The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 88 Hush money? Not enough!

Fifth Ministry of Machine Building.

It was late at night and everyone had already gotten off work.

The regulations of two days off a week and eight hours of work a day are well implemented.

However, at this time, the lights in the conference room were on and the leaders were holding an emergency meeting.

Liu Tao's face was still a little red, and he smelled strongly of alcohol.

After returning home, he just gave some instructions and went to sleep. His mother didn't wake him up until nine o'clock. He washed his face and hurried here.

"The total order this time is $1.3 million. Just like last time, they want a 10% kickback." Liu Tao reported, omitting the fact that he accidentally let slip that Iraq was going to fight the Persians.

The conference room suddenly became quiet, and every leader looked incredulous.

Every time Liu Tao returns to Beijing, he gets a big contract.

This contract is simply history-making and is bigger than any previous contract.

1.3 million US dollars, even after deducting 10% kickbacks, that’s still 1.17 million US dollars!
After what happened last time, everyone knows that kickbacks are common in overseas arms business, and are done in order to better secure orders and promote cooperation.

After a little investigation, they found that the fact was just as Liu Tao said, 10% was not high, so no leader raised any objection this time.

"Comrade Liu Tao, are there really so many orders?" A leader's voice was trembling.

The $1.3 million order is almost as much as the $1.67 million order the Third Ministry of Machine Building received from Egypt last year.

The problem is that the Third Ministry of Machine Building has not seen any money so far, while the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building has made a lot of money.

"Yes, this is just one order. If nothing unexpected happens, Iraq will have more purchase orders in a short time." Liu Tao said confidently.

He, Al and Rashid accidentally let it slip that it was absolutely impossible for this to be just an order of $1.3 million.

This order is not enough as hush money, we must have a bigger order.

"Heroes emerge young. The delegation of the Third Ministry of Machine Building worked so hard for so long and endured so much hardships before they got an order worth 1.67 million US dollars. Comrade Liu Tao was able to get such a large order with just one trip back to Beijing." A leader said with emotion.

The leader sitting in the most core position said: "Comrade Liu Tao, Comrade Baoguo has already told me what you said, just go ahead and do it, we tall guys will hold up the sky if it collapses!"

That evening, with the assistance of the foreign affairs department, all the contract agreements were completed.

The next day, the contract agreement was signed.

Taking the signed contract agreement back to the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, Liu Tao handed the contract agreement to Wang Baoguo.

"Do you want to go back to the factory or continue to stay in Beijing?" Wang Baoguo put away the contract agreement and looked at Liu Tao.

Liu Tao said, "Let's not go back yet. I'm going to take a walk and see if I can negotiate more orders."

Naturally, the more orders, the better.

What military factories fear most is not being unable to produce enough, but being afraid of not having orders!
As long as there are orders, we can finish them by working overtime.

No orders means hard times are coming.

"Okay, you decide this yourself. When you return to Kunming City, go find Comrade Wang Tiezhu for the technical data on armored vehicles, radars, etc. He will hand it over to you." Wang Baoguo nodded.

Liu Tao showed joy when he heard this.

With technical data, spare parts, and guidance from relevant technicians, it was much easier for him to manufacture armored vehicles, radars, etc. He no longer needed to figure it out step by step. "Remember, these are all confidential and must not be leaked!" Wang Baoguo said.

Liu Tao naturally understood this principle, "Understood, I will definitely keep it a secret!"

After leaving Wang Baoguo’s office, Liu Tao went home.

My second sister Liu Honglei was cooking, while my brother-in-law Chen Weimin was taking care of the children.

About half an hour later, Liu Ziyu also went home from school.

Liu Ziyu will take the high school entrance examination next year. With his current grades, there will be no problem for him to be admitted to high school.

Liu Ziyu's academic performance has improved greatly this year, and he has already ranked first or second in his grade in the school.

Not long after, Liu Zhenbang and Chen Fang also returned home.

The whole family was having lunch happily.

Next, Liu Tao went out for a walk.

As his first stop, he chose Thailand.

Before, after Laos and Cambodia were successively controlled by South Vietnam, more than 20 Vietnamese troops were lurking in Laos and Cambodia, watching covetously. This made Thailand deeply worried about the serious military threat from South Vietnam. They even said in public: South Vietnam’s next target is Thailand!

And this is indeed the case. South Vietnam often invaded Thailand and clashed with the Thai army.

Unfortunately, the Thai army is weak and far inferior to the Vietnamese army.

The "Red Roar" greatly changed the regional situation. Most of the more than 20 Vietnamese troops evacuated from Laos and Cambodia. After all, they suffered heavy losses and almost lost their home base.

At this time, Thailand's economy was developing rapidly, with the growth rate often exceeding 10% or even 20%. By last year, Thailand's GDP had reached 240 billion US dollars, so it can be said that it was still quite rich.

The most important thing is that Thailand is very close to Yunnan Province. As long as the land route of about 120 kilometers is opened up, the land transportation line can be directly opened and land transportation can be directly used.

To open up this 120-kilometer transportation line, you only need to set up a security company that specializes in this work.

Anyway, the last thing we lack is people. Let alone setting up one security company, even setting up ten or a hundred is not a problem.

Moreover, whether it is Myanmar, Laos or Cambodia, they all have very good geographical locations and abundant resources.

For example, Myanmar's mineral resources mainly include tin, tungsten, zinc, aluminum, antimony, manganese, gold, silver, etc. Its gems and jade are well-known in the world. It has coal reserves of hundreds of millions of tons, oil reserves of more than one billion barrels, and natural gas reserves of more than three trillion cubic feet. It also has relatively abundant oil.

Laos also has abundant natural resources, including more than 20 kinds of minerals such as gold, copper, tin, lead, potassium, iron, gypsum, coal, salt, etc. The tin reserves exceed 6 tons, and most of the mineral resources are undeveloped.

Cambodia has gold, gems and oil.

Moreover, these countries are located in the tropics, have rich timber resources, abundant water, and are rich in rice.

If you set up a security company, you will definitely have no trouble getting business in these places, and the returns should be very generous.

The most important thing is, maybe we can use the chicken to lay eggs and let Yun Province have an outlet to the sea!
Liu Tao came to No. 40 Guanghua Road, and looking at the building, he was secretly expecting that he would not return empty-handed this time.

Liu Tao came to the security guard and explained his purpose. The security guard kept looking at Liu Tao with doubts in his eyes, but he still reported to his leader.

Soon, Liu Tao was brought in and was warned when entering the gate not to walk around or look around.

Liu Tao secretly curled his lips in his heart. It was so formal that people who didn't know would think there were a lot of secrets here.

(End of this chapter)