Chapter 342: The enemy's road is narrow
The booths are densely packed in the Marseille International Convention and Exhibition Center in France, with figures flying around. Military and government officials from different countries and colors from different skin colors and representatives of related manufacturers are visiting in the huge exhibition hall, either stopping to discuss issues in three or five, chatting and talking while walking, or contacting each other for inquiries about the situation. However, in comparison, they are looking at the many dazzling weapons and equipment arranged in one or the other in the gorgeously arranged booth. This is the Marseille International Defense Exhibition in France.
When it comes to the French Marseille International Defense Exhibition, it is actually not well-known. It is a semi-official exhibition. At first, it was just a few French arms dealers set up such a window in Marseille on the Mediterranean coast of southern France in order to attract customers in the Middle East. Later, with the establishment of the European Community and the wars in the Middle East and North Africa, arms dealers from other European countries also came to participate in the exhibition one after another.
Over time, a defense exhibition of not too large was formed here, but the coverage of this defense exhibition was not large. The weapons and equipment sold were mainly low-end light weapons and second-hand equipment. Most of the exhibitors were mainly small and medium-sized arms dealers. Therefore, in the eyes of those international arms giants, they basically belonged to the inequality category, so they have been lukewarm over the years.
However, such an unknown defense exhibition has attracted many arms giants to participate in the exhibition this year for the first time. The huge company logo lies at the top of the huge booth, and a wide range of physical objects and models of various weapons and equipment are arranged in a staggered manner in various locations in the war zone.
The receptionists and sales representatives with company signs hanging on their chests were tirelessly receiving people who came to ask questions, especially officers and government officials with dark beards and strong Arabic accents, who would let these sales representatives and receptionists use all their skills to introduce the specific performance of the new equipment they developed.
The reason for this is that they know that among these officials with Arab accents, there may be people from Iran or Iraq. You must know that the two countries are fighting in full swing now, and no one has enough weapons and equipment. If officials from these two countries are optimistic about which weapon and equipment, it will inevitably be a huge excess profit.
Such things have been everywhere in the past four days, so the sales representatives whose pupils have become dollar signs have shown their magical powers across the sea, trying their best to replace the weapons and equipment they have developed into a green ocean of US dollars, which also makes the already noisy exhibition hall even more lively!
However, not all places in this exhibition hall are so lively. For example, in front of a very inconspicuous small booth in the northwest corner of the hall, it looks extremely deserted. The booth is only the size of a few desks horizontally and vertically. There are no physical objects in the exhibition area, but all the simulation models. It is actually better than toys. As for the color and detail processing, it is simply a little bit better than the proportional model produced by the arms giants at large expense.
The leaflets used are quite good, and the performance characteristics and technical parameters of the weapons and equipment to be sold are described in detail. In some places, color photos are also provided, but even this is still a very obvious gap compared with the stacks of well-made color brochures prepared by the arms giants!
"But in this way, it is still a big difference from the sales target we set before going abroad. Mr. Lu, do you think our weapons and equipment are really not as good as those of Western developed countries? Otherwise, why did we only sell more than 1,000 56-shocks in a few days? Let's not even ask a question. You know, we don't have to spend so much effort to transport these simulation models to France, just take a few guns!"
As soon as Shi Jianfei finished speaking, Cao Xiaodong, who was standing by, couldn't help but nodded in agreement, while Lu Jiadong glanced at the booths in the distant hall and sighed slightly:
"Yes! The performance of our heavy main combat equipment is indeed unable to compete with those developed countries at present, and this is equivalent to sounding a wake-up call to us. If our country still cannot move forward in the military industry, it will not only be behind, but will be beaten!" After hearing Lu Jiadong's words, neither Cao Xiaodong nor Shi Jianfei's expressions could not help but become serious. However, Lu Jiadong did not stop his words, but paused and continued:
"Because of this, we should..."
"hello~~~" Before Lu Jiadong finished speaking, a very sarcastic voice came from a distance: "Haha~~ Who do I think it is? It turns out to be Lu from China~~"
The person who spoke in such a sarcastic tone was nothing but Brown, the sales director of United Technologies. In addition to a few assistants, he also followed a young reporter with a camera holding a laptop. Under Brown, the group of people surrounded a Middle Eastern man wearing a gray suit and a black and neat beard under his nostrils and walked towards the Hanli booth. Seeing this, Lu Jiadong couldn't help but frowned slightly, but he didn't expect to meet his old rival Brown unexpectedly in this place.
But at this moment, the group had already arrived in front of Lu Jiadong and stopped. Brown, who was in charge, raised his eyes that seemed to have not woken up and swept his eyes slightly into the exhibition area. His serious face immediately showed a contemptuous smile:
"I really didn't expect that Mr. Lu, who is so smart, brought these toys to participate in such a large defense exhibition. How about it? How many children are there to patronize your toy store?" Brown suddenly frowned thoughtfully, and then patted his forehead with his hand:
"Oh, I actually forgot that Christmas is still some time before, even if you want to sell your toys, of course, it is a gratifying thing to sell a few toy guns. Do you think it's Mr. Lu?"
Chapter completed!