Chapter 478 Negotiations(2/2)
Lord Chelmsford naturally knows what this congressman means. Aren't you just waiting for him to make a quotation? In fact, Lord Chelmsford was one of the first people to support the sale of warships at high prices, but now it seems that he may not
Pay off the British Empire!
The sun never sets on the Empire, it has declined... Lord Chelmsford lamented in his heart. After pondering for a while, he said to Macdonald solemnly: "The cost of our 'Queen Elizabeth Class' is about 2.4 million pounds.
, and the modification cost of the two ships 'Warspite' and 'Barham' is about half a million pounds..."
With that said, Chelmsford pondered for a while and whispered to everyone: "If you include depreciation, then the price of a battleship should be around 2.6 million pounds, which should be reasonable..."
Calculated in this way, the price of a battleship would be about 12 million U.S. dollars. Compared with the previous price of more than 24 million U.S. dollars, it was directly cut in half, and Macdonald was relieved.
And since the Lord of the Admiralty has spoken, these congressmen naturally won't say anything more. MacDonald winked at the secretary, and the secretary re-drafted a contract knowingly.
Of course, the secretary was extremely smart and deleted all the idiotic extortion clauses from the original contract. Then he printed it out and gave it to MacDonald for review.
After MacDonald read it, he handed it over to these congressmen and Lord Admiralty Chelmsford for a look. After everyone saw it and thought there was no problem, MacDonald personally took the contract to Tu Qianjun's hotel again.
There was no way, the Tiger announced that he would leave tomorrow. McDonald had to come to the hotel overnight to finalize the contract. Things like this would change later!
What if this tiger directly consulted the United States and felt that the price in the United States was more suitable for the British, but he would not even be able to drink soup!
Just when McDonald hurried to Tu Qianjun's hotel, he saw Tu Qianjun taking Shang Dinan and others out of the hotel. Tu Qianjun's face was terrifyingly gloomy!
"General, where are you going?!" Macdonald hurriedly greeted Tu Qianjun and said in surprise. Tu Qianjun said in a deep voice to Macdonald: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, I heard that you introduced
A batch of P-26 fighter jets?!"
McDonald nodded inexplicably. Tu Qianjun then said: "Please approve five aircraft for me. I need to fly them back to Manchuria now! As for these aircraft, I will pay you back the original price."
McDonald couldn't help being surprised when he heard this. At this time, Tu Qianjun seemed to be frank and said to McDonald: "The Japanese troops on the edge of the Yalu River seem to be making some moves. I must go back and check the situation!"
MacDonald nodded in understanding. In his opinion, the discovery of oil in Manchuria might have attracted the attention of the Japanese. But these were not what MacDonald was concerned about. He handed the document in his hand to Tu Qianjun and whispered:
"It's just a collection of planes. The British Empire has always been generous to its allies! These are the contracts we have re-drafted. Please take a look at the general. If you can, then we will sign it..."!~!
Chapter completed!