SEC Chapter 16 AN94 High-Precision Rifle
Chapter 16 AN94 High-Precision Rifle
"What weapons does President Su want?"
Jemur's cheek was bruised and swollen from the beating, and his humble demeanor had completely vanished, replaced by a smug one.
Players see everyone in this world the same way; they're best at curing people with bad habits.
「两把AWM狙击枪、三把mg3班用机枪、一挺博朗宁M2重机枪、12.7×99子弹1万发、7.62×51子弹二十万发……最后我还要三十把高精突击步枪。」
As soon as Su Xuan opened his mouth, the names of various familiar firearms came out: sniper rifles, heavy firearms of all sizes. This time, Su Xuan wanted to prepare them all to avoid a repeat of the situation where, facing pirates, he couldn't defend the oil tanker without heavy firepower and sniper rifles.
The more weapons he has and the more bullets he has, the more confident he becomes.
"With so many weapons and equipment, you're not going to make me pay more, are you?"
After Su Xuan finished reading out the required weapons and equipment, he suddenly leaned forward towards Jemur.
"No, no, no," Jemur said, startled.
Su Xuan said again, "I want them all to be military-grade, and they have to be brand new."
Su Xuan was afraid that Jemur would try to fool him with old, outdated products, so he made another request.
Raytheon Technologies' main weapons are light and heavy firepower, protective equipment, and the development of future weapons.
Of course, you can also buy missiles and tanks from Raytheon Technologies, since the US arms and financial conglomerates are integrated.
As the Director of Foreign Affairs, Jemr could easily have obtained these weapons and equipment at the military's internal price.
The military's internal price differs from the external price by several times.
For example, the US military purchases 12.7-caliber 99mm special rounds in bulk for one US dollar per round, and sells them to other regions for three US dollars or more. Armor-piercing incendiary rounds, in particular, cost as much as eight US dollars per round.
The Browning M2 heavy machine gun, if it fires armor-piercing incendiary rounds, the bullets fired in a single battle would cost more than the entire gun itself.
Jemur nodded and said, "No problem, guaranteed first-hand goods."
A military-grade, bare AWM rifle can be sold for $10,000 by Jemur.
"However, these military weapons and equipment will require several days of paperwork before being shipped over."
Jemur looked at Su Xuan and said, "Thor Technologies has weapons depots overseas. If it's nearby, we can deliver them by car."
However, Djibouti is a transit point for one-third of global shipping, making shipping cheaper.
Su Xuan said calmly, "Alright, then thank you, Director Jemur."
After Su Xuan finished speaking, Jemur was too embarrassed to speak. He glanced at the players, then looked away, his eyes darting back and forth between them.
Jemur is now thinking about leaving and doesn't want to stay here anymore, but he's too embarrassed to say it outright.
Su Xuan glanced at him and understood Jemur's embarrassment, then said, "Send Director Jemur away."
"No need, thank you, Mr. Su. It won't take up any of your time."
Jemuel, fearing the player might do something to him again on the way, got up, politely declined, and quickened his pace to leave the room.
After everyone had gone, Su Xuan looked at the player Eggplant and said, "Go keep an eye on things, find out some basic information, and see if he'll be petty and retaliate against us."
If this happened to someone else, most people would dare to be angry but dare not speak out, and would never easily offend him.
Today, the player couldn't help but beat someone up. Su Xuan was worried that a big director like Jemur might harbor thoughts of revenge and secretly plot against him. It was better to take precautions in advance.
"No problem, boss. If they want to mess with us, we'll strike first and take them down," player Eggplant assured.
Players don't care about anything else; they act immediately when danger arises, nipping it in the bud.
Outside the guesthouse, a black SUV was parked, and two white bodyguards dressed in black stood guard.
"Director!"
Two white bodyguards, seeing that Jemuel had injuries on his face and needed to support his waist to walk, approached him incredulously.
