Chapter 1250: Counting in Thousands
120 million rounds of ammunition were negotiated at a price of 3.6 billion Italian lira, which is a huge sum of money for the poor Albanians, and the name of "underdeveloped country" is not blown.
Being poor does not mean that you can't eat, but that you only have enough to eat, and you don't have spare money at all, let alone foreign exchange.
The state is like this, and the individuals who have just "opened" the society are even poorer, otherwise there would not be so many traffickers to sell people to make money.
The price was negotiated, and Vasily made a request, or a request that Baluku and others wanted.
"We'll settle in dollars, Lieutenant Colonel, what do you think?"
Good thing, Baluku smiled and said, "Of course it's no problem, that's the settlement time?"
Of course, there is no problem, the dollar is depreciating slowly and constantly, but judging by the situation in recent years, the Italian lira has depreciated even faster!
These officers don't need to buy cigarettes on the streets of Tirana with dollars, and it doesn't matter if ordinary Albanians recognize them or not.
The dollar, that's the real hard currency!
Belch...
It's worse than gold, better than convenience.
In response to Baluku's question, Vasily said: "Our ship will arrive in a month, and then I, or Mr. Gilardino, will make a direct deal with you." ”
After speaking, he gestured to Leonid, who handed him a small briefcase that he was carrying.
After opening it, he took out 5 Italian lira with a face value of 100,000 from inside, "50 million, I didn't bring much cash with me on this trip, so this is a small deposit." ”
That's the equivalent of $30,000, not much, but not a lot.
This is the first time that two arms dealers have dealt with each other, and it is enough to carry tens of thousands of dollars with them, but too many are dangerous.
Baluku asked the money to be collected, and was very satisfied with the performance of the deposit, and said, "Let's have a meal together at noon." ”
Vasily smiled, "It's not urgent, business matters, it's not for everyone to get rich." ”
There is a problem with the brain if you are not active in eating, but compared with talking about business, the problem of eating can obviously be pushed back. Buying and selling arms, or weapons that have been produced for at least 15 years, cannot be discussed at the dinner table.
This brings us to the question of those Type 56 assault rifles versus light machine guns, bargaining - you have to have a gun if you have ammunition, and this is also Vasily's shrewdness.
This person's subconscious is very interesting, if you talk about the problem of guns first, and then talk about the price of bullets, it will be more difficult to reduce the price.
Baluku said that all the guns in the warehouse he had seen could be disposed of, and that a brand new box of 70 original magazines from the 56-punch Kalib would cost $1,100, but Vasily certainly did not agree.
"The price of AK47 and Chinese imitations in the American market is about 300 dollars, or is that the reason, Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, it is impossible for us to sell these fully automatic guns to the United States..."
If the United States can't sell it, then it can only buy poor ghosts.
The two sides fought, and finally sold for $600 for a box, and as for the used guns, the price of the machine gun was simply multiplied by 2.
It's not about who loses and who earns, it's cheaper to move such guns from the Ukrainian arsenal, but the freight is much higher: the people in the arsenal are easy to send, and the bulls, ghosts, snakes and gods along the way have to give some benefits, isn't it, this calculation is not much cheaper than the current batch of Type 56.
Leonid added that he thought the box of guns examined had actually been opened before, and that temporary sampling would be needed for the next transaction.
That's fine, Baluku said with a smile, "I'll have someone prepare a big barrel of gasoline, a few large enough basins, enough fuel pipes, and a few soldiers with the best gun wiping skills." ”
Why?
Before the new Chinese guns are packed, the inside and outside of the gun will be coated with butter, and even the barrel will be filled with a large amount of butter to protect the left face, and even the new magazine is smeared with a thick layer of butter to protect the inside and outside.
If you don't wipe the gun in advance, you won't even be able to pull the bolt smoothly, let alone shoot, and the bore will be almost blown up!
What if there is not enough gas or alcohol in some places?
Boiled in water!
There are also matching carrying equipment and accessories in other warehouses, which give a cabbage price, and how much can be matched.
"Do you want a steel helmet?"
For Baluku's clearance sale, Vasily's mind flashed to the boss's two places in Africa, and it seemed that it was not bad for the guys with all kinds of skins to wear a reinforcement helmet during training.
The Kevlar helmet from the American manufacturer Donggou is a bit expensive, and even if the boss's private army does not use it, it is not too much, and it is a good gift for friendly troops and friendly organizations.
"New goods, if calculated according to the price of scrap iron, you will want it. ”
Vasily knew that these helmets were of good quality, really intensively cultivated, not heavy, and could be used for decades.
"No, at least the price of scrap. ”
"Deal!
By the way, how many of you have?"
"I can find a brand new item, this... There can be about fifty or sixty thousand. ”
Well, Vasily felt deceived for the first time in his life.
If the boss knew that he had bought so many steel helmets, he would definitely joke that you used them as treasures?
Fortunately, it is a scrap price, and these fifty or sixty tons will not cost much.
Speaking of which, the group returned to the cave, where there were some large machine guns.
The wheeled Type 57 heavy machine gun was not wanted, and a small number of Type 67 general-purpose machine guns were all needed, and about 5 million rounds of machine gun ammunition were given a price of 2 cents a round.
The Type 54 large-caliber machine gun, which is brand new, heavy enough, and powerful enough, is also needed, but the price of this bullet is only pressed to 10 cents a round, which is not super cheap.
There are also dozens of Type 58 14.5mm twin anti-aircraft machine guns, this thing is a super killer in Africa when it is loaded into the car, and the bullet is 12 cents a round, buy it!
The inventory of this warehouse is basically dominated by firearms, and if you want to see the guns, you have to change places in the afternoon, not far from here, just six or seven kilometers away.
Similarly, Lieutenant Colonel Baluku can handle more guns and ammunition than this warehouse, and there are 30,000 or 40,000 new Type 56 submachine guns and Type 56 light machine guns alone.
The day after tomorrow, Vasily and the others will not have time to buy arms, and other things.
After leaving the cave, the soldier closed the door and used an electric welder to weld the keyhole of a large padlock specially added to the door directly in front of Vasily and the others, and the same will be done with the cave where the ammunition is placed in the front of the pass.
For a month, Lieutenant Colonel Baluku assured that the two caves would not be opened for a month.
Vasily watched the soldiers do the work of welders, and said to the officers with a smile: "Next time I come I have to buy some big locks." ”
"Then you have to prepare a few more, there is still a warehouse here, I don't know if you are interested. ”
"What?"
"The outdated equipment, the Huaxia Type 56 semi-automatic rifle, is very good for hunting. It's a pity that it can only be single-shot. ”
"How many?"
In this regard, Baluku did not know again, and Lieutenant Muftiu on the side said: "There are a lot, the new guns of this model and the old guns in good condition in the whole country are all with us, at least 50,000 pieces." ”