50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 740 One Finger, One Hundred Million
In all of Riyadh, if anyone is most concerned about the safety of the country, besides King bin Nayef, it is Salman.

After all, according to the succession law, he would be the next king after Nayef.

The problems Riyadh is facing now are not just about the planes in the sky.

Ever since the two neighbors started fighting, things have been non-stop here. Every now and then, planes from those two neighbors would roar over their airspace without even a greeting.

In the past few years, they fought their battles, and Riyadh didn't get involved; they just watched the show.

But as they watched, things started to go wrong. The two sides were attacking each other's oil trade routes in the Persian Gulf, and as a result, they even blew up Riyadh's oil tankers.

What's even more outrageous is that Scud missiles keep falling from the sky.

Those things aren't very accurate either. The two neighbors often exchange missile fire, and sometimes the missiles end up flying right into Riyadh's house. Who wouldn't be afraid of that?

As a result, the Riyadh family had to lend money to Baghdad as a form of protection money.

And then there was the last oil well explosion. Although neither side admitted it, he was certain that Hussein and his men were responsible.

Riyadh holds 28% of the world’s total oil reserves.

Although it's great to sleep with a golden baby every day, they never feel safe and always look for someone to cling to.

They used to rely on America's connections, and all the equipment in their home was imported from America in large quantities.

But when they tried to buy missiles this time, America refused, which made them very uneasy.

Therefore, the King has now elevated the importance of acquiring intermediate-range missiles to the point of being urgent.

Two days later, Salman arrived at the home of the young man to participate in an event. The young man's family had already informed them of their visit, so they cooperated with their act.

During this period, under the cover of a minibus, Salman secretly arrived in the capital, marking the first contact between the two sides.

Not long after, Sun Zhiwei in New York received an urgent mission from Lao Han, and at the same time, he learned what had happened.

It has to be said that the wealthy family is really rich. After seeing the actual No. 3 missile and its test launch, they were eager to buy it.

They originally wanted to buy long-range missiles, but our long-range missiles can reach 8000 kilometers.

That thing could reach from Riyadh to Beijing, and cover the whole of Europe. The impact would be too great; it definitely wouldn't work.

Therefore, the major buyers had no choice but to settle for second best and instead purchase the medium-range Type 3 missile.

The No. 3 missile can only reach 3000 kilometers, but that is enough to cover the entire Middle East and is certainly sufficient to deter neighbors.

The wealthy family has money, while our family is short of money. The two sides hit it off immediately, and the order intention was quickly agreed upon.

This time, the big spender plans to purchase 35 Type 3 missiles, along with the construction of the launch base, equipment maintenance, and personnel training packages.

They're prepared to bleed a lot this time because it's now our exclusive business; nobody else is selling it, so the price definitely won't be attractive.

But wealthy families are not short of money and don't care about prices; as long as they can buy it, they can set any price they want.

Thus, the legendary story of "one finger worth one hundred million" began to circulate.

It is said that when the wealthy family heard this story later, they were not angry at all, but rather very happy.

Because they achieved their goal, the money issue is unimportant.

For wealthy families, problems that can be solved with money aren't really problems; what they fear are problems that even money can't solve—those are the real headaches. We were completely caught off guard when they sold the No. 3 missile for $1 million; we've truly never seen such a generous customer.

When big spenders buy things, they really don't even haggle over the price. In the end, because they felt too embarrassed, the higher-ups made a decision to give them an extra item for every 35 they bought.

This led to the $35 billion order for 36 missiles.

But that's not the end of it. Buying the missiles isn't enough; the supporting equipment also needs to be complete.

Missiles need to be deployed, equipment needs to be maintained, operators need to be trained, and supporting vehicles, radars, etc. are also indispensable. This is a complete operating system.

Large purchasers, to avoid the hassle, always opt for package deals.

But we've never sold this kind of package before. How to set the price is a real headache. The relevant departments have held internal meetings again and again, but they still can't make a decision.

Ultimately, the major players, referencing the prices they paid when purchasing weapons from America, set a logistics support package price of $150 billion for themselves.

In other words, the total order amount was $185 billion, but the big clients confirmed the orders and were ready to pay without even blinking.

It has to be said that American arms dealers have really cultivated a high-quality customer over the years; they've even learned to set their own prices.

If we were to set a price, given the limited knowledge of those people in the import/export departments, they certainly wouldn't be able to come up with such an outrageous amount as $150 billion.

When it comes to wealthy families, we can only describe them with one word: extravagant.

Of course, China doesn't want to miss out on such a huge order worth $185 billion.

Our total foreign exchange reserves this year are only $50 billion. This is only because Sun Zhiwei provided two major positive news items, which allowed the country to benefit and thus increased the reserves significantly.

Before this, when there were no opportunities for oil futures and yen appreciation, the total foreign exchange reserves were only over 20 billion US dollars.

$185 billion, that's almost ten years' worth of savings for us.

We will definitely sell, but we also need to understand the reactions of the two superpowers to this order so we can prepare countermeasures.

The Russian family is one thing, after all, they've been at odds for so many years, so we can ignore them. But America is currently on good terms with them, so the Russian family is still a bit hesitant.

So, the task came up: his family wanted him to find a way to assess America's reaction to the matter.

What was the reaction? No reaction.

In the Middle East, Judah has long received support from America, but Riyadh is also a traditional ally. Every year, America earns a lot of money from arms sales and oil deals.

Riyadh's request to purchase intermediate-range missiles was rejected because it was vetoed by forces within America that supported Judah.

However, America's domestic situation is not monolithic; there are those who oppose it and those who support it.

Supporters argue that Judah's power has grown too rapidly; last time, he even defeated seven opponents single-handedly. If Judah continues to expand, what will become of them?

America also has its own interests in various Middle Eastern countries.

Moreover, in America's mind, there have never been any true allies; restricting or even controlling allies has always been America's domestic strategy.

Now that Judah is so powerful, he definitely needs to be restrained.

(End of this chapter)