From Arms Dealer To King of War - Chapter 478

Chapter 478 Charity? ? ?

Joga looked at Chris, who was anxious, and said with a smile: “Don’t worry, think about it first, can you win the top ranks of the Iraqi government?

Don’t keep thinking about taking advantage of the fire to rob, think about how to do business.

I have learned a lot in the past year or so. Sometimes to make money, you should take a little twists and turns, so that you can pull more people into the car along the way.

No matter how difficult the difficulties are averaged to everyone, it is actually the same thing! ”

Chris froze for a moment, looked at Choga and said, “You don’t want to take business from the Pentagon?”

Choga waved his hand and said, “You said it yourself, it was a business issued by the Pentagon on behalf of the Iraqi government, and the US$300 million will eventually be paid by Iraq itself.

Of course we should take part of that business, but we can’t be an attacking team, we should do something more meaningful. ”

Chris stood up like a cat scratching his heart and walked around for a few times, finally returned to Choga and sat down helplessly, and said: “I can get in touch with the high-level officials in Iraq, and at the same time I can also get in touch with some leaders of the XN militia. .

伱 Tell me, how should this business be done…

What are the meaningful things?

Mosul was taken, and the largest oil field and refinery in Iraq fell back under the control of the Iraqi government, and they would have money by then.

Apart from the mercenary business and arms business, I can’t think of any more profitable business than this! ”

Joga looked at Chris who got into the money hole, he shook his head and said, “You think you can make war fortune, don’t you?”

“right!”

“You think war is fighting and arms…”

After thinking for a while, Chris said, “There is still intelligence business, but you probably aren’t interested in this aspect. I transferred an intelligence agent, and it should be rewarding.”

Joga heard this, shook his head slightly and said: “War is about logistics, and logistics is not just about guns and guns, logistics also includes food and medical care.

If you want to take down Mosul, you must surround it. The Iraqi army can support 20,000 people to death, and the Kurdish militia, XN faction, and SY militia will not exceed 40,000 at most.

To put it bluntly, the people who can fight the most in Iraq are the ISIS gang. Except for the part of the government army and militia that the United States helped to train, the rest are ordinary people who put on military uniforms.

How do they know how to fight? ”

While talking, Choga waved his hand to Chris who was about to speak and said: “Don’t talk, listen to me, you can still accept business from the Pentagon, but we need to discuss specific actions with the Iraqi side.

We don’t fight wars, we cook for those who fight and support logistics.

Don’t you want to open up food and material channels? As long as you negotiate, the road will pass.

The price of goods in Iraq is very mysterious. We need to organize a large number of materials to be delivered and then transferred to the front line.

It’s so troublesome. The soldiers who fight the war are not too much for us to charge 50 US dollars per person per day, right? ”

Chris held his head and thought for a long time after listening, and said: “There are at least 40,000 people involved in the battle, 2 million per day, 60 million per month, and if the war lasts for two months, that is 120 million US dollars.

Excess supplies can be directly digested in Basra, Baghdad and other places.

This seems to be able to make money, but after taking into account labor costs, management costs, material costs, transportation costs, and security costs, the profit is not high. If the business of exchanging materials for arms is added, it will be almost the same. ”

Joga looked at Chris who seemed to be determined to hang himself in the arms business, Qiaojia shook his head in contempt, and said: “Form, you have to have a pattern!

The money earned by this kind of business is not only reasonable and legal, but also will not encounter the backlash of the locals, because we need to hire a large number of locals to guarantee the logistics of 40,000 people.

We ship in what they need, who would hate us? ”

When Chris heard this, he said a little incomprehensibly: “But what about the money? This is a two-month business, and we can’t make enough profit.”

Qiaojia waved his hand and said, “Tell me first whether you have the ability to win this business!

If you have, I am telling you how I will operate later! ”

Chris took a deep breath, and after thinking quietly for ten minutes, nodded and said: “It should be possible, I can negotiate with the Iraqi government with a small contract from the Pentagon.

Their logistics support is not smooth, and I am sure to win some business.

The Kurds and the XN and SY militias are actually a coalition of warlords. If we can guarantee the food supply, they will not reject us.

But they don’t have that much money, the Iraqi government won’t spend $50 a day for those militias. ”

As he spoke, Chris looked at Choga helplessly, and said, “Dude, make it clear to me, otherwise I feel like I’ve become a fool.”

Choga poured Chris a cup of coffee with a smile, and said, “Look, they have no money but want to have a hot meal on the front line, right?”

“Yes, but it’s good to have business, but we can’t post money, right?”

Qiao Jia waved his hand grandly and said: “Pay money? That’s impossible, we don’t want money, let them contract the oil field to us.

The Iraqi government has the legal ownership of the oil fields, and the militia has the actual control. You all eat my food, and it is not too much to contract the idle oil fields to me for a year, right?

I don’t want all the profits yet, I just send people to operate the idle oil fields, I help them repair the broken equipment, I help them find sales, and everyone shares the profits 50-50.

Of course, in the early stage, they have to settle the meal money with me from the sharing. ”

Talking about it, Qiaojia looked at Chris with a look of hell, and said with a smile: “Do you think this business can make money?”

