King Of War: Starting with Arms Dealer
Chapter 949 - 853: Building the Foundation

Joe, the boss, laid out his conditions, and he received quite positive feedback.

His plan, of course, cannot solve the internal issues of Syria, and he might face competition from the massive Russian Energy Group afterward, but none of that matters.

Restoring peace to the northeastern corridor of Syria and then gradually cultivating a consumer market is what's most important.

Even if someone later wants to instruct the Syrian Government and the Kurds to overthrow the agreement, they have to consider whether they can offer a 'new irresistible deal' once they take over.

This is a kind of alternative 'economic barrier,' limiting others from imitating and following suit by using lower profit margins.

China follows this approach in many countries' investments, offsetting current inputs and even losses with longer-term and more derived benefits.

Joe Ga is slightly less skilled, but the things he's doing, even if the situation turns terrible, some folks from the trade department will cover for him.

Losses are out of the question. With Joe's current investment in the humanitarian corridor, even if Syria's situation collapses, someone will step forward to subsidize the 'Jialiang Trading Company' and fill the gap.

Even if this money can't leave the country, it's not a problem, and his brother Qiao Liang won't have an issue spending it.

Joe Ga now doesn't even know how much money he has, because his assets simply cannot be accurately calculated and appraised.

If you remove 'Jialiang Trading,' then P·B's cash flow is slightly weaker, but that's still a huge number in the billions.

His current problem lies in how to maintain his current power and status, because once P·B appears slightly weak, problems will emerge everywhere.

This is the disadvantage of stretching the front of interests too long; it's fine when P·B is strong, but a lengthy chain of interests becomes easy to attack when it weakens.

So, Joe, the boss, plans to wrap up the deal in Syria and then start to consolidate internal resources to pivot and lean towards Africa.

Maintaining the absolute dominance of the core base is the key to keeping P·B standing.

The business in Iraq and Syria, no matter how grandiose, is ultimately going to shrink down to a material supply route.

In Joe's eyes, this is only a means to make money, not the foundation for how to behave and establish one's life.

The money earned here, the connections made, as long as possible, will ultimately reinforce Africa.

Heritage, heritage, to have a sufficient foundation plus business, is what qualifies as a heritage.

Many people categorize 'heritage' as houses plus cash, which is somewhat correct!

Because a country has laid part of the 'foundation'...

Humanitarian foundation, social infrastructure, security foundation, legal foundation, development bases, etc., these 'foundations' related to life have already been built.

What we need is to establish our own lives and careers on this foundation.

You just need to work hard to earn money for the family, have a house that provides your family with a home, emergency savings in the bank, a wife and kids for a warm bed, and that's considered a complete life.

We ordinary people who live our days well and build a complete family, possessing a certain degree of risk resistance, can be said to have a heritage.

It's a pity that there's a natural unfairness in terms of 'foundation'...

In places like Africa and the Middle East, for Joe, the cost of building a 'heritage' is very high, and the cost of maintaining this heritage is heartbreakingly expensive.

The reason why Joe Ga is willing to cede the interests of Syria's oil fields is that he needs to consider the cost of the humanitarian corridor.

If you demand too much, the northeastern part of Syria won't stabilize.

Then, not only will the oil field and refinery's production and security costs be massive, but if the other side lacks sufficient funds, the humanitarian corridor's function for goods sales will be diminished.

For goods worth 3000 US dollars including 500 for logistics and 1000 for security, if the sales volume doesn't pick up, then that business can't be done.

Conceding profits to Syria is essentially letting them establish a base!

First comes security, and then through reconstruction, a consumer population is created.

Only then can Joe's oil-for-goods external trade scheme achieve a tremendous cycle.

One hundred million dollars' worth of oil exchanged for one hundred million dollars worth of goods, before being injected into the market at a price of 150 million dollars.

Joe Ga's math isn't great, and he might not have gotten the profit margin correctly, but the derived income from this cycle is absolutely astounding.

Extracting oil benefits tens or even hundreds of thousands of related people around...

China receives a stable oil supply, reducing a lot of monetary and political loss.

That one hundred million sprinkled into the basic materials market can spawn many businesses, jobs, and tax revenues.

Then, ship out the materials, and Joe, the boss, is responsible for selling them at a higher price.

Not only recovering the conceded benefits, but also reducing his own costs, and pulling up a group with shared interests.

And all the money earned will be invested in building Africa's 'heritage.'

Sangha Town, established by Joe Ga himself, with its infrastructure, hospitals, schools, and even the teams managing security, most of it has been paid for by him.

Creating a heritage isn't just about handing out guns for everyone to make a fortune; 'heritage' requires a complete social security system.

If you maintain a heritage with guns, others can destroy you with bigger guns.

Only by establishing a complete, dependable system can there be a stable heritage.

Not to mention, Sangha Town's hospital is free of charge...

Sure, it can't treat serious illnesses, but minor ailments for hundreds of thousands of people represent a huge expense.

This is still thanks to Jemma Alexander utilizing the channels of the United Nations Red Cross, raising a significant amount of funds to support the current situation.

Schools are not to mention; once they start charging, they won't get any students.

Currently, the schools in Sangha Town are funded by the Qatari Royal Family and the Monaco Royal Family.

