Ji Wanchang would certainly have no problem dealing with such a powerful arms dealer who could deliver the goods to his door and provide him with high-quality and low-priced arms.
He quickly said:
“Mr. Simmons’s offer is very affordable and I have no objection.
If this transaction goes well, I think we will become long-term partners in the future.”
Simmons laughed when he heard this:
“As long as Boss Ji is satisfied, our company’s service tenet is to satisfy customers.
In that case, how are you going to pay?"
This kind of arms trade is very prone to black-on-black situations, so in many cases, everyone just exchanges money for goods.
Especially when both parties are working together for the first time, everyone is wary, no matter how generous they say they are or how much they trust the other party.
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If the money has not been received, everyone will be on guard against the other party's move.
Fortunately, when Ji Wanchang was handling gold exchange business in Brazil, Morgan Bank provided him with a new service project.
In fact, this item is very common in online shopping in modern society.
That is, JPMorgan Chase & Co. has a brand new business that is responsible for safekeeping funds for both parties to a transaction. The payer will first transfer the money to a special account in the bank.
After the bank receives the money, it notifies the recipient.
The payee is responsible for shipping the goods. After the payer confirms receipt of the goods, the bank will transfer the funds to the payee's account.
Of course, this requires that both parties to the transaction have bank accounts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. and obtain the bank's credit rating.
The higher the credit rating of a customer, the more the other party will trust you.
As for the issue that this transaction method is suitable for illegal transactions, the bank does not care as long as you open a formal bank account with Morgan Stanley and entrust Morgan Stanley to provide third-party guarantee.
The bank will automatically start building your credit rating.
As you do more transactions and the other party evaluates you better, your credit rating will get higher.
The easier it will be to do business.
So, when Simmons asked about the payment method of the transaction, Ji Wanchang did not hesitate and said directly:
“My funds are now in JP Morgan Global Bank. If you agree, we can entrust the bank to provide a third-party guarantee.
Once I confirm receipt, the bank will naturally transfer the funds to your bank account, what do you think? "
Simmons didn't expect that Ji Wanchang would know about this business of Morgan Bank.
After all, he had always advised others to open an account at JPMorgan Chase & Co. to conduct such transactions.
Therefore, his funds basically flow through JPMorgan Chase & Co.
And now the other party actually took the initiative to ask to conduct the transaction in this way. It seems that the other party is really not simple!
Since the other party took the initiative to propose this safe way of transaction, he unconsciously raised a thumbs up to the other party and said:
"Boss Ji, professional!
In this case, I will contact JPMorgan Chase & Co. now and they will guarantee the transaction."
As he spoke, he took out a copy of his company information and handed it to Ji Wanchang, and continued:
"This is our company's account opening information at Global Morgan Bank. Boss Ji, please go to the bank as soon as possible to handle the relevant procedures after you return. As long as the bank notifies me that your funds have arrived, I can ship the goods at any time."
Ji Wanchang was a little bit unbelieving that such a big problem was solved so easily.
When he first opened this account at the Morgan Global Bank in Brazil, he was a little bit unbelieving that the bank would have such a business. Now, seeing Simmons' performance, he understood that the other party obviously also frequently used this method to trade.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. does not charge any additional fees for this service. It only charges a certain handling fee if you want to transfer money from your bank account across countries or across banks.
The more money you have in your bank account, the higher your credit rating will be.
It is said that if one has a sufficient credit rating, one can even borrow temporarily from Morgan Stanley Bank based on one's own credit rating without any collateral.
Although this requires a certain amount of interest, it is really convenient for businessmen.
This made Ji Wanchang feel that he should deposit all his funds in Morgan Stanley to improve his credit rating and facilitate future transactions.
These are naturally the new business policies that Fang Lang brought directly to Morgan Bank from the future.
When the time is right in the future, Fang Lang can launch credit cards or something like that to encourage everyone to consume in advance.
It is precisely because of Fang Lang's credit rating and the development of third-party guarantee business that Morgan Bank has developed rapidly in the United States.
