Chapter 250 Who will sell the built Il-76 and Il-78 to?

 In the past few years, the International Commercial Bank of Moscow had already made a name for itself. With the collapse of the Red Empire, the bank also began to expand to the capital of the original republic, and its business was busy.

If it weren't for Alexander's phone call, the bank would have no reason to refuse this kind of business. If it is open for business, there is no reason to turn people away.

 But now, they have to do this, because there is a chain plan behind.

"Qin, they are indeed here to receive and withdraw cash. I am very surprised. How did you know?"

"Because Third Brother always likes to do this!" Qin Tao said: "The two hundred thousand they have must be given directly to Mikhail. Therefore, as long as we use some tricks, we can make their purchasing plan Let me take care of this little trick."

Ah San has done this in all previous arms procurements. The prices of the weapons purchased are so high that it is unbelievable. For example, the purchase of the French Rafale fighter jet is obviously a medium-sized aircraft without stealth capabilities. But the purchase price is actually more expensive than the F-35 Lightning.

Is Asan being taken advantage of? Of course not, some purchasing staff are full of nonsense.

In this procurement process, they used this method to be open and transparent, and the 10% rebate ratio was stated on the surface. And when purchasing some good things they want, they will also give red envelopes to suppliers. Especially in the era of the Red Empire, they begged Lao Maozi to sell them weapons. Now that the Red Empire has just collapsed, they need this method even more if they want to complete their procurement plan.

 Alexander shook his head: "It's up to me, huh, I'm going to do it myself and make them regret it!"

 The thought of being offended by his third brother made Alexander very angry.

A few hours later, Rajna and Abhinandan finally came back. Their trip was quite difficult. Almost every bank said that direct transfer was fine, but the performance was not good. They went to four banks. Just collected two hundred thousand dollars.

Platinum Country has not implemented foreign exchange controls yet, yet it is making things difficult for people like this!

 Fortunately, we finally have it all together.

 The next day, early in the morning.

"Damn, how could we oversleep?" Rajna was very annoyed: "Now, we have to arrive at the Chkalov Aircraft Factory at eight o'clock!"

 “Maybe it’s because of the time difference.”

“What a time difference, we are almost on the same longitude!” Rajna turned to complain to Abhinandan while walking in a hurry.

 “Take your suitcase and don’t make any mistakes!”

“Of course,” Abhinandan said, “I will protect it.”

While talking, the two of them had already arrived at the door of the elevator. When the elevator door opened, the two of them hurried inside.

"Ouch!" Suddenly, Abhinandan screamed, and a man came out of the elevator. He bumped into him head-on, especially his arm holding the suitcase, which was very painful. It hurts, my fingers are weak, I can’t hold the handbag, and I actually dropped it!

Abhinandan screamed in his heart. Although his body fell on his back, his eyes were still fixed on the handbag. In his sight, two handbags flew side by side to the corner.

 “Damn it!” Rajna turned around and saw this situation, her face changed drastically, and she ran forward, rushing towards the handbag.

At this time, there happened to be a waiter wiping the window over there in the corner. He saw the handbags flying towards him and immediately caught them, one in each hand. There was a smile on the other person's face: "Two guests, be careful."

Which one is yours?

Rajna looked at the bag handed over by the waiter's left hand and was a little undecided.

The man who came out of the elevator also ran over and took the handbag on the waiter's right hand with one hand.

"Hey, um..." Abhinandan had just stood up and wanted to stop him. Rajna had already taken the bag in the waiter's left hand, opened the zipper, and let out a long sigh of relief.

The man was carrying the bag and just weighed it. He felt it was okay. He breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Abhinandan: "You reckless guy, apologize to me!"

“Time is running out, let’s go!” Rajna ignored the man, called Khan Abhinandan, and got on the elevator.

 “Damn it, you rude fellows!”

“Hmph!” In the elevator, Abhinandan made a sound from his nose again: “If we weren’t in a hurry, we would definitely have a good argument with you!”

If it were in the era of the Red Empire, they would never dare to make such a mistake, but now, when they come to the small White Gold Kingdom, they always feel superior to others.

The Lada car drove towards the Chkalov Aircraft Factory at full speed.

Mikhail went to work at eight o'clock as usual, but he was a little anxious today. He sat working in the office, looked at his watch, then stood up and walked around the room.

Jingle Bell!

 The phone finally rang.

“Director, someone is looking for you outside.”

 “Invite them to come to the office.”

