"As for financial settlement, we don't want direct settlement in U.S. dollars!"
"I've heard that you want equity income from Ruleas Oilfield. Your company's appetite seems to be too big!"
Ruleas Oilfield is currently the largest oilfield operated by Colombia's state-owned oil company. The crude oil extracted is an important foreign exchange income for the Colombian government. It is not surprising that such a huge piece of fat is being targeted by Shepard.
"Mr. Minister, we have always done things based on how much we eat according to our appetite. You can look at Shadow Company's resume in recent years. Every one of our operations in Africa has been a great success, whether it is Angola or Como. Rhodesia, Rhodesia, there are people who have witnessed our achievements everywhere, so I think my people are worthy of this price!"
Naturally, the Minister of the Interior has read information about Shadow Company a long time ago. Shepard's Shadow Company cannot even be called a company now, but a rather large enterprise. Their engineering subsidiary produces explosion-proof Qiang has now obtained orders from NATO. In addition, he has a security subsidiary and is also involved in arms manufacturing. This is enough to illustrate the strength of the other party.
"But we still don't know if your people can complete the mission?"
"That's very simple. Once the contract is negotiated, my people can start working immediately!"
"No, you have to prove that you have the strength before we can let you go!"
"Relax, let's get to work!"
"You work, we let go!"
One percent of the revenue from Ruleas Oilfield is actually not too much. Although oil mining is also a hugely profitable industry, the mid-to-high-end value in this industry chain is captured by European and American oil companies. The reason for mining depends on the operation. Go to the factory controlled by the other party for subsequent production, including refining, separation, and transportation. But it is a state-owned enterprise after all. If you just take some out casually, it will be difficult for the other party to account for all aspects. ..
Although the Minister of the Interior didn't care at all about that thing, he didn't have the final say on the matter after all. It had to go to the Ministry of Finance and the President, who made the decision.
Therefore, the minister could only act like this for the time being. It was not until he became impatient with Shepard that he relaxed and said that he would at least take a look at the specific performance of Shadow Company first. If he could really make a difference, he It will also help with equity.
"If that's the case, fine!"
Shepard knew that there was no other way if he continued to push. The latter's position was there, and there was only so much he could do. The Shadow Company had to fight for the bread of the Shadow Company with its own sword!
Subsequently, Shepard discussed with the Minister of the Interior the issues related to the organization of operational troops and bases, and the latter generously donated the Lam Park Air Force Base on the outskirts of Bogota.
Anyway, the Colombian Air Force is not large in size. It currently has less than thirty aircraft, of which there are only a dozen combat aircraft. Therefore, the air force base is very empty, and most importantly, because of the special nature of the service, at least the air force base and The relationship between drug dealers is not deep, and training there is conducive to confidentiality.
In fact, it makes no difference whether it is kept secret or not. In fact, based on the level of leaks within the Colombian government, this completely new military training plan was sent to the giants of the Medellin drug cartel before Shepard even arrived in Colombia. .
But for a group of drug lords who control a huge empire, it is futile to start a new effort to train an army. The army is also composed of people, only a few hundred people. What kind of climate can there be? Even if Americans are invited to train... What can they do, they can fight one against a hundred and kill all their men?
Therefore, in the eyes of drug lords, the threat of this project is not as good as another piece of intelligence about the activities of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Only those DEA agents who cannot be hit or touched but can fly around like flies to annoy them are is the most troublesome.
These guys went around unceremoniously to spy on information related to them, and even tracked and monitored the whereabouts and conversation records of drug cartel gang members. If they were ordinary Colombian police officers, their heads would have been hung on billboards along with their family members. Above, but the other party is an American!
Drug lords all have a very clear understanding.
They can be kings and hegemons in Latin America in Colombia, but not in the United States. Therefore, they will also order their subordinates to stop having anything to do with the Americans, let alone eliminate them physically, because this can avoid irritating the Americans.
But this delaying strategy cannot last long. The U.S. government has made it clear that it wants to cause trouble for the drug lords. Therefore, the latter's retreat is like a spring. Sooner or later it will bottom out if it continues to be compressed. At that time, it will be time for the two sides to break up. The time to start a brazen war.
But it is far from reaching the limit now, so Pablo does not pay any attention to the whimsical ideas of the Minister of the Interior, because for him, there are more important things to do at the moment.
That’s politics!
Yes, the boss of the Medellin Group has a presidential dream. Because he often donates money to his hometown to build buildings, hospitals and schools, Pablo has successfully transformed himself from a drug lord into a rich man who makes a fortune by driving a taxi. As a businessman, as a successful person, it is natural to continue to climb up, but now Pablo, who has a lot of money and is burned out, doesn't care about making money at all. He wants power and fame.
And in Colombia, what better way to gain power and fame than to be an official?
Of course, becoming an official is not something you can do. Although Colombian officials are greedy, they are not fools. It is simply unrealistic to directly let Pablo come into the house. Let alone whether the people agree or not, Colombia will become a A joke.
Therefore, Pablo's plan is to first find a political party to sneak in, and then rely on crazy money to buy people's hearts and votes. Step by step, first become a substitute member of Congress or something, and then become a member of Congress and then run for election!
And the most important thing is that other congressmen have to pay for their political parties to run, but Pablo is prepared to be paid by the party that agrees to accept him. After all, in Colombia, if there is something that money cannot solve, it must be If the money is not enough, if one million is not enough, then two million, if two million is not enough, then three million. As a rich man who can earn 60 million US dollars a day, Pablo doesn't care about those small expenses!
If he didn't know anything about forming a political party, Pablo would have even planned to use money to build one for himself, but this method obviously didn't work, so Pablo set his sights on the ruling Liberal Party!
