Chapter 126: If the price is cheap, then increase the quantity!

This is settled!

After the meeting ended, everyone felt extremely shocked; no matter how you looked at it, the French seemed to be at a greater disadvantage.

On the return trip, everyone still felt confused.

"San Shui, what do you say, why would the French agree to this cooperation?"

"It's not because their technology is indeed poor." Qin Miao said: "With our technical support, their engine technology can advance further, and of course, this is also important for us."

We have the hollow-blade perforating technology, but drilling those holes into the turbine blades of the Arrius 1 turboshaft engine requires cooperation with the French, which is much faster than figuring it out ourselves!

"Now that we're cooperating, what about those original data..."

"The original data certainly can't be returned to the French; it's the most valuable data, and as long as we study it thoroughly, it's equivalent to having undergone forward development."

"Exactly!" Zhou Lao Shi said excitedly: "Over the next few years, I will thoroughly study those data!"

"Well, everyone, the hard work lies ahead!"

The cooperation project was completed, and Qin Miao retired having achieved his goal; in the next few days, it was still more important to accompany his wife in reviewing textbooks. That day, upon returning home, Chu Miaomiao was still reviewing her lessons in Qin Miao's room—one teaching, one learning, truly diligent. When he checked the time, it was already 11:30 again.

Chu Miaomiao made the bed, Qin Miao climbed up, and in less than a minute, he was snoring like thunder.

Chu Miaomiao got into bed, turned off the light, and soon they were sharing the blanket; in this winter, sleeping squeezed together is warmer.

A week passed quietly.

And thus exam week arrived!

Inside the classroom, no one spoke; everyone kept their heads down, continuing to read, until footsteps sounded outside.

"Classmates, please put away your textbooks and place them at the back of the classroom; if during the exam you are found to have books nearby, even if you don't look at them, it counts as cheating, and Harbin Institute of Technology imposes strict penalties for cheating..."

Clatter……

Everyone had gathered their textbooks and placed them at the back of the classroom, their faces still tense.

Zhao Wanli glanced at the seat next to Chu Miaomiao; it had almost always been empty, and it would be better if no one came now, otherwise the pressure on everyone would be too great.

Chu Miaomiao looked outside; this morning, San Shui had said he would also come to take the exam, but after just finishing breakfast, he was called away by Zhou Lao Shi—his not coming is the right thing, to avoid putting pressure on everyone.

The exam papers began to be handed out; Chu Miaomiao looked at the first question, which San Shui had given her to focus on reviewing, and she even had the answer memorized!

The second question, also reviewed, San Shui had taught her a simple method.

The third question……

Chu Miaomiao's excitement grew; every question had been reviewed, she was sure to score full marks on this test! Losing even a point would be disrespect to San Shui's hard work tutoring her.

Half an hour later, Chu Miaomiao had finished the entire exam paper; seeing other students still working, some with worried frowns, she restrained her urge to turn in the paper early, so as not to put too much pressure on classmates—one should be decent.

Thus, Chu Miaomiao began checking her work.

One pass, two passes, three passes……

Finally, the bell to turn in the papers rang.

"Ah... I'm going to fail, my advanced math is going to fail!" Wang Fang's eyes were full of despair: "These problems are so hard!"

"Yeah, this question involves a huge amount, there's a lot of data to calculate; I don't even know how many mistakes I made." Liu Cui Ping also looked dejected.

"Miaomiao, are you confident?"

Seeing the two friends' expressions, Wang Fang shook her head: "I... also lack confidence."

"What lack of confidence? Classmate Chu Miaomiao finished in half an hour."

"Zhao Wanli, how do you know that?"

"I... I want to get first place, so naturally I paid more attention to the competition; Chu Miaomiao, you're amazing, I admire you."

Now Zhao Wanli is sunny and sincere, without his previous scheming, more open and confident: "Although I'm not as fast as you, I believe I will definitely score full marks."

"Wow... you're putting on an act... Wanli, you have to treat us to lunch today!"

"This is just the first subject; once all exams are over, I'll treat everyone to a meal and spend all my meal tickets!"

The boys left, and Chu Miaomiao looked at her two friends: "Let's go, today at noon I'll treat you..."

Wang Fang and Liu Cui Ping had already walked away: "You and your San Shui go eat; we don't want to be a third wheel."

"Exactly, sticking together day and night..."

Chu Miaomiao's face instantly turned red, but... we have proof, we are aboveboard! San Shui also doesn't know if he'll come back at noon...

Red Flag Boiler Factory.

"Come, Hasang, do you see? This is the truck cannon we're producing for you!" Qin Miao pointed at the rows of vehicles being modified in the workshop and said: "Now, production of this batch of truck cannons is nearly complete; they'll leave the factory within a week, then be loaded onto railway trains, transported to the port, and shipped out to sea!"

"Good, good, good, this delivery speed is really fast!" Hasang nodded satisfied; this project is his responsibility, and after returning last time he had always felt uneasy, but now coming back, it actually can be delivered!

Ordering from the West, there's no such speed!

"Also, the long-range weapon you proposed last time, after my efforts, the superiors have finally agreed, deciding to sell a ground-to-ground missile to you!"

"What?" Hasang widened his eyes; this time he came, receiving the truck cannon already satisfied him, but he didn't expect there to be an even bigger gift!

"This ground-to-ground missile has a range of 150 kilometers and a warhead weight of 500 kilograms; it's a real big killer. Originally the superiors weren't selling it, but... thanks to my father-in-law's help, they still agreed!"

"Good, good, great!" Hasang was very excited: "When I return this time, I'll report to His Majesty the King, and also inform Uday and Kusseh; they'll surely like it... How much does this missile cost?"

"We're friends, so the price of this missile will of course be the lowest. By the way, how much does a Scud missile cost on the international arms market?"

"150,000 dollars."

Countless grass-mud horses floated above Qin Miao's head—damn those Russians, no honor! The Scud missile sells so cheap; how am I supposed to sell my Red Flag-2 modified missile?

"Our missile only needs $50,000!"

I miscalculated; earlier I had dreamed of selling it for $50,000, but now I must compete with the Scud—if it's more expensive than the Scud, it simply won't sell!

However, a low unit price isn't important; we can make up for it in quantity!

"The military unit there has approved an export quantity of one thousand missiles, with fifty launch racks included. Brothers, you must seize the opportunity and buy back this batch of missiles; who knows when the next chance to purchase will be?"