Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Chapter 195: Death-Free Gold Medal and $ Million
Mid-to-late September 1959, Mindanao Island, suburbs of Manila.

It has been more than a week since Qiu Shigui, Mi Shouyang, Yuan Zuliang and Tie Wanzhong returned from northern Luzon Island.

They didn't want to waste time in northern Luzon and wanted to come back to Manila to try their luck and see if they could meet Zhao Mancang and ask for his help.

However, they did not meet Zhao Mancang, but happened to see the KGB, and a conflict broke out between the two sides.

Because after they returned to Manila, they happened to use the radio to search for the abnormal signal and then came here.

Then they happened to see two Kimura people who were captured by the KGB. The location of these two people was exactly the address where they found the abnormal signal.

So they started fighting.

There's nothing much to say about this matter. They just started fighting over a disagreement. What's more, the matter is of great importance and no one is willing to let go.

Mi Shouyang and his men are indeed the elite among the elite. In terms of combat capability, they are definitely the best among the best.

Not to mention one-on-one, even defeating the majority with a smaller number is very easy.

After a fierce battle, Mi Shouyang and his men successfully captured the two Kimura people and took them back for interrogation.

Naturally, no results were obtained from the interrogation until Tie Wanzhong suggested using the same interrogation method as Zhao Mancang, and only then did the results come out.

Then they set out to dig for treasure that night, and they actually dug out thirteen tons of gold, which made them very happy.

"Oh shit, that's thirteen tons of gold? Holy shit!"

Mi Shouyang and his men almost lost their minds, and there were only four of them, so they were still unable to transport the thirteen tons of gold.

However, there are always more solutions than problems, and this is thirteen tons of gold, which is a huge achievement for the four of them.

None of the four of them mentioned dividing the gold or hiding part of it.

Because they themselves have experienced the test of iron and blood, let alone thirteen tons of gold, even a little more will not shake their determination to follow the Tao.

What's more, their families are all in the capital, so it is impossible to ask them to become traitors.

The most crucial point is that they have often gone out on missions in recent years and know what it is like abroad. At the very least, it is safer at home.

Having money abroad is not a good thing, let alone not having money.

“Lao Zuo and the others came to Mindanao?”

Just as they were transporting the gold back to their temporary base and thinking about how to transport the gold back to the country, they received news from Zuo Changsheng and others through the radio.

So they contacted Zuo Changsheng and Pan Chengdong directly and asked them to come and help.

After the two sides met, Zuo Changsheng and Pan Chengdong both clamored to see the thirteen tons of gold.

When they saw it, they were stunned.

"Fuck, you guys are so lucky! I thought you guys were just going to win with all your money, but I didn't expect you to find so much gold. I'm so damn envious."

Zuo Changsheng and the other man were extremely envious, but Mi Shouyang and the others were worried. How could they transport so much gold back to the country?
Pan Chengdong couldn't help but laugh when he heard this:
"Haha, have you forgotten? We took a ferry back to Hong Kong and Kowloon before. If it doesn't work, you can contact the China Resources office in Mindanao. They will definitely be able to help find a solution."

Tie Wanzhong and Yuan Zuliang both shook their heads and rejected Pan Chengdong's suggestion.

Money can move people's hearts, and this is no joke.

They trusted Zuo Changsheng and Pan Chengdong, but they did not trust the people from China Resources.

If they have to talk about trust, they can barely trust Hou Jianhua and several other leaders of China Resources Company in Hong Kong and Kowloon, but they cannot trust anyone else.

Just when Mi Shouyang, Yuan Zuliang and others were busy discussing how to bring the 13 tons of gold back to the country, Zhao Mancang had already boarded the plane back to Hong Kong and Kowloon.

Last night, Zhao Mancang launched a sudden attack and wiped out the dwarf Tokyo man and his companions. The sudden attack gave these Kimura people no time to react and they were killed by Zhao Mancang.

The dwarf from Tokyo was captured alive by Zhao Mancang. After several hours of interrogation and confirmation that he had nothing to hide, he was sent to see Amaterasu.

However, the interrogation of the dwarf Tokyo man was not completely fruitless. The golden treasure was gone, but some information about Kimura's territory was revealed.

This time, the dwarf Tokyo people came to Mindanao to dig for treasure, and they had no choice.

