NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 868: Soaring Auction Prices
"Your Excellency Foster, a mere laser cannon is nothing at all!"
"You're thinking too much! Its destructive power is definitely much greater than its striking power."
"Your Excellency Foster, have you really forgotten everything? In the International Military Competition, our Daguo's Longying Fighters could easily withstand super laser cannons. Don't you understand that?"
The Chieftain said this without waiting for Foster to speak and hung up the phone!
He felt the words he had just spoken were enough to make the Americas wary!
Foster, hearing the Chieftain's words, recalled the previous international martial contest between Miguo and Daguo, and his heart felt as if it had been violently wrenched!
Yes!
The people of Daguo are no fools!
Since they are willing to sell the fighters, it means they have already found a way to counteract these weapons.
From this reasoning, under such circumstances, selling the "laser" fighters would be absolutely advantageous for Daguo.
And Miguo would be on equal footing with these great powers possessing ultra-light-speed laser weapons!
Foster could never have expected Daguo's growth to be so rapid that it had become their biggest internal concern!
And to think, over this past year, whether it was power batteries, or photolithography machines, or IIT materials, or 1000-ton rocket engines, or the Beidou navigation system, or the Longying Fighters, or various high-tech weapons, all have exceeded them!
This has greatly affected the technological superiority of Miguo on Blue Star!
Technical developments in Daguo will inevitably lead to enormous achievements economically and militarily!
If this continues, it might not take long for them to surpass Daguo and become the strongest country on Blue Star!
Foster was startled, and a fine layer of sweat appeared on his forehead. Even though Miguo already possessed some of the world's most advanced technologies, Daguo's development made him uneasy!
Next, Foster gathered the highest leaders of Miguo to start discussing the future development of Daguo!
After deliberating for several hours, everyone unanimously decided that they must contain Daguo's development, otherwise the title of being first this time might be shaken!
They then devised a series of plans targeting Daguo's development from military, economic, internal, external, and international pressures and named it "Operation Dragon Slay"!
This operation was entirely under Foster's control.
And he was given the highest authority over Miguo's CIA and FBI!
7:50 PM!
The palace of Mohammed resounded with jubilation!
All the countries of the Saudi alliance had arrived, without exception!
Herbert had intended to use the name of the American-style country to participate in the auction, but was directly vetoed by the Saudi military under the pretext of a domestic auction!
This annoyed Herbert greatly; the Saudi alliance had long been giving him the cold shoulder, which displeased him.
But now, he had been excluded from the auction.
This was Saudi territory, and he had to suppress his anger!
However, he had made up his mind that once he returned, he would let the Saudi alliance and Daguo realize his might!
Let them know the consequences of offending Miguo!
The auction venue!
Long-legged beauties, glittering jewels, and the splendid hall were all luxurious to the extreme!
After a stick of incense had burned, the host took the stage and officially entered the main topic!
Honestly, this was the first time he was auctioning off fighters!
As the emcee's words fell, a beam of light shone down from the ceiling, hitting a silvery white curtain!
This left many participants in the bidding somewhat puzzled!
What's going on?
Where's the promised fighter jet?
Before anyone could react, Mohammed had already instructed the staff to uncover the silver-white tarpaulin!
Immediately following, the "Longying" fighter from the Great Farm nation finally made its appearance, dazzling the crowd and causing people to jump out of their seats.
"Damn, that's amazing, to actually bring over our Great Farm nation's Longying fighter!"
"Holy shit! So cool!"
"I have to get a picture, these lines are gorgeous!"
"Especially that tailless design, it just looks like a character from a sci-fi movie, mesmerizing..."
"..."
Even though many had seen the Longying fighter at international military competitions, it was still very unfamiliar to them.
But this was their first time seeing it up so close, especially the gleaming Longying fighter which drew their rapt attention!
The auction hadn't officially started yet, but the appearance of the Longying fighter had pushed the atmosphere of the venue to a new level!
Many of the wealthy from the Saudi alliance were already prepared to buy the Longying fighter!
Mohammed stood on the stage, facing everyone from the Saudi Federation!
"And this time, our Saudi alliance has sold three jets equipped with 'beams' to the Saudi alliance, which also signifies that the Great Farm nation now sees us as 'friendly'. From this point on, all our military equipment will be purchased from the Great Farm nation!"
Following Mohammed's words, everyone applauded with him!
"Hold on! From now on, we can only purchase arms from the Great Farm nation!"
"With the military power of Great Farm nation, naturally, we should buy from them!"
"Mohammed, you can start bidding now, we can't wait to see it!"
"..."
Mohammed, seeing the reaction from the Saudi armed forces, wore a smirk of pride on his face and turned to look at Zhu Guangrong.
"Director Zhu, is it time to start auctioning the Longying fighter now?"
"Yes!"
With Zhu Guangrong's permission, Mohammed officially kicked off the auction for the Longying fighter!
In fact, Prince Mohammed's enthusiastic performance was nothing more than an attempt to curry favor with Zhu Guangrong. If he couldn't get the "Longying" at the end, he was still hoping to get one through some connections from the Great Farm country!
The starting bid for the Longying was one hundred million, a sky-high price indeed!
However, the auction wasn't as successful as imagined, with every nation in the Saudi alliance determined to secure the "Longying", so the competition was fierce!
In the end, the selling price of the Longying fighter skyrocketed to one hundred billion, and it was still climbing!
They all came from oil-rich nations, money was no object!
About half an hour later, when Zhu Guangrong witnessed this scene, he was utterly astonished!
One must keep in mind that the US's annual military arms procurement was only about three hundred billion!
To think that this one Great Farm nation's Longying fighter could be worth the total of the US's annual military orders!
If Americans knew this, they would probably spit out blood in frustration!
The US has always sold military equipment to the Saudi alliance at prices higher than the market value, and the profit involved was evident.
But when compared, it truly felt like "heaven and earth apart"!
What's most important is that the Americans have always been forcefully hiking prices, whereas the "Longying" fighter from the Great Farm nation made them desperately raise their bids!