For a while, the scene fell silent inexplicably, no one spoke, and everyone's eyes were focused on this fire support vehicle.

Accompanied by the roar of the engine, after a few seconds of quiet "appreciation", Commander Song looked at Wang Ye, pointed to the fire support vehicle not far away, and asked:

"So this thing, Wang Ye, how much are you going to sell it for?"

Regarding this question, Wang Ye smiled and said without thinking:

"Since our 59 tanks can be sold for more than a million, then it's not too much for our fire support vehicles to sell for $800,000, right?"

"After all, there is no turret, the irrelevant equipment inside is basically hollowed out, and all of them have been converted into storage space for shells, and the cost can be reduced a lot, I think we can still make a small profit with 800,000 US dollars!"

Hearing Wang Ye say this, Commander Song was suddenly stunned, and the next second he couldn't help but laugh and scold:

"Just kidding! $800,000? Do you call this a little profit? ”

"The chassis is only worth a few dollars, the big head is the turret and all kinds of equipment inside, and besides, what you sell is completely different from what the state sells, and you still have foreign exchange subsidies!"

In fact, Commander Song is right, for the 59 tank, the chassis is the cheapest part, the lowest manufacturing difficulty, the lowest average cost, and the integrated cast turret and barrel, the cost is very high, not to mention the various equipment inside.

But for the fire support vehicle, in essence, these problems do not exist, the turret is welded, the reason why the welded turret is used, is not because the welded turret is stronger than casting, but because the second steel plant does not have the technology to cast the turret at all, directly multi-layer steel plate sandwiched with asbestos fiber and glass fiber, and then welded, that is called a cheap and easy to use, anyway, it is almost on the line, this is not a tank, the defensive performance requirements are not so high.

In addition, the shooting accuracy of the fire support vehicle is not as high as that of the tank, and the rudimentary fire control system, laser ranging system, and even the two-axis artillery stabilization system have all been removed, which saves a lot of costs, and can also make room for ammunition.

In the end, it is an empty chassis, according to Wang Ye's estimates, directly purchased from the second machine in Baotou, 180,000 to 200,000 is about the same, plus the weapon station produced by the consortium itself, the total price of mass production will not exceed 230,000 to 250,000.

If you use a second-hand tank chassis returned by the military, the price will be lower, but in line with the concept of honest management, you must explain to the customer and give a certain degree of discount.

But in any case, the profit margin is actually good, after all, it looks like a big guy, and customers are willing to pay for it, just like in a department store, customers just like floor fans, not desktop fans.

Coupled with the fact that there is also a foreign exchange earning subsidy, the profit margin is even more terrifying.

However, the country sells tanks in a completely different way, the production cost of tanks is a little higher, at least around 500,000 to 700,000, plus the current official exchange rate is only about 1 to 1.2, in fact, the profit is very small.

After all, the Ministry of National Defense and the Fifth Machinery Department sell their own things, but there is no talk of foreign exchange earning subsidies, and even the money is estimated to be a small minority, and the vast majority of it will only be converted into various production tasks and planned materials.

"What about the cost? If we buy it ourselves, how much will it cost? ”

Although he was shy, looking at the majestic fire support vehicle not far away, Commander Song still asked this question, while Wang Ye smiled and waved his hand and said:

"What you said, if we buy it ourselves, we can pay for personal labor costs and transportation costs."

"I can't decide the price of the chassis, the price of the weapon station above, the final mass production cost should not exceed 50,000, plus the chassis is shipped over, and the installation man-hour cost is the final cost."

"Actually, it's not a lot of money, it's very simple."

"Even if there are other military factories and third-tier factories that want to make similar products, I don't mind."

"But we still have the old rule, you have to keep it a secret for us before our first foreign exchange order is reached!"

In the end, Wang Ye said very gentlemanly and frankly, anyway, even if he doesn't say this, there will soon be imitations and modifications from other military factories, after all, since Red Star Machinery has made a huge amount of foreign exchange at the Canton Fair, the matter of gas canisters has been completely uncovered.

Then the Fifth Aircraft Department and the Ministry of National Defense directly held a conference internally, and the theme was "Flying Imagination, Assiduous Scientific Research, Developing New Products, Selling Independently, Increasing Income for the Factory, and Earning Foreign Exchange for the Country." ”

It is said that the meeting was quite successful, and as soon as the matter of the Red Star Machinery Factory was disclosed, the people in charge of the people who listened to it excitedly blushed and had thick noses, and the green tendons on their foreheads burst out.

