Chapter 154 Weapons
Kenny is an arms speculator. He has a very powerful connection in the United States, and can get various advanced weapons that can be sold from the channels under the table, and then sell them privately to international arms tycoons, or directly to those in need.
He basically recognizes money but not people. Even if it is a country hostile to the US government, such as Iran, North Korea, Cuba, etc., he will sell the weapons to them as long as the price is satisfactory.
And Country X is exactly where Kenny Rogers likes to trade the most.
After reading these information, Yang Rui smiled bitterly: "Is this mission a deal with arms dealers? This is not my strength.
Lu Yan smiled and said, "You don't have to be humble. If you can't use you, I won't come to you from the country for a long time."
He continued: "This time, Kenny Rogers has a batch of weapons on his hands, which our country wants to obtain, so we have arranged for buyers to contact. In addition to our people, there are several buyers. Their identities are different, but according to our survey, not any organization wants to buy them, but behind them are buying for certain countries, that is, many countries are interested in this batch of weapons."
"Why do we want to buy American weapons? And we have to buy them through such means?" Yang Rui was a little puzzled. Although China's military aspect is not as good as the United States, the weapons that can be bought on the black market with money will definitely not be advanced there. The most advanced weapons will definitely be prohibited from being out of stock in the United States.
Seeing his doubts, Lu Yan smiled helplessly: "When it comes to our country's military power is not as good as the United States. You young people may be uncomfortable in your heart, but this is the truth. When we attacked the Japanese, the United States already had aircraft carriers and atomic bombs. Later, we also experienced a series of political movements such as civil wars, Korean wars, and the Cultural Revolution. Although we had successfully developed nuclear weapons such as atomic bombs in difficult times, it did not mean that our military power was fully developed. This is why a large number of troops were maintained for decades, and it was not until the 1990s that they began to disarmament.
On the basis, we have been lagging behind since the end of the Qing Dynasty, and have been lagging behind by one or two hundred years. In terms of development time after the founding of the People's Republic of China and economic support, we have been lagging behind by decades, which is enough for people to renew their weapons for generations.
However, the backwardness in hardware technology. Through learning and our own pursuit, the gap narrows quickly. When we start late, we can skip some previous research and development. Others have spent a hundred years on their achievements. We may be able to achieve it in twenty or thirty years. Just like the development of mobile phones. In terms of mobile phone popularity in my country, we directly skip the first and second generation mobile phones, starting directly from the third generation, computers and the Internet. The same is true for weapons.
But everyone knows that many things we are popularizing now do not really have core technologies. In terms of computers, as a key CPU, our country also has research and development, but when we fail to obtain core technologies, it is difficult to solve problems and the cost will be very high. This is especially true for weapons. The United States has always regarded us as one of the strategic imaginary enemies. It is not to say that it will not sell our core technologies to us, but it once joined forces with the EU to implement a weapon embargo policy on China.
Under such a major premise, our national defense strength needs to be improved, in addition to factors such as talents, we must have comprehensive improvements in weapons. We must fight against traditional military powers like the United States and Russia. We must develop completely by ourselves, not that the Chinese cannot do it, but there are two problems, one is the time aspect and the other is the cost aspect. If we can refer to the advanced technology and equipment of other countries, it will undoubtedly save a lot of time and expense for us."
After hearing this, Yang Rui understood and realized that some of the news he had heard before was probably true. For example, Pakistan once purchased aircraft and submarines from the United States, and then asked my country to help them with maintenance and maintenance; for example, the United States was willing to take the lead and "mistaken bomb" the Chinese embassy because our intelligence personnel obtained certain technical secrets; for example, the seizure of American aircraft in the South China Sea incident, etc.
Major Niu said seriously: "There is nothing embarrassing about this. Being backward leads to being beaten. Only when the country is strong can it have dignity. As long as it is capable of doing this, which country is not like this? Everyone strictly defends the confidential technology of their own country, and then explores advanced places in other countries as much as possible. Even if the United States is the most powerful country, it is the same."
"Uh, I have little experience, and I don't know a lot. Now I understand, what do I need to do now? Let me go to Rogers to find out where the weapons are stored?"
Lu Yan laughed: "
To buy weapons, it is not to grab weapons. The earth is so big. Whoever did it found out. If it is robbed, even if it succeeds once, who will dare to deal with us in the future?"
"But if you just buy it, do you need to arrange so many things?" Tang Yuling interrupted and asked. She was also worried about dealing with such an arms tycoon. If he didn't need to participate, it would be the best.
"Kenny's identity is also an identity he uses to launder money. Every time he makes a big deal, he will hold a small auction. The art and antiques auctioned are the guise of transactions. Each number has corresponding weapons, and these will be sent to the buyer first to let the buyer participate in the bidding. If it is just a buyer and has negotiated the price, it is just a matter of going through the market and then paying the money legally."
After hearing this, Yang Rui had already roughly understood what he wanted to do.
"What you have to do now is to assist our buyers in the auction to shout prices. You use your method to obtain the reserve price of other buyers in advance, so that we can make it easier for us to bid. In short, our goal is to buy this batch of weapons at all costs. Secondly, we cannot blindly waste the money from the country to give to the arms dealers, so we must know the price that other countries are willing to pay. This is the reason for asking you to come."
After Lu Yan finished speaking, he looked at Yang Rui with anticipation. To be honest, he had no clue in his heart, because he personally verified Yang Rui's ability only once, that was when Zeng Xiankui's grandson was kidnapped, and in terms of bank robbery, he inferred that. He checked the time he later protected the Vice Premier, and had similar effects, but he did not participate that time. And Yang Rui himself was always evasive and did not admit or explain his ability in detail.
Compared to his expectations, the other two people were more suspicious about how capable Yang Rui could be such a young man? They believed that there were many strange people in China, but strange people should be older and look special, right?
After Yang Rui knew the specific task, he felt much more relieved. If this is the case, it would not be too difficult and would not be in any danger.
He glanced at Tang Yuling, and she seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.
"No problem. If it's just like that, I think I should be able to deal with it." Yang Rui said cautiously.
Hearing Yang Rui's serious tone, Lu Yan smiled, but said seriously: "It's not supposed to be, what we need is absolute. Tell me, you are absolutely sure!"
"Disap, aren't you asking me to issue a military order? If I say I am absolutely sure and I don't do it then? Are you going to arrest me and shoot me?"
"Haha, that's not the case, but this is not a joke. As long as there is a front-line opportunity, you have to put in 100% effort. Therefore, you cannot use a reserved tone."
"Well, I can do it, I will do my 100% strength to make sure it is done."
"Very good. Tomorrow, I will arrange for you to be with the buyers representing our country, give you some time to adapt first. Our agent buyer, Mr. Louis, is not a Chinese, you need to communicate in English. The auction site is almost certain that it is in English. You are a college student, so there is no problem with this, right?"
In Lu Yan's opinion, this should be a small problem, just mentioned it by the way. But for Yang Rui, it is a relatively serious problem.
During his two years in college, he didn't really learn much, and his English was even more average. If you were abroad, there was no problem buying something or asking about the road. However, it was even more difficult to communicate with foreigners and listen to foreigners speaking English on important occasions.
"This... Brother Lu, to be honest, my English level is average, I need to arrange an interpreter."
This made Lu Yan and the others look at each other in a row. They had to arrange an interpreter to perform the task? Isn’t this a little too ostentatious?
Chapter completed!