Kong Jie and his wife were well disguised this time. They followed John and Joe Foss into the restaurant, but John and John were completely unaware of this.
After entering the restaurant, John and the two went straight to the second floor, where they had reserved a private room in advance.
Kong Jie and the monk followed closely behind.
John and Joe Foss entered the private room and closed the door directly.
The monk took the lead to knock on the door. When the wooden door opened, Joe Foss looked at the young man in front of him with caution.
Seeing that the young man in front of him was Chinese, Jobs asked in Chinese:
"Sir, what can I do for you?"
The monk said: "I am Mr. Xu's man."
"Mr. Xu!"
Joe Fus looked up and saw a man dressed as an ordinary citizen not far from the monk. He immediately recognized Kong Jie.
"Please!" Qiaofus quickly opened the room and got out of the way. The monk stepped forward. Kong Jie entered the house first, followed by the monk. Qiaofus looked around twice more and then closed the door.<
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Kong Jie entered the room, and John, who was sitting on the chair, stood up to greet him, "Oh, my friend Xu, we meet again."
The two hugged each other warmly and separated happily, as a courtesy for meeting each other.
Kong Jie smiled and said: "John, I really didn't expect you to come in person for this transaction."
With a smile on his face, John gestured for Kong Jie to take a seat and said: "Xu, this business is not small. I won't feel relieved if I don't come over in person."
When John said this, Kong Jie also looked forward to it a little bit. The two of them exchanged casual greetings and went straight to the topic.
Kong Jie asked straight to the point: "John, I, Joe Foss, brought you the arms list last time. I wonder how your preparations are going?"
"How many more did you bring this time?"
While speaking, Kong Jie had already sat down, sitting on the seat opposite John.
Joe Fusi has also sat down, and the monk, without Kong Jie's instructions, has already skillfully stood beside the wooden door of the private room, always alert to the surrounding disturbance.
John did not answer Kong Jie's question directly, but looked at the wary monk and said with a smile: "Xu, is this your new subordinate?"
"Brother!" Kong Jie said.
John was startled for a moment, then smiled and turned to the topic and said:
"Xu, you have such a cheerful personality. It seems that you came here to meet me this time because of this batch of arms."
"It's just..."
John's expression seemed a little troubled.
"Rifles, light machine guns, heavy machine guns, you even want the M2 60mm mortar. These are the standard weapons of our US Marine Corps. Xu, your appetite is really big. Even if I
, it’s not easy to get it.”
"You are a friend I recognize, but if I want to get these equipment, I have to pay a high price and take a lot of risks. This..."
John didn't finish the rest of the words. Kong Jie knew very well what such an old fox was thinking. He was raising the price from the ground up!
As for the big price John needs to pay and the big risks, Kong Jie thinks these are all nonsense.
If it really took so much effort, John wouldn't be here.
The leading party in this transaction seems to be leaning towards John quietly.
Joe Foss on the side followed John and smiled confidently.
Kong Jie was silent for a moment, and then smiled even brighter under the doubts of John and Joe Foss:
"John, I think you know better than me. With your country's powerful military capabilities, the most important thing your country lacks is probably these weapons, which in your opinion are nothing."
"Are these the standard weapons of your Marine Corps? I think these are far inferior to the weapons and equipment of the elite army, right?"
"These weapons will even be eliminated by you soon, and these eliminated weapons will have the largest market in China, because here, even these weapons that you may soon eliminate are enough to deal with the backward Japanese army.
Equipment."
"So I'm here today. As a friend, I can't bear to watch you transport these weapons that will soon be eliminated back to the country at a greater cost."
"The maintenance fees and transportation fees along the way may have exceeded the value of the weapons themselves, right?"
John fell silent, his smile gradually solidified, and Joe Foss on the side also quickly closed his grinning mouth.
The facts are just as Kong Jie said.
This batch of arms orders that Kong Jie proposed to John may seem to the Japanese, Nationalist, and Eighth Route Army to be quite sophisticated equipment.
But in the eyes of arms dealers like John, there is nothing surprising about these equipment.
If he had not met Kong Jie as a buyer, John would have also found a way to sell off a large amount of weapons and equipment accumulated in the concession before vacating it.
As for the source of that batch of equipment, it was naturally supported by the military.
The U.S. military has a habit of handing over some obsolete weapons to some arms dealers, thereby bringing greater benefits to the military.
Taking advantage of the war between China and Japan, and taking advantage of the concession, they dumped a large amount of arms to make war profits. This is the consistent style of the United States.
However, during this period, the relationship between Japan and the United States also became tense. Many arms and equipment in the concession were not sold in time, and a lot of unsalable arms were accumulated in the warehouse.
If the accumulated arms and equipment cannot be sold anymore and they cost a lot of money to transport back to the country, they may be sold as scrap metal. John will never do such a stupid thing.
John's deliberate manipulation before was just the nature of a businessman, and he just wanted to wait for a price to sell.
Both parties are smart people.
