The car giant started by marrying the daughter of the king

Chapter 339: Lion Opens His Mouth

"Dad, this news is not a particularly big secret."

"Our country's military aviation force is seriously insufficient in the plateau area and faces severe challenges."

"In particular, the supply problem at border posts is becoming increasingly prominent."

"The traditional mode of transporting people and horses is inefficient and has obvious seasonal restrictions, which restricts the smooth execution of border patrol and emergency rescue tasks."

"To solve this problem, we urgently need a helicopter that can operate stably in plateau areas."

“During the rigorous bidding process, internationally renowned manufacturers such as Sikorsky, Bell and Eurocopter participated in the bidding.”

"After many comparative tests, Sikorsky's Black Hawk helicopter stood out as a particularly advanced product of today's technology, matching our nation's needs."

"This helicopter has a maximum take-off weight of 9185 kilograms and a ferry range of more than 500 kilometers, and has strong transport capabilities and combat performance."

"However, the helicopters we have introduced are improved civilian versions, equipped with new engines and enhanced high-altitude performance, but they cannot carry weapons."

"This month, Poly Technology will officially sign a purchase contract with Sikorsky on behalf of China to purchase 24 aircraft at one time."

Jiang Hui naturally didn't need to hide anything in front of his father-in-law.

Let him know more information so that he can make more accurate judgments when dealing with certain things.

"Is it Poly Technology that's running this?"

After listening to Jiang Hui's detailed information, Zhu Jiansheng naturally knew that the actual situation of the matter was most likely as Jiang Hui said.

Especially Poly Technology, as a member of an important unit in the military industry system, Zhu Jiansheng naturally heard about it.

Although it was only officially established last year, it is a window company set up by China to meet the needs of military equipment import and export.

Many factories of the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building are counting on Poly Technologies to help them export their products overseas.

The relevant departments hope that the huge profits can help introduce some of the world's most advanced military equipment.

According to the information Zhu Jiansheng learned, Poly Technology has very comprehensive business in the military products trade and is qualified to import and export land, sea and air equipment, missiles, electronic equipment, various defense equipment, police explosion-proof equipment, and military logistics supplies.

"Yes, if the Polytechnic Special Vehicle Factory really wants to negotiate with the United States about the export of intercontinental ballistic missile launchers and technology, and import the technical data of the Black Hawk from the United States, it will most likely need the assistance of Poly Technology."

Jiang Hui's understanding of Poly Technology is deeper than many people.

Many people only know that Poly is engaged in real estate, but in fact, military industry and trade is the industry from which it started.

The advanced fighter jets such as SU-27 that China later introduced from the polar bear were all obtained with the help of Poly.

Even the subsequent S-300 air defense missile system was operated by Poly.

So it is still possible to cooperate with each other.

"If the Black Hawk helicopter is really as good as you say, then it would be worth it to exchange their technology for the technology of the ICBM launcher."

Zhu Jiansheng is not someone who cannot distinguish the importance of things.

Just as Jiang Hui said just now, America’s current military equipment is much stronger than China’s. Even if the technology of intercontinental missile launchers is transferred to the other side, it will not affect the current situation.

As for whether it will have any impact on China's own use of this launch vehicle after it is sold, it actually doesn't matter much.

After all, the launch vehicle is just a vehicle, and the key still depends on the situation of the intercontinental ballistic missile developed by the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building.

"You can find an opportunity to communicate with the person in charge of the user department. They should be the most familiar with the performance of the Black Hawk helicopter."

"This time, the United States sold us the civilian version of the Black Hawk, and we can also ask them to transfer the technology of military products."

"In a negotiation, you should first state the conditions and make them more demanding at the beginning, so that the other party can have room to bargain later."

After hearing what Jiang Hui said, Zhu Jiansheng couldn't help but nodded.

It is indeed possible to give it a try, but he soon thought of another problem.

"Xiao Jiang, as far as I know, most of the companies in the United States are private companies. Even Sikorsky, which produces Black Hawk helicopters, is a private company."

