Mercenary’s War

Actually, how much Alexander can earn doesn’t mean much to Gao Yang; he just happens to have a bit of a connection and can conveniently lend Alexander a hand.

The so-called helping is just to hype up the price and sell as many as possible.

Alexander’s guns, although they are of extremely high precision and advanced performance, aren’t exactly the type of business that can make a fortune.

The guns that make big money are those mainstream rifles in the world today, those that can be massively procured and equipped by a country, which are truly big money businesses.

Any strong country that has a certain level of military industrial technology would naturally prioritize using its own rifles. This is not only an economic consideration but also a matter of national dignity and, most importantly, national defense, so any major country with a military industry system wouldn’t easily procure rifles from other countries.

Like the United Kingdom, no matter how bad the L85 rifle family is, the British still have to use them even to the point of being unbearable, yet the complete replacement seems far-off.

Therefore, no matter how advanced a sniper rifle is, the market is never too large. Like Alexander’s rifle, it involves the question of who it’s suitable for, so even a top military power like America would only procure a few dozen to a few hundred pieces, which is sufficient.

Police sniper rifles pursue high precision; high-rate-of-fire sniper rifles are useless. So, when sniper rifles costing only one-tenth can meet the demand, they definitely wouldn’t opt for high-end goods with prices sure to exceed one hundred thousand US dollars.

The military might use them, but after appraisal and approval, who knows how many years it would take to get the funding. Even if the military procures and lists them as standard sniper rifles, global demand is only a few hundred at most.

Then comes the civilian market. America is undoubtedly the largest market, but how many people need such a high-precision, high-rate-of-fire, and super high-priced rifle?

The money spent on buying an Alexander No. 1 rifle could buy several, if not dozens, of decent guns; besides the exceptionally wealthy tycoons, who can afford it?

So, while the Alexander No. 1 is indeed good, the market is definitely not large, and a market that’s not large won’t have frenzied competition, nor will there be an auction driving patent prices upwards.

Business is about profit; no one deliberately engages in clear losing deals.

However, Remington is very likely to be the company doing the losing deal.

Remington Company has consistently done well, especially in the civilian market, with various derivative models of the M700 bolt-action rifle selling strongly. Whether it’s the civilian hunting rifle market or the global sniper rifle market, they are leading products.

Then there’s the M870, which is selling tremendously well too.

In the military market, apart from the military sniper version of the M700 and the military version of the M870, Remington hasn’t had any standout products in recent years, although the M700 and M870 have been on the market for decades and aren’t obsolete, continuously improving, yet showing a clear decline.

Firstly, Remington’s ACR assault rifle lost miserably in the competition for the U.S. Army’s new standard rifle, beaten by FN’s SCAR and HK’s HK416, completely losing to two long-time rivals, selling only in the civilian market.

As for other small projects, like Remington’s R4 series, it’s actually Remington’s own M4, initially intended for U.S. Army procurement, but Remington ended up in legal battles with Colt, finally benefiting FN Company, as the Philippines procured forty thousand pieces, avoiding getting nothing.

Then there’s Remington’s heavily invested semi-automatic sniper system R11RSASS, spending plenty of money but still not winning military attention, selling only in the civilian market.

Thus, Remington Company needs to acquire Alexander’s patent; since this gun can almost certainly secure military orders, no matter the high price the U.S. Army will surely procure, especially the Special Forces will use them. Although in limited quantity, it’s a great face-value asset Remington urgently needs.

Furthermore, this gun has become a hot topic with very high attention, so why wait? If this attention passes, it would be meaningless.

In this world, only the first is noticed, the second is ignored. Remington doesn’t have any famous large-caliber sniper rifles, so the record for the longest kill distance is beyond reach, but the one produced by Gao Yang isn’t the longest or the fastest record but surely the most sensational shooting record in recent years, and likely unbreakable, even unchallenged, for decades to come.

Under such circumstances, Remington must strive, and even if the price is high, they might begrudgingly accept it; as Seongnam Advertising Group is a well-known large company with strong capabilities and substantial capital, a high asking price shouldn’t be an issue.

As for Gao Yang’s price-raising method, it’s of course relying on Grand Ivan.

With Grand Ivan’s current status in the arms world, knowing anyone in the arms world isn’t surprising.

"Alright, alright, thank you, I await your news."

Gao Yang hung up the phone and said to Alexander, "News will arrive quickly; FN Company should not be a problem, showing interest to set a trap for competitors, they would be very willing."

After speaking with Grand Ivan, not long after, Gao Yang answered a few words on the phone and then said to Alexander, "FN Company is really interested in cooperation; they are willing to offer one hundred and twenty million and also six hundred thousand US dollars."

Alexander didn’t seem surprised. He smiled and said, "Remington is very reputable in high precision rifles, but FN Company’s high precision rifles aren’t their strength, so I think they should be interested. It’s a good chance to open a breakthrough."

Gao Yang shook his head, smiled bitterly, and said, "More welcome than I imagined, I still won’t interfere in this matter, you handle it."

Alexander smiled and said, "Alright, now give me an account number; I want to give you five million dollars as promised."

What Gao Yang wanted was Alexander’s debt of gratitude, not that five million dollars. After all, five million dollars isn’t particularly tempting to him at this point. It’s better to maintain the favor, but knowing Alexander is a billionaire, there’s no need to stand on ceremony—money earned through ability is spent more freely, isn’t it?

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