Rebirth 1975: Tore up the call-back order at the beginning

After confirming that Abdullah indeed wanted to purchase a full set of synthetic brigade equipment, Zhou Yang did not hesitate and immediately ended his visit to the training ground.

After sending Abdullah and others back to the hotel where they were staying, Zhou Yang immediately returned to the institute and called Mr. Jiang.

When he received Zhou Yang's call, Mr. Jiang had just returned from reporting work in the Forbidden City.

When he heard Zhou Yang's voice coming from the other end of the phone, Mr. Jiang immediately asked with a smile: "Has the contract been signed?"

"Signed, 42 Dongfeng 3s paired with 8 Mountain Eagle helicopters, totaling 100 billion U.S. dollars!" Zhou Yang reported seriously.

Although he had heard the boy report the situation before, Mr. Jiang still felt a little incredible when he actually heard that the contract had been signed.

After all, Dongfeng 3 can only be regarded as a medium-range ballistic missile, not an intercontinental missile, and it is not equipped with mushroom bombs. How can one sell for more than million US dollars.

Are beautiful knives worthless or is the world too crazy?

"Hey, one of you dares to ask for it, and the other dares to give it. I just hope that the other side won't regret it temporarily!" Jiang Lao said.

"Probably not. According to the agreement we reached, after the live missile test is completed tomorrow, they will send over half of the payment. Even if they regret it in the future, the money will not be refunded!" Zhou Yang said.

"Hahaha, then I'll be relieved!"

Then Mr. Jiang continued: "You have made great achievements again this time. The old leader even praised you to me just now!"

"Thank you for the compliment, chief. It doesn't matter whether I have made meritorious service or not. As long as I can contribute to the party and the country, I will be satisfied!" Zhou Yang said.

"Hahaha, I really like your ideological consciousness and structure. With these 10 billion US dollars, we can do a lot of things!" Mr. Jiang said with a smile.

"Yes, there is no need to cancel many projects!" Zhou Yang agreed.

"You guys are not calling me just to tell me that the contract has been signed. If so, then so be it. I still have to hold a meeting with the comrades in the department..."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhou Yang hurriedly said: "Chief, something new has happened here, and I need to ask for your instructions."

"Oh, what's new?"

"After Prince Abdullah visited our unit, he proposed to purchase a complete set of equipment for our army's combined brigade. You always see this..."

Purchase the equipment of the synthetic brigade in complete sets!

Mr. Jiang feels that this recipe is a bit familiar!

After thinking for a while, Mr. Jiang immediately said: "This...isn't this your kid's follow-up plan?"

"Then...you always ask if this can be done, and the price offered is not low!" Zhou Yang said.

After hearing this, Mr. Jiang immediately asked: "How much is it?"

"At least 8 million US dollars per set!"

"How... much?"

Mr. Jiang's voice on the other end of the phone suddenly became louder, and he was obviously very shocked.

"$8 billion!"

"You kid, take it easy and don't be too harsh. Customers like big companies can cooperate with us for a long time. If people think that we are not kind, then there will be no repeat customers!" said Jiang Lao.

"Do you always think that $8 million is too expensive?"

"It's not that it's expensive, it's that it's quite expensive. It's ridiculously expensive!"

Listening to Mr. Jiang talking about how expensive the three steps are, Zhou Yang couldn't help but want to laugh.

This seems expensive. I'm afraid you don't know that in the future we will need a full 200 billion yuan to build a heavy-duty synthetic brigade, which is almost more than 30 billion yuan when converted into U.S. dollars.

Even a synthetic camp is priced at more than 15 billion yuan.

"Chief, I think this price is within a reasonable range. You don't know that after His Highness the Prince saw our Hesheng Brigade, his eyes were straight and the corners of his mouth were almost drooling. If we don't buy it to others, they will I don’t think we are friends enough!” Zhou Yang said.

"But that's a set of US$8 million!"

Then Mr. Jiang changed his voice and asked again: "By the way, how much does it cost to arm a synthetic brigade? My memory is a bit bad..."

"The domestic purchase price is around 5000 million, but the actual cost does not exceed 2000 million!" Zhou Yang said.

"Isn't it a bit too dark to sell it for 2000 million US dollars at a cost of 8 million yuan?" Mr. Jiang said again.

