Chapter 263 Military Order
The negotiator of Sikorsky seemed to suddenly realize at this moment. It turned out that the person who negotiated with him was really a private capital, not a Black Hawk helicopter on behalf of the Chinese military. Instead, he really purchased such a large number of orders for his company.
After so many years of arms trading career, it is not new for companies to purchase military equipment. In uneasy countries, in those war-torn areas, security companies even purchase Blackhawk helicopters, although these security companies only purchase at most three or two.
But more often, these private enterprises only buy some small-caliber light weapons. They purchase heavy equipment on such a large scale, and in a peaceful country, this is the first time that such a thing has happened.
The two parties quickly signed a simple contract text, which was nothing more than confirming the progress of negotiations between the two parties, the purchase quantity and price.
It is not enough to be the final purchase contract. Sikorsky has to submit an application to the Ministry of Defense with this simple contract text. They only have the right to export after the Ministry of Defense approved it.
Only after the Ministry of National Defense approved it will they sign the final purchase contract with Lin Ping.
But this is just a procedure. Without the instruction of the Ministry of National Defense, they would not sit here to negotiate with Lin Ping and the Chinese military.
However, after the extremely quick talk with Lin Ping, the military's equipment procurement department and related personnel were a little unable to accept all this.
As a unit of such a large military, it is only possible to pay out 24 US dollars in foreign exchange to pay. A private company actually purchased 100 aircraft at one time. It has to be said that for many people, it is really inexplicable sadness.
"I don't think I'm going to do anything here. Since the military is worried that I will leak the secret, I'll leave early." Lin Ping actually wanted to say something, but after taking a look at the negotiator of Sikorsky, he walked out of the conference venue.
However, as soon as Lin Ping left the conference room, a soldier chased after him.
"Hello, Mr. Lin Ping. I am Zhang Yang from the General Equipment Department. I would like to ask Mr. Lin what specific arrangements are there for purchasing such a number of helicopters? After all, all aircraft in China are air management by the military. If Mr. Lin's company's aircraft want to take off to perform missions, it is necessary to communicate with our air control department. Although I am not affiliated with the air control department, I think this is not a commercial secret for Mr. Lin. Can you have time to talk to me?" Originally, for Zhang Yang, he was the main negotiator for this procurement.
However, the negotiations had major changes, and he had to hand over the negotiation power to his deputy. At least at this moment, he thought it was more important to figure out why Lin Ping wanted to buy 100 planes? It was far more important than when he sat there and bargained with the US side.
The two quickly walked out of the building and headed towards the apron in the distance.
If ordinary people like Lin Ping were not qualified to approach the apron in any case, after all, this was a military airport.
But now he was eager to figure out Lin Ping’s true thoughts, Zhang Yang had to wander around with Lin Ping.
"I naturally have my arrangements for buying so many aircraft. First of all, in the Daxinganling area, at least two aircraft are in the fire standby state every day. In this state, the aircraft must be fully armed and suspended the water bucket to load water from the reservoir. There must be three aircraft, which can be loaded in half an hour and take off for fire fighting tasks urgently.
In addition to these five aircraft, two medical aircraft carry simple rescue equipment and are waiting for takeoff orders at all times.
In addition, five aircraft have to patrol and transport personnel within the on-site scope under our company's jurisdiction every day.
At first, our company's flight strength will definitely be very strong. However, with the later period, our company will set up a tall tower monitoring station in the forest farm every 5 kilometers. With these monitoring stations, the take-off and landing frequency of the aircraft will not be so dense. Finally, with the later maintenance of the aircraft, the successive repairs and even the crash and loss, we will maintain at least 30 aircraft in the Daxinganling area to barely be enough." Lin Ping said after thinking briefly.
When Zhang Yang heard Lin Ping say the words "Crash and Loss" and couldn't help but look up and look at Lin Ping seriously.
The four words of the crash and loss are so simple, it is just like a toy that was discarded in this young man.
Not to mention how many family breakages will be caused by each crash, just talking about the value of these equipment makes people feel distressed.
