Chapter 1405 This Is What We Call a Wealthy Family
Dad Zhu nodded in agreement with Du Fei's suggestion. Du Fei had never made a mistake in this regard.
After Du Fei finished speaking, he read it carefully again and frowned, "Dad, why didn't you mention the garrison in addition to the compensation?"
Dad Zhu raised his eyebrows: "Do you think America will agree to our garrison?"
Du Fei said: "It is definitely not possible on a large scale, but sending some people symbolically, given our current relationship with America, it should not be impossible to talk about it~"
Dad Zhu said: "Symbolic meaning? How many people?"
Du Fei said: "The number of people is not important, a battalion, a company, the important thing is that our soldiers have to step on the land of Dongyang..."
Dad Zhu thought for a while, it is really more symbolic than practical, and once people are sent over, they may fall into a passive position.
After all, Huaguo is not America. America has tens of thousands of troops there, and Dongyang can only serve as a master.
But once Huaguo's soldiers go there, the situation may be very different.
Du Fei smiled at Zhu's worry: "Dad, we really sent someone over, just for a reason. We only want land, nothing else matters, we just want land near Tokyo, as long as it's close to Tokyo Bay, it doesn't matter if it's in the suburbs, we get the land, just wait for appreciation..."
At this time, even Zhu's father couldn't imagine how high the land in Tokyo would be in the future.
Of course, Du Fei's proposal was just a guessing game, what if the Japanese agreed~
Even if they didn't agree, there would be no loss.
However, Du Fei had no time to take care of this matter in the next few days. The Dehelan Asian Games had not ended yet, and Prince Haller, as the representative of King Barre, had arrived in Beijing.
Before in Dehelan, Du Fei and the Barrewe couple reached a preliminary agreement, and Prince Haller came here to further implement the cooperation between the two sides.
September 15, 1974, Sunday.
The weather in Beijing is good today, and it has been a bit cool in autumn.
As the plenipotentiary representative, Du Fei personally went to the airport to greet Prince Haller.
Prince Haller walked down from the plane in a white military uniform, and Du Fei greeted him with a smile: "Your Highness, welcome to Huaguo."
Du Fei's smile was from the heart, and in his eyes, this Prince was worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
"Mr. Du, I am also very honored to come to such a great country as Huaguo." Prince Haller did not hesitate to praise him.
After a warm greeting, the two got on the Hongqi sedan waiting on the side.
"Is this the sedan you produced yourself?" Prince Haller moved his buttocks on the soft leather cushion, his eyes full of envy.
Although he himself owns many luxury cars from various countries, even more exquisite and luxurious than this Hongqi sedan, the Persian Kingdom cannot produce sedans by itself, and all the cars running on their streets are foreign cars.
Du Fei said with a smile: "If your Highness likes it, I can give you one." Prince Haller was not polite and thanked him directly, but he took advantage of the situation and said: "Mr. Du, I personally like cars very much, but unfortunately the kingdom's industrial foundation is weak and it has never had its own car..." Du Fei of course heard what he meant and said with a smile: "Your Highness, this is easy to talk about, everything can be discussed, everything can be discussed." Prince Haller listened to the words and understood Du Fei's meaning in an instant. As long as the price is right, there is nothing to say. However, after thinking about it, it seems that there is nothing wrong. Compared with airplanes and tanks, cars are nothing~ The two talked happily in the car and arrived at the hotel that specializes in receiving foreign guests to arrange for the prince to stay. According to the original itinerary, it would wait until tomorrow to invite Prince Haller to visit the aircraft manufacturing plant. However, the prince was a little impatient. After arriving at the hotel, he immediately asked if he could go to the aircraft manufacturing plant in advance. Du Fei looked at his watch. There was still plenty of time, and the aircraft manufacturing plant did not need too much preparation for the visit of Prince Haller. Some sensitive things that need to be kept secret had been dealt with as early as when Prince Haller's visit was confirmed.
So the other party proposed to go and see it in advance, which was not an unacceptable problem for Du Fei, so he simply nodded and agreed.
It was already two o'clock in the afternoon when the group arrived at the aircraft manufacturing plant by car.
In the past two years, as the importance of the aircraft manufacturing plant has been increasing, the highway from the capital to this side has just been renovated. It has four lanes in both directions and is fully asphalt. It is spacious and flat.
