To be honest, the Rhino's maneuverability is not much better than that of the T-72, and its maximum highway speed is only 60 kilometers per hour. However, although the Rhino has a greater weight, it has a better torsion bar suspension system and is more adaptable to harsh terrain. At the same time, as the most durable tank in the Red Alert game, the Rhino tank can be called the AK-47 among armored forces. It has a low failure rate, is simple, practical and easy to maintain.
The above advantages were intuitively discovered by the visiting Pakistani soldiers. Mubashar took Huang Lianggong's hand and said: "It's amazing. I didn't expect you to develop such an advanced main battle tank." , I think if Pakistan has a rhinoceros, it can crush all Indian tanks and armored vehicles!¡±
Huang Lianggong laughed heartily, patted Mubashar on the shoulder, and said loudly: "That's right, that's right!"
"So I wonder what price the Chinese brothers are going to set for this type of tank?" Mushabal asked with some anxiety. The new Rhino tank is so sharp and its combat power is several times more powerful than the old Type 59 they ordered before. Not only that, the price of the Type 59 is because the 617 has been produced in large quantities, and the technology is familiar. It does not have any high technology, and the price is very cheap. Compared with the tanks of this era that often cost millions of dollars, the old 59 is as cheap as cabbage. Same.
Huang Lianggong saw Mubashar¡¯s concerns and was afraid that the price of the new Rhino tanks would be too high for them to afford. China's foreign trade weapons are mainly aimed at the same poor third world countries. We are all in the same boat. We can't afford big prices, so we just buy some cheap goods.
Huang Lianggong originally wanted to set a relatively high price for the Rhino tank, but some senior engineers stationed at the Red Alert Base led the workers of the original 617 factory to carry out a large number of technical transformations and process arrangements, optimizing the production model of the entire factory. Although the labor hours and costs of producing the Rhino tank have increased due to raw material and processing issues, due to its simple design and high module integration, after the 617 Factory improved its production efficiency, one tank of this type cannot be sold for US$800,000. question.
? ? Nearly half of the selling price of US$800,000 is pure profit. Sure enough, selling arms is a very profitable business.
Huang Lianggong naturally did not need to express his costs and profit margins to Mubashar. He just said in a pretentious manner: "In order to support our Pakistani friends to resist aggression and defend their country, after careful consideration, we decided to give MBT-1000 The price is US$800,000. Although it is more than twice as expensive as the Type 59, its performance is also more than twice that of the Type 59. My suggestion is that Pakistan has purchased hundreds of our Type 59s. type tanks, and then the more elite MBT-1000 Rhino tanks can be purchased as high-level matching equipment for the Pakistani Army.¡±
Huang Lianggong's proposal is still very reliable. Even for some relatively wealthy countries, it is a head-scratching thing to equip a large number of high-value advanced weapons. A large number of expensive weapons of the same type may cause idle and wasted combat power, so high-low matching method is most suitable for solving this situation.
"You can go back and discuss it. We can suspend Pakistan's subsequent Type 59 order. If you think it is necessary to introduce MBT-1000 tanks, we will produce the corresponding number of Rhino tanks according to the original contract amount. If Pakistan If you still want the same amount, you will have to invest additional funds.¡±
Mubashar nodded repeatedly and said: "That's it. I will report the situation to the Ministry of Defense of our country. In short, I would like to thank the Chinese brothers for their kindness!"
Huang Lianggong laughed again: "Everywhere, everyone helps each other."
After the Pakistanis left, the big and small bosses in the factory gathered together. The deputy director raised his thumb and said to Huang Lianggong: "Director, you are really tall. Seeing what Pakistan means, he must be very tempted. Let's There must be a market for the new products.¡±
Huang Lianggong's face was bright, but he was also a very capable person. He knew that Factory 617 could complete the replication of the Rhino tank in such a short period of time. Dozens of senior engineers stationed from the Dalinol Base were absolutely sure. The main force, he said modestly: "I haven't done anything, it's all because of Liu Dagong and the others. With Liu Dagong and the others, our factory's production capacity has greatly increased, and we can manufacture more advanced tanks. Without Liu Dagong and the others, "We can't do anything. Let's have dinner in our factory cafeteria tonight to reward our masters."
The current chief engineer of 617 is the Red Alert Engineer, named Liu Zhengcui. Not long after he arrived, he was recognized by people in the factory, and they all called him Liu Dagong.
Liu Zhengcui is the most talkative among all the Red Police officers. He is not too serious and is easier to communicate with. He said: "Pakistan's final order only has 100 tanks at best. If Pakistan finds it too expensive, it may have to be reduced." Part of it. We have just expanded the production line and can produce it at full capacity.??100 vehicles is less than half a year's work. If there is no order at the back, it is still unscientific to do the old five-nine and six-nine that have no profit or water. The factory director should still think of a way. The more rhinos our factory makes, the more workers understand the technology, and it will be easier for us to start the MBT-2000 project or the MBT-3000 project in the next step. What's more, for an order of 100 vehicles, our factory can extract more than 30 million U.S. dollars from it and pay some profits and taxes to the state, which will leave us with a lot of money. "
The 2000 and 3000 models are naturally the two generations of foreign trade tanks produced by 617 in later generations. The MBT-2000 Khalid has been sold to many countries and is very cost-effective.
