Siheyuan: Bringing Warehouses to 1959

Zeng Wangcai naturally knew why the old men came. In fact, after receiving Yang Mingyuan's call, he deliberately made that call to Jiao Hua.

He knew very well that in China, if he wanted to accomplish anything below, he had to get the approval from above.

There is a little story behind selling drones.

Zeng Wangcai's original plan was to give away the two drones and sell the smaller ones, after all, the big ones were too expensive.

Then we will continue to develop research and prepare for mass production in cooperation with the Ministry of Machine Building, just like mobile phones.

But on the way back, Zeng Wangcai and his friends didn’t want to take a plane because it was too noisy, so they wanted to relax and drove back.

As a result, on the way back, I almost pissed off the three old men.

It takes three or four days to travel more than 2,000 kilometers and to enjoy the sights and sounds. There will be food and drinks along the way, so Zeng Wangcai, considerate of the old man, specially found good local restaurants to eat at.

Every time we eat, every restaurant is packed with people and business is booming.

At first, the old men were still sighing that people’s living standards had improved, they had money, and so many people chose to eat out.

But at the third meal, the slap in the face came.

Zeng Wangcai and his colleagues work next door. One of their cadres boasted during a drinking session that he had to have six banquets a day, or at least three or four. They were all treated by the subordinate units who asked him to do things for them, and the government reimbursed them.

Yang Mingyuan was so angry when he heard this. He didn't bring a gun with him. If he had, he would have killed those guys on the spot.

From then on, Zeng Wangcai changed his mind. His mother had no money, and all her money was spent on extravagant livings by her unfilial descendants.

The three old men Liu Yong came to the Houhai courtyard and sat down silently.

"What's the matter? Are you still angry?" Zeng Wangcai took out cigarettes and passed them to the three of them, and asked his wife to prepare tea. "Do you think my price is too high? Two million dollars, to be honest, it's not expensive. I've already reduced the price by half."

What he said was true. He later checked and found that the Rainbow 3 sold for about $400 million, which was much cheaper than the later Hunter and others that cost up to $2000 million each.

He calculated carefully again and found that the materials worth two million dollars could almost offset the cost of using a drone ordered by Space.

"Wangcai, we are not angry with you!" Liu Yong saw that Yang Mingyuan did not speak, and took the initiative to say, "We just hate that we are too poor..."

"Old man!" Zeng Wangcai interrupted Liu Yong and said, "Poverty is relative. Didn't we say that no matter how poor you are, you can't be poor in education. In fact, national defense can't be poor either. Besides...spending more money here is better than spending it on other Difan, right?"

“I knew you were going to say this, I knew you were going to say this…” Yang Mingyuan said angrily, “Do you think we wouldn’t be angry when we saw that? But we are also…”

"Old Yang, Wangcai is right!" Liu Yong held Yang Mingyuan back, not letting him continue, and said frankly, "In fact, it's because we didn't do our job well. It's only been a few years, and it's become so bad."

After being interrupted twice, Yang Mingyuan got angry and stood up and said, "Even if we didn't do our job well, what does this have to do with drones? How can the two things be linked together?"

"Why can't we say it together?" Su Ming joined the battle and supported Zeng Wangcai. "You have never worked in a local area and don't know the local situation. If you ask me, Wangcai is right. There will always be money if we squeeze it out. Spending it on national defense is like letting those beasts eat it."

"I stand on Wangcai's side!" Liu Yong nodded, "I have decided to write a report on this matter and report it to the higher-ups. This kind of behavior must be dealt with severely."

"That's right!" Su Ming said with a smile, "Count me in. My old bones can also play a role."

"Since you said so, then... count me in." Yang Mingyuan finally expressed his opinion.

After saying this, the three old men all looked at Zeng Wangcai with sidelong glances. Yes, sidelong glances, the kind that didn’t look him in the eye.

"Why are you looking at me..." Zeng Wangcai was stunned for a moment, and it took him two seconds to react, "Haha, so you guys are talking to me, old man? It doesn't have to be like this, if you have something to say, just say it directly."

The three old men smiled awkwardly, and finally Liu Yong stepped forward and said, "Wangcai, we do have a lot of problems internally, but you need to think carefully about the drone issue. You can't sell it to foreigners.

"As for domestic purchases, don't worry, we will definitely agree, but the quantity won't be that large. We have to do it slowly, maybe only about a hundred at a time."

It seems that the three of them got the hint from above before coming here and had a measure on the purchase quantity.

To be honest, the number of one hundred aircraft surprised Zeng Wangcai.

He originally wanted to sell just a dozen or twenty aircraft, which would be enough for the various troops to train and learn from.

But the older generation in the country has not yet changed their mindset.

Their idea of ​​military equipment is to have big and large quantities, that is, if quality is not enough, quantity can be used to make up for it, such as the famous idea of ​​eight for one between the J8 fighter and the F22.

"Grandpa, is this number given by the higher-ups?" Zeng Wangcai asked.

"That's about what I mean!" Liu Yong nodded and said, "I know you are a businessman. Your investment in China in recent years has not made much money. You are losing money in the mobile phone business. It is all in the financial statements of the Third Ministry of Machine Building. Your money has been invested in the construction of base stations. You also paid for the renovation of houses. Part of the city has been renovated. It is your credit that you have allowed the people to live a decent life..."

Liu Yong recounted in detail all the business that Zeng Wangcai had done in China in recent years.

What does the expression mean?

That is to say, the superiors know everything you do, and your contributions are clear to them.

Buying a little more this time will give you a little compensation, which will be mutually beneficial.

Zeng Wangcai didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Old man, you don't think that the more you buy, the more money I make, right?"

"Isn't it?" Liu Yong didn't understand what Zeng Wangcai wanted to say, and said according to normal thinking, "Don't you just want to sell more, so you invited those two companies to participate in the trade fair?"

"I want to sell more drones, but not to the country..."

Two million dollars a frame, I have to use all the money to purchase materials and throw them into the space to balance it, where does the money come from?

Also, I'm afraid you don't know how much I'm going to sell one for to foreigners!

"What do you mean by that?" Yang Mingyuan got angry again, "What do you mean you don't want to sell it to the country? How can you say that? As the old saying goes, a son won't think his mother is ugly, and a dog won't... Never mind, the latter part is inappropriate.

"Finish what you're saying. Don't say I didn't give you a chance, old man. I know you're not that kind of person. What do you really think? Tell us your feelings. Don't let us say you have a black heart."

Fortunately, the old men knew Zeng Wangcai’s character and knew that he had more to say.

Zeng Wangcai said cheerfully: "Grandpa, I'm playing a big game of chess."