Mikhail looked at his watch again, hoping that the two groups of guests would separate and not get together, otherwise it would be difficult to explain.

“I’m sorry, Mr. Mikhail, we’re late!” After Rajna came in, he quickly apologized: “We had a little accident on the way.”

"It doesn't matter." Mikhail said: "Your Excellency Rajna, we haven't seen each other for several years, and you are older than before."

Asan has always been the traditional purchasing country for Lao Maozi's weapons, so the relationship between the two parties is still very good. In previous purchases, Rajna had been in contact with Mikhail, and the two were old acquaintances. .

 I just didn’t expect that Rajna has aged rapidly in recent years, and his beard has turned gray.

"Yes, I am old, but the relationship between us will never change." Rajna said, waving to Abhinandan, so Abhinandan quickly came up and held his hand The box was placed on the table and unzipped.

 Inside, there were stacks of banknotes, which were slightly green.

"My old friend, here is two hundred thousand, as a meeting gift for you." Rajna said: "We know that your factory has a lot of finished transport aircraft that you are trying to sell, and we hope to purchase them all. If there are no problems on your side, then our official delegation will fly over immediately to negotiate."

Rajna came with Abhinandan and two people. Of course, it was not a formal delegation. That kind of delegation was a large inspection group with dozens of people. The two of them came here just to stand in front. They needed to pave the way in advance. The subsequent purchases will be very smooth.

  After all, there is no precedent for this.

 In the past, when purchasing, they would fly to Moscow and negotiate with people there. The aircraft factory did not need to come over at all. But the Red Empire collapsed, and these countries jointly divided the Red Empire's property.

 However, how to realize the property is still a big problem. Just like this aircraft manufacturer, it must sell the aircraft it produces in order to make money.

 Is it possible for them to come directly to the aircraft factory to purchase? Will there be interference from Moscow? So they have to come here to test the waters first, get a feel for the situation, and bribe the person in charge here. When the formal delegation comes, everything will fall into place.

At this time, Rajna looked at Mikhail's face while talking, and sure enough, he was not disappointed.

Mikhail's expression betrayed him. Two hundred thousand dollars was definitely not a small number for Mikhail. After all, in the era of the Red Empire, Mikhail's salary as a factory director was only a few hundred rubles. That's all. This money is enough for him to struggle for decades. Now, he can get it easily.

“You want to purchase the transport aircraft here, of course there is no problem.” Mikhail said: “It’s just that you can’t purchase them all. There are other customers who also want to purchase our transport aircraft.”

Although there are a lot of transport aircraft being produced on their production line, they have not built many yet. He still remembers being entrusted by the boss in Moscow, and there were people in the East who wanted to purchase them. Although he got the benefits, but... You have to leave some for others.

 “Are there any customers? Where are they?” Rajna asked anxiously.

Mikhail shook his head: "I'm sorry, I can't reveal the client's secrets."

"Are they from the East?" Rajna's breathing quickened: "Mikhail, you can't sell the aircraft to them! They don't deserve a transport aircraft of the Il-76 level. They simply don't have enough military spending. Come and buy this kind of aircraft, only we have this ability, we want all the aircraft that have been built!"

Looking at Mikhail's expression of embarrassment, Rajna continued: "As long as you can refuse their purchase, we will give you the same reward again after we complete the contract!"

 Two hundred thousand is just a foreshadowing. After the event is completed, there will be another two hundred thousand.

This is the U.S. dollar, a currency that can be circulated around the world!

 “This, I’ll try my best.” Mikhail said.

At this moment, the phone rang again, and Mikhail picked it up.

“Uncle Mikhail, I am Alexander, the head of the Moscow International Commercial Bank here. We had dinner together a few days ago, and we are already at the door.”

“Okay, I’ll pick you up and take you around the factory.” After Mikhail finished speaking, he put down the phone.

"You two, I still have something to do. You go back first. I will report this matter to my superiors. Your delegation will come back in a week and it should be almost done."

"yes."

Rajna didn't worry too much. He had already seen the greed in Mikhail's eyes. There should be no problem in this matter.

The Red Empire is gone, and these factory directors are trying their best to make money for themselves, so Mikhail will definitely not refuse this temptation.

 Qin Tao and Mr. Wang stood at the door of the factory, looking at the scene inside.

There are rows of factory buildings, one after another. Between the factory buildings, there are tall and straight trees. Even in this season, there are no leaves on the trees, which can give people a sense of vicissitudes of life.

