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Chapter 1046 An Opportunity to Make a Little Money
Zhang Qihang said with piercing eyes: "I remember there was a news last year that the Mi Army had purchased a batch of anti-mine vehicles from South Africa, called... called... I forgot..."

Unexpectedly, Guo Xiaoping immediately said: "It's called the RG-31 anti-mine vehicle."

Zhang Qihang glanced at Guo Xiaoping in surprise: Lao Guo not only knew that Mi Jun had purchased an anti-mine vehicle from South Africa, but he even knew the specific model?But this is also just right, since he knows the specific model, then he should have some understanding of the performance of the RG-31 anti-mine vehicle, so he can save himself from explaining.

The protection performance of the RG-31 anti-mine vehicle is very powerful, how powerful is it?This big guy can withstand the power of an 8kg roadside Z bomb explosion and can ensure the safety of the occupants in the car.A few years later, RG-31 also released a civilian version with weakened performance, which was once appeared in "top gear", talked about by countless car fans, and was praised as the strongest civilian bulletproof Car of the South African Paramount "Spoiler".

Zhang Qihang immediately nodded and said: "Yes, this is it. It is said that Mi Jun is very satisfied with the protection performance of RG-31, and is ready to do it himself?"

Guo Xiaoping somewhat understood what Zhang Qihang meant: Is this going to build an anti-mine vehicle based on the chassis of a 2300 heavy-duty truck?
It was only because he vaguely understood Zhang Qihang's idea that he felt that this idea was unreliable. After hesitating for a while, he said to Zhang Qihang tactfully: "If we build an anti-mine system based on our 2300 heavy-duty truck chassis As for the car, it is not impossible in theory, but the problem is the technology in the United States... how about we are much more advanced?"

The implication is that since the Mi Army has realized the benefits of this anti-mine vehicle, with the technology of the Mi country, can it be produced in minutes?Even if we take a step back, let's not talk about whether the Americans can solve the problem, even if we can solve it, can the Pentagon of the United States still buy this anti-mine vehicle from us?
impossible.

Zhang Qihang smiled and said, "Old Guo, I understand what you mean, but in Afghanistan and Iraq, apart from the Mi Army and the U.S. Allied Forces, there are still a large number of military contracting companies."

"Afghanistan and Iraq military underwriters?"

Hearing Zhang Qihang's words, Guo Xiaoping frowned suddenly, he faintly realized what Zhang Qihang wanted to express, but he didn't grasp it for a while.

"Well," Zhang Qihang responded, "These military insurance companies should also have the need to use this kind of anti-mine vehicle? But an anti-mine vehicle costs tens or even millions of dollars, and these military insurance companies are willing to use it." Equip your own people with this kind of equipment? On the other hand, if there is a mine-resistant vehicle on the market that can basically be on the same level as the RG-31 or even slightly higher in protection performance, but the price is much cheaper, what do you say? Will military contracting companies be tempted? Will they purchase it?"

"Shua..." After a while, Guo Xiaoping's eyes lit up.

Indeed, in the past few years, due to the domestic anti-war sentiment caused by too many soldiers who are worried about dying, as well as various factors such as the exchange of interests behind it, in the past few years, the Mi Army has handed over a large number of secondary military tasks such as security patrols, etc. It was given to those military contracting companies, and for these military contracting companies, of course they cannot afford such expensive anti-mine vehicles, but at the same time, their demand for safety is real. After all, even these military contracting companies The company, if an employee dies, also needs to pay the employee a pension, but the amount is not as high as the Pentagon's payment to the American soldiers. There are too many deaths, and the military contracting company can't afford it. On the other hand, the purchased defense Mine vehicles are the property of the company.

Under such circumstances, if there is a mine-resistant vehicle with a relatively low price and good protection performance, it will definitely arouse the interest of these military contracting companies.

Thinking of this, Guo Xiaoping nodded: "If you can find a way to sell to these military contracting companies, it's not impossible, but how many vehicles can these military contracting companies buy? 1000? 2000? ?Even if we sell one for $20, it’s only $4 million... Sigh..."

Guo Xiaoping, who just thought that 2000 anti-mine vehicles were no big deal, suddenly took a breath when he realized the value of these 2000 anti-mine vehicles: If he could really sell 2000 anti-mine vehicles, he would be able to achieve 4 35 million U.S. dollars, or almost [-] billion RMB in sales revenue?
This is a dollar!

Although it is already 2004, the country’s foreign exchange reserves are relatively abundant, and the management of foreign exchange is no longer as strict as it was in the 90s, but whether it is for enterprises or foreign exchange management departments, "exports" are still important. An extremely attractive thing, if in the next few years, you can really achieve 6 million US dollars in foreign exchange earnings through exports of Sinotruk Group, the weight of the entire group in the province will increase a lot.

"$20 a car? Who is Lao Guo looking down on?" Zhang Qihang smiled and shook his head: "How much does the M1114 Hummer with enhanced protection that Lao Mi is making now cost? Lao Guo, believe it or not, if you If you really dare to do this, not only is it very likely that none of our cars will be sold, but our company may even be blacklisted by some people?"

