When a weasel leaves its territory and wants to make money, it needs the help of the local bully, which can be considered another form of "a den of snakes and rats"!
Xia Yu then stayed in the United States for two more days, where he discussed many details with Thompson.
"The first batch consists of three F-16s, right? Two two-seater and one single-seater."
When it came to the orders for which letters of intent had been signed, he reconfirmed the quantity and model with the other party.
"Yes, there's a guy who used to drive a Viper before he retired. Now that he's made it big, he doesn't like those supercars anymore. He just wants to buy his old friend to get around. For him, a single-seat machine is enough."
Many former US military pilots have started their own businesses, and some of them have successfully amassed fortunes. While buying a new F-16 fighter jet, which was once considered unattainable, is a bit of a struggle, buying an older, used one is much easier.
The most crucial point is that they bought a single-seat unit.
Fighter jets sold or leased to the civilian market are almost always two-seater aircraft. Single-seater aircraft are only purchased by PMC companies that provide aggressor services, or they are modified to be used as unmanned target drones.
This is similar to selling crabs; people prefer to buy female crabs (two-seater models) rather than male crabs (single-seater models).
When Xia Yu exchanged F-16s with the old king, he got one male and one female. This time, when he looks for other wholesalers, he definitely can't just buy two-seater aircraft; he'll have to get one with two or even three.
Fortunately, Xia's family is large and wealthy, and the extra single-seat Fighting Falcon can be converted into a QF-16.
Just as some dream of battling MiG-28s in an F-14D, others dream of dominating a Fighting Falcon in a Flanker and vying for the ace pilot title.
After all, you only need to shoot down 5 aircraft, and all the sales combined won't cost more than 100 million dollars. You can achieve this feat for tens of millions of dollars.
"There are also 6 F-4s, 3 MiG-29UBs, 2 Su-25UBs, and 2 MiG-23UBs..."
The two continued to check the specific requirements for other models, all of which were two-seater aircraft.
The number of American and Soviet aircraft was roughly equal. Xia Yu could handle the Phantom and Fighting Falcon himself, but the Soviet aircraft had to be left to Alexei.
The other party couldn't squeeze into the North American market at all, but through Xia Yu, American tycoons could buy the Soviet-made aircraft they liked.
The only regret is that the fighter jet has to be de-armed and is simply used as an aircraft platform.
But I'm already so rich, why not one from the US and one from Afica?
The aircraft carrier museum does offer shooting services, but those are just public transportation rides that you can take for a fee. You can try them a few times for novelty, but if you really want to match your status, you need a private, exclusive service.
No, in addition to Kedar Airport, Pointe-Noire Airport also needs to expand its hangars.
Xia Yu decided to go back and push forward the relevant supporting measures, otherwise it would be too late if it was delayed for a few more years.
"Then we'll head back now."
After discussing business matters, he stood up and said goodbye to Old Tang.
More than half a month has passed since they left. The European employees ended their vacation a week ago and went to Libya ahead of Xia Yu and the others.
Now that we've seen our friend off on his final journey, FHC's future development plans are in place, and the North American branch of Focused Defense has been established, which will definitely be set up within the next year.
It's time to return to Afika. The focus of the next task is to clear out the remaining enriched uranium and weapons. In the early stages, others will definitely have to keep an eye on things in Libya.
If there's time in between, we can squeeze in the shipments that our North American customers want, and then load each plane with the necessary equipment before shipping it to the United States, since Libya is very close to Europe anyway.
Yes, the first to put the theory of equipment financial management into practice, Joan, has almost sold off his batch of second-hand F-16s. In a few years, they will all have to buy new Fighting Falcons themselves, and Xia Yu will have to change to a new supplier.
To avoid having to deal with two different countries, he planned to import all F-4s and F-16s from one country, and the country that best fit this condition was a certain European country.
After he leaves Libya, he will go to Europe again, but before that, they need to fly to China.
It's already late October, and Chinese New Year in 2019 will still be in February. It's clear we won't be able to go back, so we'll send the child back to his grandparents for a few months, and then bring him back when we both have more free time.
They can also learn Chinese by the way, since they travel all over the world without a language environment.
Holding my son, who could only utter German and French words, I sat down, fastened my seatbelt, and the Fischer began to glide.
Taking off from a group of mothballed military aircraft, the Airbus A319 soared into the sky and then turned eastward.
During the climb, the plane flew over Phoenix, also in Arizona, but a graveyard for commercial airliners.
