Chapter 917: It’s hard to fool people nowadays (please collect and recommend)

Chapter 917: It’s hard to fool people nowadays (please collect and recommend)

Chapter 917 It’s hard to fool people nowadays (please collect, recommend and vote, please vote monthly)

 “Oh FUCK, boss, are you really going to do this?”

Sanborn has arrived in Juba and is being helped by Xu Chuan and Curtis to change into formal clothes. They are going to meet the Minister of Mines today.

"As long as you don't speak, let the business people speak for you." Xu Chuan looked at Sanborn, who had been forced to change clothes, and warned others in the room not to laugh, "Don't pay attention to these lunatics. Believe me, you are in great shape now."

Sanborn made a grimace and said, "Boss, if you could restrain your expression, it might be more convincing."

 ‘I am NM’, Xu Chuan cursed directly.

 Sanborn is now wearing a black formal suit with a tie around his neck, and some accessories such as a Rolex watch.

 The fit of the clothes is actually pretty good, but Sanborn, who is used to wearing combat uniforms and the like, still feels awkward.

“Hey, man, you look like you’re getting married.” Williams, who was sitting with Sanborn, almost fell down laughing.

 Xu Chuan stopped Sanborn, who wanted to fight the opponent for 300 rounds, "Ignore him, let him be your driver today."

"No problem, boss, I will open the door for him." Williams didn't care at all. This scene was rare. Being a driver was nothing.

The meeting place between the two parties was at the villa of Mining Minister Maga. This villa is located in the northwest corner of Juba city. There are soldiers patrolling around the villa. There are at least forty or fifty people in total. There is a checkpoint fifty meters away from the gate. The soldiers here prepared automatic weapons and a pickup truck equipped with a Deshka heavy machine gun.

Williams drove a Mercedes-Benz business car, Xu Chuan sat in the passenger seat, and Sanborn, who pretended to be the person in charge of Umbrella, sat in the back seat.

Curtis followed in another car, with people from Umbrella's business department on top.

 Following them are two SUVs with eight military personnel on board. The pomp is definitely in place.

 The soldiers checked their documents and then confirmed their reservation with the people in the villa before allowing Xu Chuan and others to pass through the checkpoint.

"Damn, I thought he was the president. Isn't this security specification a bit exaggerated?" The car drove into the gate of the villa. The gate was also guarded by soldiers. The height of the wall was about three meters, with barbed wire installed on it. I don't know if the power is on or not.

The area inside is quite large. There is a swimming pool and a neatly manicured lawn in the yard. There are two three-story concrete buildings with uniformed servants entering and exiting.

There are armed guards around the wall and on the roof, but these people do not seem to be Nansudan soldiers, but Umbrella's colleagues.

Their car stopped at the door of the building on the west side. Williams got out of the cab, quickly opened the door for Sanborn, and put his left arm on the roof of the car to prevent Sanborn from hitting his head.

 “Be careful, sir.”

 “Thank you so much.” Sanborn replied quietly.

Reg Rogers, the director of the business department, got out of the car, stood behind Sanborn, and introduced the black man standing at the door, "This is the assistant to the Minister of Mines. Don't be too polite to them."

A neatly dressed black man stood at the door. When he saw Reg Rogers, he came over to greet him. There was no way he only knew Reg Rogers.

“This is Mr. Sanborn, Umbrella’s director of African affairs.” Reg Rogers introduced the two parties.

The atmosphere between the two parties was very friendly. The assistant let them into the villa. Curtis and other military personnel posing as bodyguards were stopped outside. Xu Chuan followed Sanborn and others with his briefcase.

It was different from what Xu Chuan thought. The villa was completely decorated in a European style, very modern. Xu Chuan thought he would see various African elements, such as crocodiles, lions, elephants, etc., and felt a bit disappointed.

A black man with a strong build and a waist that could at least equal Xu Chuan's twice was waiting in the living room. This guy was wearing a shirt but no tie. He should be around forty years old, but it was hard to tell the age of the black man. He was Nan. Sudan Mining Minister Maga.

