Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 361: Exorbitant Price

Lu Shaohua mentioned the first four conditions, and Deng Lao agreed to them one by one, even the last one, which was to build two satellites. But then again, except for the last one, the other three conditions proposed by Lu Shaohua were easy to achieve, so Deng Lao agreed to them without even thinking about it. Deng Lao agreed to even the extremely difficult condition of building satellites after considering it, which shows how important long-range missiles are to a country.

Of course, Lu Shaohua also knew the importance of long-range missiles to the country. It was precisely because of this that Lu Shaohua offered to exchange one for five, one for the five last time, and the conditions were much higher than last time, and the cost was much higher.

No one present said anything. After all, it seemed that the price paid was a bit too high, but once the technology of long-range missiles was obtained, the country's scientific research departments would be able to avoid many detours and greatly save time to research more advanced technology.

However, Lu Shaohua has only mentioned four conditions, and each condition is more difficult than the previous one. When it comes to the fourth condition, it has already risen to the satellite altitude. So what will be the next and last condition?

Everyone was secretly guessing in their hearts, and at the same time they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, hoping that the conditions proposed by Lu Shaohua would not be so difficult, otherwise everything discussed before would be invalid, because Lu Shaohua's meaning was very clear, if all his conditions were not met, he would be unwilling to give up the long-range missile technology.

The same goes for Mr. Deng. He looks calm on the surface, but he is not calm in his heart. He also hopes that the conditions proposed by Lu Shaohua are within his agreement range, so that both parties will be happy, the country will benefit, and Lu Shaohua will also get certain benefits.

Lu Shaohua naturally didn't know what they were really thinking, but he knew one thing, things had come to this point, it had reached a critical point. It's just that at this moment Lu Shaohua was not as serious as before. On the contrary, he was calm and relaxed, and even smiled.

Everyone was puzzled. Why did Lu Shaohua smile like this at this moment? Could it be that Lu Shaohua's five conditions were very simple?

No! Although they didn't know much about Lu Shaohua, they could understand it from the logic of a normal person. The conditions were from easy to difficult, so the last condition could not be easy.

With a strange smile, Lu Shaohua pretended to be serious and said mysteriously, "This fifth condition is easy to say but also difficult to say."

"What do you mean?" Mr. Deng asked.

"Well, how should I put it! If you say it's easy, it's not difficult to do. As for whether it's difficult, it depends on whether the country is willing to pay the price." Lu Shaohua still didn't make his conditions clear and continued to talk about irrelevant things.

Deng Lao smiled bitterly. He could see that Lu Shaohua was keeping things a secret. He waved his hand and said, "Just get to the point. Be direct."

"That's right. I don't like people who drag their feet." Zhang Tianheng also spoke up to echo what Mr. Deng said.

Zhang Tianheng's words were echoed by everyone. Even Zeng Jianguo, who had been sitting there without making a sound, nodded to indicate that Lu Shaohua should stop keeping him in suspense.

"Haha!" Lu Shaohua laughed and said, "The fifth condition..."

Lu Shaohua stopped talking halfway, looked around, and saw that everyone was looking forward to it. He held his breath and said with a smile, "The condition is very simple, that is, the country will pay me the same amount of money for this technology."

The answer was revealed at this moment, but this answer was far beyond everyone's guess. What? Lu Shaohua wanted money? Wasn't the money already agreed upon? The state would pay Lu Shaohua, so what did Lu Shaohua mean by mentioning it again?

"Lu Shaohua is deliberately playing tricks on them!" This sentence flashed in everyone's mind at the same time.

"Well, I've long told you that you're not a fair guy. You're even playing tricks on an old man like me who has one foot in the coffin." Zhang Tianheng raised his loud voice again and glared at Lu Shaohua, as if he was going to stand up and ask Lu Shaohua to go out and fight with him if there was any disagreement.

"Well, it's a bit too much. We don't know how to respect the elderly and love the young." Chang De also spoke.

"You are a bad guy." Zhao Hu also expressed his opinion.

"Hey, you can't play tricks on people like this." Li Changsheng also said.

Elder Deng smiled bitterly and shook his head, making a final statement. "We are all in our seventies and eighties, and heart disease is not a good thing. You almost gave us a heart attack by doing this."

Being surrounded by the crowd at once, Lu Shaohua also had a wry smile on his face, but he didn't say anything. He didn't think it was a big deal just now, but after being surrounded, he found that he seemed to have done something wrong and it was a bit of a prank.

However, when he thought of the number in his mind, Lu Shaohua felt relieved and didn't think he was really playing a prank, because the number he wanted was really not small, and it was actually a bit beyond the country's ability to bear.

"Don't talk about this now, wait until I give you my price." After a pause, Lu Shaohua continued, "I don't need to say much about the importance of long-range missile technology to the country. Converting it into money is not a small amount. Although the country has a lot of money, the price I offer is not so easy to accept."