This is the largest aircraft factory during the Red Empire!

"Uncle Mikhail, you are finally here. Let me introduce you to these two guests from the east. This is Qin and this is the king." Alexander introduced Mikhail .

“Well, I just took care of some things. Let’s go and take you to the factory to have a look.”

Mikhail never looked at Qin Tao and Wang Lao. This was a sign of guilty conscience.

Of course he knew what the two of them were doing here, but since he had received benefits from others, of course he had to reject the person in front of him.

Although this will make Vinogradov dissatisfied, after all, this is no longer the era of the Red Empire, and he does not have to be afraid of Moscow's instructions in Tashkent.

 “It’s so big here!” Mr. Wang couldn’t help but sigh after coming in.

 Lao Wang once visited the aircraft factory that manufactured the Y8. He was shocked at the time, but now, when he sees Lao Maozi’s factory, it is completely different from the same level.

 The entire Yunba aircraft factory and all the production plants combined are not as big as the one in front of you!

The wingspan of the IL-76 is fifty meters and the height is about fifteen meters. The production workshop in front of you is over a hundred meters wide and thirty meters high. Therefore, the IL-76 is produced here, with both sides of the wings More than 20 meters of passages can be left in each area to facilitate the transportation of various materials. As for the length of this workshop, it is estimated to be several kilometers! Because looking inside from the entrance here, one after another, the Ilyushin-76s being finalized are all neatly photographed in a line. You can't see the heads at all. Just looking around, you can see at least twenty The vertical fins of more than one IL-76.

The length of this kind of aircraft is also fifty meters. Including the gap left between the two aircraft, one aircraft has to occupy a distance of almost one hundred meters. Twenty, that is two kilometers.

 Although the monthly output is in the single digits, there is no assembly line for aircraft assembly. They are all installed at fixed stations. Dozens of aircraft are installed at the same time to ensure that a few aircraft are shipped out of the factory every month.

 Spectacular, so spectacular.

Qin Tao is a shipbuilder, so he is supposed to be more impressive, but now, seeing such a spectacular sight of aircraft production, Qin Tao is still extremely shocked. It is estimated that only Boeing's production plant can be compared with the one here, right?

Soon, Mr. Wang turned his attention to one of the aircraft fuselages being assembled. Unlike other aircraft, the nose of this aircraft did not have a transparent bombardier's cabin, but was fully enclosed, on the fuselage. , you can also see additional openings. Those air inlets are probably used to dissipate heat from the internal devices of the aircraft!

"This aircraft is the body of our specially built A-50 early warning aircraft, but now, its production has completely stopped. We are fully committed to the production of ordinary transport aircraft and tankers. After all, those aircraft can be sold as soon as they are produced. Yes, but for airborne early warning aircraft, we can only produce the airframe, and we have to send it to the relevant departments to install radar equipment." Mikhail said.

 In the Soviet era, it was easy to coordinate the production of various equipment, but now it is different. It has to cross countries. Production, sales, and profit distribution are all big problems. It is difficult for those machines to be used anymore.

“How far is the assembly of this machine?” Qin Tao asked, trying to keep his words calm.

“At present, this aircraft has been assembled to 95%.” Mikhail said: “However, there is no need to assemble it anymore. Even if it is assembled, it is meaningless.”

"In other words, its final fate is to be sold as junk?" Qin Tao took a deep breath: "If you take this pile of scrap copper and aluminum apart, it can be sold for about one million, you sell it ?"

 Qin Tao started doing his old job again.

 Sell junk, one million?

 Mikhail subconsciously wanted to shake his head, what a joke! This aircraft will soon complete its final assembly. After completion, it will be able to fly and become a platform for early warning aircraft.

 How much does an early warning aircraft cost? It can easily reach hundreds of millions!

Even if there is no electronic equipment in it and it is just an aircraft platform, it cannot be done with one million. Look at the American medium-sized tactical transport aircraft, C-130, which can still sell for 40 million!

Mr. Wang was inexplicably excited. This aircraft was originally specially built for an early warning aircraft. Therefore, if you buy this aircraft back, you will have a platform to build an early warning aircraft in the future!

 Furthermore, it’s still one million, which is definitely a bargain price! Although the country is poor, this million is definitely affordable.

Alexander just smiled there. After several contacts, he was very satisfied with Qin Tao. The two were considered good friends, so this time they were considered good friends to help. Qin Tao wanted to spend one million to buy the body of such an early warning aircraft. , that’s definitely a bargain. Now, it depends on what Mikhail says.

