Chapter 69 Arms dealers
As soon as Ning Fei thought of this, Barton brought new news, there was something unusual on the Hellfire side.
In the Strait of Malacca, the people of Hellfire and a Middle Eastern arms dealer will conduct a transaction here, although the degree of confidentiality is extremely high, but some information about this transaction is unfortunately intercepted in advance by the powerful Colonel Patton.
The content of the deal is unknown, but Patton smells something unusual about it, because the Hellfire Legion not only has its own arms production industry, but also has well-known arms dealers working with it, which is well known, and ordinary arms transactions do not require such a high level of secrecy, and this arms dealer from the Middle East is not a professional arms dealer, but to trade in such a secret way shows that the content of the transaction is extraordinary and may involve important strategic resources.
Quantum's combat team quickly dispatched.
According to Patton's message, the coordinate location of the transaction between the two parties was on the surface of the sea, and a cargo ship appeared at that location 20 minutes before the agreed transaction time.
"Selling arms is like selling vacuum cleaners, making phone calls, negotiating prices, processing orders, and when I first tried this business, I found that it was not as difficult as I imagined."
The arms dealer from the Middle East in the cabin was not a Middle Easterner, he had the face of a European man, in his fifties, slightly fat, and a slightly gray beard.
"We've never sold vacuum cleaners, Edmond," next to one of his business partners.
"Just to use an analogy, I'm referring to a legitimate business," explains Edmund, an arms dealer
"The only legal business we did was to sell children's toys made in Asia to Dubai, and that time we lost money, and the profits of the legal business were so low."
The partner scratched his head in frustration.
"Shut up, we're not selling children's toys now, I'll say it again, our identity is an arms dealer, and now we have a unique and rare resource in our hands!"
Edmund lowered his voice to warn, this is a deal with the famous Hellfire Legion, as long as he makes this vote, he can make a name for himself in the arms trafficking industry, and the money is endless, so he must not mess up.
Knock knock, one of Edmund's men entered the cabin from the deck and trotted over.
"Boss, our buyer has arrived."
Edmund and his partner immediately greeted him.
A helicopter landed on the deck, and the man sent by Hellfire was a female officer, none other than Nix, with three soldiers with him, and one was a helicopter pilot.
"Welcome, I'm Edmund", seeing Nicks get off the plane, Edmund hurriedly stepped forward to shake hands.
"I'm the person in charge of this deal, Captain Nicks of the Hellfire Legion."
Nix didn't stretch out his hand after he finished speaking, and Edmund had to retract his hand in a curt.
"Show me what we need first," the Knicks said bluntly.
"Okay, then come with me, Captain Knicks!"
Edmund was the first to take a few men into the cabin.
Nicks also calmly followed in with two soldiers, leaving only one soldier and pilot to stay on standby in the helicopter, because of the confidentiality of the transaction, there were not many people brought on this trip, but she was not worried that Edmund would dare to do it to herself.
Edmund, on the other hand, was very careful about this transaction, and his partner arranged for people to guard various positions on the deck, and some positions in the cabin were also handled to prevent accidents.
Edmund took Nix and his party to the bottom of the cargo ship's hold, and then commanded two of his men to move the stacked cargo boxes.
"This is what you want", Edmund found an iron chisel, pried up the protective wooden strip on the top of the box, and removed the hay filled with the box, and there was only a small transparent cylindrical bottle in the center.
Nicks picked up the bottle, which felt heavy as he touched, and looked at the light carefully, and the bottle contained a silver-gray liquid metal.
"This is phase change metal, a rare metal that, by applying a voltage, can be converted between the hardest and the softest, and according to my intuition, it will shine in the field of weapons, which is our best thing", explains Edmond with confidence.
The bottle containing phase change metal has two round cap-shaped electrodes at the upper and lower ends, and Nix rotates the round cap at the lower end according to the instructions on the bottle label, and the liquid metal flowing inside instantly solidifies into solid metal.
The Knicks' eyes were full of brilliance.
"Very well, I'll pay your check."
Edmund hesitated, he was not familiar with this line of work, and pleaded with a smile: "We generally, we hope that it is best to settle in cash, or the equivalent of gold can also be used." ”
"I didn't bring any cash, Hellfire never bounces in this regard", Knicks could see Edmund's concern, but Hellfire is the second highest military organization in the world in terms of annual arms purchases, and there is no need to use means for this small transaction, so Knicks didn't explain much.
The Hellfire Legion also has this qualification without explanation.
Naturally, Edmund didn't dare to say anything.
"What about the other things?"
In fact, the Knicks continued, the core material needed for this deal, Hellfire, is not this magical-looking phase change metal.
"Also here, wait a minute!"
A cargo box of the same size was moved, except that the outside of the box was painted with a red skull mark.
Dangerous goods.
It was not the liquid metal that was bottled just now, but the silver metal balls that were sealed in the oil, and the volume of the metal balls together was not large, probably similar to the previous phase change metal.
"It's the deadliest metal in the world, and if you put a little bit of it into it, even if you just scratch the elephant's skin, its wound will never heal again, because the cells will stop dividing, it's better than any toxin, and the only downside is that it's too expensive."
Although the money-greedy Edmund emphasized the word "expensive", the Knicks did not take it to heart at all, but showed a satisfied smile.
"Great, does it have a name?"
"They call this metal — dead silver."
"Them?" , Nicks took a deep look at Edmund and asked: "We have dealings with the top ten arms dealers in the world, from guns, missiles to fighter jets, and even nuclear materials, as long as we need it, there is nothing that cannot be bought, but what you provide is very special, I have never seen it anywhere else, it can be said that it is a rarity of rarity, and the most curious thing is, where do these things come from?" I've checked your background, so I'm more curious, there's no need for you to lie. ”
Edmund instantly tensed up and put away the professional smile on his face, but his tone was still stubborn, "I know...... I know that in the face of the famous hellfire, we are as weak as poor ants, but I am a businessman, as long as there is money to be made, I am willing to do any business, you have your rules, I have my bottom line, today is just to talk about business, I am not going to talk about anything else. ”
Edmund stepped back as he spoke, although there was no retreat in his words, but to say that he was not afraid to face the Hellfire Legion, he did not have the confidence to do so.
Edmund's men sensed something was wrong and tightened their guns.
Nicks glanced at these people, and then said: "Don't worry, I'm just asking casually, if you don't want to say, I don't plan to break the rules, I'm very satisfied with the things, I'm going to buy out all your goods, I don't want these things to appear in other people's places, how much of this metal do you have in total?" ”
Edmund held out a palm.
"Five tons?"
"Five hundred grams, just in the bottle."
"That's all?" , Nicks frowned.
"There's only so much, and it's extracted from those phase change metal ores, which are rare in their own right, with less than 0.0003% dead silver."
"And what about the phase change metals?"
"A hundred and sixty kilograms in total, all of them are here."
"You really should trade by courier."
Slightly speechless, Nicks put the bottle of dead silver close to him, then took out the check, added an extra sum of money to the price Edmond had offered, and handed it to the other party happily.
She bought the boat.