Selling small motorcycles in mid-air to kick off the Southern Heavenly Gate Project?

Xue Rui is now genuinely regretting it.

They could have gotten more benefits from Dong'an Machinery Factory.

The entire Yan Kingdom military is short of money.

Of the 20 million US dollars that were previously obtained from Dong'an Machinery Factory, a large portion was handed over, with only a small portion remaining with the Harbin Aviation Administration Industry Bureau.

They were truly poor.

"Huh? Commander, we didn't lie to you!"

When Qian Zhizhou saw that Xue Rui's tone had softened, he muttered to himself.

The cooperation with Persia was already agreed upon long ago; it wasn't a cooperation agreement signed after the documents were issued.

"Shut up! I regret it. You guys tricked me. My superiors just called and gave me a scolding." Whether it was true or not, no one knew. Only Xue Rui himself knew.

They were dirt poor, and they originally had the opportunity to earn some profits from Dong'an Machinery Factory.

Unexpectedly, Qian Zhizhou and his son teamed up and tricked him.

"Grandpa Xue, if you can promise me one thing, our Dong'an Machinery Factory can consider giving 10% of the profits from the orders we will be placed with Persia to our superiors."

Seeing an opportunity, Qian Huaijin immediately put forward his idea.

After all, what follows concerns the future of Dong'an Machinery Factory.

This is about whether we can accomplish a lot with a little money in the future.

Qian Huaijin believes that it is well worth exchanging 10% of the profits from the three orders for the future of Dong'an Machinery Factory.

The three orders our Dong'an Machinery Factory will receive from Persia should amount to more than 300 million US dollars.

The profit is only around 200 million US dollars.

Even at a 10% rate, that would only require 20 million US dollars.

"I used to say you were clever, but we were wrong. You're not only clever, but also incredibly cunning, even more cunning than an old fox."

"Even more generous than your father."

After hearing Qian Huaijin's words, Xue Rui was filled with emotion.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

"Free things are often the most expensive."

"Tell me, what is your Dong'an Machinery Factory planning to do?"

Xue Rui was not blinded by profit.

Acting rashly can sometimes make you more likely to fall into traps set in advance by others.

"Grandpa Xue, this is a valuable foreign exchange of around twenty million US dollars, and we don't even need to exchange it for Yan coins. It's just a small favor, easily within our grasp!"

"Once this opportunity is gone, it's gone forever. If you don't agree, there are plenty of higher-ups who will."

Qian Huaijin's voice kept "tempting" Xue Rui, with its blatant lure of profit.

The Harbin Aviation Administration Industry Bureau was quite poor.

Although they are the superior department of Dong'an Machinery Factory, the military's budget has been drastically reduced, which has put them in a difficult situation.

Now Qian Huaijin is directly tempting him with 20 million US dollars in foreign exchange.

Is this how you test officials?

Which official could resist such temptation?

Reason briefly triumphed over greed.

If someone can come up with two thousand US dollars, then what Qian Huaijin is talking about must be significant.

It definitely can't be small; it could be another huge "pitfall," and they'd want to push themselves "into it" again.

Qian Huaijin saw a hint of greed, hesitation, and choice in Xue Rui's eyes, and a slight smile appeared on his face.

It's impossible not to "fish" the other party for such a large sum of money.

Then Qian Huaijin shared his thoughts.

After hearing this, Xue Rui's face turned grave, and he exclaimed, "This is impossible!"

Doing trade with the Soviet Union?

Currently, China and the Soviet Union have stationed over a million troops on their border.

The border line is like an impenetrable net.

Even peeking out could get you shot.

Qian Huaijin is incredibly audacious to actually want to make a deal with certain forces in the Soviet Union; that's a bit of a pipe dream!

"Huaijin, I just called you a cunning little fox, but you make me feel like you're too young."

Xue Rui immediately felt that Qian Huaijin was impractical, unrealistic, and acted on a whim.

These two countries have been at odds for so long.

How could there possibly be a transaction?

Even if there are any, they are pitifully small.

It is not allowed on either side.

"Grandpa Xue, nothing in this world is absolute. This is not speculation, but making a profit. This is the trade of middlemen. If we expand the scale, we can also obtain various heavy industrial technologies and military technologies from certain people and forces in the Soviet Union."

Qian Huaijin smiled slightly and said this.

He continued to explain.

Importing various technologies from Western countries is not only expensive, but some of these technologies are also quite outdated.

The same applies to production lines!

Sometimes, when technology, equipment, and production lines are brought back to China, various problems arise due to incompatibility with local conditions.

Importing certain technologies, equipment, and production lines from the Soviet Union would be a perfect fit.

The two countries have an unusual "teacher-student" relationship.

The national weapons and equipment maintenance systems are largely similar.

"One hundred million US dollars seems like a lot to us, but it's actually not much. We can only import a small portion of the technology, equipment, and production lines from Western countries. You also know that Western countries are no less wary of us than the Soviet Union."

Qian Huaijin continued to escalate the situation, speaking with increasing emphasis.

"In 1980, the Soviet Union was a military giant but a dwarf in terms of people's livelihood."

"Although the Soviet Union is currently at the peak of its military power, it is in a contradictory state of economic stagnation, shortage of people's livelihood, and rampant black market."

Qian Huaijin said with a smile.

The State of Su appears very powerful, but it is already quite weak.

After Qian Huaijin finished speaking, Xue Rui frowned and asked in a more stern tone, "Where did you learn about these things?"

Realistically speaking, Qian Huaijin should not have been able to obtain such information.

but now……

Xue Rui was worried that Qian Huaijin would be taken advantage of by certain people with ulterior motives.

Although Yan is now in the reform and opening-up phase.

However, in the early stages, all sorts of strange and monstrous things still existed.

and so……

Qian Huaijin shook his head: "Grandpa Xue, I'm just analyzing it. Besides, I've been following my father around all this time and haven't had any contact with any strangers."

Qian Huaijin readily accepted Xue Rui's caution and spoke quite frankly about it.

"Su Guo has always focused on developing heavy industry, with light industry and agriculture being merely appendages of heavy industry. Even after Su Su-jong came to power, the scope of the changes was limited, but the essence remained the same."

Xue Rui glanced at Qian Zhizhou standing to the side.

Qian Zhizhou nodded in agreement. During this period, Qian Huaijin had indeed been at Dong'an Machinery Factory, either working with him or doing research and development with the factory's engineers.

They never had any contact with any outsiders with ulterior motives.

Qian Huaijin continued, "Currently, the demand for light industrial products in the Soviet Union is enormous. When we purchase them internationally, we can sell them there with a profit of three to five times, and sometimes the profit can exceed ten times."

"Of course, we need a partner with a strong background in the Soviet Union."

"Having partners reduces profits and risks, and also provides opportunities to access Soviet heavy industry technology and various weapons and equipment."