 Mikhail’s expression is wonderful.

 He almost said that the other party was joking, but then he thought about what he had just promised.

Ah San wants to buy all the transport planes and aerial tankers that have been built. However, the platform for the early warning aircraft that has not yet been built is obviously not among them. In this case, sell this aircraft to the guests from the East. , wouldn’t that be the best of both worlds?

Thinking of this, he coughed, cleared his throat and said: "Qin, this aircraft only needs 5% of the process to be assembled and become a brand new aircraft. If it is sold for scrap, that is Selling state property at a discount. If you are interested in it, it will come out to at least 10 million."

Qin Tao shook his head: "No, ten million is too expensive. If you buy the transport aircraft and aerial tankers that have just come off the assembly line here, it is still a reasonable price. However, this kind of aircraft has been modified and partially strengthened to use the early warning aircraft. The aircraft is more It’s heavy. Even if you buy it back and fly it on civil aviation, it’s not economical. It’s unnecessary. It’s not necessary. Ten million dollars can’t be wasted like this. After all, we can’t print dollars ourselves.”

Not to mention 10 million, even if it is bought for 30 million, it is definitely worth it. This is a strategic-level large transport aircraft!

 However, Qin Tao is not in a hurry. He has plenty of patience and will be able to negotiate a suitable price.

Suddenly, Qin Tao remembered something and said to Alexander on the side: "By the way, it seems that a certain fat man has recently made a large amount of Jia coins and flowed into the market. We have already detected several batches in our country. You should also be careful. ah."

"Our Moscow International Bank has also discovered that someone is using this to fool us. However, our staff are all experienced and can find on the spot that although the manufacturing technology of the fat man's people has improved, they are still the same as before. There is really a difference. The biggest problem this time is the ink. The green emblem and number on the right side of the ticket will leave obvious green marks on the paper after rubbing **** the white paper. The fake ones cannot be wiped out."

When speaking of this, Alexander laughed: "What's even more funny is that someone actually took a batch of the same numbers and wanted to deposit them in our bank. Do you think it's funny or not? Hahaha."

Qin Tao also laughed, and although Mikhail was also laughing, his smile was obviously unnatural. He had something on his mind!

Everyone continued to move forward, and after waiting for a few minutes, Qin Tao looked at Mikhail's absent-minded look and knew that just adding more medicine would be enough.

"Your Excellency Mikhail, I heard that there are a batch of assembled aircraft here, can we go and take a look?" Qin Tao said: "We have prepared the payment, even if it is 20 million, we have to buy one. "

 Looking at the plane? Want to buy those planes? I have already promised to Ah San.

Mikhail suddenly covered his stomach: "I'm sorry, my stomach is a little uncomfortable. I'll excuse you for a while. Sergey, you can continue to see the guests with you."

Mikhail said and ran outside.

 Sergei is Mikhail's deputy. Now, he can only lead everyone to move forward.

I have to say that the foundation of this factory is not bad. So far, it has not shown signs of decline. The workers are still working normally, the factory has a large number of spare parts stored, and production continues in an orderly manner.

Qin Tao seemed to have forgotten his proposal and continued to look forward, visiting the heritage of the Red Empire.

Mikhail trotted all the way back to his office. He took out the handbag from the safe and unzipped it.

 He took out a pile from it, took out the first one, and looked at it carefully. The second one did not have the same number as the first one.

so far so good.

 However, this paper seems not crisp enough.

 He tried to wipe the green emblem and number on the right side on the paper, and then looked at the white paper. There seemed to be nothing?

 It shouldn’t be.

 He kept trying, but still nothing.

Mikhail had an ominous premonition in his heart. He continued to take out the second picture. When he looked at the third picture, his face suddenly became ugly.

 Hmm, the number on the third one seems to be the same as the second one?

 Look at the bottom again, the numbers on each card are the same as the previous ones!

 The second bundle and the third bundle, he kept taking out the contents and flipping through them with his hands. With a simple glance, he knew that they were all of the same size.

　　咣!

Mikhail threw the suitcase to the ground hard. It was too much, too much. Ah San actually used such a thing to fool him!

The other party was sure that he would not dare to deposit the money in the bank in a short period of time and could only lock it in a safe, so he used this dirty trick to deceive him.

 Hmph, you still want a plane? I won’t give you even one!

 Mikhail clenched his fists.

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