However, as the leader of the General Equipment Department, he is still able to accept the word "depletion". After all, no matter how strong the human will is, it cannot violate science.
There are many phenomena in helicopter crashes, sometimes man-made, and sometimes purely natural climate.
For example, when flying in a canyon between two mountains, it is easy to be carried by airflow into the valley. If a helicopter with insufficient power is generally not recommended to travel through the valley. If you want to fly, pull the plane up and fly slowly above the valley.
The reason why the General Equipment Office bought the Blackhawk helicopter this time was actually to fly in the valley.
In the valley leading to the Himalayas, ordinary helicopters cannot adapt to such an environment at all. In the environment of the plateau, the power is seriously insufficient, and the changing climate, once the power is insufficient, the plane will be destroyed and people will die.
In today's world, only big guys like Black Hawk Helicopters can do it.
After listening to Lin Ping's introduction, Zhang Yang waited for the other party's following. After all, only 30 of the 100 aircraft have been used, and there are 70 other aircraft that have not been arranged for missions.
"What will your company plan to arrange the remaining aircraft?" However, while waiting for the following text, he found that Lin Ping had been staring at the J-7 aircraft in the apron to look up and down. In desperation, Zhang Yang had to ask.
Hearing Zhang Yang's question, Lin Ping withdrew his gaze, but did not respond immediately. Instead, he pointed to the J-7 and asked: "I heard that your equipment office plans to buy Grumman's F14 cat. I have to say that you still have vision, but I personally suggest that you can buy the F15. The opportunity is rare. If you want to buy it, you will naturally buy the most expensive and best one."
When Zhang Yang heard Lin Ping's words, he looked around with caution.
Internally, purchasing Western equipment is not a secret at all. Purchasing fighter jets and helicopters is already in the negotiation process, but after all, it is confidential information. How could this businessman know it?
If it is not for the fact that Lin Ping is certainly sure of Lin Ping's identity, if it is not for the superior leader who agrees to Lin Ping to purchase the Black Hawk helicopter, based on what Lin Ping said, it can be arrested and locked up for a while before being interrogated slowly.
Even though it is no longer a secret secret inside, it is really a secret that ordinary people can read casually, which makes the equipment department ashamed. No matter how you say it, this is also a secret message!
Zhang Yang quickly adjusted his emotions and wanted to stop Lin Ping, but when he saw that Lin Ping was interested, he turned his eyes and said slowly: "We want to buy it too, but the other party will not sell this advanced fighter jet no matter what. And even if the other party can sell it, the unit price is not the same as the Black Hawk helicopter. An F15 Eagle can match 6 to 7 Black Hawk helicopters.
And even if we want to buy it, even if the other party doesn't consider the leak, the other party will not sell it if the number is small. It is estimated that the equipment of a US flight squadron is at least between 24 and 26. Including the later maintenance and maintenance of aircraft that cannot fly, we have to buy at least 30. These 30 aircraft are about 1.3 billion US dollars, 1.3 billion US dollars! Not to mention whether we can produce so much foreign exchange, just say how much our military expenditure is in a year?
How can you afford such expensive things without military budgets? If the money is spent by the Air Force, where will the budgets of the other two military branches come from?"
Zhang Yang was very moved when he said this. After all, modern wars require modern weapons and equipment. However, modern weapons and equipment are too expensive and ordinary countries cannot afford to consume them.
Some countries have no financial resources, and when the two poor people fight, it is clearly a war model in the Trinity era. They fight to the level of the World War I era, with trenches everywhere, and only people can follow the chariots everywhere. In the final analysis, it is not because they can't afford equipment.
Even if the Air Force has some service, those poor countries cannot afford to play air-to-ground coordination.
It can only be to fly the plane up, then fly to the other party's position, throw some bombs and then fall back. Coordinated command alone is a mountain that cannot be smashed for many countries.
Listening to Zhang Yang's words, Lin Ping smiled.
Looking at Lin Ping's smile and looking at the question marks on his head, is this kind of thing that funny?
