Siheyuan: I earned foreign exchange in the heyday

Chapter 1116: Lack of money and equipment

Chen Changan felt a little embarrassed after hearing this. To be honest, it had only been a few years since the last war.

During this period, the whole country was vigorously developing the economy, and Ms. Huang's chip research institute had no research funds.

There are many research institutes that have had the same experience as Ms. Huang, or even worse.

At the same time, many military factories began to gradually turn to civilian use. As for any new equipment, Chen Changan had no idea.

After the two of them had a brief chat, Chen Changan once again took the list from Xu Xiaoyan.

Looking at the serious Xu Xiaoyan, Chen Changan said jokingly.

"We haven't seen each other for a while. Why isn't there a star on your shoulder?"

Xu Xiaoyan's face turned black on the spot, but this time he came with a mission.

This wasn't the first time he had worked with Chen Changan, and he knew his ability to sell goods. He then turned his face away, no longer looking at Chen Changan.

Do you really think he doesn't want a promotion? His superiors were planning to promote him during the last arms deal.

But his father said that a soldier's merit should be won on the battlefield. You are just an outsider, so what does selling weapons have to do with you?

Then they tried to prevent him from getting promoted. What else could he do?

As a combat staff officer, it is not easy for him to go to the battlefield due to his special status.

However, Xu Xiaoyan believed that as long as the arms deal could be reached this time, his father would no longer have any reason to pressure him.

"No way! How can it be possible that after all these years, the arms we sell are still the same?

Hussein is preparing for war, and he has plenty of these things.

I just want to buy some more advanced weapons. As long as the items are good, price is not an issue."

This time Xu Xiaoyan's face became even darker.

"This is the decision of our superiors. I am only responsible for handing you the list. The remaining negotiation issues are your business."

Chen Changan returned the list to Xu Xiaoyan on the spot and turned away.

"Tell your superiors that we need to find someone else to handle this transaction.

There are only so many things to sell, and I don’t have the ability to sell them.”

Are you kidding? Whether it is tanks, armored vehicles, or even various types of artillery, Hussein has plenty of them.

They came here this time just to see what good stuff there is. If they bring out these things, Chen Changan will lose all his face.

Not only that, the Gulf War was about to come, and Chen Changan didn't want to sell weapons and equipment to Hussein from the bottom of his heart.

Thousands of tanks were turned into a pile of scrap metal in just a few days. How should the arms trade be conducted in the future?

Even if the weapons are sold at a very low price, it won't work if they are completely useless.

Xu Xiaoyan grabbed Chen Changan's arm and spoke quickly.

"Director Chen, this is a task assigned by our superiors, you can't just leave like this.

If we fail to complete the tasks assigned by our superiors, none of us will end up well.

After all, there are not many such opportunities, and the country is short of money.

Even if we can't sell as many weapons as last time, we should at least sell a similar amount, right?"

Xu Xiaoyan was also panicked. He was planning to rely on this arms deal to have another little star on his shoulder.

Chen Changan finally gave up and didn't know what to say when facing General Kamal.

Or maybe he really didn't know how to trick the other party into spending money to buy equipment.

Chen Changan was held by Xu Xiaoyan. Seeing that Xu Xiaoyan didn't intend to let go, he spoke.

"Staff Officer Xu, this arms deal is different from usual.

Have you ever seen me be so negative about the arms trade?

How about this, you go call the superior leader over, I have something to discuss with him."

Looking at Chen Changan's serious expression, Xu Xiaoyan said.

"Okay, don't leave. I'll go call the higher-ups."

At this time, in an office, many military leaders were smoking and speculating about the upcoming large-scale arms orders.

"If you ask me, we can sell at least $10 billion this time.

"You can't touch this money. The Air Force's aircraft are too outdated. It would be better to use this money to purchase a batch of SU-27s.

I heard that the US military's F22 is about to test-fly. In the future, relying on Mr. Ba to deal with the F22 will be too much for our Air Force."

"Your Air Force at least has the Eighth Master, but look at our Navy, we don't even have a decent submarine.

Apart from anything else, buying a few submarines is the right thing to do, right? I've already chosen the model; the Kilo-class is a good choice."

"If a war really breaks out, I think the army will be the key. Just buy a few air defense missiles and that will be enough.

The S300 is pretty good, and the rest needs to be replaced with equipment for our army. It has been so many years, and the army equipment is still like this.

Brothers, life is tough."

There was a moment of silence in the conference room. The country's general direction was to develop the economy, and military spending was really stretched.

Regardless of which branch of the military, everyone is short of money and relies entirely on old equipment.

"If you ask me, no matter what, a portion of the funds must be reserved for scientific research.

Don’t say that it’s more cost-effective to buy than to research by yourself. When the real thing comes, people will hold you back and you can only watch even if you have money.

As the saying goes, "A good blacksmith must have strong tools himself. As long as we have scientific researchers, we can have whatever we want."

“That’s what I said, but seeing so much money invested in scientific research projects, it doesn’t make a single splash.

At the same time, the troops are facing pressure, and we are also anxious."

"Ugh"

Another sigh was heard in the office.

"Let's see how much money our Director Chen can bring us this time.

If it is similar to last time, I will invest more in scientific research and hope that researchers can cherish it.

A little more achievement will show people our confidence."

The office fell silent again.

At this time, Xu Xiaoyan walked into the office. Looking at the depressing atmosphere in the office, Xu Xiaoyan hesitated for a moment, but still spoke.

"Leaders, Director Chen wants to see you. He said that this arms deal is likely to be cancelled."

"what?"

Several hot-tempered leaders slammed the table on the spot.

"Chen Changan thinks he's the only one who can handle the negotiations, right?

Still holding back? Let him in, I'll see what he has to say.

If he can't explain it clearly, I'll go find Old Nie. Are these the soldiers that Old Nie brought up?"

Seeing the ugly faces of the leaders, Xu Xiaoyan didn't dare to say anything more. If he really angered these people, his father would not stand on his side.

When Chen Changan walked into the conference room under the leadership of Xu Xiaoyan, he felt his scalp tingling when he was stared at by a group of leaders.

"Hello, leaders."

"Stop talking nonsense and tell us why this arms deal fell through.

If you can't explain it clearly, I'll take you to Old Nie and let him see what kind of soldiers he brought out."