Chapter 339: Contact with General Dynamics
Although the UAE's procurement plan has been formulated a long time ago, it has been kept secret, and even their own government has many people who don't know, no matter how powerful the arms companies on the US side are, no one knows, but Xiao Yang knows that he has taken action, so it won't be long before this news will be known. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
So he didn't mean to hide, "UAE, they are preparing to conduct a batch of weapons tenders in the second half of the year, and I just got the news." ”
U.A.E? Hearing that it was them, Hammis did not reveal a surprised look.
He is a soldier, although he no longer governs the Middle East, but he is still very clear about the situation there, under the promotion of their domestic intentions, the relationship between the UAE and Saudi Arabia with Iran is not good, since last year, Iran began to exert force, made a lot of moves, the UAE and Iran are only less than 50 kilometers away, and there has been a territorial dispute, in this case, the UAE of course has to take action.
War in the Middle East is all too easy.
Once there is any friction with Iran, the two countries are so close to each other, so if they don't prepare, it will definitely not work, not to mention, there is also a weapon power in the Middle East - their feud Israel.
"Big budget?"
"The list in my hand, 30 billion, I don't know if there is another procurement list......"
Hammis wasn't very interested in that, so he didn't say anything more after a while.
Colt has their shares in Hamis, but they are only pure investment, and do not participate in any operation and decision-making of the company.
Local protectionism, even if Jonathan comes forward, the French government will not necessarily choose p41, not to mention that Jonathan can't stand up for this kind of thing, so Xiao Yang's move is the best way, although the money is less, but as long as the fame is started, it is easy for the subsequent harvest to make up for the previous loss.
Hamis had no objections.
He is a good person, he likes money more, but he also knows how to make trade-offs, and he is definitely not the kind of person who is disgusted, for politics and the army, he prefers to develop in the army, because in his opinion, the army is cleaner than politics, and there is no need to spend so much effort to intrigue.
At the same time, he is not the kind of person who wants to leave a name in history, he just hopes that before he retires, he will climb to a higher position, and then use his identity to earn more money, so that he can have a better life when he is old.
As for Colt's operation, he was well aware of Xiao Yang's speed of making money in the past year, so he had no idea of interfering at all.
"By the way, I may go to the Navy Headquarters next year, if there is anything on the side of the Southern Command, it is better to be able to handle it this year, and it will be safer to arrange it myself."
Suddenly, Hammis told Xiao Yang another piece of news.
Navy Headquarters? With Jonathan here, surely this guy can't be demoted and promoted? Xiao Yang thought of it instantly.
In addition to the different military years required for different ranks, there is also a rule that no more than four years can be held in the same post, even if it is the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and there is also a provision that major generals who have served for five years and served for 35 years will also retire if they fail to be promoted.
If Hammis leaves the Southern Fleet Command next year, that is, the term of office is two years, and two years is time, he will be transferred to the Navy Headquarters, and the only thing that can be explained is that this guy is going to become a vice admiral.
Sure enough, there are people in the DPRK who are good officials.
There are a lot of colonels in the American army, and there are quite a few brigadier generals, but how many major generals are there? And how many lieutenant generals and generals?
You must know that they are not like the armies of most countries, as long as they are old and have considerable merit, they can be rated as generals, but the number of generals has a fixed amount, they fully abide by the rule of retreating one and advancing one, and only when there is a vacancy in generals, there are promotion places.
One can imagine how difficult it is to promote the rank of general in the US military.
Hammis was a brigadier general five years ago, and he double-jumped in six years, and he has to say that he is really an enviable master.
"Then we should have a drink and celebrate." Sure that he is going to be promoted, Xiao Yang is also in a good mood, judging from the news he gave today, this guy really treats him as his own, and he certainly has reason to be happy with such a strong assistant in the United States.
"Have a drink." Seeing that he understood what he meant, and that he didn't want to make a statement, Hammis was quite refreshed, so he got up and went to get the wine.
Jonathan's path, Xiao Yang once considered that after the two-year defense minister, this guy is estimated to have officially changed from the military to politics, and then to vice president or other positions, it is not difficult to imagine.
After watching this one here at Hameis today, it's not hard to imagine the path of this guy after that, Navy Headquarters, and then the Department of Defense?
Xiao Yang suddenly felt that this guy's faction might really have a president in the future.
