"Tonight I will send you to country G, and tomorrow you will meet with this general. You are not a rich man of Chinese descent from Canada, and your information is basically not falsified, it is all based on your actual situation Yes, you own a trading company in Vancouver, you own a film company in Hollywood, besides that, you also own part of a casino in Las Vegas, as for other entertainment and catering industries, etc., we have done it specific statistics.
Nominally, you're going to buy something precious... a diamond. The diamond mine in his hand can only be exploited by European diamond smugglers at low prices. Because this is Africa, his diamonds cannot be sold at a high price, so he can only exchange them for arms and other resources at a low price. Your public identity is to buy diamonds, or even buy shares in diamond mines. Then he will agree with you to set up a company in G country. This company can own part of the shares of the diamond mine, and then distribute the annual income according to a certain percentage... "
"Wait!" I shook my head: "Could it be that Yunta is crazy? How could he sell his shares in the diamond mine? Of course, this kind of thing is firmly in his hands!"
Comrade Ren smiled, and he slowly said: "It's different. The shares he transferred to you in name are actually his own. Do you understand?... I said this, the original diamond mine was owned by country G. Although he is the head of state, the president, and the commander of the army. But he can't swallow all the income from the diamond mine! Otherwise, the army will mutiny. However, most of these warlord leaders in Africa are very cunning. They all understand that they may step down one day! So everyone has a lot of secret property overseas, in case they step down that day, they will go into exile overseas and spend the rest of their lives as a rich man."
"I understand." I breathed out and said with a wry smile, "That is to say, I went to him and spent a huge sum of money to pretend to buy a part of the diamond mine, but in fact, the annual income of the part I bought was I still have to hand it back to Kunta behind my back, right? That means... I'm actually helping him launder money! Right?"
"That's right, it's money laundering."
I was still a little puzzled: "For things like money laundering, logically speaking, this kind of warlord would leave it to his trusted confidants, right? There's no reason to ask me an outsider."
"He did have a financial advisor of his own to help him launder money. That advisor has been with him for several years, and General Kunta's overseas private wealth has always been handed over to that financial advisor." Comrade Ren said lightly: "It's just that, a few months ago, he discovered that the financial advisor was actually a CIA spy, and then killed the spy directly. As a result, his overseas assets were lost, at least 100 million US dollars. Such a result made General Yunta was furious, and now he doesn't trust the Americans at all. If not, he might not be willing to cooperate with us."
"Okay... let me take a look..." I wriggled my fingers: "I went to General Kunta, and then used the 20 million US dollars I brought to buy some shares in the diamond mine, and after buying it, quietly behind my back Return it to General Kunta, um...how should I put it? State-owned assets have become private assets, right? Then...do I just throw 20 million dollars to him for nothing?"
"No... you..." Comrade Ren smiled. He was about to say something, but I waved my hand: "Wait a minute."
I took out a cigarette: "Can I?"
Seeing him nodding, I lit a cigarette: "Comrade Ren, I have known you for so long, and I still don't know your name."
"Ren Lei." He smiled and looked at the cigarette in my hand: "God of War? Well, Wu Gang gave it to you." He licked his lips, "I haven't smoked this kind of cigarette for a long time."
"Come on?" I threw the cigarette to him, and after he lit it, he took a deep breath and smiled at me: "I know, Mr. Chen Yang, you are such a friend who is willing to serve the motherland, I am very happy." Thank you. Those of us, with my identity, do these jobs overseas to serve the motherland."
I said sternly, "I respect that."
"Thank you." Ren Lei said slowly: "However, we also understand that for me, serving the country is a bounden duty, but for a patriotic businessman like Mr. Chen, it is impossible for you to spend your property for nothing …”
Then he briefly stated a cooperative distribution plan.
In other words, I spent 20 million yuan to buy shares in the diamond mine. Although I have to quietly return the private part to General Kunta, I can also keep a part of it myself!
"According to my estimates, 20 million US dollars can buy about 40% of the ownership of that diamond mine. And this diamond mine produces about 14 million diamonds every year... Please note that the 14 million The value is the value in Africa! It is the price of rough diamonds! If the 14 million diamonds are taken to Europe for processing, cutting, etc., and finally made into finished products for sale, the price will be at least seven times higher."
