Chapter 1,215: It’s all a trap anyway, it just depends on who you’re trapping
"Where are the other customers?"
"Other customers can pay half of the deposit first."
"Why, you are clearly treating me differently!"
"This is determined based on the user's credit level. If the user's credit level is high, they can pay less. For example, when we do business with Mingzhou Group, they can give us a 10% deposit, but when doing business with Asan
Business, we must demand full payment."
Alex's lungs were about to explode: "You are treating us differently, you are showing contempt for us, we are going to sue you internationally!"
"Of course." The receptionist said, "You can ask for any amount of deposit or even full payment. This is a normal business transaction and is a friendly negotiation between the two parties. If we cannot negotiate with you, the most we can do is not do business.
We haven't reached the point of going to court to resolve the matter. If we only collect a deposit to help you recover, and you don't pay the balance, we will still need to litigate with you. Instead of that, we might as well make an agreement in advance."
In fact, if the other party does not pay the balance, ZPMC can remotely lock the gantry crane at any time. However, when the time comes, Ah San refuses to pay, and even bites back on the grounds that the gantry crane is locked and cannot be used for construction.
We still have to file a lawsuit, so we might as well make it clear now.
Alex's face was extremely ugly. This was simply a false accusation against them, but they had no choice yet!
The restoration cost of 60 million US dollars was quite expensive. Alex definitely couldn't agree on the spot and had to discuss it with the country. He could only leave with a serious face and his heart was full of unwillingness.
The Orientals are too much. You can't even do business with them even to death. You underestimate us Ah San!
However, there are many things that only Easterners have, such as gantry cranes, so they have no choice.
After they left, the receptionist knocked on the general manager's office door.
"Mr. Guan, I have finished talking to them according to your instructions."
"Well, what's their attitude?"
"Very angry."
"Anger is anger, we will do whatever we have to do. We will definitely make a profit from these 60 million US dollars!"
"yes."
Watching his men leave, Mr. Guan excitedly picked up the phone.
"Hey, Mr. Qin, Ah San has come to us as expected. We are asking for 60 million, and we will give you half of it when the time comes. Don't you want? I know that you Mingzhou Group has a big business and you don't want this little money, but this is
You must accept our thoughts."
"We haven't received the 60 million US dollars yet." Qin Tao's voice came from the other side of the phone: "You still have to find a way for Ah San to get them to come up with the money."
"Oh? What can I do?"
"Oh, I understand, Mr. Qin, you are so clever!"
On the other side, Qin Tao put down the phone with a smile on his face. In this world, Ah San is the best person to kill! Everyone wants to kill Ah San. The British want it, and the French want it too. The French pay such high prices for it.
When selling Rafale fighter jets to Asan, didn’t you think that Asan is not that easy to be fooled?
The reason why Ah San agreed was that he had already planned not to pay the balance!
Qin Tao put down the phone and then looked at the people around him: "Dad, let's continue to look at the amphibious assault ship. The most important thing is the dock. Inside, there is the most advanced air-cushion landing craft in the country."
Hovercraft is a powerful weapon in amphibious warfare. After being driven out of the amphibious assault ship, you can directly land on the beach. No matter what obstacles are on the beach, you can be fearless. After all, the hovercraft can blow air downwards through the side skirts to create updrafts. Its essence
It is similar to a helicopter, but has a stronger carrying capacity and can land on the beach with a main battle tank!
075 has a major mission, and the equipment in its dock is a powerful support for future missions!
No matter how powerful the attack power of carrier-based aircraft is, it will always be in the sky. On land or on the sea, it still has to rely on hovercraft.
"Yes, our Marine Corps will also be equipped with the Army's main battle tanks in the future. After all, amphibious tanks with thin skin and large fillings will not work." Wu Shengli nodded.
The main weapon of the Marine Corps is the 63A amphibious tank. This tank can also be directly loaded into the belly of an amphibious assault ship and then driven directly out to the opposite side.
During the process of landing on the beach, you can even fire directly on the shore in the sea and shoot at targets on the shore. However, limited by its own weight, the armor of this tank is very weak, even if it is hit by a small-caliber anti-tank weapon.
, or it may be punctured.
It is still the winner of the battle tank. It has thick armor and can withstand the blows of all anti-tank weapons on the opposite side!
The Army's main battle tanks need to be transported by ro-ro ships after the Marine Corps opens a landing site. This is a subsequent step. It is the Navy that opens the beachhead, and the Navy also needs to have powerful main battle tanks!
"Speaking of the transportation of main battle tanks, wouldn't the ground-effect aircraft from your Mingzhou Group's Fourth Design Office be more suitable?" At this time, a leader said.
Back then, when Qin Tao was wandering around Lao Maozi's place, he accidentally met Tatyana Alexeyeva, so he lured her to the East and established the Fourth Design Office to specialize in the development of ground-effect aircraft.
Over the years, results have been achieved one after another. The 50-ton Peace Dove 1 has been widely used to perform transportation tasks on many islands. The 200-ton Peace Dove 2 can already carry anti-ship missiles and run around.
