SFS Chapter 998 Pay 1 and a half and bet 1 and a half
Chapter 998 Pay 1 and a half and bet 1 and a half
Old Zhou feigned a sour face, "55? That's still a bit expensive. How about 50? You know we're facing difficulties right now, and the funds allocated for air force development are even less."
“50? You really dare to ask for that? If it’s this kind of fighter, not only will I not make any money, but I’ll also lose a lot of money. Do you think I should lose money to gain publicity? 54 per fighter, do you want it or not? If not, forget it!” Zhang Yunhe waved his hand and said.
"How about 51?" Old Zhou asked shamelessly.
Zhang Yunhe pushed him: "Come on, come on, take all these planes you bought and leave. Hurry up and leave. You're the boss, I can't afford to serve you, okay?"
"No, no, no, 52, I'll offer 52... Never mind, 53 per aircraft, if that's not enough, forget it!"
Zhang Yunhe released his grip. "You're ruthless. If you can stop those high-ranking officials from throwing lavish banquets and extorting money every day, the savings would be enough to buy many B-29s!"
Old Zhou immediately smiled and said, "It's settled then. Notify me as soon as the goods arrive. It's cash on delivery!"
He guessed that Zhang Yunhe's purchase price from the aircraft manufacturing company on Joker's side should be around 50 US dollars, 53 US dollars per aircraft. Zhang Yunhe would make a small profit, but not too much. However, Zhang Yunhe's asking price of 55 US dollars made him feel like he was losing out, while 53 US dollars was a price that both parties could accept.
After making the deal with Lao Zhou, Zhang Yunhe stayed in Jiangzhou for two more days to take care of some things before returning to Ganggang. The day before he was to leave, Chen Yu and Gong Er came to his door.
"What brings you two here together today? Please have a seat!" Zhang Yunhe greeted them.
The three took their seats as host and guest, and after the waiters brought tea and snacks and left, Chen Yu said to Zhang Yunhe, "Brother Yunhe, we have reported to our superiors about the batch of weapons, equipment and ammunition you mentioned last time that could arm 60 infantry divisions for two years!"
"To be honest, we want to buy all of this weaponry and ammunition, but we don't have enough budget right now. Why don't you give us a price first?"
Zhang Yunhe opened the cigar box on his desk and tossed one to Chen Yucai and one to Gong Er: "Try it, it's genuine stuff from Cuba!"
"It has to be you, Brother Yunhe! Only someone as resourceful as you can get your hands on such high-end goods!" Gong Er said, holding the cigar under his nose and smelling it.
Zhang Yunhe took out a stack of price lists from his briefcase and handed them over: "Take a look. All the weapons, equipment and ammunition listed here are priced much lower than normal. This is the final price, and there is no room for negotiation. If you want to buy, you will pay this price!"
Chen Yu looked through the price list, then picked up an abacus from his desk and started flipping through it, rapidly moving the beads.
A few minutes later, he stopped and handed the quotation to Gong Er.
Gong Er also flipped through it, and after reading it, he said to Zhang Yunhe, "Brother Yunhe, the higher-ups have now handed over all the arms deals with you to Old Chen. I can no longer interfere in this matter."
"I can only do business with high-end luxury goods. If you have a source of goods, we can do a few orders to try it out. I believe that as long as the goods are shipped over, they will definitely sell very well here."
Zhang Yunhe nodded: "No problem, I have the channels to source imported goods and the transportation routes. As long as you want, I can ship the goods over anytime!"
"Then...we'll talk again after you've settled things with your old Chen regarding the arms deal?" Gong Er asked.
"Row!"
Zhang Yunhe looked at Chen Yucai: "Brother Chen, how's it going on your end? Have you made up your mind?"
Chen Yu sighed and said, "We really want this batch of goods. I just calculated that we can only afford to pay for the weapons, equipment and ammunition for 10 divisions at most. The higher-ups' idea is to buy equipment and ammunition for 20 divisions first, pay half of the amount, and use mineral sand to offset the other half!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yunhe thought for a moment and said, "That's possible, but if half of the payment is to be offset by ore, based on your current mining volume, it would take a year of mining to offset the payment, and interest would have to be calculated!"
Chen Yucai didn't think Zhang Yunhe's conditions were excessive. After all, this payment was not a small amount. Nowadays, American equipment was the most expensive, while British, German, and Soviet equipment were much cheaper than American equipment.
Zhang Yunhe's batch of British and Soviet equipment was much cheaper than the normal price, but the equipment for ten infantry divisions plus ammunition would still cost 100 million US dollars.
Before the war, the total value of the annual mining output was less than one hundred million US dollars. It was only after the war that a large amount of manpower and resources were organized to carry out large-scale mining in order to earn more foreign exchange that the annual mining output was barely reached one hundred million US dollars.
"Okay, how about I calculate the bank loan interest for you?" Chen Yu asked.
Zhang Yunhe laughed heartily: "Whatever you say goes!"
Seeing that the deal was reached in just a few words, Chen Yu was very pleased and immediately asked, "When can we receive the goods?"
"Just prepare the money and the agreement within three days!" Zhang Yunhe said.
Next, it was Gong Er's turn to discuss the transaction of high-end luxury goods with Zhang Yunhe.
Zhang Yunhe said, "How about this, Second Young Master, you first make a list and write down all the goods you need!"
"Okay, I'll bring it to you in a couple of days!" Gong Er agreed.
Zhang Yunhe shook his head and said, "I'm going back to Hong Kong tomorrow. Once you've drafted your list, just send someone to the airport. Qin Jian will arrange everything. He'll handle the transaction directly with you!"
"Okay, I'm relieved to hear that!"
Zhang Yunhe placed the weapons, equipment, ammunition, and most of the luxury goods he brought back from Los Angeles in Jiangzhou. He also entrusted Qin Jian with the responsibility of shipping them. He couldn't possibly do everything himself, so he trusted his subordinates to handle it.
The day after returning to Hong Kong, Zhang Yunhe received a call from Ma Dazhi.
"What? You mean the Japanese have sent a new head of the Special Higher Police? Okay, I got it!"
After finishing his call with Ma Dazhi, Zhang Yunhe lit a cigarette and fell into deep thought.
He wasn't surprised that the Japanese headquarters had sent a new head of the Special Higher Police. After all, the Special Higher Police was indispensable to the Japanese, as it not only kept an eye on the Japanese internal affairs but also on the 76th Division.
Two days later, Zhang Yunhe went to Shanghai.
The original ruins of the Special Higher Police have been cleared away. The new office is not far from the original location. Half of the agents inside were sent from the Japanese headquarters, a quarter were transferred from various Special Higher Police branches in the north, and the remaining quarter were selected from specialized spy schools.
There are very few of the original veterans of the Special Higher Police Department left. Although they are still in the Special Higher Police Department, they have all been marginalized.