Chapter 122: Procurement of Arms
Chapter 122: Procurement of Arms
Zhou Zheng saw that Young Master Kong Lingkan said he had something else to do and left first. Zhou Zheng sent Young Master Kong Lingkan to the door of the presidential suite. Young Master Kong Lingkan asked Zhou Zheng to stay and let him go on with his business.
After Zhou Zheng returned to the living room and sat down, he smiled and said to Mike John, "Mike, how does the coffee taste?"
"Oh...this coffee tastes really good." Mike John replied.
"Mike, can I ask you a question?"
"Mr. Zhou, please speak."
"Mike, as the president of Citibank in Shanghai, how much do you get paid? Monthly or annually?"
Mike John was stunned at first by Zhou Zheng's question, then he raised his proud head and smiled, "Mr. Zhou, my current monthly salary is $2000, which is an annual salary in US dollars. My salary is top-tier in the United States."
Zhou Zheng smiled and nodded, laughing at Mike John in his heart. He was acting like he was worth 250 with such a low salary. It really was poverty that limited your imagination.
"Well...Mike, your salary is really high!"
"That's right. Not everyone can become the president of Citibank Shanghai."
"Mike, do you want to make a lot of money?"
"Earn a lot of dollars?"
"Yes... a large sum of US dollars."
"What does Mr. Zhou mean?"
"Mike, I don't know if the young master told you the specific reason why I asked you to meet me."
Mike shook his head and said, "No, that's not the case. The young master just said that there's a big boss who wants to do a big deal with me, and the young master is just responsible for introducing him to me."
"Well... what the young master said is right. I want to do a big deal with Mike. I wonder if Mike is interested?"
"I wonder how big this big deal Mr. Zhou is talking about is?"
Zhou Zheng smiled and took out an envelope from his arms and handed it to Mike John. Mike John took the envelope, took out a piece of paper and looked at it, then said "Oh my god..." and jumped up from the sofa in an instant.
Ran looked at what was written on the paper, then looked at Zhou Zheng, and then pointed at what was written on the paper with his finger, "This...this...this..."
Even though Mike John was knowledgeable, he was still shocked by what was written on the paper. The paper stated that it was a large purchase of weapons and equipment.
This involved many aspects and it was not something that a small bank president like him could decide. The matter was too big, so he was frightened and broke out in a cold sweat.
If it was just some small purchases of weapons and equipment, he would be able to make the decision, as he also wanted to make a profit. However, Zhou Zheng's purchase list involved political issues, so he could not make the decision.
Zhou Zheng smiled and said, "What's wrong, Mike?"
Seeing Zhou Zheng asking this with a smile, Mike John shook his head and sighed, "Ah..."
He looked up at Zhou Zheng and said, "Mr. Zhou's melon is too big. Mike can't catch it!"
After Mike John finished speaking, he looked at Zhou Zheng and continued, "Of course, if this melon was smaller, Mike could still catch it." After saying that, Mike smiled.
Zhou Zheng knew that when the United States was founded, it received full support from several families. One of them was the DuPont family, which was world-famous for its arms trade, and was also the family behind the world-famous Lockheed Martin Corporation.
Zhou Zheng had long known that Mike John was ostensibly the president of Citibank in Shanghai, but in fact he was a member of the DuPont family and worked for Lockheed Martin. The president of Citibank in Shanghai was just a way for him to conceal his true identity.
All the warlords in China had to go through Mike John when purchasing weapons and equipment from the United States.
Mike John certainly welcomes these Chinese warlords to come to him to purchase American weapons and equipment. The more they purchase, the happier Mike is. But why can you purchase just because you say so? That depends on whether the person making the purchase understands it.
Hearing what Mike said, Zhou Zheng understood everything, so he clapped his hands three times. Then he saw five people coming in with a big box in each hand, placing it in front of Mike John, and then opening it.
When Mike John saw that these five big boxes were all filled with US dollars, he was completely shocked. Oh my god!
But he calmed down in an instant, and then asked Zhou Zheng: "Mr. Zhou, what is this?"
Zhou Zheng smiled and said, "Mike, there are five large boxes inside. Each box contains 200 million US dollars in cash. The total amount of cash in the five boxes is 1000 million US dollars."
"If you can facilitate this deal, this $1000 million will be my thank you fee. Of course, I will give you a $200 million deposit first. Once I take over all the arms, I will give you the remaining $800 million."
"You...you mean it."
"really..."
Zhou Zheng continued, "Don't worry, sir. I'll pay all the money for the arms purchase in US dollars in cash. I can pay a deposit of half of the total cost of the arms purchase first, and I'll pay the rest in full after the goods arrive. What do you think of this, Mike?"
"Are you serious?" Mike John said excitedly.
"Of course, Mike, I'm very sincere."
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