Allen Zhang signaled Zorro next to him to open the box and check the goods. He went back to the truck, found a handy wrench, and pried open the tightly sealed box, indeed, he saw some mechanical parts inside.
Nuts, screws, plastic sealing strips, all sealed in plastic bags, and some steel plates, circuits, buttons, displays, and mechanical parts that were hard to understand.
Marushen handed the prepared list to the General Sect Leader for review, "This is the price and project list for recycling these scrap steels. If it’s okay, transfer the money over. Let’s make it official this time, split into two accounts, one for the airplane graveyard’s scrap sales project account, and one for our private account."
Allen Zhang glanced at the printed project list, densely filled with the selling prices of the parts, all officially scrapped and intended for public sale.
Moreover, to further legalize it, they were extra cautious. When determining whether the parts were to be scrapped, they labeled them as [To Be Scrapped] or [Remaining Service Life xx Times].
Because the service life of combat aircraft includes a take-off life, when nearing expiration, they are forcibly retired and sent to the airplane graveyard to rest. Ground personnel would then remove some parts that were replaced mid-term or recently on the aircraft body to continue using as spare parts in service.
Those parts that were about to be scrapped or whose service life had expired were audited as scrap steel resources for processing, to be sold to metal recycling energy companies or waste recycling stations, all through official legal processes.
Parts nearing scrapping or end of life are not unusable. Military standards are much higher than civilian standards. Although the take-off life of service aircraft is exhausted, they can still be used for many years in civilian use, after all, they are not going into combat, and the flying intensity is not high.
Buying aircraft parts, even if you could assemble them yourself.
But the thing is too risky, if any accident occurs, the official will not compensate.
And to earn more money, Marushen and his team would label good parts under this category to exploit the system. Even if retired aircraft start to appear in various regions, officials won’t pay too much attention as a check on the registered parts serial numbers can easily determine if scrapped parts were used. A retired scrap plane, even if assembled for personal entertainment, how long can it last?
Giving those civilian military enthusiasts a bit of benefit, they could sell the scrap at a higher price, why not?
The initial intent of any law is good, but who knew there would be baddies in the team!!
There are policies above, there are countermeasures below.
Those crazy intellectuals, in order to suck blood and make money fiercely, exploit all sorts of loopholes. They claim which part does not meet the service standard, then isn’t that part a scrapped part? You simply can’t stop them!
Auditors also dare not to check. If they check, it’s either an airplane explodes or a heart attack occurs, basically not a bit can be checked.
To block someone’s money path is like killing their parent, who would dare to do it? Who can afford to provoke warlords?
After examining the parts, Allen Zhang immediately took photos and sent them to Dominic, asking him to transfer the money for the scrap through Alfred Waste Recycling Station, Wally’s Recycling Station, and two other recycling station accounts to the airplane graveyard account.
The recycling value of the scrapped steel, the total steel price of the Warthog added up to only about forty to fifty thousand US dollars.
The remaining 1.45 million US dollars were all the markup earned by Marushen and his team!
Of course, General Sect Leader earned even more ruthlessly, bought Warthog parts for 1.5 million, assembled them, and turned around to sell them to old Mexican buddies for 8.88 million US dollars.
This is an A10 we’re talking about. Except for selling it cheaper here and guaranteeing its durability, if you go through other channels, others will sell it to you for at least 10 million, without guaranteeing the quality of the parts.
Zero negative reviews! Because the attack aircraft just disintegrated and exploded halfway into its takeoff.
Marushen, having received the SMS about the funds transfer, had a face filled with the joy of making money, "This time I sent you some small parts, next time I will disassemble the body and send it to you by air with free shipping."
"Just send it directly to the suburban airport then, it’s not very convenient to receive it here," Allen Zhang suggested, "Every time I have to make a trip, it’s really troublesome."
"Okay." Marushen noted down the distribution location provided by the General Sect Leader and left suavely with a wave of his hand.
Allen Zhang then began moving the goods with Zorro, took half an hour to pack everything up, and then headed to the suburban airport.
After handling these parts, he sent a message to Qibatu, informing him of some new parts coming in, and that he could try to arm them whenever he had time.
Qibatu immediately sent a picture of a suburban cabin to the General Sect Leader, rubber barrels filled with clay explosives, barrel after barrel, along with drones ordered online or purchased in person.
The brands were not just Thunder Fire drones but also a few drones produced by Mayweather Company and other miscellaneous drone brands.
It seemed the quality of Thunder Fire and Mayweather drones was relatively better, Qibatu and a few Beggar Gang Disciples were manually twisting detonators and clay initiators, stripping off labels from knock-off drones, and replacing them with Thunder Fire logos, already retrofitting more than a hundred, and the operation was quite simple.