Chapter 65 We Are Arms Dealers

Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, conference room.

It was twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, and the lights were bright.

Wang Baoguo and other leaders sat in the conference room, listening attentively to Liu Tao, who was emitting a strong smell of alcohol and had red eyes, reporting the situation this time.

"Dear leaders, this is the situation. After the contract is drafted, we can sign the agreement." Liu Tao reported, "Just like last time, pay half of the deposit first, and then pay the remaining half of the balance after the goods arrive at the dock."

Wang Baoguo and others were all excited.

They didn't expect that Liu Tao would get another big order this time, and this big order was much larger than the previous one, worth nearly 100 million US dollars!

100 million US dollars!

This is almost as much as the 167 million US dollars that the Third Ministry of Machine Building boasted every day!

The key is that the 167 million US dollars of the Third Ministry of Machine Building can only be paid after the goods are delivered. But they are different, and they can get half of the deposit soon!

"Comrade Liu Tao, how much is the rebate this time?" A leader asked.

"This time the situation is special. Except for Egypt, it is paid by several local tyrants, and no rebate is required." Liu Tao reported truthfully.

Another leader frowned slightly, "Will this be bad? They didn't pay for it themselves. Will it be against the rules?"

"Leaders, we are not providing free aid, but paid aid. We are now arms dealers." Liu Tao said as a matter of course, "As long as we can get the money, does it matter who pays?"

Several leaders were stunned and opened their mouths to say something, but after thinking about it, they felt that Liu Tao's words were correct.

It seemed that something was wrong, but it was very reasonable!

"Our Panshan Machinery Factory is just an arms dealer. As a businessman, the goal is to sell arms and get money. As for where the other party gets the money, it should not be considered by the arms dealer." Liu Tao said.

He felt that these leaders were thinking too much.

"Comrade Liu Tao is right. We have to change our previous inherent thinking. In the past, it was free aid. Now we have to be arms dealers. As businessmen, doing business, as long as we can get the money, we don't care so much." Wang Baoguo said.

After discussing for a while, they felt that there was nothing wrong, so no one talked about this aspect anymore.

A leader said: "Pistol, rifle, light machine gun bullets, this is easy to solve, just take them out from the warehouse, just clear the inventory, and store the newly produced bullets in the ammunition depot."

"Only one-sixth of the ammunition prepared by 'Red Dragon's Roar' has been consumed. It's no problem to clear the inventory appropriately." Wang Baoguo nodded, "You Panshan Machinery Factory should focus more on producing firearms!"

If possible, they would rather let other military factories produce together and complete the order as soon as possible. After all, if the order is completed as soon as possible, the money can be used.

It's just very helpless that only Panshan Machinery Factory can produce heavy machine guns, heavy sniper rifles and corresponding bullets.

Other military factories can produce pistols, automatic rifles, and light machine guns, but the quality of the products is not as good as Panshan Machinery Factory. From time to time, the military will curse and return unqualified guns.

Such an important order is naturally given to Panshan Machinery Factory.

Liu Tao said: "In fact, leaders, the guns produced in the past can also be cleared out. They should still be sold at a low price. Keeping them in the ammunition depot will cost a lot of money every year for maintenance."

The previous pistols, rifles, machine guns, etc. were all second-hand goods, and their performance was also worse, so they naturally could not be sold at a high price.

But this thing can still be sold if you want to sell it.

After all, most countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America are not picky.

When the war breaks out, it is good to have weapons and ammunition, so how can you be picky.

"That won't work. If there is no sufficient reserve, how can we defend our country if a war breaks out?" A leader rejected it without hesitation.

Although the decision-making level has made peace and development the theme of the times, and the focus in the future is economic construction. However, the extreme thinking of many years is deeply rooted, and it is not easy to change.

The weapons and ammunition reserves of more than 20 years are huge, and they are completely for the S3 season!

The weapons and ammunition reserves in the southwest alone are so huge that they are frightening.

The national reserve of weapons and ammunition is even more massive. It is estimated that when the S3 season starts, these weapons and ammunition reserves can support the soldiers for five or six years even if the military factory is destroyed.

Liu Tao muttered to himself, it seems that these leaders are still too conservative.

However, he believes that when Panshan Machinery Factory develops and produces weapons and ammunition continuously, these leaders will gradually agree to clear the inventory.

As for the consequences of selling so many weapons and ammunition, Liu Tao can't control it.

I'd rather die than die!

As long as it doesn't happen to China, I don't care about the flood.

Now it is a world of bipolar hegemony. If the sky falls, these two tall men will support it.

The next day, near ten o'clock in the morning, the three contract agreements were drafted, six copies, two copies in Chinese, English, and Arabic.

Liu Tao stamped it, and the seal was the seal of Panshan Machinery Factory.

As for the account, it was still the original account.

Liu Tao took the contract agreements and signed them one by one. In order to facilitate Liu Tao to sign the contracts, a jeep in the department was given to Liu Tao for use, and a special driver drove the jeep to take Liu Tao.

At noon, all the contract agreements had been signed.

Back to the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, Wang Baoguo gave him a document.

But in view of his outstanding performance before, the department rewarded him with 20,000 yuan.

There is no doubt that this is a huge sum of money.

Liu Tao's current salary is 159 yuan a month, 1908 yuan a year, and 20,000 yuan is equivalent to his total salary income for almost 11 years.

"After completing this order, you will be given more rewards!" Wang Baoguo emphasized.

You know, his monthly salary is only 355 yuan, and 20,000 yuan is almost equivalent to the total salary of his five years.

He has worked for so long, and his savings are less than 2,000 yuan.

This reward is also a resolution that the department discussed many times and finally passed.

Of course, the document is not a reward for his negotiation of the contract, but a reward for his excellent performance.

"Leader, this is too much!" Liu Tao hesitated.

Previously, he developed firearms and semi-automatic bullet production lines, and received many rewards, which made him a millionaire.

But these 20,000 yuan is still a huge sum of money for him.

The main thing is that there is no precedent, so it is easy to fall into the pretext.

"Not much, not much at all!" Wang Baoguo said, "That's 22.203 million US dollars, which is very valuable to the ministry and the country."

At this position, Wang Baoguo knew too well how much the country lacked foreign exchange.

Foreign exchange is needed in all aspects, and it is far from enough to treat one yuan as ten yuan.

Without foreign exchange, you can't import anything.

And now, there is a large amount of foreign exchange in the account of the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building. I don't know how many people want to get this foreign exchange during this period.

To be honest, Panshan Machinery Factory is at a disadvantage if it settles in RMB.

But there is no way, now everyone is too short of foreign exchange, especially US dollars.