Take Off My Aviation Era - Chapter 1710
The problem is that Hamilton was thinking about one thing, but facing Prince Salman it was another thing.
In any case, how the export policy of European defense products changes is a contradiction within Hamilton themselves, and has nothing to do with an outsider like Prince Salman.
Therefore, after some Hutianhudi explanations, Hamilton concluded: “Air combat is a system of combat after all. Without complete supporting support, it is difficult to achieve high-quality results by relying solely on the role of the ‘Typhoon’ fighter jets.
Of course, under normal circumstances, only the capabilities of the ‘Typhoon’ fighter jets are sufficient, but Saudi Arabia is a regional power after all, so long as…”
“You mean, I still have to purchase early warning aircraft, aerial tankers, and electronic warfare aircraft from your British company BEA Systems?”
Prince Salman was amused by Hamilton’s explanation. He interrupted without waiting for the other party to finish speaking. He was not stupid. It was obvious that the Typhoon fighter had serious problems, but he turned to the pilot.
The Boeing and Airbus planes had accidents, which often caused the difference between the hairs on the pilots.
But Hamilton didn’t seem to see that Salman had reached the edge of the outburst of anger, still maintaining that gentlemanly smile: “If possible, I personally recommend that you have all of them!”
“All right?” Prince Salman raised his brows, his face was cold, and he finally broke out: “You want to be beautiful! Not to mention purchasing other types of aircraft, even if it is a Typhoon fighter, I will not be able to use one. Buy, I swear to the gods, I will not buy one!”
Before he finished his words, he walked away quickly, leaving only Hamilton alone. His freckled face was a little startled and surprised, but in the end he was replaced by a gentleman’s smile as always.
No way, Hamilton had expected this scene a long time ago. After all, Prince Salman’s self-contained character he knew too well, and because of this, when the “Typhoon” fighter was defeated, Hamilton knew that Prince Salman would take everything. The guilt is clasped on his head.
If this is changed to another defense supplier, it is estimated that this business will be completely cold, but for British BEA Systems, Prince Salman is just like Hamilton, who is really a tool man in front of the stage. , It is the current king of Saudi Arabia and the major shareholders of British BEA Systems who are in the United States that really determine the direction of the order!
So seeing Prince Salman go away, Hamilton picked up a phone, dialed a number, and said helplessly after being connected: “I tried my best, but Prince Salman is very stubborn…”
“Okay, leave the rest to me, remember to wear a little more formal tomorrow, after all, there will be a lot of media reporters when signing the contract!” The person on the other end of the phone said lightly and hung up…
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“Hi, Khalid, I didn’t expect to see you here, how about it? Is there any inside information about the transaction at the Abu Dhabi Defense Exhibition?”
The next morning, the Abu Dhabi Defense Exhibition officially opened. The exhibition gathered the world’s top defense suppliers. It was comparable to a gluttonous feast of weapons and equipment. Except for nuclear weapons and other equipment that is explicitly prohibited, all the companies almost took out All my housekeeping skills competed in this exhibition.
It is precisely because of this that exhibitions can often create surprisingly large orders. After all, where is the purchasing power of the Gulf countries in defense equipment? That is a proper rigid demand.
And reporters from various media are eager for this, because the birth of the big order can not help but the transaction amount is scary, and it is also a big exposure of the strength of both parties.
The seller’s technical level, manufacturing capacity and future development prospects are all concentrated in the order.
The buyer’s financial resources and the increase in strength after obtaining this batch of equipment are also concentrated in this order.
If such an appearance is not focused on publicity, it is in contrast to the staggering amount of money on the order.
Therefore, every time the Abu Dhabi Defense Exhibition opens, a large number of media reporters will be attracted. They not only take photos of the exhibits, but more importantly, stare at the large orders that may be generated.
And these big orders are often possible on the first day of opening.
Take the last defense exhibition, the Boeing company has won the dust. On the first day of the opening, it signed a sales agreement for 60 F-18E “Super Hornet” fighter jets with Kuwait.
The total amount is as high as 10 billion U.S. dollars.
The most important thing is that the previous news about the agreement has not been revealed at all, so that the magical reporters were confused when they heard the news. It was really unexpected that the transaction volume reached tens of billions of dollars on the first day. Super big single is out.
Because of this, at this Abu Dhabi Defense Exhibition, various media learned the lessons they were caught off guard the last time. Not only did they send outstanding soldiers to participate in the report, they also inquired about relevant internal situations from various exhibitors. See if there is a chance to break the news in advance.
Among them, as the leader of the media in the Gulf region, Al Jazeera, which has a strong influence in the Middle East, has become the focus of attention.
Different from Western media in Europe and America, the advantage of Al Jazeera is that they have close ties with the royal families of the Gulf countries, and it is easy to get close to the royal families of various countries to keep an eye on the order.
Its accuracy is much more accurate than that of European and American media outlets, because many media people who have connections with Al Jazeera will come to ask about it, consciously or unconsciously.
At this time, Koji Ozawa, a media person from Nippon Television, caught the interview reporter of Al Jazeera TV station in Japan, and Khalid, who is now transferred back to headquarters, asked the situation very sincerely.
Because he learned from the insiders of Mitsubishi Aviation Manufacturing Institute that the MRJ-7090 series regional airliner developed by Japan is very likely to win orders at this defense exhibition.
The buyer is a very influential country in the Gulf. U U Reading www.uukanshu.com
Koji Ozawa did not believe it at first, because the first prototype of the MRJ-7090 series of regional airliners has just completed the second round of ground static tests, and the third prototype for the first flight has just rolled off the assembly line, and it will have to wait until the end of the year at the earliest. It flew for the first time and got the order as a result.
If it is Boeing and Airbus Kobayashi Koji can understand, after all, the brand and reputation of the giants are there. The new model is the same as the current off-plan housing transactions in some parts of East Asia. There is no need to build a house, only one. A beautiful model can sell the house all the way.
Airbus and Boeing hold the models of the new models in the international market for a while, and they can get large orders from airlines.
But the question is that giants like Airbus and Boeing are fine, can Mitsubishi do it?
So Koji Kobayashi did not listen and believe, but approached Khalid to verify it.
Khalid said with a meaningful smile: “This time, you Japan and your neighbor South Korea have made gains, but that big country in the East is a bit unsatisfactory. So far I haven’t heard any wind of transactions. I guess this The trip is here again in vain…