The legs of the plane are a little short, and you still need to add fuel to the south to fly this way, but you don't have to choose if you want to be in a hurry, and the airlines are happy to sell a second-hand product to Guo Liyang, a big tyrant, according to the price of the new plane, which makes the richest man depressed and don't want it, as if he saw the airline boss laughing and rolling to the ground, and he is engraved with the word big stupid on his forehead in the eyes of others.

Silly is stupid, as long as the problem can be solved.

The matter of contacting Blackwater International over there was handed over to Qiu Fan, the main person in charge of the group's external affairs, of course, this is also one of the old brothers, who has been in charge of the company's public relations department since the expansion of the company, and is extremely good at dealing with people.

Qiu Fan's task was the starting point of the whole thing, and the day after everyone finished the discussion, they arranged the recent work at hand, flew to the other side of the ocean, the first stop was Los Angeles, and then the transfer flight to North Carolina, where the headquarters of Blackwater International Company is located.

Founded in 2002, it is one of more than 60 private security companies active on the battlefield in Iraq, according to Blackwater's official website, which is one of the nine subsidiaries of Blackwater International, which mainly provides professional political bodyguards, facility defense, and training of the new Iraqi army and police, as well as other types of support work for the coalition forces in Iraq.

Qiu Fan went straight to Moyok without making an appointment, and after a night's rest at a local hotel, he went to Blackwater Safety Consulting early the next morning.

From the outside, this company looks similar to an ordinary company, and when I walked inside, I didn't imagine that there were big men with loaded guns everywhere, basically ordinary office workers, and I didn't see anyone who looked like bodyguards.

At the reception desk, Qiu Fan told the receptionist that he was here to contact the business, and he needed to see the manager of the company's vice president or above, seeing Qiu Fan's extraordinary bearing, although he did not make an appointment, but the front desk still began to report layer by layer, and finally a vice president of the company put down the work at hand and received Qiu Fan.

People don't believe that anyone dares to go to Blackwater to make fun, saying that if there is a business, there must be a business, just look at the size.

Qiu Fan was led directly to the deputy general manager's office by the front desk, and the name of the vice president who received him was very easy to remember, called LaVine Curry, and he had the surname of a basketball star, but he was a middle-aged white man in his fifties.

After sitting down, Qiu Fan directly told Curry what he meant, and he didn't have a relationship before the first meeting, and they are all people with status, so there is no need to talk nonsense and grind his teeth. We're here to buy something, and seeing that your company's reputation is quite big, it seems that it is very capable, so I came to the door and asked you if you would do this business, it's as simple as that.

"Mr. Qiu, can I know why the African tribal leader you said must buy American-style equipment?"

"To be honest, Mr. Curry, we don't know this, we first heard his request that we recommend Chinese equipment to him, you know, then we will be much more convenient, but it seems that the other party is interested in your American equipment, we can't do anything else, in order for our project to go smoothly, we can only come to your side to find a way, and I am not afraid of Mr. Curry's jokes, before our company was just a real estate integrated company, all of which were civil engineering projects, I have never been involved in the aspect of military equipment, and I can't find a way to find it, but after a temporary selection and comparison, our group executives agreed that your company should be a very suitable partner, so I will take the liberty to visit today. ”

"Ha~, Mr. Qiu, thank you very much for your evaluation of the gentlemen, I have to say that your vision is very unique, our Blackwater International is one of the undisputed four giants in this field, and in terms of comprehensive strength, it is the absolute first, our company's current business scope has ...... We also have our own equipment research and development organization...... We have already successfully launched an armored vehicle...... Our Bodyguard Business...... Our...... Our ...... for Iraq"

Qiu Fan patiently listened to Curry's introduction of Blackwater International's business projects and company characteristics, and nodded in agreement from time to time.

"The purchasing of equipment is also one of our businesses, so you can rest assured that we are absolutely capable of fulfilling your entrustment."

"Thank you very much Mr. Curry for your introduction, I really didn't know that your company had been involved in so many fields, and I have a new understanding of your company's strength and more confidence."

"Mr. Qiu, do you have any other requirements for this batch of equipment?"

"So, Mr. Curry has agreed to accept our business?"

"Of course, as long as it is not embargoed, we can meet your requirements."

"Thank you very much, this is the list of equipment we need, and if there are no problems then we can draw up the contract." After that, he took out a shopping list from his bag and handed it to Curry.

540 M4 assault rifles are standard for individual soldiers

540 M9 pistols are standard for individual soldiers

M249 squad machine guns 65 units

M2 heavy machine guns 35 pcs

M24 light sniper rifle 35 35 pcs

M82A1 Heavy Sniper Rifle 25 pcs

MK19 40mm grenade launcher 50 units

20 M224 60mm mortars

M252 81mm mortars 15 pieces

hand grenade

The above equipment training ammunition is equipped according to 10 bases.