"Hi, my friend." He said hello to Rigg first, and then the two parties got to know each other, and then sat down according to the position of host and guest. Xu Chuan wore a pair of glasses without prescription on his face and sat behind Sanborn. Location Impersonation Assistant.

Maga feels very kind to Sanborn's skin color, and he is an American national. "The United States has helped us a lot. President Kiir and I are very grateful to our friends for their help."

Sanborn was a little uncomfortable at first. The other party just smiled and nodded. However, they were all people who had seen big scenes. They had experienced life and death situations many times, so they quickly adapted to it.

  Nothing too special happened in the subsequent talks. The main thing was that Umbrella put forward his own requirements and then the other party made a price. The previous bargaining process had actually been completed. Now the interviews between the leaders of both parties are to confirm the results of these negotiations.

"I thought the person coming today would be your Umbrella boss. To be honest, I'm quite curious about him." Maga told Sanborn about this matter during the subsequent chat, "Of course we have investigated it. You guys started to become famous in Yemen, and soon established a foothold in Libiyah. I feel that your boss must be a very interesting person. "

The muscles on Sanborn's face were stiff. He subconsciously wanted to look back at his boss, but he still held back.

"Yes, he is indeed very interesting and capable. Umbrella's development over the years is inseparable from his correct leadership and example." Sanborn was sweating on his back. He must have been right. .

 Reg Rogers sat on the other side and almost laughed. This was the most fluent thing Sanborn said today.

Things are basically settled. In the first transaction, Umbrella obtained the mining rights in Block 5/6 of the Paloichi Oilfield in Jonglei State. This location is near the block where Huaxia Petroleum is located and is considered the largest in South Sudan. oil-producing areas.

However, this is also the most chaotic area. The government army and local tribes are fighting here for control of the oil-producing areas. Some oil companies have withdrawn, and Huaxia Petroleum here has also experienced several suspensions and resumptions of production. process.

Whether they can gain a foothold depends on Umbrella themselves. As for what they need to pay is to help the government army train a real special forces and help them contact arms dealers to purchase heavy weapons such as tanks.

In fact, the latter item is the most important thing. Because of the civil war, some countries have imposed an arms embargo on South Sudan. They have no ports and it is difficult to transport heavy equipment in. However, the rebels can obtain arms from Sudan in the north. support.

As for the weapons and equipment of their friends the Americans, they are too expensive to use. Nansu Dan is still used to AK series rifles and T72 tanks. As long as the UN countries have not reached an arms embargo agreement, this is not a problem at all. Xu Chuan would like to ask, do you need 59 changes? He can really get this thing.

However, HCLI should have its own purchase channels. It is quite worthwhile to exchange those refurbished T72 for an oil field.

 Majia demanded that the agreement will not take effect until the first batch of equipment arrives.

 Obviously they don't trust Umbrella very much, and they are also worried that the other party will get nothing, even if the oil fields they paid for it need Umbrella to get it themselves.

 The two parties signed the agreement on the spot, and the matter was settled. President Kiir did not show up, and this cousin seemed to really represent him.

However, Xu Chuan felt that this matter should not be that simple, and other things would definitely happen.

This matter skipped over Oil Minister Ruer. This guy will definitely not give up, but Xu Chuan has no time to guess why he doesn't contact Umbrella. He can't hang himself from a tree.

 After leaving Maga's villa, Xu Chuan, who had regained his identity, began to tell Reg Rogers of the Ministry of Commerce, "Contact the construction company to build camps in Jonglei State and Juba first."

The oil field is right there, and there is no way to escape anyway. You must at least have a place to live until the personnel arrive. Find a place to build dormitories using prefabricated houses, build walls and bunkers around them, and then wait for the HCLI equipment to be in place.

This plan does not happen overnight. It will take at least three months to half a year from the start of construction to the camp being ready for use. In addition, HCLI equipment cannot be shipped in a short time. Calculating this, it will be on track by the end of this year. It's more efficient.

 After that, we still need to survey the site and determine the location of the camp. Here in Juba, Xu Chuan thinks that the camp can be placed next to the UN, and then the office location can be placed in the city center, which can also serve as a contact point with Gogol.

Although both parties have their own thoughts, they still have to do what they should do. At least it is necessary to have a communication channel before both parties completely fall out.

