Chapter 27: Breaking the Barriers
"I'll send you to country G tonight, and tomorrow you'll meet with this trapped tower general. Your identity is a wealthy Chinese from Canada, your information is basically not faked, it is all based on your actual situation, you own a trading company in Vancouver, you own a film company in Hollywood, in addition, you also own part of the shares of a casino in the casino, as for other entertainment and catering industries, etc., we have made specific statistics.
Nominally, you're going to buy something precious...... Diamond. The diamond mines in his hands, the things he produces every year, can only be exploited by European diamond smuggling merchants at low prices. Because this is Africa, his diamonds cannot be sold for a large price, so he can only exchange them for weapons and other resources at a low price. Your public identity is to go and buy diamonds, or even buy shares in diamond mines, and then he will agree to you to set up a company in country G. This company can own a portion of the diamond mine and then distribute the annual proceeds in proportion to the ......"
"Wait!" I shook my head, "Is the Trapped Tower crazy?" How could he sell his shares in the diamond mine? This kind of thing, of course, is firmly held in the hand!
Comrade Ren smiled, and he said slowly: "It's different, the shares he transferred to you in name are actually his own, understand?" …… I say that the original diamond mine was owned by country G. Although he is the head of state, he is the president, and he is the commander of the army. But he can't swallow all the income from the diamond mine to himself! Otherwise, the army will mutiny. However, most of these warlord leaders in Africa are very cunning. They all know that they may step down one day! Therefore, everyone has a lot of secret assets overseas, in case they get off power that day, they go into exile overseas and live the rest of their lives as a rich man. ”
"I see." I exhaled and said with a wry smile: "In other words, I went to him and spent a huge amount of money to pretend to buy a part of the diamond mine, but in fact, I still have to quietly return the part of the purchase and the annual income to the trapped tower, right?" Other words...... I'm actually helping him launder money! Right? ”
"That's right, money laundering."
I'm still a little confused: "Money laundering, logically speaking, this kind of warlord will be handed over to his trusted henchmen, right?" There's no reason to find me an outsider. ”
"He did have a financial advisor of his own to help him launder his money. The advisor had been with him for several years, and General Trap's overseas private wealth had always been in the hands of the financial advisor. Comrade Ren said lightly: "It's just that a few months ago, he found out that the financial advisor was actually a spy of the CIA, and then directly killed the spy." As a result, his assets abroad were lost, at least $100 million. Such a result made General Sleepy Tower furious, and then he did not trust the Americans at all now. If not, he may not be willing to cooperate with us. ”
"Good...... Let me take a look......" I wrenched my fingers: "I'll go to General Trapped Tower, and then use the $20 million I brought to buy some shares in the diamond mine, and then buy it, and quietly return it to General Trapped Tower behind my back, huh...... How so? State-owned assets have become private assets, right? That...... Am I just throwing 20 million dollars at him for nothing? ”
"No...... You ......" Comrade Ren smiled, and just as he was about to say something, I had already waved my hand: "Wait a minute." ”
I pulled out my cigarette and said, "Is that okay?" ”
Seeing him nodding, I lit a cigarette: "Comrade Ren, I've known you for so long, I don't know your name yet." ”
"Ren Lei." He smiled and looked at the cigarette in my hand: "God of War? Well, Wu Gang gave it to you. He licked his lips, "It's been a long time since I've smoked this cigarette." ”
"A sprig?" I threw the cigarette to him, and after he lit it, he took a deep breath, and then smiled at me: "I know, Mr. Chen Yang, I am very grateful to you for being a friend who is willing to serve the motherland. Those of us, as I, do these jobs overseas to serve the motherland. ”
I said, "I respect that." ”
"Thank you." Ren Lei said slowly: "However, we also understand that for me, it is my duty to serve the country, but for a patriotic businessman like Mr. Chen, it is impossible for you to take out your property for nothing......"
Then he simply came up with a cooperative distribution plan.
In other words, I took out 20 million to buy the shares of the diamond mine, and although I had to quietly return a part of the private part to General Trapped Tower, I could also keep some of it myself!