Lin Ping looked at Zhang Yang with a little displeasure, so he hurriedly said, "It's enough to think about some things. For these high-end and sophisticated weapons and equipment, the ones you can buy are defective products that others castrated. Unless you can produce them yourself, don't place all your hopes on others.
When it comes to purchasing, the biggest difficulty is not military spending or foreign exchange. In the final analysis, the other party will not sell it to you no matter what. Of course, if the overall environment changes and considering the actual needs, maybe the other side of the ocean will be sold to us. Just like the Black Hawk helicopters today are like F14, who would have thought that we would have the opportunity to buy such equipment more than ten years ago.
Why not do this? Is it better to make a bet?
When purchasing 30 F15s, we don’t need to produce 30 F15 fighters with fast delivery. Or purchase F14 Panda and production line together, the cost will be as long as no more than US$1.5 billion, and our company will bear it.
The premise is that can you buy it back? Can General Zhang fight this bet?"
What Lin Ping said really scared Zhang Yang.
"Do you know there is no joke in the army?" Zhang Yang looked at Lin Ping's smile-like expression, and was a little unsure whether Lin Ping's words were joking or had other intentions? Although he was very eager, Zhang Yang did not think that Lin Ping was really willing to spend the 1.5 billion US dollars for the country.
"I can sign a military order with your General Equipment Department. As long as you can buy back 30 F15s or F14 Pandas' entire production line, I will be willing to pay the 1.5 billion US dollars. Is there anything that General Zhang has to worry about?" Lin Ping didn't even think about it.
This time, Lin Ping's expression was no longer the kind of laughter and laughter. Instead, it became serious. Although it was required by the standards of a soldier, the face of this person was still like a joke. However, if he could say the word "A military order", he obviously understood what the meaning of this means.
"Take it seriously?" Zhang Yang trembled extremely when he said this, and even after just saying two words, there was a significant change in tone.
After all, this is 1.5 billion US dollars. In other words, these are 30 of the world's top f15 fighters. Although the other party will definitely castrate when exporting these 30 f15 fighters, such as changing radar success rate, and changing the engine to less thrust. But even so, this aircraft is still a high-tech fighter that is difficult to reach in China.
"It's just 1.5 billion US dollars, it's just 10% of the profit of our product. This little money is a little bit of a little to me. However, since it's a bet, I wonder what chips General Zhang can take out?" Lin Ping said that he had no problem and kicked the ball back to the other party.
Sure enough, when he heard Lin Ping's words and looked at Lin Ping's smiling facial expression again, Zhang Yang realized that the capitalist in front of him was willing to spend 1.5 billion US dollars, and he must have another intention.
But as he is, he dare not agree to such a gambling game immediately. Not to mention that it violates the regulations, and he can never get the gambling money of 1.5 billion US dollars.
"I ask my superiors for instructions. As long as the superior leaders agree, how can I negotiate with Mr. Lin?" Zhang Yang strongly suppressed his excitement when he said this.
But soon, Zhang Yang also reflected on it.
Is this $1.5 billion worth not easy to make?
If you have Hawk Sauce, how could you sell 30 F15s? Pandas can be sold in large quantities, but it is absolutely impossible to want a production line.
This is almost a bet that he has lost. It seems that the capitalist has decided that he has already decided on it. He is waiting for himself to take the bait and wait for him to lose his bet worth $1.5 billion to him.
At this moment, Zhang Yang understood what Lin Ping meant just now?
If the overall environment has not changed, Ying Jiang would not be able to sell such an advanced fighter as F15. What is the overall environment? Zhang Yang thought of a bear in his mind.
Huaxia has sufficient utilization value. Otherwise, the standard of conducting people and things has been reduced, how could he sell advanced fighter jets? If Huaxia had no utilization value and helped them restrain the black bear, how could Eagle Jiang negotiate the Black Hawk helicopter orders by himself?
If a person or a country has no value, how could the other party be so kind?
The old ancestors have an old saying that they are good: to show their kindness if they have nothing to do, they are either traitors or thieves.
Chapter completed!