King Of War: Starting with Arms Dealer Chapter 790 - 790 719 The Big Deal

790: Chapter 719: The Big Deal 790: Chapter 719: The Big Deal Yuan Ya, carrying sea cucumbers, found Tong Tong who was struggling with stretching exercises…

Seeing Yuan Ya arriving, Tong Tong, who could not do a split to save her life, acted as though she had seen a savior.

She wiped the non-existent sweat from her forehead, pretended to gasp for air as she jumped up, and, pulling Yuan Ya, made a funny face at the baby in her arms.

Then, enviously looking at Yuan Ya’s waist, she said, “Oh my, how are you still so slim after having a baby?

You must not be eating enough…”

As she spoke, Tong Tong looked at the sea cucumbers in Yuan Ya’s hand—slurping with her nose, she said, “I heard sea cucumbers don’t make you fat.

Tonight, let’s have Old Tong cook; back in the day, he won my mom over and got her to marry him with a dish of stir-fried sea cucumber with green onions…”

Yuan Ya stuffed the sea cucumbers into Tong Tong’s hands and laughed, “Then you should eat more.

These are from Old Zhu, who sent them over from Africa.

If you like them, I’ll ask him to send so regularly.”

Speaking of which, Yuan Ya handed over the baby in her arms to Tong Tong, “Hold him for a bit, my arms are killing …”

Tong Tong, with a look of disdain, took the toothless baby and said, “Is your son really yours?

He doesn’t look like you at all and is the spitting image of Old Zhu…

You too, what saw you in that guy?”

Yuan Ya casually stretched her body, laughing as she said, “Old Zhu is so wealthy and reliable, plus he’s been divorced twice and neither ex-wife has a bad word to say about him.

Marrying President Zhu is better than delivering vegetables to the entertainnt industry coming from a small county town like I did…”

While talking, Yuan Ya smiled at a blonde Russian female bodyguard who was persisting in stretching, then sat down on the sofa with Tong Tong, saying, “I’ve looked into the thing you asked about.

Setting up a travel agency with an outbound tourism qualification isn’t too complicated.

If you want to keep it simple, just affiliate with CITS or CYTS…

But I asked Old Zhu, and he said if you want to start a hunting guide business and interface with Africa, it’s best we set up our own agency and then collaborate with them on their platform.

Aren’t you always in contact with that Eric fellow recently?

Get him to grant us a license, then speak to your dad—it could be easily sorted out.

I’ve consulted about it; such high-end tourism projects are not yet specialized in dostically and are very promising!”

Hearing this, Tong Tong clenched her fists and said, “We’ll definitely succeed.

They opened a resort and didn’t involve us; this ti, I’ll go myself…”

While speaking, Tong Tong, in discomfort, lay on the sofa covering her face, “My Xiao Hui has grown up so much, and Briella, that little scamp, is even sending photos to rub it in…

Hurry up and get the company started.

I want to fly over and protect my treasure!”

Yuan Ya was familiar with Tong Tong’s excitable nature.

She nodded in agreent, then nudged Tong Tong’s arm and inquired, “Who were those people just now?

I saw one from China Shipbuilding Defense and another, President Jin, who seed like a big shot from the North Industries.

What were they doing here?”

Tong Tong, frustrated, replied, “How would I know?

If you’re interested, let’s go up and see…

Hey?

These are all wealthy people; they could be good clients.

Let’s go have a look and get so business cards.

If we can handle their travel business, we’ll be rich too!

Hmph, I’m a strong, independent woman who can support herself.

Let’s see if Old Tong and Old Yang will still look down on …”

………

Qiao Liang was looking for soone from China Shipbuilding, but what arrived was a representative from ‘China Shipbuilding Defense,’ which was slightly different.

Moreover, even though he had inquired about ships, it was North Industries that knocked on his door, making Qiao Liang sowhat confused.

Having seated a few people in the elder Tong’s ho, Qiao Liang himself brewed tea for the guests.

He then curiously looked at President Jin from North Industries, who was evidently the leader, asking, “May I know why President Jin has sought out?”

As he spoke, Joe Ga glanced at the obviously too-young representative from ‘China Shipbuilding Defense,’ his eyebrows slightly furrowed, feeling sowhat displeased by their ‘negligence.’

You could have just flatly refused or sent soone with decision-making power to talk.

Sending a young man who can’t make decisions is pointless.

It seed President Jin could read between the lines of Qiao Liang’s subtext.

He smiled and said, “Joe Ga may have misunderstood.

Old Zhang from China Shipbuilding is in Guangzhou for a eting and will arrive in the Capital City tomorrow.

I’m an old friend of Old Zhang, so I volunteered to co see President Qiao in advance.

Not to lie to you, your call startled many people.

Selling ships sounds easy enough, and the tonnage of the 056 isn’t large, but in practice, it will likely be quite troubleso.

I know President Qiao’s brother is a patriotic and capable person; he might find a way around so restrictions.

But there are so things the people at China Shipbuilding can’t openly commit to, so I, a man more used to land, am overstepping a bit to have a preliminary chat with President Qiao…

And frankly, President Qiao’s brother alone is propping up nearly half of Seville’s weapon export business, with his purchases of Milos Armored Vehicles alone sustaining the Yuginebert Company’s upgrade and developnt of this product into its fourth generation.

This really makes us a little jealous…”

Upon hearing this, Qiao Liang chuckled, “Is President Jin suggesting that my brother redirect his procurent to dostic sources?