"According to my estimates, 20 million dollars can buy about 40 percent of the ownership of that diamond mine. And this diamond mine produces about 14 million diamonds every year...... Note that the value of this fourteen million is the value in Africa! It is the rough price of the diamond! If the 14 million diamonds were to be processed, cut, etc., in Europe, and finally sold as a finished product, the price would increase at least sevenfold. "[Heaven's Kiss Hand Punch]
I whistled!
"Seventy percent of the diamonds in the world come from Africa, and they are smuggled from these small countries. But these diamonds, in the hands of the warlord leaders, are not worth much, and when they are transferred to the hands of those merchants, they will become valuable! Quite simply, the diamond merchants have been exploiting these warlords. But the warlord leaders can't do anything, because diamonds can't be used as arms, they can't be used as food, they can only sell diamonds at a low price, and then use the money from the sale of diamonds to exchange for arms and other supplies. ”
I secretly calculated in my heart: "I calculate...... I spent $20 million and bought 40 percent of the shares, which I could exchange for $6 million worth of rough diamonds a year...... Of course, the value of these six million is fake! Because I'm not a warlord, I'm not going to be ripped off by the diamond smuggling merchants...... Damn, I'm Canada's biggest smuggler! In other words, in the hands of the warlord leaders, these diamonds are worth only six million dollars a year! But in my hands, it's worth at least seven times, 40 million!! Well, that's 40 million a year! ”
I thought for a moment: "So, how much do I have to pay back to that trapped tower general?" ”
Ren Lei smiled: "Chen Yang, I am not a businessman, nor a businessman. These are the preliminary conditions, and as for the back, you need to talk to the trapped tower yourself...... But I suggest you, don't be too greedy, just take it when you see it, and make some of the same. This man is very hot-tempered, and if you make a price to kill him too hard, you might turn him in the face. ”
I thought about it for a moment and said, "Well, the overseas assets he lost before were 100 million US dollars, that is, he has accumulated 100 million US dollars in overseas wealth in the three years he has been in power. An average of 30 million per year? Not so much, not so much. Because the assets are overseas and are managed by his personal advisors. According to the normal proportion of investment in asset promotion, a large part of the 100 million dollars is the profits rolled over the past three years. Well, then he used to be able to steal about $20 million a year from the diamond mines. I laughed: "In other words, I just need to promise to give him 20 million a year, right?" ”
Well, I can collect 40 million a year, of which 20 million will be given to the trapped tower, and I can keep half of it...... This business is still very profitable!
"This is the first part of the mission, you can make money, and the trapped tower, you have found a channel for laundering overseas assets. It's something that both of you benefit from. The second part of the quest requires you to be careful. ”
Ren Lei's face became serious, he looked at Wu Gang, and Wu Gang took out a document from a bag with an expressionless face.
"It's a company...... An airline, to be exact, is an airline that is about to be established, which we call United East African Shipping Company. Ren Lei smiled and said, "How about this name?" ”
"Go on." I shrugged my shoulders.
"The registration information of this company will show that this company is jointly invested and established by you and Guo G, and you are a Canadian investor. Well, Wu Gang, let's talk about it. ”
"Okay!" Wu Gangteng stood up in a moment, and then he walked to the front in a standard military posture, stood under the slide screen, and spoke slowly in an unchanged tone.
"Because of various historical reasons and factors, Western countries have always adopted technical barriers against us! We need a lot of advanced technologies for national and military development, so we can only develop them ourselves! Western countries, on the other hand, have imposed strict technical barriers against us. A lot of the technology we need can't be imported or introduced! And these are also huge obstacles to our construction! We have no talents, lack of communication, and in the face of barriers, we can only close our doors at home, which is not conducive to development. Such technical barriers began with the founding of the country in the last century, and it was not until the end of the last century that with the change of the world political pattern, the technical barriers were gradually loosened. Now we have some special ways to get some of the technology we need. ”
Speaking of this, Ren Lei smiled: "I repeat, Chen Yang, it's not for you to be James Bond to steal technology, but to import technology in another way!" ”
Wu Gang changed his tone and continued: "Country G is an African country, because of its geographical environment, historical conditions, background, etc., it is not within the scope of the technical barriers of Western countries. Therefore, the content of this work is: in the name of the airline established by country G and Chen Yang, six aviation-related technologies are introduced to a certain Western country. Then, we will come out to buy these six technologies from country G. It's as simple as that. ”