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Chapter 102 Negotiations

This is truly a windfall; a hundred planes just fell into our laps.

For a long time to come, we won't have to worry about sales figures.

However, there was one thing that made him uncomfortable: his perfectly good business jet was being used as an air taxi.

"Okay, then we'll take the best."

After all this talk, I still don't know your name. How rude of me!

"My name is Yan Hang. Why don't we sit down over there and talk?"

The white-robed camel, feeling the strain on its legs from standing for so long, readily agreed.

Follow him toward where Li Zhenhua was sitting.

On the way, the white-robed camel told him its name and shook his hand as it did so.

"Okay, Yan, my name is Emir Ahmed ibn Abdulaziz ibn Abdulaziz al-Rahman al-Saud."

This is my full name. You can call me Ahmed. Emir is my title. I'll explain the meaning of my full name to you when I have time later.

As they were talking, the two had already arrived at the desk, and Li Zhenhua saw them.

Yan Hang settled the camels down and introduced them to each other briefly.

At this moment, Li Zhenhua looked at Ahmed as if he were a sucker.

It turns out that pies really do fall from the sky; what I thought was just a legend actually happened right beside me.

At this moment, Ahmed spoke up, "You all know why I'm here, so what do you think? Should you take this order?"

After he finished speaking, he and Yan Hang said the same thing in unison.

"Of course we'll take it! We'll take this order!"

As soon as he said it, he immediately regretted it. He wasn't even one of the people from Hongdu Factory, so what right did he have to interrupt?

He smiled somewhat awkwardly at Yan Hang, who then picked up the conversation and continued answering his questions.

"I mean, on behalf of Hongdu Machinery, we accept your order for these 100 aircraft."

A hand emerged from the white robe and patted the hand on the thigh.

It seems that slapping one's thigh is a universal stress response.

Perhaps the slaps hurt a bit, because he made faces and recovered for a while before continuing to ask Yan Hang questions.

"I don't know how long it will take you to complete one aircraft, but our need for aircraft is urgent."

Some people in China have had enough of relying on buses or driving themselves for transportation between cities.

They desperately need a fast and free way to travel.

Yan Hang was stumped by the question, as he had no idea about his factory's production capacity.

After all, getting this production line up and running isn't just a matter of assembly on his end.

From raw materials to the aircraft rolling off the production line, this involves a series of issues.

"Mr. Ahmed, I cannot give you an exact production figure right now."

Because this is a new model, we have a lot of tasks to complete in the early stages.

Adjusting the production line and reassigning workers all take time.

I can only tell you now that the estimated production of these 100 aircraft is our current annual output.

Of course, this is the initial speed; the speed should increase as you become more proficient!

Ahmed did the math and realized he would have to wait about a year to receive all the goods.

Considering the timeline for domestic infrastructure development, the arriving planes will be just enough to fill the gap left by the newly repaired small airport.

This can be considered an early pilot project for the city-to-city connectivity project, Ahmed said to the two of them.

"Hmm, I'm quite satisfied with this timing, as long as I submit a batch every month."

Perhaps your production capacity is just enough to meet the needs of the developed areas within our country.

Hearing that the other party did not mention the delivery time again, Yan Hang felt a great weight lifted off his shoulders.

They also began discussing the next key issue: the price.

However, these two people have completely opposite attitudes toward the issue of price.

Yan Hang was on high alert, while Ahmed seemed indifferent.

"As you should know, our Kyushu products have always been known internationally as the epitome of high quality at low prices."

This aircraft will be no exception; our aircraft are definitely not expensive.

These two blank-plate aircraft, equipped with a 1.2L engine, are priced at 1500 million Kyushu yen and 230 million US dollars.

The aircraft equipped with a 1.8L engine is even cheaper, priced at only 1450 million and 220 million US dollars.

Including renovations, each unit costs approximately 500,000 Kyushu Coins. How about it? Are you satisfied with the price?

After Yan Hang finished speaking, he was still a little uneasy, since the price he was offering was for retail, not wholesale.

It's unclear whether Ahmed will be dissatisfied with the price after hearing it.

Li Zhenhua witnessed everything that just happened. He had initially thought that the camel's act of being taken advantage of was intentional.

But what happened next made him realize that this was exactly the same mentality as that of a nouveau riche.

"Okay, let's go with your price. I didn't expect it to be only 15 million, plus 500,000 for renovations, it's only 15.5 million, right?"

As he spoke, he took out his phone and calculated the price, which wasn't difficult to determine.

Ahmed carefully examined the zeros after the numbers, completely ignoring them.

"Yan, I must say, your products are indeed cheap."

All in all, those 100 planes only cost me a little over a billion.

I thought you looked so nervous that you were going to ask us for a really high price!

How about this, let's not calculate it based on this price?

How about we set the price at 1600 million Kyushu dollars or 250 million US dollars per aircraft?

This opened Li Zhenhua's eyes; he had only heard about it before.

This is truly a bizarre case of someone willing to pay more to round up the price to a whole number.

The contract was drafted by both parties and they signed it.

At this point, Hongdu Factory officially received an order for 100 aircraft.

With their order issues resolved, Ahmed set his sights on Li Zhenhua.

"Yan, the man next to you, according to the introduction, is he the designer of the aircraft engines we want to buy?"

Upon hearing his name mentioned, he reached out his hand to Ahmed again.

"Let's get to know each other again. I'm Li Zhenhua, an aircraft engine designer!"

They clasped hands briefly, then released them.

"Li, it's a pleasure to meet you."

"You're so young, yet you've achieved so much; you're already designing airplane engines!"

Yan Hang, watching the two chatting, chimed in.

"He's a genius. Despite his young age, he already owns a company worth over 100 million."

Oh, by the way, since you've ordered a hundred airplanes from us, I'll take the liberty of giving you a gift.

This motorcycle was designed by Zhenhua himself. It's no ordinary motorcycle; it even uses a radial engine!

Ahmed realized what was happening and immediately understood.

"Is it that motorcycle that caused such a sensation during its transcontinental ride?"

Hearing his words, Li Zhenhua was also somewhat incredulous, not expecting that the other party would actually know this.

"Yes, that's what my company made."

The three then chatted about the motorcycles for a while until all the people in white coats disembarked from the plane.

Ahmed then bid farewell to Yan Hang and led his white-robed army toward the military aircraft area.

Watching the departing white-robed camels, Li Zhenhua couldn't help but think to himself.

"I wonder where they'll go next to continue their shopping spree!"

This chapter has 2200 words. I'm too sleepy today, I owe 1000 words, I'll make up for it tomorrow. I'm going to catch up on my sleep now.

(End of this chapter)