Rebirth of the Military Industrial Overlord

"Mr. Hawke, is your offer serious?" Wu Daguan frowned and asked little Hawke Sidley who was sitting across from him.

In his hand, he was holding a thick stack of documents, and at the end of the documents was clearly printed a line of eye-catching numbers: 116 million pounds.

Little Hawke spread his hand and said: "Wu, of course we are serious, otherwise we won't let you wait for that long. In fact, we have calculated the purchase cost, depreciation, and dismantled and undamaged all equipment. The labor cost required for packing, you have to know that in Britain, labor, especially skilled workers, is very expensive."

"So, in your quotation, have all the patent authorization fees, process drawing transfer fees and subsequent technical support fees included?" Wu Daguan continued to ask.

He asked this question just to get more understanding of this thick material. He just flipped it briefly. After that, he certainly needs to spend some time to read it carefully. The British are not the first to play tricks in these documents. Second, he had seen it many years ago.

Little Hawke replied: "Yes, Wu. Of course these costs are included. Without these, you can just buy the production line and go back, right? So, the price you see now is our opinion of all possibilities. The required services are packaged and obtained. In fact, we have given you enough discounts on the basis of the single total. You see, according to the single total, the purchase of all this can cost nearly 130 million pounds. We The current offer has already given you a 10% discount."

Wu Daguan frowned and handed the document to Shao Yifu who was sitting silently, and said softly: "Old Shao, look at..."

Shao Yifu waved his hand and did not accept the information, but said in a deep voice, "Mr. Wu, you can hold these things, and I don't understand them."

After that, he turned to Little Hawke and asked: "Mr. Hawke, I remember that when I was still in China, I heard that Mr. Ma Fengshan once talked about it. In 1975, he asked you for "BAC1-11". The price of the production line, all the quotations you gave at that time did not exceed 60 million pounds, why should it be doubled now?"

Little Hawke glanced at Sir Hooker beside him, and then slowly replied: "Sir Shao, you are right. At the beginning we gave a preliminary offer of 60 million pounds, but that was the 1975 offer. It has been 7 years now, so with the impact of inflation, this price is obviously going to go up."

"But you are not going up a little bit, but doubling it!" Wu Daguan retorted grimly.

"Yes, Wu, don't get excited. Just listen to me. This inflation is just one of the reasons. You have to know that Mr. Ma Fengshan originally negotiated with us, but he bought "BAC1-11-300", and now What you want to buy is the larger and more advanced "BAC1-11-700". Although the "BAC1-11-700" aircraft is also an extended model of the "BAC1-11", whether it is in terms of passenger capacity, The layout and advanced level of the cockpit, as well as the fuel consumption, noise and environmental impact, have made great progress. It not only meets the latest environmental protection requirements for civil aircraft in Europe and the Americas, but also reduces the single-seat fuel consumption to a whole new level. Therefore, this production line is more expensive. It should be understandable, right?"

Seeing Wu Daguan’s frowning brows, Little Hawke continued: “Moreover, according to our understanding, the conditions offered by McDonnell Douglas will never be better than ours. As far as I know, they don’t. All the core technologies will be handed over to you, but only an assembly line will be given to you, and all intellectual property rights on the production line will belong to "McDonnell Douglas". Unless you get their approval, you will not be able to rely on that Any changes and developments in the production line, I guess, shouldn’t be in line with your original intention, right? So, Wu, you see, we really really want to do this business with you."

Wu Daguan wanted to say something more, but Shao Yifu shook his head slightly to stop him. He took the quotation sheet placed on the table by Wu Daguan and flipped through it casually, and then smiled: "Mr. Hawke, what you just said is indeed somewhat It makes sense, but your offer this time has greatly exceeded our expectations. Therefore, I think we need some time for internal discussions. I have only one question for the time being."

Little Hawke nodded and said, "Sir Shao, please."

Shao Yifu said: "What I am concerned about is, if we finally reach an agreement, what opinion the British government will have on this project."

Little Hawke smiled and said, "Sir Shao, please do not worry about this. The export of this production line is obviously a civilian project, so it will not be restricted by "Batumi". Moreover, from the information I have obtained, the production The owner of the line will be a Xiangjiang company, don’t you know my understanding is correct?"

Seeing Shao Yifu nodding, Little Hawke continued: "There is no problem. Xiangjiang is still under British jurisdiction. Based on the results of my communication with some government officials, they obviously welcome this matter. Since you are preparing to engage in civil aviation, you should definitely know that for us, the "British Aerospace Company", the most important civil aircraft plan at present is obviously the well-known "Airbus 300".

Shao Yifu nodded and said: "Thank you Mr. Hawke for his frankness. In this case, I have no problem for the time being. Let's stop here today. Keep in touch. Let's talk about it another day."

Little Hawkeburn of such a big business didn’t expect to make a decision today, so he smiled and replied: “Okay, I think you do need time to discuss it, but I want to ask, you probably will When is the next meeting scheduled? After all, I also need to arrange my schedule."

Shao Yifu thought for a while and replied: "I received an invitation. I may be summoned by Prime Minister Thatcher these days. So I think the next meeting may be a week later, okay?"

Little Hawke nodded, and then left with Sir Hooker.

As soon as they left, Wu Daguan asked anxiously: "Mr. Shao, I think you should have any thoughts on this quotation, can you tell me?"

Shao Yifu smiled slightly and said, "It's all about asking prices and paying back the money by sitting on the ground. Of course I have a plan, because ah, I want to find someone to come. This kid is best at bargaining."

Wu Daguan suddenly realized: "Old Shao, what you said, is it not him?"

"Of course, who else can anyone besides him?"