Chapter 255 Not enough! Far from enough!

No. 13, Sanlitun East Sixth Street.

Liu Tao met his good friend ‘Mohammed’.

“Nice to meet you, my friend!” Liu Tao spoke ‘Persian’ which was not very fluent.

In order to communicate more smoothly with his friends, Liu Tao can already speak fluent ‘Arabic’, and ‘Persian’ can also be used for daily communication.

Mohammed said: “Nice to meet you, my friend!”

The two exchanged greetings for a while.

Mohammed used to be a professor, inheriting the culture of the Persians and attaching great importance to etiquette.

In this regard, the two sides have a common language.

China is also a country of etiquette.

“Liu, my friend, we need your advanced tanks and self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, the same as the Iraqis.” Mohammed made a request in front of Liu Tao, “I mentioned this to Mr. Liu Zhenbang, but he said that he had to talk to you in person about this.”

“My friend, these two weapons are not cheap!” Liu Tao showed embarrassment, “and our production of these two weapons is still very limited, and it is difficult to deliver them in the short term.”

This is the truth, and Liu Tao did not lie to Mohammed.

"My friend, you should know me well. I won't exaggerate."

Mohammed frowned slightly: "200 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, 5 million US dollars each; 400 tanks, 1.8 million US dollars each. We have only one condition, to complete all deliveries in the next three years, and deliver one-third each year."

"Impossible! Mohammed, my friend, let alone the harsh delivery conditions, the price is not enough. We can't make any money at this price." Liu Tao shook his head.

Mohammed frowned and cursed in his heart, "Damn greedy arms dealers."

"But as far as I know, you sold it to Saudi Arabia at this price." Mohammed said, "We are friends. Do you want to take the opportunity to raise the price?"

"No, no, no, my friend, you misunderstood." Liu Tao shook his head repeatedly, "As we all know, the US dollar has depreciated! Just like now when everyone does business with Americans, 100 US dollars can no longer buy what they used to."

Mohammed didn't say anything. The depreciation of the US dollar is obvious.

This can be seen from the exchange rate between the ruble and the US dollar.

The dollar used to be very strong, but since the collapse of the Bretton Woods system, the dollar has been depreciating.

Especially since last year, the dollar has depreciated at an alarming rate.

There is nothing wrong with what Liu Tao said.

Liu Tao was secretly cursing Saudi Arabia at this time, saying that it was like a sieve and had no secrets at all.

Even the Persians knew about it and could get Saudi Arabia's purchase price.

In the end, Mohammed raised the offer.

In addition to 200 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, 400 tanks and the corresponding base shells, 800 missile launchers and 4,000 "Vanguard" air defense missiles were also required. The total contract price was US$5.2 billion, which included tank crew training, maintenance training, and the establishment of a tank repair factory in Tehran in the later stage to repair damaged tanks.

Although the delivery pressure was huge and Liu Tao couldn't bear it, he still took the order.

There was no way, the other party gave too much.

The money that could be earned from this order was huge.

Get the deposit first. I really can't deliver that much later. It doesn't matter if it's a little short. Can they turn against me?

Seven o'clock in the evening.

The Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, or now it should be called the China Ordnance Industry Corporation.

The leaders walked into the meeting room one after another.

When everyone arrived and sat down, Leader Zhang said: "Then according to the previous practice, let Comrade Liu Tao report on the work first. If you have any questions, wait until Comrade Liu Tao finishes reporting on the work, and then ask."

"Good evening, leaders. In the past month, our foreign trade has been delivered according to the contract agreement. We delivered 35 Type 81 light tanks, 25 Type 81 medium tanks, 5 Type 81 amphibious tanks, and 35 infantry fighting vehicles to the troops." Liu Tao reported on the delivery.

The troops' orders were paid after delivery, and the money paid was directly transferred to the account of Panshan Machinery Factory. Now it should be said that it is the China Southwest Ordnance Industry Group Corporation!

Liu Tao then reported on the restructuring.

Now those who need to be listed have been listed, and those who need to be appointed by the China North Industries Corporation have been appointed.

Those who need to be filed have all been filed.

The leaders listened very carefully, especially in terms of restructuring.

They have actually read the report on the relevant situation, but it is obviously not as clear and intuitive as Liu Tao's personal report.

Now in terms of restructuring, the biggest movement is not the restructuring of the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building into the China North Industries Corporation, nor the restructuring of other machinery ministries into the general company, but the restructuring of Panshan Machinery Factory, which involves a full 10 weapons companies and 7 civilian companies.

Even more, it is directly related to the reform and development of military factories in the entire Southwest Ordnance Industry System.

That involves hundreds of military factories!

The movement is absolutely unprecedented.

Once the restructuring is successful, the impact will be huge. Even if it fails, there will be experience of failure, which can provide experience for subsequent reforms and avoid the pit of failure.

This is the significance of the reform pilot unit.

Throwing a stone to test the water, providing experience of success or failure.

It can be said that the restructuring of Panshan Machinery Factory is not only watched by the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, but also by other ministries and commissions, and even the leaders above are paying attention.

Liu Tao reported in detail in this regard, and did not shy away from it. He said all the problems one by one.

The preparatory group for the early restructuring carried out a lot of work.

However, when the formal restructuring began, a lot of problems still occurred. The entire organizational structure was equivalent to being broken, and even people's concepts were broken.

Before, everyone had adapted to the identity of "state-owned factory". State-owned factory is the factory of the state. In people's minds, state-owned factory is actually equivalent to the government. They have an iron rice bowl and serve the country.

But now it has suddenly been restructured and become a company.

Company, which makes many people subconsciously believe that only capitalist countries have companies.

Not to mention, when the company signed the contract with employees, many employees cried and refused to sign it, as if once signed, it would be a contract to sell themselves.

So much so that Liu Tao had to make a decision to postpone this matter.

It can only be said that he took it for granted and it was no big deal. As long as he worked hard after signing the contract, it would be the same as before. However, the impact on employees was huge, and everyone was not prepared for marketization at all.

It was also through personal practice that Liu Tao understood why there was a period of time when the dual-track economic system was implemented, because it was a product of a specific time in history.

In the past, it was a planned economy, and now it is a market economy, which is simply not possible to achieve in one step.

Everyone's thinking is not well prepared, and there are far from enough talents.

Even to put it bluntly, they don't even know what a market economy is or how to engage in a market economy. In this case, directly engaging in a market economy is no different from seeking death.