Request equipment maintenance tools and manuals.

Curry read it carefully, nodded and said to Qiu Fan: "Mr. Qiu, there is no problem with this list, and it is even very simple, all of them are general infantry equipment, and there are many missile equipment equipped by individual soldiers that are not required, and they have nothing to do with the embargo, I can tell you very responsibly that this business will not be a little troublesome." ”

"That's good, the other is the location of delivery, I don't know if your company can be responsible for delivery?"

"Ha~ Mr. Qiu said the key point of the matter, this is the biggest advantage of our Blackwater International, hehe, let's put it this way, Mr. Qiu designates one anywhere in the world, and we guarantee that it will be delivered on time."

"Haha... That's good, that's good. ”

Of course, such a business at the level of tens of millions of dollars cannot be completed in a few words, and since the two parties have reached a transaction intention, then they can enter the negotiation and bargaining of various details.

It can be seen that Blackwater International has done many such transactions, and in a short period of time, it has come up with several sets of more detailed trading plans according to Qiu Fan's requirements for Qiu Fan to choose.

There is nothing to choose, Qiu Fan really doesn't understand the doorway in this industry, as long as all the goods are delivered to the designated warehouse at the Singapore terminal at the end of this month, but it needs to be kept secret and cannot alarm the Singapore authorities.

For this, Curry completely patted his chest and gave Qiu Fan a guarantee, and when the time comes, he will greet the relevant personnel in Singapore, and let them close their eyes and shut up. People don't take little Singapore in their eyes at all, and they don't drive a warship to the dock to unload the cargo, which has already given you a lot of face, and you dare to jump out and chirp crookedly, and you don't take it to look for a draw.

Well, Qiu Fan can only say that he has no objection to this, and he can be so awesome with his back to Uncle Sam.

The last order was settled, and the equipment totaled more than 14 million, and the ammunition of the ten bases was calculated to be more than 16 million, erasing the fraction of 30 million.

Payment method: 5 million US dollars in advance, 20 million in cash for delivery at Singapore port, and 5 million balance payment after one month.

Specific date of delivery: the last day of the month.

Signing contracts, shaking hands, transferring advance payments, dinners, guests and hosts looking forward to the future......

Early the next morning, Qiu Fan set off to rush home, and his task was completed, and he went back to report the details of the transaction, so that everyone could carry out other tasks in their hearts.

Qiu Fan's work is only a small part of the whole thing, and now the overseas business volume of the entire Jiutai Group revolves around the port of Singapore.

A large number of materials shipped to Europe, Africa and the Middle East began to be frequently loaded and unloaded, sub-packed and re-shipped in Singapore ports one month in advance, in order to paralyze port management and customs.

From the second day when everyone discussed the plan, Jiutai Group's overseas business volume began to soar, and the orders that could not be done before were immediately accepted, as long as all the goods sent to that direction were accepted, and even took the initiative to contact other companies to ensure that the cargo ships could squeeze as much as possible to the Singapore port, and a large number of professionals had to work overtime under the gaze of Guo Dong...

In the Dalu International Trade Company, the antique appraisal has entered a climax, the influence of a phoenix crown of the Southern Song Dynasty is amazing, museums all over the country are coming, Mr. Feng is also a person who does not refuse, a mountain of things is still waiting for it, this is good, please can't invite the experts, now all have become their own free workers.

And then... A pair of Tang Yin's "Mountain Quiet Day Long Map", a total of 12 pages, with Wang Yangming's book Tang Xizi language. A "Moon Spring Map", signed: Tang Yin of Wu County, as well as the words "made for the Moon Spring", and Tang Yin's own name "Tang Bohu, Tang Ziwei and Liuru Jushi" and other seals, the appearance of these two paintings has attracted more attention from the cultural relics community.

What about hair?

After repeated identification, everyone determined that this was Tang Bohu's authentic handiwork, and suddenly this painting was not important, what mattered was the topic. These two paintings were preceded by wow! In 1989, Christie's held an auction of important Chinese ancient paintings in New York, and the first in the list was a book by Tang Yin. The "Moon Spring" is in the hands of another private collector in China.

So what are these two that appear? Either all the experts on the scene are gone, or the other two paintings are fakes, could it be that Tang Bohu has eaten enough to support and painted two?

How happy do you think this kind of thing should be in the academic world? How controversial is such a hot topic, and how many "trolls" do you have to feed? You don't see, a bunch of experts even began to express their insights on the spot, and then the opponents who expressed dissatisfaction also came out at the right time...

In the end, it was Feng Ping's sentence that made everyone guess quietly, "What are you arguing about, there's still a lot of them over there, can you make a noise after reading it?" ”