"How could I feel that this matter is not so simple?"
Two days later, a bulletproof rcedes SUV sped through the suburbs of New xico City, flanked by two Chevrolet SUVs, also bulletproof.
Sitting in the back seat, having just arrived from Illiguo, Ferrari listened to Song Heping's statent and couldn't help expressing his concerns.
"Handing over Balrot's smuggling network and drug trafficking channels to you for managent? Why does it look more and more like a trap to ?"
Song Heping closed the file in his hands, rubbed his brow, and said, "I know it's a trap. Ten percent of the profit, heh, which is one-tenth of all the drug sales profits controlled by the CIA, for ? Ferrari, do you know how much inco this could add for us each year?"
Ferrari did so ntal calculations and said, "At least over one billion US dollars."
Song Heping nodded, "Maybe even more, a billion is a conservative figure."
Ferrari said, "We have an old saying in China, 'The sky won't drop pies'."
He always emphasized his one-eighth Chinese descent and regarded himself as Chinese, so he always starts with "we".
Song Heping smiled and said: "But it will drop traps."
Ferrari asked, "You know and you still jump?"
Song Heping countered, "Do I have a choice?"
He turned his head to look at Ferrari.
"At that ti, the negotiation was on the territory of the United States; it was their turf. Besides, I had just gone undercover as a drug lord who trafficked ten tons of cocaine into the United States. It would be too easy for them to pin a charge on ."
"Ah…"
Ferrari sighed, thought for a mont, and then asked, "Now that you're in xico, you can completely deny everything and return to Venezuela; they can't do anything to us."
Song Heping said, "Sure, we could do that, but it would an that we'll find it very difficult to find a breakthrough into the South Arican arms market, and I don't want to give up that piece of the pie."
"Have you ever thought that if this continues, soday, whenever they need, they can just pull you out as a scapegoat?" Ferrari said.
Song Heping smiled and said, "I indeed had that worry before, but suddenly I figured it out. I want Balrot's network, I want the ten percent profit, but, I will not carry that pot!"
Ferrari sensed the underlying aning and quickly asked, "Do you have a plan?"
Song Heping said, "I never fight an uncertain battle."
Ferrari asked, "What do you plan to do?"
Song Heping said, "They want to use as a black glove, I can similarly cultivate my own black gloves, let's play a Russian nesting doll ga with them, see who outmaneuvers whom."
Ferrari said, "Russian nesting doll? What do you an?"
Song Heping said, "That's why I called you here. Once I take over Balrot's network, you start putting together a money laundering sche for , it must ensure that one-tenth of the profits from the drug market can enter this network and be cleaned without the Aricans being able to trace it."
"Are you suggesting, escape from the US dollar system oversight?" Ferrari asked.
Song Heping said, "Of course, the money they give us will definitely be marked and then tracked. I just want to escape their network, no matter what thods I use, no matter how much the transaction fee, but I must clean it thoroughly."
"Currently, it's not impossible to make sure it can't be tracked." Ferrari said, "Switch to cash, like most xican drug dealers do. This money cos from the CIA, which has always been monitoring it. To break away, it has to be turned into cash, or through transactions turned into physical goods, and then converted into US dollars."
Song Heping said, "War, I am an expert; money laundering, you are the expert, you think of a way. Anyway, when you handle things, I feel at ease."
"Right, you haven't ntioned your own response plan yet."
"Money laundering is just one aspect, ensuring the money is untraceable and not confiscated. As for how to sever the ties, that's too easy. I've ntioned setting up a Russian doll with Kelly, and this doll is already in the company."
He picked up a docunt next to him and handed it to Ferrari.
Ferrari took it and was stunned for a mont.
"Barrett?"
"Yes, all future operations in xico will be handled by him, let him be the frontman."
Song Heping said, "Rember, he now wants to join our company, and I agreed, but since you manage administration and finance in the company, all his commissions, dividends, rewards, and any financial transactions must not go through the company's accounts. They must appear as if we have absolutely no financial relation with him. I want you to create an account that makes anyone looking at it believe Barrett is the new underground smuggling emperor of xico. Understand what I an?"
Ferrari was stunned for a mont, then suddenly laughed, "He is your Russian doll?"
Song Heping said, "Yes, he once served in the US Army and was an undercover agent in the DEA, and I guarantee he has intricate connections with the CIA. Before my undercover operation, it was Kelly who recomnded I go to him, saying he knew everything about xico. When I approached Barrett, he appeared like a retired agent, saying he beca disillusioned and went into hiding to avoid Shorty's gang because his undercover brothers had t with mishaps. But I started to have doubts about it; it was too coincidental, it's not like soone would just bring a pillow to soone who is dozing off..."
He reached into a bag next to his seat and took out another docunt to hand to Ferrari.
"I had Henry spend money to investigate, and it turns out things were not that simple. When Barrett's undercover identity in xico was exposed, it was not as simple as the gang mbers snitching as reported later. Although there is no solid evidence, an analysis report suggested there might have been so internal strife between the DEA and CIA."
"The CIA and DEA both have their underhanded operatives in xico, as the main drug enforcent agency, DEA also has the right to deploy overseas, so they also control a part of the xican drug market. When Barrett was part of the DEA undercover team, if he was bought by the CIA and deliberately exposed, allowing Sinoloa and other major cartels to eliminate his undercover network, who would benefit the most? I an, besides the major cartels, who else would benefit?"
Ferrari was dumbfounded, and after a while, he exclaid: "CIA!"
Song Heping said, "xico is the most important channel for South Arican drugs entering the United States. The CIA originally controlled 30% of the market share, but after that incident, their share increased by 15%. This intelligence report made it very clear who benefited, and who is the most suspicious."
"The most interesting part is that after that incident, the United States dispatched drug enforcent officials to pressure xico to crack down on drug cartels, and in the end, the major cartels were not heavily impacted. Instead, the smaller groups that were more scattered got completely wiped out... It is sowhat of a dark humor to say that, in the end, all those businesses fell into the hands of the major cartels."
Ferrari flipped through the intelligence files, becoming increasingly shocked as he read, his eyes nearly popping out.
"FUCK! This is really a nest within a nest!"
He exclaid.
Song Heping said, "They are all old foxes for thousands of years. If I'm not mistaken, Barrett is the CIA's nail they wanted to embed in our company. Since that's the case, I'll just go with the flow, let him in, bla him when things go wrong in the future. His military background, his DEA background, and his ties with the CIA will all serve as my shield, and by then, I'll have the dia hype this up. Kelly and them can barely protect themselves, how could they care about ?"
Ferrari couldn't help but give a thumbs up: "Brilliant!"
Then he asked, "Who are we going to et in prison today?"
"Shorty, and Balrot." Song Heping said, "To gain their resources, and take over the business and territory here in xico, what do you think is the best way?"
Ferrari's eyes lit up: "Get them to cooperate?!"
But soon, he frowned again: "But... you just had them arrested, they'd rather tear you apart, would they cooperate with you?!"
"The supre art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting." Song Heping looked at Ferrari and smiled, "I will offer them an irresistible price."
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