His two superior generals, Ishikawa Nishijin and Yoshioka Dairo, forced him to take the gold because they needed funds to support their sons to take the throne.

Sam is putting pressure on us and controls the entire senior management of Kimura. If we want to get a higher position, we can only buy it with money.

Unfortunately, Ishikawa Nishijin and Yoshioka Dairo did not have that much money, nor did they have a strong capital consortium to support them, so they could only use the gold treasures they had saved before.

In fact, this is also one of the Sam people's methods.

They may not be able to pinpoint which colonels or soldiers buried the gold in Mindanao, but Sam can get the money through various means.

During World War II, the short Tokyo man was just an ordinary soldier and was completely insignificant.

However, he was chosen by generals such as Ishikawa Nishihito and became one of the soldiers who buried the gold.

why?
Because the dwarf from Tokyo is not good-looking, so short, and holds a low position, he will not be noticed by others. Secondly, this guy loves his family very much, and has a wife and children to tie him down. He is definitely the most suitable candidate.

Another crucial point is that this guy has worked as a spy. He is rigorous in his work and has a vigilant and suspicious personality. There is no one more suitable.

Ishikawa Nishijin and his men could easily capture this dwarf. After the gold was buried, what they needed to consider was how to escape the harsh interrogation of the Sam people.

Fortunately, Yoshioka Dairo and others did not hold very high positions at the time, otherwise they would have died long ago.

Because all the disobedient generals were killed.

During World War II, Kimura had 630,000 troops in Mindanao, but after a period of garrison, their strength was sharply reduced to only 100,000 due to malaria, the high temperature in Mindanao and other reasons.

Mindanao was the region with the highest number of soldier deaths during World War II.

A total of 2.12 million people died, but 500,000 died in Mindanao, accounting for a quarter of the total.

Very scary.

Even so, it would be difficult for the Samish people to find out the buried gold from among 100,000 soldiers.

It is quite incredible that Ishikawa Nishijin and Yoshioka Dairo, who escaped the disaster, have now become generals in Kimura's army.

These are not important. The most important point is that Ishikawa Nishijin is in charge of intelligence work, and this person is very likely to know the news about the lone wolf.

What's more, since Ishikawa Nishijin and Yoshioka Dairo were able to send the dwarf Tokyo people to Mindanao to dig up the gold treasures, it is possible that they would send a lone wolf here.

Zhao Mancang didn't know whether the dwarf Tokyo man was lying, and he had no way to verify the authenticity of the information, so he could only give up for the time being and take the time to investigate when he passed through Tokyo.

When the plane landed in Hong Kong and Kowloon, Zhao Mancang finally had some free time.

After resting for two days in Yijing Garden on the Kowloon Peninsula, he went out to meet people.

First, I went to Qifa Building to deal with the work that had accumulated for a while, and then went to Wanbang Building.

Alex had been sent back to Great Britain and would soon be dead, so he no longer needed to worry about it.

Ever since Zhao Mancang last appeared at the Governor's Mansion party, many people in Hong Kong and Kowloon have been asking about him. As a result, apart from newspaper industries such as the Hong Kong and Kowloon Daily, there is nothing else.

But even if the real estate company Changda Real Estate acquired a lot of land, these industries would not be of interest to Pu Weishi and others.

Because the value here is not great. After all, whether it is Hutchison Whampoa or Dairy Farm, these companies also own a lot of land, but in the colonial city of Hong Kong and Kowloon, they are not of much value.

why?
This is mainly because the real estate market is currently in a downward trend, and land and properties are not very valuable.

Unless you own a lot of commercial buildings, it is impossible.

Anyone who is respected by big bosses like Pu Weishi must at least be a wealthy man with a net worth of over 100 million Hong Kong dollars, right?

Many wealthy people in Hong Kong and Kowloon did not hear any news, but Pu Weishi was overjoyed when he learned that Zhao Mancang had returned to Hong Kong and Kowloon.

Because it is already late September, the price of gold has broken through US$39.34 per ounce, which is already very high.

It also shows that Zhao Mancang's vision is indeed very extraordinary.

Now that it is almost October, the price of gold has skyrocketed so fast that investment institutions around the world have taken action.

After 1945, economic development in Europe accelerated a lot. Coupled with the impact of the global economy on Kimura's side, the international financial system based on the Bretton Woods system was impacted, and the price of gold soared at this time.

