Chapter 1682: The Coveted Deal
After leaving the gun shop, Zhang Tianyuan couldn't come back to his senses for a while, because he thought that it might be easier to buy these things in South Africa, but he didn't expect it to be so easy.
Later, after listening to Rachel's explanation, I realized that the control of guns in South Africa is very weak, and although the government has the intention to control firearms, the resistance of the people is very great.
The chaos in Johannesburg is fundamentally a pot of misuse of firearms, you know, the existence of the Cross Society, its firepower is even completely stronger than that of the police, who else can control them?
A very good gun is only seven or eight hundred rand, which is converted to less RMB, and the store will also come with bullets, such a thing, I'm afraid it can only be encountered here.
The South African police are afraid to say that they are all bad, but at least some of them are not doing their job, and sometimes they may even be more disgusting than those robbers.
These people will only bully the weak and fear the hard, and when they really encounter a fire, they don't dare to go directly to the scene at all, and most of them will wait until the fire is over to clean up the mess. Because of this, even if there is a robbery in South Africa, you will hardly see the shadow of the police, maybe they didn't come at all, or they are afraid and hide somewhere to watch a play.
In South Africa, the Chinese are easy targets for robbery, as Rachel said before, mainly because the Chinese like to carry cash with them. Therefore, many Chinese people who come to South Africa to travel will be advised not to bring too much cash, if they really encounter a robbery, they can give money, all of them. After all, there is only one life.
However, this situation can only be avoided passively, but it cannot solve the fundamental problem. The Diamond Summit gave South Africa's criminal gangs a great opportunity. Almost at this time of year, the activities of various criminal gangs become very frequent.
After all, diamonds are not the same as money. Money can also be paid by cheque or cashier's check, but sometimes you have to carry diamonds with you, which can lead to trouble.
According to Rachel, it was probably last year that a horrific event occurred at the South African Diamond Summit.
A Chinese businessman bought hundreds of millions of dollars worth of diamonds, and when he was about to return to the hotel where he lived, he was robbed outside the door of the Diamond Summit. After all, these robbers generally want money rather than death.
But it was a diamond worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and this Chinese businessman still bought diamonds for others, once he handed it over, his life would be ruined, and as a result, his persistence angered those robbers, and he was almost shot into a hornet's nest, and even the car he drove was beaten into a sieve.
According to Rachel, the police were nearby at the time. But they didn't dare to come over at all, the difference in firepower was too far, and the other side had rockets in the face, but the police only had pistols.
"So you were there at the time?" Zhang Tianyuan asked Rachel.
"That's right. We were all there, and we were in charge of protecting a businessman who had business with the company and also held diamonds. The people we protect are safer, because our firepower is no worse than that of the robbers. Rachel said with some pride.
"What happened to you?" Do you know who did it?" Zhang Tianyuan asked.
"What if you know? The Chinese authorities were particularly concerned and sent embassy officials to contact the Johannesburg police. Hopefully they will crack the case as soon as possible. Hmph, people are caught, after all, they still have to give China face. ”
"What do you mean? Doesn't sound right to you?"
Rachel sneered: "Do you think they really rushed to provoke those people? I know those robbers, although they are covered with face bands, but there is no doubt that they are the guys of the Cross Society, I have dealt with them, I am too familiar, but the guys who were caught later are just some thugs. ”
Although Zhang Tianyuan also thought about this possibility, it was still very shocking when this came out of Rachel's mouth.
"So, a lot of what happened in South Africa ended up being headless crimes. Because of this, in the last few diamond summits, most of the businessmen who came here hired bodyguards or even hired private troops. I saw a private guard outside the hotel where you were staying, and it was probably the same businessman who came to the Diamond Summit this time. You're so rich, why don't you hire a convoy? It's cheap. Rachel looked at Zhang Tianyuan and asked.
"It's my first time in Johannesburg, so I don't know much about these things, so I brought my people with me. "Zhang Tianyuan is not a hero, he is also afraid of death, especially when his career has developed to this point, he doesn't want to burp all of a sudden, it would be too wronged, he hasn't seen his business empire rule global business, and he hasn't seen his daughter born, how wronged is this, not to mention that he is not short of money, let alone people, if he knew it earlier, he would definitely bring enough strength to protect himself.
"No wonder, but it doesn't matter, with us, it's not a big problem, you can rest assured. Rachel glanced at Zhang Tianyuan and said, "Those two bodyguards of yours are very powerful, in fact, as long as it's not a large-scale battle, it should be fine, right?"