At the same time, the rules and regulations for future export earning were also determined at the conference.

For example: the products of the Red Star Consortium, before the export of foreign exchange, the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of the Five Machinery will not disclose, and after the export of foreign exchange, it is absolutely forbidden for other manufacturers to copy the original, at least to make their own improvements, and similar products, the two ministries and commissions will authorize up to three manufacturers to export, first come, first served, unless there is a huge gap in the international market, and the quotation must be reviewed by the ministries and commissions, it is strictly forbidden to reduce the price of each other, and supervised by the two ministries, if it is found that the price is secretly reduced, Even if the price is reduced in the form of rebates, then it will be subject to the maximum penalty.

The most critical point is that all foreign exchange earning products need to find customers independently!

"That's natural!"

After getting the cost of this kind of fire support vehicle, Commander Song looked relieved, nodded and said without hesitation, and then said with a wave of his big hand with a smile:

"In that case, let's go to the proving ground?"

"Gotta demonstrate, right?"

Of course, Wang Ye has no opinion on this, this is originally one of the scheduled processes, and it is also one of the test items.

A moment later.

The fire support vehicle and the crowd had arrived at the test site, and a number of relevant staff in white coats were already in place, led by the somewhat balding project committee member, who was obviously going to conduct a detailed test.

is different from the previous wild road test that Wang Ye casually did, the process test of military products is much more complicated, and there is not much ornamentality.

The main content of the test is nothing more than the degree of combination of the weapon station and the tank, the convenience of operation, the stability of work, the performance under various extreme working conditions, and even waterproof, sandproof, shockproof, etc., which is very complicated.

Even so, Commander Song watched it with relish.

Especially when testing weapons, I saw the fire support vehicle running wildly on the dirt of the wilderness, while firing at the woods on the hillside next to it, under the terrifying machine gun barrage and grenade raindrops, the thick trees at the mouth of the bowl turned into pieces, the scene was a mess, and the ground was full of small craters.

"Good! All right! Good weapons! ”

Then Commander Song began to applaud himself, and at the same time couldn't help but praise excitedly.

Finally, waiting for the end of the round of shooting, Commander Song turned his head and asked:

"Not bad! Not bad! If Tanzania can get this kind of fire support vehicle, I think the situation of their battle will be greatly improved! ”

"But for them, the price is still a bit expensive, and it is estimated that they can buy at most twenty or thirty units."

"And there is a problem, this thing is not cheap, the opposite side must be to see the goods, it is impossible to be like your previous fire rockets, direct blind ordering, if you look at the goods, I am afraid it will take a long time to come and go."

"At least a two-month cycle!"

"The best way is actually to invite their consulate and embassy military attachés to come over and observe, and then let them negotiate internally, but if you do this, then the action will be relatively big, you have to contact the Fifth Aircraft Department and the Ministry of National Defense, and let the leaders coordinate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs."

The military attache of the consulate and embassy in the mouth of Commander Song is the military personnel of the consulate in addition to the civilian diplomatic personnel, after all, the consulate and embassy are claimed to be "the land of the country", so naturally there must be security and defense forces, and this is the case with international rules.

Hearing Commander Song say this, Wang Ye waved with a smile and said:

"It's not necessary, and since the matter of earning foreign exchange through exports, since it is up to each person's ability, then I can't ask for help from above."

"Although Tanzania is definitely short of this weapon at the moment, on the one hand, I can't compete with the ministry, and besides, they don't have the money now, and the latest batch of orders is enough for them for a long time."

"So I'm not going to sell this weapon to them for the time being."

As soon as these words came out, everyone except Commander Song was surprised, after all, everyone knew that Tanzania was a big customer of the Red Star Consortium, and now Wang Ye was not ready to sell to a big customer, so who would he sell to?

As for what Wang Ye said about competing with ministries and commissions, it is even simpler to say, this time Tanzania's 80 million orders include tanks, and if the consortium exports fire support vehicles again, it will definitely affect the follow-up orders of the ministries and commissions.

Of course, there's really no competition.

After all, the Red Star Consortium is also half a military factory, although it can, but there is no need, because Tanzania they have no money, and the ministry can accept the delivery of gold and ore, and even accept mortgages, but the current consortium can't!

On the contrary, the old factory director, who had been silent, nodded and said:

"Wang Ye is right, rules are rules."

"It's good to rely on your ability, you can't make this bad head, then it's a bad rule!"

Regarding Wang Ye's statement, Commander Song gave a thumbs up and said:

"Yes, you kid has principles!"