Chris felt like **** for the first time, because he had never seen anyone do business like this before.

I personally understand that lengthening the path of doing business will lead to meaningless consumption, and the sunk costs of various management costs will be unbelievably high, and any problem in any link may lead to a total collapse.

According to NATO’s approach, if they want a certain oil field, the first thing they want is to negotiate with the government, and after obtaining the ownership, send troops to kill the actual controller.

If the government does not cooperate, they will overthrow the government and put someone close to them in power.

This is the most simple and crude business, not limited to energy, but also financial control, market control, etc., but the media claims that it is wrapped in the cloak of democracy and freedom.

Chris’s family is a NATO family, and he is used to it!

And Boss Joe is deliberately going around in circles now…

Use the military contracting qualifications of the United States to get admission tickets, and then talk to the Iraqi government about logistical support.

If the contract is fulfilled in this form, the mercenary rewards that can be obtained in the end will definitely not be much.

But it is said that it is contracted logistics, so it must not be free. As long as the scale increases, as long as the 40,000 food and drink security can be managed well, you can still make a little money.

But Boss Joe doesn’t want money, but wants to have a good relationship with the Iraqi government forces and militias, and then use an unexpected form to realize profits.

‘Contracting oil fields’, this is not an unrealistic delusion, but a business that already has mature cases.

ExMobil has energy businesses all over the world. How can they do it themselves? In the end, a large part of the work content will sink to the major oil exploration companies.

Their practice has actually pushed up the cost of oil extraction, and the reason why Saudi Arabia is so awesome is that the cost of oil extraction per barrel at home is only about ten dollars, which is a huge profit among huge profits!

Oil reserves in the United States are huge, and shale oil production ranks first in the world, but why did a large number of shale oil companies close down in the end?

Holding an oil well in hand and going bankrupt, this unreal phenomenon is only reasonable in the United States.

In addition to market reasons, the high cost is also a major problem. The average mining cost of 40 US dollars per barrel is a huge burden.

If OPEC moves casually, the fluctuation of oil price can destroy those shale oil companies.

Don’t use the theory of “meat in the pot” to discuss the shale oil industry in the United States. Business is business.

Unless there is a world war, shale oil will not be able to compete with oil in the Middle East commercially, because its extraction costs are high, and transportation costs are also high.

The major oil-consuming countries in Eurasia are a bit far away from the United States.

Iraq’s crude oil can be said to be one of the important pillars of the world’s energy industry. Boss Qiao wants to make money by contracting oil fields, but how can he make a lot of money?

Huge management costs, labor costs, and security costs have made Iraqi foreign oil companies extremely uncomfortable.

Why does Boss Joe think he can be different?

Especially with him coming in this way? ?

Chris thought about it for a long time but didn’t think of the key point. He frowned and looked at Choga, and said, “Jackal, I probably understand what you mean, enter Iraq with a logistics attitude, and then establish a good relationship with the Iraqi government and militias. And then won the right to contract an idle oil field.

But have you ever thought about it, half of the profit seems not worth it…”

Joga looked at Chris with contempt, and said, “Is it a habit to be a robber?

The equipment and pipelines on other oilfields are all ready-made. How much will it cost to send some people to resume work and resume production capacity?

If I can sign a tripartite contract with the Iraqi government and the militia, as long as the share is reasonable, the militia that actually controls the area where the oil field is located should ensure the safety of the oil field, right? The Iraqi government won’t stop us from exporting oil, will it?

I want half of it in the first year. If there is a second year, I can only ask for 45%, and then reduce it by 5% every year to 30%.

Do you think the Iraqis will be satisfied with this kind of contract?

The current international situation in Iraq is not very good, and the domestic situation is even more messy.

They must have longed for stability after years of civil war. If ISIS is driven out, can we keep that material channel because of the cooperation contract with the government and the militia? How much do you think we can earn?

I send them basic supplies, they are always embarrassed to ask me about tariffs, right?

There are millions of people in Iraq, which is a market for millions of people. If you can open a safe channel for materials from the Persian Gulf to Mosul, how much money do you think you can make?

You need to understand that this passage has been protected from the beginning by all the warlords in Iraq, as long as we are willing to do it.

The power of inertia is very strong. When they get used to the simple replenishment of basic materials, they will not easily replace people.

The big deal is that everyone will make a fortune together, and the materials in the future will be given to them at wholesale prices, and let them sell or distribute them on the site. ”

Chris listened, looked at Qiaojia like a fairy, and said, “Do you know how much investment and how many people are needed to run such a business?”

Qiao Jia waved his hands calmly and said: “I only know that if the difficulties are shared by many people, then the difficulties will no longer be difficulties.

Don’t always think about eating the fattest piece, pull capable people into the car, and let everyone share risks while sharing benefits.

We don’t need the most profit, but as long as we take the lead, the cake will grow like a snowball. ”

As he said that, Qiaojia looked at the stunned Chris and said, “Do you know what this kind of business is called in Europe and America?

Charity!

We have no competition because we want so little that people like you think we’re doing something stupid! ”

(end of this chapter)