Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Abu Sayyaf Organization

Xiao Yang definitely doesn't have much affection for the Philippines, not because of resentment, nor because the country has a territorial dispute with China, but because this country will always organize some anti-China actions.

He never felt that he was a citizen of any country, but he absolutely admitted that he was Chinese, no matter how many people he killed, no matter how much he disregarded life, this was his bottom line.

So for this country, there is always a trace of resistance in my heart.

Three days later, the plane landed at Manila Airport, and the reception staff of the Ministry of National Defense once imposed martial law on some areas of the airport.

The security in this country is not as good as most foreigners think, the north is fine, especially in the south, there are three or four terrorists, anti-government, government armed groups and the like, Xiao Yang knows, one of which has the ability to fight the government, these guys have also taken hostages in Manila.

The Ministry of Defense is like this, presumably for the safety of their group.

But in his heart, there is more helplessness, originally they were a group of "unknown" people, and they were so fooled by them, but they became known to everyone, I really don't know whether to say that they have good intentions to do bad things, or ......

It's not happy, but on the surface it still has to be enthusiastic, the hotel rests, then the reception banquet, and the next day does not officially meet with the senior officials of the Ministry of Defense.

There is really not much to talk about as a middleman in this kind of business, the two parties have already hooked up, and all he needs to do is basically pass on a word, but fortunately, Hammis still gives face and grants Xiao Yang a lot of authority, and those things that are not too important are up to him.

In order to cooperate with Hu Zhiyun's side, he will not let things go too smoothly, everything is for the interests of the US military, and he will not give in at all on many issues, in this case, the first meeting ended early.

Back at the hotel, Xiao Yang also made a special phone call with Hamis, explaining his attitude in the negotiation.

When Hamis heard what he said, he only thought that he was really for the US military to get more benefits from the Philippines, so he smiled and expressed his support and asked him to let it go.

Xiao Yang naturally smiled at his reaction, and the next day he simply refused to negotiate again with the Philippine side, and took Xiao Ivan and Zhao Nan to play directly.

They wanted to dry those guys, and they wanted the Yankees to see their resolute attitude, so they played for three days, until the Filipinos couldn't hold their breath and called him many times in a row before agreeing to the second negotiation.

The Hamilton-class patrol ships were a product of the 70s of the last century in the United States, and the cost at that time was about 15 million US dollars, but in the 90s, the Americans modernized and modified these patrol ships, and the cost at that time was as high as 50 million US dollars, although now it is more than 20 years later, and it will not be too cheap to sell to the Philippines.

According to the documents given to him by Hamis, the first one was priced at $40 million and was equipped with a helicopter platform, but this time it was a one-time purchase of two, and one of them would not be equipped with a helicopter platform, so the price must be different.

The reserve price given by Hamis to Xiao Yang was 65 million, but there was an agreement before, and Xiao Yang had a certain pricing right, so he offered 75 million.

From Xiao Yang's actions in the past two days, they knew his resoluteness, and in the second negotiation, they offered 65 million, that is, the reserve price given by Hamis.

Ben came to this price, and this business could be basically successful, but Xiao Yang had his plans, how could he nod? A minimum price of 70 million was proposed, and the second negotiation was stopped again.

"What do you think happened to me today?" Back at the hotel, little Ivan said to him with a look of surprise.

This time he didn't bring anyone else, he was going to negotiate, Xiao Yang asked Xiao Ivan to accompany Zhao Nan to walk around Manila, looking at his expression, Xiao Yang really couldn't imagine what good things had happened.

Seeing him shake his head, little Ivan took out a mobile phone from his pocket and handed it to him.

Xiao Yang saw that this was not Little Ivan's, because this is Nokia's most civilian model, it is very popular in Africa and the Middle East, and many soldiers will buy it, because this thing not only has a long enough battery, but also because of the simplicity and quantity of the machine, it is not easy to be monitored, but Little Ivan will not use this low-end thing at all.

After playing with it in his hand, he found that there was nothing special except that the mobile phone could be turned on normally and there was a signal, so he looked up and asked little Ivan, "You picked it up?" Is this a good thing? ”

Little Ivan smiled and took the phone from his hand, and said mysteriously: "How is it possible? Do you know how this thing came about? I'll tell you......"

After listening to him, Xiao Yang had a surprised expression on his face.

