The next day.
From Bangkok, after a day's journey.
Tang Kai, Liu Qian and others came to the northern border of Chiang Mai Prefecture in Thailand, where they bordered Wei Jun's former territory. Over the years, after a long period of trading, he and Wei Jun have agreed to have a fixed and safe "trade area".
This "trade area" is located at the boundary between the two countries.
On both sides of the border, the terrain is flat. In the middle, there is a small stream that is only knee deep and more than 20 meters wide. The clear water flows slowly, and the environment is beautiful.
Most importantly, there is a Thai outpost here, and there is a Thai barracks five kilometers away. It is self-evident who collects taxes and provides legal proof.
Tang Kai is a serious businessman. It's impossible to smuggle such large-scale jade trade. Even if he smuggles in, he can't sell it openly in Thailand. With the power behind these people to provide legal source proof, no one in Thailand dares to check these goods.
Tang Kai got in touch with the top official of Wangsa early today. There are more than 200 soldiers in Wangsa's hands. The trading site and rules were discussed by the Wei family and Wangsa. Over the years, he has cooperated with Wangsa for many years and they are very familiar with each other. This kind of mutually beneficial thing can be solved by one phone call.
In fact, the fees charged for this kind of transaction are not too much. In the past, they were charged by the time. The quantity of goods each time is not certain, but it is not too much. Therefore, they directly set a price of 100000 US dollars. After all, if the fees are too expensive, Tang Kai would be forced to use smuggling, it would not be fun, and Wang SA is not stupid.
But this time, the value of things is too big. Tang Kai and Wangsa discussed the cost of 500000 US dollars. This price surprised Wangsa.
However, Wangsa has no crooked ideas. First, his family is very influential in Thailand. Otherwise, he would not have been in this rich position for so many years. His family credit still needs to be maintained. As long as it is not contraband, he will have a clear conscience.
Second, Wei Jun's family used to be very talkative, and they won't mess around. But now the controller of that area is not good at killing so many people. If they mess around, he won't be able to sleep.
After several checkpoints, Tang Kai and his party entered the trade area. Wangsa was waiting there, and there were more than 30 Thai soldiers with guns.
Tang Kai got out of the car, and wansa, who was already in his thirties, walked up with a smile. He didn't trade for several months, and his income was much less. Basong was smuggled directly. He didn't go his way at all, and his teeth were itching. But he couldn't come to the door to ask for it. He couldn't afford to lose the man. This time, it was US $500000, which was the top of the first half of the year Income, although they can only take part.
"Mr. Tang, long time no see." Wangsa happily gave Tang Kai a hug.
"How are you, Mr. wonsa?" Tang Kai said with a smile.
"Ha ha, it's not good. Business is not good after such a long period of chaos. Basong is still smuggling, and his income is much less. Now you do it again, I'll be relieved. You can rest assured that I'll ask someone to protect your people and goods." Wonsa promised.
"Thank you." Thank you, Tang Kai.
"What's the quantity of your goods this time?" Asked wonsa curiously.
"That's 20 million dollars." Tang Kai said what he wanted to say, which was directly reduced by ten times. If he had to say too much, it might be money and silk that moved people. Although they have worked together for many years, but... Never bet money on a person's character.
After hearing this, Wangsa was surprised. It used to be 35 million dollars. This time, it was 20 million dollars. I think those guys are ready to sell the stolen goods. Well, it must be.
"So much?"
"Ha ha, I heard they have a lot of stock." Tang Kai said with a smile.
We all know what inventory means.
"Mr. Tang, do you know that place very well?" Asked wonsa.
"It's OK, but it's not too familiar. What's the matter?" Tang Kai said vaguely.
"It's nothing. I heard that they just finished integration. I also want to see what kind of person their new leader is." Wang SA laughs.
In the past, he often went to Wei Jun's family for tea and chatting. He had a good relationship and gained a lot of conveniences. For example, he participated in the trading of some medicinal materials and daily necessities in Wei Jun's territory. Now his territory has expanded, which means that he can get a larger share of trade. Although most of the profits have to be turned over, what is left is enough to feed oneself.
"Oh? Then when he comes, you can have a chat. " Tang Kai said.
"All right, just come."
Hearing that the new leader was coming, Wangsa was relieved, and finally made progress.
Chai Ren and Liu Qian watch them talking and laughing, and Wangsa ignores him. They are Chinese, but they have nothing to do with him. Tang Kai is a friend. Tang Kai also didn't introduce it, because Wangsa can't speak Chinese or English, so it's useless to introduce it.
Looking at the soldiers with guns around them, Chai Ren and Liu Qian can't help getting nervous. But looking at the two soldiers behind Tang Kai, they immediately relax. These two abnormal people are very safe.The setting sun is about to set in the West.
The stream is bubbling.
At dusk.
All of a sudden.
News came from the opposite side.
A car started.
