Chapter 154 Total value of 450 million U.S. dollars
After Abdul brought the delegation to Yanguo, a voice emerged within Yingjiang: Should the Osprey multi-functional transport aircraft be introduced from Yanguo?
This proposal was not only supported by several high-level officials, but also echoed by many others.
Why would anyone make such a suggestion?
There are two main reasons.
First of all, Yingjiang urgently needs a multi-functional transport aircraft to replace the old C-2A "Greyhound" carrier-based transport aircraft.
Of course, the C-2A "Greyhound" carrier-based transport aircraft is not old either. After all, this transport aircraft began to be delivered in 1964.
It’s less than twenty years ago!
But for Yingjiang, the C-2A "Greyhound" carrier-based transport aircraft cannot adapt to the latest aircraft carrier requirements.
They urgently need a new weapon and equipment to fill the vacancy of the C-2A "Greyhound" carrier-based transport aircraft.
Secondly, Yingjiang attempts to steal the technology by introducing this kind of aircraft in order to accelerate the research and development process of its own foldable tilt-rotor aircraft.
In fact, their main purpose is to steal technology.
Not everyone is in favor of the proposal, and there are some dissenters.
As the world's most powerful country, Yingjiang actually needs to purchase weapons and equipment from other countries. If this spreads out, it will definitely be ridiculed mercilessly.
Especially Ying Jiang's deadly rival - Mao Xiong.
However, Boeing and Bell Helicopter are very firm. They believe that as long as they can introduce the Osprey multi-functional transport aircraft, they can greatly speed up the development of their own foldable tilt-rotor aircraft.
To this end, they did not hesitate to use their "money power" to manage relationships and try to persuade those who held opposing views.
In the end, they succeeded in changing Yingjiang's position, which made Yingjiang decide to introduce the Osprey multi-functional transport aircraft from Yanguo.
Gary Aurelio and Sorel Konos, as well as the entire foldable tiltrotor team, are firmly opposed to this proposal.
They believe that their research results have achieved a major breakthrough, and it is only a matter of time before they develop a foldable tilt-rotor aircraft.
However, executives at Boeing and Bell Helicopter were dissatisfied with their progress, saying it was too slow.
Faced with this situation, the top leaders of both parties decided to take some special measures to speed up the research and development process.
At the same time, Yingjiang's top management issued a warning, saying that the Osprey multi-functional transport aircraft from Yanguo could be introduced, but it must be done secretly and must not be noticed by Mao Xiong.
At least it can be said on the surface.
When Yanguo's senior officials learned that Yingjiang wanted to introduce the Osprey multi-purpose transport aircraft from their own country, they looked blank at first, and then showed expressions of disbelief.
Yingjiang has always been a world military power, so why would it suddenly think of introducing weapons and equipment from Yan Kingdom?
This situation is extremely rare.
The last time Yingjiang introduced equipment from Yanguo was in 1982, when they introduced the J-7 fighter jet, which is a copy of the Mi-21 fighter jet.
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There are also two voices among the top leaders of Yan Kingdom.
One is to reject Yingjiang's request to purchase an Osprey multi-purpose transport aircraft.
At this time, Yingjiang wanted to introduce the Osprey multi-functional transport aircraft from them.
That was Sima Zhao's heart, and everyone on the street knew that he was aiming for the foldable technology of the Osprey multi-functional transport aircraft.
The purpose is not pure!
And another voice: sell the Osprey multi-purpose transport aircraft to Yingjiang and make a lot of money from it.
Both sides have their own reasons.
Especially now that Yan's foreign exchange reserves are in short supply.
Being able to cooperate with Yingjiang and earn a large amount of foreign exchange can greatly relieve the pressure of foreign exchange.
In the end, the big leader made the final decision.
Whether it can be sold to Yingjiang or not, the decision is left to 077 Machinery Military Factory.
Some senior officials of Yan Kingdom began to have their thoughts in mind.
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At this time, Lin Chenran didn't know that Yingjiang actually wanted to introduce its own Osprey multi-functional transport aircraft. Lin Chenran is bringing his "big sponsor" to the testing site.
Take a closer look and ride on the Osprey multi-purpose transport aircraft developed in-house.
"Abdul, my friend, how do you feel?"
Lin Chenran and others were already riding on the Osprey multi-functional transport aircraft.
He directly asked the "big funder" what he thought.
"cool!"
"Lin, the Osprey multifunctional transport aircraft is very stable and has excellent performance."
Abdul said with a slight smile.
He was quite worried at first.
Only Yan Guo has the foldable technology.
He was worried about whether there would be problems after going to heaven.
After flying into the sky and switching to parallel flight, he felt that his worries were unnecessary.
The flight was very quick and ended in just ten minutes!
Abdul and other representatives of Saudi Arabia in the Camel Region looked like they were still unsatisfied.
Now Abdul's desire to buy an Osprey multi-purpose transport aircraft has reached its peak!
Osprey multifunctional transport aircraft must be introduced back to the country.
Lin Chenran knew the deal was done when he saw the smiles on the faces of the Saudi representatives from the Camel Region!
After watching, playing with, and riding the Osprey multifunctional transport aircraft up close, everyone returned to the conference room of the 077 Machinery Arsenal.
The next step is to talk about the price of the Osprey multi-purpose transport aircraft.
"Abdel, I'm sorry, the Osprey multifunctional transport aircraft's technology and production line cannot be sold. Our 077 Machinery Military Factory can only sell finished aircraft."
Lin Chenran directly rejected Abdul's request.
It turns out that Abdul wanted to bring all the technology and production lines of the Osprey multi-functional transport aircraft back to China.
But it's really impossible.
"Lin, we come here with sincerity."
Abdul wanted to hold on.
"Abdel, this is not something that our 077 Machinery Arsenal can decide."
If the whole set of technology is brought back to the camel region, the cost will be sky-high!
So Lin Chenran does not recommend that Saudi Arabia in the Camel Region introduce the entire Osprey multifunctional transport aircraft technology and production line into their country.
In particular, the technology of the Z-20 heavy-lift helicopter has not been fully understood by Saudi Arabia in the Camel region, and now it wants to introduce another more complex Osprey multi-functional transport aircraft.
Since Yanguo was unwilling to sell the entire Osprey multifunctional transport aircraft technology and production line, although Abdul was disappointed, he no longer pressed for it.
Mainly, Lin Chenran is right, the cost is too high, and the Saudi Arabian Kingdom in the Camel Region has not yet fully digested the previous Z-20 heavy helicopter technology.
It would be useless to introduce another set of helicopter technology back.
Then Abdul asked about the price of the Osprey multi-purpose transport aircraft.
"$21 million a knife!!!"
Lin Chenran directly revealed the price of the Osprey multifunctional transport aircraft.
"$21 million?"
The price is within Abdul's estimate, mainly because the Osprey multifunctional transport aircraft is the only foldable tilt-rotor aircraft in the world.
It’s expensive for a reason.
The two parties quickly signed a contract, and Saudi Arabia in the Camel Region introduced 20 Osprey multi-functional transport aircraft from the 077 Machinery Military Factory.
(End of chapter)