Chapter 886: Falling Out, a Sky-High Fine of over 20 Billion

"Yes, it is true."

Cao Yang did not expect that the news could be kept secret.

So after Zhao Tianling asked, he admitted it directly.

This is not a shameful thing, what is there to admit?

It is even a manifestation of the strength of Venusstar Technology.

"This should be the largest military trade contract in Persia in the past ten years, right?"

"Aren't you afraid that the United States will have opinions?"

Zhao Tianling is very clear about the relationship between the United States and Persia.

Although they were good in the past, the situation is completely different after the change of dynasties.

Now it can be said that they are incompatible.

This large-scale sale of heavy transport helicopters to Persia is absolutely disgusting to the United States.

"We sell civilian products, what is there to be afraid of?"

"Besides, the United States already hates us so much, there is nothing to worry about."

Cao Yang knows that with the development and growth of Venusstar Technology, the military giants of the United States must hate it very much.

But he couldn't stop developing Venusstar Technology just because America would hate him.

Any way of giving up his weapons to please others would only end up hurting himself.

Cao Yang would not do anything that would destroy his own martial arts.

Whatever tricks America has, he would just take them on.

"You are still awesome. The selling price of this exported Kunpeng heavy transport helicopter should be more expensive than the domestic one, right?"

Zhao Tianling naturally knew the price of Kunpeng purchased by the relevant departments from Venusstar Technology.

He even felt great pressure from the price of Venusstar.

The purchase price of this heavy transport helicopter is only more than 100 million yuan, so how should the medium helicopters under AVIC be priced in the future?

Their cost control level is not as high as Venusstar Technology.

But if the selling price of medium transport helicopters is similar to that of heavy transport aircraft, how many units will consider purchasing helicopters from AVIC?

Thinking of this, Zhao Tianling was also overwhelmed.

"50 million US dollars a piece!"

"It's basically twice the price in China."

Cao Yang didn't hide it and said it directly.

Anyway, Zhao Tianling would be able to find out the news sooner or later.

If this price is released, the relevant departments in China will know that they have taken a big bargain.

Otherwise, some people may still think that it is not worth spending so much money to buy the Kunpeng heavy transport helicopter.

"50 million US dollars?"

"Doesn't that mean that the one-time order has reached 5 billion US dollars?"

Obviously, the sales price of Venustech Technology is a bit beyond Zhao Tianling's expectations.

In his opinion, the export order price can reach more than 30 million US dollars, which is actually good.

In China, many things exported are tax refunded.

If you really calculate it, the cost of export is actually lower than the cost of domestic sales products.

Just like a domestically produced car, if it can only make a 15% profit if it is sold for 500,000 in China, then in most foreign markets, the profit of the same price is higher.

Of course, except for places with particularly high tariffs.

"Mr. Zhao, this is just the beginning."

"With the rapid development of related industries in China, I believe there will be more and more similar transactions."

"In this world, it is impossible that all profitable businesses are taken away by Americans."

Cao Yang's attitude towards the United States is different from that of many people in China.

He knows that in the next ten years, the development of China's military industry will enter a fast lane.

Products that everyone did not believe in before will be launched one after another.

Products that others can produce, we can also produce.

China is making rapid progress, while other countries are standing still or moving forward slowly.

At that time, the gap between everyone will continue to narrow, and it is normal to achieve overtaking in some places in the end.

It seems that just as Cao Yang said, the Polar Bear Import and Export Corporation has actually felt this trend.

"Graba, Persia used to be our big customer. Last year, they also negotiated with us about the purchase of Mi-17 and other helicopters."

"But there was no conclusion in the end."

"Now, they suddenly signed such a large order with Venusstar Technology at the Lion City Air Show."

"If this trend continues, it will become increasingly difficult for us to export military products to Persia in the future."

"Even the markets of several countries next to India may be affected."

As representatives of the Polar Bear Import and Export Corporation, Prius and Graba handle a lot of export business of aircraft, missiles and other products every year.

