Chapter Ninety-Seven: Calculation
"Hamilton."
Hamilton? Xiao Yang thought for a while, and then remembered that Hamilton is a patrol ship, this thing seems to be equipped by the US Coast Guard, and the US Navy also has it?
"This thing looks like it's the Coast Guard? Do you have it in the Navy too? ”
Hammis laughed, "Of course the Navy has, but it's always been offshore, so it's not surprising that you don't know." ”
Patrol ships, as the name suggests, are only used for patrolling, and of course the armed forces will not be very strong, Xiao Yang remembers that the most powerful weapon of this thing is a 76mm naval gun in the bow, and the rest are two 20mm cannons and two 12.7mm machine guns.
In his cognition, this thing is just a chicken rib, the price will definitely not be very cheap, small countries can't afford it, and for countries with a certain strength, they can't look down on this kind of ship with little combat effectiveness, who will buy it?
"It's not a good thing to sell."
"Not easy to sell?" Hammis smiled slightly, "Not necessarily, isn't there a country in Asia that has bought one?" I've heard they're interested in buying a second one. ”
Listening to his point-in-cheek words, Xiao Yang immediately guessed this guy's intentions.
The country he is talking about is the Philippines, a Southeast Asian country, which a few years ago bought a retired Hamilton-class patrol ship from the US military, which has become the country's largest warship, and it is this warship that they use to confront the Chinese navy in the South China Sea.
Xiao Yang was in China during the Chinese New Year, and he talked about this topic with Hu Zhiyun when he was bored, but he knew some news that outsiders did not know.
The United States has always had a group of people who practice the "China and threat theory", so whether it is from the economic or military aspects, they are trying their best to contain China, and the Philippines has become a country supported by the United States because of its disputes with China in the South China Sea, but now the United States is in an economic crisis, due to national debts and other reasons, it is not good for them to sell warships directly to the Philippines, so they want to go through their own hands.
What a good calculation, Xiao Yang sneered in his heart.
He doesn't have a sense of belonging to that country, but how can he say that there is still a relationship between Hu Zhiyun and Zhao Qingfeng...... Well? He suddenly thought of a question, did the Yankees want to test whether he had something to do with China?
Realizing this possibility, he did not immediately refuse, but said: "I don't have a channel in Southeast Asia, so let me think of a way to see if I can find an intermediary who can have a relationship with the Philippine government." ”
The glint in Hammies' eyes flashed, and he was still smiling, "No problem, you think of a way first, if it really doesn't work, I'll think of a way for you." ”
The change in his eyes was seen by Xiao Yang, who had been paying attention to him, his heart was slightly cold, but he hurriedly thanked him, saying that he had not found the right person, and he must ask him for help.
The plane was still at the military airport, knowing that Bob was going to see his son, Hammis also provided two cars for Xiao Yang and them, leaving the airport, little Ivan did not get into Bob's car, but sat in a car with Xiao Yang, "What is the old fox looking for you?" ”
Hameis must be able to bear this title, and in a disrespectful tone towards Little Ivan, Xiao Yang smiled, "There are two warships to deal with that want me to sell, and the object is the Philippines." ”
Little Ivan knew very well the relationship between Xiao Yang and China, and immediately figured out the reason why Hamis did this, and said to Xiao Yang with a smile: "The Yankees are really ruthless, what are you going to do?" ”
Xiao Yang didn't think of a good idea at this time, so he shook his head.
If he was just a pure arms dealer, there was nothing to consider at all, but Xiao Yang was obviously not, and Xiao Ivan and the others, officially because Xiao Yang couldn't be rational in the eyes of those outsiders, they regarded him as the boss and as a brother who could rely on each other in life and death, knowing that this was indeed a problem, and hurriedly helped him think of a solution.
"Do you think that's okay?" After a long time, little Ivan raised his head and said, "No matter how the warship is transformed and sold, there will always be traces of the US military, especially in terms of the communication system, if I guessed correctly, the Hamilton-class ship in the Philippines before was the existing communication system of the US military, and it is possible that the Yankees will not replace the ...... in this regard."
"Your domestic people must be interested in warships, if we let us change hands, we have no problem living on warships, and when the time comes, arrange people from your country to go there, anyway, the 3,000-ton warship is not a threat to the Chinese Navy at all, maybe you can get the relevant code or technology of the US military's communication system from the warship, and at worst you can monitor this ship......
"In that way, you also have a credit, right?"
As little Ivan said, if you really want to calculate it, a warship of Hamilton's level is definitely not a threat to the domestic navy, if you can get relevant news about the US Navy from the warship, let alone sell two ships to the Philippines, even if you sell two more, the domestic people may still thank Xiao Yang.
