Back in 1978, I was admitted to Northwestern Polytechnical University.

Chapter 159 Borrowing foreign currency to buy home appliances? No way!
Inside the exhibition area, in the terminal building and conference room.

"The Crying Kingdom has also run off to the East?" Sergiel-Dasso's eyes widened in disbelief.

His father was hospitalized, so he had to come here. Originally, he was secretly pleased, after all, his father had too much desire for power. He was already of retirement age, but he still had a lot of energy. If he kept going like this, he would have to retire too!

Now, he can finally stand on his own!

But... why is it another Asian?
He went to see Yi Tuo today, and even now, he can't forget the disdainful look in Yi Tuo's eyes.

So what if a Mirage 2000 costs $60 million? That's Dassault's most advanced fighter jet!
Mirage F1, didn't you Yitu have your eye on it for a long time? Now the upward curve of your lips makes it seem like you don't like it. Are Eastern planes really that good? And they're all a bunch of broken J-7s!

Now, even this potential customer, the Crying Country, has run away?

“Yes.” Delasco said with a look of utter disdain, “I really don’t know what kind of bewitching potion the Easterners have given them!”

"China Eastern Airlines' technology is very outdated. They sell airplanes at low prices, which is disrupting the market!" Samin also expressed his dissatisfaction from the side.

At two or three million US dollars per aircraft, how are other manufacturers supposed to sell them?
“Yes, what the Easterners are doing is going too far! We have to think of a way…” Sergiel Dassault knew that he had to take advantage of his father’s absence to make a name for himself and achieve something in order to gain his father’s approval. Only when his father stepped down would he have any hope.

Sergey Dassault paced back and forth in the room. After a few minutes, his eyes lit up: "What do you think about us marketing the Phantom 2000 to Asians?"

Everyone's eyes lit up with excitement! How wonderful!

If the news gets out that the East is stealing Dassault's business and Dassault is selling fighter jets to the East, everyone will know that the East only has low-end aircraft and that the East's aviation industry is backward!

In fact, they are lagging behind. They are about to enter the 1980s, and what the East has are still modified versions of the J-7, a fighter jet from the 1960s. Even with further modifications, it will still be a second-generation aircraft! The East needs advanced third-generation aircraft!
Thinking of this, Seger took a big step, wanting to walk outside, but... he stopped at the door.

"Now, we've gathered all the information on the Eastern Air Force. We're fully prepared. We'll go find Mr. Lin again and invite them to visit our Dassault factory. We'll let them know that Dassault's technology is advanced and far superior to theirs!"

"Okay, I'll go right now!" Delasco exclaimed excitedly.

The three-day professional day flew by, and many people felt exhausted, while others were as excited as if they had been injected with adrenaline.

Orientals!
This airshow saw nearly $500 million in transactions!

After leaving the airshow and returning to the hotel, everyone gathered for a meal, clinking glasses and enjoying themselves.

"Come on, Lao Liu, CATIC has really had a great time this time, let me toast you!"

"Old Shen? Come on, let's drink together!"

After downing a glass of wine, Old Shen leaned closer to Manager Liu: "Old Liu, we've had a great haul, we can't go back empty-handed, can we? Next, I'd like to go to Paris and do some shopping..."

Manager Liu's heart skipped a beat; this was probably going to put him in a difficult position.
"You CATIC have earned so much foreign exchange, lend me some, it doesn't have to be too much, $100,000 will be enough! I'll find a way to pay you back when I get back. Oh, and once I've bought everything, I'll need your help to transport it back with that Y-10..."

"Old Shen, this..." "What? You won't even help with this small favor? Or is there something you can't say?"

“We at CATIC do have some foreign exchange in our accounts, but most of the aircraft we sell use engines and avionics purchased from abroad. So, this money is just going through the motions in our accounts, like deposits for the RB199 engines and their avionics…”

"That's impossible! You took so much money, even if it was for the equipment, you wouldn't need that much! I just want $100,000, it's not like I'm not going to pay you back..."

Refrigerators, TVs, washing machines… I'd need to buy at least a dozen sets of these! With so many connections, they'd be gone in no time! This time, the foreign exchange application was smaller…

Wait, something's wrong!

His voice was so loud that everyone else at the table heard him clearly, and they all looked at him with complicated expressions.

"Manager Liu, you can't leave! You're a pillar of CATIC!"

Hearing that tearful voice, Manager Liu was instantly stunned. What did it mean? Leave? Or die?
He looked over and saw... Qin Liang.

"Manager Liu, when CATIC was first established, it was neglected and unloved. When we went abroad to sell fighter jets and applied for foreign exchange from relevant departments, no one would lend us any! We couldn't even borrow a hundred US dollars. Only a few comrades lent us the five US dollars they had saved after returning to China!"

As soon as those words were spoken, everyone at the dinner table fell silent.

Who knows the hardships CATIC endured back then? Now that they see CATIC making foreign exchange, they shamelessly come asking for it?
“Right now, the money we make from selling airplanes is public funds! Manager Liu, you've embezzled $100,000 of public funds. When you get back, you'll probably be in jail for a few years... I, Qin Liang, am just a nobody with no power, so I can only see you off here!”

"Seeing someone off?"

"That's right, you lent money to Leader Shen, but what about the other leaders? Who doesn't want to bring back some foreign goods? If you lend to this one, you'll have to lend to that one. In the end, you'll probably have to lend out millions. When you get back, you'll definitely be eating peanuts! Manager Liu, come, let me toast you..."

Manager Liu's face turned completely dark.

That's right, if Qin Liang hadn't reminded him, he almost made a serious mistake!
"That's right, we can't open this door! Old Shen, don't get me into trouble!"

Leader Shen looked at Qin Liang with a serious expression: "Qin Liang, stop exaggerating! If we're talking about embezzling public funds, you've embezzled the most! You've already been punished enough!"

"Really? Then tell me, what did I buy with the embezzled funds? I have no idea..." Qin Liang spoke in a drawn-out tone, as if he had drunk too much.

I did embezzle public funds, but the things I bought were all shared items. Even the television was already hanging in Class 5381! Besides, I embezzled funds from Northwestern Polytechnical University, not from China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. I didn't even touch it!

"Refrigerators, color TVs, washing machines? Leaders, we're not going abroad to satisfy our own desires, but for the development of our country! Cadres should take the lead, not the lead in taking. Is it something to be proud of to have a refrigerator, color TV, and washing machine at home? What leaders should do is ensure that all the people of our country have refrigerators, color TVs, and washing machines!"

Leader Shen's face flushed red and then turned pale. He took a deep breath: "That's right, Comrade Qin Liang is right, I accept your..."

Before the word "criticism" could even be uttered, a snoring sound could be heard; Qin Liang had already fallen asleep on the table!
(End of this chapter)