It turned out that when Xiao Ivan was shopping with Zhao Nan today, a description on the road suddenly stuffed a mobile phone into his hand, and suddenly encountered this kind of thing, of course Little Ivan was strange, and he was going to catch the man, but when he thought of it, he was only afraid that there was a problem, so he simply regarded it as no such thing, quietly put the mobile phone back in his pocket, and then raised his vigilance and never left Zhao Nan's side.

Ten minutes later, the phone rang, and when it was connected, someone inside claimed to be from the Abu Sayyaf organization, and told little Ivan directly that they had a business and asked if little Ivan would like to take it.

"Are you sure it's Abu Sayyaf?" This group is exactly an anti-government armed force that Xiao Yang knows, and they have deep ties with Libya and close ties with al-Qaeda, and if they are really them, then it is not too strange to know Xiao Yang's identity.

"It's confirmed." Little Ivan nodded, "I recorded the phone when I answered the phone, and then I sent the recording to Big Dog, who confirmed that it was a leader belonging to the Abu Sayyaf organization. ”

The leaders of this organization are all on the international wanted list, especially in the US government, and they are closely watched, and Mi Qilin can confirm it, which means that the identity must be no problem.

"What business do they say?" This organization was established by a group of Islamists, not much different from those extremist organizations in the Middle East, against the government, kidnapping, extortion, terrorist activities, everything, but Xiao Yang will not stop doing business with them because of this, this time to buy a warship, you can only get a little commission, if you can do business along with it, it would be the best.

"I wasn't sure what you meant, so I said I would think about it and call them back when the time came, so I didn't ask about the specific situation."

Xiao Yang didn't rush to let little Ivan contact the other party, because he still didn't understand why these people would find them, they had been around for more than twenty years, and they already had a fixed channel for purchasing weapons, how could they suddenly think of them? This is not the Middle East, and without Big Ivan's "troublemaking", it should not be affected.

"How do you think these people will find us? I remember they were all American-made firearms. ”

Little Ivan thought for a moment and shook his head, "There's a problem with their channel?" ”

"Probably not."

It's been a problem for decades, but they have a problem as soon as they come? Unlikely.

"Then I can't think of it." Little Ivan shrugged his shoulders, "But what are we thinking about here, why don't we just call over?" ”

Xiao Yang was stunned for a moment, and found that he really complicated things, how could they come to the door, as long as they didn't play any conspiracy, no matter what reason they had.

"Okay, you can contact us."

"Hmm."

Zhao Nan was in the next room, there was no need to avoid anyone, little Ivan immediately picked up the phone and called, about five minutes later, he hung up the phone and told Xiao Yang, "They asked us if we could provide them with a batch of grenades and guns, but there was a talk about warships, and it is estimated that there will be a follow-up." ”

If the Philippine government adds two more warships, it may not have much impact on China, but it is a mortal threat to these anti-government and government forces that are biased towards the islands, and it seems that the Philippine government has the eyes of the other side and leaked the news of the warships, otherwise, the other side will not contact them for some guns and grenades.

It is estimated that the main thing is to know the news of the warship from their mouths.

"Then don't answer them yet, let's see how it goes."

After another two days of rest, a new round of negotiations began again, and this time the Philippine government did not drag on any longer and agreed to Xiao Yang's offer.

Xiao Yang was interested in talking to them about the quotation, and he didn't have the heart to talk to them more about other after-sales issues, anyway, he just recorded what they proposed, and then went back to the hotel to tell Hamis.

You went back and forth, and after a week, the matter was finally settled.

The contract is signed here, and the rest is to deliver the warships, both ships are in the United States, and they will be sent over, at least a month, Xiao Yang will not stay here for so long, contact Abu Sayyaf's side to determine the number of guns and grenades, he contacted Hamis to get a batch of inventory from the navy's warehouse, and the warship will be sent over when the time comes.

Don't look at the Americans' listing of Abu Sayyaf as a terrorist organization, but in fact they don't care much at all, and as long as he pays for Xiao Yang's actions, Hammis doesn't care at all.

"It's all right to make a small request, and they won't hit our country anyway."

Hammis was a little shameless in saying this, but Xiao Yang liked it very much.

This business will make hundreds of thousands of dollars, it doesn't matter if you do it or not, Hamys has no opinion, he should make an order by the way, and it won't take much effort if he doesn't agree.

"If these people really build a country, it has nothing to do with you?" He laughed and joked with Hamis.

Hamid laughed, "What does this have to do with me and the Navy, that's a headache for senior government officials, and we just have to fight." ”