The car quickly entered the bank, and Zhang Tianyuan confirmed that the funds were in place, so he took the cashier's check and got back into the car and went to the diamond exchange.
That's where the Diamond Summit takes place.
In fact, it is said that it is a diamond summit, and it is just a larger-scale diamond trade fair.
"Boss, someone has been following you since just now. Yunmo said suddenly.
"Leave them alone, with us, nothing will happen, those people want to wait for you to be single, as long as you don't leave the order, it's no problem. Don't look at us as just mercenaries, but if you give us money, we will do things, and we won't give up halfway, after all, this is related to our reputation. Rachel said to Yunmo.
"Yunmo, listen to her. Zhang Tianyuan chose to trust Rachel because he had no other choice.
The car drove for about twenty minutes or so before it came to the vicinity of the Diamond Exchange.
The South African Diamond Exchange is located in the heart of the city, on MainStreet, southwest of Fordersburg.
It's a six-story building with beige walls and rows of large windows. There are a few tropical plantain trees, standing upright, but the leaves are sparse and not luxuriant. However, it is interesting that all the exchanges are surrounded by iron fences, and there are even soldiers standing guard with guns, and it seems that the South African side has also put a lot of effort into the smooth running of the diamond summit.
There are many old cars parked in the open space near the Diamond Exchange, and if you look closely, you will see that none of these cars are ordinary cars, almost every car is reinforced, and the glass is presumably bulletproof.
It seems that this place really needs to be dangerous, so that these people have to do it. After all, if you can keep safe with a little more money, no one wants to joke with their lives.
After the car stopped, Yunmo and Monza got out of the car first, then Rachel, then Zhang Tianyuan, and finally Liu Ruohan.
Liu Ruohan wanted to get out of the car as soon as he arrived here, but he was stopped by Zhang Tianyuan, in such a dangerous place, it is difficult for you to be sure that nothing will happen, so of course it is better to be careful. In the event of a shooting, he can protect himself, but Liu Ruohan cannot.
There were a lot of cars around the parking lot, and most of the people in the cars were black, armed with guns, and they all looked fierce, and they all set their eyes on Zhang Tianyuan and the others.
"Hey, Rachel, I've found a big deal again, I don't know what this Chinese man tastes like, hahahaha. ”
At this time, a man who looked very strong laughed at Rachel and said.
This is really very ugly for a girl who has been abused.
"Ignore him, Boss Zhang, you better go to the exchange, when you get there, it's basically safe, well, at least it's safer than outside." Rachel was indifferent to the strong man's provocation, probably having experienced this kind of thing more than once, so he had already adapted to it.
But his words were really ugly. Liu Ruohan said.
"Okay, Rachel said to do what she wants, here she is familiar. Zhang Tianyuan stopped Liu Ruohan from continuing, when he came to a place where he was unfamiliar with life, he must still listen to the locals, he believed that Rachel would not harm them, at least not for the time being.
"Oh. Liu Ruohan has experienced a few things, and he has become obedient, and he has long lost the vigor he had when he first came.
"Boss, this place doesn't look like a diamond exchange, it's more like a prison. "After Yunmo arrived in the imperial capital, he followed Zhan Fei to visit the prison, so he always felt that this place was too similar to the prison.
It was surrounded by high walls and barbed wire, which must still be electrified, and several watchtowers, all of which were armed with soldiers or security guards.
"It's kind of like. Zhang Tianyuan nodded, and then was about to go inside, but was stopped by the soldiers standing at the door.
"Please show your ID, no one is allowed to enter. ”
"Do you still need documents?" Zhang Tianyuan was stunned, because he had heard Liu Mengxun and Nie Zhen say that ordinary people in this diamond exchange can come in, why do they need documents?
Rachel walked over, rummaged through Zhang Tianyuan's bag and said, "That's it, you don't know." The Diamond Summit is much larger than the usual diamond trade and is more valuable, so security measures are tighter, unless you are a pre-registered businessman, you are not allowed to enter, any document is fine, as long as you can prove your identity. ”
"Damn, if I had known, I would have registered a few more names. Zhang Tianyuan patted his head and regretted it a little, in fact, Yunmo and Monza He was not worried, after all, the ability to protect himself was more than enough, but Liu Ruohan, alas. (To be continued.) )