Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP-Chapter 408: Saudi Pilot

Saudi Arabia is quite supportive of this type of aquaculture industry.

The conditions offered by Kasim here include tax exemptions for the first three years, followed by tax reductions, and duty-free import of all equipment needed for fish farming.

The conditions offered by Kasim can be considered quite favorable.

Saudi Arabia has been seeking industrial transformation for these years, so they are very supportive of any self-sufficient industry or industries other than oil.

After chatting with Kasim, Chen Yiyang did some calculations.

With tax incentives, if he uses expat executives from home and local labor in Saudi Arabia, labor costs would actually be lower than back home.

Because the laborers coming from Southeast Asia or Africa to work in Saudi Arabia have very low wages.

However, in terms of labor costs, it’s only slightly higher than in Myanmar.

Moreover, farming freshwater fish and shrimp directly within Saudi Arabia saves the major transportation costs as there’s no need for maritime transport.

Even if it’s later permitted to export freshwater fish and shrimp from Myanmar to Saudi Arabia again, there’s no worry about being outcompeted on cost with Myanmar.

This business is feasible.

"By the way." After discussing business matters with Kasim, Chen Yiyang took out a small box from his pocket.

"Is this a gift for me?" Kasim joked, seeing Chen Yiyang earnestly take out a gift box.

"Of course not, I inquired beforehand; you don’t accept personal gifts."

The reason Kasim was introduced to Chen Yiyang by Director Yang was that he is a close associate of the currently reigning Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, with a good reputation both internally and externally. Generally, doing business with him doesn’t require additional gifts.

"Then what is this?" Kasim asked.

"A blue diamond." Chen Yiyang opened the box, "A gift for the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia."

The Middle Easterners’ love for gemstones is truly innate.

Once Chen Yiyang opened the box, Kasim’s eyes couldn’t move away anymore.

"How many carats is this blue diamond?" Kasim looked at the size of this blue diamond, estimated internally, and felt something was off.

"50 carats." Chen Yiyang answered with a smile, "I discovered it by chance in Thailand and bought it back."

A flawless 50-carat blue diamond.

Kasim instantly recognized where this blue diamond came from.

"Sorry, this matter involves quite a bit, we may need to appraise this diamond."

"No problem." Chen Yiyang waved it off, "If everything checks out after the appraisal, please present this gift to the Crown Prince, hoping he will like it."

"No problem." Kasim nodded.

After chatting with Kasim, when Chen Yiyang returned to the hotel, he ran into Manager Xu in the elevator.

Chen Yiyang’s hotel booking was a presidential suite on his own, while Manager Xu’s was a business room booked by the visiting delegation.

The two would normally not be on the same floor, but since Chen Yiyang wanted to talk to Manager Xu, he followed him to his room.

"Are you planning to sell drones and robot dogs in Saudi Arabia?" After listening to Chen Yiyang, Manager Xu considered and said, "How profitable this business will be mainly depends on how many military contracts you can secure."

"I’m selling civilian products," Chen Yiyang replied, "Selling more to the wealthy locals in Saudi Arabia is just as fine."

Chen Yiyang wanted to avoid directly dealing with the Saudi military to possibly avoid some trouble.

"It seems you’re not very familiar with the local market situation in Saudi Arabia." Manager Xu poured Chen Yiyang a cup of coffee and continued,

"The impression of Saudi Arabia is that people here are very wealthy. But in reality, Saudi Arabia’s wealth is very concentrated. As a country, Saudi Arabia ranks 19th in GDP, showcasing significant market potential.

However, in reality, most of the wealth in Saudi Arabia is concentrated within the royal family. While ordinary people are well-provided for, it’s hard to say they have extra money to spend on expensive technological products."

"I see." Chen Yiyang understood what Manager Xu implied.

The wealthy in Saudi Arabia do have money, but they are few in number. Even if they show interest in drones and robot dogs, one person buying two or three at most is the limit.

This can’t support the sales volume.

Therefore, only by selling the products to the Saudi military can one secure a large volume of orders at once.

"I’ve already handed that blue diamond to a Saudi official," Chen Yiyang said. "If the Saudi royal family asks me what I hope to get, I’ll simply request a few large orders."

"You can sign a contract with them for a longer duration," Manager Xu suggested to Chen Yiyang,

"There aren’t many technical talents in Saudi Arabia locally. You can establish a maintenance company locally in Saudi Arabia, helping train operators for drones and robot dogs, while also maintaining these products and systems.

The price for drones and robot dogs can be offered at market rates to the Saudi military, but for maintenance, there’s no market rate, you can charge them a high price."

"Alright, I’ll look into it later."

"By the way." Manager Xu thought for a moment and then reminded Chen Yiyang again, "All the liaison staff should be male; some habits of the Saudis are different from ours, and they might refuse to interact with female staff."

"Uh, the people learning to operate robot dogs and drones should generally be highly educated, right? It shouldn’t go to such extremes," Chen Yiyang was a bit incredulous.

"Let me tell you a story." Manager Xu started, "There’s a crashed fighter jet on display at the Saudi Air Force Academy for students to admire and learn from. Do you know how this crashed fighter jet came to be?"

"How did it come to be?" Chen Yiyang asked.

"During the Gulf War in ’91, Saudi Arabia, as a member of the coalition forces, deployed Tornado fighter jets for airstrikes.

One Tornado fighter jet, after completing an attack mission and returning, according to the plan, needed in-flight refueling before heading back to the airbase.

However, when this fighter jet met up with a U.S. in-flight refueling aircraft and was ready to refuel, the Saudi pilot discovered that the U.S. refueling aircraft had female crew members on board.

So, this Saudi pilot refused the refueling service from the U.S. tanker and chose to fly directly back to the airbase.

But just a few kilometers from the airbase, the fighter jet ran out of fuel, and the pilot had no choice but to eject, abandoning the fighter jet.

As a result, this fighter jet crashed in the desert.

Two years later, Saudi Arabia sent people to retrieve this fighter jet from the desert, made it into a statue, and placed it in the Air Force Academy for students to admire."

Uh.

This story is so absurd that Chen Yiyang believed the story must be true and not made up by Manager Xu.