Chapter 18: Blood Diamonds

Through Dinny's account, John learned for the first time that the collapse of the Soviet Union was actually a game set up by the United States decades ago, and was not the result of the Cold War, which simply subverted his long-formed inherent thinking.

Although my family is in the Soviet Union, I still want to do business in the Soviet Union!"

John had learned the real reasons for the collapse of the Soviet Union, but this did not prevent him from planning to make a fortune in the Soviet Union. Because the business he wants to do is not commercial trade, nor the development of mineral resources, nor is it an ordinary department store transaction, but an arms business.

When it comes to the arms business, the Morgan family recognizes the second, and no one dares to admit the first. Although Lockheed Martin ranks first with $40.5 billion and Boeing ranks second with $30.3 billion.

But among the world's top 10 arms companies, the Morganists own two companies: General Dynamics, which ranks fifth with $19.1 billion, and Northrop Grumman, which ranks sixth with $17.6 billion.

And in addition to these two pure arms companies, the Morgan family also has General Electric, General Atomics and IBM.

Although GE does not sell as many arms as the top 10 arms companies, it is also an arms giant, with aerospace instruments, jet aircraft pilotage and navigation systems, multi-warhead ballistic missile systems, radar and space flight systems, as well as the world-famous Atlas rockets and Thor rockets that can carry atomic and hydrogen warheads.

Although General Atomics does not make ten major profits, the famous Predator drone is out of its hands.

As for IBM, which is also a contractor of the Ministry of Defense, although it does not build aircraft and artillery, military control, remote protection, and military computers in the sea, land and air are all in the hands of IBM, so the arms orders of the five companies of the Morgan consortium combined have completely exploded Lockheed Martin and Boeing, which are ranked first and second.

When Daini heard that John still wanted to invest in the Soviet Union, she was a little worried about John's insistence, so she decided to persuade the boss: "JK! The political situation and economic situation in the Soviet Union will be very bad in the next few years, and we will pay for it at this time." ”

"Haha...... The more unstable the situation, the easier it is to make money sometimes, didn't you just say that after the family's layout, the Soviet economy will definitely decline, and when the time comes, how can a country dominated by heavy industry tide over the difficulties? The only way is to sell weapons. And then we can buy it at a very cheap price and sell it at a high price where there is a shortage of weapons. John was very optimistic about his plan.

In his previous life, he had heard a sentence that called a department store to change planes.

It is said that the Soviet Union was dragged down by the United States in the Cold War, and the country's economy collapsed, so it could only sell weapons in exchange for food and other daily necessities to survive. At that time, even aircraft carriers were sold for scrap metal, and as long as you could get the money, even nuclear weapons were sold. It was precisely for this reason that a large number of arms dealers poured into the Soviet Union at that time, making a fortune for the Soviet Union, and these arms dealers made a lot of money during the grand event of the collapse of the Soviet Union.

This also proves that the arms business is indeed very profitable, and it is precisely because of the huge profits that many people will do it regardless of the danger of killing their heads.

But the Morgan consortium is a contractor of the US Department of Defense and a legitimate world arms giant, so John can go to the Soviet Union with a legal certificate to make a big profit.

On the other hand, Dani heard John's words, and after some serious consideration, said: "Okay JK, when the bank loan is down, I will ask the arms salesmen of the consortium to go to the Soviet Union to buy weapons." Then we sell them to Africa for diamonds, and then we take them to the United States and sell them to jewelry companies, so that we can make money in both places and maximize the profits. ”

"Diamonds ......!" said John, who heard Dani speak of African diamonds, and his heart fell into deep thought.

Everyone knows that diamonds are beautiful and symbolize eternity, but few people know that colorful diamonds are actually stained with blood. In West Africa, warlords, corrupt governments, and guerrillas are engaged in bloody battles for territory in diamond deposits.

They trade diamonds for arms, they use arms to control more diamonds, and so on, and it is always the people at the bottom who are exploited.

In his previous life, Xiao Lizi starred in a movie called "Blood Diamond", which depicts the bloody battle for diamonds on the African continent.

John doesn't think he's a, he can't be a fraternity. But he couldn't hide his ears and tell himself: Africa is far away, and the life and death of the African people has nothing to do with him.

He really can't bear to make such bloody money, but if he doesn't earn it, then the bet between him and Morgan Sr. may lose, and if he loses the bet, his dream of directing will not be realized, and then the dream will become a fantasy.

John is caught in a difficult choice at the moment, on the one hand, he will do whatever it takes to dream and on the other hand, he will give up his dream for the sake of so-called righteousness, and he struggles in the middle.

"JK! We only trade diamonds in non-war zones, and as for war zones, I would warn them that they are strictly forbidden to exchange them. Dinny was thoughtful, and when she saw John's struggling expression, she knew what was going on in John's heart.

At the same time, she was very relieved to see John like this, at least to prove that the boss of her service is not an unscrupulous person for profit.

"Okay......! Go ahead and do it......" John struggled inwardly, but finally nodded in agreement with Dani.

The most beautiful thing in the world may be full of the dirtiest evils, John is not God, he can't do fraternity, he knows that someone will definitely die under the weapons he sells, but as the heir to the Morgan family, the world's largest arms giant, he has been stained with blood from birth, and every penny he has used since he was a child has the smell of blood.

So he never hoped that he could wash the blood off his body, but only wanted to be less contaminated.

After seeing John's nod of agreement, Dani was ready to fly to New York that day to complete the task assigned by John, she never liked to procrastinate in doing things, and she was resolute and resolute.

Looking at the departing Dani, John felt a little unhappy in his heart, Dani had just come to Hollywood to do things for herself, although this was her job, but John felt a little embarrassed.

"She should be compensated......"

Thinking about it, John picked up the phone on the table and began to dial, ready to send warmth to Danie.

"Hello, this is Karl Lagerfeld's office, who are you?" Sofia Coppola replied mechanically, picking up the phone.

After she won the Golden Raspberry Award last year, she once suspected that she was not suitable for showbiz, and later came to Paris with the help of her family to work as an assistant to Karl Lagerfeld, before she came, she also fantasized about making a career in the fashion industry, but now she finally understands that she is just a phone answerer, and she regrets the job very much.

"Hello, I'm JK, I want to get some clothes for Mr. Karl Lagerfeld, can you help me get in touch?" John wanted to make some clothes for Daini to show his concern.

"Okay, please wait a minute......" Sofia Coppola hurriedly connected the phone to Karl Lagerfeld.

"Hello, I'm Karl Lagerfeld, who is you?" Lagerfeld took the phone and asked kindly.

"Hello Mr. Karl Lagerfeld, I'm JK of the Morgan Consortium, and I'd like to ask you to make some women's clothing, four sets per season, all year round, okay?" John said his purpose.

"Of course, no problem, it's my pleasure, I'll arrange for someone to go and get the size taken. "Karl Lagerfeld is a world-famous fashion designer, but he knows that he is nothing more than a service person for big conglomerates.

"Thank you......!"

John gave Carl Lagerfeld the address of Studio Crown and Dyni's name before hanging up, then flipped through the memo to see if there was anything else that needed to be done today.

Today is a magical day for him, not only does he have Nancy as an agent, but also Dani as a lifelong assistant.