newbobooks Chapter 336 The Port is Rented
Chapter 336 The Port is Rented
Hearing Aziz's words, Lu Chen was happy. If he didn't take advantage of this opportunity, he would be doing himself a disservice. So Lu Chen said:
"I want to rent a port as a base for our company. Of course, I don't want the large ports that your king has already developed. You just need to give me a port near the Indian Ocean."
When Aziz heard that Lu Chen wanted to rent a port, he immediately became alert. He knew that the colonization of other countries by those Western countries started by renting ports. So he was unwilling to rent a port from others.
But Lu Chen was very important to him, and he was a little afraid that Lu Chen would withdraw his personnel directly after he refused.
Lu Chen saw Aziz's hesitation and knew he would be worried. So Lu Chen continued:
"Mr. Aziz, I lease this port to you in my personal name, not on behalf of the United States. And I guarantee that this port will not be requisitioned by the US military.
Of course, if it is an American warship that is replenishing some supplies at the port, I cannot refuse it. However, I will give corresponding compensation. After I rent the port, I will undertake the subsequent construction of the port. And I will give priority to using workers from your kingdom. I wonder what you think, Your Highness Aziz. "
Aziz just looked at Lu Chen with an inquiring look and didn't say anything. He felt that Lu Chen didn't tell him his real purpose. Lu Chen was just an entrepreneur, or should we add the title of capitalist. He wanted a port, was it really for his employees?
Aziz thought for a moment and said, "Lu Chen, you should tell me your real purpose. Then I think we can still talk."
Lu Chen was thinking whether he should tell Aziz about his purpose. If Aziz knew that he was renting the port for two frigates, would Aziz rent the port to him for this reason?
Also, if Aziz knew that the two frigates belonged to him personally, would he have evil intentions, such as robbing the two frigates? Or, tell other countries about this information and let them rob his warships, after all, there would be no trouble in robbing his own.
After thinking for a while, Lu Chen felt that he couldn't tell Aziz the truth. He had to make Aziz believe that the two warships were not a threat to him. He also had to make him worry so that he wouldn't dare to think about the two warships.
After thinking it over in his mind, Lu Chen said:
"Mr. Aziz, you should know what business I am in now. I want to expand my business to the Middle East, so I need a port to store these things."
Aziz certainly knew what business Lu Chen was in. Lu Chen's most famous business internationally was getting several warship orders for the Americans. Then he knew what Lu Chen was using the port for. It must be used as a warehouse.
It is not a good thing to allow an arms dealer to build a warehouse in your own country.
Seeing that Aziz still didn't speak, Lu Chen continued:
"Mr. Aziz, do you want to own a warship? Do you want to have your own navy? If you agree to rent the port to me, I can help you build your own navy. I can even rent a warship for you to train with."
"What you said is true!"
Aziz looked at Lu Chen in shock. He didn't expect Lu Chen to offer such a condition. The navy was a military branch that all powerful countries wanted to have. Aziz was also very concerned about the navy.
Lu Chen nodded and said, "As long as you rent a port to me, I will rent you a warship. I mean what I say."
Aziz looked at Lu Chen with some suspicion. Then he said:
"Can you really help me rent a warship?"
Lu Chen assured: "Don't worry, let alone renting a warship, even if you want to buy one, I can help you. I just don't know if you can afford it."
After hearing Lu Chen's assurance, Aziz said, "Okay, I agree to lease you a port and allow you to build a base there. Tell me which one you like."
Lu Chen said: "Then please show me the map so I can see where is suitable for my base."
Hearing Lu Chen's words, Aziz immediately asked someone to bring the map over. Lu Chen looked at the map and then began to recall. He remembered that the Americans also had a port base in Saudi Arabia in the future. It seemed to be in Dammam. So he began to search for the location of Dammam on the map.
As soon as he arrived in the United States, he found Daman on the map. Then he pointed at Daman and said:
"Here it is. It's a good location."
Aziz looked at the location Lu Chen pointed to. After a brief thought, he said:
"Okay, I wonder how much land you plan to rent? And how long you plan to rent it for."
Lu Chen rented this port mainly to park two frigates. Lu Chen originally planned to let these two frigates cause trouble for his life, but when he saw those battleships, Lu Chen lost this idea. So now he is going to give these two frigates to his second brother. In this way, there is no need to rent this port for too long, and it will only take until 1949.
There are still more than ten years until 1949. So Lu Chen said:
"I will lease this port for fifteen years. I believe that after fifteen years, Aziz, you should have your own navy. By that time, it will be inappropriate for me to lease this port anymore."
Aziz thought Lu Chen would ask for a lot, but he didn't expect Lu Chen only wanted to rent it for fifteen years. So Aziz immediately said:
"Okay, that's settled then."
Lu Chen continued, "As for the rent, how much are you going to charge, Mr. Aziz?"
Aziz said, "Just give me $200,000 a year as a token of my appreciation. But don't forget the warship you told me about."
Hearing Aziz's price, Lu Chen was very happy. He didn't expect to get the port for only 200,000. He said happily:
"Don't worry. I won't forget it."
Then Lu Chen discussed other matters of the base with Aziz. Lu Chen left Aziz's palace.
After Lu Chen and Aziz had discussed the port, he felt relieved. Now his two warships finally had a place to stay.
After the matter was settled, Lu Chen was ready to leave. Thinking that he hadn't seen his two brothers for a long time, Lu Chen planned to go back to Shanghai on his way back to the United States.
After making a plan, Lu Chen asked Hans to help him arrange the itinerary.