Lawrence's sonorous voice soon came from the other end. This guy didn't seem to feel sad at all about the plane he lost and the pilot who died.
"Dear Qin, I'm glad to hear that you are safe and well and welcome you back to Eritrea. Tomorrow night I plan to hold a dinner and dance in Fati to entertain the distinguished guests who have come from afar. I would like to invite you to come and participate.
Please appreciate it."
"Thank you, Mr. Minister, I think there are still some things between us that need to be explained clearly, otherwise it will not be appropriate to talk about it after we go to the dance." Qin Fei said lightly.
People are old and refined, and ghosts are old and spiritual.
As soon as Lawrence heard this, he already knew what Qin Fei was going to talk about next, so he laughed and said: "You are talking about the management rights of the animal camp, right? I, Diego and Yu have all agreed, I, Lawrence
I will keep my word and I will never break my promise. From now on, the management rights there belong to you."
Qin Fei said: "Mr. Minister, I heard that things are not that simple, right? As far as I know, this management right has conditions attached?"
"ah……"
Lawrence was questioned by Qin Fei and suddenly felt a little embarrassed, coughing twice on the other end of the phone.
After all, Qin Fei was the one who saved him. Now that he was out of trouble, he would have to turn his back on Qin Fei. This was not something to be honored by.
"Yes, there are indeed conditions attached. Qin, you also need to understand me. As the Minister of Defense, I am in an awkward position. Last night I suggested to Mr. President that we send the air force to support you and help you save yourself.
My friend, as a result, one of our fighter jets and one helicopter crashed into the sea. Of course, the government cannot bear these losses. Of course, you can also refuse to pay, but in that case..."
"Minister, let me finish the rest for you. If I cannot compensate for the loss, then the operating rights of the animal camp will be sold to others to make up for the loss." Qin Fei said disdainfully.
Lawrence was indeed a thick-skinned person and did not hide it at all: "Yes, yes, that's what I mean. You also know that training a pilot is not an easy task. We spent a lot of money to hire coaches from Europe.
What's more, you saw what happened last night. The losses of my troops were not small. Six armored vehicles alone were lost. For a small country like ours, it is a loss that it cannot afford anyway."
Qin Fei held back his anger that started to overflow again, and said as calmly as possible: "According to your statement, not only can I not get the reward for saving people last night, but I also owe you a large sum of money?"
"I'm not blackmailing you." Lawrence seemed to hear the displeasure in Qin Fei's tone. Although he was a minister, he didn't want to provoke elite mercenaries. No one dared to guarantee that he would always be in a high position.
If he loses power that day, it would be better to have fewer enemies.
"Purchasing an MB-339 costs almost 20 million U.S. dollars, and those missiles cost money every time they are launched. The troops sent last night lost a total of six Soviet-made BRMD-2s and one helicopter.
According to this calculation, it costs more than 10 million here..."
"Okay, okay, Mr. Minister, let's make it clear. Just give me an amount and let me see how much more money I have to give you now to get the right to operate the animal camp?"
The more Qin Fei listened, the more annoyed he became. He blamed all the losses last night, including the losses of the army that came to rescue him and his rich friends, on himself.
Even if there is no compensation, Qin Fei knows that Lawrence will not pay for it himself. Although tens of millions of dollars is not a small amount, it can still be spent on a country's defense budget.
"For the sake of our friends, you are my savior, so be it." Lawrence said: "Five million US dollars, I will only charge you this amount, and then you can get the management rights justifiably.
"
If Lawrence was sitting in front of him now, Qin Fei was worried that he would really be unable to bear it and shoot that guy dead.
The MB-339, a double-row trainer aircraft produced in Italy in the 1980s, is actually not a fighter in the strict sense, and its price is not the same as that of a real fighter.
The most expensive European fighter jet of the same period, the Gallic Mirage 2000, only had an asking price of 30 million, and the transaction price was reduced to 23 million, with combat missiles given as a gift; while the Soviet-made MiG-29 of the same period also
Only one sold for 18 million.
MB-339 trainer aircraft Qin Fei doesn't know how much money Eritrea gave those officials in Rome, but it will definitely not exceed 18 million. In addition, an old shabby UH-1 from the Vietnam War era and several big Maozi have long been eliminated.
The BRMD-2 light armored personnel carrier taken to the scrap metal recycling station is not worth 40 million US dollars no matter how you calculate it.
In Lawrence's words, such a pile of rubbish is like cabbage. After calculating the price of white powder, US$40 million turned out to be "not enough", and he actually had to subsidize another US$5 million. This is no different from robbing.
Qin Fei was so angry that his face turned red, and when he was about to have a fit, Lao Yu tugged at Qin Fei's clothes, forcing him to swallow the breath back into his stomach.
"Minister, I'll think about it again and I'll get back to you after we meet in the evening."
After hanging up the phone, Qin Fei punched the seat in front of him hard, shocking everyone.
"Qin Fei, what are you going to do now? Do you still want the animal camp? If not, we will leave Eritrea at worst, and he will have nothing to do with us." Old Fish said.
"But that beast camp is really a profitable place." Zixing grabbed the steering wheel with one hand and looked back at Qin Fei: "It's really a pity, Robert has been running it for many years to reach this scale. There is no other place in Africa."
The mercenary training base is comparable to it."
Qin Fei touched his chin, looked at the scenery passing by outside the car, and fell into deep thought.
After a long while, he breathed a sigh of relief and said to everyone: "I plan to give Lawrence five million, what do you think?"
The car was very quiet, no one spoke for a long time.
Taking out five million US dollars at one time is almost all of Qin Fei's belongings. Although Qin Fei got more than six million US dollars in the fighting game before, he had already distributed 500,000 to Kunchai and 100,000 to Zunni.
and 200,000 yuan for the front sight. He estimated that he would just be able to pay the compensation.
"I am in favor of taking back the management rights." Lao Yu said: "After all, it is a hen that lays golden eggs. As long as it is revitalized, we don't have to worry about no money coming in. It is estimated that we will see profits in a year. But...
…”
"Just what?" Qin Fei asked.
Lao Yu leaned back in his seat and sighed: "Maybe you don't know the situation in the entire beast camp now. The battle last night was fierce, and everyone was beaten to pieces. Not to mention other things, the three LCI landing craft
All were destroyed, all the BRMD-2s used for training were also blown up, and 4 of the domestic Type 59 tanks used for training were also blown up, leaving only one that could be driven."
Polar Bear interjected: "That's not all. The ordnance in the armory will be robbed by those damn bastards, and the rest will be confiscated by the military in the name of counterinsurgency. These bastards are really good at robbing.
Most of the belongings that Robert left behind have been looted, and the beast camp is still a training camp at best, but is now just a piece of rotten land at worst."