In addition, international investment institutions also heard the news and took the opportunity to join the long gold team, accelerating the rise in gold prices.

From thirty-five U.S. dollars per ounce, it has risen to the current thirty-nine U.S. dollars in just a few months, and will soar to forty-one U.S. dollars per ounce in October.

This is because the price soared due to multiple factors such as market speculation and Sam's economic competition from Kimura and the European Community.

"Mr. Zhao, you are truly the god of investment. You are amazing."

At the Peninsula Hotel, Joseph Grant poured wine for Zhao Mancang in a flattering manner, and his compliments never stopped.

It may be a bit exaggerated, but compared with Zhao Mancang's outstanding foresight and decisiveness, Joseph really admires him.

Pu Weishi, who was sitting next to him, was smoking a cigar imported from Cuba, smiling but not saying a word.

Today, they took the initiative to chat with Zhao Mancang. The main questions were: when to sell the gold? And whether to take out a loan?

If you want to have a good relationship, you must have interactions.

What Pu Weishi meant was that the subsequent handling fees could be waived, the interest rate could be lowered, and he could even get a collateral-free loan of 200 million Hong Kong dollars.

In short, Zhao Mancang is a good friend of HSBC.

A loan without collateral, that is to say, just by using Zhao Changshou's name, one can get a loan of 200 million Hong Kong dollars.

Although a certain amount of interest is required, the interest rate is very low and there is no handling fee. What else do you need?
At this time when the economy in Hong Kong and Kowloon is in a downturn, wealthy people like Zhao Mancang who can make money must of course be won over.

We can't let Standard Chartered Bank's boss Fernak or First Citibank's boss Hobbs be lured away.

Starting from March and April this year, Zhao Mancang proposed a loan of 200 million Hong Kong dollars, and then a loan of 100 million US dollars. Until now, the price of gold has risen to 39.34 US dollars per ounce.

According to Zhao Mancang, the gold he purchased at an average price of US$35.19 per ounce increased by US$4.15 per ounce.

Including the deposit guarantee of ten tons of gold, Zhao Mancang owns a total of 4.06 million ounces of gold in HSBC. So over the past few months, he has earned a total of US$16.849 million.

After all this trouble, I only made more than 16 million US dollars, which doesn’t seem that great.

After all, Zhao Mancang had just spent half a month in Mindanao and brought back forty tons of gold.

Forty tons of gold is equivalent to 1.41 million ounces, which is 55.5 million US dollars when converted into US dollars. It is much more than the 16 million US dollars earned from investing in gold.

However, the two cannot be compared so simply.

In the eyes of Pu Weishi and others, this is already a very awesome thing.

In just a few months, he made a net profit of more than 16 million US dollars. Even after deducting the interest and handling fees, as well as the red envelopes that Zhao Mancang had previously given to Pu Weishi and Joseph, he could still earn at least 10 million US dollars.

Earning 10 million US dollars in just a few months is equivalent to 65 million Hong Kong dollars. What kind of business can be so profitable?
What's more, Zhao Mancang not only borrowed money from HSBC to invest in gold, he also copied and pasted this model at Standard Chartered Bank and Citibank.

In other words, Zhao Mancang made at least 30 million US dollars from this wave.

Even without mentioning these, the gold, margin, etc. that Zhao Mancang deposited in HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank and Citibank First have exceeded 30 million US dollars.

Simply put, Zhao Mancang’s exposed assets now exceed 60 million US dollars.

This amount of wealth is already exaggerated, and Zhao Mancang looks only in his twenties, very young.

If Zhao Mancang had not been so elusive and often missing, Pu Weishi would have felt that his relationship with him was not yet mature. Otherwise, he would have introduced him to a girlfriend.

With so much wealth, it is understandable that Joseph was so flattering.

"I don't need a loan for now, but I will contact your company early next month regarding the gold shipment."

Zhao Mancang smiled and continued:

"In addition, I would like to lease an area on the outlying islands, Shek Kwu Chau, and the Soko Islands to invest in aquaculture."

The outlying island is very large, and the international airport of the original time and space is also here.

The reason why Zhao Mancang wants to invest here is definitely not that simple.

The outlying islands are far away from the city center of Hong Kong and Kowloon, so there is no big problem in breeding here.

