Hearing that Li Changheng said there were 100 M1 main battle tanks with a total value of 1.1 billion US dollars, Esther's face was happy.

But within two seconds his expression collapsed.

Several other arms dealers present were surprised at first, and then they all laughed when they thought of something.

Esther really wants to agree to this order for General Dynamics, because the prototype was only built in 1973. These two M1 tanks have been doing various performance tests. The price of 11 million at this time is absolutely high, which makes people dare not ask. ask.

In the future, more than 7,500 M1s will be built on a large scale, and after two upgraded versions such as M1A1 and M1A2 are released, the unit price of M1 will drop to 8.5 million US dollars per car.

But that will be 3 or 40 years later, and the $11 million at this time is more expensive than Li Changheng's 707 private jet.

The Boyin 747 is only about 3,000 US dollars.

Even the unit price of the F14 Tomcat fighter jet is 60 million US dollars when it is sold to the Navy, and it is only 70 million US dollars when it is sold to Israel, Saudi Arabia and England.

Compared with the Leopard 1 tank that was tested together in the United States at the beginning, the quotation was only 8 million US dollars.

Note that this is a quotation not a unit price.

But no matter how willing Esther is, the facts are the same as Li Changheng's inability to sell Apache, and Congress will definitely not approve the deal.

As for the design of the M1 tank bidding was completed by Chrysler, Esther didn't care at all, because Chrysler wanted to build the M1, not only the engine and turret had to be purchased from GM.

Even the shells are provided by General Purpose.

And these three are the most core and most profitable part of a tank in addition to the protective steel plate and chassis.

Otherwise, the test of the prototype of the M1 tank will not be dominated by Chrysler, but it is General Dynamics who really masters this project secretly.

Since the M1 can't be sold, but if the M60 tank is sold, Este will not only be a little bit reconciled because the profit will be doubled or tripled.

Moreover, this business is likely not to fall on General Dynamics, but will be taken away by the US military.

After the Vietnam War, the United States not only threw a large amount of weapons and equipment directly at Yuenan.

There are also mass-produced weapons in the country, but they have no use for them. In the future, they will inevitably be eliminated by new weapons or upgraded new weapons.

The M60A1 tank was the main battle tank of the United States in the 1960s. Under the premise that the A2 improved model has been proposed, and Congress has always wanted to reduce military expenditures, let alone sell 100 vehicles to Shate and other countries. The US military dares to sell 500 vehicles. .

Once the news gets out, GM will be pressured by various forces, including the military's order for the A2 tank, and will have to withdraw from this competition.

While Esther cursed helplessly in her heart, she couldn't help but look enviously at Boyin's Payne and Grumman's Brett.

Fortunately, Boyin said that they are already full in the civil aviation market.

And Grumman almost went bankrupt because of the F14 project two years ago.

But only two years have passed, and the company's production line has been scheduled to the point where it cannot be finished in five years.

Based on the total order of 150 planes, England has 12 planes, Saudi Arabia has 24 planes, and island countries are also negotiating contracts for 24 planes.

210 contracts with a total order value of 14.7 billion US dollars are enough for Grumman to not have to worry about no business in the next ten years.

Not to mention that the F14 purchased by the United States will definitely not be less than a few hundred or thousands.

And Boyin also made a fortune because of the F14 engine, and its market value skyrocketed by several percent.

The most powerful one is Grumman. From the time when Li Changheng bought it, the valuation of only 200 million has soared to more than 2 billion US dollars.

For a moment, Esther actually had the idea of ​​whether GM also wanted Li Changheng to join the board of directors.

Even if you sell 5% of the shares at a price lower than the market price, if you can get tens of billions of dollars in orders like Grumman, GM's market value will skyrocket by two or three billion, as easy as drinking water.

Thinking of this, Esther instantly lost the idea of ​​offending Li Changheng, instead she didn't care that she was tricked by Li Changheng just now.

"SIR, if you don't mind, General Dynamics is willing to help you contact the U.S. military and sell the 150 M60 tanks that have only been tested and have not even had time to be used on the battlefield in the Kelestai base to Saudi Arabia.

And with the quotation of ammunition, it should not exceed 600 million US dollars. "

Li Changheng didn't immediately agree. Others first thought that Esther was crazy, and then, like Li Changheng, they understood that Esther knew that he couldn't get the order, so it's better to be friendly with the US military and at the same time ease the relationship. Li Changheng's relationship.

With this friendship again, Li Changheng will not be able to keep targeting General Dynamics for a new batch of tanks placed in Saudi Arabia in the future.

As for the weapons Boin and Grumman could build, that's another story.

Moreover, 150 tanks plus ammunition are only 600 million, which is equivalent to a unit price of 4 million U.S. dollars, which only accounts for one-third of the 1.7 billion U.S. dollar order that Li Changheng holds.

1.1 billion US dollars was left to other military enterprises, and GM withdrew from the competition, so in this transaction, no one will trouble GM again.

Because no one can come up with a lower offer than 4 million US dollars.

For the negotiation of other weapons orders, Li Changheng directly handed them over to Boyin and Grumman, and he introduced and questioned each other with the senators who came out to greet him, and then walked into the Capitol to participate in today's special order for Saudi Arabia, as well as US dollars. and oil-linked hearings.

Since the two matters are beneficial to both large and small capitals, apart from the specific negotiation conditions and details, this hearing is basically just a show for ordinary people.

Of course, Li Changheng will not talk about too detailed details, and only talk about the beneficial side of the United States.

Even if someone made things difficult for him, Li Changheng directly blamed the US government and major oil groups on some sensitive issues.

Some politicians and journalists~lightnovelpub.net~ who want to take the opportunity to make trouble can only curse Li Changheng for being cunning, but they have nothing to do with him.

This incident was broadcast live across the United States, and most ordinary people didn't care about topics such as national security and international influence.

Instead, focus on what Li Changheng said, once the U.S. dollar is linked to oil, it will not only allow the U.S. dollar to regain its hegemony status, but also stabilize the rising oil price in a short period of time.

This is not only related to their own daily expenses, but also to whether the jobs of countless people can be kept.

As for the specific negotiation conditions and details, many people think that what Li Changheng said is correct, that is the problem and responsibility of the US government.

After more than an hour of the hearing, someone at the scene saw a donkey senator named Lamond, who had been grabbing Middle Eastern oil into the United States, and would not let go of the topic of causing a huge impact on small and medium-sized oil companies in the United States. They couldn't help shouting Lamond is ignoring the interests of most ordinary people.

In an instant, the whole hearing was chaotic like a vegetable market.

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