It is the only technology in the world, so it has been used for personal use and has not been exported.
Then there is the 500-ton Peace Dove III, which has a load capacity of about 200 tons and can transport four main battle tanks at a time, but it cannot fly directly to the beach. Therefore, in Qin Tao's eyes,
It doesn't mean much anymore.
"I heard that you are currently testing the Peace Dove IV with a take-off weight of two thousand tons. At the same time, there are also projects with a take-off weight of tens of thousands of tons in the pipeline, especially a 100,000-ton aerospace aircraft carrier."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Five hundred tons is already the same size as the Caspian Sea Monster. Two thousand tons, what a huge behemoth it will be, and, there are
A 100,000-ton aerospace carrier?
Qin Tao has decided that after returning, he will go to the Fourth Design Office to see what kind of existence they intend to develop the ground-effect aircraft into?
Now, let’s first continue to appreciate the majestic appearance of 075. There are many cabins in it, and they are all worth introducing again. The ones for personal use are much better than those for export.
Qin Tao and others were strolling around, but Ah San and others were very nervous. After receiving the news from Alex, Sunil and others were very angry.
"The Oriental people have gone too far. They actually charge us a high fee, and this kind of improvement should have been included with the gantry crane. They are trying to trick us!"
"Yes, we must not be fooled, we must sue them!"
"Everyone, I have obtained the agreement signed by the Orientals and the British. It does have a clause prohibiting resale to a third party. Therefore, if there is a lawsuit..."
"The thing has been sold to the British, and the British have the right to transfer it to a third party. This contract is illegal and is not valid!" Sunil gritted his teeth and said: "Even if we go to court, we will not necessarily
Will lose."
"However, according to relevant regulations, even if a lawsuit is filed, it can only be between us and the British, and the British and the Orientals. We have not signed a contract with the Orientals..."
There are many twists and turns here, which most people cannot distinguish clearly, but what is certain is that they are not sure about filing a lawsuit, and it will also waste their precious time!
"We have also investigated that the Orientals have also established an independent currency settlement system. Almost all the customers doing business with them use this currency settlement system. Therefore, even if we win the lawsuit, they will not
Even if you give in, we can’t freeze their funds.”
An independent currency settlement system is something even more terrifying. Without realizing it, the Orientals have already laid the groundwork for it in these years!
To carry out international trade, international settlement is required, which is not easy. In the 1960s and 1970s, telegraphs were mainly used to confirm various transaction information. It often took ten days and a half to complete the transaction.
Cross-border transfers are obviously not conducive to international trade.
Therefore, in 1973, the United States took the lead and 239 banks in 15 countries jointly established SWIFT. By 1977, the financial telecommunications networks among the banks in these countries were completely connected, replacing the previous telegraph, and began to provide services for various countries.
Trade services.
Relying on advanced instant messaging services, this kind of cross-border fund transfer can be completed within one day, safe and efficient. As a result, it has quickly been recognized by other countries, and almost all international bank transactions are conducted through SWIFT.
However, this kind of transaction carries great security risks. After all, these transactions are dominated by a certain country, and they can interfere without mercy.
Unknown to others, Qin Tao has long known about the ugly face of a certain country, so he made plans in advance and used the advanced communication technology of the East and the huge business network of the Mingzhou Group to start promoting his country's CIPS system. Anyone who uses this system will
If you settle the account, you can get a discount!
Don't look at just one point. Doing business with Mingzhou Group can easily amount to hundreds of millions of dollars. Therefore, more and more countries are using it, and other units in the East are also following suit. For example,
Zhenhua Group has also launched the same policy, so companies doing business with them also use this settlement system.
In a few years, the internationalization of CIPS has been completed, and almost all transactions use this system. In this way, even if some people or forces want to embarrass Dongfang, they cannot do it at all, because they do not use other systems.
With this system, others cannot freeze their funds!
Hearing the news, everyone present fell silent. Who would have thought that the Orientals could create so many behind-the-scenes tricks without even realizing it!
so amazing!
Think about yourself again, what have you done all these years? It seems like you haven’t accomplished anything!
The aircraft carrier has a lot of problems. We originally wanted to overcome the original problems and build a large aircraft carrier. Who would have thought that we would encounter such a troublesome thing again!
"We haven't paid the final payment to the British yet, and there is such a big loophole. I think we need to withhold the final payment, so that we can use this money to give it to the Eastern people, and we can solve the problem of the gantry crane.
If there is no gantry crane, the construction time of our next aircraft carrier will be extremely long."
No balance payment?
Countless people's eyes lit up, but one person shook his head helplessly.
"No, the British have already said that if we don't give them the balance, they will refuse to continue to cooperate with us on the electromagnetic catapult. We have invested a lot of money in this project, and I am afraid that all of it will be wasted.
drift."
Everyone's expressions were ugly.
what to do?
The Orientals are plotting against them! They have no chance to stand up!
what to do?