This surprised Prince Haller secretly. In fact, in his impression, Huaguo has always been poor and backward.
This is certainly the actual situation, but there is also a stereotype formed by the selective propaganda of Western media.
Just like before the Asian Games, Huaguo's impression of the Kingdom of Persia was not very real.
It should be a backward, feudal monarchy with widespread exploitation.
But with the participation in the Asian Games this time, some documentaries about the Kingdom of Persia were broadcast, and there were also news pictures.
It made people see a completely different Kingdom of Persia, especially Dehran, where people are fashionable, the streets are busy, and the city is clean and beautiful, which is completely different from the impression.
Prince Haller felt similarly, especially when he arrived outside the aircraft factory and saw the huge, square, and sci-fi aircraft assembly workshop painted white from afar. This surprised the prince.
Even though he had read relevant materials and even seen photos before coming, seeing it with his own eyes still brought a strong visual impact.
Immediately, the motorcade stood in the huge parking lot in front of the factory, and Du Fei personally took him into the factory gate to ride on the factory's battery car.
In the car, Du Fei enthusiastically introduced in person: "Your Highness, this is Workshop No. 1 and No. 2. It is our workshop dedicated to the production of H-8 ultra-long-range strategic bombers. Our H-8 bombers have a longest range of Fourteen thousand kilometers..."
Du Fei said, the battery car stopped in front of the No. 1 workshop, took Prince Haller to change into the protective clothing for the visit, and walked into the clean and bright workshop.
At this time, two H-8s were being assembled, one of which was 80% complete. The huge silver metal fuselage was parked in the workshop. You had to look up to see it. When you came up to it, you were even more shocked.
Prince Haller observed this large bomber up close for the first time. Although he had seen America's B-52 before, he only took a look at it from a distance and had no chance to get close.
Despite his best efforts, his breathing became heavy.
I took a quick look at the H-8, and then went to the No. 3 workshop next to it to see the Y-8 and gunship production lines.
These are the main models for promotion. Du Fei introduced these two aircraft without any secret, especially the gunship.
"Your Highness, this gunship is very suitable for your country. It has been used very well in Libya before, especially for various security patrols. This gunship can patrol hundreds of kilometers of borders, which is equivalent to thousands of border guards. Soldiers, when encountering small-scale infiltration forces, can handle it on their own without calling for support.”
Prince Haller nodded repeatedly. He was no stranger to Yun-8 modified gunships. Not only did Kadazou once use a gunship as a landline, but he also participated in the Alabai Conference. Syria also purchased five of them last year.
The Kingdom of Persia has a good relationship with Syria. When Prince Halle visited Damascus a few months ago, he even flew on one of the gunships.
This time he came, the gunship had already been placed in the shopping cart.
Compared with Syria, which has a small land area, this gunship is of greater significance to the Kingdom of Persia.
Behind them is the H-7 bomber. Although this medium-sized bomber has no bright spots, it is immediately eye-catching when equipped with the latest improved air-launched anti-ship missiles.
This air-launched anti-ship missile is actually the Styx anti-ship missile that was originally installed on a missile boat. After some improvements, it was installed on an aircraft.
This configuration greatly makes up for the technical shortcomings of the H-7 bomber, and can just strengthen the Persian Kingdom's control over the Indian Ocean.
For a long time, as two big countries on the coast of the Indian Ocean, India and Persia have been secretly competing for hegemony in the Indian Ocean, although there has been no large-scale conflict.
Although Indu suffered a defeat on land and four princely kingdoms emerged on the Deccan Plateau in the south, it did not lose much sea power.
And in this regard, there are also shadows of America and Su Lian. Behind the Kingdom of Persia is America, and Su Lian Zedao stands behind Indu.
In fact, Prince Haller was able to appear here at this time to discuss the purchase of an airplane, and he also got America's approval, otherwise he would not have been able to come.
For America, allowing Huaguo to enter this market is a reward for containing Su Lian.
Although this exchange of interests is not written in any treaty or memorandum, it is a tacit understanding between both parties.
After visiting the aircraft manufacturing workshop, Prince Haller was very satisfied, but he was only a little regretful that he did not see the latest Y-9 transport aircraft.
The huge transport plane left a deep impression on him. Unfortunately, the workshop that assembled the Y-9 was far away in Shanghai and could not be seen in the capital.