"I think the price is just right. After all, equipment has a price, but some technologies are priceless!" Zhou Yang said.

"What technology?"

"Strengthening the army is a systematic project. They don't think that with these equipment they can build an invincible elite force. In the end, there is a high probability that they will be trained by our military advisory group like Silly Damu and Persia. This Don’t you want to give more to people who eat what horses chew?”

In fact, Zhou Yang also thought carefully about the pricing of the equipment of the Synthetic Brigade.

Although it is said that it will cost 200 billion yuan to build a combined brigade in later generations, the equipment at that time was not comparable to that of today. Take tanks as an example. Our army is equipped with 99A main battle tanks, with a total of 112 vehicles.

The market price of a tank like this is over five million US dollars each, which is more than 30 million yuan.

More than 30 vehicles is billion!

此外，我军的重型合成旅还装备有04A步战车，07式122毫米榴弹炮、11式122毫米40管火箭炮和10式120毫米迫榴炮。

In terms of field air defense, the heavy-duty combined brigade is equipped with the Hongqi-17 air defense missile system and the Type 09 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun. These two weapons can ensure the air security of ground troops within a range of 4000 meters to 12 kilometers.

The price of these heavy equipment can easily reach tens of millions, which is why the final price is so high.

However, the equipment currently used by the combined brigade cannot be compared with it at all. Let's continue using tanks as an example. The combined brigade is now equipped with the latest Type 85 main battle tank.

Although the performance of this tank is much better than the foreign trade version of the Type 69, the external price is not expensive, and other equipment is similar.

Furthermore, the purchasing power of money now is different from that of money thirty or forty years from now. To put it bluntly, money now is worth something.

Someone has calculated that the purchasing power of one dollar in the 30s is equivalent to 225 times that of years later.

Even if the purchasing power of the U.S. dollar is not as fast as our currency is depreciating, the current 8 million U.S. dollars is at least equivalent to to billion U.S. dollars in to years. It’s no wonder that Mr. Jiang said he was cheating.

Of course, there is another reason why Mr. Jiang said this, and that is that he does not know how rich the big families are. If he knew that the big families could have hundreds of billions of small coins just by digging in their own gardens. Pocket, he will not think that the price of US$8 million is unfair.

After thinking for a while, Mr. Jiang said again: "How many sets are they going to buy?"

"I haven't mentioned this. After all, I'm not sure whether we can sell these equipments!" Zhou Yang said.

"All the ballistic missiles have been sold, what else can't be sold? Hurry up and ask them how many sets they want. If they really want to pay 8 million U.S. dollars for a set, sign the contract as soon as possible. I will handle the other things!" said Jiang Lao.

"Yes!"

Then Zhou Yang said with a smile: "You don't think I'm evil now?"

"You have already fallen into the inkpot in my heart and cannot be bleached. However, the representatives of Shadamu and Persia highly praise you and keep praising you for being an honest person. How did you do this?" When someone sells something, they still have someone help them count the money?”

"Looking at what you always said, people who don't know would think I am so insidious and cunning!"

"Haha, the black frog (crow) never knows how black he is, just like some people never know how thief they are!"

"Chief, these words hurt my heart. It seems that we must learn to be more honest in the future and share less trouble, so as not to leave a bad impression on the chiefs!"

"Okay, I gave you a plate and you actually served it!"

Then Mr. Jiang said again: "Let me tell you good news. We have intervened. Both countries are interested in peace talks. In a few days, the two sides will formally hold the first talks. Once there is progress, Gu Chenghua, Zhang Huadong, Fan Debiao, Liu Yunlong Comrade can return to the country when he waits!"

"Well, this is indeed good news, but the two countries have been fighting for so many years. It can be said that they have already had deep hatred. It is unlikely that an armistice agreement will be reached soon. Good things will take a long time." Zhou Yang said.

"We think so too, but as long as they are willing to sit at the negotiating table, things will be easy to handle." Jiang Laodao.

"You're right, then I'll wait for the good news over there!"

"it is good..."

Then the two chatted for another ten minutes before ending the call.

Although this call was not long, it laid the foundation for the subsequent military trade cooperation. China is about to obtain its second large order from a large customer...

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