They also usually attend major air shows around the world.

Only by better understanding the situation of competitors can we better play our advantages when assisting domestic factories to sell products.

Although the Kunpeng heavy transport aircraft of Venusstar Technology has been mass-produced last year, it has always been sold in China.

Now that they suddenly start to focus on the export market, they immediately feel the pressure.

After all, the market for heavy transport helicopters is relatively small, and the customers who plan to purchase such products are mainly those who come and go.

Now that the big customer Persia has been snatched away, it is definitely a major loss for Polar Bear.

After all, Persia cannot purchase the same type of products from the United States. In the past, it was either to develop it by itself or to buy it from Polar Bear.

Obviously, they do not have the strength to develop it by themselves, so they can only buy it from Polar Bear.

But after the Kunpeng of Venusstar Technology appeared, the situation naturally changed.

Before, relevant departments in China and domestic express delivery companies all asked Venusstar Technology to purchase Kunpeng, so Venusstar Technology gave priority to meeting domestic needs.

Now that production efficiency has increased and domestic supply is no longer tight, it is natural to start considering going global.

If this business is done well, it can be done for decades.

"There is no way, we can't produce their Kunpeng."

"Although our heavy transport helicopters have good performance in some places, their overall performance is not as good as theirs."

"Especially now that Venusstar Technology not only has Kunpeng similar to Boeing CH-47, but also products similar to Sikorsky's CH-53."

"It can be said that they can basically meet all market demands for heavy transport helicopters."

Although Graba thinks Venusstar is a threat, the other party is actually a customer of Polar Bear Import and Export Corporation.

In the past two years, the machine tools and other products produced by Nanshan Equipment imported through them are not few at all.

So he doesn't want to offend Venusstar Technology and other Nanshan companies.

Anyway, the related products cannot be exported, and the biggest losses are the related factories in Polar Bear. For their import and export corporation, as long as the overall business is up, it doesn't matter whose business they do.

"It is a heavy transport helicopter now, and there may be more products in the future."

"At the last Lion Air Show, Venustech exported a batch of drones and micro missiles."

"This shows that they have been conducting research on missile technology, and even rocket technology and missile technology are interlinked."

"Venustech's rocket technology is very powerful, and its missile technology will not be bad either."

"Maybe they will snatch away this part of the market in the future."

Prius's worry is not without any impact.

As the flagship product of Polar Bear, air defense missiles can be said to be the flagship product for export.

Even China has purchased some products such as S300.

If this market is snatched away by Venustech in the future, it will definitely be a huge loss for Polar Bear's military industry.

However, this has not happened after all, so Graba doesn't want to worry so much.

In his opinion, Nanshan-based companies have a large number of advanced products that are worth importing.

If they do a good job in this business, their position will be as stable as Mount Tai.

However, not everyone is as optimistic as Graba about the news that Venustech is selling 100 heavy transport helicopters to Persia.

At this moment, David of Boeing's face turned black after hearing the news.

An order of 100 helicopters, even if only 70 are Kunpeng and the other 30 are other products, is a very exaggerated number.

According to Boeing's export price, this is an order worth 10 billion US dollars.

Abandoning all the arrangements in the middle, Boeing can at least make more than 5 billion US dollars in profit.

In the face of such high profits, whoever dares to stand in the way will be destroyed.

"John, Venustech is becoming more and more arrogant, which has seriously threatened the core interests of the United States."

David called John as soon as the plane landed.

Boeing itself has not had many ways to deal with Venustech, so David thought of the Pentagon.

It is obviously more appropriate for John to take the lead in this matter.

And it can also mobilize the forces of all parties as quickly as possible.

He believed that it was not just Boeing and Sikorsky that were dissatisfied with Venustech.

"I have also heard that Venustech has signed a contract with Persia to purchase 100 heavy transport helicopters in exchange for oil."

"Conservatively estimated, the transaction amount this time is more than 5 billion US dollars, which is the largest procurement contract in Persia in recent years."