John, whose smile was frozen, knew that little tricks could not defeat Kong Jie, so he simply pointed it out:
"Xu, to borrow an old Chinese saying, let's be honest! I need to know what your specific acceptance capacity is, and how much of my batch of arms can you eat? If your appetite is not as big as I thought,
I can only find another buyer. Whether it is the Chinese army or the Japanese army, I think they are willing to take over this batch of arms."
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Kong Jie asked: "The Chinese army and the Japanese army, can they give you a satisfactory price?"
"I think John can definitely get some information about the future situation of the concession with your information channels. The Japanese are watching with eager eyes, waiting for you to be forced to evacuate, and they will just reap the benefits for nothing!"
"Will they give you a satisfactory price? They will never, they will only wait until you have no other choice, buy the arms from you at the price of cabbage, or even snatch them directly."
"As for the national army, under the Japanese blockade, it is difficult to find a smooth channel. I don't know how long it will take to open up a channel like the one we have now."
"But how long can you businessmen and your American troops stay in the concession?"
"In addition, those secretly smuggling national troops have always been stupid. They often like to buy things that can bring them benefits. Are they willing to use money to exchange for these weapons that they only use when they fight against the Japanese on the battlefield?"<
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As Kong Jie spoke, the expressions of John and Joe Foss changed slightly.
Indeed, Kong Jie is the most suitable buyer determined by the two.
Kong Jie struck while the iron was hot: "There are many businessmen in the concession who know which way the trend is heading. I heard that many American and British businessmen are trying their best to sell off their factories in China."
"But the Japanese are eyeing these factories, and Chinese businessmen are afraid to buy them. The Japanese are waiting for you to get desperate and then buy them at the lowest price."
"John, do you have the heart to sell your factories in China and the arms you have hoarded in China to the Japanese so cheaply, and to the troops who are very likely to become enemies of your motherland in the future?"
John's silent face was a little ugly, and his throat seemed to be dry. He waved to Joe Foss beside him and said, "Qiao, pass over some teapots. The weather is really dry today, and my throat is so thirsty that it's almost smoking."
”
After taking the teapot and pouring himself a cup of tea, John seemed to have recovered after taking a few sips.
"Xu, I want to hear what you mean."
It is obvious that the leader of the transaction at this time has been successfully transferred to Kong Jie.
There was no trace of pride on Captain Kong's face, but he said with dignity:
"John, we are friends, and we are friends across thousands of mountains and rivers, across time and space, and across races."
"We have an old saying in China: When a friend is in trouble, draw your sword to help him."
"I can assure you that our subsequent cooperation will be very pleasant."
"I think you already know very well the future direction of the concession. Maybe even you yourself don't know how long you American businessmen and American troops can stay in the concession."
"So we must seize the time for our subsequent cooperation."
"If you don't plan for some things early, when the time comes, it will be too late."
Having said this, Kong Jie raised his first finger:
"First, John, I can pay for all the factories in China under your name, including those of some American businessmen around you in China."
"I dare to buy what other merchants dare to buy, and I dare to buy what other merchants dare not buy."
"As for the price, I will definitely satisfy you. In addition, as I said again, I only conduct these businesses through you, John, as the middleman, so the favors extended by your friends and businessmen around you are only with you.
On John."
As for how much money John, the middleman, will earn from it, this is a tacit understanding between the two of them, and there is no need to say more.
John's eyes brightened as he listened to Kong Jie's promise.
Kong Jie then raised a second finger: "Second, as for how big my appetite is, John, you will know if you try it. In a word, no matter how many arms you have, as long as you can deliver them, I can give them to you."
Affordable price."
"There is only one principle, you can't fool me with junk goods."
"Of course! But...Xu, are you sure you are not joking?" John's breathing became a little rapid.
Kong Jie said: "I never joke about big things."
After saying that, there was obvious hesitation on the faces of John and the other two people.
Kong Jie said: "In this case, I think the list of arms I sent to Joe Foss last time, John, you probably didn't send them all according to the quantity this time, so I will pay you a deposit in advance."
"The deposit is here?" John looked suspicious. When Kong Jie and the monk came in, they didn't seem to bring anything with them.
How are they going to give this deposit?
"Monk." Kong Jie shouted.
The monk who had been guarding the wooden door responded, then opened his coat and took out a stack of drawings from close to his body.
With John and Joe Foss looking confused, the monk placed the set of drawings in front of John.
Kong Jie motioned to John to open the drawings and browse. John nodded and began to flip through the drawings.
John turned the first page with confusion on his face. He was still disapproving at first, but as he continued to turn the pages, his expression gradually turned into surprise, and finally he was inexplicably excited and excited.
"This, Oh my god, this is incredible, Xu, how did you get such a drawing?"
This time it was Kong Jie's turn to smile disapprovingly.
"This is the wisdom of us Chinese people. How about John, are you satisfied with my deposit?"
The excited John even danced and hugged the blueprint and replied: "God, this is so satisfying. The value of this blueprint is far greater than the batch of munitions you need!"...