I believe that the first batch of people who did business on the eve of reform and opening up will have this feeling - a sound legal system has the benefits of a sound legal system, and an imperfect legal system has the benefits of an imperfect legal system. Such as insider trading, kickbacks, bribery and a series of other methods,

Under the current domestic system, supervision is almost incompetent, but if compared

Developed Western societies will face very disgusting legal processing costs. For example, in order to develop overseas markets or win orders, almost no large multinational company has not used methods prohibited by law, especially defense contractors and energy companies.

The methods of super-large multinational companies are the most intense and dark.

Bribery and kickbacks are common in arms purchase cases. Countries such as Saudi Arabia and India, which are relatively powerful and corrupt, have a large amount of funds used for bribes in almost every arms transaction.

In fact, at a time when the UK is already overwhelmed by internal investigations, the Al-Yamaha Arms Agreement has basically fallen into the hands of China. And because of its low cost, the contract itself is quite profitable for China. In the case of Leopard A

For example, Shenghua and CATC reported a case to Saudi Arabia

A price of 24 million U.S. dollars. Although Saudi Arabia did not raise any objection, in fact, this price was so outrageous. The cost price calculated by XAC itself was only about 40 million yuan, which is only 500 yuan under the new exchange rate.

Ten thousand US dollars, Qi Yiming boldly bid nearly five times the price.

Of course, the first factor in the low cost of Chinese-made weapons is the low labor cost. In an era when the general salary is about 100 yuan, it is not only beneficial to labor-intensive industries, but also has a certain impact on the aviation industry. In addition, because most technologies

Even some parts that cannot yet be produced by physical enterprises are provided by the Red Alert Base, so the cost is greatly reduced. The early technology research and development expenses are basically zero, so there is no problem of recovering the cost.

Multiple reasons ultimately led to seriously low weapons prices. Qi Yiming had no intention of disrupting the order of the international military products market. He simply compared prices horizontally with products from other countries, so it was reasonable to ask for fighter jets, tanks, and missiles that cost four or five times the price.

Hit.

XAC and Chengdu Aircraft are still produced in factories after all, such as the Thorn-2 Red Patriot missile, which basically comes from the Red Alert Base. If you don’t count the mineral resources stolen across the border from Mongolia and the Soviet Union, there is basically no cost. A set

The US$105 million air defense system is basically all profit.

Qi Yiming believes that the performance of these Chinese-made weapons is no worse than foreign ones, and the service will be more considerate because of his intervention, and there is no need to shout as low as possible in order to compete for the market in the future. Of course, even in the future, such as 35

The profit of 12 Hongqi-9 air defense systems worth US$100 million is actually quite high. China’s competitive advantages mainly lie in its national system and human resources.

It is said that the profit margin of Leopard A is close to 5 times, but the profit margin of Leopard B is lower. Because Leopard B uses more advanced technologies for manufacturing, the difficulty of production has increased, and the cost has also increased significantly, up to 80 million yuan. This is also estimated

This is the main factor why the Air Force finally gave up Xi Fei and asked Qi Yiming to produce it for free. Even so, Leopard B still has nearly twice the profit, and the killing of people is not ordinary ferocity.

The situation of Xiaolong is somewhat similar, but because its unit price is relatively low, its profit margins are also limited. The ex-factory price of an FC-1 is about US$3 million. In addition to the small size of the aircraft itself, most of the technologies used are relatively mature, and

It is the WS-13A and the composite materials on the airframe that are more valuable.

If foreign companies knew about the profits of Chinese military industrial enterprises, they would probably be jealous to death, and even jealous enough to use anti-dumping laws to find trouble.

The two groups of people who were working together sat together. Zhou Yutong took out a piece of paper and handed it to Prince Bandar, "Your Highness, please burn it after reading it."

Bandar took the piece of paper and looked at it: "Procurement of 200 Xiaolongs, the total contract value is 2 billion US dollars, 20% will be paid."

Bandar's eyes jumped, and he immediately put the piece of paper on the candle on the table and burned it. He was extremely excited. The 20% rebate was 400 million U.S. dollars. Although they, the royal family members, were not short of money, but one

Such a large amount of kickback is indeed unsettling. The British also proposed a similar solution.

The proportions are roughly similar. In fact, after the Al Yamaha scandal was revealed, the police said that of the total agreement amount of 43 billion pounds, about 6 billion pounds were related to bribery. This number is not necessarily used for

Kickbacks and bribes, but its horror still leaves people familiar with the situation in shock.

It can be said that the reason why Saudi Arabia does not consider other products, but only favors the British hurricane and typhoon, is absolutely inseparable from the huge amount of bribes.

The amount of this bribe alone is a huge arms order with a sky-high price. Of course Qi Yiming wants to take this piece, but he knows very well that without the money delivered to Saudi stakeholders, it will be difficult to decide on subsequent orders.

Already.

