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Chapter 1168 Hippo Country Wants to Buy Helicopters
The Hippo Country really paid attention to the itinerary of the delegation. After the welcome dinner that night, they did not arrange any other activities. Instead, they deliberately arranged the discussion activities that should be arranged after the dinner on the next morning.

Not long after the delegation entered the symposium, an official from the Hippo country came to Zhang Qihang and greeted Zhang Qihang politely: "Hello, are you Mr. Zhang Qihang from Huateng Group? I am Joseph Karum, who is in charge of national tourism in Hippo Country.”

Zhang Qihang immediately understood the identity of the other party, he got up and shook hands with the other party politely: "Mr. Karum, I am Zhang Qihang..."

After the two sides exchanged simple greetings, Zhang Qihang asked politely: "Mr. Karum, you are looking for me..."

It’s no wonder that Zhang Qihang has such doubts. In fact, Huateng Industrial Group is a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. You, Joseph Callum, are in charge of tourism. We are not next to each other, and there is no basis for cooperation.

Joseph Karum obviously thought of Zhang Qihang's doubts a long time ago. He smiled and said, "Mr. Zhang, I understand what you mean, but with all due respect, we really have something to cooperate with."

"Oh?" Zhang Qihang was a little surprised, but he still said politely, "Please tell me."

"That's right, Mr. Zhang, you should know that our Hippo Country's land transportation and air transportation are not very developed, but our Hippo Country has the best tourism resources in the entire African continent..."

"Yes," Zhang Qihang nodded after hearing Joseph Karum's words: "Your country's tourism resources are amazing, especially the stillness of the African savannah, which shocked me."

"This is the problem," Joseph Karum said with a wry smile, "We have the best tourism resources, but limited by the traffic conditions, there is no way for these resources to bring wealth and income to our people... "

Hearing what Joseph Karum said, although Zhang Qihang's expression didn't change, he began to feel absurd in his heart: This Joseph Karum, wouldn't he want the Huateng Group to help them build roads?It's not right, if the Hippo country has such an idea, it should be the person in charge of transportation who came to him, not Joseph Karum who is in charge of tourism.

Thinking that the 6*6 or 8*9 mine-resistant ambush vehicles of the Sinotruk Group have already made some names in the Middle East, Zhang Qihang couldn't help thinking: Could it be that the Hippo Country is planning to import a batch of vehicles from the Sinotruk Group? All-wheel-drive military trucks, or simply import a batch of anti-mine and anti-ambush vehicles for the development of the tourism industry?
Nice idea, but is it feasible?

Just when Zhang Qihang was thinking about Joseph Callum's thoughts in his heart, he heard Joseph Callum suddenly said: "Mr. Zhang, I read the business introduction of your group, and it seems that you can still produce helicopters, and you are expensive." The price of the group’s helicopters doesn’t seem very expensive?”

Helicopter?
Zhang Qihang was taken aback, why did Joseph Karum suddenly mention the helicopter?

But in the next moment, everything was quickly connected in his mind: Hippo Country has rich tourism resources, so Hippo Country has always attached great importance to the development and utilization of tourism resources, but the traffic is very inconvenient, which seriously limits Hippo Country How to develop tourism resources?
How can the tourism industry be developed without large-scale road construction... because Hippo Country has no money...?
The answer, of course, is helicopters!

And it is a helicopter that is cheap enough and low enough for daily use!

I don’t know how Joseph Karum learned about the fact that Huateng Industrial Group produced helicopters, and the price was not expensive. He probably had an idea and had an idea in his heart: If there are cheap enough helicopters, how about Wouldn't it be unnecessary to build roads?

Come to think of it, this is why Joseph Karum found him, right?

In all fairness, for the Hippo country, the transportation is inconvenient and they want to do something about tourism, so the best way is a helicopter.

Thinking of this, Zhang Qihang felt a bit dumbfounded: I didn't sell a motorcycle or a car, and the customer is actually interested in helicopters...

It's a good thing to be able to sell the helicopter, Zhang Qihang nodded immediately: "Yes, our group does have helicopter business, and the price is not very expensive..."

Speaking of this, Zhang Qihang deliberately kept an eye out, and asked Joseph Karum: "Mr. Karum, to be honest, although our Huateng Group has a two-seater helicopter and a four-seater helicopter, it is not well-known. Not as high as the R22 and R44 of the Robinson Helicopter Company of the United States. The R22 and R44 helicopters of Robinson have been tested by thousands of users around the world, occupying the largest share of the piston-powered light helicopter market in the world, and their reliability is also It is well-known, why don't you purchase from Robinson?"

