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Chapter 1044 Taking the order
After hearing Guo Xiaoping's words, Zhang Qihang pondered for a moment, then nodded slowly: "So, we have to seek support and help from the embassy."

A smile appeared on Guo Xiaoping's face immediately: A smart person is a smart person, as soon as he opened his mouth, Mr. Zhang knew his purpose.He nodded and said, "It would be great if we could get help from the embassy. After all, military purchases are different from ordinary private transactions."

Zhang Qihang nodded.

What Guo Xiaoping said is true. No matter at any time, the transaction of military weapons and equipment between countries is not a simple relationship of buying and selling: your weapons and equipment meet my requirements, and I will spend money to buy yours. Equipment, you earn some money, we are just a pure business relationship... Don't be ridiculous!How is this possible?

Except for the period when the rabbit was poor and crazy, most of the time around the world, the transaction of military weapons and equipment is accompanied by political and economic purposes, so if Sinotruk Group is only satisfied with the purchase of the 100 military trucks Order, then from now on, they really don't have to do anything, but if they want more, indeed, they will start to seek support and help from the embassy now.

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When going to the embassy, ​​Zhang Qihang specially brought a whole truckload of various supplies to the comrades in the embassy in the name of Sinotruk Group to express his condolences.

Zhang Qihang is so interesting, the embassy is very happy, and naturally welcomes it very much. Ambassador Wang Jianping, who is extremely busy with his daily work, specially took the time to meet Zhang Qihang. Seeing Zhang Qihang, Wang Jianping smiled and said: "Mr. Zhang, speaking of it Our embassy has to thank you Huateng Group."

Hearing Ambassador Wang's words, Zhang Qihang couldn't help being taken aback: "Thank you?"

"Yes, just thank you," Wang Jianping nodded with a smile: "Mr. Zhang, you may not know that as your Huateng Group has increased its efforts to develop the Syrian market over the past few years, more and more Syrians are now They are all starting to get familiar with our Huaxia, what is this, and this is influence, which naturally brings a lot of convenience to the work of our embassy. You said, from this point of view, should our embassy do a good job? thank you all?"

That's what happened!
Zhang Qihang suddenly realized, and hurriedly said to Wang Jianping: "Ambassador Wang, what you said is too polite. Our Huateng Group can go abroad and develop markets in Syria, which is thousands of miles away from our motherland. It is not because of the support of our motherland. , Is there a local embassy of our country that can ask for help when encountering difficulties?

In fact, in my opinion, it is the country and your comrades stationed abroad that have given Huateng Group the courage and confidence to explore overseas markets..."

Speaking of this, Zhang Qihang slapped his head, and said with some embarrassment: "Oh, speaking of it this way, it's our fault that we don't come to our embassy much on weekdays."

Wang Jianping laughed out loud, waved his hands again and again and said, "Mr. Zhang, I don't mean to complain."

"I know, I know," Zhang Qihang nodded again and again, but said with a face of shame: "I'm not complaining, but I think we still have a lot of things that are not thoughtful enough in our work..."

Knowing that Wang Jianping was busy with work, Zhang Qihang said after the two exchanged pleasantries, "Ambassador Wang, to tell you the truth, I am here this time to ask for help from our embassy."

"Oh?"

Hearing Zhang Qihang's words, Wang Jianping was not surprised. He nodded: "Mr. Zhang, what problems have you encountered? Let's just say that our embassy is definitely doing its best to help you."

"That's what happened..."

Zhang Qihang immediately said that the Sinotruk Group is going to increase its efforts to develop the heavy truck market in the Middle East and North Africa, and after the Syrian side knows this, it hopes that the Sinotruk Group will use Syria as a fulcrum for a suitable future. Time is in the hands of Syria's Sinotruk Group's final assembly plant, and the situation that it is willing to hand over the purchase order of 100 military trucks to Sinotruk Group was introduced to Wang Jianping.Then he said: "It was only later that I learned that in the next three years, the Syrian army plans to update 1000 military trucks of various purposes one after another. Due to various considerations, it is impossible to hand over all the orders to us. Sinotruk Group should find a way to win as many orders as possible.

But how to do it specifically, because our Sinotruk Group does not have much experience in developing the international arms sales market. After thinking about it, all comrades in the unit and I feel that we can only ask our embassy for help. . "

Wang Jianping nodded while listening, and waited for Zhang Qihang to finish speaking before responding: "So that's what happened... It's a good thing that Sinotruk Group wants to actively go out and explore the international market. Our embassy will definitely Full support, but I have a few questions..."

Zhang Qihang nodded immediately: "Ambassador Wang, just ask."

Wang Jianping was not polite, and asked directly: "Mr. Zhang, tell me the truth, is Sinotruk Group really planning to develop the Middle East and even North Africa markets? How much will this development effort be?"

Zhang Qihang immediately understood the real meaning behind Wang Jianping's words: Are you planning to make a fortune on this order and leave, or is it really like what you said, planning to vigorously develop the Syrian market and then use the Syrian market as a "base" , vigorously develop the heavy truck market in the Middle East and even North Africa?