"Uh……"

Hearing what Zhang Qihang said, Guo Xiaoping also felt that his previous offer seemed a little too much.

To what extent?Guo Xiaoping just remembered something: In the National Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2002 announced by the United States in 2003, there was a financial appropriation for the "Future Combat System" that increased by 1.05 million US dollars. The purpose of this appropriation was to reduce risks. Among them, the high-mobility multi-purpose vehicle of AM General Corporation, commonly known as the "Hummer Military Vehicle" project of the United States, received an additional funding of US$8290 million, of which US$3500 million will be used for armor modification of M1114.

And how much is this 3500 million U.S. dollars for the modification of Hummer military vehicles?
The answer is 550 vehicles.

That is, the modification cost of the bicycle is 6.36 US dollars.

This is just the modification cost. If the "plain car" is included, the cost of a single M1114 armored Hummer is about 20 U.S. dollars.

Then here comes the question: an M1114 armored Humvee military vehicle costs $20, and your 8*8 heavy-duty mine-resistant vehicle also sells for $20. You don’t do this in business. Who are you slapping in the face? ?

Mr. Zhang is really right. Originally, the Pentagon may have turned a blind eye to the anti-mine vehicles sold by the Sinotruk Group to those military contractors. After all, the Sinotruk Group did not intend to reach out to the Mi Army In the process of purchasing, but if the Pentagon finds out that Sinotruk Group dares to sell 8*8 mine-resistant vehicles for 20 US dollars, the generals of the Pentagon will go crazy!The thing that turned a blind eye to it can immediately become "Whoever of you dares to buy a mine-resistant vehicle from the Huaxia people will never get an order from the Pentagon in the future!"

Realizing this level, Guo Xiaoping touched the cold sweat on his forehead with some fear, and said, "I really thought about this problem in a simple way."

"It doesn't matter," Zhang Qihang waved his hand, saying that he doesn't mind: "After all, the Hummer is based on a light off-road vehicle, and the anti-mine vehicle we want to build is still based on an 8*8 heavy-duty military truck. Yes, I heard that the average price of a single car in the Anger's 'Puma' project led by the Pentagon was 100 million US dollars.

So I think the starting price of 40 US dollars is a relatively reasonable price. Although our Huaxia products are high-quality and cheap, after all, you get what you pay for. "

"40?"

Guo Xiaoping was taken aback by the price, but at the same time, he couldn't help but start to calculate in his heart: If 40 US dollars, 2000 cars, that's 8 million US dollars...

"The $40 car is only the basic version, which is a vegan car," Zhang Qihang waved his hand vigorously, and said, "We can also provide various configurations according to the different needs of customers. For example, the $40 car only provides 10kg roadside Z-bomb protection, and if you want to upgrade to the protection ability against 20kg roadside Z-bomb, it will cost an additional $10;
For example, how much does it cost to provide a set of protective towers on the roof that can resist ordinary rifle shooting at 360 degrees, and how much is a protective tower that can resist heavy machine gun shooting;
Another example is that we can provide users with the option of a vehicle-level infrared sighting system...

If the customer has any additional requirements, we have to find a way to meet and solve them. In short, the customer is God. God made a request and returned the dollar. Of course we have to find a way to solve it. The only question is whether we can use it. Did this anti-mine vehicle come out? "

Speaking of this, Zhang Qihang looked at Guo Xiaoping with piercing eyes, and said: "Vice President Guo, I proposed that it can withstand the explosive power of 20 kilograms of roadside Z bombs. We are working on an anti-mine vehicle project called 'Puma Lion' and 'Buffalo', and their protection requirement is to ensure the safety of the occupants in the vehicle when they are attacked by 20 kilograms of explosives."

Sinotruk Group has no experience in developing armored and protective vehicles, so Zhang Qihang is somewhat worried about whether the military R&D department of Sinotruk Group can do this.

Hearing that there are so many ways to make money, Guo Xiaoping's eyes lit up, and he immediately patted his chest and assured Zhang Qihang: "Mr. Zhang, don't worry, although our Sinotruk Group doesn't have any development armor here. Vehicle experience, but these are not problems. In the past few years, there are not too many military factories that have had a hard time. As long as you can sell these cars, I guarantee that there will be no technical problems!"

"Then I'm relieved," Zhang Qihang nodded with a smile, and then said to Guo Xiaoping: "Old Guo, I'm not afraid to tell you the truth. I think that in the future, the scope of application of mine-proof vehicles will become wider and wider. For example, in our country, there is still a blank market for anti-mine vehicles. Over the years, our country has sent a lot of peacekeeping troops overseas. The security threats faced by these peacekeeping troops stationed overseas are also real. Tracked armored vehicles and The military meaning of the wheeled armored vehicle is too strong. As for the "Warrior", is that thing also called a military vehicle?

But the anti-mine vehicle is relatively more suitable. On the one hand, the protection performance of this thing is sufficient. On the other hand, compared with armored vehicles and tanks, this thing is more 'peaceful', especially suitable for our peacekeeping forces.

Our country didn't have this kind of stuff before, so we could only make do with Warriors and other vehicles, but after we develop it, can we persuade the country to purchase some?
In addition, with this technology, we can completely reduce some armor protection capabilities and develop police versions of bulletproof and explosion-proof vehicles..."