Many large companies have opened their main accounts at JPMorgan Chase & Co.
As for, some people may worry that such business will facilitate many illegal transactions and the police will come to track these funds.
It's only the 1950s now, and many things that are commonplace in later generations have not yet begun in this era!
The bank is only responsible for ensuring that the other party has indeed transferred the corresponding funds into its own margin account. As for what the money is used for, it is not the bank's responsibility.
After all, money doesn't commit crimes. If people commit crimes, shouldn't you arrest them? What does it have to do with my bank?
This is the simple logic of banks.
So, there is no need to worry about the police coming to my door.
The two parties to the transaction only need to deposit their money in the bank and then conduct the transaction. The bank only needs to operate in the accounts of both parties.
But the money did go into the vault of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and was managed by the bank. As for whether the bank used the money to lend or make other investments, it was none of other people's business.
For JPMorgan Chase & Co., this is a sure win business.
Of course, these things have nothing to do with Simmons and Ji Wanchang.
Their deal has been settled, and they are just waiting for the bank's confirmation before they can proceed with the arms transaction.
So, Ji Wanchang stood up and shook hands with the other party very decisively, and then left Simmons' company very decisively.
Until he returned to the hotel, Ji Wanchang still couldn't believe it. He was purchasing arms to prepare for war with the British!
It was solved so easily?
This was completely different from what he had expected, so much so that he didn't feel any sense of accomplishment at all.
On the other side, Simmons was completely relieved.
As long as the bank confirms that the funds have entered the margin account, he will have completed another business worth one hundred thousand US dollars.
There is no doubt about the other party's identity, they are definitely the Malayan resistance army.
He didn't have to worry at all that the other party might be a killer sent by Britain, France or other countries.
At the same time, a Brazilian army force of more than 1,000 people was setting up camp outside the border town of Bitencourt in northwestern Brazil.
"Captain, we are already outside the town. Why don't we rush into the town and wipe out Brother Eddie's anti-government forces?"
The middle-aged leader with a big beard was standing on a rare flat area in the Amazon jungle, holding a telescope and looking at the border town in the distance.
Hearing the question from his subordinates, he pointed to the setting sun in the sky and said:
"Can't you see it's getting dark? We are in the Amazon jungle, it's pitch dark. Even if we break into Bittenkot, can you still catch these people if they hide in the jungle?
As long as we set up our positions outside their territory and block all land and water transportation, I don’t believe these rebels can escape anywhere.”
Upon hearing this, the subordinates around him looked at their leader with a slightly admiring look and said:
"Captain, you are indeed far-sighted. Now these rebels will have no choice but to come out and fight us, right?
We can dig trenches and wait for the enemy to come crashing in and get hurt."
The captain's mouth curled up slightly when he heard this. He was very pleased with his subordinate's flattery and smiled:
“According to intelligence, this rebel leader named Briso Eddy is just a politician who doesn’t know how to fight.
His younger brother was Raymond Eddy, who served as the chief of public security at the Police Department, but may have had some military training.
However, the police are just police after all, and there is a big difference between them and the military.
Their men were just a bunch of mules and horses for transporting goods, and they had no fighting power at all.
We will rest tonight, and tomorrow morning we will launch a tentative attack to test the enemy's strength.
If it's not difficult, we can just rush into the town and wipe out all these idiots."
This statement denied the other party's idea of digging trenches and waiting for the enemy to attack. After all, the order he received was to wipe out this anti-government army.
In terms of both manpower and equipment, they were definitely far superior to the enemy, and there was no need to dig trenches for defense.
In the captain's mind, his regiment has more than a thousand people. Unless the enemy is crazy, how could they dare to launch an attack on his position!
Therefore, if you want to wipe out the enemy, you must actively launch an attack. Otherwise, if you wait for the enemy to launch an attack and the enemy does not come, wouldn’t it be equivalent to giving the enemy a chance to breathe?