It's no exaggeration to say that the donations Princess Amina brought from her parental family not only supported the basic education in Sangha Town but also propped up the basic education in Central African Capital Bangui.

With the investment from The Great Warlord Princess, Sangha Town could have its first high school.

Everyone implicitly recognizes Sangha Town as Qiao's territory, and those who rely on the steel industry chain for a living tacitly maintain silence towards the 'development surtax' levied on iron mines.

They are willing to pay Qiao through this form but adamantly refuse to pay taxes to the Central African Government, which hasn't invested a penny in Sangha Town.

The Black guys are just so simple; they recognize Qiao's boss status and are willing to pay a certain price.

But they are oblivious to the fact that their behavior is putting the entire burden of public investment in Sangha Town squarely on Qiao's shoulders.

These people fully demonstrate the logic that "greater ability means greater power" through their display of submissiveness to Qiao.

They totally disregard how much money is needed every day to maintain Sangha Town, which is nearing a population of 600,000.

Lenore from Sangha Town's government has racked her brains to achieve fiscal balance as soon as possible, but Sangha Town's strides are too large.

A bunch of designers and old folks treat Sangha Town as their utopia, who cares about those when drawing their blueprints?

I'm already not taking your money, aren't you obliged to realize it as much as possible?

Some people look down upon Qiao's apartment buildings, itching to demolish them.

In the end, it was Old Zhu, a tycoon in infrastructure construction, who personally stepped in to solve the problem…

This guy, upon hearing from his little wife that someone wanted to tear down the apartment buildings to rebuild and create a community.

The construction tycoon from Africa bought a plane ticket and rushed back home the same day, not even having time to see his wife and children, and took a bunch of old men to a KTV party under the guise of celebration.

He then posted photos on his social circle to provoke internal conflict in the homes of those old men, which ultimately defused the apartment building crisis.

Joking aside, that's the most profitable project in Sangha Town right now, how could it be stopped?

But this still isn't enough…

The infrastructure of Sangha Town is progressing too fast, but the steel industry has only been developing for two years, and it will take some time before the derivative benefits can be rolled out.

The service industry can't keep up, internal circulation doesn't drive it, and Lenore still has a long way to go in collecting circulation taxes.

The most outrageous is that Lenore discovered she even needs to pay attention to the prices of basic commodities…

Especially the prices of grain, vegetables, and a series of other essentials for people's livelihood.

Because once the prices of these necessities rise, it will lead to regional inflation in Sangha Town, resulting in wage shrinkage and decreased spending power for everyone.

Without a nation to rely on, it is this difficult to create a lasting enterprise!

Sangha Town can be regarded as Qiao's first step in the P·B venture; from a business perspective, the profits Sangha Town brings to Qiao will go through a parabolic curve.

Initially, massive losses are incurred due to heavy asset investments, but as Sangha Town's economic pull develops, profits will quickly pick up…

But as time goes by, the profit curve will reach its peak, the pace of economic growth will slow down, public expenditures will increase, and along with monetary inflation, the profit margins of Sangha Town will rapidly decline, and it may even become a burden.

Why many tycoons refuse to become politicians is because if a person has no need to make money and lacks a spirit of dedication and patience, then managing a country can be a tremendous burden for them.

A 'clean' politician may not always be great, but a great politician must be 'clean,' and they must possess a sense of responsibility and a spirit of dedication; otherwise, why should the people grant them so much power?

Qiao is so revered by many brothers because he plays such a role in Sangha Town.

From a business perspective, it was this very step into the quagmire of Sangha Town that forced Qiao onto a path very different from other mercenary groups, which then led to the creation of the present P·B.

If he hadn't come to Sangha Town initially, Joe Ga might still be peddling stuff from Colonel Ka's arsenal around the world today.

Now it's different, Qiao has obtained the core power in Sangha Town, but correspondingly, he needs to bear core responsibilities.

Qiao has transformed from an ordinary person pursuing a business foundation into someone who needs to build a foundation and give others the opportunity to achieve something.

That is, to give others hope!

Therefore, he cannot stop, not just for the sake of so many brothers who rely on him for their livelihood.

More importantly, because if his business collapses, the hundreds of thousands who rely on Sangha Town for their future will have to return to their previous paths.

The hopeless poor are very frightening, especially in the unfortunate place that is Africa.

Qiao has staked his life's worth on Sangha Town; he cannot relax.

The potential of Sangha Town's steel industry chain is there; excess capital will sooner or later need to move out; otherwise, relying solely on Qiao's own blood transfusions, even he won't be able to hold on.

But as Sangha Town and P·B's influence spread, there will eventually be a conflict with France; Qiao is not a deity, nor can he always mediate successfully.

So as long as there's an opportunity, he's willing to do anything to reduce France's influence in Africa.

France in Africa is a high wall, which Joe Ga does not yet have the power to break.

But just because it can't be broken now doesn't mean you can't undermine it!

There must be a use for this opportunity to drag France down in Syria; their president will not change until next year, and whoever takes office will need to show some 'dignity,' so withdrawing troops is out of the question.

As long as they are held back now, France will have to spend at least two to three more years here.

By then, any unrest in Africa, the cash-strapped France, will always remember the ally P·B…

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