"Could it be them...?" The two white bodyguards were surprised that someone would dare to touch the director of Raytheon Technologies.
If Raytheon's overseas interests or its executives, such as directors, are harmed, they can request troop support from the US military bases abroad.
The United States has military bases all over the world and can conduct military operations at the fastest speed anywhere in the world.
"It's alright, let's go back."
Jemur was in the wrong to begin with. Some things are only slightly significant when weighed, but become incredibly heavy when weighed.
If Su Xuan were to make a phone call and report this to Smith, the company headquarters would immediately send people to investigate, and all of Jemuel's overseas activities over the years would be exposed.
Jemur stopped explaining to his bodyguard and got into the car through the back door.
Upon seeing this, the two bodyguards drove away, while a player stood at the door and memorized the SUV's license plate number.
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evening.
The player is reporting the situation in Su Xuan's room.
"Boss, that Jemur has connections with warlords, anti-government rebels, gangs...
"Besides selling weapons to the aforementioned forces, he also participated in money laundering. The US dollars and gold he brought today were all illicit; he swapped out all the US dollars and gold given to him by the shipowner."
Players spend a day investigating Jemur's basic information.
Generally, money laundering requires at least 30% of the money as a commission, with a 30% fee for every million dollars laundered. After laundering money for others, Jemur also received two kilograms of gold and hundreds of thousands of US dollars from Su Xuan.
Jemur really has it both ways.
The gold and US dollars given by the shipowner were all legitimate and could be used with confidence. After receiving the shipowner's commission, Jemur exchanged the white ones for black ones and gave the black ones to Su Xuan. In this way, Jemur could obtain a large sum of legal US dollars and gold.
"How did they manage to gather so much intelligence in just one day?"
Su Xuan asked curiously. He was unfamiliar with the place and hadn't even gained a foothold in this world, while the players were able to figure out the basic situation of a local bigwig.
Judging from this, the player's abilities completely exceeded Su Xuan's expectations; they were also incredibly skilled at gathering intelligence.
"We arrested one of his bodyguards, guessing he was a trusted confidant, and brought him in for questioning."
The player calmly replied, "They always do whatever is most efficient when it comes to finding out someone's background and gathering intelligence."
Upon hearing this, Su Xuan was speechless.
The player's actions have offended someone terribly. Su Xuan is worried that he might be secretly plotted against by a local tyrant, fearing that he might suddenly be attacked one day.
With the players doing this, everything became public, and they became enemies.
"How was the bodyguard?" Su Xuan guessed that he must have been tortured. He was covered in injuries and probably wouldn't be a human being after a day of torture.
Su Xuan never expected that having players investigate someone's background would be done this way.
Su Xuan even started to feel sorry for the innocent bodyguard.
"Nothing's wrong. We poured water on his face with a towel and washed his face all day, and then he started talking."
"There wasn't a single scratch on him. When we let him go back, he seemed perfectly normal. We gave him some compensation and left him with some leverage, so he won't say anything when he gets back."
The player said confidently, clearly having a lot of confidence in handling the matter, and even had taken care of the aftermath.
"Don't do that next time you're checking someone's background."
Su Xuan told the player that doing this would easily offend people to death, and while the player would do the deed, Su Xuan would bear the blame.
"You can play it safe and spend some money to hire detectives and buy information. Be more subtle in your approach."
Su Xuan looked at the player again and said earnestly.
Su Xuan and the players are from the same world, but in this world that he doesn't fully understand, Su Xuan is all alone and has no relatives or friends.
Players can log off and leave this world at any time, but Su Xuan cannot.
The player nodded and said, "Okay, boss. I'll be more careful next time and won't leave any trouble later."
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A day later, Jemur visited again.
Su Xuan was worried that the bodyguards who had been captured and tortured by the players would be released, and he said something.
Nothing seemed amiss, and Jemur even brought a Bear Kingdom person with him.
