From Arms Dealer To King of War

  Chapter 138 Exhibition News

  Joga participated in an "International Defense Exhibition" in Egypt. At that time, he bought a ticket with full of curiosity, and then found that this thing was quite mysterious, but in fact it was similar to an auto show.

  Each company set up their own booths, and found a group of pretty girls who don’t like to wear clothes to come to the platform, and then a group of salty guys with long guns and short cannons took pictures blindly.

   This is true for those who sell cars, and it is also true for those who sell so-called 'defense supplies'.

It's just that the bazooka here is like a fire extinguisher that comes with the car. If you buy an armed off-road vehicle, you will get three RPG-7s. The car presented several boxes of tracer bombs.

  Of course, Qiaojia has never participated in such a super-large exhibition such as the Munich Defense Exhibition.

  As an exhibitor, Qiaojia is also the first time, but I saw the difference of the exhibition from another angle.

  The ordinary people watching the fun are mostly interested in personal defense weapons, as well as various new gadgets, and even some weapon accessories from manufacturers attract more attention than those big guys.

  The people who really need it are divided into three categories. One is the big figures representing government procurement. Wherever they go, they will be greeted and hugged.

   There is also a kind of people from various defense companies in Afika. These people are stingy with money, and they are very knowledgeable, and they pursue the highest cost performance.

  Doing business with them is not very profitable, so the people at the booth are generally not very enthusiastic about them, because if they like it, you don’t need to introduce them to buy it. If they don’t like it, they won’t buy it even if you sleep with them.

  The third category is interesting. In fact, it is divided into two types in detail.

  One is the small countries that are sanctioned and embargoed like Central Africa. These small, poor, clinking countries simply cannot afford enough money.

  And doing business with them may face huge fines, and those involved may even face lawsuits.

   Without the endorsement of one of the five big brothers of the United Nations, ordinary wage earners would certainly not be willing to take this risk.

  The other is various anti-government armed forces and extremists.

  The two have one thing in common, that is, they usually come here to watch but not to buy, and the transactions facing them are usually behind their backs.

   Either there is the support of external forces, or it is done by an underground arms distributor named Zachary who was killed in the bombing.

  They come to the exhibition just to have a visual craving, and then record some prices, so as not to be fooled too badly.

A price that is more than four times the normal price is called being scammed, but in some special cases those people can also accept a price that is 6 to 8 times the price, and a transaction that is more than 10 times the price is definitely not something that ordinary people can do, so there must be a trap. The strength to make you kneel down and call Dad.

The real trading partners of these people are actually underground arms distributors. They control the arms channels, and at the same time, they are also engaged in the business of buying second-hand arms and reselling them in the market. Liberia and Afghanistan are now the hardest hit areas for this kind of business .

  The arms sent by the French and the Americans were packaged and sold, some of them were digested in the surrounding area, and some of them flowed back to Europe and the Americas, becoming a serious problem for the security departments there.

  The former Mori family was Zachary's main collaborator. 30% of the smuggled arms from Europa to Afica were handled by the Mori family.

   As a result, Zachary saw that the Mori family was dying, so he swallowed the inventory they left in Afica.

   In the underground world, it is impossible to say who is right and who is wrong. If you believe in the law of the jungle, then you have to accept the consequences, and then Zachary will be killed!

  When a giant falls, there will definitely be various characters starting to emerge.

   Qiaojia only wandered around the exhibition site all morning, and felt a restless atmosphere in the venue.

  He can’t tell you the specific feelings, but some of them are very anxious, not only those anti-government armed forces and extreme representatives, but also some manufacturers are also very anxious.

Qiaojia has the work badge of Ugg Imbert Company on his body, and when he walks to the booth of any small company, a manager-level person will come up to talk to him, asking him in cryptic terms whether he knows any inside information .

   If you don’t come to the exhibition, you will never know that there are so many manufacturers in the world who rely on arms for their livelihood.

  Ordinary people only know the AK series and AR series, but most people don’t know that these two series have countless modifications, supporting many companies all over the world.

  These small civilian-oriented companies are not very well-informed, so they are a little scared.

  Because it was just this morning, they sold out all the samples of light weapons, as well as the stocks they brought.

  Someone was scanning goods through a South African defense company. Some small companies could not resist the temptation and sold all the samples in their hands.

  The goods they brought were not many, but they added up to a large number. People from these small companies didn't know why they wanted so many weapons and ammunition for civilian use?

   This was a good thing, but when they found that the people in those big companies were very quiet, they started to get nervous.

  The risks in this business are sometimes really high, especially for these small companies with poor anti-risk capabilities.

   Bankruptcy is light, and once their arms are involved in something fatal, lawsuits alone can wear them down.

  Joga was standing at the booth of a Belgian company called CQ, curiously looking at a boxless ammunition automatic rifle with a square head and square brain shape.

A tall brown-haired Belgian approached him, glanced at the job card on his chest, and said, "What is the Ugg Imbert company doing here? Have you found a new channel? The business in Syria is not enough Are you busy?"