But Zhao Mancang is not just interested in breeding. What he wants is the secrecy of this area, because this is the most critical point.

In the future, he will reclaim land on the north side of the outlying island of Lantau and build an airport, but not now because he does not have that much money.

What can you do with 60 million US dollars?
"You want to engage in farming?"

When Pu Weishi and Joseph heard this, their expressions suddenly became strange. What was going on?
Instead of making good investments, you want to engage in breeding?

Zhao Mancang nodded and continued:

"Excuse me, if there are any problems with the procedures, please let me know."

He won't follow up on this matter personally, and the investment won't be big anyway.

The main part of the outlying islands, namely Lantau Island, Tsing Yi Island, Lamma Island, Cheung Hai Island, etc., covers an area of ​​more than 200 square kilometers, which is almost one-fifth of the area of ​​Hong Kong and Kowloon.

What Zhao Mancang wanted were places like Luk Neck Mountain in the south of Lantau Island, as well as Shek Kwu Chau and the Soko Islands, because these areas could be fenced off and no one else could be allowed to approach.

The land in Hong Kong and Kowloon is really cheap now, and it is the best time to buy.

Especially these barren mountains, they are even less valuable.

It is even possible that it was given to Zhao Mancang for free.

After talking about this matter, Zhao Mancang shifted the topic to other aspects.

Hong Kong and Kowloon are not suitable for heavy industry as the area is too small, but high technology should not be a big problem.

So Zhao Mancang plans to take advantage of the current low land prices and buy more.

However, large-scale acquisitions are not suitable. It is better to take it slowly and enter the village secretly.

After having dinner with Pu Weishi and the others, Zhao Mancang also had dinner with Fernak, Hobbs and others in the next few days and made relevant arrangements.

At the same time, he also contacted Ma Jiugong and others to complete several transactions in Hong Kong and Kowloon during these days.

After clearing the inventory in the system space, Zhao Mancang took time out in early October to return to the capital to meet Lin Wan and his daughter Xiao Taozi.

But he went back secretly and didn't let anyone else know.

He only met Lin Wan once, stayed for one night and then left.

I told her to keep it a secret, and she understood, but she was very unhappy.

Lin Wan would definitely keep it a secret for him, and she couldn't tell anyone else about it. The reason she was unhappy about it was that they were separated for a long time.

Especially this time, Zhao Mancang only came back for one night. What could he do in this one night?
Zhao Mancang had no choice. The KGB had not left yet and there were still many people from Moscow in the capital, so it was not suitable for him to stay in the capital for long.

After the middle of next year, he will definitely stay in the capital more often.

So he needs to take advantage of this time to expand his system space and accumulate more experience points. By the middle of next year, things will be much better.

At the Tianjin Wharf, Zhao Mancang once again traded with Ma Jiugong and his team. This time it was the last wave of centrifuges. All 580 uranium enrichment centrifuges were traded to Ma Jiugong and his team.

After this transaction, Zhao Mancang's experience value balance once again exceeded 8,000, and was not far from breaking 10,000. "Comrade Li, please wait a moment."

After the transaction was completed, Zhao Mancang was about to leave but was stopped by Ma Jiugong.

The former looked at the other party in confusion and did not say anything, but the confusion and vigilance in his eyes made Ma Jiugong and others laugh and cry.

"It's like this, Comrade Li. Although we have always conducted fair transactions, we are very clear that we have taken advantage. So, in order to show our sincerity, our leader specifically instructed us..."

Ma Jiugong took out a medal of honor, which was a special medal of honor. It represented supreme glory and unparalleled value.

"This is a medal of honor specially made for you by our superiors at the Beijing Liulichang. I know you may not need it, but it's a token of our appreciation."

"And with this pass and letter of introduction, you can travel throughout the country and buy your own tickets, including train tickets, ship tickets, etc."

In order to win over 'Comrade Li', the leaders above racked their brains, but these three pieces of feedback were the only ones they could give to Zhao Mancang.

For Zhao Mancang, the Special Class Medal of Merit has greater commemorative value. As for the so-called honor, it is nothing.

After all, the pseudonym "Comrade Li" is not suitable for exposure, so honors and such are of no great use.

As for the pass and letter of introduction, let alone, what does Zhao Mancang need these things for?

