Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 793: Ten Million Dollar Order

Just as Lu Shaohua guessed, the second prince came to Africa for a purpose, for weapons and equipment. However, the second prince was obviously a little cautious and never mentioned the matter of nuclear weapons. Instead, he hoped that Lu Shaohua could sell five intercontinental missiles and five long-range missiles to their royal family to further strengthen the security of their Saudi Arabian royal family.

Long before the second prince inherited the throne, Lu Shaohua made a promise to the previous king to give their royal family three missiles. Li Zhijie also did as Lu Shaohua asked and delivered the three missiles to their royal family.

Three missiles are nothing, at least not for the Saudi Arabian royal family. After learning about the power of the missiles, the previous Wang Yeti discussed with Li Zhijie and planned to purchase a few more. Finally, Li Zhijie agreed after consulting Lu Shaohua and bought ten more missiles, which greatly satisfied the defense capabilities of their royal family.

However, those missiles can only be considered as medium-level, with a short range. At most, they can be considered medium-range missiles. They are better than the first-generation short-range missiles produced by the Huxiao Base, but worse than the third-generation long-range missiles. As for comparison with intercontinental missiles, there is no comparison, the difference is more than three levels.

Now the Tiger Roar Base has once again deployed its powerful military force, especially those small African countries are equipped with intercontinental missiles. This has tempted the second prince, and he wants to buy a few of them so that their royal family can rest assured.

Of course, the second prince is a smart man. The Tiger Roar Base sold missiles to small African countries, and the small African countries used the missiles from the Tiger Roar Base to attack the American fleet. On the surface, the Tiger Roar Base was a seller and had little to do with the Tiger Roar Base.

However, the second prince, who knew the American character well, knew that the reason why Americans did not dare to do anything to the Tiger Roar Base was because the Tiger Roar Base had the capital that made the Americans dare not move, and it was almost easy to guess what this capital was.

That’s right, it’s nuclear weapons. Various phenomena indicate that the Tiger Roar Base possesses nuclear weapons, which prevents Americans from doing anything rash, allowing the Tiger Roar Base to stay freely in Africa.

But then again, speculation is one thing and disclosure is another. Even if the Second Prince is 100% sure that the Tiger Roar Base has nuclear weapons and the Saudi Arabian royal family is eager to buy nuclear weapons, it is someone else's secret after all, and the Second Prince dare not ask for it directly.

This is a matter of principle, so after proposing to buy intercontinental missiles, the second prince's tone became obscure again, saying that if the Tiger Roar Base has weapons more powerful than intercontinental missiles, their Saudi Arabian royal family is willing to buy them.

What weapon is more powerful than an intercontinental missile?

There are only two answers: one is weapons with nuclear warheads, and the other is pure nuclear weapons.

Now that the Second Prince had expressed this wish, Lu Shaohua understood what he meant, but Lu Shaohua had already made up his mind not to sell it. In addition, the Second Prince's suggestion seemed very obscure, so Lu Shaohua simply played dumb and fooled him.

Yes, Lu Shaohua only agreed to sell five long-range missiles and five intercontinental missiles, and never mentioned anything else. In order to better cover up everything, Lu Shaohua pretended to be generous after agreeing to sell ten missiles, saying that he would give them 20 short-range missiles to the Saudi Arabian royal family.

What? Twenty short-range missiles for free? Did Lu Shaohua's head get caught in the door?

Those are twenty short-range missiles. Although the cost of short-range missiles is not high, the cost of one is only about US$700, but the total cost of twenty missiles is nearly US$ million.

Lu Shaohua was really generous. He gave away things worth 700 million US dollars at once.

But is it really like this? Is Lu Shaohua too generous?

No, Lu Shaohua is not as generous as imagined. Although he wants to win the friendship of the Saudi Arabian royal family, Lu Shaohua is far from wanting to throw out missiles worth 700 million US dollars and ignore it.

As we all know, the arms business is a high-profit business, especially for a company like the Tiger Roar Base, which produces and sells its own weapons, the profits are frighteningly high, much higher than the profits of drugs such as heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine.

To give a small example, the long-range missiles of the Tiger Roar Base are sold for about 450 to 580 million US dollars each, while its manufacturing cost is actually less than 80 US dollars. There is no way, the Tiger Roar Base can now mass-produce them if necessary, which greatly reduces costs and becomes extremely profitable.

The cost is $80, and the lowest selling price is $450 million, which means the profit is $370 million. You can imagine how big the profit is. Now the second prince proposed to buy five long-range missiles and five intercontinental missiles. If this deal is completed, how much money will Lu Shaohua make?

Let’s not talk about how much money five intercontinental missiles can make, let’s just talk about five long-range missiles. One long-range missile can make $370 million, and five can make $1850 million.

This single item can earn him 1850 million US dollars. After deducting the transportation costs, okay, let's deduct another 50 US dollars, Lu Shaohua can still earn 1800 million US dollars. Compared to Lu Shaohua sending away short-range missiles worth 700 million US dollars, Lu Shaohua can still make a net profit of 1100 million.

