Chapter 292 Doubts, Prepare to Investigate
Sure enough, as he expected, the screen showed the bizarre scene that happened at last year's air show.
Lin Siqiao also took a look. The image quality of home video cameras of this era was not very clear, and there was no sound, but the contrast in the picture was quite obvious.
The first aircraft is the one for which China signed the letter of intent this time.
After completing a series of difficult dives and sharp turns, the plane circled the entire airport at an ultra-low altitude.
From the perspective of performance and technology alone, it does represent the highest level of this era.
The other aircraft that came on stage later was domestically produced, and there was no difference in appearance between the two aircraft.
However, the plane suddenly stalled and crashed shortly after taking off.
The entire video was only a few minutes long. After it ended, Ambassador Dong looked at Mr. He.
"Mr. He, this was sent over by someone from the airline this morning."
"In addition, they left a message asking whether we had thought about the contract and when it could be finalized."
He shook his head after hearing this. "The price they quoted shows that they are not sincere about selling the product. We won't be able to reach any conclusion if we go there."
"How do we sign this contract?"
Ambassador Dong had also heard about the fact that Fang was raising prices on the spur of the moment.
But today he also received a secret message from the organization, and the meaning was very clear.
It would be best if the price can be lowered, but if it cannot be lowered, we have no choice but to sign the contract at this price.
Unlike other countries that have another alternative, China has only had this one choice from the beginning to the end.
If the contract is not finalized, the price may not be the same next year.
Mr. He knew this truth very well.
But this is too much of an increase.
"Mr. He, this is the organization's intention," Ambassador Dong reminded.
"Okay, I understand." He Lao sighed, "Tomorrow, I will go talk to them in person tomorrow."
"Thank you, Mr. He."
After the matter was settled, Ambassador Dong stood up and said, "Everyone has worked hard for several days. Let's go back and rest early after dinner."
"yes."
The members of the delegation stood up one by one, and just as the staff were about to put away the video footage, Lin Siqiao's voice was heard in the conference room.
"Ambassador Dong, can you play this video again?"
Ambassador Dong looked surprised, but he still nodded, "Okay."
Just like that, after watching it several times, Lin Siqiao still didn't say anything, but just frowned and asked the staff to play it again.
When the members of the delegation saw this situation, they simply stopped leaving in a hurry and just sat down.
"Wait, let's pause here."
"Yes! It's right here."
Everyone heard the voice and looked over, and heard Lin Siqiao talking.
"This segment of footage has a blurry image and doesn't connect with the following footage. It must have been edited and pieced together."
The video quality was gray and the delegation members couldn't make any sense of it after watching it for a long time.
"Translator Lin, is there anything wrong with putting these two paragraphs together?"
"If I were Fang, I would do the same."
"Think about it, these two models of aircraft are in competition with each other. If we compare them like this, isn't it obvious which one is better?"
"Everyone, please don't talk for now."
Mr. He stretched out his hand and pressed it, his tone quite excited.
"Xiaolin, please continue."
Lin Siqiao couldn’t explain it, he just felt it was weird.
In fact, a few days ago, she had searched for information about this airline and this aircraft on the platform.
However, this airline has a military background, so the information available is very limited.
Now the only thing Lin Siqiao can be sure of is that this plane is not as good as advertised.
Otherwise, civil airliners in the future would not be monopolized by Boeing and Airbus.
Thinking of this, Lin Siqiao expressed his thoughts.
"It's actually quite normal for Fang to send this videotape, but they deliberately edited the two scenes together. I think they didn't need to do that at all."
"Why isn't it necessary? Wouldn't they appear better by comparison?" the delegation members wondered.
Lin Siqiao did not answer immediately but asked Ambassador Dong first whether the other party mentioned the price increase this time.
"That's not the case."
"They just delivered the stuff, that's all."
After hearing this, Lin Siqiao became more certain, she said.
"When the two aircraft were competing with each other before, Guodu dared to triple the price."
"This time, the country had such a big accident at the air show, and they didn't even mention the price increase. Don't you think it's strange?"
"If the aircraft is what they say it is, orders are already booked for several years."
"Then they can just send someone to deliver the videotapes. There's no need to edit them at all."
"That's right."
He Lao continued with Lin Siqiao's words, "When we came here to sign the letter of intent last year, which of Fang's people didn't look down on us?"
"They always postpone it until tomorrow and secretly ask for bribes from us."
"What could have been done in three or four days took half a month."
At this point, Mr. He snorted coldly, "Now that such a good opportunity is in front of them, they actually come to us on their own initiative. It's really weird!"
"I guess we have been in the country for so long and have not taken the initiative to discuss the contract with them. They are getting anxious!"
After hearing this, Ambassador Dong also felt that what the two said made sense.
But all of this is just our unilateral speculation. What if our speculation is wrong?
Lin Siqiao thought for a moment and asked, "Ambassador Dong, can you find a reason to delay the other party for a few days and see their attitude?"
"It would be better to send someone to inquire around this airline."
"There must be a reason why the other party is so anxious to finalize the contract."
This is not difficult, Ambassador Dong glanced at Mr. He.
"Mr. He, I'm afraid I'll have to inconvenience you these few days."
Mr. He waved his hand, "What's the big deal? Whatever you need me to do, I will fully cooperate."
"It just so happens that I'm also tired these days, so I'll take a good rest."
When things were almost discussed, Ambassador Dong asked everyone to go to the restaurant for dinner first.
The group of people happily raised their cups and enjoyed the rare relaxing time.
At this moment, Mr. He suddenly fainted on the ground.
"Quick, call an ambulance!"
There was a hospital one kilometer away from the embassy. An ambulance arrived soon and Mr. He was carried into the car by the hospital's medical staff.
Mr. He is over 70 years old this year, and he has been working on the front line for China's aerospace industry over the years.
The foundation of my body has been almost completely drained.
Ambassador Dong came up with this idea because he wanted to take this opportunity to let Mr. He have a good rest in the hospital and let the doctor give him a full physical examination.
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