Although this idea has no work ethic at all, Xiao Yang thought it was very good, patted little Ivan on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "It's still your flexible mind, you can find a blonde girl tonight, I'll please." ”
Little Ivan smiled, "Really? ”
"Seriously!"
"Then I want two."
"With your body, can you level two Yanmars?"
……
After the group went to the hospital to see Bob's son and wife, it was almost evening, so they had no intention of going back, so Bob went to accompany his wife, and the rest of them found a hotel to stay.
Xiao Yang entered his room, and after checking that there were no eavesdropping devices, he took out a phone that he rarely used and dialed another one from Hu Zhiyun.
"Uncle, encrypt again." After connecting, he said the first thing.
Hu Zhiyun didn't say anything, and it wasn't until more than ten seconds later that he spoke, "Say it, it's okay." ”
"That's the case...... Xiao Yang made a long story short, and told him about the warship and the idea that Little Ivan gave him, "You ask an expert in this area to evaluate it and see if it is valuable?" ”
"Okay, I see." Hu Zhiyun didn't say much and quickly hung up the phone.
The next day, Xiao Yang was ready to go back to Somalia, and the group gathered at the airport, and before the plane had just taken off and left the US territorial waters, Hu Zhiyun called and told Xiao Yang to let him rest assured to do it.
With this, Xiao Yang naturally had no scruples, and after returning to Somalia, he immediately asked Mi Qilin if he knew anyone in the Philippines.
"There is no one at that level." Mi Qilin replied to him directly, "But you also want to be crooked, let me tell you, the Yankees must have greeted the Philippine side in this matter, I guess you can just find it directly, it doesn't matter if there is a middleman or not." ”
In the past, I always found an intermediary, so that it would be easier to communicate, but Xiao Yang also habitually wanted to contact the Philippine government through an intermediary this time, forgetting that this time was different from the previous times.
After Mi Qilin said this, he realized that this was really the case.
With the urine nature of the Americans, how could they not communicate with the Philippine government first?
Thinking of this, he directly asked Mi Qilin to check the phone number of the Philippine Ministry of National Defense, and then called it directly.
After leaving the name of the company at the operator, an hour later, a guy who claimed to be an official of the Ministry of Defense called back, and after asking Xiao Yang about his intentions, he said that he would immediately report it to his superiors and would answer him as soon as possible.
Things have come to this point, Xiao Yang has already determined that what Mi Qilin said is right.
If the Yankees didn't say hello, just rely on his phone call, it is estimated that people will not pay attention to him, their company's name is still a little famous in Africa and the Middle East, but in Asia, it is estimated that it is a "dog ignoring", how can it be possible to call back so quickly, and politely say that it will reply as soon as possible?
"Which of you would be interested in going to Southeast Asia for a lap? Go to the Philippines in a few days. "Now that I have my own plane, it's convenient to travel, one more is more, two more is more, Xiao Yang simply asked who was interested in going, anyway, it should be a vacation.
Surprisingly, Xuanyuan Zhan and Wu Si'an, who had asked their peers in the past, said that they would not go, and only Xiao Ivan said that they would go together.
"Hey, why aren't you two going?"
"That place, are you still worried about your kidnapping?" Xuanyuan replied to him in a loud voice, "You can see the sea here every day, why do you go there to see it?" ”
……
Honest people can always get to the point, the only place in the Philippines is the sea, in Kutos you can indeed see the sea every day, there is no need to go thousands of miles to see the sea again.
Seeing Wu Si'an's same expression, Xiao Yang shook his head, "Okay, don't go." Looking down at Mi Qilin, who didn't know what to do, he shook his head again, and finally remembered Zhao Nan, in the past two months, she flew here and there, and she was very tired when she thought about it, so she simply called her over and took a vacation.
"To the Philippines? I have a lot of things on my hands, and I guess I can't go. Unexpectedly, Zhao Nan didn't give him face, and said that he was busy with things.
It's rare to send a kind heart to let everyone play, but it was rejected again and again, Xiao Yang was angry, "The money in the world can't be earned, and things can't be done, you don't see that you are now with a big black circle every day, hand over the matter to others, and go over together when the time comes." ”
After speaking, regardless of whether Zhao Nan would refute it, he hung up the phone directly.
Zhao Nan listened to Xiao Yang's domineering words, put down the phone in a daze, then took out a small mirror from his bag and looked at it, and touched his face, "I didn't see any dark circles under my eyes." ”
……
At noon the next day, that is, in the morning of Philippine time, they called and said that they were invited to Manila to discuss relevant issues in detail, and sent an invitation letter from the Ministry of Defense very formally, saying that there was no limit to the number of people and no time limit, and as long as Xiao Yang determined the itinerary, they would send someone to receive them.