No contradiction. They have a negotiated price for each lot and have previously stated that they expect to lose money on the first few lots as they gain experience on the line, with the production cost becoming lower and moving into profit later down the line. Same as has happened on other aircraft programmes.
The article is reporting that the AF are seeing the reported cost savings being identified and introduced earlier than they expected and so the price coming down faster than expected.
If that leads to additional orders then bulk buying of parts can lead to a beneficial further lowering of costs - as opposed to the opposite “death spiral” when problems in production lead to higher to higher prices and order cuts, which leads to higher prices etc etc…