King Of War: Starting with Arms Dealer-Chapter 761 - 696 The Feast of Giants
761: Chapter 696: The Feast of Giants
761 -696: The Feast of Giants
As soon as Joe Ga arrived at the Baghdad Air Force Base, he was forcibly taken to a meeting room by the heads of a mercenary group, as if he were being kidnapped.
Several major groups had heard that Mr.
Qiao, just over breakfast, had received a nine-figure order.
The contract from China was easy to discuss—everyone knew that was just the Chinese sending warmth to Hu Lang.
As contractors who had already secured contracts, they simply needed to ask for less money and send more people and equipment.
Now the critical part was the contract from England…
As mentioned before, England and Malaysia together held nearly 40% of the oil field interests in Iraq, which gave the Armored Group the confidence to coax their peers to step up and confront P·B.
With the Armored Group now battered and suffering heavy losses, it was almost a fantasy that the English would still unabashedly seek Hu Lang for cooperation.
But setting aside the rest, this part of the contract was truly tempting!
They all knew P·B couldn’t handle this huge contract alone, and so did the British…
But for some reason, it seemed that business in Iraq couldn’t bypass P·B anymore.
One cannot say for the future, but at this stage P·B was like a massive net connecting different strata and locations in Iraq, bringing most people together.
The trucks barreling down Iraqi roads with cheap supplies, like blood in veins, were delivering ‘nourishment’ all over the south of Iraq.
With the flow of goods, the rise of commerce, and the exchange of personnel, connections between regions became tighter.
Once fragmented like grains of sand, Iraq was now beginning to show signs of unity.
This group, accustomed to war profiteering, usually took on high-priced security defense work, sold arms and training services and then formed alliances to inflate local prices before buying up local assets cheaply.
This series of harvesting naturally filled their coffers, but the local people suffered immensely.
Mr.
Qiao’s bizarre operation of ‘wool coming off the sheep being watched by the aunt’s niece’ baffled them, but they were blown away by the results.
They were truly impressed.
Mr.
Qiao, aside from his strong initial approach, conducted his operations in a silently effective manner and with extreme generosity.
Unknowingly seduced by money, they unwittingly fell into P·B’s rhythm and onboarded the ship of wealth; now none of them wanted to disembark.
Even MPRI, which was originally quite annoyed, was no exception.
Their ‘Hostage Major General’ had even started to actively work.
Steven now has a forehead full of lawsuits.
With the fighting in Mosul halted, the security pressure in the south had increased, greatly impacting this ambassador’s grand ambitions.
Steven sat in the meeting room, arms crossed, silent as Joe Ga was ushered in by the top ranks of the mercenary group.
The English oil fields had nothing to do with him.
As the American ambassador, Steven would rather use these oil fields to choke the British Energy Group.
Regrettably, that was unrealistic.
Joe Ga wouldn’t agree, nor would the mercenary groups present commit to a security contract.
Moreover, Steven was well aware that this matter would entail complex political maneuvering…
Why the British approached Joe Ga yet never mentioned transferring the oil exploitation rights, hinting only at negotiations, was preparation for talks with China.
With America’s ambassador to mediate, and the energy companies not yielding all their oil fields, given the British’s nature as troublemakers, there would be plenty of complications to come.
They certainly wanted to use a portion of their shares as leverage, emulating P·B’s model and using cheap Chinese goods as a bargaining chip to guarantee the resumption of work and production.
Steven had no desire to participate in this, as to Hu Lang, this steadfast ally, it was a one-time deal.
The security contract, no matter how lucrative, would only yield at most 20% profit after subcontracted by P·B.
How uninteresting!
Now feeling a sense of achievement in Iraq, Steven was more interested in restoring the operation of the north-south railway.
Joe Ga was also aware of the underlying complexities, but he was indifferent.
He hadn’t invested in a tangible sense, and so any transient wealth that could be earned was welcome.
If this venture succeeded, he wouldn’t earn much, but China’s Energy Group, and even its political faction, would surely make a killing.
Are you joking?
How could the English think to take advantage of China in such a situation?
As long as the negotiators weren’t fools, even if they spent all their time in brothels in Iraq, they could drag it out until the English capitulated.
Conscience aside, though the English are instigators, they still hold a premier position in the field of international diplomacy.
How could there not be benefits to forcing their hand?
The potential political and diplomatic gains to be had from this are simply immeasurable!
Considering China’s generosity demonstrated in recent times, and Harbour Island’s sanctioning of the Armored Group, Mr.
Qiao was more than happy to help.
As long as the outcome was satisfactory, Mr.
Qiao, as the ‘middleman’, was certain to have some benefits to look forward to in the aftermath.
As long as everyone needed P·B, not only would Mr.
Qiao’s safety be secured, but P·B’s influence would further expand.
If Central Africa laid P·B’s foundation, Congo fortified it, Liberia made its reputation, then Iraq would be where P·B soared!
P·B’s scope of business might not match those of the super giants yet, but in terms of networks and influence, they were now second to none, and even in terms of image, P·B stood taller than most of its peers.