Speaking of this, Zhang Qihang said with a smile: "So, Vice President Guo, as long as your military industry department can produce this anti-mine vehicle, just our domestic demand can make your department live well."

Guo Xiaoping nodded again and again, his face flushed with excitement: "Mr. Zhang, don't worry, I know what to do."

Just now, he really never thought that he could sell mine-proof vehicles to our own army, but now that Zhang Qihang has reminded him so much, he immediately reacted: Yes, our overseas peacekeeping units also need this kind of attack Vehicles that are not that strong but have sufficient protection performance. In addition, the armed forces, special police forces, and other units and departments also have corresponding needs... Counting with your fingers, there must be a combination of domestic and foreign countries. Thirty to forty thousand vehicles?Such a big market, I never thought of it before.

"Well," Zhang Qihang nodded and said, "I don't understand military technology, but I can give you a promise: as long as you can make mine-resistant vehicles that meet the requirements, I can find a way to sell them .”

Gotta!

With Zhang Qihang's words, Guo Xiaoping was completely relieved.

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After the Syrian side reached an agreement, soon, the first batch of 20 military trucks, a total of three types, were sent to Syria to be tested by the Syrian military.

By this time, Zhang Qihang no longer needed to stay in Syria, but what Zhang Qihang didn't expect was that just after he returned to China and got off the plane, people from Sinotruk Group were already waiting at the airport The leader is the Chairman Cai Xiangdong.

Seeing Cai Xiangdong, Zhang Qihang was very surprised. He drove a few steps forward and asked in surprise, "Cai Dong, why are you here?"

"It's not your trouble," Cai Xiangdong smiled wryly, and asked Zhang Qihang: "Mr. Zhang, let me ask you, are you really sure that you can sell 40 of that mine-resistant vehicle at a price of 2000 US dollars? "

Zhang Qihang was a little unbelievable: Cai Xiangdong personally came to the Capital Airport to pick him up just to ask himself this question?Can't I ask this question after I go back?

Everyone was at the same level, so Zhang Qihang stopped playing around with Cai Xiangdong, and asked directly in a low voice, "Is that why you came here?"

Looking at Zhang Qihang's surprised expression, Cai Xiangdong knew what he was thinking, couldn't help taking a breath, and lowered his voice to ask Zhang Qihang: "Because it's confidential, what Lao Guo said on the phone is vague, I just want to Find out what's going on... This is a minimum of 8 million US dollars. Mr. Zhang, you don't know. After receiving this information from Lao Guo, I almost went crazy. A car worth 40 US dollars, Who will buy it?"

That's what happened...

Also, how much is a 6*6 domestically produced 92-type infantry fighting vehicle? You, a so-called anti-mine vehicle modified with a 2300 heavy truck, dare to sell it for almost 350 million RMB. Are you crazy?

But on the other hand, this project was promoted by the general manager Zhang Qihang after all, he is unlikely to use this kind of thing as a joke, so, if this thing is true...the Sinotruk Group will make a lot of money!
Finally understood what was going on, Zhang Qihang said with a smile: "Cai Dong, let's talk while walking..."

While walking to the car with Cai Xiangdong, Zhang Qihang said to Cai Xiangdong: "Cai Dong, combined with the performance of the Mi Army in Afghanistan and Iraq, I think this kind of high-protection anti-mine vehicle will be a new type of anti-mine vehicle in the future. military equipment, and it is especially suitable for 'security warfare', not only the US military needs it, but we also need it, the reason why I say this is because..."

At first, Cai Xiangdong was suspicious of Zhang Qihang's words, but after hearing Zhang Qihang's explanation, Cai Xiangdong felt that what Zhang Qihang said made sense, and couldn't help but start to think: It seems that this is indeed the case...

After explaining his thoughts to Cai Xiangdong, Zhang Qihang said: "Combining the quotations of the 'Puma' and 'Buffalo', the two anti-mine vehicles that the Mi Army is planning to manufacture, which cost about US$100 million, I think it will A starting price of $40 is more appropriate.

If it is too low, it will cause dissatisfaction in the Pentagon, and make the generals in the Pentagon misunderstand that we are preparing to smash their jobs; When selling equipment to the US military stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan, we can only focus on those military contracting companies. In this case, we must show sufficient cost performance. "

"That's the truth..."

Cai Xiangdong nodded again and again, and he was relieved in his heart: So this is the case, if this is the case, then I can rest assured.

"And after opening up the external market, we can focus on the development of the domestic market. After all, this thing is also very suitable for overseas peacekeeping units," Zhang Qihang continued: "In short, what I am most worried about now is whether we can make peace in the world. On the basis of 2151 and 2300, a mine-resistant vehicle that meets the requirements can be produced. If it can be successful, then there is nothing to say, and everything will be fine. If it cannot be produced..."

"There is no such thing as not being able to do it!" Before Zhang Qihang finished speaking, Cai Xiangdong gritted his teeth and said murderously: "Even if the sky falls, this project must be done! This is directly related to The position of our unit in the military industry system!"

(End of this chapter)