  Joga put down the impractical sci-fi rifle in his hand, and said with a smile: "Come and test the water, how is your business?"

  The man shook his head slightly and said: "I haven't found a suitable dealer yet, but our light weapons samples and stocks have been bought, so it's a bit of a harvest."

  Joga looked at the mostly empty counter, frowned and said: "Who would want so many samples, these things are not uniform, and they are all modified guns for civilian use.

  Who is so stupid? Why do you need so many modified guns? collect? "

  The man looked at Choga a little strangely, and said, "Didn't the people from the South African defense company look for you?"

   It was useless for Qiao Jia to search for them. He had already wrapped up the team weapons of the Ugg Imbert Company, and only left a sample of each type in the booth to support the scene.

  These small companies can’t do it, they even have their samples swept away.

  Choga was so curious right now, who would do such a thing?

  Civilian ammunition is basically reduced ammunition except for some shotgun bullets. Why do defense companies need so many weapons and ammunition?

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  When the two were equally puzzled, several people from other booths hurried past them.

  The people in these small companies should be competitors, but everyone is exchanging news at the moment.

   “Go check it out, there’s a booth on the ground floor that’s only now open, and our stuff is there.

  Shit, we were tricked! "

   Qiaojia followed curiously to the first floor hall of the exhibition, only to see that in the center of the first floor, a company called 'Redstone' suddenly opened its booth covering an area of ​​500 square meters.

  Miss hostesses, buffet, unlimited supply of champagne and red wine.

  The defensive weapons elaborately made by various companies were placed on their own booths by 'Redstone', attracting a lot of customers.

  The managers of several small companies began to form a team to argue and denounced the 'Redstone' company loudly.

  But Choja noticed a man in a wheelchair...

Propelled by a young woman, this guy kept walking around the booth, gave business cards to those who obviously had the characteristics of 'illegal customers', and after a few whispered conversations, someone guided those customers Went to the outside of the venue, boarded the vehicle and left here.

  Finally, the man in the wheelchair approached a few representatives of large companies who were standing on the sidelines. After talking in a low voice, he said goodbye with a smile on his face and returned to the booth, and began to repeat the previous process.

  Choga realized at this time that this was an opening ceremony with a sense of prestige.

   At the stall where the Tunisian distributor Zachary died, the appearance of this guy stunned some people in the small company with a stick, and then attracted all the attention of the audience to himself.

  This approach is a bit of a start. He is telling the people who come to the exhibition that he has enough energy, and at the same time, he can use the eye-catching effect to attract the real customers he wants to come.

  However, this method can only be used at a small defense exhibition like Tunisia. If it is a giant exhibition like the Munich Defense Exhibition, if this guy does this, he should be liquidated and kicked out by now.

  Joga looked at the rows of small characters below the 'Redstone Company' logo, and the names of three well-known South African defense companies were impressively listed.

  Joga realized at this time that this guy had obtained the 'end user certificate'.

  He can legally import weapons, but he has the final say on who to sell them to in the end.

   If this matter is serious, of course it is still illegal, but it has nothing to do with those arms supply companies, and 'Redstone' is the one to blame.

  So the people from those big companies left after getting a 'reasonable explanation'.

  This time, the Tunisian defense exhibition was messed up because of the appearance of 'Red Stone'.

  Those small companies whose main selling point is personalized and customized personal defense weapons, some of them are used as cannon fodder.

   The samples were sold out, but none of the long-term customers were found, and they were all backed by ‘Redstone’. How could those people from small companies give up?

  But the more they quarreled, the more popular the Redstone booth became.

   A few clever ones chose to pay more to buy back their own samples, and a few stupid ones were finally pushed out by some burly men, causing a burst of laughter.

   Qiao Jia took a deep look at the wheelchair man, wanting to keep him in his heart. He had a hunch that this guy would be a character in the future.

Arms dealers never reject competition. Even on the surface, many companies seem to be deadly rivals, but secretly there may be cross-shareholdings. Because there is no competition in this industry, the market will have no vitality, and when the world is peaceful, everyone will have no business. .

The man in the wheelchair seemed to have sensed Qiaojia’s gaze. He turned to Qiaojia’s direction, motioned for the girl behind him to push him over, handed him a business card with a smile, and said, “Hi, my name is Aaron Dupont, red General Manager of Stone Company."

   Talking about it, Aaron glanced at the work card on Choga's chest, and said with a smile: "Youge Imbert Company has a bright future, but if you want to open up the market in Afika, you need a strong partner.

   Hope to have the opportunity to cooperate! "

   Qiaojia glanced at several heads of small companies who paid more to buy samples and left here in disgrace. He shook his head and said with a smile: "You can really make money by doing business like this."

  Aaron smiled and said: "People who work in this industry must be smart, or courageous, or have a lot of connections, or have sufficient funds.

   I happen to have a little bit of these! "

  (end of this chapter)