All of a sudden, everyone's relieved breath came back to their senses. From Lu Shaohua's tone, it seemed that he was going to ask for a sky-high price.

"Oh! Why don't you tell me how much you want?" asked Mr. Deng.

Lu Shaohua held up two fingers and blurted out three words. "Two billion."

Yes, Lu Shaohua fully utilized his potential as a businessman at this time and offered a price of 2 billion. This number seems a bit like taking advantage of the situation, but is it true? No! In Lu Shaohua's opinion, long-range missile technology is completely worth the price.

Lu Shaohua thought it was worth it, but what about others? Did they think it was worth it as well as he did? Not necessarily. Except for Mr. Deng, everyone, including Zeng Jianguo, thought that Lu Shaohua was asking for an exorbitant price.

"Twenty billion RMB!" Mr. Deng's tone was somewhat inquiring, and at the same time he felt like he was talking to himself.

Lu Shaohua smiled, shook his head and said, "No! It's US dollars."

After so many years of rebirth, Lu Shaohua has long been accustomed to using RMB as a unit, and instead uses US dollars. It is not that he has forgotten his roots, but that his assets are too large, and using RMB as a unit will only make the numbers larger.

"Hiss!" Everyone gasped. They felt that 2 billion RMB was already too much, but Lu Shaohua still said something shocking, US dollars? 2 billion US dollars is worth more than 7 billion RMB in this era!

"Haha!" Deng Lao laughed and didn't care much. "Xiaohua, you are really a bit unkind this time. You know the situation of the country. It has not been long since the reform and opening up. There is not much money."

After a pause, Deng Lao continued, "Although your long-range missile technology is valuable, two billion dollars is really expensive."

Deng used a strategy in his remarks. He first said that the country was poor, and then talked about the value of the missiles. This had a two-pronged effect.

Lu Shaohua waved his hand and said, "I know the price is too high, but sometimes we can't set a fixed price for this technology. Maybe the country will invest all its efforts to develop this long-range missile technology without spending 2 billion dollars, but time is priceless. No one can guarantee how long it will take to develop a long-range missile. Now it's different. If we spend 2 billion to buy this technology, the country can save this time and put its energy into higher fields."

What Lu Shaohua said was well-reasoned and flawless, but if you listen carefully, it is not difficult to hear that the price Lu Shaohua offered takes time into account. To put it bluntly, he is using time to sell at a price.

Before Lu Shaohua finished speaking, before Deng Lao opened his mouth, Lu Shaohua's voice sounded again, "Well, let me make an assumption. If a country now has long-range missiles, it can improve its status in the international community. Well, I don't need to say much. Everyone knows how important a country's international status is. I think this alone is priceless."

Lu Shaohua said so much, his other idea was very simple, that is to show the importance of long-range missiles, and to say that the price of 2 billion US dollars offered by him was not very expensive.

"Swindler." This time, Mr. Deng was not polite and said the word "swindler".

"Haha!" Lu Shaohua scratched his head and smiled awkwardly. He knew that Deng Lao had seen through his intentions, but what could he do? He was a businessman, so of course he wanted to get a good price for what he had.

After Mr. Deng said this, the way other people looked at Lu Shaohua changed, as if to say "You are a profiteer."

"Okay, I won't waste my time talking to you anymore." Deng Lao waved his hand and then said, "Don't tell me about the value. The price is one billion US dollars."

After saying this, Mr. Deng did not forget to look at Lu Shaohua meaningfully, the meaning was self-evident.

Lu Shaohua understood three words from Deng Lao's eyes. "No bargaining."

He shook his head helplessly. What else could he say now that things had come to this? However, he still couldn't help but complain. "Grandpa Deng, you're really ruthless in bargaining. You cut the price by 50% in one go. It's 1 billion US dollars!"

"Don't play dumb with me, kid. Don't I know you? I don't think your technology can be sold for 20 million from that damn Soviet general." Old Deng showed no mercy and added, "If you want to be my grandfather, don't talk nonsense. This is the price, 1 billion US dollars."

Lu Shaohua sweated coldly on his forehead. It was true that what Mr. Deng said was very true. At that time, the long-range missile technology was purchased from the Soviet Union for 20 million US dollars, and a fighter jet was also included, which was a buy one get one free deal.

"Okay, you always say that, and I don't have much to say, so let's just say ten billion dollars." Lu Shaohua was generous this time.

Seeing that Lu Shaohua agreed, the others also smiled and looked at Deng Lao with admiration. Just kidding, a price of one billion dollars is really ruthless.

"Well, no problem. I'll give you the money whenever you send the technology over." After saying that, Deng Lao showed a strange expression on his face and said two more words. "But..."

Lu Shaohua's heart suddenly hung in the air, and three words naturally flashed through his mind. "There's something strange."

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