But don't forget, there are also the five intercontinental missiles. The profit of intercontinental missiles is much higher than that of long-range missiles. The five missiles can generate at least a net profit of about 2000 million US dollars. Then, adding the previous 1800 million US dollars, it doesn't seem very generous for Lu Shaohua to give away 700 million US dollars.

Lu Shaohua has not stayed in school for a long time since his rebirth, but don't underestimate him. Lu Shaohua is very good at math, especially when it comes to money. Lu Shaohua has a very strong calculation ability, so this transaction is destined to not lose money.

But the Second Prince was a little flattered by Lu Shaohua's "big gift". He also knew the value of twenty short-range missiles. Now Lu Shaohua gave it to him as soon as he said so, which was obviously a generous act. In addition to being moved, the Second Prince attached more importance to his friendship with Lu Shaohua.

Before coming to Africa, the second prince had already planned to negotiate an arms deal with Lu Shaohua. Well, this deal was 100% going to be done.

Since the transaction must be done, the pricing must be determined by the Tiger Roar Base and cannot be changed. At the very least, it must be based on the market price. Therefore, the second prince already knew how much he needed to pay.

But he never expected that after the deal was finalized, Lu Shaohua gave him missiles worth 700 million US dollars. This was a favor and a great gift. The second prince could not ignore Lu Shaohua's generosity.

Yes, if someone comes to do business with Tiger Roar Base, without a close relationship with Lu Shaohua, Tiger Roar Base cannot give them anything as a gift. Well, even if they do give them something, they would only give them a few small equipment like rocket launchers. It is impossible for them to give out $700 million worth of short-range missiles.

It was precisely because he understood the key that the second prince felt that Lu Shaohua played a role because of his relationship with him, so he generously sent out twenty short-range missiles.

If this isn’t a relationship, then what is?

This is what the Second Prince thought. He thought that it was because Lu Shaohua valued his relationship that he generously gave him twenty short-range missiles. This made the Second Prince briefly happy, and then he was too embarrassed to mention nuclear weapons again.

It has to be said that Lu Shaohua's gift was very valuable. Not only did it make the Second Prince grateful, but it also shut him up and prevented him from mentioning nuclear weapons again. It was really killing two birds with one stone.

In fact, it’s not that the Second Prince didn’t mention the issue of nuclear weapons, but that the Second Prince felt that Lu Shaohua should understand what he meant, but Lu Shaohua didn’t mention it. This was a response to him. If the Second Prince mentioned it again, it might ruin the atmosphere and might also make Lu Shaohua feel resentful.

Since the Second Prince did not mention it, Lu Shaohua naturally would not give him a chance. So, Lu Shaohua changed the subject again and turned the topic to the oil futures plan. He asked the Second Prince about the details that he was not clear about, but he asked directly and Lu Shaohua would explain them to him.

Lu Shaohua's plan was very detailed, which Lu Shaohua himself was well aware of. The plan was also very easy to understand. Lu Shaohua didn't believe that the Second Prince would not understand it, but since he had already made it clear that he didn't understand, Lu Shaohua couldn't lose face in front of him, so he had to pretend.

As for the second prince, he seemed to have been well prepared before coming to Africa. He paused, pretended to adjust himself, picked out a few points that were difficult to understand and asked Lu Shaohua, as if he really didn't understand.

In response to this, Lu Shaohua was not impatient and explained it to the Second Prince. After the Second Prince understood clearly, Lu Shaohua smiled, as if the problem had been solved.

"Actually, I came here this time again to ask you something else. Well, it's about the future." The second prince suddenly changed the subject and spoke.

"Oh?" Lu Shaohua frowned and said. "You go ahead."

Lu Shaohua had long known that the Second Prince's coming to Africa would not be that simple. Now Lu Shaohua guessed correctly that he came not only for weapons, but also for other things.

"About oil." The second prince's expression was serious, and he continued without being polite. "I know you have an oil company in Hong Kong. Well, it used to cooperate with the Dutch Royal Shell Oil Company. Some time ago, it changed its partners and cooperated with three other large oil companies."

At this point, the second prince paused and glanced at Lu Shaohua. Seeing that the latter did not react much, the second prince continued. "In my opinion, you set up an oil company to enter the oil field, but now it seems that your oil company is acting as an agent. Well, do you mind me saying this?"

"I don't mind." Lu Shaohua smiled and explained. "It's only a matter of time before I enter the oil field, but my funds are limited, and Phoenix Group is just entering the Internet field, so I will wait for a while before cooperating with others in the oil field."

Lu Shaohua understood what the second prince meant. What he wanted to say was that it was difficult for people to understand why Lu Shaohua stored a large amount of crude oil and did not take it out, but chose to cooperate with others.

Hearing this, the second prince seemed to understand, but then he frowned again, feeling a little embarrassed, not knowing whether he should say the next words.

As if he had seen through the Second Prince's thoughts, Lu Shaohua spoke up. "We are friends. You can say whatever you want to say, and you can ask any questions you have."

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