These are two completely different routes, and the embassy naturally has to give different options for different routes.

Facing Wang Jianping's inquiring gaze, Zhang Qihang replied in an affirmative tone: "Ambassador Wang, we are really planning to vigorously develop the markets in the Middle East and Africa. You may not know the situation of our Sinotruk Group very well. Let me tell you, in addition to being the general manager of Huateng Group, I am also the general manager of Sinotruk Group. Not long ago, our Sinotruk Group has just determined the domestic market and the overseas market to walk on two legs. In view of the company's technical level and the strength gap with competitors, the overseas market we choose is the Asia, Africa and Latin America market."

"Understood." Hearing Zhang Qihang's words, Wang Jianping had a clue in his heart. He nodded and said to Zhang Qihang: "Since Sinotruk Group is going to vigorously develop the Syrian and Middle East markets, it's okay to say, our embassy The side will definitely provide strong support... In this way, Mr. Zhang, don't worry, I will discuss it with the comrades in the embassy later to see how to promote this matter."

Hearing Wang Jianping's words, Zhang Qihang breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately nodded vigorously: "Then please trouble Ambassador Wang and the comrades in our embassy."

"Look at what you said, aren't our embassies stationed abroad just to serve you?" Wang Jianping said with a smile: "Mr. Zhang, don't worry, we will definitely try our best to help our group win as much as possible." Order."

With Wang Jianping's promise, Zhang Qihang and Guo Xiaoping have confidence in their hearts.

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After sending Zhang Qihang away, Wang Jianping picked up the phone and called the country. After a while, the phone was connected. Wang Jianping said to the phone: "Leader, there is such a situation that the heavy truck group in Lu Province... yes, Yes, yes, yes, yes, I understand, we will definitely fully support their work, which will benefit our embassy's future work... yes, yes, I understand... yes, yes, I see"……

After hanging up the phone, Wang Jianping thought for a moment, then pressed the intercom on the desk, and told the secretary: "Xiao Liu, please inform the counselors at home to come to my office."

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A state-owned enterprise is a state-owned enterprise. Since the Sinotruk Group has taken a fancy to this military purchase in Syria and intends to increase its efforts to develop the Middle East market, after discussing with Zhang Qihang and Cai Xiangdong, the Sinotruk Group immediately increased its propaganda in Syria. , In the next period of time, many Syrians were surprised to find that various advertisements of a heavy-duty vehicle factory from China appeared frequently in the Syrian media.

At the same time, after reporting the situation to the superiors and receiving instructions from the superiors, the Chinese embassy in Syria also started its activities, and cooperated with Sinotruk Group to start lobbying and public relations with the Syrian government.

Syria itself is a small country. When Sinotruk Group began to make full use of the power of the country, the Syrian side began to feel the pressure. For example, in the cabinet discussion on the update of military vehicles, Deputy Prime Minister Abu Dullah Ayub began to take the initiative to mention Huaxia Heavy Duty Truck Group...

“对于穆阿利姆先生刚刚的提议，我有些不同的看法，”阿卜杜拉·阿尤布副Z理说道：“穆阿利姆先生建议我们继续从大毛家采购军用卡车，而且采购的型号依然是6*6的乌拉尔-4320以及8*8的卡马斯-4310。

I admit that Ural-4320 and Kamaz-4310 are very good military trucks, but these two cars are too old. This is the technology of the Soviet Union in the 70s. Put it ten or 20 years ago, this car It is still a very good product, but now, I think Ural-4320 can no longer meet the requirements of our new era. We should purchase newer military trucks with more advanced performance. At the very least, we should also engage in a tender The event allows other brands to come in instead of directly giving orders to Da Mao. "

After listening to Abdullah Ayub's words, some of the people present couldn't help frowning, but some were thoughtful after hearing these words.

Indeed, over the years, Syria’s military equipment has been dominated by former Soviet/Russian equipment, and after these years of use, everyone has a sufficient understanding of the characteristics of the former Soviet/Russian military equipment. Simply put, it is the core technology The indicators must be able to meet the requirements of Syria's affairs, but apart from these core indicators, other aspects are much worse.

For example, with the characteristics of "easy driving" that will hardly be reflected in the procurement technical indicators of military trucks, but will strongly affect the combat effectiveness, the old Maozi's Ural-4320 and Kamaz- These two 4310 cars have the characteristics of Lao Maozi's mechanical products: the accelerator, clutch and steering wheel are all heavy and heavy. No matter how strong the driver is, he doesn't have to drive for a day. Both arms are sore.

The driver is like this. If the soldiers are in the back of the car, the situation of the soldiers is not much better. After sitting for two hours, the soldiers seem to be falling apart.

