale fighters of the French Air Force are already not afraid of any special advantages. France is desperate to develop a fighter that is more advanced than the Rafale!
The agreement was reached, and the conversation between Pierre and Xiao Tian became more and more relaxed.
Meantime.
Pierre is also testing the details of Xiao Tian, or rather how much energy the dark star has, in order to consider France's follow-up actions.
"I take the liberty of asking, Mr. Xiao Tian, I don't know that our France is the first country to buy Raptor fighters from Dark Star?" Pierre stared at Xiao Tian and asked, as if he wanted to get an answer from Xiao Tian's face, which was also a question that France was very concerned about. Considering that since Dark Star can sell Raptor fighters to France, it is possible to sell Raptor fighters to countries such as Britain and Germany.
Since then......
France's independent production of Raptor fighters will not be afraid of any advantages, and it will have to speed up the development of next-generation fighters based on Raptor technology.
It is not for nothing that France has such concerns.
Pierre knows. In addition to having contact with France, Dark Star had a secret arms purchase negotiation with the Chinese military before, and it was already in the implementation stage, and France was not very clear about what weapons were involved in the arms sales, but there were only so many weapons that could enter the eyes of the Chinese military.
But.
Huaxia did not have much conflict of interest with France, and Pierre did not care much about Huaxia's arms purchases. But he cares deeply about the situation in countries such as Europe and North Africa......
"Hey, Mr. President, I'm really embarrassed, it's very dangerous to leak customer information at will. But considering France's friendship with Darkstar. Let me briefly reveal that France is the third country to successfully purchase Raptor fighters from Darkstar, and it is also the first customer of Darkstar in Europe! Xiao Tian replied embarrassedly.
"Thank you!"
Pierre was very satisfied with the answer. Although Xiao Tian did not fully state the first two buying countries. But Pierre is sure that one of them is China, and the other is not in the European Union, and nine times out of ten it is the Taliban group with close ties to the dark star or Karzai's anti-American invading army!
So it goes.
France will establish absolute hegemony in the European region if it gets the Raptor fighter!
Late at night.
After Xiao Tian and the others enjoyed a delicious supper in the Elysee Palace, they left satisfied. After getting rid of the French government, Galaxy Group can be regarded as having a foothold, and the crisis of the collapse of the whole line has barely been alleviated by half a point, but Xiao Tian also knows very well that all the subsidiaries of Galaxy Group have been hit hard this time, especially Galaxy Solar Power Company, which has just set foot in the European power market, has almost lost the basis for survival. This is what Xiao Tian exchanged with several giant companies in Europe through voice intelligent system technology, and he is really unwilling to lose it like this.
on this.
Xiao Tian is also very helpless, he knows that all this is a chain reaction caused by the exposure of his identity, and of course, what is even more hateful is the person who exposed his identity. So far, he has been busy solving the trouble, and has not had time to investigate who is causing him trouble.
And......
What worries Xiao Tian is that the bees have disappeared in the United States, and there are thirty S-class combat robots that have disappeared with the bees, and their lives are currently unknown.
……
"Boss, I'll go back first."
Yang Guohua witnessed the entire negotiation process between Xiao Tian and Pierre, and was stunned, but he was not an ordinary person after all, and now he has come to his senses, but he didn't say anything or ask. What he wants to do is to manage the entire Galaxy Group well.
"Hmm."
Xiao Tian responded.
Galaxy Group has experienced this blow, although its business will shrink by half, but its scale is also very strong, and he also needs a talent like Yang Guohua to manage for him.
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