Chapter 517: Dismounting
Watching these guys suspected of special forces quickly occupy several hidden commanding heights around, and then quietly lurk, Lu Li couldn't help but secretly sigh at the huge gap between professional and amateur, I'm afraid most normal people would not have thought that a mere transaction would be like a war. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
However, he sighed, and after a little hesitation, he still took the initiative to push open the door of the warehouse, and waved his hand at the person who came over with a smile: "Several, good evening, I have everything ready, please come in and inspect it." β
"Just you?" Zhou Qian subconsciously glanced at the warehouse full of goods, and asked with an incredulous expression.
She couldn't believe that with the terrible situation in Venezuela at this moment, Lu Li didn't even bring a bodyguard, and dared to run alone in the middle of the night to the wilderness.
It is important to know that more than five kilometers from the city of Caracas, the police and the military are unable to ensure the safety of passing pedestrians and vehicles, and they may rush out of a group of robbers armed with submachine guns after a certain turn, and directly use bullets to kill people and cars into a hornet's nest.
Note that this is not an exaggeration, nor is it a fictional story from some Hollywood blockbuster, but something that is actually happening.
In the last week alone, there have been 35 road robberies reported on television, an average of five per day, and the survival rate of victims is almost zero.
As the situation in Venezuela intensifies, more and more people who cannot survive are choosing to take risks and commit crimes to obtain essential necessities.
Lu Li shrugged his shoulders and replied: "Of course I'm the only one! Otherwise, the more people who know, the greater the possibility of leaks, and I don't want to be targeted by the omnipresent CIA." I believe you should be well aware that the recent frequent activities of the opposition in Venezuela have been 100% promised by the CIA, and it is estimated that civil war will break out in a while. β
"Oh, I really can't see it, your political sense is still quite sensitive!" Zhou Qian's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise.
"Hehe! What kind of political vision is needed for this? A little attention to the newspaper news reveals that the current president, Nicolas Maduro, has an outrageously low approval rating, and calls for the overthrow of the government are growing louder, and unless he voluntarily steps down, it is only a matter of time before a civil war breaks out. But I don't think the president, who controls the army and the police, would be so kind as to give up control of a major oil-producing country. Lu Li said sarcastically with a disdainful face.
In his view, both the former President Hugo ChΓ‘vez and the current President Maduro are using anti-US as an excuse to play the card of the gap between the rich and the poor, and to drive out foreign capital as much as possible and nationalize more resources by fanning class antagonism.
Their goal is simple: to turn Venezuela into a completely closed family state like Saudi Arabia, North Korea, and Syria, and if conditions allow, it is better to have a father to a son, a child to a grandchild, and the children and grandchildren will always be the masters of the whole country, just like the kings of the Middle Ages.
Lu Li has never had any good feelings about the idiot rulers whose way of thinking is still stuck in a few decades ago, and his mind is full of Cold War-era thinking.
Because they don't understand at all that in today's global integration, ideological confrontation is no longer the mainstream, but the real mainstream is cooperation and development, and whoever can build their country better, who can create more income for the people, and who can win the support of the people.
"Alas, the situation in Venezuela is not optimistic, let's hope they can survive this. Let me introduce myself, my name is Gu Tao, I am the person in charge of this transaction, if you have any questions or needs, please feel free to ask. As he spoke, the balding middle-aged man took two steps forward and stretched out his right hand.
Lu Li hurriedly stretched out his right hand and shook it with the other party, and said with a smile: "Please come in first, and it's not too late for us to talk about the rest after we see the goods." β
"Okay, then I'm welcome!" Gu Tao calmly lifted the frame of his glasses and walked into the dim warehouse.
However, his calm face did not remain for long, and when he saw the rhenium alloy piled up on the inside, the whole person instantly fell into a sluggish state.
Not only him, but the other people who followed behind also widened their eyes in disbelief, and they couldn't come back to their senses.
Seeing that his dismount had played a role, the corners of Lu Li's mouth turned up slightly, and he bent down to pick up one of them and asked with a smile: "How is it, are you satisfied?" For these silver shining metals, I have worked a lot. β
Gu Tao took a deep breath and nodded with a wry smile: "Satisfied! Of course we are satisfied! Can you tell me, how many of these alloys are there?"
"I'm sorry, I haven't done the math carefully, the preliminary estimate is at least more than a hundred tons, and there are thirty-seven tons of gold bars over there, you can weigh it yourself now, I'll just wait to get the money." After that, Lu Li pretended to sit on the gold bar freely, admiring the changing faces of several people.
Obviously, he made so many rhenium alloys at once in order to show his strength.
According to the previous price of 500,000 US dollars per kilogram, the value of 100 tons of rhenium alloy is 50 billion!
Even people with a little common sense know that even for economically strong countries like China and the United States, it is definitely not a small amount, especially since the transaction has to be kept secret, so it is not possible to withdraw funds from a certain bank casually.
"Wait a minute, I need a call. β
Gu Tao roughly calculated the amount that needed to be paid, and he collapsed a little in an instant, and more than 50 billion US dollars obviously exceeded the upper limit of funds, so he had to ask for instructions from higher levels.
Holding the satellite phone and muttering quietly for a long time, he quickly regained his composure, turned around and showed a helpless smile: "I'm really sorry, Mr. Lu, due to our mistakes in work, I didn't expect you to bring so many goods, so there is a little trouble in terms of funds, I wonder if you can be accommodating and give us some time to delay payment?"
"How long is the delay, and how much is the lump sum payment?" Lu Li asked with a smile.
"I have $15 billion on hand, and I can transfer it to any bank in the world at any time. As for the rest of the part, it will take at least half a month. You have to understand that the transfer of funds is a complex matter, especially when considering confidentiality and security. Gu Tao explained nervously.
On the one hand, he was very happy to see so many rhenium alloys in his first transaction, because it meant that the reserves of element zero were very abundant, far from being an extremely rare substance as many experts speculated.
On the other hand, he was worried that the lack of funds would lead to this miraculous material outflow and be obtained by other countries, so he was a little entangled in his heart......