With his tracking and anti-tracking skills, plus his system space, he might not be able to enter some restricted areas, but he can still travel normally from the Tianjin Wharf to the capital.

If all else fails, he can just throw out his credentials from the 108th Department and appear in his true self, which is much better than the alias "Comrade Li".

"Okay, thank you, thank you leader."

Zhao Mancang accepted the rewards with a smile. After he put them away, he heard Ma Jiugong say:

"Comrade Li, tomorrow is the military parade to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding of our country. Our leaders would like to invite you to Beijing to participate. I wonder if you have time to come?"

It’s already this late and you’re just inviting me?

Moreover, Zhao Mancang didn't want to be in the spotlight in the first place, but they invited him to watch the military parade?

This is not a joke!
After politely refusing, Zhao Mancang planned to leave.

The tenth anniversary military parade is actually worth watching. Zhao Mancang really wants to take Lin Wan and the others to see it, but Xiao Taozi and the others are still too young, so it is really not suitable.

The most important thing is that Zhao Mancang’s current identity is very embarrassing, and it is impossible for Lin Wan to run out alone, so wanting to take her to watch the military parade is undoubtedly not feasible.

As for letting him watch it alone, forget it. It's really boring.

Ma Jiugong spoke again, called Zhao Mancang, and said with a smile:

"Excuse me, Comrade Li. Our leader would like to see you. When would be convenient for you?"

"Next time, when we do a deal, I can meet your leader at the Jincheng Wharf."

Hearing this, Ma Jiugong's eyelids twitched: Wow, this Comrade Li is really fierce. He actually made his leader wait, and he had to come to the Jincheng Wharf to see him?
Damn, that’s really bold!

However, Zhao Mancang no longer wanted to continue talking to Ma Jiugong. After confirming that the latter had nothing else to do, he immediately turned around and left.

After watching Zhao Mancang leave, Ma Jiugong looked at Bai Yongwang, who had remained silent, and said with a wry smile:

"Leader, what should we do?"

The latter shook his head and said:

"It's none of your business. We just report the truth. Whatever the higher-ups decide, that has nothing to do with us."

"Comrade Li" risked his life to trade with them, and the food, accelerators, centrifuges, etc. he brought back were all extraordinary materials and equipment, so it is normal that the shelves are larger.

What's more, it was the leader who proposed to meet "Comrade Li", so it was normal that he agreed and agreed to meet at the Tianjin Wharf.

We can't let "Comrade Li" go back to the government office in the capital to meet with the leader, right?

After leaving Tianjin Port, Zhao Mancang immediately went to Tokyo and took the earliest flight directly to Vancouver.

Kimura's economy is developing rapidly, and the two airlines, Quan Kimura Air Transport Airlines and Kimura Aviation Co., Ltd., are also developing rapidly. In just over half a year, a lot of routes have been added.

Maybe next time there will be a direct flight from Tokyo to Seattle or even Los Angeles.

After arriving in Vancouver, Zhao Mancang bought another plane ticket and took a direct flight to San Francisco.

With the current soaring gold prices, he came here to trade this time. He needed to speed up the transaction and get more equipment, materials and gold.

However, weapons and equipment, computers, automated production lines, etc. are his primary targets, followed by gold, and the order cannot be changed.

The last time, Zhao Mancang and Francis Van Buren were preparing to trade rutile in an abandoned factory on the outskirts of Petaluma, a small town near San Francisco.

As a result, the deal failed because Francis was eavesdropped on by Fobole.

However, Fobole was also defeated by Zhao Mancang and suffered heavy losses. Afterwards, Zhao Mancang left a note at Francis' home, explaining the situation and also explaining the content and requirements of the next transaction.

So, this time, Zhao Mancang came to San Francisco to complete the last assignment.

At the same time, he also wanted to develop new customers, otherwise, he didn't know when he would be able to trade the rutile in his hands.

After all, as time goes by, Sam is likely to discover rutile in their territory or in the neighboring Maple Leaf Country. Then the value of the rutile in Zhao Mancang's hands will be greatly reduced.

Therefore, the sooner you sell, the better.

When Francis received Zhao Mancang's message, he was overjoyed.

"Praise God, I finally waited for you, I can't wait to trade, haha"

Last time, after Fobole was blown up by Zhao Mancang, Francis also left, but what followed was Fobole's investigation.

