Become a super arms dealer with the workshop system

Chapter 176 The Desperate Woman

When Han Feng found Crozo in Antwerp, Belgium, the latter was busy directing a trailer to drive into a yard.

"Boss, this is the place I rented out to store second-hand cars." Crozo pointed to the empty parking lot in front of him and said to Han Feng: "Before, no one wanted this kind of place at all. I rented it for five years at a very low price. Now... now I only regret that I didn't grit my teeth and rent for a longer time."

"Have a lot of people started contacting you?" Han Feng walked up to a Passat in the parking lot, opened the hood and checked the condition of the car.

The European Passat corresponds to the domestic Magotan. After the system appraisal, the car in front of Han Feng still has 81% durability, and the rest of the parts are OK except for the severely worn brake pads.

"There are not many individual users who have contacted me. The bill introduced this time leaves some room for non-operating vehicles. As long as the exhaust emission inspection at the end of the year can pass, they don't need to be scrapped." Crozo helped the helmet on his head: "At present, the customers we are dealing with are mainly some enterprises, such as car rental platforms, and taxi companies. The ban on them is much stricter, so many cars that are 8-10 years old and in good condition can no longer be used. Instead of scrapping and dismantling, it is better to sell them. Give us."

"Only passenger cars? I remember that the restrictions on commercial vehicles should be stricter this time. Many trucks from 5 years ago may have non-compliance." Han Feng put the hood back on and patted the dust on his hands and asked.

Although Crozo was in charge of the specific business, the bill itself could almost be said to have been created by Han Feng, so he was naturally clear about the specific content.

"The cost of commercial vehicles is too high, boss, and there are very few Afrikaners picking up trucks in Antwerp, so it's less risky to make passenger cars."

While the two were talking, the truck that came in just now had unloaded all the five cars behind it and was about to leave. The driver drove the truck in front of Crozo and handed him a form for him to sign.

"How about the pressure of competition?" Han Feng looked at the port of Antwerp not far away. He didn't see any other areas where second-hand cars were concentrated on the way here: "Is there anyone else in this business?"

"At least not in Belgium." Crozzo handed the order back to the truck driver: "We have already seized the opportunity. Take the parking place as an example. If we want to rent such an area in the port area that can directly park ro-ro ships, the price is conservatively estimated to be four to five times. It is impossible to compete with us in terms of cost. We are doing business in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, and even the eastern part of Gaul."

Han Feng nodded, and what Crozo said was basically consistent with what he had learned before: "Good job, Crozo, and when you do business with customers in West Africa, especially Guinea, remember to pay attention to their situation. There is no technical threshold in the second-hand car business, so the most important thing is the channel. We can't keep handing over such terrible things to those unreliable guys. If things go well, we have to consider going to Africa to establish sales channels."

He still remembered what Liu Fangchao said a few days ago.

"Boss, my personal opinion is that as long as we can control the upstream channels, those African truck dealers and local people who want to sell cars lack channels of communication on the one hand, and lack of trust on the other hand, but if you insist, I will pay attention to it over there."

Crozo obviously didn't agree with Han Feng's idea, but the latter was the one who gave him the money after all, so he could only reserve his opinion: "Also, boss, can you hire some more staff, especially in finance and legal affairs, I'm not good at tax avoidance at all, and legal disputes are inevitable in this kind of business of second-hand cars. You know, everyone wants to hide the defects of the car and sell it for more money. I have hired some inspectors, but it may be impossible to completely avoid it."

"Don't worry about this matter. I posted a job advertisement two days ago, but the applicants so far haven't met the requirements, so you may have to work on your own for a while."

At the same time, in a cheap apartment in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, Marianne was browsing the recruitment webpage on the computer screen in distress.

In the last crisis of trust in the government, she was held accountable as a scapegoat. Finally, under a series of accusations of evidence, she became the culprit of ordering the air force to enter the CAF, which resulted in the shooting down of a fighter jet and a drone and the capture of two pilots. Although she was not prosecuted in the end, she also lost her job directly.

Marianne did not come from a wealthy family, so after losing his high-paying position in the Ministry of National Defense Secretariat, he also lost all sources of income, and was soon forced to move from the magnificent 8th arrondissement of Paris to the 10th arrondissement, where low- and middle-income earners concentrated.

Although the rent here is very low, the security problem is serious. Even in the daytime, there are many street robberies. Due to lack of experience, Marianne's current apartment is right in the famous red light district. Whenever the sun goes down, the whole street is buzzing.

Just two days ago, Marianne was treated as a prostitute when she came home in the evening. A drunken middle-aged man stuffed a 20-euro note into her chest and was about to take her into the car. If she hadn’t happened to have a can of anti-wolf spray in her bag at the time, she would never have imagined what happened afterwards.

Of course, Marianne also tried to contact those people she knew in the government department, but Gabriel, the Secretary of the Presidential Palace who had a good impression of her before, refused to answer the phone.

You must know that the turmoil caused by the CAF incident has not completely subsided, especially the two captured pilots have not yet returned to China. Under such circumstances, no one dares to get involved with her rashly.

This made her completely hate those old foxes in the Elysee Palace who hid their knives in their smiles.

But now Marian obviously can't do anything, so in order to avoid falling into prostitution, she had no choice but to start looking for a job.

However, based on her previous experience of being expelled from the Gaul government department, one can imagine the difficulty of this matter. A slightly more formal company will consider the risks brought by her identity, and Marianne is not willing to work in places like bakeries or bars.

Therefore, almost desperation, she had no choice but to start targeting places other than Gaul.

Although the member states of the Europa League are highly interoperable, they have not yet reached the point where they can check each other's government department files. It may not be a big deal for Marianne to be expelled from the Gaul government to change to another country.

The only problem is that she only speaks French and English.

(End of this chapter)