King Of War: Starting with Arms Dealer

In the end, because their actions weren't decisive enough, or to put it bluntly, they weren't ruthless enough, they drove Princess Amina to the brink.

It wasn't their doing, but they bear an undeniable responsibility!

Hearing the displeasure in Qiao's voice, Dvali, resigned, lowered his stance and said, "Hu Lang, you're injured. There's no need to be so angry.

Princess Amina is safe now, right?

In fact, I think her ordeal will greatly benefit her future career. I can personally invest in the production of 'Rescuing Princess Amina 2' and guarantee the film's release within the Shah and even GCC countries.

This would be Princess Amina's best bargaining chip!"

Dvali's unprecedented low posture startled Joe Ga, who looked back at him with curiosity and said, "Brother, what do you want?"

Dvali, long accustomed to Qiao's sharpness, said helplessly, "Hu Lang, I know you're unhappy, but please don't let our Crown Prince lose face.

Salman is certain to be the next King, and a King needs sufficient dignity."

Joe Ga laughed and said, "What benefit do you gain to actually consider that Crown Prince so much?

I heard he arrested a bunch of people and detained them in a Riyadh hotel. What can your family gain from those people?"

Dvali smiled bitterly and said, "Hu Lang, those people embezzled a lot of money, but they are still princes. It's impossible for Salman to really put them on trial, because if he does, it will make more people feel uneasy.

So..."

Joe Ga paused, then said mockingly, "So those princes would exchange power and part of their wealth for 'freedom,' right?

You need to align with that Crown Prince to feast on the juiciest parts of this banquet.

Tell me, how much can those princes come up with to ransom themselves?"

Listening, Dvali sighed and said, "Do you know Walid?"

Joe Ga, naturally, nodded and said, "Of course, the richest man in the Shah, known as the Middle Eastern Buffett, with worldwide investments...

In the '80s he invested in Citibank, in the '90s Apple, he orchestrated the merger between HP and Compaq in the millennium, and just last year invested in China Bank...

What's up? Don't tell me this guy is also on the Crown Prince's purge list?

Tackling such a big tycoon is extremely detrimental to the Shah's international image..."

Dvali sighed and said, "Walid is currently detained in Riyadh. He just called the Crown Prince, voluntarily requesting to give up his prince status, hoping to exchange $6 billion in cash and all the shares in the Royal Investment Company for his freedom..."

Joe Ga paused, incredulously, "This guy wants to completely sever himself from the Shah Royal Family?

Wow, $6 billion plus several hundred billion in shares, this guy is truly ruthless.

Your Crown Prince would let go of someone like this?

Keep in mind, he still has significant wealth in America and elsewhere in the world. If the Shah experiences any political change in the future, your Crown Prince would find himself in a very passive position."

Dvali heard this, shook his head and said, "In terms of bloodline, Walid is just a peripheral prince; he can't even touch the edge of succession rights.

But this guy, through the Royal Investment Company, controls many of the Shah's internal entities, and using new liberalism economic ideas has influenced a large faction within the Shah.

Stripping all of his wealth related to the Shah and then kicking him out is enough."

Joe Ga, of course, knew what new liberalism economics was...

Essentially, it's a new economic mindset developed based on two Washington Consensus, that emerged from nationwide privatization, with total liberalization of the financial sector...

Simply put, it breaks down the boundaries between government and state, advocating profitable actions through globalized finance.

Financial capital knows no borders; they don't need a homeland, nor do they want to pay taxes...

The "great philanthropist" Buffett contributes less in taxes than an average blue-collar worker.

Wall Street has hijacked America more than once or twice, and the prosperity and devastation caused by the flow of financial capital have become routine, like seasonal crop rotations.

The essence of new liberalism economics is really about financial capital maximizing its interests from its standpoint.

However, the financial mobility they pursue is extremely destructive to all third-world countries.

Since the '80s, the frenzied development of America's internal financial system has created a rent-seeking monster.

They don't engage in production, but profit by trading currency, relying on the US dollar's dominance and the US military-established international financial trade rules, with their size snowballing ever larger.

This monster was born in America, thriving under the tide of global financial trade. It represents one side of America but is not America's entirety.

The Black government and the Big Mouth Don government were both trying to limit them, but considering the current situation, new liberalism economics is too deeply tied to America...

Nations unwilling to privatize public assets are enemies of new liberalism!

Nations that don't open their financial markets are enemies of new liberalism!

Nations with strict regulations hindering the free flow of finances are enemies of new liberalism!

Nations that heavily tax the rentier class are enemies of new liberalism!

Basically, anyone or organization endorsing new liberalism economics are beneficiaries, the so-called establishment.

It's understandable to speak in favor of where one's interests lie, but the spread of this ideology and behavior is nothing good for all developing countries.

Because once capital flow is liberalized, in line with the principle of maximized profits, just a slight interest rate hike by the US dollar could instigate a capital backflow, leaving the places they exit in a state of devastation.

At this point, Joe Ga started realizing that the Crown Prince isn't just some pushover. He's strategizing with clear purposes and goals.

He wants to maintain Shah's relatively independent posture, establish control over capital, directing those previously inaccessible funds into Shah for development.

Because the companies, groups, and funds where the money is nominally belong to the Shah, but actual control doesn't lie with the King.

Those people used their power to control these capitals to profit in international financial markets, or simply invested in higher growth assets in Europe and America, disregarding Shah's internals.

The Crown Prince's battle, aside from succession, fundamentally revolves around money or the flow of money.

By undermining a batch of unruly rent-seeking classes, he could convene a bulk of financial capital to invest in Shah's internal construction...

Achieving such an effect by tackling a few princes—what a lucrative business!

After understanding it all, Joe Ga curiously asked, "What is your Princes' expected return this time?"

Dvali helplessly replied, "Cash plus physical assets amount to about $60 billion, along with control over sovereign funds, decision-making power of the Shah-Me Group, along with more than $100 billion in various foreign investments and equity capital."

Joe Ga was stunned, "FUCK!

No wonder they want to capture them alive...

Brother, speaking up for the Crown Prince like this, how much do you stand to gain?"