Chapter 148 Arms Trade Is an Important Part of International Trade

It was also during this era that information was transmitted very slowly, and China was still relatively closed.

If it were the Internet era, this order would definitely have caused a huge sensation in the first place.

At this time, after the two parties signed the contract agreement, they tacitly did not make a big fuss, and there was not even a press conference.

Neither TV news nor radio reported related news.

Just like the previous arms sales.

Liu Tao could only conclude that the Chinese people really understood the principle of making a fortune in a low voice, and even in the past thirty years of socialist construction, the doctrine of the mean was still engraved in everyone's bones.

With this matter coming to a successful conclusion, all his business in Beijing was over.

On this day, Liu Tao invited them to a conference room.

Looking at the leaders one by one, Liu Tao swallowed his saliva, and his heart beat fast.

The last time he saw these leaders was at the National Science and Technology Work Conference last year.

"Our God of Wealth, there are no tigers here, don't be nervous." An old man in his seventies spoke with a thick Sichuan accent and smiled.

He is not tall, but he has an extraordinary demeanor that looks down on the world.

"These days, our God of Wealth has established a deep friendship with Prince Abdul, and Prince Abdul praised him when he boarded the plane." The leader who accompanied Prince Abdul to the military base also laughed and said, "Comrade Liu Tao, you have made great contributions this time. Do you have any difficulties that need to be solved by the country now?"

"Is there any problem in completing the order?" the leader asked.

The old man fully affirmed: "Last year, we proposed to change the gratuitous military aid to paid military aid. After more than a year of practice, it shows that this road is feasible."

Changing gratuitous military aid is a resolution formed after many discussions.

It is really because China is too poor, and the gratuitous aid of weapons and equipment is too expensive, and China cannot afford it.

Unexpectedly, as soon as this resolution was issued, Liu Tao took action and got the first order, which was a good start. Last year's military trade orders can be said to be a bumper harvest.

This year, it has reached a new level.

The two orders from Iraq and Saudi Arabia amount to 9 billion US dollars, which is almost equivalent to the total export volume of China in the previous year.

The most important thing is that this is settled directly in US dollars, instead of calculating the total export volume, which is exported to various countries and finally converted.

9 billion US dollars, the deposit is as high as 4.5 billion US dollars!

This deposit can be used by China, which undoubtedly gave China a timely rain.

Although the 9 billion US dollar order will take five or six years to be completed, it means that the average is about 1.8 billion US dollars.

The profit of weapons and equipment is much higher than that of other industries.

After all, arms trade has always been the most profitable of all industries in the world. There is no other. The profit is not only huge, but also long-term and continuous, and attached with various economic and political benefits!

As for the reason for the huge profits, it is naturally its high monopoly and high technology!

In this world, there are only a few countries that can make advanced weapons!

"The leader is right. Arms trade has always been an important part of international trade. Now we are just doing business, but the goods are arms." Liu Tao said a little stiffly.

"What difficulties does your Panshan Machinery Factory have? Can you complete the order in time? Do you need the help of Factory 617?" the leader asked.

Factory 617, the full name of the State-owned Factory 617, is the Inner Mongolia No. 1 Machinery Factory, referred to as "No. 1 Machinery Factory". It is located in Baotou, Inner Mongolia and is the largest tank production base in my country.

"Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and Type 80 tanks cannot be produced by No. 1 Machinery Factory." Liu Tao said.

The leader was puzzled: "No. 1 Machinery Factory can't produce them?"

"Yes! No. 1 Machinery Factory can't produce them!" Liu Tao said affirmatively: "No. 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and Type 80 tanks are different from Type 59 tanks. They have a large number of parts and require very high production and processing precision. A large number of precision machine tools, especially high-precision machine tools, are required. The production and processing precision of many parts is required to be 0.05 mm, and the error is even smaller than a hair."

Factory 617 is naturally much larger than Factory 256 and has much more equipment.

But in terms of industrial level, the two are actually the same!

The role of Factory 256 is that after the fall of the prairie and the failure of Factory 617 to produce tanks and armored vehicles for the country, Factory 256 and other tanks can take on the responsibility of producing tanks for the country.

Their instruments and equipment are the same.

Even the technical level of the workers is at the same level.

"The processing precision requirements are so high?" A leader was surprised.

Liu Tao nodded: "The more advanced the weapon, the higher the processing precision requirements, and the more difficult it is to produce. We now have thousands of people, many of whom are eighth-level workers. After working hard for a month, we can barely produce two self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and two tanks."

This is because he keeps cheating, so he can have this output.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to handle just the main gun of the tank.

"What difficulties are there in the construction of the tank factory?" Another leader asked.

The leaders all knew that Panshan Machinery Factory was building a large tank factory with an investment of more than 1 billion yuan.

This is the largest investment in the country this year, and it is not the state that invested money, but a state-owned factory of Panshan Machinery Factory.

"There are still difficulties, mainly in terms of building materials." Liu Tao said.

The old man said firmly: "Telegraph Bashu and make sure that the construction of Factory 256 is completed smoothly."

Liu Tao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, which meant that there would be no shortage of materials or local difficulties in the construction of Factory 256.

After all, this is the will of the state.

Although the dual-track system is now being implemented, the planned economy is still in an absolute dominant position.

No matter how big the state-owned factory is, it cannot resist the will of the upper level. If any state-owned factory dares to neglect it, the factory director and even the entire factory leadership will be replaced.

Then the leaders showed concern for Liu Tao and Panshan Machinery Factory and learned about Panshan Machinery Factory in detail.

Although they have learned about the information of Panshan Machinery Factory, it is not as detailed as what Liu Tao, the factory director, said in person.

Many leaders actually found it incredible that Panshan Machinery Factory, a third-line factory in the deep mountains and old forests, has completed earth-shaking changes in two years.

Not only has a modern factory been built, but even the economic development of the surrounding areas has been boosted.

And all these changes were brought by this young man who is less than 30 years old.

God of Wealth! ?

Liu Tao’s title of “God of Wealth” is not only well-known in the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, but also heard by the leaders. This is why some leaders joked that Liu Tao is the “God of Wealth” from the beginning.

From a certain perspective, Liu Tao is indeed a veritable God of Wealth. After all, he has created countless wealth in just two years.