As for whether the enemy would escape, he was not too worried. After all, this was the border between Brazil and Colombia, and now his troops had blocked the enemy's way to the interior of Brazil.
If the other party wants to run, they can only flee in the direction of Columbia.
Colombia also has border guards. It would be strange if the Colombian border guards did not launch an attack on such an anti-government armed group that brazenly rushed into the Colombian border!
After hearing the captain's words, the subordinates were shocked. After the captain's analysis, they felt that the rebels of the Eddie brothers were nothing to be afraid of. The captain was still thinking of launching a tentative attack, which was too cautious.
So, without hesitation, I volunteered:
"Captain, let me take charge of this first attack!
There's no need to be so careful with this kind of rabble. I think we can take them down with just one charge."
The regiment commander smiled when he heard this. The subordinate beside him was actually a battalion commander under him. He usually liked to flatter and fawn on him, and was deeply favored by him.
In addition, this kid always gave him the most filial piety every month, so the captain regarded him as his confidant and would not hide anything from him.
I heard that he was actually going to volunteer to take the lead in the first wave of attack.
I was stunned and felt a little hesitant.
Because he understood that although this subordinate of his was his confidant, he actually had no military command ability.
It would be difficult for him to command his men to complete the test. Even he himself said that the opponent could be defeated with just one charge, which was inconsistent with his plan.
The commander's name is Milos Chuatoco. Although he is only the commander of a border guard, he is also a mid-level officer who has received formal military training in a Portuguese military academy.
The reason why he was the one leading the mission to wipe out the anti-government armed forces of the Eddie brothers, which was personally arranged by the Minister of Defense, shows that he has certain military qualities.
Unfortunately, Milos Chuatoko, who had been serving in the border defense force, had never participated in the European war and had no real combat experience.
In his opinion, this operation to encircle and suppress the anti-government forces is a rare opportunity to prove himself. If he can complete this task perfectly, with such merit, his position may be promoted in the evening.
Therefore, his goal this time was very big, he wanted to wipe out all the anti-government forces in the town.
If the battalion commander under his command really went on the battlefield, he might just rush into the town and disperse the enemy.
Once the enemies are scattered and run into the dense Amazon jungle, it will be difficult to catch them all in one fell swoop!
His plan was to first launch a tentative attack to test the enemy's strength, casually show weakness to the enemy, and make the enemy think that their fighting ability was not very good.
Choose to defend the town to the death. As long as this is done, he can lead his soldiers to slowly surround the enemy in the town from three directions.
After their encirclement is completely formed and the enemy's escape route to the jungle is blocked, they can then send their entire army forward and completely wipe out the enemy in the town of Bittenkot, which has just been declared occupied by the enemy.
But as his trusted subordinate, it was rare for him to volunteer to do something, and if he refused directly, it would obviously hurt his enthusiasm.
After thinking for a while, he slowly said:
"Bassam, I'm glad you volunteered.
However, I have already made a plan. We don't need to defeat the enemy with a direct charge. I only need you to send out a company of troops to launch a tentative attack on the enemy.
It is to test the opponent's depth, find out the opponent's strength, see what kind of weapons and equipment the opponent has, and where the defense focus is.
We also want to keep the enemy in the town and prevent them from escaping into the jungle, which would make our encirclement and suppression more difficult.
So, if you really want to take charge of the first wave of attacks, I can only send you a company of soldiers, and you can't rush too hard. Do you understand my plan?"
People who are good at flattery often have very flexible minds and can understand their superiors' minds very well.
Therefore, when Captain Milos Chuatoko said that he could only send one company and could not attack too aggressively, he became a little discouraged.
After all, he is a battalion commander with three or four hundred men under his command. If he only leads a company to launch an attack, it doesn't seem to be the case.
However, he had just volunteered to take on the task of the first wave of attack.
It seemed a bit inappropriate to back out now, so after hesitating for a long time, he decided to bite the bullet and take on the task.
He immediately looked serious and said seriously:
"Please rest assured, Commander. I promise to complete the mission."
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