Spy-x-War Showdown
Chapter 919 - 924 Successor

Chapter 919: Chapter 924 Successor

"Deyo is dead, the war is over, and since the war is over, we have whatever you want to sell."

Uli Yangke’s voice sounded very sincere, very friendly, and very magnetic.

After clarifying his attitude, Uli Yangke said gently, "So, what kind of goods do you want, and how much? Do you need delivery to a specific location?"

"I need a lot of goods, preferably delivered to Iraq. I have calculated, based on the current market, that the total value should be around eighty million US dollars. I can send you a detailed list. Also, I urgently need a lot of goods now and might place new orders at any time; plus, I can pay the full amount upfront."

Without hesitation, Uli Yangke said, "Whatever goods you need, I will give you a wholesale price of 70% of the market price."

Jethro was stunned for a moment, then he said gravely, "Thank you, pal, thank you."

"No need to be polite, my friend. Now is the time for both of us to show sincerity, so besides supplying you at 80% of the market price, I will only take half the deposit, full payment upon delivery."

Jethro was silent for a moment before saying softly, "Your generosity is sincerely appreciated."

Laughing heartily, Uli Yangke said loudly, "We didn’t know each other before, but you will know what kind of person I am. I believe we will become the best of partners and the fiercest of competitors."

Jethro said gravely, "I truly believe what you said."

"Polovich mentioned the deal, is there another important matter you want me to convey to Big Ivan?"

"Yes, uh, Ivan’s assassination in South America was Nicholas’s doing; he bribed a drug lord to target Ivan. His reason for eliminating Ivan was to provoke the war between Deyo and Big Ivan. Deyo is already dead, so I can tell you this: Initially, Deyo actually did not want to fight Big Ivan to the death, but pressure from the United States was partly why. Nicholas’s unilateral decision to kill Ivan was also a main reason Deyo had no choice but to go to war with Big Ivan."

Uli Yangke fell silent; after a while, he said gravely, "Are you serious?"

"Of course, I’m serious, and I have evidence. Uh, I can’t produce it right now, but I believe that as soon as Big Ivan knows about this, he will definitely investigate thoroughly. So, there’s no need for me to provide evidence, is there?"

Uli Yangke sighed softly, then said gravely, "I understand. I will contact you again, wait for my call."

The call was suddenly disconnected.

Even though Yang Yi knew that appearances can be deceiving, and this was merely a voice he heard, he still felt that Uli Yangke should be a very reasonable person to deal with.

"Uli Yangke, he sounds pretty pleasant, doesn’t he? Did he offer favorable terms?"

After hanging up the phone, Jethro turned to Yang Yi. After hesitating for a moment, he said softly, "Uli Yangke’s nickname is ’Vampire’. You can imagine his business style—he will squeeze every last penny out of you."

"Vampire? That nickname doesn’t sound very friendly."

Jethro smiled and said, "But Uli Yangke is indeed the best businessman. He just knows how to do business. He knows how to cultivate a big client and how to maintain a long-term client. As long as you have money and can make him money, he is indeed a very good partner because he is willing to share the benefits and let you make money with him."

Yang Yi nodded and said, "Judging by the generous terms he offered, that’s definitely the case. Is 70% of the market price a very good deal?"

"Very good indeed, the usual rule is 80%, uh, just being an intermediary can earn a 30% profit. Although it’s not as much as supplying yourself, this profit is already quite substantial."

"So how much can Big Ivan or Uli Yangke make?"

"Seventy percent."

"No, they give us thirty percent, but they must have some costs."

Jethro laughed then said with a helpless expression, "The problem is that Big Ivan’s goods hardly have any costs, negligible costs, now do you understand why no one can compete against Big Ivan? He can kill you in a price war, and if you try to snatch his sources, he can still kill you."

Yang Yi smiled and then said with ease, "Luckily, we’re not planning to grab territory from Big Ivan anymore. Ukraine belongs to Big Ivan, so we will stay out of Ukraine. Right now, we’re making good progress, found the sources, notified Big Ivan, everything is going very smoothly, very good."

Jethro said solemnly, "We only have a good start now, but to completely replace Deyo’s position, there’s a long way to go, but we still need to find our own sources soon, and Deyo’s main source was the United States, so it’s very important and urgent to get support from the United States."

Yang Yi nodded, "I’ll handle this matter as soon as possible. Let me ask you one more thing, Big Ivan’s costs are negligible, what about ours?"

"When costs are low, only twenty to thirty percent, but when costs are high, it can go up to eighty or even ninety percent, still not as profitable as sourcing from Big Ivan, because Big Ivan’s goods are low-end while ours are high-end. Big Ivan can dump at extremely low prices, but we can’t, yet our advantage is that we can sell quality US goods, do you understand what I mean?

If Big Ivan needs NATO weapons, then he needs to buy from us, like the Stinger anti-air missiles, like France’s Mistral, and for bulk trades, like 155mm caliber ammunition. Although these arms deals are small in volume, Big Ivan does not have stable sources, and with the support from the United States, it’s like having NATO’s support, giving us a stable source. The downside is that sometimes we have to act as middlemen, so it can be a very high-cost, barely profitable business."

Yang Yi smiled, "I understand."

At that moment, Jethro’s phone rang again; he answered the call, and the person on the other side of the phone said sternly, "This is Ivan, you said that Nicholas in Colombia is out to kill me?"

Jethro was stunned for a moment, then he quickly said, "Yes!"

"Are you sure?"

"I can’t produce any evidence now, but I assure you!"

"I don’t need evidence, but how can you assure me?"

Jethro thought for a second and said, "I want to replace Deyo, I want to do business with Big Ivan, is that reason enough?"

Ivan was silent for a while, then he slowly, coldly said, "If you want to replace Deyo, then you have to kill Nicholas, but I believe you didn’t lie to make me kill Nicholas, because you know what that means, also, I won’t thank you for telling me this, but I have something else to tell you, from now on I will be handling shipments for Big Ivan, remember this number, you can contact me directly from now on."

Jethro’s face showed ecstasy, he clenched his fist and waved it at Yang Yi, but his tone was still very calm, "I got it, thanks."

After hanging up the phone, an excited Jethro said to Yang Yi, "You know? Even without support from the United States, we can still make money from arms trading because Ivan will be shipping for Big Ivan, that means we’ll have a stable source from now on. I didn’t expect Ivan to react so strongly, his stance is good news, very good news."

Yang Yi was somewhat surprised, "Does Ivan really not need to confirm?"

Jethro shook his head, "No need, because he knows I wouldn’t dare deceive him. After Big Ivan wins, Ivan will handle shipments for Big Ivan, do you know what that means? It means Ivan is becoming Big Ivan’s successor, buddy! Big Ivan is handing over his empire to Ivan! If I lie, I’ll only end up like Deyo—no second chance."

"Big Ivan’s successor, wow, that’s really something."

Yang Yi sighed lightly and smiled easily, "No need to worry about Ivan letting Nicholas get away then, so we don’t have to do anything, just wait for the opportunity to pick up bargains, right? That’s great, I love this