"The thing is like this..." Minister Lawrence wiped his two pieces of sausage mouth, looked at Qin Fei and said: "I want to buy some weapons."
Buy weapons?
Qin Fei was a little confused.
When you buy weapons, you just buy them. Why do you ask yourself? A dignified minister who is in charge of the entire country’s military actually has to ask himself when purchasing weapons?
I think too highly of myself.
Could it be that this old fox has set some trap for himself?
"Minister, are you kidding me?" Qin Fei said with a smile: "When your country buys weapons, what do you need to discuss with me, a mercenary?"
Lawrence frowned and thought for a while and said, "What I want to buy is a SU-27 fighter jet."
Qin Fei was immediately startled.
SU-27? That is a very good third-generation aircraft. At least among the third-generation aircraft in many countries, it is considered the best in terms of performance.
He suddenly felt something was wrong.
This is because the SU-27 sells for at least US$30 million per unit, and the GDP of the entire Eritrea is just over US$2.5 billion, and it also owes more than US$1 billion in foreign debt.
Want to buy SU-27?
This old guy doesn't want to rip off himself, does he?
But even if I knock, I can't give that much money to this guy.
"Minister, you don't want me to buy an SU-27 for you, do you? I only have this little property and I can't afford it." Qin Fei sat down on the sofa opposite and looked at Lawrence opposite him, neither salty nor indifferent.
Said: "If you want to buy this kind of thing, wouldn't it be better for you to go to Victor to get the connections instead of me?"
"That's how it should be, but we don't have money. Even if we had money, we probably wouldn't be able to buy it," Lawrence said.
In Qin Fei's mind, a bunch of grass and mud horses were running past. Damn it, if you don't have money, how can you imitate others and pretend to be a big-tailed wolf?
If you don't have money, why would you buy SU-27? Are you selling sperm to make money?
"Minister, since you can't even buy it, let alone me." Qin Fei said: "Don't you and Victor have always had a good relationship? He used to be an officer in the former Soviet Union. Don't ask him if there is anything he can do.
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"Yes, my relationship with Victor is indeed good, but I still owe him some money. I still have a little balance left on the two MB339 attack trainer aircraft I bought from him last time, so..."
Having said this, Lawrence moved his eyes to Qin Fei's face, with an expression that said, "I think you are so considerate, you must understand what I am saying."
Qin Fei's heart was racing again, and he said calmly: "Minister, just tell me what I can do for you. Don't beat around the bush. I absolutely cannot afford the SU-27."
"No, no, no." Lawrence shook his head and said: "Qin, I think you have some misunderstandings. This base has done well in your hands. Don't forget that I also have shares in it. I don't feel comfortable handing it over to others. Why?
Will it ruin your own fortune?"
"It's just..." His expression looked a little lonely, and he sighed: "I'm also under a lot of pressure..."
Qin Fei kept thinking MMP in his heart, you are under great pressure, I am not under great pressure, a large team of people need equipment and maintenance, Fake, you old boy thinks that I am a cash cow!
He had already made up his mind that if the old fox wanted him to pay the money, he would not be able to agree even to death, otherwise he would have to work for Yabai in the future.
Thinking about it, it is not easy to be a mercenary group. It seems that this Tiyo training camp is a hot cake, but in fact, everyone wants to take a bite here.
It's not enough to just know how to fight, you also have to learn how to deal with these old slickers who are like wolves and tigers.
"Minister, what kind of pressure are you under?" Qin Fei asked in the same neutral tone.
Lawrence said with a bitter look on his face: "If you know the history of our country, you should know that a few years ago we had a border war with neighboring Ethiopia, and we lost. It was only after that that I
The previous minister who came to power resigned because of his poor command over this matter."
"Later, I did a lot of research and found that the reason why we lost was because, firstly, we did not have as many soldiers as they did. The other party deliberately lengthened the battle line and diluted our strength on a thousand-kilometer front. Secondly, because of the Air Force, we
It’s really a disadvantage.”
"Why did you suffer a loss?" Qin Fei asked.
"Our country purchased MiG-29 fighter jets back then, but we were fooled! In aerial combat, the SU-27's maneuverability prevailed, and it was loaded with R-73 missiles, while our MiG-27
29 is only equipped with R-27 missiles, and the SU-27 is a heavy-duty aircraft with absolute advantages in terms of bomb load and battery life, which caused us to suffer a big loss."
"After that, although our two sides have signed a peace treaty, there is no guarantee that the war will resume one day. Recently, the president ordered me to strengthen the construction of the air force. My idea is to introduce SU-27."
"But, Sir Minister, why are you looking for me, a mercenary leader, to buy fighter jets?" Qin Fei couldn't laugh or cry, "I'm not an arms dealer."
"Yes, you are not an arms dealer. Didn't I just say that? Victor refused to buy SU-27 for me because of the unpaid debt last time. I think you saved him in Nigeria last time.
Maybe if you go to Dangdang as a lobbyist, things will turn around for you." Lawrence said.
Qin Fei was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly and said: "Minister, you think too highly of me. Yes, I saved Victor's life, but you have to know that besides sending me a batch of small weapons, this guy
In addition, he had to charge me money for the broken-down second-hand UH-1 helicopter. He also asked him to help me find a channel to return the weapons and equipment from my last operation in Nigeria to the Tiyo base. This guy wanted it.
Charge me shipping.”
After saying that, Qin Fei leaned forward and said, "Minister, do you think he will agree to help me buy SU-27 for free?"
Lawrence pursed his lips and thought for a long time, looked at Qin Fei and said: "In this case, I don't want it for free, but our country's military expenditure is really limited, can you..."
He raised two fingers and shook them at Qin Fei.
"For this amount, buy it for me. I need two of them."
"Two hundred million?" Qin Fei asked.
Lawrence's face turned green, thinking to himself, the little bastard is really pretending to be confused with me, why do I still need you to be my lobbyist for 200 million? Damn it, I'll go buy it from Da Maozi myself.
"Qin, we are friends, so don't make such international jokes!"
"Then what do you mean?" Qin Fei asked.
Lawrence smiled and said: "Twenty million, US dollars, of course, it is best to configure several R-73s."
This time, Qin Fei's mind was not only filled with grass and mud horses, but also a bunch of crows flying across the sky.
The SU-27 costs more than 30 million U.S. dollars each, and it is still bare metal. Lawrence actually wants 20 million U.S. dollars to buy two of them, and they also have R-73s. Damn, this is even better than trying to rob them!
"Minister, a bare-metal low-end version of the SU-27 costs 30 million U.S. dollars. If you buy two of them for 20 million dollars, are you sure they are not models?" Qin Fei said unhappily.
"We are poor. We have tried our best to squeeze out this little money." Lawrence looked at Qin Fei with a wicked smile, like a wolf staring at a piece of fat.