Chapter 680 Preparing for trouble, support from the east
The next day, Chang Haonan and Wu Yifan signed a cooperation agreement in a low-key manner in the conference room of Torch Group.
According to the content, the latter Black Sea Import and Export Trading Company will provide Torch Group with up to 1,000 professors, senior engineers or other professional and technical personnel of the same level within five years.
In return, Torch Group will pay an intermediary fee ranging from 15,000 to 50,000 US dollars for each person according to different personnel levels, of which 5 million US dollars will be used as an advance payment after the contract is signed. Payment will be made, and thereafter the excess will be refunded and the less will be reimbursed on a yearly basis.
Of course, the money does not really need to be paid by Torch Group.
The Science and Technology Commission provided a special fund for the Friendship Plan to pay for these expenses. Chang Haonan only acted as a middleman that both parties trusted and were familiar with.
As for the advance payment of 5 million US dollars, it is naturally not exactly what is written on the surface. Instead, it includes the freight paid by Wu Yifan to transport a batch of "mysterious goods" into the Balkans. Probably one-fifth of that.
Dianke Group has been working overtime to produce this batch of electronic components throughout the Spring Festival holiday, and it was not until yesterday that the quality inspection was finally completed.
Originally, the Air Force wanted it to bring a batch of 57mm and 100mm anti-aircraft artillery shells that were about to expire. It should be to support the brothers in the third world in resisting hegemony, and by the way, it could also save the cost of destruction in the next two years. money.
But these two kinds of ammunition can be said to be everywhere in Southeast Europe. It is too abstract to take the trouble to fly them from China and then take the risk of sending them to the Balkans. And when pyrotechnics are involved, the risks and freight will double. In the end, Chang Haonan rejected the good offer.
However, these contents are all conditions reached in private and will not be directly reflected in the content of the agreement.
“Happy cooperation.”
After the signing was completed without a press conference or flash, Wu Yifan stood up and exchanged the agreement documents with Chang Haonan, and then shook hands:
"I didn't expect that the biggest order I've made since I joined the industry was with you, Brother Nan."
Chang Haonan took the folder and handed it to Song Jingming next to him, motioning for the latter to file it.
After there were only two people left in the conference room, he said:
"Old Wu, it is better to recruit people in short supply than in vain, and we are not in a hurry. As long as the first batch can arrive in China before the end of this year, it will be fine. But the batch of goods I asked you to transport must be transported to the destination before mid-March.”
“In addition, our identity should be kept as vague as possible during the whole process, and it is best to make it clear through hints. Using similar methods, the other side mistakenly thought it was the work of the Russians."
Wu Yifan's expression became serious.
After all, this is also the first time he has done such an exciting job of transporting military supplies to a quasi-war zone:
"The latter step is not difficult. The reason why the Russians came to me before was because I had done business several times with the officer in charge of reception at the destination, and we were considered acquaintances. As long as I didn't say anything, he would definitely assume that I was I took the order from Moscow."
"But before mid-March..."
He looked at the perpetual calendar hanging next to him with some embarrassment:
"Brother Nan. , it’s already the end of February, and you also know... Okay, you probably don’t know... But for smuggling, for the sake of cost-effectiveness, we wait until the day when the person we cooperate with is on duty before going through customs, but at this time I can't predict the table in detail, plus I have to pass through a third country in the middle..."
Halfway through the words, Chang Haonan interrupted him with a wave of his hand:
"We have paid millions of dollars, and we are not asking you to pay attention to cost-effectiveness."
"In this matter, safety and efficiency are the first priorities. If there is too much money spent in the middle, we can deal with it later. Let me make up for it.”
In the original timeline, the start date of the Allied Forces operation was March 24, but Chang Haonan could not guarantee whether the details would change in this life. You have to allow time for preparation, so it’s definitely a bit of a rush.
However, Wu Yifan still shook his head:
“It’s not entirely about money.”
"I know you are worried that we will move too slowly and be unable to send them in before the conflict breaks out, but just because the situation in that area is tense now, we don't want to make too much noise."
"On the surface, what we are transporting is just a batch of electronic components. We bribe a few grassroots military officers and veterans. They don't care what they are sent for. They just make the money and that's it."
"But if you contact the person in charge with a higher level in a big way, they will have more things to consider. At this juncture, even relying on money alone may not be enough. After all, tens of thousands of dollars are spent in bribes to smuggle a batch of electronic products. , no matter how you look at it, there are big problems inside.”
Chang Haonan has been a law-abiding citizen his whole life, and he really doesn’t know as much about these things as Wu Yifan.
But if these things are still on the road when the conflict breaks out, it will be completely in vain.
Looking at the troubled Chang Haonan, Wu Yifan gritted his teeth and said:
"Okay, Brother Nan, I can take an airlift. The airspace of those countries is basically undefended at present. Get a transport plane." If you fly lower and bribe the management of a semi-abandoned airport on the border, you can save yourself the trouble of land customs clearance and save about three or four days of effort, but..."
"You have to add Money? "
Chang Haonan asked.