"Let me introduce you, Mr. Su. This is Tovsky, the commissioner from the Xiong Kingdom. The Xiong Kingdom plans to lease a piece of land in Djibouti to build a military port for the supply of its shipping ships."
Jemur introduced the burly man standing to the side.
Su Xuan was puzzled. The United States and the United Kingdom were notoriously at odds, and the US even dragged other countries into economic targeting.
Moreover, the Xiong Guo commissioner was an official, yet he was having an affair with the director of Raytheon Technology Company.
"It's a pleasure to meet Mr. Toffsky today."
Su Xuan took the initiative to shake hands with the person and said, "No matter what, the person is here. Let's see what they're up to first."
He didn't care what kind of collusion the two of them had; if they were caught doing something wrong, it would be the two of them who would be executed.
"General Su doesn't want a batch of high-precision rifles. Xiong Guo developed a high-precision rifle a few years ago, which has already been deployed to tactical squads with extremely high requirements for firearms."
Jemur got straight to the point, saying that he had brought people here today to meet Su Xuan's requirement for a batch of high-precision rifles.
We've found the way, and brought the man along; now it's just a matter of how to negotiate.
The Xiong Kingdom's comrade, Tovsky, took out the rectangular black box he had brought and placed it on the table.
The box was opened, revealing a brand-new folding stock rifle, with two other compartments containing magazines already loaded with bullets.
Su Xuan was very familiar with this high-precision gun. He used to love using it when playing games, and it was considered a legendary weapon among gamers.
"Holy crap~"
"AN94 assault rifle."
One player couldn't hide his love for the gun and exclaimed.
"It seems you know someone here, that makes things easier."
The Xiong Kingdom's commissioner, Tovsky, seeing that someone recognized the value of the goods, smiled and said, "This will save me from having to explain it to you at length."
Let's get straight to the point and talk about the price.
Su Xuan said, "This gun is banned even for civilian use in your country, let alone being sold to foreign countries."
The AN94 is a high-precision rifle recently developed by the Xiong Kingdom, specifically designed for use by special forces units that require extremely high firearm accuracy.
Xiong Guo originally wanted to popularize it throughout the army, but the high-precision rifle contained many precision parts, which greatly increased the cost. Although the accuracy was improved, it was far less simple, robust and durable than the previous AK series.
Repair and parts replacement costs go up immediately.
The AN94 rifle is equipped with a complex recoil offset pulse system that allows it to fire a second bullet before the recoil has fully reached the shoulder when the first bullet is fired.
In high-rate-of-fire mode, the rate of fire for two bullets can reach 1800 rounds per minute. Often, the second bullet leaves the muzzle as soon as the first bullet leaves the barrel.
Therefore, the two bullets fired from this gun have very similar impact points. Before the gun even has a chance to shake, two bullets are fired. If it were given to a player, the two bullets could hit the same point, and even ordinary bulletproof vests would not be able to stop two shots hitting the same point.
However, in high-rate-of-fire mode, only two bursts can reach this rate of fire. After that, the firearm mechanism will automatically switch back to the normal rate of fire of 600 rounds per minute. Although this ensures reliable burst fire, the overall stability and reliability will decrease.
Another major drawback of this gun is that its internal parts are complex and cannot be disassembled.
Maintenance difficulty, training costs, and production prices increase accordingly.
This is why the Xiong Kingdom did not fully upgrade its equipment; production was only a few thousand, and the only units usable were the Xiong Kingdom's paratroopers, marines, and special forces.
Although this gun has more drawbacks than advantages, its high precision makes it forbidden for civilians in Xiong Kingdom to circulate. Anyone who dares to sell this gun outside the country is no different from a traitor who eats peanuts.
The audacious Xiong Kingdom commissioner, Tovsky, dared to sell it, but Su Xuan was somewhat hesitant to accept it. If he used it, the Xiong Kingdom would definitely send someone to investigate once they found out.
