The city's number one tycoon

Chapter 469

"Swipe the card!" Ma Yunteng pulled out his black gold card.

"Alright! Just a moment, I'll call the boss right away!" The captain beamed and immediately dialed the number of the boss behind the scenes.

"Hurry up! Within half an hour, I want to become the owner of these six aircraft carriers!" Ma Yunteng glanced at him and said calmly.

"Don't worry, my boss will be here soon!" The captain waved to the heavily armed soldiers and headed straight for an office on the aircraft carrier.

He believed that if these six aircraft carriers could really be sold for 10 billion, his boss would definitely reward him handsomely.

Previously, several countries wanted to buy these aircraft carriers, but the deal fell through due to price issues. Now that Ma Yunteng is offering them 10 billion, how could they not be happy?

"Brother Teng, are you crazy? These aircraft carriers aren't even worth 10 billion!" Lin Shike looked at Ma Yunteng speechlessly. She had studied military science in college and could tell at a glance that these aircraft carriers weren't worth 10 billion. The world's most famous aircraft carrier, the USS Carter Vinson, cost only about 4 billion, but it was an aircraft carrier with powerful combat capabilities. These aircraft carriers didn't even have carrier-based aircraft. How could they possibly be worth 10 billion?

“Yeah, boss, aircraft carriers are incredibly powerful weapon systems, but these six carriers don’t even have carrier-based aircraft, so they’re not worth the money at all,” Zhao Peng earnestly advised.

In fact, what Zhao Peng and Lin Shike said was completely correct.

It's important to understand that an aircraft carrier is essentially a mobile maritime platform for carrier-based aircraft to take off and land. An aircraft carrier without carrier-based aircraft is essentially worthless. Moreover, there are some other crucial points: each aircraft carrier is not an independent entity. Each aircraft carrier should be surrounded by cruisers, destroyers, and nuclear submarines to protect it. Without those strong protective layers, an aircraft carrier could not possibly survive.

Of course, these are analyses of the aircraft carrier's value from a military perspective.

It's definitely not worth 10 billion.

However, they all overlooked one problem: Ma Yunteng's purpose in buying this aircraft carrier was not for fighting wars at all. He was just bored, had too much money, and bought it to play with!

To put it bluntly, it's just for fun!

"Uh, you're right!" Ma Yunteng was slightly taken aback, feeling that what the two said made sense. Just then, a helicopter landed on the aircraft carrier deck, and a hunched old man stepped out of the helicopter.

The old man was wearing a military uniform with many medals, the inscriptions of which were in French.

"Hello, this is my boss," the captain introduced Ma Yunteng warmly.

"Oh, hello, hello!" Seeing the hand extended to him, Ma Yunteng shook hands with the old man briefly and then quickly left. He felt as if the old man's blue eyes were trying to see right through him.

"Not bad, not bad at all. Such talent at such a young age! The world truly belongs to the young!" The old man nodded approvingly at Ma Yunteng, then waved to the soldiers behind him, and all the soldiers immediately put their guns away.

"Oh, and who are you?" Ma Yunteng chuckled. After all, they were buying aircraft carriers, which were matters of national military secrets. To make the purchase of these aircraft carriers clean and efficient, they had to find out the old man's identity.

Otherwise, if we just bought the aircraft carrier and before it even left, it gets sunk by a missile, wouldn't that be a double loss?

"I won't tell you, and you don't need to ask!" The old man laughed heartily. "But there's one thing you can completely rest assured about! Buying an aircraft carrier from me is absolutely legal! Because I'm far more mysterious than you imagine!"

Upon hearing this, Ma Yunteng was taken aback.

This old man seems very confident.

Moreover, Ma Yunteng could sense that this confidence came not only from his wealth, but also from the fact that the old man was probably someone who held a position of great power and influence.

"System, what is the background of this old man?" Ma Yunteng was still a little worried, so he decided to ask the system for advice.

"An old guy, similar to a head of state," the system said calmly.

"Wow... but this person shouldn't be the kind who shows up in public all the time, right?" Ma Yunteng couldn't help but sigh inwardly. No wonder the other party was so confident; he was actually a head of state! However, Ma Yunteng used to be a young man who often watched the news, and he had never noticed that France had such a head of state before!

"Hehe, remember, the truly powerful ones are always those behind the scenes. They are not the heads of state, but they are above the heads of state!"

“…Alright!” Ma Yunteng didn’t plan to ask any more questions. Anyway, he was now very certain of one thing: this old man was very powerful. If he said that buying the aircraft carrier from him was legal, then it was most likely legal.

What if the other party is playing tricks...? It doesn't really matter. After all, Ma Yunteng is a man with a system. The future of Earth belongs to him. Why should he be afraid of some old man playing tricks?

"Alright! Let's get straight to the point!" Ma Yunteng laughed heartily.

"This way, please!" The old man gestured for Ma Yunteng to enter, and the two then went into an office.

"What a patriotic young man!" the old man said with a smile.

"Uh, what do you mean?" Ma Yunteng asked, taken aback.

"You bought these aircraft carriers just to donate them to your country, didn't you?" the old man continued, smiling as he asked.

(End of this chapter)

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Chapter 346 A Unique Use

"You bought these aircraft carriers just to donate them to your country, didn't you?" the old man continued, smiling as he asked.

"First, our country's aircraft carriers are far more powerful than yours! We don't need your donations! Second, well, actually I just want to buy them and play with them!" Ma Yunteng laughed heartily.

What?

Should I buy it and play with it?

The old man's beard almost stood on end! What are you planning to do? Are you going to just send troops to wipe out any country you don't like?

The old man knew very well that although these aircraft carriers had lost their combat capability, if their weapon systems could be rearranged, their deterrent power would still be very strong!

While it poses no threat to those major powers, it could, however, barely manage to threaten some small island nations!

Thinking this, a glint flashed in the old man's eyes as he looked at Ma Yunteng earnestly and said, "Young man, I can sell you the aircraft carrier! Moreover, I can provide you with even more services! But you must agree to one condition! If you violate it, the contract will be void! And you must pay me ten times the price! So... do you still want to buy it?"

"Then let's see what conditions you want me to agree to first!" Ma Yunteng asked with a slight smile.

"These six aircraft carriers are all nuclear-powered, with very sophisticated power systems. They were designed to have a service life of one hundred years, and only forty years have passed since then. If these carriers are equipped with weapon systems, their combat power will be quite considerable!"

At this point, the old man paused, tapped his finger on the table, and said, "Of course, if it's for self-defense, I can hand over some carrier-based aircraft and weapon systems to you, but you must promise me that these six aircraft carriers cannot be used for any military purposes!"