Alex, who stayed in the East, was also worried. This matter seemed to be in an endless loop and could not be solved at all. It was impossible for them, Ah San, to invest new funds in the gantry crane, but they had no money and could not do anything.
.
Got cheated!
With mixed feelings, Alex came to the bar, wanting to drink away his sorrows. Although people at the bottom of Asan didn’t drink, the upper-level people like to have a few sips. Of course, their alcohol capacity is not very good, so one drink is enough.
The kind that pours.
Alex was really depressed, but when he arrived at the bar, he unexpectedly discovered that the receptionist who rejected him was actually drinking here too!
He rolled his eyes and walked over.
"Hey, man, why are you here?" Alex said with a smile on his face, "It's such a fate to meet you here."
"That's right, it's really fate." The receptionist no longer acted as businesslike as in the company, and said with a smile: "What do you want to drink? I'll treat you."
"Then let's have a glass of whiskey."
This guy is really rude. At this time, shouldn't he treat you to a drink? The receptionist was secretly glad that it was reimbursable this time, otherwise I wouldn't treat you.
"Come on, cheers!"
The receptionist raised his glass and drank half of it in one go. When he looked at the other person, he only took a small sip. It seemed that the other person could only drink this one glass of wine.
"Brother, is there really no room for negotiation about the matter discussed in the company?"
"Of course. When the contract was signed, it was originally worth US$100 million for a gantry crane. Later, both parties agreed not to transfer it to a third party, so the price was significantly reduced. Now Rosyth Shipyard is openly reselling it to a third party.
, our boss is very angry, but you are really pitiful, you were deceived by the British!"
In fact, if you think about it briefly, you will know that they were indeed deceived by the British. The British started to sell them new ones, but they ended up selling second-hand ones, and there were contract disputes.
But now, they have to pay for this money. They are really being taken advantage of!
But what can be done? After signing a catapult contract with the British, and after paying the money, it seems that they can only be manipulated by the British!
Thinking of this, Alex couldn't help but pick up the wine glass and took a big sip.
"Yes, we have been fooled by the British, but what can we do?"
"Of course there is a way. You don't have to pay them the balance at all. With your style, you shouldn't have paid them the full amount, right?"
"We didn't pay the full amount, but if we don't pay them the balance, then our catapult agreement will be invalid, and our aircraft carrier is still waiting to use an advanced catapult."
Alex probably drank too much and was extremely depressed, so he said all these things that he shouldn't have said. Of course, he might also be trying to use this honesty to trick the receptionist.
"If you can lower the price for us, for example to US$10 million, we will accept it with gritted teeth. This US$60 million is really too much."
"That's impossible. You can't miss a penny in terms of price. However, if you want to use electromagnetic catapults, you can definitely purchase them from us in the East. We have the most advanced and mature electromagnetic catapults in the world, and the price will definitely be covered for you.
satisfy!"
Purchasing from the East? What a joke! We don’t want to purchase anything from the East, and there’s no other way this time!
Moreover, your Eastern technology is so advanced that if you just remotely control it, our electromagnetic catapult will be useless. This thing relies more on chips and electronic systems to adjust the ejection force, which is more convenient for manipulation.
Seeing Alex shaking his head, the receptionist was not angry and continued: "Then there is only one way left."
"any solution?"
"You probably didn't pay the final payment for the Rafale fighter jets you purchased, right? This is a huge amount of money. If you save these funds, you will also have funds for the construction of the second aircraft carrier."
Alex's eyes lit up.
Rafale fighter jets are quite expensive, and they also purchased them from France. A total of 36 aircraft were purchased for a total of US$4.3 billion, which is equivalent to US$120 million for one aircraft!
This is an incredible number. After all, even the F-35 developed by the Americans is not that expensive, and the fourth-generation heavy-duty stealth aircraft from the United States is only at this price!
Moreover, this is not the most expensive one. This contract also comes with a base construction contract. The French claimed that the Rafale fighter jets are very advanced, so ordinary hangars cannot bear the maintenance tasks of such aircraft, and a special base needs to be built.
The cost was another US$700 million, so this became the most deceptive procurement plan in history at US$5 billion. Almost the whole world was laughing at the three people for being stupid and having too much money.
Is it true that Ah San is a fool and has too much money? Of course not!
"On the one hand, you can check for yourself. Many people must have benefited from this kind of cheating contract, so they agreed to the price required by Dassault. On the other hand, you can also declare that this kind of aircraft has serious problems."
Performance defects, such as stealth, are not up to standard, so you have every reason to skip the balance. How much is the balance?"
"We gave a total of 1.5 billion US dollars."
The French guys are really big-hearted. In the 5 billion contract, Ah San only gave 1.5 billion, but he actually dared to give all the fighter planes to Ah San!
So, if Asan doesn’t cheat you, who else will he cheat?
"That's right, 3.5 billion is enough for you to build a second aircraft carrier! Isn't this 60 million US dollars just a drop of money?"