Yusuf smiled meaningfully.
"You know the rules here, the real transaction price, after 'friendly and lengthy' negotiations, and considering various 'necessary' steps, it might eventually be further reduced by ten to fifteen percent. Some of our officials may be inefficient in fighting for their department's budget, but when it comes to negotiating and price cutting, especially in transactions with huge profit margins, they are very... experienced and creative."
Song Heping was silent, his gaze seemed unfocused, resting on a pattern on the coffee table in front of him.
But Yusuf knew that his counterpart's brain was performing complex financial and political calculations at an astonishing speed.
According to the agreement reached with the US Army, the total cost of obtaining this batch of equipment translated to less than 50 million dollars.