But Francis was not a pushover for such a "groundless" investigation. He directly invited lawyers and his backers to deal with these Foboles.

As the most powerful and capitalized arms dealer in San Francisco, how could Francis be a soft persimmon that can be bullied by anyone?

What's more, he was actually eavesdropped on. It was Fobole who did it. He hasn't settled the score with the other party yet, but the other party dared to come to his door. He must be tired of living.

So, after Francis's strong counterattack, Fobole is now also in a headache.

In addition to dealing with Fobole, Francis was particularly looking forward to the transaction with Zhao Mancang and had prepared a lot of trading items in advance.

As for the IBM709 that Zhao Mancang could not purchase, Francis did directly purchase two IBM709s and also ordered two IBM7090s from IBM.

The IBM709 is a vacuum tube computer. Its size is extremely exaggerated because it is a supercomputer and it uses vacuum tubes. After it is assembled, it is the size of several houses.

On the contrary, the IBM 7090 is an all-transistor computer without any vacuum tubes, so it is much smaller in size.

However, due to IBM's production capacity, Francis was unable to obtain the IBM 7090 immediately.

After all, at present, no one can say for sure whether transistor computers are better or vacuum tube computers are more powerful.

In the small town of Los Barros south of San Francisco, Zhao Mancang and Francis finally met and made a deal.

According to the last agreement, the price of each ton of rutile is 31,000 ounces of gold. Zhao Mancang sold a total of 100 tons of rutile this time, which was the transaction specification agreed upon last time.

So Francis needs to pay 3.01 million ounces of gold.

This figure may have exceeded our current domestic gold reserves.

Of course, Francis couldn't possibly come up with so much gold.

There are not many weapons and equipment, and the total value is at most tens of thousands of ounces of gold. The bulk of it is computers, automated production lines and other materials.

Because the computers of this era are truly high-tech products and are extremely expensive.

Take the most powerful all-transistor computer IBM7090 as an example. Its parameters are all very low-end, and its instruction processing speed can only reach per second.

But this data is already the most advanced computer in the world.

Therefore, this thing is priced sky-high!

The price of an IBM 709 is over million US dollars, and million ounces of gold, calculated based on the current global gold price of US dollars per ounce, is only million US dollars.

Francis brought two IBM 709s, a bunch of weapons and ammunition, and several automated production lines, with a total value of more than million US dollars.

However, this is simple. Zhao Mancang just needs to get out a few hundred more tons of rutile.

Francis was secretly shocked when he saw Zhao Mancang's casual look.

Then, less than five minutes after Zhao Mancang left the trading point, he brought in another 500 tons of rutile in the next half hour.

Now it was Francis' turn to be dumbfounded.

He had originally prepared one million ounces of gold, which was the limit of his efforts. Combined with two IBM 709 computers, he thought he had a sure win and could allow Zhao Mancang to bring more rutile next time. After all, he had extraordinary power.

As a result, there was no need for a next time. Zhao Mancang brought a total of 600 tons of rutile.

Fake!

At the price of 31,000 ounces of gold per ton, the total price of 600 tons of rutile is 18.6 million ounces of gold.

It is now October 3rd, and the price of gold is US$40.56 per ounce, so the total value of 600 tons of rutile is US$754 million.

Horror!
This transaction amount almost made Francis reach climax.

Because this is the biggest deal he has ever seen in his arms trade.

Although rutile is just an ore, it is more valuable than gold simply because it is so rare and has a special appeal to the rutile refineries in San Francisco.

Anyway, someone is backing the purchase of rutile, so Francis is naturally not afraid to buy as much as he can.

So he quickly contacted his most trusted subordinates and hurriedly transported his US dollar cash, gold, etc. from the warehouse, determined to complete this transaction no matter what.

But the two IBM 709s and other materials are not worth much. We can't settle the remaining million US dollars with US dollar cash or gold, right?
"Friend, can we discuss this? Rutile is too expensive, and I don't have that much money. Look."

Francis rubbed his hands, and the greed in his eyes could be seen clearly by Zhao Mancang from several streets away. What's more, the other party was standing not far in front of him, so it was even clearer.

"This is the price. If you don't have that much money, let's trade next time."