When he said money, everyone couldn't help but breathe heavily. MBT-1000 is the most profitable project since the establishment of the 617 factory. If it can really complete the production plan of 100 vehicles, then the factory will remove the cost and hand it over to the state. After profits and taxes, at least about 10 million US dollars can be left in hand. Of course, the country will definitely turn this money into RMB, and foreign exchange is a precious resource. But even in RMB, according to the recent exchange rate, it was still 80 million RMB, which was definitely a huge sum of money in the 1980s.
The head office may reach out and take away a little more, but there are only one or two thousand young and old men in the 617 factory, and four or five thousand for their families. If they are divided evenly, wouldn't one person get ten thousand?
Huang Lianggong suddenly felt that the pressure had increased dramatically. After Qi Yiming intervened in the military industry project, the factory leaders of these military industry enterprises began to gain greater autonomy under greater supervision. Although the huge sum of tens of millions of RMB is really scary, Huang Lianggong was shocked to find that he could really pay benefits to all employees in the factory in accordance with the new regulations.
The new equipment of Factory 617 was all transferred from the Dalinol base. It was said that it would be free of charge before, but later Qi Yiming changed his mind and said that it could be borrowed for a long time without interest, and that it would need to be repaid at a low price after ten years. However, Huang Lianggong took a look and realized that with these 80 million, the money to exchange equipment from Qi Yiming Base was just a cloud, and there was no need to rush to pay back the money.
617 has basically completely lost its scientific research tasks. The main task now is to work with various fraternal units to absorb the various technologies decentralized by Qi Yiming. The deadline is 5 years. There will be a major inspection in 1990. If it is not completed, there will be penalties. Punishment. However, 617 is ahead of the curve and has already produced results. I believe that with more money on hand, technology absorption will not be a problem.
Liu Zhengcui's words aroused the fiery hearts of all the leaders and prestigious workers' representatives in the factory. A female cadre in her forties couldn't help but give Huang Lianggong advice: "Director, isn't it true that Iraq still has a man in our factory?" The last order of several hundred 59s and 69s? Let¡¯s talk to the representatives from Iran, show them our big rhino, and ask them if they want to replace it with a new one.¡±
Huang Lianggong's eyes lit up and he clapped his hands and said: "What a great idea. Iraq is an oil-producing country and is richer, so it should be easier to get things done." Look at what this big factory director said, it's as vulgar as a thief.
After everyone brainstormed, another young college student engineer said: "Zimbabwe also has orders from our factory, do you want to show them to them too?"
Liu Zhengcui chuckled and said: "An African country is so poor that even buying a Type 59 makes me heartbroken. How can it have the money to buy our new Rhinos?" Zimbabwe ordered 22 Type 59s from China in 1984, more than This is especially true when it comes to big customers like Pakistan and Iraq.
Huang Lianggong paced in front of everyone with his hands behind his back, and then said: "If we can get 100 vehicles from Pakistan and 100 vehicles from Iraq, it will be enough for us to last for ten years. There is no need to be too greedy. I had a conversation with Comrade Qi, the leader of Dalinol before. He conveyed Chairman Ping¡¯s top instructions, asking us to take into account the production of dual-use products for both military and civilian use, which can not only strengthen the army and the country, but also provide convenience and benefit to the people. I remember our technology There are also several heavy-duty engineering vehicles, grab trucks and heavy-duty trucks in the library. The sales of these vehicles are much better than tanks. In the next stage, we will focus on the production of these large vehicles for civilian use. In addition, I see that in the international market, they are for military use. "Medium and light armored vehicles for police use are very popular. Let's also study and see if we can produce an armored vehicle and sell it."
??Everyone expressed their support for Factory Director Huang¡¯s decision. Huang Lianggong was quite proud, and he pretended to be like Liu Bei and asked Liu Dagong for advice: "Liu Dagong, let¡¯s see if he has anything to add?"
"Well, we should contact Dalinol, call their database, see what kind of armored vehicles have been selling well in recent years, and analyze the market demand. We can't just build things that others don't like. , it will be troublesome and costly. Also, I heard that Dalinol spent money to recruit college students and returnees from all over the country to form any commercial company, and the people in our factory can only manage production, but they have nothing to do with business and sales. , When we get rich, should we follow their lead and find specialized people to sell goods to us? "
Huang Lianggong raised his thumb and said: "Liu Dagong is really smart. Yes, let's do it like this. Let's invite special people to come."Analyze the market and do sales for us, and I'll just focus on production and then count the money, hahaha. "The factory director, who still has a lot of motivation in his heart, thought about the news that classes on management experience for state-owned enterprise cadres are being held across the country. He didn't take it seriously before, but now that he is a big business person, it seems that he should go and learn talents. right.