He went to the bank to complete the paperwork and quickly got the papers to pick up his truck. Since he was a veteran, the first two months of paynts were waived, which saved him $100. White was grateful for this Hardy's company had always offered special policies for veterans.
First, it was televisions, and now it was trucks. Hardy Group had a great reputation among veterans.
White found a friend with a motorcycle to drive him over 100 kiloters to the nearest armory, where many people had already gathered.
White bought a White 666. This was the sa model he had driven in the army. He knew it was tough and could carry a lot. Even though it was rated for 6 tons, he had loaded up to 16 tons before.
After presenting the vehicle pick up docunts, the on duty soldier allowed him to enter and choose a truck himself. He could drive away with whichever truck he fancied. This pleasantly surprised White, who hadn't expected to be able to choose one himself.
Rows upon rows of trucks were parked there, with many others already selecting theirs. White was familiar with this type of truck, and quickly chose the one that seed the best. He started it up smoothly and drove away. At the gate, he showed the pick up docunts, and the truck successfully exited.
"Yahoo~!"
White shouted excitedly.
He finally had his own truck, and its performance was excellent, probably about 80% new. He figured it could last another ten years without breaking down.
He and his friend loaded the motorcycle onto the truck bed, and the two of them sang all the way ho as they drove the truck.
...
The Hardy Group registered a new shipping company, and you could probably guess the na.
Hardy Shipping Company.
It was a wholly owned subsidiary, with Hardy holding 100% of the shares.
On the second day after the company was established, it signed a contract worth 1.68 billion dollars to purchase 662 'decommissioned' cargo ships from the military.
Among them were 535 Liberty ships and 127 Victory ships.
The latest repaynt date could not extend beyond March 1958.
At this ti, the Arican military was truly wealthy. In any other country, these assets would have been treated like treasures and put to good use. But for them, these items were a burden. Both the military and the governnt had only one thought: how to dispose of them as quickly as possible.
They had even adopted many extre thods to go through with that thought, for example, pushing a large number of tanks into the sea, throwing 14,000 tons of bombs into the Gulf of xico for explosion experints, and scuttling ships after drilling holes in them.
As for dismantling and selling as scrap tal, forget it.
Dismantling requires a cost, and scrap tal isn't worth much; it's easier to just dump it.
Besides, arms dealers were also quite rich and had a lot of say in Washington in this era, If the military doesn't consu materials, how can they make money?
...
Hardy had just returned to Los Angeles when he suddenly received a call from Bill. "Boss, sothing's co up in San Francisco."
"What's the situation?"
"You know we have smuggling channels, right? Recently, our people discovered that soone has been shipping large quantities of military supplies onto a ship. I sent soone to investigate secretly, and it turns out that there are a lot of firearms and dical supplies, including a large number of dical kits."
Hardy suddenly rembered that a few days ago, soone had bought a large quantity of first aid dical kits from him.
"Do you know whose goods they are?"
"They belong to the Brazilian gang."
...
A few days later.
Bill contacted the current vice leader of the Brazilian gang, Antonio Salamone.
Antonio Salamone was a bit surprised when he heard that Hardy wanted to et him.
Could it be that the other party found out about the gang's operations involving weapons and dical supplies and wanted to cause trouble?
But that's not right, it should be a matter for the U.S. governnt.
Besides, the Los Angeles gang is Hardy's property, and the Brazilian gang has had a good relationship with the Los Angeles gang since Los Angeles, even before they expanded their influence to San Francisco. Logically, this Hardy boss shouldn't be looking for trouble.
In any case, since the other party wanted to et him, he would see him first and then figure it out. Antonio Salamone agreed to Bill's request, "I would also like to et Mr. Hardy. Where should we et?"
"The boss said to et in San Francisco. What do you think, Mr. Antonio?" Bill replied.
"Okay."
Two days later.
Hardy's plane landed at San Francisco Airport.
Bill and his n ca to pick up Hardy. After getting in the car, Hardy was driven to an estate Bill had purchased in San Francisco. An hour later, a sedan drove into the estate.
Antonio Salamone entered the living room with his secretary, and Hardy stood up with a smile. Antonio Salamone extended his hand, "Hello, Mr. Hardy."
"Hello, Mr. Antonio."
The two shook hands.
"I wonder what business Mr. Hardy has in mind for this ti." Antonio Salamone asked.
Hardy smiled lightly. "There's indeed a business proposition I'd like to discuss with you."
Antonio Salamone asked curiously, "What kind of business are you referring to?"
"Trading military supplies. I know that the drug warlords usually engage in many skirmishes over the years, and from ti to ti they usually have so major civil wars. Our Hardy Group has taken on the task of selling post war materials from the U.S. military, and I believe there's a vast market in South Arica."
"However, we're not very familiar with South Arica, so we'd like to partner with an organization that knows the region well and has so strength. I suppose your gang has these qualifications." Hardy asked.
Antonio Salamone was shocked by Hardy's words.
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