Chapter 102 (1/2)
Ye Qian smiled faintly and said, ”I know some arms smugglers in the Middle East, they have all the latest weaponry. The XM8 a.s.sault rifle manufactured by ATK from the United States that is currently the most advanced in the world, the M1A2 SEP Abrams battle tank from the United States, the AMX Leclerc battle tank from France, even biological weapons and nuclear weapons, as long as you want them, they can get them for you.”
”Really?” w.a.n.g De Shen said excitedly.
”Of course, if Senior Brother is interested, I can help you get in touch.” Ye Qian said.
”I'm interested, of course I'm interested.” w.a.n.g De Shen said hurriedly. ”I'll leave it up to you then, Little Boss. Don't worry, this old brother won't let you get the short end of the deal. How about this, those jade ores I originally sell to the processing plants, I'll set aside 98% for you, how's that? 那些翡翠和红玉原石我按原先加工商收购的价格的百分之九十八卖给你，怎么样？”
”Eh? Senior Brother, it's not as if we aren't brothers, I won't let you get the short end of a deal.” Ye Qian said.
”Little Boss, weren't you the one who said that even blood brothers must keep accounts? If you don't let me do this, then you don't need to buy them at an extra 3% from me, you can just buy it at the original price, how about it? If you refuse, then you won't be giving your laoge face.” w.a.n.g De Shen said with a grave expression.
”Since Senior Brother insists then I humbly accept.” Ye Qian said, looking reluctant, as if he wouldn't have agreed to it if w.a.n.g De Shen hadn't bullied him into it. Inwardly though, Ye Qian was rejoicing since this meeting with w.a.n.g De Shen turned out to be quite profitable. Not only was he able to establish a relations.h.i.+p with w.a.n.g De Shen, he was also able to purchase green jade and red jade ore at a low price, but even more important was that w.a.n.g De Shen still felt like he owed him a favor.
Ye Qian understood very clearly what kind of relations.h.i.+p he had established with w.a.n.g De Shen. It was not the same as the relations.h.i.+p he had with Li Wei and the other members of the Wolf Fang, a life and death type of connection between brothers. Rather, what he had with w.a.n.g De Shen was just an alliance to gain benefits. At most, he could only be considered an ordinary friend.
w.a.n.g De Shen was unexpectedly very hospitable, most likely because he was very grateful for Ye Qian's help in resolving the issue of acquiring arms. He spent the whole night being jolly and pus.h.i.+ng alcohol. He was persistent enough that Ye Qian couldn't refuse him for long and drank a little too much, while Li Wei remained very sober because he only drank a little. After all, the way Li Wei saw it, this was an unfamiliar place, and even though w.a.n.g De Shen was being very hospitable, he still couldn't let himself lose his sobriety and optimal fighting condition, since he also had to protect Ye Qian.
Ye Qian and Li Wei were given a loft in one of the wooden structures to spend the night in. w.a.n.g De Shen had very ”considerately” prepared two Burmese girls for them, and had even a.s.sured them excessively that they were virgins, but Ye Qian refused. It wasn't that Burma had no beauties, but that it had a pitiful few. These two girls were the daughters of the peasant farmers under the jurisdiction of the guerillas, they had no s.e.x appeal or good looks, as well as rather dark-skinned, so Ye Qian had no interest in them, even Li Wei who could get it up for anything couldn't stand looking at them.
While lying on the bed, Li Wei couldn't help sighing, ”Boss, I almost couldn't help vomiting earlier, they call those goods beauties? That's just not right.”
”Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” Ye Qian said indifferently. ”Don't you think that even ugly girls possess something admirable? Just find the part of her that you can appreciate then it's all good.”
”I tested it out but I failed.” Li Wei sighed.
Ye Qian smiled helplessly and didn't reply.