Even so, Prince Halle was very surprised at the industrial level of flowers and fruits.
Although he had seen the Y-9 transport aircraft with his own eyes before, the stereotype still made Prince Haller somewhat unconvinced.
I wonder if there is any secret in this. Huaguo may have created such a large aircraft with the help of outside parties.
Until this time, after seeing the complete production system, Prince Halle was finally convinced.
After coming out of the aircraft factory, he sent a telegram to the country as soon as possible and reported what he saw and heard to the king.
Ba Lie responded there all night long.
The next day, Du Fei took Prince Haller to visit the tractor factory that produces tanks.
Seeing the square welded turret and the desert paint ready for the exit, Prince Haller couldn't put it down again.
In the previous Middle East war, the combat effectiveness of the SLA tanks was inferior, but it highlighted the excellence of the 'firefighting' tanks copied by Du Fei.
Although in some basic qualities, Duffy's imitation tanks are still not as good as the original T-62 from Sailian, the problem is that the tanks exported by Sailian are all weakened versions, and their overall performance is inferior to Duffy's firefighting tanks. .
Especially with the replacement of the welded turret, the new fire tank looks more powerful and solid overall, giving people a feeling of strong combat effectiveness.
Not only did mother Barak and Assad fall in love at first sight, but Prince Halle was also attracted immediately.
Before leaving the tractor factory, he made it clear that he wanted to sign a package contract to purchase equipment.
These include not only aircraft and tanks, but also fully automatic mine-laying vehicles, extended-range rocket launchers, and anti-aircraft missiles that were extremely outstanding in the Middle East war...
The only requirement is that we hope to learn from Libia’s model.
After hearing this, Du Fei couldn't help but smile meaningfully: "Your Highness Haller, I understand what you mean, but the situation in Libya was quite special at the beginning. It was worth investing 100 million US dollars when our bomber did not have drawings. Trusting old friends and sharing risks will naturally bring greater rewards.”
Of course Prince Haller heard what Du Fei meant and said with a smile: "Money is not an issue. Our great Persia is not comparable to a small country like Libya."
Then Wang Zha was revealed, and the total amount of this purchase was actually as high as two billion US dollars!
When Du Fei heard this, he couldn't help but take a breath of air and cursed in his heart, "Big dog."
At this time, the Kingdom of Persia was indeed the largest player, and even America's latest third-generation F-14 fighter jet was obtained for them.
The only country in the world equipped with F-14s is the Kingdom of Persia.
Prior to this, Cardano was considered very generous. He jointly developed a bomber for $100 million.
Compared with the Kingdom of Persia, it was inferior.
However, Du Fei knew in his heart that these two billion US dollars were not free.
It is impossible to reach this amount for general weapons and equipment procurement. The real purpose of the Persian Kingdom is production capacity.
As long as they can get the production line and establish stable production capacity in their country, it will be worth doubling it, let alone two billion US dollars.
Prince Halle stated that the two billion US dollars did not include the cost of helping the Kingdom of Persia build factories.
In the future, the first 50% of this deal will be produced in Huaguo, and the remaining 50% must be delivered in the form of parts and assembled in factories in Persia.
Du Fei looked embarrassed on the surface, but actually he was happy inside.
Originally, he was thinking about how to tell Prince Haller, but he didn't expect that His Highness would be so sensible.
Du Fei pretended to be embarrassed and said he would try his best to negotiate with the superiors to facilitate the deal.
In fact, they are all excuses. The Persians must be made to feel that this matter is not that easy.
Anyway, the Kingdom of Persia will no longer exist in a few years. Let’s make the two billion first. As for how far the subsequent factory can be built... Du Fei cannot guarantee it.
While Du Fei was busy negotiating with the Kingdom of Persia, Huaguo also made great progress in its negotiations with Dongyang.
Due to America's active promotion, Dongyang reluctantly accepted the compensation of US$7.5 billion, which was eventually paid off over twenty years at an annual interest rate of 5%.
Officially acknowledging the defeat, Huaguo was allowed to send a company of personnel into Tokyo, and allocated more than 30 acres of land near Tokyo Bay as land for military camp construction.
In exchange, in a non-public memorandum between the two parties, Huaguo promised not to support Hokkaido's pursuit of independence and to stop supporting the Hokkaido guerrillas with weapons and equipment.