Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

Through the airplane window, Qin Yang looked at the boundless desert below, his heart filled with excitement.

Finally, he had arrived!

After his tireless efforts, he finally obtained this opportunity to go abroad. From Factory 960, he was the only one who came, using his own money to exchange for foreign currency. From Factory 132, only Old Tu came, and then there was Manager Sun from CATIC, a group of three.

"This time, we're just testing the waters. It would be great if we could achieve something, but if not, just consider it a trip. In any case, let's leave the British hanging for a while, so they don't always try to dig a hole for us," Manager Sun set the tone for this trip before departure.

If Qin Yang hadn't reminded them, they would have almost fallen into a big pit. The performance figures the British proposed were actually without the radome. With the radome, the performance would be reduced by thirty percent. Were they kidding?

After talking for so long, everyone suddenly felt disheartened. Therefore, when Factory 132 proposed going abroad to promote fighter jets, and presented a detailed analysis of the Middle East fighter jet market, the higher-ups agreed.

Because they were only coming to prepare the ground, the number of people coming out couldn't be too large, so as to save money. After some research, it was decided that only these few would come.

They didn't even need to bring a translator, because Qin Yang could help with the translation. However, Qin Yang also took this opportunity to make a request to the two: being a free translator is no problem, but you have to reimburse me for the round-trip airfare!

In this era, taking a plane was not easy. Just having money wasn't enough; you also had to have a legitimate purpose and a letter of introduction from your work unit, and so on. Now, Qin Yang had even saved the money, and he was in an especially cheerful mood.

The plane landed on the runway in Jordan. After getting off the plane, a wave of heat rushed towards them. Old Tu was very moved: "It's not even this hot when we go to Lao Ba's place!"

"Director Tu, although the latitude here is higher than Lao Ba's place, this is a hot desert climate, of course it's much hotter than Lao Ba's place, similar to Egypt. By the way, our comrades should have been to Egypt before, right?"

Old Tu nodded: "Yes, back then we…"

Some secrets still couldn't be said. The J-7III project, which Factory 132 and Institute 611 were jointly cooperating on, was actually a reverse-engineered copy of the MiG-21bis obtained from Egypt. A lot of effort was put in back then, but these things haven't been declassified yet.

While speaking, they arrived at customs. When inspecting the box that Qin Yang was carrying, the customs officer took a few extra glances.

After Qin Yang's gibberish, the other party finally let them pass.

The welcoming crowd was outside, and one of them was holding a sign with Chinese characters. The group walked up to this person.

"Lao Wu, we meet again!" Manager Sun said to the other party with a smile.

In the Middle East, many countries have gained wealth through oil resources, but unfortunately, Jordan is not one of them. No oil can be found under this country's land. The world is so unfair.

However, Qin Yang and his group chose Jordan for this trip to the Middle East. The reason was simple: because they had diplomatic relations with this country. On April 7, 1977, China and Jordan officially established diplomatic relations.

Although Qin Yang really wanted to go directly to the oil tycoons, establishing diplomatic relations with the oil tycoons was only a matter of the 90s. It would be very unwise to run to a country with which they had no diplomatic relations to sell arms.

The second reason was that although Jordan did not have oil resources, its tourism industry was very developed. As the birthplace of One Thousand and One Nights, it was a world-famous tourist destination. Qin Yang and his group could come here for a tour, so it would not easily attract attention.

Lao Wu was a staff member sent here after the establishment of diplomatic relations. He welcomed the group with a smile and started chatting after getting in the car.

"I have already received the task. During your time here, I will be responsible for your travel. Where do you plan to go?"

"Along the Desert Highway to the ancient city of Petra," Qin Yang said.

As soon as he said this, Manager Sun frowned.

Although Manager Sun said before departure that they were just testing the waters, it would be even better if they could bring back some gains! Therefore, the place that Manager Sun most wanted to go to was the Jordanian capital next to the airport, and then visit the military负责人 there to promote aircraft to them.

Was Qin Yang really here for tourism?

Jordan's pillar industry is tourism, and a tourist attraction that must be visited in Jordan is the ancient city of Petra, which is historically famous: the former capital of the Nabataean kingdom.

After being abandoned, no one discovered its location for many years, until 1812, when a foreigner disguised himself as a local and wandered around, finally discovering this famous city.

After World War II, the ancient city of Petra was developed. Half of it is outside, and half of it is in the mountains, famous all over the world in conjunction with the "rose-colored" rocks. Just this year, this city has become the first ancient city to enter the World Heritage List, and tourists have been constantly coming.

Spending precious foreign exchange to go abroad, just to play?

"Manager Sun, trust me, if we rashly visit some people, we will not gain anything. On the contrary, if we can make friends with some big shots, then there may be unexpected gains."

Qin Yang explained to Manager Sun.

"Lao Sun, I think what Engineer Qin said makes sense." Old Tu expressed his support for Qin Yang. After all, the detailed market analysis report had already won Old Tu's approval for Qin Yang. Qin Yang's behavior seemed absurd, but perhaps it could bring unexpected gains.

"Okay." Manager Sun nodded.

The car drove onto the Desert Highway, which was also the only north-south highway in Jordan. Qin Yang looked at the endless scenery outside the car window with relish, as if he was really here for tourism.

The car drove for two hours.

"Stop!" Qin Yang suddenly shouted.

Lao Wu stepped on the brakes in confusion. Before the car had stopped, Qin Yang got out of the car nimbly, took the box from the trunk, and quickly assembled the things inside. After a few seconds, a beautiful Lion brand air rifle appeared in Qin Yang's hand.

Looking at Qin Yang's actions, Manager Sun's face was ugly, while Old Tu shook his head with a wry smile.

"There seems to be a car over there!" At this time, Lao Wu looked at the boundless desert, where there was flying yellow sand, indicating that a car was moving inside!

The car that can drive in the desert is definitely not cheap, who knows who it is?

Wild goat? At this time, Manager Sun also looked over. In front of the flying yellow sand, an animal was running. Just looking at the two high horns on its head, you know it is a wild goat common in the desert area!

The two cars behind were obviously chasing this wild goat, it ran towards the highway in a panic!

Bang!

A gunshot came from beside the car.