From arms dealer to king of war

In the study room of the presidential suite...

Qiaojia gave up the champagne, found a can of Coke from the refrigerator and took a sip. After a comfortable burp, he looked at Aaron and said, "If I vacate a town with complete facilities for you in Niger, you can start from What does Boko Haram gain there?”

Aaron was stunned for a moment, then put his hands together on his chin. After thinking quietly for a long time, a smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth and said, "Do you cooperate with the Niger Ministry of Defense?"

After hearing this, Qiao Jia nodded slightly and said, "If you nod, I can cooperate with them."

After hearing this, Aaron said in a daze: "Have you finally figured it out?"

Qiao Jia was stunned for a moment, and then understood that Aaron meant that he had figured out the correct way to open the arms dealer.

After all, promoting war is the job of arms dealers!

Faced with Aaron's eyes that couldn't tell whether they were disappointed or gratified, Qiao Jia shook his head decisively and said: "If I were the kind of person you think I am, I can do what you guessed by myself.

But I have promised many people that P.B. will never cooperate with terrorists, especially sons of bitches like Boko Haram. I will never sell them a bullet. "

When Aaron heard this, he said curiously: "Then what do you want to do?

Convince Niger to free up a fully-serviced town for Boko Haram to capture, and then what? "

Qiao Jia listened and said with a smile: "Then you provide them with sufficient arms, preferably heavy weapons such as tanks and armored vehicles, so that they feel that they can completely gain a foothold."

Aaron looked at Qiao Jia inexplicably and said, "I only see my benefits here, and then what? What can you gain?"

Qiao Jia looked at Aaron's curious eyes and said with a smile: "I can gain Niger's friendship, inner peace, and of course, enough money."

As he spoke, Qiao Jia stretched out his hand and moved it around his temple, and said: "I went through a harsh 'combat diving training', and I thought I could control my body and emotions.

I did, but when I was in the town, there was a voice in my head that kept telling me, ‘Kill all the Boko Haram terrorists, kill them all! ’

Maybe in the eyes of many people, they are just pawns fighting for profits. I guess even the previous Jean Pierre thought so. I even doubt that Boko Haram can exist and grow for no reason.

But in my eyes, they are cancer and the best target for me to express my position.

I know I can't kill them all completely, but I can kill an important part of their strength.

If I tell you that I am doing it to ease my conscience, then I am definitely telling lies, but I have 100 152 howitzers in my hand, as well as a large number of anti-personnel grenades that are about to expire. "

When Aaron heard this, he whistled and said with a smile: "This is a big business!

Man, how on earth did you convince Sevia to listen to you like this? "

Qiao Jia smiled and spread his hands and said: "This is a business secret. Just tell me whether this plan has the possibility of success."

After hearing this, Aaron pushed a wheelchair to the front of the desk, spread out a map of Niger and looked at it carefully. Finally, he pointed to a small town in southern Niger, close to the border with Nigeria, and said: "Here, control A nearby oil well can be controlled here.

Only such a place can attract Boko Haram to invest huge manpower and material resources, and only by controlling this town can Boko Haram people obtain enough funds by reselling crude oil to buy arms from me. "

As he spoke, Aaron looked at Qiao Jia and cast a look of contempt at him. He spread his hands and said with a smile: "Don't look at me like that. Boko Haram is not as rich as you think. They can't afford tanks." , barely buying an armored vehicle.

Without the attraction of oil wells, they would not be able to station troops there permanently.

I also have to help them sell the crude oil, otherwise they might not even have the money to pay the bill.

You must at least agree to let them station there for three months before you can blow them up with cannons, otherwise this business will not be profitable for me at all! "

When Qiao Jia heard this, he knew that this guy was farting!

He just checked and found that the town called Madil is next to a large oil field controlled by an Australian company. The crude oil production there is between 40,000 and 60,000 barrels per day.

According to the current oil price, crude oil is US$55 per barrel. Even if it is stolen, it can only be sold for US$30 per barrel. If the output is 50,000 barrels per day, that is US$1.5 million, or US$45 million per month.

Boko Haram has not invested a penny in the oil fields, it is pure profit!

Three more months? Australians should go crazy in two months!

Of course the money belongs to Boko Haram, but if they want to hold on there they have to purchase a large amount of arms, and then all the money will go into Aaron's pocket.

Qiao Jia didn't want to guess how high Aaron's arms profits were.

But he is no longer Chu Ge. Looking at the location Aaron chose for Boko Haram, you know that his purpose is not just to get the little money from reselling crude oil.

The Australian oil company was a large company listed on the London Stock Exchange. If it knew the news of the attack in advance, it would make a huge profit by shorting their stocks.

So you see, there are no novices in this industry!

If Aaron were to do it himself, he would definitely not have the ability to mobilize Niger's army and give Boko Haram an opportunity.

