Chapter 144 The Customer Is God
At noon.
Liu Tao completed all the formalities.
He only needed to return to Kun City and go to the bank to make the money appear directly in the account of Panshan Machinery Factory in Kun City.
According to the regulations, the amount of foreign exchange earned will be increased accordingly after the bank settles!
The current exchange rate is 1 US dollar = 1.49 RMB.
It is impossible for the bank to really settle 1.75 billion US dollars and only print 2.6075 billion RMB.
If this is the case, the Fifth Ministry of Machinery will settle with Panshan Machinery Factory at 1 US dollar = 1.75 RMB, which will be a big loss.
The Fifth Ministry of Machinery can settle with Panshan Machinery Factory happily every time. Liu Tao knows without thinking that it will definitely earn some difference from it.
Liu Tao suspects that the settlement of the Fifth Ministry of Machinery to the bank is 1 US dollar = 2 RMB or even more!
Now, don’t look at the dual-track system of the economy. In fact, in a sense, bank foreign exchange settlement is also a dual-track system.
The exchange rate ratio of bank foreign exchange settlement is far different from that in the market.
There is a lot of room for operation here.
After finishing the business, Liu Tao went to the military base.
This military base is a tank troop military base and also a tank crew training base.
The entire base is very large, with various terrains, including dirt roads, grasslands, hillsides, and trenches.
There are eight Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and five Type 80 tanks. Each self-propelled anti-aircraft gun and tank has a three-person crew, who are now taking the time to familiarize themselves with the self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and tanks.
There are also soldiers who are operating heavy machine guns, heavy sniper rifles, and anti-aircraft machine guns.
The engineers are building bunkers, obstacles, and targets.
This will be the venue for the performance for the distinguished guests tomorrow!
Type 78 pistols, Type 78 automatic rifles, Type 78 general-purpose machine guns, Type 78 heavy machine guns, Type 78 heavy sniper rifles, Type 78 sniper rifles, Type 78 rifle-howitzers, Type 78 sniper grenade launchers, and even the new bulletproof vests that have just been developed a few months ago, all appeared.
In order to obtain orders and be able to cooperate for a long time in the future, Liu Tao has invested a lot of money this time.
In addition to the target drone at that time, the cost of the whole performance is huge.
After checking, there was no problem with the weapons and equipment, and Liu Tao was secretly relieved.
At the headquarters, the commander was making arrangements.
Security work, performance process, etc.
Except for a Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun and a Type 80 tank that were just delivered three days ago, the others have been here for a long time.
"Director Liu, is it necessary to use so many target drones this time?" The commander looked painful.
The commander knew very well how much it cost to perform a play.
Abandoned cars, scrapped tanks, bunker construction, and more than a dozen target drones!
They have never been so extravagant.
Throughout the year, the training ammunition used is limited, not to mention the real guns and live ammunition now.
Bullets are fine, but the really expensive ones are the Vanguard air defense missiles, tank shells and target drones!
For example, the tail-stabilized armored discarding sabot shells, one round is worth his salary for ten years!
"You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing your child. No matter how much it costs, it has to be used. Even if there is no order, it will be used as a practical training for the soldiers!" Liu Tao said.
Liu Tao knew how poor the troops were.
For such a long time, there has been no live-fire shooting, and few training rounds have been fired.
It is estimated that they don't drive tanks and self-propelled anti-aircraft guns out for a long time every day, just to save fuel.
For example, the Type 80 main battle tank can consume more than 400 liters of diesel per 100 kilometers, which is a real oil tiger.
So far, the troops have placed orders for only 5 Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and 10 Type 80 tanks, plus the corresponding shells and training shells.
This is the price given by Liu Tao for self-propelled anti-aircraft guns at 3 million yuan per vehicle and 1 million yuan per tank.
After the plan to streamline the troops was released, the troops became more and more stingy.
Now, four of the eight self-propelled anti-aircraft guns at the base are self-use versions, two of the five tanks are self-use versions, and the others are foreign trade versions, which are temporarily loaned to the troops for training.
From the outside, it is difficult to see the difference between the self-use version and the foreign trade version.
When guiding guests to see, they are guided to the foreign trade version.
As for firearms, there is no difference between the self-use version and the foreign trade version.
The commander secretly marveled that Liu Tao was really rich and willful.
With just this amount of money, he could buy a Type 80 tank.
The next morning, there was a hint of coolness in autumn.
Liu Tao and Liu Zhenbang and other people from the Fifth Machine Department met up and arrived at the military base in advance.
The security here today was much stricter than usual.
After waiting for about an hour, the convoy slowly drove into the base.
When he saw the middle-aged man in his fifties, Liu Tao knew that he was Prince Abdul.
Such a big man in a high position naturally has a unique temperament.
Liu Tao saw another leader and secretly sighed in his heart. This leader personally accompanied him. It can be imagined how much the country attaches importance to this negotiation.
"Prince Abdul, this is the chief designer of the Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun and the Type 80 tank." The leader introduced Liu Tao with a smile, and the translator on the side immediately translated it into Arabic.
Prince Abdul praised in Arabic, and the atmosphere seemed very friendly.
Liu Tao spoke in Arabic: "Your Excellency Prince Abdul, welcome to China. I hope you will enjoy your trip."
"I didn't expect you to know Arabic at such a young age. You are indeed a genius." Prince Abdul's eyes lit up and he praised again.
Liu Tao and Prince Abdul communicated in Arabic. He started learning Arabic last year and can now communicate normally in Arabic.
The leader also looked at Liu Tao with surprise.
He didn't expect that Liu Tao actually learned Arabic.
However, he was more pleased and expected that this negotiation would achieve good results.
Now the country needs to spend foreign exchange everywhere. Foreign affairs departments need foreign exchange overseas, and government-sponsored students studying abroad at prestigious universities also need foreign exchange. Foreign exchange is also needed to purchase advanced machines, production lines, and books from abroad. Importing cars and engineering vehicles also requires a large amount of foreign exchange.
If Liu Tao hadn't opened up a new situation in the export of weapons and equipment and earned a lot of foreign exchange, the country's foreign exchange reserves would have been negative long ago.
Instead of now, the country still has more than 2 billion foreign exchange reserves.
Now seeing that Liu Tao can greet Prince Abdul in Arabic, the leader is more optimistic about Liu Tao.
Afterwards, everyone came to the shooting range, where there were weapon racks with guns on them.
Liu Tao introduced each type of gun to Prince Abdul and asked Prince Abdul and others to try it out in person.
You can only know whether a weapon is good or not after you use it yourself.
This is especially true for an expert like Prince Abdul.
It is better to let him experience it in person than to say a thousand words.
Unlike Soviet or American weapons, which have formed a strong brand effect, if you want to be competitive, cost performance is the top priority, followed by service attitude, treating customers as God, rather than being high above, wanting to sell at a high price and attaching a bunch of conditions.