Mercenary’s War
Chapter 1368 - 1,351: Industry Chain

Chapter 1368: Chapter 1,351: Industry Chain

Kofupake appeared very serious, leaning forward slightly, and after thinking for a long time, he finally raised his head again and said in a deep voice, "I don’t think there will be any problems."

Without waiting for Gao Yang to ask, Kofupake proactively said, "After I return, I’ll immediately start arranging for my trusted people to replace the soldiers from the sentry post to those working in the warehouse. The faster the goods are transported, the better."

Gao Yang nodded and said, "Okay, my concern is that if we want to transport things out, it will require a lot of vehicles and manpower. So many people and cars entering a large ammunition warehouse, then leaving so ostentatiously, wouldn’t that be too arrogant?"

Kofupake laughed and then gestured indifferently, speaking quietly, "I have about one thousand five hundred people under my command, responsible for the security and maintenance of Warehouse 1206. Some professional custodians, although under my command, cannot be removed from their positions without special reasons. So, as long as we’re moving stuff, it’s impossible to hide it from everyone. Moreover, we need those soldiers and custodians to handle the loading and unloading."

Gao Yang frowned and said, "Yeah, every person comes with a mouth. Just one person making a call to inquire or ask for instructions would expose everything, wouldn’t it?"

Kofupake smiled and said, "Listen to me. Well, these years, Ukraine’s economy has been poor, and the Ukrainian military has had a rough time, but the generals handling logistics are all wealthy. Where do you think their money comes from?"

With a laugh, Kofupake shrugged and said, "From the ammunition depot or equipment warehouse, of course. Let me tell you, anyone above me who has control over me just needs to give me a call, tell me what they need, how much, and then wait for their stuff to be picked up. Bullets are the most common goods, there are too many bullets in the ammunition depot to destroy. If anyone finds a way to sell them, just come to me to fetch them, fetch to your heart’s content – they haven’t finished fetching in over twenty years."

Gao Yang couldn’t help but sigh and said, "Speaking of which, you really have to hand it to the former Soviet Union for leaving behind such a vast legacy."

Kofupake laughed and said, "It’s uncountable, beyond measure. There’s a joke about my ammunition depot, want to hear it?"

Gao Yang laughed and said, "I’m very interested to hear it."

"Around 1992, I think, a Western arms dealer got in touch with the person holding my position at the time, expressing a desire to buy some bullets. To quickly build rapport, the arms dealer sent my predecessor a Japanese-made video recorder and a television, and my predecessor happily opened the door to him.

That arms dealer used dozens of vehicles to haul bullets for a month, and when he thought he’d gathered enough and approached my predecessor to settle the payment, my predecessor was surprised and said, ’What? Didn’t you pay already!’"

Several people couldn’t help but laugh, and Kofupake also laughed, saying, "People were foolish back then, thinking they made a great deal by getting a video recorder and television for a month’s worth of bullets. Later, when the arms dealer indicated that the video recorder and television were merely gifts and asked for five thousand dollars more, guess what? He didn’t dare ask for it because he thought it was too much!"

Gao Yang curiously asked, "And then what happened?"

Kofupake laughed and said, "Then that guy eventually took the money, and after he learned the rules, he allowed the arms dealer to haul bullets for another month."

Gao Yang asked in amazement, "Oh? There are rules? What kind of rules?"

Kofupake laughed and said, "The rules are: open the doors for a day, collect a day’s payment, regardless of how many vehicles or what you haul, it’s one day equals ten thousand US dollars. That fool thought he made a great deal until he mustered up the courage to ask his colleagues about the going rates and realized he’d been taken for a ride. Then he got angry, thinking the arms dealer had deceived him, and when the arms dealer came with the convoy again, he shot him dead himself."

Gao Yang said helplessly, "There’s actually something like that? This is too exaggerated."

Kofupake shook his head and said, "It’s not exaggerated at all, it’s all facts. Do you know who that fool was? He’s now my superior, has become a General, and he told me this personally. Let me tell you, this situation lasted for over two years, and yet the ammunition depot still has too many bullets left to deal with."

Gao Yang said with anticipation, "I can’t wait to check out your ammunition depot."

Kofupake laughed and said, "Welcome, you really should come and see it. Also, by telling you all this, I want to let you know that transporting things out is completely normal. Everyone is used to it, everyone has seen it too many times. Well, when you come, bring cigarettes and alcohol, distribute some to the soldiers who are helping, and of course, if you can offer each person an extra hundred bucks for toil fees, that would be even better. But the alcohol should only be given after work, otherwise drinking while on the job might cause accidents — just last time, a guy drank and drove a forklift, making the ground full of shells, which are heavy and troublesome to clean up."

