Chapter 683 Visiting the Philippines
Zheng Rongxuan's special plane slowly landed at the Aquino International Airport in Manila. Philippine female President Arroyo personally went to the airport to greet Zheng Rongxuan.
Zheng Rongxuan came to the Philippines for inspection and business negotiations with him at the warm invitation of President Arroyo. The heads and representatives of Philippine branches such as Daewoo, GV, Mobile Times, Toyota, and other Philippine branches, as well as ambassadors from China, the United States and South Korea to the Philippines also went to the airport to welcome Zheng Rongxuan and his party.
After Zheng Rongxuan slowly got off the plane, he shook hands with Arroyo who was waiting under the plane and smiled: "His Excellency President Arroyo, you were still so beautiful and charming when you parted in Peru last time."
Any woman likes to praise her, even if she is the president, it is an exception. Arroyo laughed and said, "No, I am much older. I feel relieved when I see Mr. Zheng safe and sound."
After thanking the other party for their concern, Zheng Rongxuan introduced his girlfriend Lee Hyo-ri who came with her. As for the secretary-general behind him, Kim So-yeon, he has long been a world-renowned figure, but Liang Jing and Kim Mei-er did not want to expose their relationship with Zheng Rongxuan and have been staying among the members of Zheng Rongxuan's team.
After greeting everyone at the airport, Zheng Rongxuan took a special plane to arrive at Shangri-La Hotel. The GV Philippines branch had arranged everything and had a laugh and chatted with President Arroyo in the hotel. After lunch, the other party personally accompanied Zheng Rongxuan to visit the beautiful scenery of Manila.
In the evening, after Zheng Rongxuan heard the reports from the people in charge of branches of various groups in the Philippines, he basically felt confident.
The next day, Zheng Rongxuan and Arroyo officially started negotiations. The Philippines needs Zheng Rongxuan's huge economic capital to stimulate economic growth. Zheng Rongxuan is also interested in investing in the Philippines' financial securities, infrastructure, culture and entertainment, transportation and manufacturing industries.
Both sides have their own needs. The Arroyo government approved the contract of GV Group to acquire Philippine Wutai, invested in the construction of highways and other infrastructure in the Philippines, and Asiana Airlines acquired or built a new large international passenger, freight airport, Toyota and Daewoo in the Philippines to invest in and build factories.
In fact, these are all projects that have been discussed earlier. Arroyo really invited Zheng Rongxuan to the Philippines. To put it bluntly, it is for the advanced Samson armed helicopter and km1 wheeled armored vehicle that Zheng Rongxuan's bodyguard team showed in the GV terrorist attack.
Now the contract signed by Daewoo's Samson helicopter is only the United States and South Korea that are large-scale for the military, and the rest are sold to private institutions of China, Thailand, Britain, France, Australia and other countries. Although everyone knows that these things will eventually come to the hands of the military, at least Daewoo has not sold them to the military in these countries on the surface.
Even in the GV terrorist attack case, these two equipment were not really used, but the Philippines, which is eager to seek weapon and equipment updates, still fell in love with these two things. Needless to say, the Samson helicopter has undergone the most stringent tests by Daewoo. Even last summer, Zheng Rongxuan was flying this type of aircraft directly from the plane to South Korea. This alone is enough to convince the military of any country, and it can adapt to the combat requirements in the most extreme weather.
The km1 wheeled armored vehicle is already equipped with the Korean team, and the tens of billions of military purchases signed by Zheng Rongxuan and the United States last year also included a large number of improved models of such armored vehicles.
Originally, the Philippines wanted to buy weapons from the United States, and even Americans are happy to sell some of the eliminated ones to the Philippines. But now Zheng Rongxuan has better ones in his hands, so why do they have to run far away to the United States?
Previously, the Arroyo government communicated with South Korea, and South Korea did not restrict the export of these two equipment, and everything was decided by Daewoo. But Daewoo said that they could not make the decision. Even Daewoo's president Moore Nelson also said that if there were too many, it would have to be approved by Zheng Rongxuan.
With Samson's combat radius and the terrifying level of weapons and equipment displayed before the Spring Festival, the Philippine military is already eager to see these steel monsters in its army. It is no exaggeration to say that Samson is the most suitable helicopter model for the Philippines' land and resources. It is the same as playing easily for hundreds of kilometers. Moreover, the weapons and equipment are very advanced, and there are many places to be modified, and it is a very good choice for defense and attack.
However, this incident really made Zheng Rongxuan a little embarrassed. If Zheng Rongxuan was just three or five, he would sell it. Anyway, the number would not be too small.
But as the situation in the South China Sea becomes more and more tense, especially the Arroyo government's increasingly bold South China Sea strategy, Zheng Rongxuan is really worried that he will sell too much, which will affect regional peace and stability. As a businessman, although war does make money, Zheng Rongxuan hopes to make money from peace. After all, he is a child who has lived under the Red Flag since childhood.
"I said I had no intention of interfering in the politics of any country, but after all, the goods you need now are military goods, so I have to worry about the reactions of the surrounding countries. If you can do public relations work in China, the United States, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam and Mali, then I will sell as much as you want."
After Zheng Rongxuan heard the other party’s proposal of multiple Samson armed helicopters and m1 wheeled armored vehicles, to be honest, Zheng Rongxuan was really excited to sell them, but Zheng Rongxuan knew that he could not let go easily, otherwise he would have great trouble.
In fact, Zheng Rongxuan had thought of selling it to the other party at the risk, so as to force neighboring countries to upgrade their weapons and equipment together. But after all, the nearby countries are not robbing other people's waters, but from China. Zheng Rongxuan had to consider whether he would be criticized by the domestic people if he really did this.
As for whether the Philippines can spend so much money to buy, Zheng Rongxuan is not worried because there are some islands in the Philippines, and at worst, he can just exchange one island for it.
Although Zheng Rongxuan's attitude disappointed Arroyo, she also knew that this matter was not that easy, even if the South Korean government had no restrictions, the Philippines still had to consider the feelings of the United States and even the China behind Zheng Rongxuan. No matter how much Zheng Rongxuan has Chinese nationality among his three nationalities.
After staying in the Philippines for two days, Zheng Rongxuan set off on Tuesday afternoon and flew to Kuala Lumpur on a special plane. Before leaving, Zheng Rongxuan said helplessly to Aroyo who saw him off: "I am very willing to cooperate with the Philippines in all civil matters. If you can do the work of connecting with the six countries, you can sign a supply contract with Daewoo at any time." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!