In fact, Zhou Yutong was not at peace in his heart. Such a large amount of kickbacks would definitely be a huge crime in Western countries. In fact, if it were exposed in China in later generations, it would even be worthy of being shot. Of course, it is unlikely to be exposed in China.

Kind of thing.

"Because the batch is huge, the unit price of 8 million is actually a discounted weapon system price, but you can mark it as a fly-away price, and the extra 20% will be used for maintenance, repairs, weapons, training and infrastructure, etc.

Cost, what do you think of this condition?"

Bandar was not very old, but he was quite greedy. He calculated that, including the 2 billion contract, the total value was only 5.74 billion U.S. dollars, which was still far behind the 7.8 billion he brought. He couldn't help but

He opened his mouth and asked: "Can other contracts follow this model?"

Zhou Yutong was immediately shocked, but he didn't show it in his face. The bribery ratio provided by the British in another timeline was only 13%. If all contracts were sold according to Xiaolong's, then the bribery ratio given by the Chinese Empire would have reached

An astonishing 20%. From a purely commercial perspective, such a contract is not a very efficient contract for the seller. Of course, this kind of thing cannot be measured from a purely commercial perspective.

"The boss ordered a condition of 200 aircraft. I originally thought it was impossible, but I didn't expect that the Saudis did not consider the actual needs at all. This Prince Bandar was completely considering personal gains and losses." Zhou Yutong touched his head and felt nothing.

I was sweating, I thought in my heart. At the same time, I admired Qi Yiming for accurately grasping the thoughts of the Saudi people.

He thought for a while and then said: "It may be difficult to follow this model in every contract, but we will try our best to find a way. Well, you can also refer to another model, because the input of a large number of fighter aircraft may lead to expensive

The country lacks pilots and support personnel, and we have agreed to provide combat readiness forces to Saudi Arabia.

Labor export. Generally speaking, a team of more than 1,000 people will cost more than 100 million US dollars a year. In fact, we have already paid wages to our laborers. We can establish a confidential information system called "We are actually for you".

Account, this money can be transferred several times and finally transferred to your hands, what do you think?"

Bandar calculated that these people would stay in Saudi Arabia for at least two or three years, which would bring them another two to three or three to four billion in income. He was very satisfied and decided to start big.

Zhou Yutong immediately said: "To realize the labor service model, we hope you can agree to purchase 60 CJ-6, 30 K-8, and 30 L-15 trainer aircraft. These trainer aircraft are important for Saudi Arabia to improve its pilot training level."

Quite helpful, the combination

The total value is US$350 million, which is quite favorable. It is impossible for foreign countries to buy so many training aircraft without US$800 million. So we also hope that you can increase the purchase quantity of FBC-1B fighter jets to 100. Of course,

The more, the better.”

The more Bandar and others heard about it, the less they could figure it out. They immediately asked: "Please give me detailed data for reference."

Zhou Yutong smiled slightly and took out a piece of paper from the folder and handed it to Bandar. Their conditions were written on it: 100 FBC-1B fighters, 200 Xiaolong fighters, and the fighters were equipped with 1,200 PL-9 combat bombs.

, 600 PL-12 medium-range missiles, 600 PL-11 medium-range missiles, 200 C-705 anti-ship missiles

, a total of 200 250kg and 500kg Thunder series guided bombs, 20 sets of electronic warfare systems; 60 CJ-6 primary training aircraft, 30 K-8 secondary training aircraft, 30 L-15 advanced training aircraft, 8 sets

Thorn-2 air defense system; and two C919 special planes for VIPs - the total contract value is US$6.8 billion, of which US$800 million is in return of gratitude.

It has to be said that such a contract is very arbitrary for Saudi Arabia. Not only has China continued to expand the initial contract for 72 Leopard B fighter jets to the current contract that includes so many other miscellaneous items, but also

There are many things that the Saudis may not necessarily use. For example, the two C919 passenger planes were stuffed in by Qi Yiming just to make up the money. He secretly planned to let the Saudis advertise their civilian aircraft.

Bandar and his team are very satisfied with the up-and-down management of US$800 million. Most of this money will belong to him and his father, Prince Sultan, and the participating military personnel and government officials will also receive it.

Partly. Of course, due to the need for proper money laundering, the amount they finally received could not be so large.

Bandar and others discussed for a while, but Zhou Yutong just sat aside indifferently. After a while, Bandar spoke again: "We are very satisfied with the contract. Well, can you also give me a list of your other Chinese military products? We

Prepare to purchase more points.”

Zhou Yutong almost collapsed after hearing this. He knew that Bandar had a total of 7.8 billion US dollars, but he and his boss Qi Yiming had no intention of prying them out from the beginning, because no matter what, Chinese-made weapons remained

The reputation of high quality and low price is very important. Too much unreasonable price increase will affect future purchases from other countries. But I didn't expect that Bandar, a prodigal, didn't care at all and actually wanted to spend all the remaining money in his hand.
Chapter completed!