But Qiao Jia is different. He may not be rich enough, but he has credibility and influence, so P·B's actions will cause terrible cascading effects and create many money-making opportunities.

This time, Joga’s formal written cooperation with Niger’s Ministry of Defense is limited to the promotion of howitzers.

This strategic approach of abandoning a town is very beneficial to Niger, which is in chaos at this stage. It can not only stop the Boko Haram team circulating in their country, but also reduce the pressure on Defense Minister Lionel.

Qiao Jia just came up with the idea, and the command must be in Lionel's hands.

This is a grand strategy of a sovereign country, and the Australian company can’t do anything even if it is crying blindly.

And what can Qiao Jia gain?

There is no problem in selling 100 152mm howitzers for 80 million, even if they are of average quality.

If there are 100 cannons, then 10,000 rounds of artillery shells must be needed. A 5,000-round anti-personnel grenade has a total price of 50 million.

Since these 130 million U.S. dollars of arms can only be transported by sea, the cost is even lower. Excluding transportation costs and the cost of leasing artillery to Niger for training, Qiaojia can get at least a profit of about 60 million.

The time it takes for Boko Haram to occupy the town does not actually depend on them. The key lies in when Choga's cannons can be in place, and when financial people from all parties can enter the scene.

Two months should be just right. If it takes longer, the Australian oil company may lobby the African Union or even the United Nations peacekeeping forces to intervene, and then there will be no chance.

To be honest, Joga did very little. He just reached a preliminary agreement with Niger's Minister of Defense Lionel, and then came up with a plan to attract investment from others. This is no different from a white wolf with nothing.

It is up to their defense minister to mobilize the Nigerien Defense Forces to create the illusion of emptiness and exhaustion.

It's up to Aaron to lead Boko Haram to attack towns, and it's up to Aaron to find a way to encourage them to seize oil fields.

Qiao Jia just proposed a plan and sold 100 artillery pieces and 10,000 rounds of artillery shells.

Qiao Jia didn't even carefully calculate how much money he could earn, because it didn't matter at all, he paid very little!

This is what Qiao Jia has learned about business in the past few months...

By finding a fulcrum, Qiao Jia can use his reputation to integrate resources and leverage huge energy. While bringing profits to many people, he is also the biggest beneficiary.

The only bad thing about this line of work is that a lot of people will die, but this time the people who died were terrorists, and Qiao Jia had no mental barriers at all.

Seeing Aaron putting on a pair of glasses in a decent manner, taking out paper, pen and computer and starting to type, Qiao Jia sat on the edge of the desk and said with a smile: "Why do you still need to calculate the cost? I You think the arms you bastards get are huge profits!"

Aaron raised his head and glanced at Qiao Jia through the gap above his glasses, and said: "Arms are huge profits, but these huge profits need to be shared with many people, and every link in this requires money.

You are also in this business, why can you say such innocent things? "

After hearing this, Qiaojia said with a smile: "Then tell me, what is the profit margin on the arms you sell to Boko Haram?"

Aaron didn't mean to keep it secret. Ever since Qiao Jia made it clear that he would not cooperate with terrorists, Aaron understood that he and Qiao Jia were not on the same track.

So he nodded simply and said: "The competition in small arms is relatively fierce, with a cost profit margin of 300%.

Armored vehicles should be able to reach 500%, and weapons like Javelin anti-tank missiles can reach 600~800%. "

Qiao Jia made some calculations and found that this guy's profit was indeed higher than his own.

Looking at Aaron who had turned into an accountant, Qiao Jia said a little unhappily: "How much profit can fall into your hands?"

Aaron raised his head and glanced at the curious Qiao Jia, shook his head and said, "The prices in our industry fluctuate greatly. Under normal circumstances, excluding all expenses, my net profit is around 30~40%."

After hearing this, Qiao Jia made a 'cut' sound and said, "You don't earn as much as I do buying black market arms. How can you be so embarrassed?"

As he spoke, Qiao Jia seemed to suddenly think of something. He clapped his hands and said, "I almost forgot, did you deliver the arms that Glory asked you to send to the 'God's Armed Forces'?

Do they have any special requirements? If not, I will give you a list and you can deliver the goods to those rubes according to the above content.

I saw the US military's Humvee a few days ago and it was great, and their armored personnel carriers are also quite advanced...

How about it? You can still make money, and I will help you open up transportation channels. You can just send the things to them. "

After hearing this, Aaron took off his glasses and looked at Qiao Jia as if he were a ghost, and said, "Should I inform you to go over and 'receive' the goods when they are delivered?

Well, the 'Ndrangheta has sufficient funds. Is there any weapon you particularly want?

How about ‘Hellfire’? I heard that you took dozens of rounds from the US military base and used them very smoothly. "

Upon hearing this, Qiao Jia pointed at Aaron and said with a smile: "Hey! You said, just give me 100 rounds and send them to the 'God's Armed Forces' camp. I will get them myself then."