"If we use the technology of the intercontinental strategic missile launcher to exchange technology with the other party, since this launcher technology is not what Sikorsky wants, I guess the other party will not be interested, right?"

“Will this affect our future cooperation?”

The systems in America and China are different. Zhu Jiansheng, who has visited America, naturally has a deeper understanding of this.

When it comes to such a large transaction amount, if the interests of the various parties are different, the negotiation will be much more difficult.

Unlike in China, although the parties involved in various technologies are different, everyone’s company is a state-owned enterprise and they all have to listen to the orders of their superiors and have a sense of the overall situation.

"This is not a big problem. Everything is valuable. American companies that need our launch vehicle technology will pay us the relevant amount."

"We pay the relevant technology transfer fees to Sikorsky, but the intermediate process needs to be coordinated by the US Embassy and relevant departments."

As long as there is enough benefit, Jiang Hui is not worried that this matter will not be resolved.

If it really can't be resolved, it's because the interests of all parties are not aligned.

At that time, it was just a matter of making appropriate concessions during negotiations.

After communicating with Jiang Hui, Zhu Jiansheng quickly took action.

The Polytechnic Special Vehicle Factory has now delivered 12 prototype vehicles to the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building, but it is still unknown whether there will be any subsequent orders and how many orders there will be.

The Seventh Ministry of Machine Building paid for the production cost of the prototype vehicle.

But that is really the production cost. If the initial R&D investment is also taken into account, the Polytechnic Special Vehicle Factory basically makes no money.

Even if there are no new orders in the future, the Polytechnic Special Vehicle Factory will still suffer losses based on the amount of money currently transferred by the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building.

At this time, cooperation with the United States seems more meaningful to the Polytechnic Special Vehicle Factory from an economic perspective.

Not to mention the special significance of exporting to earn foreign exchange, the high-profit export price of military products alone will allow the Polytechnic Special Vehicle Factory to invest more R&D resources in developing more technologically advanced products such as missile launchers.

The first generation of 12-axle launch vehicles has been developed in a relatively short period of time, and some of China’s basic material technologies still need to be improved.

Therefore, the overall performance did not reach the level that Jiang Hui had discussed with Zhu Jiansheng at the beginning, and it can be further improved in the future. Besides, the development of intercontinental ballistic missiles by the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building must be constantly improving, and the launch vehicle must also be adjusted by then.

When Zhu Jiansheng reported his revised plan to Hu Yong, the head of the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, Hu Yong immediately made up his mind to push for the implementation of this plan.

By then, this cooperation will definitely become a classic case in China's military industry market.

In particular, Hu Yong is well aware that there is still a huge gap between the domestic aviation industry and the world's advanced level.

If we can take this opportunity to make up for the gap in the helicopter field, the significance will be enormous.

China has a vast territory, and the transportation conditions in many places are not very good.

Even after another twenty or thirty years, the transportation conditions in some remote areas are unlikely to be particularly good.

At this time, the demand for the use of helicopters is very huge.

He felt that if China could master the technology of the Black Hawk helicopter, there would be a demand for thousands of them in the country alone in the future.

If helicopters of this magnitude need to be imported from overseas, the foreign exchange involved would be too exaggerated and absolutely unacceptable.

Therefore, it is still worthwhile to exchange the intercontinental ballistic missile launcher technology of the Polytechnic Special Vehicle Factory for the Black Hawk helicopter technology, and take this opportunity to sell a batch of launchers to the United States at a high price.

The United States, which has been suppressed by the polar bear for several years, is now very active in expanding and enhancing its strategic deterrence.

At that time, the United States was also wealthy and powerful, and it needed this kind of intercontinental ballistic missile launcher the most.

If a few years pass and they realize the weakness of polar bears, or even when the polar bears disappear, this launch vehicle will no longer be of such great significance to America.

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"Smith, does this mean that China did not directly refuse to sell the ICBM launcher?"

