NOVEL NEXT Chapter 49: B-One "Lancer"
Therefore, after representatives of Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Grumman tentatively proposed the price of half a plane, Rheinmetall, General Dynamics, etc. all proposed very high prices. Among them, the price of General Dynamics is the most strange.
1 Seawolf-class fourth-generation attack nuclear submarine, 2 Burke-class destroyers, 3 M1A2 main battle tanks, 2 F-16XL "Fighting Falcon" fighter-bombers.
The reason why it is weird is that in December 1992, General Dynamics announced that it would sell its F-16 production line to Lockheed, despite the F-16 production prospects being relatively promising. The price was $1.525 billion, so the F-16 fighter jet was called the Lockheed F-16 after 1993.
So after the representative sent by General Dynamics said this sentence, except Zhou Wenwen who was still recalling, all the representatives sent by the big companies present turned their attention to the representatives sent by Lockheed Martin.
The representatives sent by Lockheed felt embarrassed immediately, but he was very smart. He didn't pretend to be stupid, and gave them the right to speak. And these people were not stupid. delegates sent.
Zhou Wenwen saw the stalemate on the field, so he came out to resolve the situation. Of course, he also had a very bad heart.
"Sinceeveryonewantsthisthingsomuch, andbecauseofthethirdroundofgoods,wedon\'thavemuchfinancialresources,soit\'sbettertodividetheweaponintotwoparts,isyoucanteamuptobuyit."
"Since everyone wants this thing so much, and because of the third round of items, we don't have much financial resources, so why don't we divide this house into two, and everyone can team up to buy it."
Zhou Wenwen's words were like a depth bomb, blasting a huge spray in the stagnant water.
Although Zhou Wenwen's English is really not very good, the last sentence used and to is, so that the meaning of the last sentence changed from "and everyone can buy in a team" to "can you buy together?" a big misunderstanding.
Fortunately, the pioneers recounted it in time, and then the representatives understood Zhou Wenwen's "true" words and began to think about how to form a team.
After 1 minute, the bid resumed. The first bidder was the representative sent by Boeing. After communicating with the parent company on behalf of the company, he learned that his party did not really need the metal formula for making samurai swords.
Holding the disgusting attitude of Loma, he took the lead in attacking and raised the price.
"3 E-3A "Wanglou" early warning aircraft!" (estimated at 750 million US dollars)
General Dynamics, which has reached cooperation with Rheinmetall and Lockheed Martin, heard the price in order to avoid future troubles, and immediately said, "2 M1A2 main battle tanks, 2 Leopard 2 series main battle tanks, 2 F-16XL "Fighting Falcons" battle Bombers, 2 F-22 "Raptor" stealth fighters!" (estimated at $900 million)
At a price of about 900 million US dollars, the representative sent by Boeing couldn't help but hesitate. In this minute's communication, the parent company gave him a base price of 930 million US dollars.
Although this reserve price exceeds the valuation reported by GM of 900 million, and even more than 30 million, but 930 million US dollars can still be easily surpassed.
But... when you disgust your opponent, you only have this good chance!
So, under the eyes of General Dynamics full of anger and the gazes of the representatives, the representative sent by Boeing, while shouting a valuation of 1 billion US dollars, also shouted out the goods that surprised these representatives.
"3 B-1 Lancers, 4 B-52 Stratofortresses, 1 F/A-18E Super Hornet single-seat fighter-attacker, 1 F/A-18F Super Hornet twin A fighter jet!" (estimated at $1 billion)
Although the estimated value of 1 billion is only 100 million more than 900 million, Boeing's generous offer of 3 B-1 "Lancers" still surprised the three representatives of Rheinland, Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics.
You know, this is the B-1 "Lancer"!
Because this is the world's only large-scale service, a supersonic variable-sweep wing long-range strategic bomber! (The white swan scolded and quit the chat)
Just as the representative of General Dynamics was frowning, the representative of Lockheed Martin, who had just communicated with the parent company in the toilet to increase the price, happened to run into someone.
And this person is Secretary Chen of Ark GOGO, the chairman of the Ark GOGO company, code-named the Als (Advanced Test) heavy fighter tank, which developed the M1 main battle tank in collaboration with GM.
Chapter 50 Announcement of Mr. Chen