Su Xuan had no intention of buying a gun and coming under the scrutiny of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, which would then lead to an investigation.
"Our country plans to build a military port here. There are many pirates here, and firefights often occur, so there will naturally be losses."
Commissioner Tovsky spoke calmly and without any concern, showing no fear of being accused of treason.
The all-purpose excuse for weapon attrition can be used at any time.
Upon hearing this, Su Xuan didn't care what reason the other party had for selling guns; anyway, he wouldn't be the one executed for target practice.
Su Xuan asked, "How much is it?"
"Ten thousand US dollars for a bare gun."
"A complete modification costs $20,000, plus a military maintenance manual. We will also send someone to teach you how to maintain and replace parts."
Upon hearing the price quote, Su Xuan felt extremely uneasy, realizing that the price of a single rifle exceeded that of a civilian AWM sniper rifle.
This gun has a drawback: it requires after-sales service, and you can't repair it yourself if something goes wrong.
Thirty guns, that's $600,000, which has already emptied half of Su Xuan's US dollar reserves.
"Could you give us a discount? You said you'd send someone to teach us how to maintain and replace parts, so we'll definitely have to buy parts from you eventually."
Su Xuan started bargaining, saying that buying this gun was like buying a car at a 4S store, since the maintenance and parts wear and tear on a car depended on the 4S store.
On the surface, it's just buying a gun, but in reality, it's a long-term profit chain, and subsequent maintenance and parts replacement will all cost money.
Moreover, Su Xuan could only contact the gun-selling commissioner, Tovsky.
"I took a huge risk selling this gun. If it weren't for the fact that I've been owed wages for years and my wife and kids are starving at home, I wouldn't have sold it."
Commissioner Tovsky remained unyielding, shaking his head in refusal even before Su Xuan specified how much he wanted to negotiate.
Having just experienced a split, Xiong Guo is now facing a comprehensive economic blockade and suppression from the Western Alliance and the United States. Most of its people are starving, and military pay arrears have become the norm.
The various units of the Xiong Kingdom were reselling conventional weapons and equipment to raise their own military funds, but Tovsky dared to sell the AN94 rifle, which was explicitly prohibited. It seems that his wife and children at home were really going to starve.
"Each gun will be two thousand dollars cheaper, and I'll also buy 100,000 rounds of ammunition. I'll continue trading with you if I need other weapons later."
Su Xuan shook his head and said that he couldn't accept 20,000 US dollars per weapon.
Even if he disagrees, he doesn't necessarily have to buy this gun.
"Weapons are consumables. You will have more opportunities to cooperate with President Su later."
Seeing this, Jemur spoke up in defense of Su Xuan.
After a moment of silence, Commissioner Tovsky said, "I need a deposit of 300,000, and this gun cannot be used on our people."
Seeing that the person had relented, Su Xuan nodded and gestured for the player standing to the side to go and get the money.
A short while later, the player brought over the counted $300,000 and placed it on the table.
Upon seeing this, Commissioner Tovsky emptied the black box containing the rifles and put the money into the compartment where the rifles were kept.
"Consider this gun a gift to General Manager Su. One of our units will be coming here in five days, and we will bring the gun with us then."
Tovsky took the money and left without hesitation.
"Mr. Su, I'll be going now." Jemur said goodbye and followed closely behind.
Inside the SUV outside the guesthouse.
"Thank you, my friend. I was originally planning to sell the guns for two thousand US dollars each, but you've helped me so much. After the transaction is completed, I'll give you 20% of the profit."
Commissioner Tovsky, sitting in the back row, looked at Jemour with gratitude.
Tovsky never expected that Jemul would find him such a generous boss, able to sell a gun for 10 times the price.
"My friend, that's only right. This gun is prohibited from being sold. You've taken such a big risk, so the price should be higher."
Jemuel laughed, saying that he had been acting as a middleman to introduce business for so many years that it was already a routine for him.
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