This airport, called Phoenix Goodyear Airport, was a naval air station during World War II. However, with the booming development of the civilian aviation industry, a large number of passenger planes were produced and retired a decade or two later.
Some were dismantled and recycled, while the rest were sealed in aircraft graveyards in the desert.
There are many such graveyards in the United States, but most of the commercial aircraft graveyards contain Boeing aircraft. For example, the one in Phoenix has many Boeing 777-200ERs and Boeing 757-200s retired from China Airlines.
It would be great if we could park them in their aircraft graveyard; Russia has all these models.
In two years, when the sanctions are escalated, they'll make a fortune.
Looking away from the porthole, Xia Yu realized that the aircraft graveyard business could only proceed once he had more money in his pocket. He reviewed all the expected returns and figured he could squeeze out at least 2 billion yuan from his account next year.
Therefore, next year will be the best time to enter the market, but some guaranteed orders need to be negotiated this year.
Xia Yu's trip back home was also intended to discuss the situation with his hometown. After all, many airlines' passenger planes are gradually reaching the retirement standard, and he is willing to buy them at market price as long as they haven't signed a buyback contract with Boeing.
Of course, the same applies to Airbus.
The Fisher, fully fueled, sailed eastward and successfully arrived at Ben Bull Airport in less than 10 hours.
Lin Shuqin and Lao Xia came to pick him up early. Xia Yu told his wife and children to go back with his parents first, while he stayed behind to take care of some things.
When they left the United States, the preparation work on the last two A-10s was almost complete; now that they've been loaded onto ships and shipped, it's a different story.
However, sending them directly to East Asia would be too blatant, so this batch of Warthogs would first be transferred to Afica, while spare parts and spare Gau-8 cannons would all be left behind. Only 6 airworthy complete aircraft would be sent to East Asia for modification.
"The technical data for A-10B and YA-10BN/AW are all on the hard drive. Although they are old, they still have some reference value."
Xia Yu handed the portable hard drive to the specialist in charge of the Red Warthog project and began to speak.
"The F-4 (FV)S will have to wait. This project is not in a hurry, and there's no rush."
"We understand that Mr. Xia also needs the two-seat version of that attack aircraft, which will be shipped to Guo along with this batch of A-10Bs."
Since Xia Yu is running a Cold War-themed branch museum, none of the three ground-licking machine musketeers can be absent.
This last model sold quite well for export. He could find retired old models elsewhere, but nothing beats the thoughtful service from the manufacturer.
There's not much to say, just arrange three two-seater versions, one as a spare and two for external operation.
After discussing the museum's business, Xia Yu also met with the person in charge of the dismantling factory's business at the airport to express his needs and development plans.
It's just an old passenger plane, it doesn't matter who you sell it to!
Boeing's so-called buyback program is actually just a purchase voucher, which doesn't even cover the market price, so he can pre-order several aircraft now. "Freight cargo planes that are past their service life and nearing the end of their lifespan are given priority, followed by passenger planes."
Xia Yu has this requirement: most passenger planes are converted to cargo planes after flying for 20 years and then flown for another 15 years. Cargo planes, which have the lowest residual value, are only worth a few million.
Aside from dismantling plants, basically only Afica's airlines are willing to buy them and try their luck. Every year an old plane exceeds its service life is a profit, and they'll accept it even if it can't be repaired at all.
Once you get to Xia Yu, you can restore it to factory settings. However, there are too many data records on a commercial airliner, and selling the whole aircraft could easily lead to paranormal events.
Breaking it down to the preparation and sale of individual parts can effectively avoid this problem and also save labor time!
"Understood, Afika!"
The other person said with a smile.
He thought Xia Yu was targeting the lower-tier market, but ironically, in this very field, others were occupying the high-end market vacated by Boeing and Airbus.
Just like sanctioning a country's civilians and preventing them from drinking Coca-Cola, then a Cofco version of Coca-Cola will seize the market, and it will be troublesome to go back to the old ways.
Cola lovers will always find their own way, and the same applies to switching to other fields.
"That will be very troublesome. Here is my satellite phone number. We can discuss the rest over the phone."
Xia Yu gave the other party her phone number, so there was no need to add her on WeChat. Her parents couldn't find her on social media anyway, so satellite phone was the most reliable option.
I said goodbye and took a taxi home.
"Woof woof woof"
The little Malinois that his parents brought home had grown a lot in the past year. It barked incessantly at Xia Yu, but when it got closer and realized it was Xia Yu, it wagged its tail and came over to fawn over him.
Good, you know who the male head of the household is.