I blew a whistle!
"Seventy percent of the diamonds in the world's market come from Africa, and they are all smuggled from various small countries in Africa. But these diamonds are worthless in the hands of warlords. After the merchants get it, it will become valuable! It’s very simple, those diamond merchants have been exploiting these warlords. But the warlords can’t do anything, because diamonds can’t be used as arms or food, they can only sell diamonds at a low price , and then use the money from selling diamonds to exchange for arms and other supplies.”
I calculated in my heart: "I do the math... I spent 20 million U.S. dollars to buy 40% of the shares, which can be exchanged for six million U.S. dollars worth of rough diamonds every year... Of course, the value of the six million dollars It’s fake! Because I’m not a warlord leader, I won’t be exploited by those diamond smugglers… Damn, I’m the biggest smuggler in Canada! In other words, in the hands of warlord leaders, these diamonds are only worth 6 million a year U.S. dollars! But in my hands, the value is at least seven times that of 40 million!! Well, it is equal to 40 million per year!"
I thought for a while: "So, how much do I have to pay back to that General Sleeping Tower?"
Ren Lei smiled: "Chen Yang, I'm not a businessman, nor a businessman. These are the initial conditions. As for the latter, you need to talk to Yunta yourself... But I suggest you, don't be too greedy. See you Suffering. It’s enough to make some money. Yunta has a very bad temper, if you ask him to kill him too hard, you might turn him off.”
I thought for a while and said, "Well, before he lost 100 million dollars in overseas assets, that is to say, during the three years he was in power, he accumulated 100 million dollars in overseas wealth. An average of 30 million dollars a year? Not right, Not so much. Because the assets overseas are managed by his personal consultant. Calculated according to the normal ratio of asset promotion and investment, a large part of the 100 million US dollars is the profits rolled out in the past three years. Well, then He used to be able to steal about 20 million U.S. dollars a year from the diamond mine." I smiled: "That is to say, I just need to promise to give him 20 million U.S. dollars a year, and that's it, right?"
Well, I can collect 40 million per year, of which 20 million will be distributed to Yunta, and I can keep half of it... This business is still very profitable!
"This is the first part of the mission. You can make money, and Yunta has found a channel for money laundering of overseas assets. This is something that both of you will benefit from. As for the second part of the mission, you need to be careful .”
Ren Lei's face became serious, as if he looked at Wu Gang, Wu Gang took out a document from a bag with no expression on his face.
"This is a company... an airline, to be precise, an airline that is about to be established, we call it East Africa United Shipping Company." Ren Lei smiled and said, "How about the name?"
"Go on." I shrugged.
"The registration information of this company will show that this company is jointly invested and established by you and the government of country G. You are the Canadian investor. Well, Wu Gang, let's talk about the following."
"Okay!" Wu Gang stood up suddenly, and then he walked to the front in a standard military posture, stood under the slide screen, and spoke slowly in an unchanging tone.
"Because of various historical reasons and factors, Western countries have always adopted technical barriers against us! Many of the advanced technologies we need for national and military development can only be developed by ourselves! Western countries have adopted strict technical barriers against us. Barriers. Many of the technologies we need cannot be imported or imported! And these have also brought huge obstacles to our construction! We have no talents and lack of communication. Facing barriers, we can only close our heads at home and build cars. They are not conducive to development. Such technical barriers started from the founding of our country in the last century, and until the end of the last century, with the changes in the world political structure, the technical barriers were gradually loosened. Now we can use some special channels Get some of the technology we need."
Speaking of this, Ren Lei smiled: "I'm saying it again, Chen Yang, I don't want you to be James Bond to steal technology, but to import technology in a different way!"
Wu Gang changed his tone and continued: "Country G is an African country. Because of its geographical environment, historical conditions, background, etc., it is not within the scope of the technical barriers of Western countries. Therefore, this time The content of the work is: In the name of the airline company established by Country G and Chen Yang, introduce six technologies related to aviation to a certain western country. Then, we will go out and purchase these six technologies from Country G. It's that simple."