69novels Chapter 552
Chapter 552
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“If the President wants to buy our weapons and equipment, then we naturally have to sell them to him. However, as you know, the economic crisis has had a huge impact on our country. The production of these weapons and equipment has already drained our family’s funds. We really have no money, so……”
Mainz showed an embarrassed expression on his face. He stopped talking halfway and looked at President Roosevelt with a smile, waiting for his statement. When
Roosevelt saw the expression on the other’s face, he felt something was wrong!
It’s bad!
The other party is going to blackmail him!
President Roosevelt is a smart man. After seeing Mainz’s expression and listening to the other’s words, he understood that Mainz was treating him as a big fat sheep and was ready to exploit him!
Everyone knows that the Eagle Sauce is the richest country in the world at this time. Their total economic output is the world’s first, their industrial output value is the world’s first, and their land area is also one of the best among the powers! The unique conditions, rich natural resources, vast land and sufficient population have allowed the Eagle Sauce to develop very rapidly. In just a few decades, it has gone from a latecomer to a global leader!
During World War I, European countries rushed to the United States to issue bonds and borrow money to fight. According to incomplete statistics, the three countries of Britain, Gaul and Hans alone borrowed at least 10 billion US dollars in foreign debt from the United States!
After the end of World War I, in order to recover from the war, European countries went to the United States to borrow money for development, and ended up owing more than 300 billion US dollars in debt.
It can be said that the outbreak of the economic crisis in the United States was largely due to the fact that they lent out too much money, resulting in insufficient money in the country, and then encountered a serious overproduction problem. As a result, another small bank run turned into an economic crisis that affected the whole world!
However, even if the economic crisis broke out in the United States, the impression of the United States by countries around the world has not changed. After all, they took out hundreds of billions of dollars to lend to European countries in just a few years, and their image of being wealthy and powerful has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in Europe!
Although Roosevelt knew very well that the Eagle Sauce had no money at this time, he really had no money. If he had money, he would not have to worry about the high unemployment rate in the country!
However, Europeans think they have money in their hearts. No matter how he explains, Europeans only think he is being modest and don’t believe what he says at all. This has been proven in the previous military parade!
At that time, a large number of countries took the opportunity of the military parade to borrow money from President Roosevelt. Every country thought they could lend money to everyone to tide over the difficulties. After all, the Eagle Sauce had already taken out hundreds of billions of dollars before, and still cared about this little money?
Such a stereotype made Roosevelt very unhappy, because such an impression was not a good thing for them. When everyone thinks you are rich, their purpose of dealing with you is very simple, that is, for the money in your pocket!
If you can’t take out the money, it will be difficult!
What’s more difficult at this time is that Mainz only hinted, but didn’t say how much money Hans needed, which made Roosevelt have no idea.
Judging from the days he had been in contact with Mainz, Mainz was a very shrewd man who was very good at seizing opportunities!
This guy was very calculating. As long as he showed any flaw, he would be caught and attacked immediately!
So Roosevelt became cautious and didn’t dare to make a direct offer.
It would be bad if he quoted a low price, which would make him look insincere, and it would be bad if he quoted a high price, because that would be too disadvantageous.
Moreover, as a buyer, he naturally hoped to pay less, but as a seller, the other party would definitely hope to make more money, so Mainz would definitely raise the price he quoted, which made it difficult for Roosevelt to make a bid.
He could only ask back:”If your country can produce these things as soon as possible, I think the money problem will not be a big problem, but I don’t know what the price of these weapons in your country is?”
Roosevelt did not directly offer a price, but asked Mainz more cautiously. In this way, he could bargain down the price quoted by Mainz, and it would not exceed the highest price quoted by Mainz. He had a bottom line in his mind!
Mainz smiled slightly. President Roosevelt’s caution was beyond his imagination, but it was not surprising.
After all, Roosevelt was one of the greatest presidents in the history of the Eagle Sauce. He was extremely respected in the hearts of the Eagle Sauce people, even comparable to the founding fathers and the presidents during the Civil War.
A person who was so loved by the people and had a lasting influence was definitely not a mediocre person, at least not as notorious as President Harding!
“As for the price, we are allies, so I will quote the price based on our own purchase price of the German army. Allies should help each other, right?”
Mainz said kindly. This sentence sounded fine, but President Roosevelt felt something was wrong.
However, he could not tell what was wrong for a while, so he did not speak, but waited for Mainz to continue!
“The Panzer IV uses a completely new design and a new power system, so each tank costs 500,000 marks, which is about 220,000 US dollars! 1,000 tanks would cost 220 million US dollars. Since we are allies, I will cut off the decimals and only charge you 200 million yuan.��！”
Mainz said sincerely. If an uninformed person saw this scene, he would be moved by Mainz’s generosity, but Roosevelt didn’t feel that way!
After hearing the offer of 200 million US dollars, there was only one word in his mind, a word that almost blurted out: expensive!
Is a tank 200,000 US dollars expensive?
Of course it is expensive!
During World War II, the cost of the Eagle Sauce’s own Sherman tank was about 60,000 US dollars, and the Pershing tank was slightly more expensive, but it was only 80,000 yuan!
Although these costs are due to large-scale mass production, and the government’s total mobilization for war, the factory can purchase raw materials at a very low price, so the cost has dropped a lot!
However, even if the price of these tanks is increased by 50%, the price will not reach 200,000 US dollars, which is so outrageous!
The price given by Mainz is almost twice the normal price!
Roosevelt’s first reaction was that the other party was trying to scare him off with a high price and prevent him from purchasing Hans’ advanced weapons!
“This is already the cost price. If the president doesn’t believe it, he can go to the First Army and ask General Guderian. His subordinates are the first troops equipped with the Type 1 tank. He knows the price of this tank better than anyone else!”
Seeing Mainz’s words so confidently, President Roosevelt could only hold back his doubts. He couldn’t continue to hold on to the price issue at this time. Mainz said so, he must have been prepared in advance, so it would be meaningless for him to ask. It is estimated that the result given by Guderian will not be much different from that of Mainz!
“What about the planes? What about the price of the BF-109 fighter and the B-29 bomber?”_