Smith soon received feedback from relevant Chinese departments, which made Woodcock quite excited when he received the news.

If this thing is accomplished, it will definitely be something worth writing about.

This matter is particularly significant at a time when polar bears are facing tremendous pressure.

"Yes, Huaxia did not refuse to discuss this topic. They just kept emphasizing the importance of this product and the various difficulties encountered during the research and development process."

"Then they asked us to purchase 50 launch vehicles at one time and exchange them for the full set of technical data and equipment of the military version of the Black Hawk helicopter before they were willing to transfer the technology of this launch vehicle to us."

Smith doesn't care about China's conditions now. That is something that relevant domestic departments and companies need to consider.

All he had to do was get both sides to put forward their conditions and then negotiate to find a satisfactory solution.

"Considering the strategic significance of ICBM launchers, it makes sense that they want to use them to exchange for the technical data of the military version of the Black Hawk helicopter."

"But if we want to exchange it together with the equipment for producing Black Hawk helicopters, the value is a bit unequal."

"Although I don't know the investment amount of the Black Hawk helicopter production line equipment, I know that the value of these equipment alone is estimated to be several hundred million US dollars. It would not be surprising if the investment exceeded US$10 billion."

Woodcock quickly assessed the conditions on the Chinese side and it was obvious that they were asking for too much.

"It is indeed a bit unequal. According to China's idea, the purchase of 50 finished vehicles will also be purchased at a high price of 2000 million US dollars per vehicle, which means a direct purchase amount of 10 billion US dollars. I guess the Pentagon will not approve such a high purchase budget."

Smith followed the meaning of Woodcock's words and added his own point of view.

According to the current plan, China wants the United States to exchange goods and technologies worth about 20 billion US dollars for the intercontinental ballistic missile launcher of the Polytechnic Special Vehicle Factory.

This is definitely expensive.

After all, America is not a wealthy country like the Caliphate that is willing to spend any amount of money for strategic weapons.

"Let's send the plan back first and see how the Pentagon views this matter."

Woodcock thought about it for a moment and felt that now was not the time to negotiate terms. He decided to wait until the domestic discussion was over before considering the next course of action.

"They really need to have a good discussion, otherwise the distribution of benefits between Sikorsky and United Defense will be a big problem."

During this period, Smith has learned about the situation of Black Hawk helicopters and missile launchers.

In the United States, the Black Hawk helicopter is produced by Sikorsky, a company founded by the descendants of polar bear people who immigrated.

In the entire American military industry market, Sikorsky is a relatively special company and does not currently belong to any consortium.

In the past, missile launchers were produced by the United Defense Corporation of the United States. If the technology of intercontinental ballistic missile launchers is to be introduced back this time, it will most likely be handed over to the United Defense Corporation.

At this point, it depends on the ideas of Sikorsky and United Defense.

This plan can only succeed if it benefits both companies.

Otherwise, if any one company is not satisfied, it will be difficult to finalize the plan.

"I'll contact the country directly about this matter, so you don't have to worry about it for now."

In recent years, Woodcock has been responsible for coordinating the joint aid between the United States and China to Afghanistan, and has had frequent contacts with the Pentagon and other relevant departments.

He felt that if this matter was handled in the normal way, it would eventually lead to a long period of wrangling and would not necessarily satisfy all parties.

Therefore, it is necessary to adopt some technical solutions.

The most critical link is that all parties work together to obtain sufficient financial support from relevant departments.

For example, if the relevant departments of the United States are willing to purchase intercontinental ballistic missile launchers from the United Defense Corporation at a price of US$3000 million or even US$5000 per vehicle, then they can talk to China and ask them to sell them to the United Defense Corporation at a price of US$1000 million.

It would be easier if there were many operations in between.

As long as the needs of all parties are fully met, many things will be easier to handle.

After all, the special nature of this weapon and equipment cannot be compared with any other item.

Just get the process right!

What he has to do now is to let people from various departments actively implement it.

(End of this chapter)