The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

Five Machinery Department.

It was late at night and I had already got off work.

The work system of two days off per week and eight hours of work per day is implemented very well.

But at this time, the conference room was brightly lit and the leaders were holding an emergency meeting.

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

After returning home, he only had to be warned, and he fell asleep till the end. It was not until nine o'clock that his mother woke him up, washed his face, and he hurried here.

"The total order this time is 130 million U.S. dollars. Just like last time, they want a 10% rebate." Liu Tao reported, hiding the fact that he accidentally let slip that Iraq was going to fight the Persians.

The conference room suddenly fell silent, and every leader looked incredulous.

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

This contract is simply history-making, and it is larger than the previous contracts.

130 million U.S. dollars, even if 10% rebate is deducted, there is still 117 million U.S. dollars!

After what happened last time, everyone also knows that kickbacks are common in overseas arms business, in order to better achieve orders and promote cooperation.

And they did a little snooping and 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 order of US$130 million is almost as much as the US$167 million order from Egypt received by the Three Machinery Department last year.

The problem is that the Third Machinery Department has not seen any money yet, and the Fifth Machinery Department has made a lot of money.

"Yes, this is just an order. If nothing unexpected happens, there will be more purchase orders from Iraq before long." Liu Tao said with confidence.

He, Al and Rashid accidentally let it slip that there was absolutely no way it was just such a $130 million order.

This order is not enough to serve as hush money, and a larger order will definitely be needed.

"Heroes come from young. The delegation of the Three Machinery Department worked hard for so long and ate countless sandstorms before they got an order of US$167 million. Comrade Liu Tao could get such a big order just by returning to Beijing." A leader said with emotion.

The leader sitting at the core said: "Comrade Liu Tao, Comrade Baoguo has already told me what you are talking about. Just let go. If the sky falls, we tall men will still be able to hold it up!"

That night, with the assistance of the foreign affairs department, the contract agreement was all finalized.

The signing of the contract agreement was completed the next day.

Returning to the Fifth Machinery Department with the signed contract agreement, Liu Tao handed the contract agreement to Wang Baoguo.

"Are you going to go back to the factory or stay in the capital?" Wang Baoguo put the contract agreement away and looked at Liu Tao.

Liu Tao said: "If you don't go back now, I'll go for a walk and see if I can discuss more orders."

Naturally, the more orders, the better.

What military factories fear most is not that they can't produce, but that they don't have orders!

As long as there is an order, I can get it done by working overtime.

Without orders, that means hard times are coming.

"Okay, you can decide this matter yourself. For technical information such as armored vehicles and radars, you can go to Comrade Wang Tiezhu when you return to Kunming. He will hand it over to you." Wang Baoguo nodded.

Liu Tao looked happy when he heard this.

With technical information, spare parts, and the guidance of relevant technical personnel, it would be much easier for him to make armored vehicles, radars, etc., and he did not need to explore step by step.

"Remember, these are confidential and must not be leaked!" Wang Baoguo said.

Liu Tao naturally understood this truth, "I understand, I will keep it secret!"

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

The second sister Liu Honglei is cooking, while the brother-in-law Chen Weimin is taking care of the children.

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

Liu Ziyu will take the high school entrance examination next year. With Liu Ziyu's current grades, there will be no problem in getting into high school.

Liu Ziyu's academic performance has improved greatly this year and has reached the first and second place in the school.

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

The whole family had lunch happily.

In the next time, Liu Tao went out for a walk.

For the first stop, he chose Thailand.

Previously, after Laos and Cambodia were successively controlled by South Vietnam, more than 200,000 Vietnamese troops squatted 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!

This is also true. South Vietnam often invades Thailand and conflicts with the Thai army.

However, the Thai army was weak and far inferior to the Vietnamese army.

The 'Red Roar' greatly changed the regional situation. Most of the more than 200,000 Vietnamese troops evacuated Laos and Cambodia. After all, they suffered heavy losses and their old nests were almost lost.

At this time, Thailand's economy is developing rapidly, with growth rates often exceeding 10% or even 20%. Last year, Thailand's GDP reached 24 billion U.S. dollars, which can be said to be quite wealthy.

The most important thing is that Thailand is very close to Yun Province. As long as the land road is opened for about 120 kilometers, land transportation lines can be opened directly and land transportation can be directly used.

To open up these 120 kilometers of transportation lines, we only need to set up a security company to specialize in this aspect.

Anyway, the next thing that is most indispensable is people. Let alone establishing one security company, it is not a problem to establish ten or a hundred.

And whether it is Myanmar, Laos, or Cambodia, they all have very good geographical locations and a lot of resources.

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

Laos is also rich in natural resources. There are more than 20 kinds of minerals such as gold, copper, tin, lead, potassium, iron, gypsum, coal, salt, etc. The tin reserves exceed 60,000 tons, and most of the mineral resources are untapped.

Cambodia has gold, gems, and oil.

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

If you set up a security company, you will definitely not worry about business in these places, and the returns should be very generous.

The most important thing is, maybe we can use chickens to lay eggs and give Yun Province an outlet to the sea!

Liu Tao came to No. 40 Guanghua Road, looked at the building, and secretly expected in his heart that he would not return empty-handed this time.

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

Soon, Liu Tao was taken in. When he entered the gate, he was warned not to walk around or look around.

Liu Tao secretly curled his lips, making it so formal, those who didn't know thought it was like there were many secrets here.