bookpower Chapter 16 - 16 Global Shopping
Chapter 16 - 16 Global Shopping
Chapter 16: Chapter 16 Global Shopping
Jiang Yan calculated that she still had about twenty-two or twenty-three billion left, so she felt quite confident.
However, when converted to US dollars, that was just over three hundred million.
She didn't know how much the weapons would cost; she was a novice in that area and could only make decisions once she was abroad.@@@@
During this time, she had used every available channel to exchange a few million US dollars.
The black card also supported automatic currency conversion, but the consumption limit was only about four million.
The rest required some special methods.
On June 1st, Children's Day, after collecting thirty thousand servings of ready-made food ordered from five-star hotels, Michelin restaurants, various time-honored brands, as well as barbecue and hot pot restaurants, and eight thousand cups of milk tea with assorted flavors from several famous tea shops, she boarded an international flight bound for Maple Country.
Jiang Yan was originally a travel and food blogger, running all over the country and abroad.
Her passport was full of visas from many countries, all processed for one-year multiple-entry.
She chose Maple Country first because she needed to buy a large quantity of goods there, and the visa for that country was about to expire.
As for the few other countries she needed to visit, their visas were still valid, and she could take her time.
Although her physical condition had been greatly improved by Space during this time, the continuous travel, coupled with the more than ten hours of international long-haul flight, still left her somewhat fatigued.
Fortunately, she didn't really need to worry about jet lag anymore.
Jiang Yan's destination in Maple Country was Wen Village.
There was a large Chinese community there, and it was adjacent to Beautiful Country, where many resources could be obtained.
However, the first thing she did after getting off the plane was to buy a second-hand fruit brand smartphone and a few anonymous SIM cards.
Then, she found a coffee shop, ordered an iced Americano, and logged onto some well-known domestic websites to anonymously post a warning:
#Attention!! A natural disaster will strike in early August, advise all citizens to stock up on supplies in advance!!#
Below the post, she also included some simple advice on what families could store.
The post was successfully sent quickly.
She bought five hundred bottles each of ketchup and chili sauce.
When buying timber at a lumberyard, whether it was a sudden thought of "Bald Strong"—a character from animation—or a spur-of-the-moment decision, she also bought three logging machines, two grapplers, one timber cutter, and three excavators.
After purchasing five hundred tons of timber and two mosquito helicopters, Jiang Yan directly traveled from Wen Village to Beautiful Country.
Beautiful Country was a key destination on her trip.
After all, weapons, yachts, helicopters, amphibious vessels—all according to her stockpiling plan—were to be procured there.
Although some states in Beautiful Country didn't prohibit guns, purchasing weapons through legal channels still required documentation.
Jiang Yan had practiced with real guns at a shooting range several times with friends, but it was just practice.
She was neither a citizen there nor a green card holder, so she naturally couldn't have a gun permit.
However, when she first went abroad, her parents, concerned about her personal safety, had commissioned an organization to find her a few top-notch bodyguards.
This organization was said to have extensive connections.
She naturally went straight to the agency manager of this organization.
Although referred to as an organization, in Beautiful Country, it had a reputation for dealing with both the legal and the underworld.
It was rumored they even had a private army and engaged in some transactions not allowed in the open, such as being the hidden backer of the dark web, and so on.
None of these were Jiang Yan's concerns, as long as they could secure the weapons for her.
The reason she was reluctant to face those dodgy weapons suppliers was that it would be the same as handing over her wallet and head to a tiger.
She had previous dealings with this organization, which had a decent reputation and word-of-mouth in the industry.
All she had to pay was a substantial brokerage fee.
Compared to her life, she was more than willing to pay this money.
Of course, the organization was also helpful in exchanging the bigger sums of US dollars.
Before leaving the country, Jiang Yan, following their instructions, opened several securities accounts in HK and transferred fifteen ambitious targets in advance through various channels.
The weapons were soon delivered to the warehouse she had designated.