"Although Venus has always promoted Kunpeng heavy transport helicopters as civilian products, everyone knows what Persia buys these aircraft for."

"The so-called civilian products are simply untenable."

John and David are old acquaintances.

Although they each have some small actions behind the scenes, their positions on major issues are definitely the same.

For example, dealing with Persia is almost the common consciousness of all Americans.

A relevant bill was introduced more than ten years ago, and after several revisions, the "Persian Trade and Sanctions Act" was introduced.

In their view, Venus Technology's approach is definitely a serious violation of this bill and a provocation to the United States.

Not to mention that they are using the same type of products as Boeing and Sikorsky's flagship products to exchange with Persia.

This has further stimulated the Americans.

Although a series of policies to suppress Nanshan companies were just passed last year, both John and David felt that something needed to be done now.

After all, many people in the international community are actually waiting for the United States to make a statement.

Once Persia can obtain heavy transport helicopters by exchanging crude oil for aircraft, then other countries such as North Korea can naturally adopt similar other solutions to obtain heavy transport helicopters and other products.

Furthermore, this trade may give Persian crude oil many more sales channels.

Other countries and companies may follow suit and adopt barter to conduct some transactions with Persia.

This can also avoid sanctions and financial settlement issues to a certain extent.

"Yes, I think the relevant departments must severely punish Venustech this time and teach it a very serious lesson."

"Otherwise, they will be more arrogant in the future and continue to export some sensitive products to our opponents."

"This is absolutely unacceptable."

David feels that he is now the embodiment of justice.

Venustech is an evil company, and he must defeat it for the Americans.

The moral bottom line of these people has always been very low, and they can adjust it at any time according to their needs.

"Do you have any specific suggestions?"

"If we just protest and announce some sanctions, it may not be able to make the other party feel the pain directly."

John felt that since David called him, he should have had some ideas.

As the vice president of Boeing, David's opinions are still worthy of John's attention.

After all, Boeing has a huge influence in the American capital circle and political circles.

They were once the pride of American manufacturing.

"In the past, we have used all the conventional sanctions. It is meaningless to continue to adopt similar plans now."

"I think we should just come up with a simple and rough plan and let the relevant departments directly fine Venusstar Technology."

"Didn't they sign a big order with Persia?"

"Then we will fine them until they lose all their money and make them regret doing business with Persia."

"It's fine to mix well in China, but they have to go to the international market. This is something we absolutely cannot accept."

David gave his opinion decisively.

Although Persia will not buy CH-47 from Boeing even if it does not buy Kunpeng heavy transport helicopters from Venusstar Technology.

But at this time, it is no longer a question of whether or not, but after Venusstar Technology begins to enter the international market, it will bring a huge impact on the export business of CH-47 as a whole.

For example, this time, if European countries knew that the price of Kunpeng heavy transport helicopters sold by Venusstar Technology to Persia was only 50 million US dollars, would they still be willing to spend 120 million US dollars to buy CH-47 with slightly inferior technical level from Boeing in the future?

Thinking of this, David's mood became worse.

Although Boeing is a big family, it can't afford such losses.

"The fine is a good plan, but can you be sure that Venusstar Technology will pay the fine?"

"The entire Nanshan Group of companies has no business in the United States. If they don't pay the fine at that time, it seems that we have no way to deal with it?"

John has been dealing with Venusstar Technology for a long time and knows that this is not an ordinary company.

If the other party doesn't have any leverage in his hands, it will be difficult to check and balance them.

The ticket will be issued, but it will be embarrassing if the fine cannot be collected.

John has suffered a lot in the past, and he doesn't want to suffer again this time.

However, David's view is obviously a little different from his.

"John, after the huge fine is announced, it may not be able to force Venusstar Technology to pay honestly in a short period of time."

"But this is equivalent to completely cutting off the development path of Venusstar Technology and other Nanshan companies in the United States."

"Even if the relationship between the two sides eases in the future and the relevant restrictions are lifted, they must pay the relevant fines honestly before they can continue to develop."