You just ntioned there would be trouble with the ship business; doesn’t the armored vehicle business face difficulties too?”

Qiao Liang lacked so sensitivity toward the military-political sphere.

The business he was in, which involved spending money, had always been embraced with open arms.

He was escorted wherever he went and his unmanned airship developnt company was also propped up by a big client—President Qiao…

Qiao Liang felt a natural reverence for industry giants like North Industries but, to be honest, had no direct understanding of the difficulties such giants faced in maintaining their status.

North Industries and China Ordnance are, after all, two brands under the sa company!

How could the military factories under Northern Industry feed themselves only through the dostic updates of army weaponry?

In recent years, they have run around various defense exhibitions diligently, but the gains have not been particularly significant.

The situation where a single person like Boss Qiao supports a country’s arms sales is extrely rare in the world.

Of course, the scale of Seville is not large…

But now Boss Qiao still controls the arms market of the countries near Central Africa, and anyone who wants to enter the market and sell weapons can’t avoid dealing with him.

It’s not that Boss Qiao really has the capacity to disregard the actions of the powerful permanent mbers of the United Nations, but rather he currently holds the purse strings of Central Africa and Congo along with their defense contracts…

The largest ard force on the Congo River is now P·B, they have contracted the security and defense work on the Congo and Ubangi River in Central Africa, incidentally suppressing the naval forces of Congo Braze so much that they’re gasping for air and continuously complaining at the African Union Headquarters.

However, the Congo River basin is just too vast, and for P·B to completely control the great river, they need a lot of manpower and equipnt.

Not only is Boss Qiao capable of selling his products, but he himself is also a major custor, and even an African tycoon who can decide the allocation of military budgets in Congo and Central Africa!

How could Northern Industry not be envious?

The patrol boats on P·B’s river were actually bought from Seville, and it’s already a done deal that the first batch of 25 boats has been deployed, but Northern Industry should at least get a bite of the second batch of orders.

They’re all boats, Boss Qiao, you shouldn’t just focus on those troubleso large ships; our smaller boats are actually more usable and more affordable.

President Jin answered Qiao Liang’s question with a smile, “We are keen to make contact with President Qiao’s brother.

If possible, we can invest in building a small shipyard in Congo.

Congo has extrely developed waterways, and if President Qiao’s brother is interested, we can thoroughly enter Congo’s inland river shipping market.

When the ti cos, we can not only provide President Qiao with the most cost-effective patrol boats but also gradually expand Congo’s shipbuilding market and then seek opportunities to invest in the docks on Congo’s inland rivers.

Most towns in Congo are established along rivers; there’s great potential in this business.”

Qiao Liang, astounded by what he heard, said, “President Jin, does Northern Industry even have a shipbuilding business?

Are we now getting into dockyards as well?”

President Jin laughed upon hearing this, “We can’t compete in building ocean-going vessels, but we do have specialized subsidiaries for building inland river patrol boats.

However, the market is challenging right now, so I thought of scouting ahead with Xiao Qiao, before seeing if President Qiao would be interested.

To be honest, President Qiao’s influence in Congo is greater than that of the French; it’s his influence that makes our investnt a profitable possibility.

Xiao Qiao might not be aware that Northern Industry also has oil business interests, and we hold a stake in your brother’s deals in Tubruq and Iraq.

The money from those long-headed warriors’ aid, when the Energy Group splits the cake dostically, we have to subsidize it from the oil revenue, hahaha…”

Qiao Liang isn’t very sensitive to political and military issues, but he’s in the logistics business and fully understands the grand scale of President Jin’s plans.

All of China’s foreign infrastructure aid is, of course, ant to garner political support internationally, but more fundantally, to cultivate markets.

As an industrial nation with a complete industrial chain, and with the advancent of automation, China’s industrial production capacity has kept expanding, and it needs sufficient markets to absorb those products.

Why hasn’t his older brother returned ho and simply created Jia Liang Trading, a foreign trade giant?

It’s because he found an outlet for China’s products and managed to ensure the sale and transportation of goods in war-torn and politically unstable regions.

What Northern Industry proposes as ‘shipyard investnt’ and ‘dock investnt’ is, in reality, an attempt to cultivate Congo’s market…

Helping them build roads and bridges may be beyond China’s capacity, but investing in docks is a different story.

Not to ntion profitability, having both ships and docks can facilitate Congo’s internal circulation and make the movent of goods smoother.

Congolese may not afford high-end products, but they still need low-end basic materials.

And no one can compete with China in this regard!

Once this massive plan takes shape, the trade volu of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo will increase exponentially.

In the past, this issue had been considered, but to cultivate a market, a stable political environnt is a prerequisite.

Otherwise, you invest and the next thing you know, they turn around and refuse to acknowledge the deal, and such things have happened before.

The presence of Boss Qiao has given Northern Industry the confidence to get involved; he’s the kind of a person who can find balance amidst chaos.

Moreover, the defense contract he leads in Congo determines whether there will be unrest and to what extent.

With Boss Qiao around, Northern Industry has the confidence and motivation to invest!

This is the profit chain that stems from influence…

Make money?

Joe Ga might not earn much money any ti soon, but the steady business of river security and the increased value derived from the overall increase in influence are more valuable.

Joe Ga wants to try selling large ships because he’s always done this kind of business, which has made his cash flow a bit tight.

Not borrowing money to wage war is Boss Qiao’s bottom line, so making quick money is indeed very important!