The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 987 The Second Zhuhai Air Show

Prince Sultan's heart skipped a beat.

He estimated that such an advanced submarine would cost at least $5 million.

Unexpectedly, it was $1 million cheaper than he had imagined.

Saudi Arabia never thinks things are expensive when buying them. Even if the price is cheap, Saudi Arabia will still doubt whether the performance is poor!

Affected by the Asian financial crisis and declining demand, international crude oil prices once fell to a low of US$10 per barrel.

Then, due to the unrest in Africa and Southeast Asia, as well as China's further increased demand for oil, international crude oil prices began to rebound this year and continued to rise. Now it has returned to the price of US$25 per barrel and is still continuing to rise.

As long as the crude oil price is $25 per barrel, Saudi Arabia can earn at least $7.4 million a day, and $2700 billion a year from oil.

Saudi Arabia is rich, extremely wealthy, a truly wealthy country.

Saudi Arabia's current population is only 2100 million. If the money earned from oil each year is distributed equally to every Saudi, each person can get nearly $1.3.

Saudi Arabia can earn a lot of money from oil every year, which makes it have no concept of money at all.

"10, we want 10 of this type of submarines!" Prince Sultan said quickly.

Afterwards, Liu Tao and Prince Sultan discussed cooperation on weapons and equipment.

Next up is the second Zhuhai Air Show, and Liu Tao needs to build momentum in this regard.

Saudi Arabia needs help in this regard.

At the air show, there are signed contracts and letters of intent, all of which can be used to create momentum.

At the Zhuhai Air Show, Panshan Group is the main force!
If there are no orders or purchasing intentions, Panshan Group will be ashamed.

So at this time, the order can be signed at the Zhuhai Air Show, including weapons and training, and the order for the Type 039 submarine alone can reach 50 billion US dollars. If it is coordinated, it will be worth tens of billions of dollars.

As for the delivery time, deliveries began in 2006, with two ships delivered each year, and all were completed by 2010.

In mid-November, the Zhuhai Air Show was held grandly.

In 1996, the first Zhuhai Air Show became an instant hit, causing a huge sensation among military and aviation fans around the world, and making the Zhuhai Air Show one of the four major air shows in the world!
This second Zhuhai Air Show, with the experience of the first one, has done better in publicity and the management is obviously better than last year.

Based on the foundation of the first Zhuhai Air Show, the second Zhuhai Air Show attracted nearly 39 Chinese and foreign aerospace manufacturers from 650 countries and regions to participate in this air show, and 141 foreign trade delegations participated in this air show.

The first three days of this air show are professional days, and the last three days are public days. In addition to a large number of professionals, there will also be hundreds of thousands of ordinary visitors visiting the air show.

It is possible that the number of professional visitors, professional buyers and potential customers attending this air show will far exceed that of the previous one.

CCTV and Hong Kong Satellite TV have specially launched special programs for the Zhuhai Air Show.

After the first session, there was a very obvious change in the second session. That is, the first session was simply a place to promote products abroad, and it has become an excellent exhibition to inspire national pride.

Therefore, the style of this year's exhibition is obviously different from the first one. China has put more of its assets on display, developing international customers and attracting more customers to sign orders; at the same time, it has stimulated national confidence at home, allowing the general public at home to see that China has completely stood up. For example, this year's air show has an indoor exhibition area of ​​more than 10 square meters and an outdoor exhibition area of ​​nearly square meters. There are more than aircraft on display, and the lineup is more luxurious than in previous years.

Originally, the first Zhuhai Air Show was supposed to be held in 1994, but it was too rushed at that time. All preparations were not mature and the venue had not been built, so the first Zhuhai Air Show was postponed to 1996.

With ample time for preparation and the team going abroad to study at the air show, the first Zhuhai Air Show was very successful and became an instant hit.

In addition to China, this Zhuhai Air Show also attracted aerospace companies from Eagle Sauce, Polar Bear, France, Britain and other countries to participate in the exhibition.

The second Zhuhai Air Show opened grandly. Leaders came to attend the opening ceremony, which was very grand.

The air show was also very lively.

Although the first three days are professional days, it does not prevent a large number of professional audiences, professional experts, and ordinary aerospace enthusiasts from coming.

Add to that the aerospace enthusiasts, military fans and tourists coming from all over the world, and Zhuhai is almost packed to the brim.

Zhuhai’s hotels and inns are overloaded and there is not enough accommodation. Many people even go to Macau or ZS City to stay.

You know, having learned from the lessons of the first Zhuhai Air Show, Zhuhai has added a lot of hotels and inns compared to two years ago for the second Zhuhai Air Show, and Zhuhai has also invested in converting some houses into B&Bs.

However, there was still a shortage of accommodation at the second Zhuhai Air Show. One can imagine how many people came.

The most important thing for everyone to come here is to be able to see those world-famous fighter planes and of course the wonderful flight shows, which are the most attractive. Unlike some air shows, which can only be called model shows.

The audience poured in in large numbers, and everywhere from the venue to the outdoor exhibition area was packed with spectators.

Of course, at the indoor booth, you can only see models, promotional videos, and some missile weapons. At the indoor booth, these are real things.

Panshan Group's booth was the largest and attracted the most visitors.

Panshan Group not only displayed aviation weapons, but also ground weapons and sea weapons.

Panshan Group not only regards the Zhuhai Air Show as an air show, but also as a weapons exhibition.

For example, at the gun booth, there are all kinds of guns, from small pistols to heavy sniper rifles, heavy machine guns, anti-aircraft machine guns, etc., and these are all collectively classified as the "78 gun family."

Each gun has a name and introduction, and there are people explaining it.

Some of these staff members can speak English, some can speak Arabic, some can speak French, Italian, German, Spanish, Russian, etc.

These are all staff members of Panshan Group and have received professional training.

It was even more spectacular at the artillery booth, with all kinds of artillery that were shocking, such as the famous Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, individual rocket launchers, etc., basically they were real guns with a metallic luster that always made professional military fans love them.

Of course, the most popular weapons on the indoor booths are the various tanks and armored vehicles. These all appear in the military parade and are not confidential. Although these tanks and armored vehicles have been in service for more than ten years, they are still the most advanced tanks and armored vehicles in the world and are not outdated. Moreover, most of the tanks and armored vehicles have experienced the test of war and the baptism of fire on the battlefield.

These weapons and equipment are always a feast for the eyes.

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