The day after arriving in New York, the head of the General Dynamics Weapons Systems Division happened to come to New York, and in the evening, at the invitation of Hamis, he met with Xiao Yang.
Eric is chubby, but he is not tall, and he looks like a ball of meat, but no one dares to underestimate him, and it is easy for someone to be in charge of a large department at General Dynamics?
However, Xiao Yang was sure in his words that this guy must have known that Hammis would be promoted, and it was definitely not what Hammis told him, and he felt that there were really not many secrets in this "democratic" society, and at the same time, he was glad that people were optimistic about Hamis, and he borrowed his light today, and the things he wanted to talk about should not be so difficult.
With Hammis sitting next to him, the attitude of not being taboo at all shows everything, so the two sides do not need to be polite, "This time, General Hammis invited Mr. Eric over in the hope of getting the right to sell General Dynamics Abrams tanks." ”
Although they have not received accurate information on the UAE's arms purchases, they have also analyzed some possibilities from the situation in the Middle East, and among them is the possibility that the UAE may purchase large quantities of weapons.
Hearing Xiao Yang say that he needed Abrams, Eric rolled his eyes and said tentatively: "Abrams is not sold to too many people. ”
Seeing him say this, he also glanced at Hamis, who was silent next to him, Xiao Yang felt a little funny, he knew that if he wanted to take their goods, it would definitely be impossible for the sales target to hide from them, so he said: "I'm going to try to sell to the UAE." ”
After all, he couldn't be stupid enough to talk about the procurement before the negotiations were inconclusive.
"UAE?" Eric suddenly itched in his heart, they had been in contact with the United Arab Emirates, but unfortunately the other party did not express the intention of buying tanks in a short period of time, Xiao Yang's information, he had carefully read it when he came, and immediately wondered if he had any special way.
"Mr. Xiao, do you need a long-term sales right, or do you?" No matter what he thought in his heart, this was a person's ability, and he would definitely not inquire, so the topic turned back to the main topic.
"If possible, I would prefer to have a long-term partnership with General Dynamics."
"That's what I want to see."
The first contact between the two sides, there will definitely not be too many substantive things, determine Xiao Yang's attitude, and then the topic turned to the wind and snow, the image of the fat man is not very good, but he doesn't mind revealing some private hobbies in front of the two, Xiao Yang intends to accompany him, and Hameis is obviously a little interested, so the atmosphere is quite warm.
However, a few people were just talking, after all, they were all people with status, and Xiao Yang and Eric had only met for the first time, so it was impossible to make any exaggerated things, and they broke up after chatting for a while.
The number proposed by Xiao Yang is about 200 vehicles, not including supporting vehicles, the entire project is worth more than 500 million US dollars, and it is impossible to ignore 500 million US dollars.
If it was a partner, Eric would have made a decision on the spot, but Xiao Yang's identity was not ordinary, he could only report the news to the headquarters, of course, his guesses and what he saw were specifically explained in the words: see that the other party has a great chance of winning this order.
Regardless of Xiao Yang's situation in Somaliland, just the identity of a Colt boss and being introduced by Hammis was completely enough for General Dynamics to be impressed, so the next day, the headquarters replied to Eric: The headquarters has agreed, and he is fully responsible for the specific details, and if necessary, he can be treated as a first-level partner.
With such a large enterprise as General Dynamics, of course, all the business cannot be done by itself, and there are many partners, trading companies, private arms dealers, and ...... The so-called hierarchical partners are the partners who are differentiated according to the scale of cooperation within them, and the first level is a level below the VIP level, which can provide more than 2% of the company's profits.
Now that I have contact with Xiao Yang for the first time, the headquarters actually uses this level of treatment? Eric was surprised.
Their financial statements for this quarter have come out, and the net income is almost 10 billion dollars, and what is the profit of 2 percent for a year? And this is still part of the listed company, if the whole group is counted, it will be an astronomical amount, some partners, have been cooperating for several years, and the total contribution of profits is less than two percent of a year, Xiao Yang deserves so much attention from them?
Eric was a little puzzled by the decision of the headquarters, and wanted to inquire, but felt that it was better to do things well for now, and there was no hurry to inquire, and he would talk about it when he returned to the company.
So, in the afternoon of the next day, he contacted Xiao Yang and said that he would meet and talk.
Xiao Yang originally came for this matter, and when he received his call, he immediately happily said that he could.
So, the two made a second contact.