A big army green jeep rushed out and stopped on the other side. Slowly, various vehicles came from behind, a total of eight. If you can see from the map of the command room, on the nearby hill, in fact, three soldiers have been staring at it with long-range weapons since the morning.
All the cars stopped on the other side of the river.
After that, dozens of the other party's subordinates got out of the car, but they didn't point guns at each other. After all, they had traded many times before. It was just business. There was no need to be too nervous. No one would mess around.
The next moment, from the previous Jeep down a man in his thirties, wearing an unknown uniform.
"It's Mr. Tang on the other side?" Said the man aloud in Burmese.
"It's me." Tang Kai stepped forward and said.
"Hello, I'm the one who's talking to you. All the goods have been brought here. Mr. wonsa, can we get there?" When the visitor finished, he asked for advice from Wangsa. There should be some rules. Wangsa didn't agree. It was arrogant to cross the boundary monument.
It's no surprise that Wang SA knew himself in front of him. His respect for him also benefited him. He said in a loud voice, "OK, come here, but people who come here don't carry weapons. It's the old rule."
"No problem."
After that, the man waved his hand, and a group of people put down their weapons and moved down iron boxes from trucks one after another. These used to be used for weapons, but now they are used for jade and jewelry.
I saw a group of people dribbling water, moved the box over, put it down and then went back to move it. There was no nonsense in the whole process, and they looked cold and stern.
There are only ten soldiers among them. The others are the best from the defeated army. After a short period of hellish training, there is no big problem with discipline.
Tang Kai opened the iron boxes and checked them. The more he looked at them, the more satisfied he was. In particular, some of the boxes were made of excellent jade. It must have been the private possession of the stronghold owners. This kind of thing is in short supply in the market.
Wang SA didn't look at it curiously. It's not his category, but he found a soldier. That's what he really cares about.
"Hello, once again, my name is Wangsa." Wonsa stepped forward and held out her hand.
"Mr. wonsa, I've heard a lot about you. Just call me zero." Said the soldier chief.
"Ha ha, OK, we will be neighbors in the future. Please take care of my business." With a smile, Wangsa said her purpose.
"No problem. The business in the past is still the same, and we still have a big business. I don't know if Mr. wonsa will do it or not." Said the soldier.
"What business?" Wonsa said curiously.
The soldier said, "we are going to build some roads, bridges and houses in our territory. We need a lot of cement, bricks, sand, steel and other construction and decoration materials. Are you interested in providing these goods?"
"Oh? How much do you want? " Wang SA asked curiously, this is to build infrastructure, something Wei Jun's family had never done before.
"We are going to spend most of Mr. Tang's money on these goods to buy these things." The soldier said that the background of Wangsa was very clear. The command office had a great family power, which was similar to Chai Ren's in China, or even stronger. In order to protect the goods from any problems, he stopped by to talk to Wangsa.
"I understand, zero leader, in Thailand, no one can think of such things." Wang SA confidently said that selling building materials is definitely a good business. No one dares to say anything about himself.
"That's good. We'll go to your camp tomorrow to talk about what we need, how much we need and how to pay. We'll be friends from now on. Take care of them." The soldier said with a smile.
"Ha ha, good friend."
The two who achieved their goal shook hands again.
The two were chatting to deepen their relationship. By the way, they asked each other about some things and trading rules. The soldiers were pretending to be stupid, while Wangsa was really stupid.
An hour later, it was getting dark, and the lights and the searchlights of the post lit up the scene. Tang Kaiqing was really excited when he finished counting the value of this batch of goods. This batch of goods, worth 200 million US dollars, would never lose or even make a lot of money. He was very satisfied with the quality and quantity of the jade, precious stones and gold at the bottom of the box.
Closing the last box, Liu Qian came over.
"Mr. Tang, how about these goods?" Looking at a box of good jade and gold, Liu Qian was also a little excited. So was Chai Ren. Although he was very rich, the tons of gold and jade in front of him were definitely more exciting than visiting a jewelry store.
This kind of big night, two groups of people with guns trade, although it's jade and jewelry, but still at the sentry post. It's very exciting. He has never experienced such a "soul stirring" trade.
"Mr. Liu, Chai Shao, there's no problem with these goods. It's really the packing price. We've definitely made a profit, but we need to go back and evaluate how much. Where's your appraiser?" Tang Kai whispered."I've stayed in a hotel in Bangkok." Liu Qian said that the distribution of goods naturally needs to be assessed and distributed according to the proportion of capital contribution, but Tang Kai has the priority.
"Well, you let them have a good night's rest. We'll start the assessment tomorrow morning, and we'll drive back in the evening instead of stopping on the road." Tang Kai said.
"OK, sleeping in the car is the same." Chai Ren said.
It was discussed on the way here. Naturally, there was no need to discuss it.
PS: here comes the second chapter. Please count the tickets.