When I entered the house, it was just in time for dinner. Lin Shuqin had prepared a table full of food, just like for Chinese New Year, all of which were Xia Yu's favorite dishes.
The little pomelo looked on with longing, but could only eat the porridge in its own bowl, its eyes filled with accusation of injustice.
This child still has time to think about food and drink, but once tomorrow is over and his parents are gone, he'll start crying.
In countries like France, or Europe and North America where there is no war, it's not a problem. But in war-torn countries, Xia Yu has no way to keep her child with her during deployments.
Grandma has to work, so only grandparents have time, so even Xia De, the son of a billionaire, cannot escape the fate of being a left-behind child.
Who told his father to be either fighting or on his way to fight!
However, as long as there is internet access, you can video chat; and if there is satellite, you can make phone calls.
Even though they are separated by thousands of miles, Xia Yu and Liv still think about Xiao Youzi.
The only problem is that without a child, the couple could easily have a second child.
After washing up and lying on the plain-colored four-piece bedding in the master bedroom, he suddenly realized that he and his wife hadn't had a wedding ceremony yet.
Yes, they got their marriage certificate first, then had the baby, and only held the wedding as the last step; otherwise, these four pieces of clothing would have been red.
"Honey, when do you think we should have our wedding?"
Xia Yu asked Liv.
"After I've had all the children I'm supposed to have, I want my son and daughter to be children."
Liv also wants a daughter, and if the next pregnancy doesn't result in a daughter, they will keep trying until they get one.
As for using technology, she feels that it is for infertile couples, and that couples with normal reproductive abilities should stick to the traditional approach.
“You’re right. The most important thing is for the whole family to be together at the wedding. It should be about time in three to five years.”
After listening to his wife's words, Xia Yu pondered and said.
"Then what are you waiting for?"
After Liv finished speaking, she turned off the light. Xia Yu felt as if he had returned to the fiery battlefield of Afica, driving the old Deer Tiger and unleashing a hail of bullets.
Nothing happened that night. The next morning, after breakfast, the couple kissed their sleeping daughter goodbye, and Lao Xia drove them back to the airport.
"Buzz"
As the Fisher taxied off and soared into the sky from the runway, at the same moment, more than 20 kilometers away at home, little Xia De woke up and, unable to see his parents, began to wail loudly.
No matter how Lin Shuqin tried to coax her, it was no use; only time could heal all wounds.
The couple, who had forgotten about their son, started working on the plane, remotely checking on their employees' situation in Libya.
Because they are operating under the banner of the United Nations and the European Union, the Government of National Accord and the National Army are required to cooperate in the defense work.
However, they have little interest in eliminating enriched uranium and battlefield remnants; killing the enemy is the most important thing in their eyes.
Since neither side is helping with the concentrated fire defense, their cooperation won't be very proactive, and Xia Yu will have to rely on himself for the relevant clearing and suppression work.
Xia Yu was fully prepared for this; he was a professional in combat, and solving cases was no exception.
As for the Azawad Coordination Movement, they escaped last time, but relying on the legacy of Colonel Gaddafi, the Tuareg people can make a comeback at any time.
In order to eliminate the possibility of Kedar being harassed by the other side, he insisted on fighting these people again in Libya to completely crush their war potential.
Furthermore, when the French are forced to withdraw from Mari, it is necessary to avoid the situation where today's enemies become tomorrow's friends, thus increasing the difficulty for them to support the Tuareg armed forces.
Successful businesspeople must have accurate judgments about the future and make decisive bets based on those judgments.
Xia Yu's response is to further crack down on the Azawad Coordination Movement.
The straight lines of national borders are a minefield planted by the West, but the nation has already been established and the world order has already taken shape, so tribes should not cross the border to seek to establish their own nation.
If the Kurds want to establish a state today, and the Tuareg want to establish a state tomorrow, then the flames of war on Earth will only burn ever brighter.
"Buzz"
More than ten hours later, the Fischer landed at Tripoli Airport, which is under the control of the Government of National Accord.
Over the past six months, the National Army's advance has nearly reached this area several times. It's dangerous for that An-124 to remain here, so Xia Yu decided to address this issue at once.
Even worse off than the An-124 were the more than 20 Il-76s and Il-78s that Gaddafi purchased, which were continuously destroyed in several wars and the civil war that continues to this day.
Today, only a single digit remains; it's truly a waste.
Xia Yu can't control the ones that can fly, but as for those that can't fly, instead of letting them rot in Libya, it's better to take them to his aircraft graveyard in Mari.
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