In addition, such as fuel consumption, ease of maintenance, maintenance intervals, etc., Lao Maozi's truck is not to mention compared with the old European first-line military truck manufacturers such as Mercedes-Benz, even if it is compared with Steyr and Taituo There is no comparison, but if you want to talk about the core technical indicators of these two vehicles, there is no problem. This is why the users of these equipment: The Syrian Army has complained about these equipment for decades, but they still hold them. The reason why the nose is being used: scolding is scolding, complaints are complaints, but you can stick to it even if you grit your teeth.

After some silence, Khaled Rahmon, the first deputy manager who presided over the meeting, even asked Abdullah Ayub: "Mr. Ayyub, what do you think, just say it directly. "

Abdullah Ayub was not polite, and said directly: "I think the Steyr 91 series military trucks produced by Huaxia Heavy Truck Group are good."

"A military truck produced by Huaxia?"

Hearing Abdullah Ayub's words, Khalid Rahmon frowned immediately.

Not only Khalid Rahmon frowned, but most of the people present also frowned, although in recent years, Huaxia's three-wheeled motorcycles and miniature and light trucks have sold well in Syria , has been liked by many small businessmen, but military vehicles and civilian vehicles with extremely harsh and difficult conditions are not the same thing. The core technical requirements of military vehicles are much higher than civilian vehicles, and the military trucks produced by Huaxia... …

Thinking of the performance of China's military equipment during the Middle East War, a question mark was placed in everyone's mind.

Abdullah Ayub's face remained unchanged, and he continued: "The military trucks produced by Huaxia Heavy Truck Group are somewhat different from other Huaxia products. The military trucks produced by this enterprise are a complete set of products transferred by the Austrian Steyr company. And technology."

A complete set of products and technologies provided by Steyr Austria?
Abdullah Ayub's words made everyone look surprised.

Khalid Rahmon even asked Abdullah Ayub immediately: "Mr. Ayyub, are you sure?"

“是的，我非常确定，”阿卜杜拉·阿尤布肯定的点头：“华夏重汽集团现在有三款军用卡车底盘，分别是4*4驱动结构、载重为6吨的轻型军用卡车、6*6驱动结构载重7吨的中型战术军用卡车以及8*8驱动结构、载重为15吨的重型军用卡车，此外还有基于这个底盘发展而来的不同用途的各类特种车辆。

These three series of military trucks are all developed on the basis of the Austrian Steyr 91 series of military trucks, with guaranteed performance and quality. In addition, Sinotruk Group has also done a lot of work on the chassis of these three series over the years. Even the Chinese army has purchased and installed a lot of upgrades and improvements, and their internal evaluation of these three cars is very high. "

"Is that so..."

Hearing Abdullah Ayub's words, Khalid Rahmon's face was thoughtful.

Not only Khalid Rahmon, but also other people's faces were thoughtful.

Y'all know the troop complaints about ex-Soviet/Russian military trucks?

Of course I know, but I know why the first consideration is to choose Damao’s products when upgrading military trucks this time?In addition to the factor of "paying protection fees", it is also because Syria has been sanctioned over the years, and it is difficult for them to buy better and better products in batches—even if they can buy them , the price is also sky high.

Under such circumstances, what can the Syrian side use if they can meet their own requirements without using core technical indicators?
But now, Abdullah Ayyub provides everyone with a newer choice: European products produced in China.

As for the military equipment developed and produced by Huaxia itself, the Syrian side does not have a high evaluation, because everyone knows that Huaxia’s military equipment research and development is under the tutelage of the former Soviet Union, and the technical indicators of many equipment are not as good as those inherited from the former Soviet Union’s military and technology. The legacy of Russia, so the Syrian side doesn't think much of Huaxia's equipment-your equipment is not as good as Da Mao's. If that's the case, why don't I just buy Da Mao's?

But having said that, if it is a European product produced by Huaxia, it is another matter.

Syria also equipped a small batch of military trucks produced by Mercedes-Benz in those years. Everyone was impressed by the performance of Mercedes-Benz military trucks. It is blunt to say that Mercedes-Benz military trucks have no other problems except that they are expensive. .

Under Mercedes-Benz, the second-tier European military truck brands such as Steyr and Taitula have not been equipped in Syria, but they have obtained some through various channels. Naturally, they have some understanding of the performance of these products. It is known that the military trucks produced by European second-tier automakers such as Steyr and Taituo are indeed crushed in terms of performance.And since the military truck produced by Huateng Industrial Group is the product and technology provided by Steyr, it should be no problem?

Thinking of this, Khalid Rahmon couldn't help asking Abdullah Ayub: "Mr. Ayyub, how much do you know about the Steyr trucks produced by Huaxia?"

To Khalid Rahmon's surprise, Abdullah Ayyub shook his head when faced with his own question: "I don't really understand either."

Khalid Rahmon was stunned: "You don't understand?"

"I really don't know anything about the performance of these Steyr trucks produced by China National Heavy Duty Truck Group," Abdullah Ayub said frankly: "But it doesn't matter. If you think this matter can be considered, we will You can ask Huaxia Heavy Duty Truck Group to provide test vehicles."

(End of this chapter)