"Mr. Francis, I would like to know what business you need to negotiate with us when you come to our company?" Owen, the manager of Blackwater, said politely to the Colombian sitting in front of him.

"I heard that your company is training rebels in Panama?" "I wonder what price it would take for you to stop serving the Panamanian rebels." ”

"We've never worked with any 'rebels.'" Owen stared into his eyes and said, "In Panama, we are at the invitation of the Panamanian city government to serve the militia organizations in Panama. Regardless of the ultimate ownership of Panama, militias are legitimate, even under the laws of your country. ”

"But......" Francis seemed to want to say something, but he immediately calmed down again, knowing that you would never be able to talk about it with those shameless Yankees. And his mission is not to discuss justice and truth with a manager of a mercenary company that sells death. He's here, and it's to get some kind of deal as much as possible.

"Let's stop talking about that boring question." "I think at least one thing is certain, and that's that you're doing business with the Panamanians," Francis said. Right? So I still have that question: what is the price at which you can stop serving the Panamanians. ”

"Ah, sir." A professional smile appeared on Owen's face, "You must know that our company has always been very ethical, and this kind of thing is too damaging to the company's reputation if you suddenly pick a child halfway through." I am afraid that we will not be able to agree to this request. ”

"Mr. Owen, as far as I know, one of the most important things in business ethics is that anything can be bought and sold, as long as the price is right. Business ethics itself has a price and can be negotiated. Isn't it? Why do you want to turn people away from thousands of miles away? "Francis was calm.

"Oh, that's interesting." Owen also smiled, indeed, stupidly believe that after signing the contract, people will definitely abide by business ethics and honestly fulfill the contract or something, it must have been a lack of iodine when he was a child, which affected his brain education. Well, definitely. It's like a certain port city, because it thinks it is coastal, it has never used iodized salt, so if you look at it, you will come up with "one country, two wisdoms" that has not changed for 50 years.

In addition, those who believe in business ethics must also be the lucky ones who have never made a claim to the insurance company. Because anyone who has done this, no matter how low their IQ is, they all know that the business contract is really Nima's cheat daddy's goods.

"However, you also have to know that our business ethics are very expensive. You may not be able to afford it. Owen said.

"Ah, that's not what you need to worry about. Isn't it? Francis said, "You should know who I represent." What you may not know is that there is a multimillion-dollar or even tens of millions of dollars at stake. I think it's such a big business, maybe you should find someone with a higher level to talk to me......"

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"Mr. Francis, let me introduce myself, my surname is Bond. I was commissioned to talk to you. Bond said as he shifted his chair and sat down.

"Okay, Mr. Bond, I think we all understand what the purpose of your company's cooperation with the Panamanians is. Surely for the right to dig a canal in the Isthmus of Panama. So, if we can agree on the opening of the canal, can you give up your support for the Panamanians? Francis said.

"Why should we turn to you?" Instead of denying that their involvement was solely for the right to dig the canal, Bond asked directly.

"Because we can give you relatively better terms." Francis said, raising his eyes at the same time as he looked at Bond, who now seemed to have no reaction to the remark.

"Colombia is a country after all, and if you cooperate with us, there is much less danger of other countries interfering. That is, with us, the risk is less. That's the first benefit. Francis said.

"We don't think so." "First, work with them, we don't have to worry about them suddenly changing their minds." But when we work with you, we have to worry about whether you are reliable or not, which greatly increases the risk. From our point of view, once Panama is suppressed, I don't know what else will be able to guarantee that you will not change your mind and tear up the agreement with us. It's like your Congress vetoing an agreement that has already been negotiated between the two countries. So, in general, we think that we are more at risk when we work with you. Bond interrupted.

"Congress is doing this because of its wariness of the U.S. government, that it will take advantage of the opportunity to infringe on Colombia's sovereignty, and if we were just working with a U.S. company, Congress wouldn't have that concern. Of course, there will be no such problem. Francis tried to explain.

