novelones Chapter 179: I got LVMH shares and traded cans for airplanes?
Chapter 179: I got LVMH shares and traded cans for airplanes?
The TV is showing the news that the FBI captured the drug lord Rafael alive.
Through the media's live broadcast, people saw the burning wreckage.
A crashed Black Hawk, rows of body bags...
All of them show the brutality of the battle.
The footage of Raphael being captured is sobering.
Greenspan's hand holding the cigar trembled slightly, because he was sure that Kilbart must have died in this operation, but there was no news about it in the media.
It seems that his death made no waves.
That's the heir to the Rothschild family!
Greenspan smelled a conspiracy. As a politician active in the financial market and political arena, what he is best at is protecting himself wisely.
He called his assistant and put a big x on the proposal to sanction Peninsula Technology.
After doing all this, Greenspan also breathed a sigh of relief, but he still had to do what his masters told him.
He thought for a long time and asked his assistant to write a proposal for him to strictly prohibit the export of key technologies and equipment, intending to covertly target the high-tech industries of the peninsula and Dongzhou.
Wang Lei also received a call from Akhben.
"Lee, your men did such a good job, the FBI thought they really killed my brother accidentally.
My father regards family honor as more important than life. For the sake of the family’s face, he asked me to handle this matter in a low-key manner. "
"Congratulations, sister. When will the things you promised me be delivered?"
Akhben's good mood suddenly disappeared, and he wanted to bite Wang Lei hard twice.
"Hmph, let your agent come over. Your identity is too conspicuous and can easily arouse the imagination of interested people."
"Of course."
Wang Lei was in a good mood for a while, and there has been a lot of good news recently.
First, the peninsula made more than one billion U.S. dollars in revenue, and orders from Asmyna were also softened. Xizhou and Meiguo gave orders of more than 20 billion U.S. dollars to support Asmyna.
This is the first money back that Wang Lei has seen since entering the lithography machine industry.
He was a bit dumbfounded that these billions of dollars had not yet been used as research and development funds for two major manufacturers.
It is definitely not possible to continue like this. The listing of Peninsula and ASML is imminent.
Moreover, the semiconductor market is now optimistic about the two small factories that have accumulated a lot of experience, and their valuations are no longer the same.
At this moment, his big brother suddenly sounded.
"Mr. Wang, congratulations."
It turned out to be Manager Xiao, whom I hadn’t contacted for a long time.
"Why does Representative Xiao want to congratulate me suddenly?"
"do not you know?"
“The official daily newspaper spent an entire page describing the significance of Peninsula Technology’s development of a new era of lithography machines, and praised the Wang Group’s great contribution to Oriental Microelectronics... The great innovations of you and your group are shocking. The entire Longguo scientific research community, a group of old experts from Sanshi Technology Company are clamoring to go to the peninsula for exchange and study."
Speaking of this, Representative Xiao couldn't help but smile. Xiao Wang always brought them too many surprises.
Every now and then there will be some big news.
"82 years ago, our mainland's research and development of lithography machines was not much slower than that of the beautiful country. Because of the market transformation, we attracted foreign investment on a large scale. If you think you can buy it, don't make it yourself..."
When it comes to lithography machines, Representative Xiao is full of emotions.
Wang Lei knows this history.
In the 80s, Long Huguo began to introduce foreign capital on a large scale.
Trading the market for technology and space for time, the trade, industry and technology route squeezes the space for the growth of independent technology.
Many state-owned enterprises have been undergoing transformation. Technologies have been discontinued, projects have been stagnant, and the idea of "it is better to build than to buy, and to buy is worse than to rent" has taken over the mainstream.
This includes the photolithography machine project.
"Then why did you come here this time..."
"It is Longwei and some companies who want to buy a few lithography machines, and Long Institute of Science and Technology hopes that Peninsula can authorize some key patents. The patent fees and equipment fees will be based on market prices."
"It won't make you feel embarrassed."
"Of course not. I'm open for business, why would I feel embarrassed?"
Wang Lei knows the R&D capabilities of the mainland. Even if these patents are not authorized at this time, as long as the machine is bought and disassembled a few times, it will be imitated sooner or later.
After finalizing the sale of 10 photolithography machines with Wang Lei, Representative Xiao hesitated to speak.
"Mr. Xiao Wang, there is one more thing I want to trouble you with."
"Representative Xiao and I are still being polite. If you have anything to say, just say it directly."
"Have you heard about Mou Zhongzhong's canned goods being exchanged for airplanes?"
Mou Zhongzhong, an entrepreneur, has polarizing reputations. Some say he is a businessman who is good at speculation, while others say he is the richest liar.
However, in Wang Lei's view, any cat that can catch mice is a good cat, and Mou is a speculator. He may have taken advantage of the times and made some quick money, but his nature is tens of millions of times better than some traitors.
"I heard that it was indeed a good job."
The other party boldly took advantage of the time difference in the transaction and mortgaged the aircraft to the bank without telling Sichuan Airlines, and then used the loan to buy goods from Russia.
After several flips, he finally succeeded in exchanging 500 truckloads of light industrial goods (including cans) for four airplanes, making a profit of nearly 1 million.
That was 90 million in the early [-]s. How many people would be jealous to death.
“Four aircraft cannot meet the needs of Sichuan Airlines. China Eastern Airlines and several civil aviation companies are in urgent need of large aircraft after their restructuring.
Recently, China Eastern Airlines is preparing to open a route from Shanghai to Tokyo...
Our department hopes that the Wang Group can once again stand up and solve the urgent needs of civil aviation. "
After hearing what Representative Xiao said, Wang Lei thought deeply for a long time.
He thought of Pan Am Airways, which had just declared bankruptcy.
Founded in 1927, Pan Am grew rapidly after World War II and became the world's largest international airline in the 20s.
In the decades that followed, Pan Am began a golden age of aviation.
Pan American is also the first Boeing 747 order customer.
As early as April 1966, an order was placed with Boeing for 4 Boeing 25s.
The oil crisis and a series of poor decisions by Pan Am management led Pan Am to file for bankruptcy in January 1991.
Pan Am’s greatest legacy is its more than 200 large aircraft!
He responded decisively:
“If there is a shortage of large civilian aircraft, I have channels to purchase a batch of second-hand large aircraft.
I am confident to bring 25 Boeing 747s to China Eastern Airlines!"
Representative Xiao was stunned when he heard this. At first, he just hoped that Wang Lei would buy a few planes from Daye through his connections to meet China Eastern Airlines' new routes. As a result, the other party directly expressed his confidence to buy 25 planes.
"Mr. Wang, of course the more Boeing 747s, the better, but China Eastern Airlines may not have that much budget."
Buying a second-hand Boeing 747 is cheap.
全新的波音747一架大约4.184亿美元，二手打五折出售也需要2亿美元，25架那就是50亿！
"I want to invest in a shareholder airline in the form of aircraft shares!"