"We learned about it from Robinson, but they sold it too expensive." Speaking of this, Joseph Callum was quite aggrieved: "You will never guess how much Robinson quoted us."

"How many?"

Zhang Qihang asked, he was really curious.

"The basic version of the two-seater R22 costs 40 US dollars, and the basic version of the four-seater R44 costs 70 US dollars." Speaking of this, Joseph Callum said angrily: "70 US dollars, won't they grab it?! "

That's what happened...

Zhang Qihang understands that the tourism industry authority of Hippopotamia has indeed thought about purchasing helicopters from the American Robinson Company, but the offer from Robinson Company directly scares the people in charge of the tourism industry of Hippopotamia, represented by Joseph Karum. Now, there is no way, who made Hippo Country poor? Not everyone can wear the hat of "the least developed country in the world", and Hippo Country has one on its head.

"70 dollars is really too much." Zhang Qihang nodded, and started to promote his own products: "Our company also has a two-seater helicopter and a four-seater helicopter, and the performance is basically the same as Robinson's R22 and R44. They are basically the same, and some aspects even exceed slightly. The international price of the two-seater model is US$23, and the four-seater model is US$40."

Joseph Callum nodded again and again: "Only $23 and $40? This price is really good, much cheaper than American helicopters."

Speaking of this, Joseph Karum looked at Zhang Qihang and said sincerely: "Mr. Zhang, can you send us two helicopters to show us? If the performance can meet our requirements, we are going to purchase 10 helicopters. Seat type, at least 40 four-seat type."

Prepare 10 two-seaters and 40 four-seaters?

Good guy, are you planning to purchase 50 helicopters right now?

But Zhang Qihang was not excited. Instead of being excited, he was a little shocked: "Mr. Karum, helicopters are not a problem. Our group has exported more than 100 helicopters to many overseas countries, and the performance has been improved. It is widely recognized by overseas users, but what method are you going to use for payment?"

Zhang Qihang's meaning is obvious: even if your purchase volume is large, you can give you a big customer price, but this is still a transaction with a total amount of almost 2000 million US dollars. The total amount will exceed 2500 million U.S. dollars. With the economic situation of your Hippo country, can you afford such a large sum of money?
"Mr. Zhang, I understand what you mean," Joseph Karum looked at Zhang Qihang, and said sincerely: "To tell you the truth, my comrades and I have been discussing this issue before, and we really can't come up with this money, but we can pay in other ways."

"other methods?"

Zhang Qihang was a little surprised.

"Yes, other ways," Joseph Karum nodded, and asked tentatively, "Can you provide a loan?"

You asked me to provide you with a loan?
Zhang Qihang was amused by Joseph Karum's thoughts, he smiled and shook his head: "I can go to our National Export-Import Bank with you, but I can't promise you whether the other party can agree to this, if we The country’s Export-Import Bank agrees to provide you with a loan, so of course there is no problem with me.”

"Is that so..."

For Zhang Qihang's answer, Joseph Karum was a little disappointed, but this was his temptation, and Zhang Qihang's refusal was also what Joseph Karum expected, so he nodded and asked: " What if we pay in kind?"

"what?"

Zhang Qihang was taken aback.

"Physical objects, such as wood," Joseph Karum said, "The Angora red sandalwood, ebony, mahogany and castanopsis trees in our Hippo country are very popular in your country. If Mr. Zhang, you can accept the use of these woods It would be great if it was easy to trade off the price.

By the way, I heard that you intend to invest in several mines and mines in our Hippo country?
If the news is correct, I will find a way to persuade the high-level to allow you to use the helicopter to offset part of the contracting costs of the mines. What do you think? "

Looking at the plan B that Joseph Calum said naturally, Zhang Qihang understood in his heart that what he said earlier was actually a test. It is good to succeed, and there is no loss if it fails...

But in general, Zhang Qihang was quite relieved: This is good, no matter what Joseph Calum thinks in his heart or what method he intends to pay, he has no intention of reneging on his debt.

This is a good thing, as long as they don't plan to renege on their debts, it's easy to say that a deal can always be reached.

Thinking of this, Zhang Qihang nodded cheerfully: "I personally think this kind of transaction is no problem, why don't we find time to discuss it in detail some other day?"

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PS: 404 in the last chapter, modified several times, still can't lift the ban, sorry brothers

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