Chapter 575: Can the engine be cheaper

"Who is General Abed?" Muyang asked.

Brigadier General Abed, deputy commander of the Revolutionary Guards, and at the same time president of the Gorbo Group. Amir said.

is indeed a big man, and he should be a general in the Revolutionary Guards who holds financial power, Mu Yang thought about it, there should be no problem with his own safety, the other party wants to buy aircraft engines, or has other ideas, and wants to meet him in person, which is reasonable.

"I can meet with General Abed, I don't know when." Muyang agreed.

"The sooner the better, or I'll take you there now."

Amir took Muyang to a military base in Kuhak, from which it can be shown that Amir is indeed not an outsider, found the officer stationed there, asked for a helicopter, and then rushed to Tehran with Muyang.

The sound of the helicopter propeller was very loud, and it was never comfortable to sit in it, and it took more than two hours to stop at a military airport.

At this time, it was already more than 6 o'clock in the evening, and there was already a jeep waiting at the airport, and the two got into the car again and began to go to the city of Tehran. At this time, the lights are on, and the street lights are already lit on the road, and the last trace of red glow still remains in the sky, which is slowly disappearing.

Passing through the traffic, there are many cars on the streets, but they are a little old, and there are not many luxury cars, and it can be seen that Iran's development level is still far from that of Saudi Arabia's oil-producing countries.

In the box of a restaurant, Muyang met General Abed. General Abed, who was not very tall, had a turban around his head and a gray beard. In fact, Muyang didn't know that General Abede was only in his 50s.

After he saw Muyang, he had a very warm smile on his face and said, "I'm Abed, although it's the first time we've met, but I think we've become friends because it's a big deal, isn't it." ”

Muyang naturally greeted him with a smile. "Yes, General Abed, it's also my honor to know you."

"Very presumptuous request to keep you on the road for hours. It's not early, let's have something to eat and talk. General Abedd said.

"I happened to be a little hungry, but today I was really lucky to be able to taste Iranian food." Mu Yang said. Under the guidance of the other party. I did the guest position.

At the entire dinner table, there were only three people, General Abed, Muyang and Amir, Muyang, as a diplomat, has also learned the customs and taboos of various countries, in fact, Iranians are extremely open, and there are not many taboos.

Of course, there are small places to note that Iranians do not like Israelis and Iraqis. Probably the Arabs they don't like it, they don't like people to say the word "Middle Easterners". It feels like the Arabs are put together with them. Alcohol is banned in Iran, so you can't talk to them about alcohol, except if someone likes to drink. You can't praise other people's wives for being beautiful, you can't give a thumbs up, and this and middle finger mean the same thing in Iran.

As for the rest, there are not many taboos.

But now Muyang is an arms dealer, not a diplomat, so he doesn't have to try his best to make friends, so the two sides are in the same position of exchange, Muyang is also very relaxed, and the two of them have a good chat.

"I've heard Amir say that you want physical currency, that's fine, if you like gold ornaments, or antiques, I can give you some ancient Persian gold coins." General Abedd said.

Iran was actually part of the former Persian Empire and is still a Persian state, with Persians accounting for 60% of the population.

"Maybe next time, I'm going to prepare some gifts for you, this time it's a bit rushed." Muyang is considered to have accepted each other's gifts, and in Iran, it is also a tradition to exchange gifts, especially friends who meet for the first time and are ready to form friendships.

"Those fighter engines of yours are good gifts, we intend to buy a batch, I don't know what the price is." General Abed asked.

Finally got to the point.

"The F119-PW-100 engine, used in the F-22 fighter, is overhauled, $28 million each, and $40 million for brand new, including a full set of spare parts."

"F135-PW-100 engines, used on F-35 fighters, 60 million each, brand new, also include a full set of spare parts, of course, the above equipment, there is no after-sales service."

When talking about the price, Mu Yang's face always had a smile, but this is called a knife hidden in a smile, his knife is sharpened so fast, and the F-22 fighter engines produced by the United States are only 8 million each, and he wants 40 million.

The Americans cost 22 million F-35 fighter engines, and he wants 60 million, and even the repaired F-22 fighter engines cost 28 million, and the asking price is not ruthless.

Just before, Muyang finally knew why the batch of F119 engines were stored separately, because there was a batch of 34 of them, which was sent back by the US military for refurbishment, F119 can be used for 4000 hours, and after overhaul, it can also be used for 2000 hours, so the price of this batch of repaired engines is naturally greatly discounted.

However, is the asking price of Muyang's engines really ruthless, not necessarily.

The embargo on high-tech sales by the Americans has never stopped, especially to China, and some countries that the Americans want to control, including Iran, to restrict its growth from the aspect of science and technology.

Therefore, the price of Muyang is not a sky-high price for this batch of engines.

But there is a cost problem in everything, in Iran, the cost of producing a "Dawn" fighter and "Conqueror" fighter is only 70 million to 90 million US dollars, but an engine costs 60 million, which is really high.

Of course, there is no comparison between this, after all, the quality of things is not the same, and the engines produced in the United States are definitely the best, and the price should be expensive.

Originally, Muyang still wanted to increase the price, but he was afraid of scaring the other party away, so he offered such a price that made the other party feel pain and was reluctant.

Looking at General Abed's somewhat constipated expression, Mu Yang knew that they must be very entangled now.

General Abed thought about it for a long time before saying: "This price is indeed too high, can it be cheaper, F119 is a twin-engine engine, in that case, a fighter will need a power system of 80 million US dollars, which is too expensive, even if it is 60 million for F135, it is difficult for us to accept." In fact, we bought it, mainly thinking about whether we could transform it and then install it on our own fighters, for research and manufacturing, for the time being, we Iran has not reached the level of the Chinese. ”

General Abed said the truth, there are really not many countries that can have the spirit of Chinese copycats. (To be continued.) )