First of all, there is the problem of customer source, which has to rely on the operation of the company itself, Hong Tao has no interest in this aspect, and it is not very clear how it works, which probably means that it is promoted in various high-end places in Europe, such as various cocktail parties, golf clubs, equestrian clubs, etc.

Once you have a clientele, you have to have prey to hunt, and the problem is complicated, because there are many private hunting grounds in Africa, and these lands are private, but the animals in them are protected by the local state. However, these countries allow these hunting grounds to hunt a part of the game within their range every year, and as for the number of places, each country has different regulations, but one thing is more similar, that is, the more precious animals to hunt, the fewer places, and the more animals to hunt, the more places to kill.

As a result of this regulation, the prices of these animals are also very high, with fewer animals being more expensive and more expensive, and there are slight differences depending on the country where the hunting grounds are located. For example, the price of an adult elephant in a private hunting ground in Mozambique or Zimbabwe is about $25,000, while in a hunting ground in South Africa it costs more than $30,000.

This price difference is related to the local standard of living and consumption, as well as the facilities and safety of the hunting grounds, and some wealthy Europeans would rather spend more money to hunt in South African hunting grounds than go to more primitive, backward and dangerous Central African countries to covet the cheapness.

When a company like Nathan receives a commission from a customer, it will determine whether the source of the prey in their hands can meet the needs of the customer based on the hunting ground information they have in their hands. Once the two parties can negotiate, just like Hong Tao and Naison Company, and sign an agency contract, the hunting company will arrange the rest of the trip.

The first of these contents basically have little to do with the customer, and the rest of the itinerary will be closely related to the customer's hunting activities.

No matter how you beautify or look at the continent, on the whole, much of it is still very desolate, dangerous and mysterious. And the customers received by the hunting company are either rich or expensive. In order to make the safety of these customers and the hunting activities safer and more perfect, the hunting company has adopted a one-to-one hunting strategy, which means that each customer will be assigned a separate hunting guide, whether you want it or not, as stipulated in the contract.

With a one-on-one guide, the hunting team is not complete, in addition to the guide, the hunting team must be equipped with more than 3 local black trackers, whose task is to track the traces of the target prey; More than one helper, his task is more complex. Sometimes he's a porter, sometimes he's a cook, which roughly means an assistant;

In addition to this, each team legally hunting in Africa must be accompanied by a local forest policeman, which is also required, and one or two drivers, which is all there is to a standard hunting team.

If you look at the lineup mentioned above, Hong Tao feels that these tens of thousands of dollars are not too unjustly spent, no matter whether you can fight or not, you can hunt satisfactorily. At least you can enjoy the feeling of being a nobleman during the hunting days, and you can go out and play around with a large number of men every day, whether it is the locals or the local game, as long as there is a danger to the safety of the customers. Those guides will help you stop.

Because there is a provision in the contract for this, if the customer's safety is not guaranteed, then the transaction should not be done. Of course, there is a premise for this. That is, you must abide by the local laws and regulations, and if you kill yourself, then the guide is not obligated to be a thug for you.

With hunting parties. Now comes to the main point, which is the rules of hunting. In this regard, the trainers of Naison also put special emphasis on it, because it is directly related to the safety of the customer's harvest and hunting team.

Through the past few days of study, Hong Tao realized that hunting in Africa is far from a simple matter of aiming with a gun and then pulling the trigger. The first thing is to be sure to hit every shot, because hunting in Africa has to rely on the hunters to shoot their prey, and the guides cannot help, they will only shoot the prey that is out of control or gone crazy in a crisis situation.

And if you hit a prey in Africa that doesn't die at the time, but runs away, then you have to pay for the prey.

Therefore, it is necessary to have a more reliable marksmanship and strictly follow the command of the hunting guide, or this trip down, it is likely that the money is not spent, and the gun is not less, and the prey is all wounded and fled, and none of them are caught in their hands. In this case, the hunting company does not refund the money.

For example, in Tanzania, there are regulations that a male lion must be over 6 years old before it can be hunted in a planned manner, because it has lost the ability to mate at this time. In Zimbabwe, for example, there are rules that only male elephants with tusks of more than 40 pounds are allowed to be killed in a planned manner, and leopards must be more than three meters long.

For these regulations, the hunting company only requires Hong Tao and the three of them to be slightly familiar, and does not require them to memorize them all, otherwise it is really unrealistic to want to memorize these hundreds of laws and regulations for three or five years, but then again, there are a few people who can play this kind of high-consumption game who are willing to spend so long to memorize these rules and regulations, so they can only be roughly familiar.

"It's done, we're all familiar with it, you can watch more, your young head is easy to use." When Boss Fat and Boss Liu heard that these things didn't need to be examined, they immediately threw them away, and they were familiar with it.

In addition to these necessary hunting knowledge and knowledge, one of the things Hong Tao did the most during the week was to shoot guns and conduct various first aid training. These are the two most basic hunting skills, the first one is for offensive preparation, and the latter is for defensive preparation.

A week passed in a blink of an eye, and when the instructor of Naison Company announced that Hong Tao and the three of them had all passed the simple exam and could continue to fulfill the contract, Hong Tao, Boss Liu and the fat boss not only had no surprises, but lost interest in hunting or something.

It's not surprising that if you get up every morning and run to the shooting range after lunch to shoot a large-caliber rifle for 2 hours in a row, you will also lose interest in the activity of shooting, and if you don't get anything is the most important thing, if it becomes your job, then you will soon lose interest in it.

At the end of this week's intensive training course, the time happened to come to New Year's Day in 2005, according to the date marked on the contract, Hong Tao their African hunting trip departure time is also about to arrive, although there is no need to go out early and return late every day to participate in the training course, but Hong Tao three people are still not idle, because according to the requirements of Naison company, every customer who goes to Africa in addition to paying enough agency fees, also needs to prepare some personal necessary items.

These items mainly include sunglasses, binoculars, photographic equipment, combination tools such as Swiss Army knives, headlamps or flashlights, at least one high-quality waterproof bag, insect repellent, medicines, sunscreen, toiletries, pen and paper;

In addition, the company recommends that each person should bring at least 3 pairs of cotton socks and underwear, more than 2 sets of camouflage or yellow hunting suits (one set of length), more than one warm jacket, at least one wide-brimmed hat, a pair of thin gloves (leather), a pair of leggings, and a pair of sturdy hunting boots;

Finally, it is also required to check the individual's visa, passport, copy of the hunting contract, traveler's checks, and cash, and bring it with you, cash is required, it must be 10 US dollars a change, at least 1000 US dollars, which is used as a tip, if you are willing to give more, then bring more, but not less than this number. (To be continued......)