Soon, the time came to noon, Commander Song and Director Liang and others left in a hurry after lunch, as for Director Li, he had already left yesterday evening and did not spend the night, after all, he had to return to Yuntai closer.

Subsequently.

The next half a month.

The Red Star Machinery Iron and Steel Complex has finally entered a normal and orderly working state.

Machinery Factory No. 1 and Iron and Steel Factory No. 2 are frantically rushing to catch orders in three shifts, after all, Tanzania is really anxious, and they are already burning their butts, Wang Ye doesn't want to lose this important customer, so he can only give them a little bit of insertion in the queue and squeeze out some output and delivery.

The factory office is dividing the production tasks, compiling the less important ones into data and submitting them to the two departments, which will distribute them to the third-tier factories for planning and OEM.

Not to mention the research institute, although Wang Ye can't be called "arrogant", the R&D funds allocated to them are relatively sufficient, and everyone is very motivated.

The installation and commissioning of the two heavy-duty diesel engine production systems, as well as the commissioning and commissioning of other equipment, are progressing in an orderly manner, and it is estimated that they will be fully ready in October.

Finally, there is the secondary school, the children are still in military training, and it is said that they are performing very well, which makes Wang Ye very pleased.

In the office, Wang Ye was eating dried prawns, frowning and thinking.

At present, all projects are progressing in an orderly manner, and the fastest and most likely to produce results during this period of time is actually the motorcycle engine project, after Wang Ye's staff and many scientific researchers joined, the speed of advancement is very fast, and at present, several derivative engine models of cylinder reduction, cylinder expansion, cylinder increase, and cylinder reduction have begun to be finalized, and trial production will begin soon.

Therefore, the problem of corresponding products needs to be put on the agenda, that is, those small three-wheeled small pickups.

In addition to these.

Wang Ye is also ready to start a new project! That's the rocket artillery project!

Although the consortium already has a rocket project, and when it is launched with a nest, it is rocket artillery, but in Wang Ye's opinion, this kind of rocket is not enough, and the caliber is too small!

"Large-caliber medium and long-range rocket artillery project."

Then Wang Ye held the dried prawns in his left hand, and wrote the title in his notebook with his right hand.

And the reason why Wang Ye suddenly proposed this plan is actually related to the 59 chassis, fire support vehicle project, and multi-purpose infantry fighting vehicle project, not to mention those that are still in progress, let's just say that the fire support vehicle project has actually been finalized, as long as you find a customer to get an order, you can produce and deliver, and then make a lot of money again.

But the question is, where do customers go?

Tanzania has already mortgaged their underwear to the Ministry of Defense, and they have no money!

In this case, Wang Ye can only target the big dog households in the desert and the other "local tyrants" around him, but the biggest problem at present is that Huaxia and the big dog families have no diplomatic relations, and Wang Ye can't contact them at all!

Therefore, the plan to go abroad has been put on the agenda by Wang Ye.

Since you want to go abroad to negotiate business and pull orders, it is best to determine more orders at a time, in this case, it is not enough to rely on those gadgets and fire support vehicles before, after all, the big dog is a regular army, the scale is very large, very rich, and people may not look down on the things of the wild road.

Then Wang Ye must engage in a new product, a fist product!

"Long-range rocket artillery is good."

"Their level of contact with combat is really worrying, and their will to fight is also terrible weak, in this case."

"Then it's good to engage in 'non-contact' operations, anyway, there is money, and when a war starts, it is wanton and indiscriminate bombing, and it is best if the enemy can't see it, so the other party is wiped out on the way forward, then it is the best."

"As for the caliber, if you are limited by the propellant, you have to get at least 300 mm, right?"

"The length of the bomb is determined to be six to seven meters, so if you do it, you can also use the chassis of the 59 to pull and run, a super-large weapon station, tsk!"

Sitting on the chair, Wang Ye quickly wrote down a series of data on the paper, and a smile involuntarily appeared on his face, looking quite proud and happy.

"Ahh

Eight thousand kilometers away, Sattler Muhammad, who was in his office, suddenly sneezed.

"Woo, it's starting to get cooler."

"I haven't seen my mother and sister in a few days, do you want to go to dinner today?"

Just when Sattaler, who was sitting next to his desk, couldn't help but talk to himself, suddenly there was a knock on the door outside, and then he shouted to come in, only to see a staff member in a suit walk in and say:

"Your Royal Highness, the order you gave before, we have completed."

"Several products of Huaxia Hongxing Machinery Factory, we have found samples through various channels!"

Suddenly, a touch of joy appeared on Sartler's face!