Chapter 106: Lao Tzu is the best at dealing with double standards
A few hours later, about the time it was time for lunch,
All the formalities were finally completed, and a C130 transport plane leased by Van Bilsson landed in an open field not far from Lanfang Port.
There is a newly paved cement road about two kilometers long, and there is a large area of cement flat land that has just been completed with three links and one level, but no buildings have yet been built, and it is ready to be used as a storage yard in Lanfang Port in the future.
In order to make the plane land smoothly, Sa Wuyang made a few phone calls, got two squads of police, and closed the road.
The COSCO construction team, which was working on the port, was also brought in to clear the empty yard to ensure that no small stones were scattered on the concrete floor.
Such a big battle naturally made the whole island known.
Because there has never been an airport in the Ranfang Islands, 90% of the people have never seen an airplane in real life, and only those who have been to Malay are likely to have taken a plane in Kuching.
As a result, the C-130 is slightly outdated at low altitude, easily attracting the attention of most of the islanders.
"Airplanes? Isn't this the kind of airplanes that often appear on TV? Whose planes? Could it be that COSCO, which built the port, transports equipment?"
"Ah, I've seen a documentary about the Gulf War, it seems to be this plane, after the Oceanic countries bombed the Iraqi Air Force, they got on this kind of plane to make up for the knife, flew low and swept the ground directly with the cannon. β
Some of the islanders, who had only seen airplanes on TV, couldn't help but look up at the sky and talk about it.
This kind of layman's remarks will naturally arouse the disdain of a small number of insiders to refute: "No culture! That's called AC-130, multiple A words, it's sudden, this is a pure transport plane without A!"
Compared with the ordinary people who watched the excitement, the handful of rich people in Lan Fang were much more sensitive, and it didn't take long for them to vaguely know that it was the recently rising Lan Fang rookie and Gu Kun who made another fortune.
I can't tell you what kind of money it is for a while, but I can't hide it for many days.
"It's hard to raise a dragon in shallow water, Lan Fang's sphere of influence in all walks of life in this acre and three points of land, I'm afraid that it will face a reshuffle in a year or two. Many people of insight thought.
And the most nervous among them is Zhu Jingye, the distant cousin of the Grand Duke and the one in charge of Lanfang's infrastructure and real estate.
In his office building and top-floor office in the center of Lanfang, through the glass curtain wall, he witnessed Gu Kun's rented C-130 passing over his head, and his heart was full of a sense of crisis.
"Gu Kun is already determined to be from Sa Wuyang's faction, and I can't get any bargaining chips to win over, so I have to guard against it. Zhu Jingye looked at the plane with resentment in his eyes, not knowing what idea he had in his heart.
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Gu Kun also knew that after making a fortune this time, there was no way to attract hatred. But as long as you're strong enough, there's no need to worry too much.
On the way to Switzerland, the journey was already boring, so he discussed the little thing he had just pondered with Gao Jianxiong, who was close to him.
"Brother Gao, after coming back from a foreign country this time, you won't take the fleet to sea in the future, the fishing boats will be handed over to Long Wu to lead the team, and the scientific research ships will be handed over to Du Guowei. As for other foreign trade ships, if you search and collect and feel that there are reliable ones around you, I will promote them and put them up for the time being. For you personally, I have other arrangements. β
Ko Chien-shiung felt a sense of trust and thought about it carefully: "What do you think of Jiahui? He also served in the South China Sea for eight years, and when he was a recruit, he saw Blood fighting the Vietnamese. The key is that after following me all these years, I know the character of others well, and I can lead the team well. β
The candidate he mentioned was his deputy Ma Jiahui when he served in the border area of Ganquan Island. Ma Jiahui joined Gu Kun's team a little later, and only retired from the army in the second half of last year to join the army, and now he has been working for half a year and has become the captain of a boat.
Gu Kun didn't want to dwell on this kind of small role, so after thinking about it for a while, he agreed: "Okay, loyalty and reliability are the most important thing, Ma Jiahui will be Ma Jiahui." Let him get acquainted with it for a few months. By July, I sent him a deputyβ
Do you remember the Hu Jin who went to the research ship for an internship during the winter vacation? Yes, it was the boyfriend that the fat girl classmate in my class found from another school. Hu Jin is from Hujiang Maritime University, and his theoretical knowledge is more comprehensive, so let him check and fill in the gaps for Ma Jiahui when the time comes. β
The two of them decided on the personnel arrangements in a few words, and then Gu Kun changed his words: "I hope that after I come back from this trip, I will register a security company in Lanfang, and you will help me take charge of this security company." As for the weapons I need, I can go through the regular customs declaration channels, buy a batch from Heklan, and then import them to Lanfang. β
Gao Jianxiong listened and was slightly excited, but he didn't know why he was excited.
It's not quite logical, maybe it's instinct.
