Chapter 453: The Invisible Rival
At this time, a plainclothes walked out of the crowd and said to the mercenary leader: "Sir, you are suspected of disrupting the order of the exhibition. Please come with us."
The arms exhibition inspected the guests very harshly. The mercenary team did not have any weapons on them. They did not intend to attack Liu Ming and others, so they had to leave in disappointment.
"Wow! That guy is so tough!" Shao Qiang whispered.
At this time, the local tyrant president Mr. Carvalho walked over from the gate and asked, "Ming, what happened just now?"
Liu Ming smiled and said, "A group of Cossack mercenaries came to protest the 'barnacles' we exhibited and sold had snatched their business."
Carvalho frowned and said, "I just saw the guys being taken away. The leader was Andre, known as the Cossack Tsar. He was a large-scale mercenary leader and was very famous in the French mercenary circle." He had been involved in the mercenary circle back then and obviously knew the number of person Andre.
Liu Mingze said: "Since he is leading the team, I hope he will be smarter and not mess with us!"
Carvalho felt relieved. Liu Ming's current status was no longer on the same level as Andre, and the two sides probably wouldn't have much intersection. After all, Liu Ming usually moves around China, and it is known as the forbidden place for mercenaries in the world.
Thinking of this, he smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will entrust a few old friends from the past to give that guy a message. It's not a big hatred. Enemies should be resolved rather than acquaintance!" Many large groups like s.l.k use bodyguards and mercenaries for many businesses, such as going to Central Asia to supervise some infrastructure projects, so Carvalho is more important if he releases it.
Liu Ming nodded, opened his own business and paid attention to being kind and making money. If the guys on the other side could listen to the truth, it would be great.
"By the way, how is our barnacles selling? They have made the mercenaries red-eyed?"
Liu Ming turned around and asked Wang Xufeng who had just squeezed out of the crowd.
Wang Xufeng said: "Boss, no wonder the Americans love arms sales. It's so profitable! On the first day, Baker got 100,000 'barnacle' orders! This time, only European arms dealers came, they only sold them for Ome's freight companies! If we move barnacles to Hong Kong to sell, there will definitely be more than here!"
Liu Ming was completely shocked when he heard this number. A "i-type barnacle" cost only 1,500 meters. Considering the consumption capacity of Omi, Liu Ming gritted his teeth and ordered a price of 15,000 meters per piece, and got an order of 1.5 billion meters on the first day!?
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that barnacles are not expensive. The principle is just a molten bottle with an attack range of more than ten meters, but its application is very targeted. To put it bluntly, it is to actively defend against Soma Pirates!
Liu Ming severely injured the pirate leader Abadi a while ago, but within half a year, Abadi made a comeback and gathered a team of thousands of pirates. However, this time he learned to be smarter and saw the ships transported by Dahan, he was circling around.
Recently, the ship owners who have been hijacked by pirates have increased their losses instead of reducing. Just looking at the number of orders, you can tell that the world has been suffering for a long time!
There is another reason for the popularity of barnacles. Its attack range is fixed and its lethality is limited, which greatly soothes the sensitive nerves of ports from various countries to attack weapons privately carried on cargo ships. This is much more convenient than those mercenaries with live ammunition.
Finally, it is the price. A 10-pack barnacle i-type security system costs only 100,000 meters, but those mercenaries, one escort mission, will cost 100,000 to 200,000 meters. If the owner of this economic account is not clear, he deserves to go bankrupt.
"Oh, no wonder Andre hated me so much that he hated me. I've cut off my wealth!" Liu Ming sighed.
Then he said to Carvalho: "In this way, Yingfeilong authorized the Oriental Factory to produce and sell this security device in Asia. Try to occupy the entire cargo ship security market as quickly as possible!" There are about 300,000 cargo ships around the world, shuttled by sea. If one-third of the cargo ships are equipped with a security system, it will be 10 billion meters! The market prospects are beautiful and there is great potential!
"Puchi!" Wang Xufeng smiled and said, "Boss, you are going to cut off the pirates' wealth!"
Liu Ming smiled and said, "Can it be the same? What they make is ill-gotten wealth, I make scientific and technological innovation!"
During this trip to France, the order of 1.5 billion meter received by S.l.k was not the biggest gain. Liu Ming was more concerned about the Ximang Mine that made him excited. Now the domestic infrastructure construction is being carried out, and the demand for iron ore has always been in short supply. The three major iron ore groups have made a lot of money. Liu Ming is a director of the Chinese side of the Vale Group, and of course he knows a lot. Unfortunately, the funding restrictions at that time, coupled with the constraints of the Americans and Sanmu Group, Liu Ming had to let go. This time, Liu Ming said that he didn't want to miss anything again!
When others were still discussing with Smithmi in Paris, they had already notified Xiao Asu and Monkey to lead a prospecting team to Guinea, Africa to explore the mines locally.
Liu Ming didn't know that his plan to enter the African continent this time has long been highly concerned by Blackstone Group.
"If s.l.k gets Simang iron ore, they will continue to sell ore to China. By that time, the current balanced overseas iron ore consortium bargaining mechanism will completely collapse, and the seller's market will be converted into a buyer's market, and China will get the pricing power they dream of! Therefore, s.l.k must not be allowed to enter the African iron ore market!" Steve made a decisive decision at the group's senior video conference.
Lewis, who is in charge of the French market on the screen, said: "Hey, man, we have been in contact with the French Bank many times and insisted that we would not share the Ximang Iron Mine Co., Ltd., judging from this situation, they and Liu Ming will soon reach a joint development agreement."
"Liu Ming cooperated with the French-Agricultural Bank to prepare for iron ore monopolizing, which has damaged the interests of the three major iron ore suppliers. We can start from this perspective, and together with BHBT, Titu and even Amazon Group jointly destroy their development of iron ore in Guinea!" Steve did not expect Lewis to do the work in France at all, but was preparing to snipe Liu Ming with major iron ore suppliers.
The three major ore suppliers do not want Ximang to go out to mine and disrupt the market, while Blackstone can take the opportunity to grab this piece of fat meat that has been coveted for a long time at a low price!
After hearing Steve's plan, Blackstone boss Black nodded and said, "Africa has been the area under Steve's responsibility for the past ten years and has made a lot of contributions to the group. So you are still fully responsible for the matter of the Simang Mine!"
Steve was delighted that he finally got the authorization of his boss' Black.
Chapter completed!