Chapter 117: The Three-Aid Operation is in Progress (Second Update, Please Read)
Similar to the Tunisian reorganization, as soon as the supplementary personnel arrive, they begin to classify their education level and major, and then they are supplemented to For each search team, other matters need to be established first to establish a sense of collective belonging.
Along with the additional personnel arriving in Marseille, there was also the second batch of tungsten sand shipped from China - 6,000 tons of tungsten sand.
It must be said that those corrupt officials are extremely efficient when making money. It is even hard to imagine that they were able to prepare and ship out so much tungsten sand in just over a month. .
It can only be said that money can indeed promote people's enthusiasm. People die for money and birds die for food. This is the same for everyone. The same is true for Li Yian. As the troops entered France, and the Allied forces were advancing northward and attacking in the direction of Paris, Li Nian drove to Switzerland.
During the war, Switzerland's border controls were very strict. This strictness was to prevent Jews and resistance elements from entering Switzerland and thus offending Germany. Switzerland's neutrality has always been flexible. However, this kind of strict control is the same as for diplomatic passports. You only need to take out your diplomatic passport and you can easily drive into Switzerland. Thanks to Gu Weijun and Li Yian's passport It's a diplomatic passport.
This diplomatic passport does not matter the country's status, and the treatment is equal. Even Li Yian's car passed through the customs without any inspection.
The whole customs clearance process is not too easy.
Geneva, when Li Yian meets Berlin again, this once energetic guy will look a little haggard. This is not difficult to understand. After all, a discerning person can see at a glance that he has stood firm in France. The Allied forces with their feet will point there next - the German mainland, and at this time, the Russians are also marching towards the German mainland.
Germany has reached its end.
The collapse of the empire is just around the corner...
However, before the empire collapses, you can still help them and earn a little gold.
“How much tungsten sand did you bring?”
As soon as they met, Berlin asked directly.
“20,000 US dollars per ton, just like we agreed, we want as much tungsten sand as we want.”
The reason why he is so eager is because Germany needs tungsten sand, not only for the production of munitions, which requires tungsten carbide cutting tools, but more importantly, they need armor-piercing projectiles made of tungsten carbide, and without the tungsten mines in Portugal and Spain , they neither have the cutting tools to produce weapons, nor the tungsten-core armor-piercing projectiles that can destroy T34 and IS-2 at long distances.
So, as long as there is tungsten sand, gold is not worth mentioning.
"5,000 tons! The next batch should be 2,000 tons, but it will have to wait ten days."
Li Yian does not intend to complete the transaction at once. After all, this is hundreds of millions of dollars. The transaction, or rather... a transaction involving nearly a hundred tons of gold, would be ruined if the Germans took advantage of it.
“What! 5,000 tons!”
Berlin was surprised.
“This, this, how did you transport it in?”
“This is just the first batch. In the next two months, I can provide another 10,000 tons of tungsten sand. , The premise is that you must have enough gold. "
Ten thousand tons is the guarantee given by Uncle Guo. The guarantees of these people are not trustworthy, but when it comes to business matters, they are absolutely sure. Work hard, after all, no one thinks money is hot. Never doubt their motivation to make money.
"There must be gold! Don't worry, we can deliver it in a Swiss bank, as long as we have tungsten sand!"
Obviously Berlin is well aware of the other party's worries. In fact, the Third Reich is indeed not short of gold. After all, in the past few years, they have seized thousands of tons of gold from the central banks of the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway and other countries, and all of this gold has been Germany purchased various supplies from Spain, Portugal, and neutral countries such as Sweden and Switzerland.
Not only that, Germany also obtained a large amount of gold from the occupying citizens through various means. The gold was stored in secret accounts of the SS, the Imperial Security Service and other agencies, and was completely independent of outside the German central banking system. Of course, this gold is also used to purchase various supplies that Germany needs, but most of the time, it is used for secret trade, such as purchasing the oil they import from the United States from neutral countries such as Spain, Portugal, and Turkey.
"You don’t have to think about how it was shipped in. In short, you should be prepared. In these two days, we will complete the transaction. By the way, you can transport the tungsten sand out. Switzerland? "
Obviously, Li Yian's worries are unnecessary. As a country that made a lot of money during the war, Switzerland will never ask about things it shouldn't ask, just like Swiss banks will never care about gold. Is it like gold teeth in a sack? In their eyes, gold is always gold, and they can't tell which piece is black and which piece is white.
In fact, the same is true for Li Yian. Gold is gold.
Tungsten sand is packed in wooden boxes per 100kg box.
5,000 tons of tungsten sand is enough to fill several warehouses. The warehouses are not far from the border and were temporarily rented by Li Yian.
The Germans pay very neatly, even surprisingly.
After inspecting the goods, they readily paid.
The money is really not much.
5,000 tons of tungsten sand, US$20,000 per ton.
That’s just 100 million US dollars.
A lot?
But the Germans didn’t have that many dollars to pay the bill, they paid in gold.
The current gold content of the US dollar is 0.888671 grams.
One hundred million US dollars, which is 88.8671 tons.
Less than 100 tons.
Little money!
Of course, the Germans did not directly hand over the gold to Li Yian. Instead, they deposited the gold into hundreds of Swiss bank accounts in accordance with his request. You only need to show the deposit certificate to withdraw gold.
The Swiss would neither ask the identity of the extractor nor the origin of the gold. Throughout World War II, Germany delivered thousands of tons of gold through Swiss banks. This is officially documented. According to later official investigations, , Germany delivered at least 3,000 tons of gold through Swiss banks. But in a deliberately simplified withdrawal procedure at the Swiss bank, more than 2,000 tons of gold were missing.
As for where the gold went and into whose hands, I am afraid only God knows. Anyway, it's just an unsolvable mystery.
After the withdrawal order is obtained, the entire transaction is completed.
Compared with withdrawing gold, Li Yian is more concerned about system rewards at this moment. After all, this transaction is a small goal, and it is still in US dollars!
The profit is almost 90 million US dollars!
Soon, the system rewards are coming!
At the same time, words appeared on the light screen.
[Congratulations to the user for successfully being promoted to level LV.3 user with experience points, and I hope the user will continue to work hard. ]
(End of this chapter)