Reg Rogers wrote down Xu Chuan’s requests one by one, “So boss, who is in charge of things here?”

 Xu Chuan looked at him and Sanborn, who kept shaking his head, "Of course you will be responsible for the specific things. If someone needs to come forward, let him come over to show off."

Of course, Sanborn cannot be responsible for such a large investment project, but it should not be a big problem to put military personnel in charge of him later.

Back at the hotel, Cusper was still waiting here. Xu Chuan told the other party the process, "How soon can you transport the heavy equipment?"

Casper's expression was relaxed, "Why do you think I arrived later than you? Koko's cargo ship has almost reached the Black Sea. There is a batch of sealed T72s in Bulgaria, ready for shipment at any time."

He had already thought about what South Sudan lacked most now, and asked the HCLI ship to change its route. "But we'd better not transport the tanks directly in. I plan to contact Ethiopia. They have been planning to upgrade their T62."

 Casper planned to exchange the T72A stored in Bulgaria for the T62 from Ethiopia. While making a profit, he could directly transport the batch of T62 into South Sudan.

Anyway, this group of Nansudan soldiers who don't even understand infantry-tank coordination use tanks more as fixed turrets. There is no difference at all between 62 and 72. They are indeed international arms dealers and have never suffered any losses in their business.

Calculating it this way, it seems that Umbrella does not need to pay for this batch of heavy equipment at all, because the batch of mothballed tanks in Bulgaria are so cheap, 500,000 yuan each is cheaper than some cars.

"Their defense funding is declining year by year. The main battle tanks currently in service are 80 T72M2s upgraded by Bulgaria. The remaining more than 300 T72As are all in a state of storage. They don't have money to maintain them, so they might as well sell them." Shibai explained.

Of course, it’s not certain who’s pocket the 500,000 yuan for each car will end up in.

"That's great, let's do it like this. Don't give them too much for the first batch. 30 vehicles are enough for a battalion. Then help me order 200 Kornet anti-tank missiles. The Nuer people should be in great need of these things. "

Xu Chuan very much hoped that the Dinka and Nuer people could live in peace, but it was obvious that this was impossible, and he had no time to help Nansudan deal with ethnic relations, so he had to find a way to control the weapons channels of both parties. In your own hands, you can decide to a certain extent how the battle between the two sides will be fought, when to fight, and how large the scale will be.

As long as we can intervene in South Sudan, things will be much easier to handle. It is not only oil, but also rich in gold and other minerals.

“Boss, the people from Maga have evacuated.” Curtis came back from outside, and the people from Maga followed them. By this time, they should have known that the people from HCLI were here.

Xu Chuan nodded, "Let them send the news back. This will have a much better effect than telling them directly."

Everyone likes to believe what they see. If Maga was told directly about Umbrella's cooperative relationship with HCLI, this guy would not necessarily believe it. Now it is much more credible for his people to take this matter back as intelligence.

Things are basically settled like this, and then it’s time to determine the location of the camp and find a suitable construction company.

“By the way, where is your boyfriend Scott? Why haven’t I seen him in the past two days?”

 Curtis raised his middle finger, "He was transferred to Europe by Smith, and they need manpower there."

“Okay, we’re going there soon anyway.” After determining Gogol’s purpose, Xu Chuan could finally focus his main energy on Mao Zi.

Of course there is only one Reg Rogers here, so Xu Chuan can only keep Sanborn here. As for his good partner Williams, this blaster has a much greater role than him, but in this matter There is no need to tell him.

Although Sanborn was not very willing, Xu Chuan still decided, "Sergeant, Albert's side is recruiting people. I need you to command the combat personnel here. I believe you can do this well." Task."

Sanborn grinned, "Boss, if it were the time when I first joined, I would have been very grateful for your trust, but now, do you think I don't know that you are complaining about me in your heart?"

My NM wiped it, well, people nowadays are hard to fool. Xu Chuan glared directly, "Just do whatever I ask you to do, there is so much nonsense."

“Oh, good boss, it’s more reassuring for me if you speak like this.” Sanborn’s words made Curtis laugh and hit the table.

 (End of this chapter)