Zhao Mancang shook his head and refused without hesitation:

"You may not know that these rutile stones were bought at the cost of lives, and you should also know that there are people willing to pay a higher price for them, even far exceeding the price of 31,000 ounces of gold per ton."

"And I told you last time, rutile is currently only found in Moscow. Rutile is actually titanium dioxide, a rare metal, even rarer than gold."

"Since you don't have that much money, let's make the deal next time."

After saying that, Zhao Mancang looked at the other person and signaled him to leave first.

Zhao Mancang, who was standing in front of him, was clearly just one person, but it seemed as if there were thousands of troops behind Zhao Mancang, making Francis Van Buren dare not have any other thoughts at all.

He suppressed the greed in his heart, licked his lips, and said:

"Can you wait a little longer? I promise I'll quickly gather the necessary items for the 600 tons of rutile."

"Okay, I'll wait for you for three hours at most. If it's longer than three hours, I'll be very sorry."

Francis was overjoyed when he heard this and immediately agreed.

Two hours later, Francis' subordinates lived up to his expectations and brought a lot of weapons, equipment, gold and US dollar cash from other places.

Those US dollar cash notes were urgently drawn from several of the largest arms dealers in neighboring Los Angeles.

People who deal in arms prefer to trade in cash.

But generally speaking, big arms dealers like Francis Van Buren only have a cash flow of 50 to 60 million US dollars in cash at most, and the rest are bank transfers or the like.

Because the base currency issued in North America today, that is, US dollar cash, is actually only more than 40 billion US dollars.

It is naturally impossible for all of this currency to circulate outside, and a large portion of it is still stored in banks.

It is normal for an arms dealer to need huge cash flow, but 50 or 60 million US dollars is already the limit.

Francis Van Buren is the largest arms dealer in San Francisco with huge capital. He can withdraw nearly 200 million US dollars in cash from neighboring Los Angeles, and that is already the limit.

Of course, this also shows how powerful the capital and connections Francis has in California in western North America.

It’s hard to say, this is the support given by the capital relationship network behind him.

You know, San Francisco and Los Angeles are the two largest cities in California, and these two cities are one of the bases of North American military-industrial enterprises.

After World War II, the California consortium rose rapidly and directly entered the ranks of the top ten consortiums in North America.

Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, etc., these arms companies are all well-known companies in North America, and they are all California companies.

So, there are many arms dealers in California, and Francis is one of them.

So it is really amazing that Francis was able to withdraw 200 million US dollars in cash in such a short period of time.

A lot of gold was also withdrawn, otherwise he would not have been able to get these 600 tons of rutile.

It took nearly an hour and a half for Zhao Mancang to count and inspect the $200 million in cash and 5 million ounces of gold, and finally completed the transaction.

"Next time, the list of deals I need is all here."

After completing the transaction, Francis also breathed a sigh of relief. He took the note handed over by Zhao Mancang, confirmed it, and then smiled.

"So when is our next transaction?"

"It will take at least half a month at the earliest, and no more than a month at the latest. I hope our next transaction goes smoothly."

"Okay, see you guys!"

Francis Van Buren turned and left with a large group of people.

Not long after they left, his younger brother whispered, "Boss, why don't we just rob him? He's just one person, what are we afraid of?"

Snapped!
My younger brother's words immediately aroused Francis's wrath. He gave my younger brother a slap on the face and said angrily:

"Fuck, do you want to kill me? Have you all forgotten what happened in Petaluma last time?"

Faced with the boss who was like an angry lion, all the subordinates were silent and recalled the roar of the explosion last time.

People are like this, especially mean.

After all, only a few people can remain calm in the face of huge wealth.

Once consumed by greed, they will not remember their previous experiences.

"But it doesn't necessarily mean that he did it. Maybe he didn't bring so many people this time?"

"How foolish! If he didn't bring so many people with him, how did he manage to bring in 500 tons of rutile in just half an hour?"

Francis had a headache and was speechless. "Shit, get out of here. It's okay if you're stupid yourself, but don't infect me."

As an arms dealer, Francis has certainly done a lot of black-and-white work, but this is based on the premise that he knows the other party very well. Otherwise, he would not dare to act rashly.

More than ten minutes later, Francis couldn't resist his curiosity and sent two of his most powerful men back to the place of transaction. However, the results of the investigation made him feel cold.

(End of this chapter)