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Facing General Constantine's fierce gaze, Lin Kaifeng showed no fear and said slowly, "If Comrade Constantine wants to make this deal as soon as possible, my bottom line is 25 million US dollars."

"Again, 10 million will be paid in cash, and the other 15 million will be paid to you in the form of goods supplied."

"For ten Su-27 fighters, I will pay you million US dollars and various materials worth million US dollars. This is the list I prepared in advance. Please take a look."

Lin Kaifeng took out a list of supplies written in Soviet language from his pocket.

The list was packed with materials that the Soviet Union was in urgent need of.

Food, daily clothing, wine, cosmetics, household appliances, high-end cigarettes, and brand-name jewelry.

After dozens of minutes of exchanges, General Constantine was convinced that this was Lin Kaifeng's bottom line and the other party would not give him a penny more.

"Mr. Lin and his men have come a long way, and they must be exhausted. You should go down and rest first. We will discuss the rest tomorrow."

General Constantine did not explain anything and called the guards to take Lin Kaifeng and his group to a designated location to rest.

As soon as Lin Kaifeng left, a man with the rank of lieutenant general walked into the command center from outside.

"Sir, what Lin Kaifeng said makes a lot of sense. If we want to leave this damn place and further our rights, we must make some choices."

The man who came in was named Sergei, and he was General Constantine's chief of staff and think tank.

Ten years ago.

Sergei was just a captain.

Ten years later, Sergei had been promoted to lieutenant general, becoming a senior general above countless others.

General Konstantin's idea of ​​doing an arms deal with the Northern Machine Group and obtaining a large amount of US dollars from the other party was closely related to Sergei's instigation.

Hearing this, General Constantine pulled out an exquisite cigar box from the drawer, took out a cigar and lit it.

Sergei said, "Sir, there is one thing Lin Kaifeng said that is very true. This is a different time. If we were still in East Prussia, we could get everything we wanted, but this is the Far East, and we can't get anything we want."

East Prussia is adjacent to the economically developed western Europe, and all kinds of high-end goods can be smuggled into the hands of the two men.

The Far East region borders the Dragon Kingdom, and behind it is the vast Soviet homeland.

In order to continue to maintain a life of debauchery and decadence, the only way to obtain money is from Longguo.

If Longguo refuses to purchase the Su-27 fighter jets, the two will probably find it difficult to find a second buyer in a short period of time.

The Western world is willing to spend a lot of money to buy Su-27 fighter jets, but the key issue is how to deliver the aircraft to them?

In addition to several army groups stationed in the Far East, there is also a fleet in the coastal area.

The fleet is under the jurisdiction of the naval department and has no hierarchical relationship with Admiral Constantine.

Selling fighter jets to the West by sea would certainly not be hidden from the fleet's surveillance.

This leaves General Constantine with only two options.

First, half of the profits seemed to be given to the fleet.

Second, allow the fleet to report the news to higher-ups.

General Constantine said in a distracted manner: "I understand what you said, but the problem is that the price offered by the Dragon people is too low.

They are only willing to spend 25 million to buy a fighter jet, which is far from what we need."

General Constantine's psychological price was 40 million per aircraft.

He was in a hurry to amass wealth because he and many senior generals had a pessimistic mindset.

The various problems of the Soviet Union had reached the point of being overwhelmed and it could fall from the throne of a superpower at any time.

Once the economy collapses, disarmament will become an inevitable choice.

In view of this.

General Constantine needed to prepare for a rainy day and deposit a large sum of money in an overseas bank.

Even if you leave the army, you can live the rest of your life in peace and stability.

Sergei said: "Lin Kaifeng did lower the price very low, but if Longguo is willing to continue to buy weapons from us, we can give them a proper discount this time."

Unlike General Ivanov, who only cares about money, Sergei has a clearer understanding of the situation.

The economy of Longguo is developing rapidly, and there will be more and more funds in hand.

Business requires steady progress. If the price of this transaction is too high, it will scare Long Guo away.

It is equivalent to actively closing the door to revenue generation.

Through this transaction, we successfully established business relations with Longguo.

It will be much easier to continue selling weapons in the future.

Moreover, materials can also be turned into money, it mainly depends on how to operate it.

There are a large number of wealthy people in the capital of the Soviet Union, and the demand for supplies is very urgent.

No matter how advanced the Su-27 fighter is, it can only be turned into money if it is sold.

If it can't be sold, it's just a pile of scrap metal.

General Constantine nodded and asked, "Sergei, do you really think that Longguo will do other weapons business with us?"

"Most definitely."

Sergei said with a confident smile on his face, "No one knows Dragon Country's overall military situation better than us in the Soviet Union. Apart from strategic weapons, Dragon Country has a lot of shortcomings in other conventional weapons."

"For many years, Longguo was suppressed by us and the United States. It had no chance to import weapons from abroad, let alone obtain data and information on various advanced weapons. Once it tasted the sweetness, even if we refused, Longguo would shamelessly cling to us and hope that we would continue to sell weapons to them."

For the sake of the future, it will never be a loss if you give up some interests appropriately.

The two men had just arrived and if they wanted to sell weapons in large quantities, they had to gain full control of several army groups.

Even though one of them was the commander-in-chief of the Far Eastern Army Group and the other was the chief of staff.

As long as the military group cannot be united and controlled by them, the risk will never disappear.

The people below may sell them out at any time.

"You have a point. This time, Lin Kaifeng gets the upper hand."

After saying this, General Constantine seemed to have unloaded a burden from his heart.

The Su-27 fighter is not his, nor is it Sergey's.

It's a no-cost business, you'll make money no matter how much the sale price is.

At most, they can give those below them some sweet taste, but the majority of the profits will still be taken by the two of them.

At noon the next day, General Constantine, accompanied by Sergei, hosted a luncheon for Lin Kaifeng.

During the banquet, General Constantine pretended to be embarrassed and spoke some official jargon.

Finally, ten Su-27 fighter jets were exported to Northern Machinery Group at a price of US$ million each.

Northern Machinery Group first transferred 100 million US dollars to the overseas account designated by General Constantine.

At the same time as the fighter jets enter the territory of Longguo, supplies worth 150 million US dollars will be transported to the Far East.

Three days later, at night, a large military airport under the Far East Army Group was brightly lit.

An hour ago, a regiment of soldiers entered the military airport.

In the name of carrying out a secret mission, temporary military control was imposed on the area.