For the next two hours, the two sides argued back and forth over the number of missiles, their faces flushed with anger.

But no matter how much they argued, neither of them intended to give up on the deal.

After Andrei doubled his quantity, Shen Dong decided to stop while he was ahead, saying, "If you agree to one condition, then there will be no problem."

Andrei frowned and asked, "What are your conditions?"

He was getting annoyed by Shen Dong's difficult behavior.

If the army hadn't run out of money, he would never have had anything to do with Shen Dong again, even if it meant being beaten to death.

Shen Dong said, "I bought your tanks and rocket launchers, but I can't produce the shells, which is unacceptable to me. I hope you can sell me two shell production lines."

Andrei said without hesitation, "That's impossible."

Shen Dong shrugged and said, "Alright. Then I'll just have to buy them from Xia. Anyway, everyone uses the same type of shells."

Andrei coughed and said, "It's not that we can't discuss it. However, artillery shell production lines aren't cheap."

Shen Dong asked, "How much?"

Andre thought for a moment and said, "At least fifty million US dollars."

Shen Dong said without hesitation, "Thirty million US dollars is the limit I can accept."

The two sides started haggling again, and finally settled on a price of 35 million US dollars, but the North Soviet Union had to hand over the relevant manufacturing technology.

Production lines for artillery shells and rockets are not high-tech. With sufficient technical data and funding, Shen Dong could easily manufacture several production lines within a year.

Once the general direction was determined, the subsequent negotiations went very smoothly.

At 5 p.m., the negotiations concluded. Shen Dong shook hands with Andrei and said, "It was a pleasure working with you."

Andrei smiled and said, "It's a pleasure to cooperate with you."

That evening, Andre threw a lively celebration party for Shen Dong.

After a few rounds of drinks, Shen Dong pulled Andre, who was already quite drunk, to a secluded corner for a chat.

"General Andrei, are we friends now?"

"certainly."

"Okay, I'd like to have your contact information. If you need to buy any weapons in the future, or if you want to sell any weapons, you can contact me directly. I can't guarantee anything else, but the price will definitely satisfy you."

“Chen, my brother, to tell you the truth, our military region will only get 30% of the profits from this arms deal, while the other 70% will go to the higher levels of the government. This distribution ratio has caused great dissatisfaction within our military region. After all, we are the ones who provide the ships and aircraft, so why should we get so little? If they hadn’t promised to replenish the ships and aircraft they sold to us within two years, we would never have agreed.”

Given the economic situation in Northern Soviet Union, the idea of ​​building ships and aircraft within two years was simply a joke.

Shen Dong inwardly scoffed, then said, "General Andrei, I believe we still have a chance to cooperate. This is just a small token of my appreciation; please accept it."

Andrei took the check and, seeing the many zeros on it, immediately perked up.

He shook his head vigorously and looked at it for a while before he could see that it was a check for three million US dollars. His face lit up with a big smile.

"Chen, you really are my good brother. If you need anything in the future, just give me a call, and I will do my best to help you."

Andrei hugged Shen Dong tightly and patted his back hard.

Shen Dong smiled and said, "I'll definitely need to trouble you again in the future."

The drunk Andrei never realized that Shen Dong was speaking Northern Soviet language, and that he spoke it more fluently than he was.

After the banquet, Shen Dong returned to the hotel and called the old man.

"Xiao Shen, is there some good news?"

"Sir, I don't know if this counts as good news. Two Sovremenny-class destroyers with twenty missiles, and forty aircraft with one hundred and sixty missiles, cost a total of 2.3 billion US dollars. Adding the 230 million US dollar kickback, the total comes to 2.53 billion US dollars."

"This is absolutely good news, and the money was well spent."

"As long as you feel it's worthwhile, that's fine. Old man, I will send brothers from the Tenglong mercenaries to Vladivostok to learn aircraft and warship maintenance and operation for three months, with a number of about five hundred people. I will only send fifty people as a symbolic gesture, and the remaining four hundred and fifty will all be yours. This is a once-in-a-lifetime learning opportunity, and you would better select suitable candidates within three days to come to Vladivostok with my men."

The old man was overjoyed and said, "You mean I can learn a skill?"

Shen Dong said, "Twenty-five billion US dollars? That can be called the world's largest arms deal. Why shouldn't they teach us the technology? I will withhold five hundred million US dollars. If they don't teach our people, I won't give them the money."

The old man laughed heartily and said, "That's great. Little Shen, you don't know, the weapons we bought before, once they broke down, we had to call their people to repair them, which was very detrimental to the independence and autonomy of our military industry. Now, we can learn from this experience and make up for the lessons we learned before."

Shen Dong said, "I will leave three million US dollars for our technical staff, specifically to bribe the military experts in the Northern Soviet Union. They can ask us directly about anything they don't know before. It will be ten thousand US dollars per question, and I believe they will be happy to earn this consulting fee."

The old man said happily, "A businessman is a businessman, and you're really good at thinking. The government will cover this cost."

Shen Dong said, "No need. I also gained some benefits through this negotiation, so consider this three million US dollars as my thank-you fee."

The old man solemnly said, "Young Shen, on behalf of the Xia Kingdom government, I thank you for your contributions to the country."

Shen Dong smiled and said, "Grandpa, can you not be so serious? You're making me a little nervous."

"Ha ha ha ha"

The old man laughed heartily.

Three days later, a team of 500 people arrived in Vladivostok, including 100 naval personnel, 120 air force personnel, and 280 military technical personnel.

The allocation of personnel demonstrates the importance that the Xia Kingdom's military places on military technology.

Shen Dong didn't believe that the Vladivostok Legion couldn't tell who these people were, but they all chose to turn a blind eye, mainly because they didn't want to offend Shen Dong, a major client.

After another week, seeing that everything was on track, Shen Dong left Vladivostok on a special plane provided by the North Soviet Union military.

During this period, Shen Dong spent a full ten million US dollars and successfully became "brothers" with the high-ranking military officials in the Northern Soviet Union.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have received such high treatment.

Liu Xu followed Shen Dong as his translator throughout the entire process, which was quite an eye-opener for her.

In just twelve days, Shen Dong spent nearly two billion US dollars, equivalent to more than 10 billion yuan.

This is absolutely terrifying.

What does it mean to turn one's hand to make clouds or rain?

I finally got to see willow catkins.