“No... uh... well, you have to pay more, but it’s not the kind of extra money you think.”
Wu Yifan got a little involved, and after a while he continued:
"Your batch of goods, including the protective packaging, weighs almost 4 tons. A small plane cannot pull it through. I have to do it." A serious transport aircraft will do, but I probably won’t need this thing in the future, so you or the organization will have to buy this aircraft after it’s done.”
"Of course the price won't be very high. The Ermao Air Force subcontracts normal aircraft and scrapped aircraft and resells them. It's about one to two million US dollars."
This is not a big sum of money.
Not to mention that we can get another plane back.
The only problem is that unless this aircraft is an IL-76, other models will just be left to gather dust even if they are brought back.
But even based on the price of scrapped aircraft, the one that can be bought for one to two million US dollars is definitely not a strategic transport aircraft like the IL-76.
"Let's do it, Old Wu."
After thinking for a moment, Chang Haonan raised his head and said:
"The money to buy this plane is also the same as the shipping fee. According to just now That agreement came from the funds of the Friendship Project.”
"But don't bother getting this aircraft back to China. Just leave it with Ermao. You can just maintain it from time to time. I guess jobs like this will happen again in the future. Just treat it as an investment in the future."
Wu Yifan took a deep breath. He felt as if he had been kidnapped by Chang Haonan onto a pirate ship...
But the matter had come to this, and there was no turning back.
And it is really fast to make money on this pirate ship...
"Okay, let's do it!"
......
A week later.
Romania, Satu Mare County, an airport covered with snow.
A convoy of five Ural trucks is lined up and parked on the grass next to the runway,
The cargo box of each truck is covered with a tarpaulin. Judging from the compressed distance between the rear wheel and the wheel hub, they should all be in an unloaded state.
This airport, which is now slightly dilapidated and desolate, was built more than ten years ago when the Warsaw Pact was still in existence.
The primary purpose is of course war preparedness, but there are also considerations to improve transportation and commuting convenience in border mountainous areas.
Therefore, a lot of manpower and material resources are devoted to maintenance every year.
But after entering the 1990s, due to well-known reasons, infrastructure maintenance in remote areas basically stopped.
After ten years, the airport's infrastructure has basically come to a standstill, with only a few basic staff remaining.
But for people like Wu Yifan who run the "cross-border transportation" business, it is actually a good thing.
He only spent tens of thousands of dollars in total to get the airport director to agree to provide them with a runway and refueling services.
Just because the airport radar has long been broken and there are not enough manpower, they cannot provide guidance during the landing process, and they have to do the loading and unloading themselves.
“Angkor, the estimated time has passed 10 minutes, why is the plane still not there?”
In the cab of the first truck, Wu Yifan's deputy and the driver of the first truck, Yan Yong, raised his hand and looked at his watch, looking slightly anxious.
The two have known each other since childhood. When Wu Yifan graduated and went abroad to pursue his career, Yan Yong was with him.
He is also the only one among the five drivers who knows the specific route and schedule.
But I don’t know anything about the specific goods being transported or the shipper.
“Don’t panic, after all, we have to fly nearly 400 kilometers, and it’s all at low altitude, so we can’t control the time so accurately.”
In fact, Old Wu in the passenger seat was also a little anxious.
He was not afraid that the pilot would run away with the plane, but he was worried that flying at very low altitude in the mountainous area would cause it to crash easily if something malfunctioned or got lost...
But in front of his men , you still have to show that you have everything under control.
So in order to divert my attention, I had to turn on the radio in the car and adjust the knob to try to find a channel that I could listen to.
"It is reported that the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier has approached the Adriatic Sea, putting pressure on..., the European Union... issued an ultimatum..."
The signal in the mountainous area is really average, and Wu Yifan is weak in Romanian and Russian, so I can basically only get a rough idea.
But it is enough to get useful information.
“Speaking of Angkor, the Balkans have not been peaceful recently. We went there to transport things at this time, wouldn’t we be trapped in it?”
“Go back quickly, no.”
Wu Yifan shook his head, his tone decisive.
He knew that he must not show any hesitation, otherwise others might not dare to make this trip.
"I don't know who it is, but at this critical moment..."
As soon as Yan Yong opened his mouth, he was interrupted by a roar that gradually grew in size.
Wu Yifan turned off the radio, stuck his head out of the side window, and looked at the northern sky with a telescope.
A weird airplane with an engine mounted on the wing is aiming at the runway, extending its landing gear, and gradually descending.
It was the An-72 transport aircraft that Wu Yifan urgently purchased from the Ermao Air Force.
At first, he was planning to buy an An-24 or An-26, but the maximum payload of these two models is only about 5 tons, and the age of the aircraft is generally upwards of 20 years. The risk of flying at low altitude is really high.
That’s why we finally made a big one.
The advantage is that there are only a few of this aircraft in the world and its features are so distinctive that you don’t have to worry about making mistakes.
Wu Yifan picked up the walkie-talkie placed next to him, opened the door and jumped out of the cab:
"Everyone get out of the car and get ready to load the goods!"
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