Gao Yang exhaled and said, "I understand. I’ll bring some gifts for your men. But one hundred per person? That’s insulting; I can’t just hand out one hundred bucks to each person!"

Kofupake shrugged and said, "If you can offer more for their efforts, that would be great. The young guys would appreciate it, making it easier for you to move things even if I’m not around later. People like generous guys."

Eileen suddenly interjected, "Wait, there’s a problem. Smoking in an ammunition depot? Is that okay?"

Kofupake looked puzzled, seemingly surprised Eileen asked such a silly question, paused, and then said in astonishment, "What’s the problem? You don’t think current ammunition is like it was hundreds of years ago, do you? Besides, my people are very careful when smoking, they’ll stomp out the cigarette butts."

Eileen said helplessly, "I know today’s ammunition doesn’t explode at the sight of fire, but this is an ammunition depot; can soldiers guarding it really smoke? Nevermind, forget I said anything."

Li Jinfang’s face started twitching; he didn’t speak up, but it didn’t mean his thoughts were any different from Eileen’s.

Kofupake waved at Gao Yang and said, "Your generosity will be appreciated by the young guys, they will like working for you. Let me get more people, more people means quicker work. Just prepare two hundred small gift packs, with more people, the vehicles will be loaded quickly."

Gao Yang nodded and said, "Okay."

Kofupake suddenly remembered something, and he said to Gao Yang, "How many vehicles have you arranged? Who’s handling the transportation?"

Shava laughed and said, "Me, I’m helping with the transportation. There are currently eighty-six vehicles, sixty from a single transport company with matching paint, and the rest I gathered individually."

Kofupake shook his head and said, "Still a bit few. Well, let me introduce someone to you; he has over three hundred vehicles, part of the Northern Combat Command Logistics transport team, military vehicles. I know their boss, I’ll introduce you. Don’t use civilian transport, as it’s unsafe. Military transport is much better."

Having said that, Kofupake earnestly said to Shava, "Brother, I know you’re making money from helping transport, but this money, you shouldn’t make it, because this kind of work is meant for the military. If you take this profitable business, it will cause trouble. With such an obvious convoy, if they want to investigate, they’ll definitely find out, and then you won’t be able to escape. If you really are friends and want him to succeed in this deal, you have to forfeit the transportation money, that’s the rule."

Gao Yang was shocked, confused, uncertain, and finally, he weakly said, "Shava, don’t worry, I’ll compensate your money from elsewhere. Kofupake, you mean you have colleagues who make money specializing in transportation, right?"

Kofupake nodded and said, "Certainly, we make money selling things, and those departments with no items to sell but transportation abilities naturally make money through transportation. Well, you definitely have to spend money. I think about two hundred thousand should be enough, probably for two hundred vehicles, anywhere you want to go."

Gao Yang’s voice trembled, "Two hundred thousand a day?"

Kofupake glanced at Gao Yang and said in a deep voice, "It’s not that expensive. Two hundred thousand per trip, no matter how many days, it’s just that much money. You see, the vehicles, fuel, drivers are all from the state, without any costs involved. Two hundred thousand a day, that’s a joke."

Gao Yang dazedly placed his hand on the table, gazing admiringly at Kofupake, said, "Bro, can you tell me any other good stuff at once?"

Kofupake scratched his head with an embarrassed look, then cautiously gazed at Gao Yang and said, "I’ll soon be removed from this position, so I can’t assist you much further. What I can do is introduce a few more people to you. How about I introduce my superior? He’s Ukrainian and definitely won’t lose his position. You can invest long-term. Do you think it’s necessary?"

Gao Yang wanted to cry and said, trembling, "It’s necessary, very necessary."

Kofupake nodded and said, "Alright, let’s finish this deal first, then I’ll introduce my superior to you. You guys can continue discussing other trades."

Gao Yang stammered, "What business can your superior have?"

Kofupake exaggeratedly said, "Wow, the business could be huge. You need to have enough money. Tanks, planes, artillery, missiles—I’m talking about medium-range ground-to-ground missiles. Whatever Ukraine has, you can buy. The only issue is whether you have enough money." (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian ([qidian.com](http://qidian.com)) to cast recommendation votes and monthly votes. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at [m.qidian.com](http://m.qidian.com)).