"In addition, we can also consider using allies to seize Venusstar Technology's funds to achieve this goal in the future."

"Besides, what if Venusstar Technology is really willing to pay the fine?"

David thinks that he must try it, anyway, this matter will not do any harm to Boeing.

As for whether the fine can be really recovered in the future, it is actually not important.

After all, even if the fine is recovered, it will not go into Boeing's pocket.

"Then I will communicate and contact to see how much the fine should be."

John thought about David's statement for a while and felt that it made sense.

Then let's get started first, so as to avoid the arrogance of Venusstar Technology.

Especially after signing a large order of 100 heavy transport helicopters with Persia this time, there will definitely be a lot of discussions about Venusstar Technology on the Internet.

Coupled with the exaggerated appearance of Venusstar 9 at the Lion City Air Show, its current popularity is definitely very high.

Even in half of the countries in the world, Venusstar Technology is well known by many people.

As a contact person for the Pentagon, John is still very capable.

In addition, this time there are companies such as Boeing and Sikorsky behind the scenes, and the United States quickly issued a formal punishment plan.

"Mr. Cao, the United States suddenly announced the punishment of our company, saying that we violated the relevant regulations on export control and imposed a sky-high fine of 3 billion US dollars."

Cao Yang was about to take a break, but Zhao Siyu called and reported a bad news.

If an ordinary company encountered such a thing, I am afraid the boss would faint immediately.

A sky-high fine of 3 billion US dollars is very rare.

For a normal company, I don’t know how many years it will take to earn a profit of 3 billion US dollars.

Obviously, the United States must have heard some news about the deal between Venusstar Technology and Persia.

You signed a $5 billion contract with Persia, so I fined 60% of the transaction amount.

According to normal logic, Venusstar Technology's business this time is definitely a loss.

Because the production cost of 100 heavy transport helicopters cannot be only $2 billion.

"The Americans are reaching out more and more."

"The first plane we delivered to Persia has not yet boarded the ship, and the ticket has already been issued."

There will be some actions on the American side, which is something Cao Yang had expected.

So now after listening to Zhao Siyu's report, he is not actually nervous.

The situation of Venusstar Technology is different from that of ZTE in the future.

People will pay the fine honestly, because if they don't pay, they will have to go bankrupt.

Without American chips, their company can't operate at all.

But Venustech is different. Whether it is Venus-9, Starlink satellites, or various drones and Kunpeng heavy transport helicopters, none of the chips and parts are purchased from the United States.

The other party has no way to directly threaten the survival of Venustech.

The worst case scenario is that Venustech only develops in China, which can actually make Venustech live well.

Because China's various procurement projects in the next ten years are very huge, which can fully support the rapid development of Venustech.

Not to mention that the influence of the United States is not that great. Even if Venustech cannot enter all countries in the world, it can enter many overseas markets.

"Yes, the other party said that if we do not pay the fine on time, then our global funds will be frozen."

"And it is not ruled out that more drastic measures will be used to implement relevant resolutions."

Although Zhao Siyu also anticipated that the United States would take some actions to suppress Venustech, he did not expect to be greeted with a $3 billion fine.

This is too cruel!

More than 20 billion yuan.

Venustech has not yet achieved profitability.

More than 20 billion can be used to produce hundreds of Morningstar 9 rockets.

"Let the Americans threaten us."

"We can't pay this fine."

The plan Cao Yang is going to take is to ignore it and completely ignore your existence.

Come and bite me if you have the guts.

The boss said so, even if Zhao Siyu was still a little uneasy in his heart, he had to agree in the end.

After all, he didn't have a better plan.

It is impossible for Venustech to raise funds to pay this sky-high fine, right?

If the United States wants to break up, then so be it.

Anyway, when more products of Venustech are exposed, it will surely cause great dissatisfaction among the American military giants.

So it is only a matter of time before the breakup occurs.

In this case, it doesn't matter if it's one day earlier or later.

At most, no one from Venustech Group will go abroad in the future.