From Arms Dealer To King of War

  Chapter 993 The core of the arms transaction

  Joga intentionally leaked the news about the UAE’s big purchase...

  In fact, not only the United Arab Emirates, Qatar also has an even bigger order.

  Boss Joe wants to take advantage of these arms orders and leverage those arms companies to do their best.

   You don’t need to fight, just bring your products and let me try them out. If the trial results are better, you will be qualified for the final bidding.

  The status of the UAE is not critical, so their political needs will not be too high.

  A fighter jet purchase order of US$15 billion is enough for companies like Dassault and Mikoyan to do their best.

  If Qatar’s arms purchase plan with an upper limit is added, not only those who sell fighter jets will have to rush over, but those who sell ground army equipment will also have to rush over to call Dad.

  Arms are still commodities in the final analysis, and there are political meanings in them, but this political meaning is also divided into who and what period.

For example, because England has a ban on exporting any military products to Argentina, the United States is currently looking for someone to lobby England to let them open the ban on the 'Martin Baker' ejection seat to Argentina, so that they can export F -16 to Argentina.

  The confrontation between the early NATO system and the Soviet system is the confrontation with strong political meaning.

  However, with the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the decline of Great Russia in the later period, they have reached the point where they can sell non-cutting-edge equipment as soon as they can, and sell weapons and give instructors to come for designated training.

  So the arms of Great Russia have always been popular in Afika...

  In the beginning, you paid for the weapons, and I arranged for the instructors to help you with the training. At that time, everyone will have feelings. As long as you are willing to pay a little more, the instructors can also work hard for you.

  Later, it developed directly. Wagner came first after the money was paid, and weapons and so on will be discussed later.

  Arms companies rely on the country where they are located, and they can do a lot of things to sell weapons.

  The "political connotation" that everyone imagines, excluding factors such as the game of great powers and geopolitical interests, is actually mostly realized by arms companies.

  Central Africa in the early days is the most typical example. The Wagner team recruited by Boss Joe is the most important force in defending the capital of Central Africa, Bangui.

   This is not a simple employment, but a "political interest" based on the deterrence of Great Russia.

   It probably means that when ordinary warlords see that you are covered by a big Russian, they will not beat you.

  This is the export of political interests achieved by arms companies relying on their own country's influence.

  These things are actually not worth mentioning...

  The real big sellers of weapons are not selling simple weapons, but selling safety and victory.

   Otherwise, why would people spend money on you?

  Laomei is actually the same, but their products are much more high-end than those of Great Russia.

  So they divide their allies into grades, grades, and grades, and then export their own high-end military products, unify the weapons standards of allies, and form a huge market.

  The EU and NATO are not the same thing, and it is impossible for them to give up their arms industry, so they have always been somewhat resistant to this.

  So the European Union has joined forces with many countries to design and manufacture many high-end arms products, forming a competitive situation with the United States.

  However, the military-industrial complex in the United States is a little more powerful. It doesn’t matter if you don’t buy my account. I will find someone to create a certain threat theory, and then force Congress to increase the budget by creating a tense atmosphere.

   This is what the legend says, I beat myself so hard!

  Arms are commodities, and they are also props for military-industrial interest groups to plunder profits. The core connotation is not high-end at all.

   There used to be a movie called Lord of War, which made many people feel that they knew what an arms dealer was, that this profession was awesome, and even that heartless and ruthless is the standard for arms dealers.

   But the reality is that people like Yuri are just small roles doing the dirty work, because he is not the one who creates the needs in the big environment, and it is not he who decides the outcome...

  He can't even control his own destiny, he is just a humanoid trading channel.

  Sometimes there will be some unspeakable business, and then both parties need a person who is familiar with the transaction process to get through the joints, and finally they can push it out and take the blame after something goes wrong.

  The real international arms trade is actually more of an output of security.

  The United States provoked regional disputes and created regional turmoil. No matter what the ultimate goal was, they actually created the need for security, and then the military-industrial complex had enough sweetness and grew to an irresistible level.

  Erik's trip in the Middle East went very smoothly. Shah made a super order with a total value of 120 billion US dollars, which not only made Eric a superstar in the eyes of the military-industrial complex, but also stunned Dazui Tang.

   That guy is preparing to start the Shah's itinerary after offending a bunch of people in the country.

   If you say you want to dance, you will never lie!

  When the Shah moved, Qatar had to follow suit, but because they were kicked out of the GCC, the situation they faced was a little more complicated.

  Boss Joe’s reminder gave Al Thani a sudden realization, and Qatar began to spread money to build momentum for the World Cup.

  The overwhelming publicity, combined with the project plans hyped up by various professional media companies, has attracted global attention.

  Not for the World Cup itself, but for the purpose of using super infrastructure projects to stimulate investment, and then attracting large foreign capital to form a protective umbrella.

