7 The Tax Haven (1/2)

The driver stopped after some time and said sir we have arrived at your destination, Max got of the car and went inside the store.

”Welcome sir, how may I help you,” asked the man sitting at the reception desk

”I believe Aiden has contacted you,” said Max

”Oh yes sir, the manager has been expecting you, let me escort you,” said the man as he got up from the counter and took Max to a room on the second floor.

”Sir, Mr. Max has come to you, the one Aiden called about,” said the man as he got inside the room

Max saw that a very elegant looking man was sitting behind a desk, a man of his status in India would have decorated their entire office with gold thought Max.

As Max sat down, the man from the reception took his leave and the manger started speaking

”Let me introduce myself, my name is Josh, and I am the manager as well as the partner in this store, so be assured, I possess enough rights to make a deal with you on any scale of your choice,” said Josh

”Hello, Josh, my name is Max, and let me come straight to the point, I have some gold to sell, and I am looking for confidentiality and I am willing to pay for it, and if we make a successful deal, be assured that our relationship will be lucrative for both of us,” said Max

As Max said this he pulled out a gold bar, from his bag, smiling.

Josh took the product from Max's hand and started inspecting it, this guy was doing some more tests than the guy he had sold gold to before.

After some time Josh was finally done with his tests and said

”This is the finest 24 Carat gold, my friend I am willing to buy however much you can, sell,” said Josh

”What will be the price,” asked Max

”In which currency do you want me to quote you the price,” said Josh

”Dollars,” said Max

”Ok, currently I can offer you a price of 50,000 dollars Per Kilogram,” said Josh

Max took out his phone and checked the rate of gold online, and the rate offered by Josh was a little bit less than the current rate but that was to be expected.

”That is acceptable,” said Max trying to stop himself from bursting into a smile

”So how much do you have” Said Josh

”19.4 Kilograms,” said Max

Josh was a little surprised, he had inspected the gold bar, and it had turned out to be of the highest quality, therefore the only place it could have been purchased from was a bank, but the bar did not have the markings of any of the banks in this world, but rather some strange markings that he did not know, thus the conclusion he came to was that this gold must have been smuggled from some mine somewhere, most probably Africa.

But this guy had said that he was ready to create a continuous relationship, and now he was saying that he had 19.4 kg of gold, which was a large quantity even by his standards.

Seeing the expression in Josh's eyes Max understood what he was thinking, this was the same expression he given many owners give when they gave orders to small factories, it was the expression of wondering whether, the guy will be able to deliver or not.

Max lifted his bag with great effort and opened it in front of Josh's eyes.

”Here's the gold, and don't worry there will be plenty more in the future,” said Max

Josh was still thinking when he saw the guy pull up his bag and open it, a dazzling ray of light coming from all the gold, and after he heard what Max had to say he was very pleased, this deal had the potential of turning into a very beneficial partnership thought Josh

Josh took the bag from Max and started testing the gold bars one by one, and after he was satisfied with the gold, he turned to Max and said

”The gold is of excellent quality, and if you can maintain the supply in such quantity, we can have a very very profitable relationship,” said Josh smiling and stretched his arms towards Max

Max smiled listening to this and shook Josh's outstretched hands

”Please give me your account number, so I can wire you the money,” asked Josh

”I will just take it in cash,” said Max

”Don't mind me asking, but why don't you wire the money in your account, you know even if Switzerland is a safe place, crimes do still happen” said Josh

”Yes I agree, but currently have no bank accounts the only one I had, I just closed,” said Max

Josh was a little surprised by this, by the amount of gold he was selling Josh had expected this guy to be a pro, but he didn't even have a bank account.

”Please don't take it the wrong way brother, but is this your first time doing let's just say, this nature of business in Switzerland,” said Josh

This statement caught Max a little off guard and he got a little embarrassed,

”Do I look so inexperienced?” said Max

”Well then since I hope to do business with you for a long time, let me tell you something, if you want to do this kind of business regularly then you absolutely need a financial manager” after which Josh picked up his phone

”Here I just send you the number of the best guy I know, he is an absolute wizard in this kind of stuff, just contact him and tell me I send you and want a starter package,” said Josh

”What's the starter package,” asked Max

”Trust me just call him, he will explain everything to you,” said Josh

”Ok, I will call him,” said Max

After which Josh gave Max the money and he left the shop and got back to his hotel.