However, he still had to say something to warn of the risk: "Wouldn't this be too ostentatious? If a security company is established, what is the appropriate scale? Lan Fang's police force and defense force are not strong in the first place, will it be noisy?"
Gu Kun: "Just get a team first, so that you won't be overwhelmed." Don't those rich people in Lan Fang also raise ten or eight bodyguards and thugs?
We currently have a squadron (company) of policing and a company of the Wehrmacht and Royal Guard. There was no navy, but the Coast Guard was almost a company, two gunboats, five or six patrol boats, and the official armed personnel of the whole country were about 400 people.
We have a small team, a maximum of 20 people, as long as the license is complete, there will be no taboos. In terms of formalities, Sawuyang will help me with it. I'm sure he'll understand me, and if we don't have any professional security, how can we protect our physical wealth?"
Gao Jianxiong saw that he was so sure of him, of course he would not say anything that was disappointing.
I guess the boss is using money ability to open the way again.
He really didn't guess wrong.
Because just a few hours before getting on the plane, Gu Kun urgently met with Sa Wuyang.
He gave Sawuyang a mask of the ancient Inca "Tumbaga" with the most gold inlays, a full two kilograms of gold on it, and dozens of strings of good Inca roses.
In addition, he also took out a Mayan gold sun disc, more Inca rose stone bracelets, and even a Mayan crystal skull bracelet, and asked Sawuyang to pass it on to the Grand Duke as a welcome gift to buy a special business license.
If it is a different person and sends money directly, then even if you send RM2 million bills, you may not be able to exchange it for the license of this kind of armed security company, because it is too red.
But Gu Kun's delivery method is more to the other party: I have so many precious goods to protect, it's not too much to open an armed security company with dozens of people, right?
Gao Jianxiong: "Then I will go to prepare when I return to China, I don't know what specific requirements you have for recruitment?"
Gu Kun: "You have been in the army for so many years, and you still ask me, who knows the roots, has seen reliable blood, and whose family is easy to control...... You just sift through it first, and finally I'll check the resume myself. β
Gao Jianxiong: "Okay, I'll start arranging this when I come back." β
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The endurance of the C-130 transport aircraft is really not flattering. Because it is the maximum carrying capacity to take off, the tonnage of fuel has also been compressed, and it is necessary to refuel once to fly more than 4,000 kilometers.
Gu Kun and Gao Jianxiong tossed and turned along the way for two days, and landed twice in Pakistan and Turkey before they could be regarded as Switzerland.
In Switzerland, the sealing procedures of the Swiss bank went very smoothly.
Switzerland is a country of asylum for all kinds of money in the world, and as long as you pay for the depository, you won't ask for anything.
After completing the deposit and collection of all the inspection documents, Gu Kun transferred to The Hague and met with Van Birsson, who returned to the Netherlands as a civil aviation, and the two sides chatted about the precautions for the follow-up auction.
Van Birsson: "Gu, your batch of goods also needs time to brew and find buyers, and my opinion is to start shooting on May 1st." β
Gu Kun: "You are professional in this, you can do it." β
Van Birsson: "Because you're auctioning precious metals, Western artifacts, you should know that you have to explain the source. If you want to start the auction on May 1, you must submit the coordinates of the wreck and the source of the goods to the auction house for publicity before March 31 at the latest. This is a legal requirement to allow time for parties with possible disputes to defend and collect evidence. β
Gu Kun: "Hehe, I know. You Western countries are such double standards. β
In fact, there is no need for Van Birsson to tell him, Gu Kun also knows this, so he is mentally prepared.
The reason why he knew was because he had seen the case of this ship in his previous life.
Auction houses in Western countries, when auctioning oriental cultural relics, will not be very strict, or theoretically the terms and conditions are very strict, but if you actually fill in "excavated by tomb robbery", they will believe it.
Because most of their oriental cultural relics were plundered during the colonial era, if they really checked too carefully, they would not look good on their faces. Since the victim is an Eastern civilization, turn a blind eye.
The reason why the auction house wants to do this is also to advertise that "to protect the freedom of transaction, the protection of a third party acquired in good faith should be higher than the protection of the original owner." β
For example, those things in the Old Summer Palace, before the Western auction, did "due diligence", issued a certificate that "these things were not plundered by war", then the person who held up a sign to take the goods at the auction house belonged to the "third party acquired in good faith", and in the future, if the original owner of the Old Summer Palace wanted to get back, he could only pursue the person who robbed it back then, because the buyer was considered "innocent", he "spent the money, and did not know that this thing was robbed, so he obtained it in good faith".
However, if the original owner of the cultural relics being sold is from Western countries, then their inspection is no longer a formality, but really very strict.
But it doesn't matter, who made Gu Kun very innocent this time, and the evidence collection was very perfect.
He was caught on the high seas of the "Suarez", not the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines, and no one could bite him.
If the Philippine side jumps too hard, it will only help him advertise and hype.