Chapter 353 Arms Broker
The Libyans were warlike and good at fighting. They were known as African lions during World War II, and dared to use primitive equipment such as spears and muskets to attack and colonize their Italian troops, and defeated the Italians again and again. If the Germans had not come to save their allies (pig teammates), the country would have gained independence as early as 1939.
After World War II, Libya established a Libyan United Nations under the joint of several local chiefs. In 1969, this short-lived feudal dynasty was overthrown by the "Free Officer Organization" led by Kazafi.
The revolution won, and it was natural that this Libyan military strongman, who was only 27 years old, became the ruler of Libya. The enterprising young man led the young republic with a population of only five million and an area of 1.76 million square kilometers toward unprecedented glory.
Under the leadership of the oil trade, Libya, supported by the miscellaneous fees, gradually grew from a small North African country that was poor and backward to a superpower with rich Africa (only compared within African countries).
In the 1980s, the per capita income reached US$11,000, which was the first country to get rid of poverty in Africa. At this time, Libya was really rich, and as a big shot on the entire African continent, Kazaofei would never accept his steel torrent by a group of African black uncles driving pickup trucks. (By the way, Villa is an Arab country with a population dominated by Arabs and Berbers, not a pure black country, although it is located in Africa.)
Yes, you read that right. In January of this year in the Fada area of Chad, an armored brigade of Kazafe was completely wiped out by the Chadians who drove a jeep with anti-tank missiles and machine guns. In this battle, a total of 784 Libyan soldiers were killed, 92 tanks and 33 infantry fighting vehicles were destroyed, 81 were captured, 13 tanks and 18 tanks were seized, while only 18 were killed in the Chadian army and three Toyota vehicles were destroyed, which is a classic battle for lighter troops to annihilate heavy armored troops.
Four months have passed since this world-shocking war. Libya, which claims to be "rich to buy, buy, buy, buy" has not yet been able to buy weapons that satisfy Kazaofu. (This country is really rich, and can be regarded as Saudi Arabia in the 1980s. Iraq in the 1980s was also rich, and each car had more than three.)
The main reason why he failed to buy equipment that satisfies Kajiufu was his hostile relationship with the United States. On the list of countries where the United States imports and exports of arms, there is a big red cross behind Libya's name.
Of course, as a qualified arms dealer, if you don’t sell your weapons to hostile countries in your motherland, how can such arms dealers be considered qualified? But the open law still needs to be enforced. Faced with these orders worth tens of billions of dollars, the Americans’ first reaction was to find an agent. Unfortunately, they trusted Americans’ miscellaneous fees and did not accept this method of direct transactions by the United States through intermediaries.
Instead, a request was made that most arms dealers could not agree to, using oil to exchange arms. The conditions were not too harsh. The reason why these American desire dealers could not agree was that the oil trade plan for miscellaneous fees would last for 7 years.
Tens of billions of dollars of oil in seven years are enough to transform an arms dealer into an oil tycoon, but none of them are willing to give up their main business. After all, their "oil fields" will be exhausted in seven years.
Hou Wenjun, who was far away in Asia, had long been thinking about a business. Of course, his original idea was not to sell American weapons, but to use his relationship with Ukraine to sell Soviet equipment.
April, the lunar ball and Zhong Lidong also tried to contact Libya under the leadership of Kazaofei, but they were very interested in Soviet equipment. The reason is simple. The weapons of the Chad army were provided by the Americans, and the equipment of the US military would definitely be able to defend against these weapons well. As for Soviet goods, it is not certain. The poor performance of the Soviet army on the battlefield in Afghanistan is obvious to all the world.
The words of crash, anchorage, and overhaul of the factory have become the most common words in military intelligence about Soviet weapons. Although the big business has not been completed, Zhong Lidong and others still sold a batch of light weapons made by Ukraine to Libya, such as the most common AK47s. But tanks, aircraft, cannons, etc., the rich Libyans looked down on these Soviet-made stupid guys.
Against this background, Hou Wenjun's Hou Group and the American lust merchants represented by Gordon will jointly take over the orders of Libyans.
When he heard Hou Wenjun say that the Libyans need more weapons, he thought of Gordon and Morgan before that, and roughly understood what Hou Wenjun meant, the Hou Group would become a third-party intermediary to promote the transaction.
"A thousand-man armed force is stationed next to Egypt, so that the threat of launching war against the other party at any time will force the Egyptians to negotiate with you." As he said that, Morgan looked at Hou Wenjun deeply before continuing, "But Mr. Hou, what I don't understand is why you came to me?"
Hou Wenjun was very satisfied with Morgan's performance. He liked to deal with smart people, so that everyone would not be tired. Hou Wenjun, who nodded with a smile, nodded with a look of 'I am very satisfied with you' and said, "Smart, as for why you chose you, to be honest, this is just a coincidence. I think you have put a lot of effort into the test report of solid fuel this time. I have someone to give you 10 million US dollars, just think I have bought this document with you."
The documents were originally in Hou Wenjun's hands and had been sent to the Rabbit Government, but he still paid 10 million to himself? Morgan knew that if he wanted to get the money, he had to pay other prices. And in Hou Wenjun's eyes, his greatest value was his skin that was forcing a senior intelligence supervisor.
Morgan, who knew that Hou Wenjun would not be so kind, looked at Hou Wenjun and said coldly, "Do you want me to monitor this group of arms dealers? I am in charge of weapons scientific research and information. You want me to help you check these weapons."
Morgan is indeed very smart. He guessed Hou Wenjun's plan in a few words. Yes, this is an arms sales case worth tens of billions of dollars, and it is not a cash settlement. As a third party, he must be cautious and cautious. If the Americans do anything to do with weapons, it will be difficult for him to collect the seven-year oil final payment.
Hou Wenjun smiled and nodded, "As an intermediary, our Hou Group needs to pay off the US$6.5 billion worth of arms within one year (including a light weapon worth 500 million US dollars, produced by Ukraine.), and the Libyan-billion oil contract will take 7 years to pay and complete."
Morgan couldn't understand Hou Wenjun again. He made 3.5 billion US dollars in 7 years. It seemed that he made a profit, but in fact, Hou Wenjun didn't make money. He believed that Hou Wenjun would not use his cash to do this business, and he didn't have that much cash.
If he applies for a loan from the bank, even the 6.5 billion US dollars is calculated at a minimum interest of 5% per year. He needs to pay $330 million in interest every year, and in seven years he will need to pay at least $100 million in interest. Which bank dares to lend him with a 5% annual interest? In Morgan's opinion, whether Hou Wenjun can get the loan will be a huge greeting.
Even if Hou Wenjun has a way to get a loan, his interest rate may exceed 7%. In other words, Hou Wenjun can't make much money in this transaction, and he still has to bear the huge risks brought by various uncertainties over the past seven years. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!