The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 257

$52 billion order!
No leader was willing to give up this huge order.

This order is enough to support a large number of businesses and enable them to grow and develop.

It is true that the Type 80 tank and Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun are produced by Panshan Machinery Factory, but this requires the purchase of a large number of production materials and parts.

The Panshan Machinery Factory alone monopolized all the rare earth production, and the price was much higher than the original export price, which drove the development of the rare earth industry.

If any leader said he would give up this huge order, he would definitely be criticized to death and his political career would be over.

With such a large order, it is normal to have problems, but problems can be solved. Even if they are difficult to solve, there are always more solutions than problems!

Soon, the contract agreement was signed.

In the courtyard, Liu Zhenbang looked at his son in amazement.

Almost every time I went back to Kyoto, I gained something and rarely returned empty-handed.

This time, a super order worth 52 billion US dollars was signed directly with the Persians.

The Persians had purchased a lot before, but most of them were equipment in service with the troops. However, this time they directly purchased Type 80 main battle tanks, Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and "Vanguard" air defense missiles.

The Type 80 main battle tank is advanced, but it is very expensive. One can buy four or five Type 59 tanks, not to mention that the shells of the Type 80 main battle tank are much more expensive than those of the Type 59 main battle tank, more than ten times more expensive.

Moreover, this time, the Persians not only purchased Type 80 main battle tanks, Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and "Vanguard" air defense missiles, but also ordered a batch of weapons and ammunition, as well as a large amount of daily necessities. This part of the order also exceeded US$ billion.

"Let's do the math. Your Panshan Machinery Factory should have received orders worth 250 billion US dollars by now," Liu Zhenbang asked.

"Almost, but it's just an order. The delivery will take at least three to five years." Liu Tao made a rough estimate in his mind and it was about 250 billion US dollars.

But this does not mean that the entire $250 billion has been received. The delivery time for those orders is three to five years.

That is to say, there is a large balance that has to be settled gradually over the next three to five years.

"We work so hard, but the orders we get are less than one-third of yours. It's true that comparison makes one feel thwarted!" Liu Zhenbang remained silent for a long time, then sighed.

Moreover, some of these orders were arranged by Liu Tao, otherwise they would not exist at all.

Liu Zhenbang increasingly agreed with the leaders' title of "God of Wealth" for Liu Tao.

He even doubted whether there were gods in the world and whether his son was really the reincarnation of the "God of Wealth".

250 billion US dollars, which is almost as much as China’s total exports in the past two years.

Liu Tao took a sip of wine, picked up a piece of blanched mutton, and felt very happy.

The export price of tanks and armored vehicles is high, which is much higher than the export price of firearms.

Moreover, the export of tanks and armored vehicles means that artillery shells will also be exported, and advanced tank shells are never cheap.

If it is an advanced fighter jet, then one fighter jet is often equivalent to many main battle tanks.

If it is a warship, an advanced warship would cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

The more advanced the weapons and equipment, the higher the price.

"These oil-producing countries in the Middle East are really rich. They are fighting a war, yet they can still come up with so much money," Liu Zhenbang said enviously.

It is said that a cannon shot is worth a ton of gold. However, the war between Iran and Iraq has been going on for more than a year, but so far, both sides are still very rich, their foreign exchange reserves have not been used up, and they can still spend a lot of money on overseas purchases.

Look at China, it is extremely poor, exporting is quite difficult and all the money earned is hard-earned.

Liu Tao said: "There is nothing we can do about it. Oil is called the 'blood of industry'. Social development requires more and more oil. Now industry cannot do without oil at all."

Although oil is mainly used as fuel and gasoline, it is also the raw material for many chemical industrial products, such as solvents, telephone bills, pesticides and plastics.

But the Middle East is rich in oil, and it is easy to exploit. People there can make money without doing anything and live well by relying on oil exports.

China now produces hundreds of millions of tons of oil every year, and can even export nearly 40 million tons of oil every year. In recent years, oil exports have accounted for a large proportion of China's export goods. In the past two years, oil exports have reached nearly billion US dollars each year.

But 40 billion US dollars is a lot for a small country, but it is nothing for a country as big as China. Moreover, China also needs to import a lot of things every year.

If there had not been exports of weapons and equipment last year, there would have been a trade deficit and the foreign exchange reserves would have turned negative.

"We can't envy the oil-producing countries in the Middle East. Our future lies in achieving industrialization and making money from the trade of industrial products," Liu Tao said, shaking his head.

China is such a large country with such a large population that it is destined to not be able to dominate the world by relying on a single product, but must develop in an all-round way.

Only by achieving industrialization can so many people be provided with jobs and massive wealth be created.

Only industrialization can truly make our country rich and our military strong.

In this era, competition among major powers ultimately comes down to a competition of industrial capabilities.

Behind the bipolar rivalry, the United States and the Soviet Union are the world's top two industrial powers, and their industrial capabilities are far ahead of other countries.

"You have so much money now, how are you going to spend it? Building a factory doesn't cost that much money?" Liu Zhenbang asked.

The richest company in the country right now is undoubtedly Panshan Machinery Factory.

Even though the development is very fast, there is still a lot of capital.

The financial resources were so abundant that even the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building was envious.

"In addition to the needs of the factory, we can build reservoirs, hydroelectric power stations, power grids, water plants, railways and roads!" Liu Tao smiled faintly, "There is only insufficient money, how can there be too much spare money?"

"Don't even mention this money, even if I had ten times more, I could still spend it." Making money is not easy, but spending money is not easy either?
A Ma Long training base would cost hundreds of millions!
Automobile manufacturing plants, motorcycle manufacturing plants, air conditioner and refrigerator manufacturing plants, semiconductor manufacturing plants, etc., all have huge investments.

Besides, this much money does not mean that it all belongs to Panshan Machinery Factory. A lot of it needs to be settled with other factories.

Liu Zhenbang took a sip of wine and lowered his voice: "During this period, there has been a constant voice that believes that you should contribute most of the profits. This voice also exists in the department."

Liu Tao frowned slightly.

I knew in my heart that someone had conjunctivitis.

Seeing Panshan Machinery Factory making huge profits, I felt envious and jealous.

Sure enough, conjunctivitis is a disease that exists even in this era and is not a unique product of the future.

"Who cares? The leader designated us as a pilot unit for reform and gave us so many tasks. He also gave us a lot of autonomy in financial matters." Liu Tao took a sip of wine, as if he was talking to Liu Zhenbang, but also as if he was talking to himself.

(End of this chapter)