"We don't care what you say. What we care about is whether you can tear up the agreement, don't talk to us about business ethics, the highest business ethics is the pursuit of profits. Even, when we dig the canal, you can get the highest profit by compulsory nationalization. Isn't it? This is the most ethical business practice. So working with you, we're much more at risk. Bond said calmly, "So, your statement about the risk analysis is not right. To impress us, you have to show more sincerity. ”

"If we tear up the contract at will, the U.S. government will put a lot of pressure on us. In addition, if you are willing to cooperate with us, although it may be difficult for us to give you too much preferential treatment in terms of the share ratio, we can compensate you for some resource development projects in Colombia......"

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"Scrooge, do you really intend to work with the Colombian government?" Dorothea asked.

"How is this possible?" "Don't look at the bait that the Colombians throw out, they give them a series of privileges, including railroad construction, mining, etc., but it's no wonder that these things can be implemented." Even if we don't tear up the contract, all kinds of delays, non-cooperation, intentional bureaucracy, etc., can make our costs rise so dramatically that we can't make money at all. Even if these guys just want to deceive us, they don't want to think, are we so easy to deceive? ”

"Then you still keep that guy and let people talk to him slowly?" Dorothea said disappreciatively, "Kick him ...... Ah, you're not trying to use him to scare the Colombians, are you? ”

"It's not." "There is a limit to what the Panamanians can do," Scrooge said. There is no need to create trouble for future cooperation for the sake of such a small benefit. I'm just trying to delay the Colombian government's actions and have some fun. But it might be interesting to let Panamanians know what the Colombian government is doing. If nothing else, he will definitely buy a lot of heavy weapons. And these things can bring profits in the long run......"

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"Are you saying that President José has sent you an agent asking you to cooperate with them to suppress us?" Mayor Edu was a little alarmed.

"Yes, but how could we agree to such a thing? This is really against business ethics. Isn't it? "But it seems that President José is very unhappy with Panama's possible inclinations, and I think he really wants to use force to solve the problem." ”

"The power of the black water should be able to repel them, right?" Mayor Edu was a little nervous.

"Of course that is true when there is not much difference in numbers." "However, Blackwater has a lot of business, and it is impossible to put too much effort into it for a long time." So, a lot of things still depend on the Panamanians themselves. For example, they should be equipped with more and more advanced weapons. In modern warfare, rifles are important, but the status of artillery is getting higher and higher. Especially in the conditions of being outnumbered, advanced artillery will play a decisive role. Why don't you order more artillery and build batteries and fixed fortifications at some key locations? With this, the future Panamanian state can be truly impregnable. After all, we Blackwater can't stay here forever. ”

The phrase "we Blackwater can't stay here forever" made Edu very comfortable to listen to. After all, no one wants such an elite army that is not under their control to stay by their side. However, he still understood more of what Bob meant, that is, in order to protect himself, he needed a lot of military purchases.

"The quality of our products at MacDonald Infantry Weapons has always been very good. And recently, as far as I know, we already have some of the most advanced artillery pieces in the world. If you are willing to order it, we can also give you a corresponding discount. Bob continued.

Edu knew that the so-called "discount" was actually a commission for his family. It's almost customary, so Edu doesn't pretend to refuse.

"It's just that we don't have the money to buy these weapons." Edu said.

"That's not a problem." Bob laughed, "Isn't that what banks do?" McDonald Ventures, for example, is good. You can use the proceeds of the canal in the future as collateral to get a loan from McDonald Ventures, and then use this to buy training services for the latest weapons. You see, isn't that a very simple thing to do? ”

"Ah, Mr. Bob, your boss really knows how to do business. However, this qiē will have to wait until after the referendum before it can be officially carried out. Until then, Panama's security depends on you. After all, the 'freedom fighters' have no experience yet, and it's okay to scare and scare people, but if you really want to fight, you can't count on them for the time being. ”rg

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