  As soon as the Shah’s protection fee was paid, Eric had just arrived in Qatar on the front foot, and an order of 80 billion US dollars was dropped on him on the back foot.

  Then Qatar is still not satisfied, they are diverting their purchasing attention outward.

  According to Qiaojia's understanding, Qatar is preparing to make efforts in the three directions of the army, air defense, and navy. In addition to the 80 billion that it plans to give to the US, they also have an arms purchase budget of more than 50 billion US dollars.

  Al-Thani told Boss Joe clearly that he could operate a batch of funds.

  In the past, Boss Joe always felt that local tyrants in the Middle East spend money without blinking an eye, but because of Eric’s trip to the Middle East this time, he learned part of the inside story of the so-called military purchases...

  Things are different from what he thought!

  There are no fools in this world!

  It is true that the money of the oil tycoons comes from the ground, but it is not happy for them to waste their money.

  The Shah and Qatar's arms orders add up to 200 billion US dollars, which has completely exceeded the production capacity of the United States.

  Because there is no share of low-end weapons in this order, not even fighter jets.

  Because the early F-35 orders of Laomei have been scheduled for ten years later.

  The needs of the two local tyrants are basically concentrated on main battle tanks, high-precision missiles, air defense systems, electronic radar systems, and these particularly expensive items.

   To fulfill this order, there are still very complicated procedures.

   And the old American arms group started working at full capacity, and it would take about 5 to 8 years to fully digest it.

  The money is not given all at once...

  For such a large military procurement contract, it is quite normal to negotiate the details for three to five years.

   First sign a contract of intent, open a letter of guarantee of about 2 billion in the international bank, and the care of the United States will arrive immediately.

  The core interest of the so-called 'protection fee' is that as long as the old American arms group accepts this contract, they will act as a protective umbrella to ensure that the Shah royal family will not encounter the color revolution led by the United States...

  The person who pays cannot die, otherwise who will perform the contract in the future?

  This is the same as Qatar's plan to use the World Cup to increase capital entry.

   If you want to earn my money, you must ensure my safety without harming your own interests.

   This is the typical rights and security derived from purchasing power!

  If you want to maximize your purchasing power, the money cannot be given out at once.

   Don’t use money to test the bottom line of other people. This is the truth anywhere in the world and at any class.

  Because if breaking the contract can get more, then the person who spends the money will definitely suffer double losses in the end.

   In this regard, Great Russia is definitely a model of not being human, which is why their international reputation is so poor.

  So Eric’s big harvest is claimed to be 200 billion, but Shah and Qatar paid only 2 billion in advance, and this amount of money will not be given out until the details are negotiated.

  Wait until the Arms Group has internally coordinated the shares according to its own capabilities and has been approved by the Ministry of Trade before finalizing a detailed contract with the two companies, and then the actual payment of the deposit will take place.

  The deposit for international arms transactions is far from as high as outsiders imagined, 20% or even 5% is normal.

  The reason has been mentioned before, giving too much can easily lead to greed.

  The United Arab Emirates is a typical example. They are honest. The delivery date of the F-35 ordered at a high premium is far away, and it is likely to be in vain.

  This kind of 'non-delivery' situation is extremely common in the world...

  Some are because the seller really wants to repudiate...

  For example, the old U.S. Department of Trade sometimes jumps out and says that certain weapons cannot be sold to certain countries, and it needs to go through a careful assessment before deciding whether to sell them.

   This delay may be ten years!

  Some of them are because the buyer has achieved their goal and bought the safety period with the purchase of arms, and they don’t want to pay the final payment to pick up the goods afterwards.

  The most typical is that Romania tore up the order for the "Wind Chaser" frigate with the French Naval Group.

Because France used money to work in the early stage, the threat and condemnation of Great Russia were in place, and the performance of the Black Sea Fleet of Great Russia was really not good enough. Romania felt that it was not worthwhile to spend a lot of money to maintain two guided missile frigates in order to guard against them, so they simply broke the contract. up.

   This kind of 'buying short and selling short' is sometimes very fucking!

  So the reality is that it is difficult to do business in the international arms market. This is the result of the French Naval Group seeking cooperation from Boss Shangqiao and Mikoyan Design Bureau's full dedication.

  But what Boss Joe never expected was that the development of things would exceed his estimation...

  He originally only wanted to attract large European manufacturers into the game, and aimed at arms companies similar to Italy and France.

  The arms industries of these two companies are quite developed. As long as they can free up some orders, they can sponsor their own gadgets and place their fleets off the coast of Yemen.

  But after Qiao Liang and Jia Mi called each other, Boss Qiao realized that he still underestimated the attractiveness of the order!

  (end of this chapter)