[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-scammed-hundred-bill":3,"chapter-arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-scammed-hundred-bill-arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-159":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Arms Tycoon: Starting by Conning a $10 Billion Order",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2077938,3287,"Chapter 159","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-159",159,"\u003Cp>The overseas accounts that Long Country had obtained through proxies were immediately banned.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It was not until the aircraft carrier auction that Lin Yi finally verified official accounts for quite a few nations,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>among which was Long Country's.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Mr. Administrator, are you there?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"The administrator is not available at the moment. If you wish to place an order, you may purchase directly according to your VIP level.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This platform is responsible for global free shipping services; no waiting is required, no patience is needed. Our motto is: there is nothing in this world that weapons cannot solve. If there truly is something they cannot solve, it simply means your weapon order is not large enough!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"I am Wang Luchuan, the person in charge of Long Country's official 'Special Task Force Against the DWS Platform'?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"The administrator is not available at the moment....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It was all automated replies.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At this time, inside the Second Bureau of National Security in the Imperial Capital,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Wang Luchuan, the person in charge of Long Country's official 'Special Task Force Against the DWS Platform', was attempting to contact the administrator of the DWS platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After research over this period, while Wang Luchuan might not have been able to investigate other matters,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>he did understand the working hours of this platform administrator.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Before seven o'clock in the evening, that fellow never came online.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>These were basically all automated reply functions set by the platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, upon seeing those automated reply messages,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>no matter how many times Wang Luchuan read them, he felt that this platform truly lived up to its reputation as an arms dealer,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>for even its automated replies were unique.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Besides that, looking at the platform's webpage, it was filled with red, featuring traditional Long Country Spring Festival elements such as red lanterns and the character 'Fu',\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>as well as Flash animations of exploding firecrackers.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If one ignored those purchase catalogs,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Wang Luchuan would really have thought this website was just another e-commerce site like Taobao or Jingdong.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But looking at the sub-categories on the platform,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>there were pistols, machine guns, sniper rifles, assault rifles,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>.... .. 0\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>mortars, rocket launchers, cannon guns, howitzers...\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>tanks, aircraft...\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In addition, recently there had even been applications for agency franchises... and so on.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If you clicked on pistols,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>the top of the website displayed selection tags for different countries such as the Ugly Country, John Bull, and Long Country.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At the same time, there were weapons from the 40s to 80s, weapons from the 90s...\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>price ranges, and so on.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Now, it could be said to have become increasingly standardized.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Sometimes, Wang Luchuan himself could not resist logging in with an overseas account to take a look.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After all, being a man, who doesn't like weapons?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, the moment he thought that this platform was actually related to a group of people from Long Country,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>he found it impossible to accept in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After all, according to Long Country's laws, even a gun used for shooting balloons in a park could be considered a real firearm,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>punishable by imprisonment.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>For a platform like DWS that dared to sell even aircraft carriers,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>it was simply an act of great rebellion and treason.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Moreover, judging from the empty categories on the platform, Wang Luchuan guessed that it would not be long before\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>warships and radar systems would be listed on this platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, thinking about the nation's current attitude toward this platform, he felt somewhat at a loss, unable to laugh or cry.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Around eight o'clock in the evening,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>the administrator finally replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Hey, Old Wang, what's the matter?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Old Wang!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Every time Wang Luchuan heard the DWS Platform address him this way, he felt flames of rage rise within him.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>To think he was the Deputy Director of the Second Bureau of the Capital's Security Department.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Yet in the mouth of some unknown criminal, he had become merely \"Old Wang.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If this were reality—\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Uh! Of course, one couldn't say that; even in reality, as \"Old Wang,\" he would be powerless to act against them.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After all, the DWS Platform behind them was an existence that even the nation regarded with immense apprehension.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It could bypass the defenses of countless other nations, obtain manufacturing blueprints for nearly every weapon,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>and then replicate them exactly as they were.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>With such capability, how could someone like \"Old Wang\" possibly deal with them casually?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Even if this group truly exposed some clue or trace,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>and the nation discovered it, they would still be treated with fine wine and delicacies.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After all, compared to the development of the nation's military industry,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>the fact that the DWS Platform sold weapons and caused chaos in the international community was not even worth mentioning.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Perhaps the nation would secretly award each of them a Hero's Medal.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Four-Two-Zero,\" to commend these people for doing in the shadows what the nation wished to do but could not.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>According to Wang Luchuan's estimation, if any discovery were made, this group would definitely be recruited,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>transforming overnight into some secret research department.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Perhaps the administrator of this platform would even soar to great heights, holding a rank above his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>By then, if they called him \"Little Wang,\" would he dare not listen?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Of course, all of this presupposed that this group could be exposed.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Seeing the Director suffer humiliation, the team members struggled to suppress their laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, soon both parties moved on to discuss the main matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Our nation wishes to place an order for American goods through the DWS Platform; is there any discount on the price?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, Lin Yi replied without a moment's thought:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Apologies, the prices are clearly marked; we deceive neither child nor elder!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Doing business usually relies on small profits but quick turnover; what if our nation places a sufficiently large order with your side?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Wang Luchuan had someone reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"How large?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Five billion US dollars!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Wang Luchuan stated the amount the military had allocated to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Lin Yi had not expected Long Nation to suddenly order five billion dollars worth of goods; although this was no small order,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>times were not what they used to be.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Just think, even tiny Syria had placed a massive military procurement order worth three billion dollars.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Could the nation not be a bit more generous?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Seeing the other party remain silent, Wang Luchuan continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Well?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In response, Lin Yi immediately forwarded the scale of Syria's order to Wang Luchuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"This is Syria's order...!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Chr\u002F>\u003Cp>\u003Cem>— Author's Notes —\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>0 ·Seeking flowers·· ·····\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>(PS: New book seeking flowers, tips, and review tickets; your support is the author's motivation!) 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