Mercenary I am the king

Chapter 539 The key is money!
"They're much more powerful," Molins said. "After all, they're the largest rebel group. Unlike us, they've long been involved in the drug trade. If I were to ask how much they can control, I'd estimate around 30%."

"half……"

Song Heping weighed it over.

The ELN and FARC armed forces together control half of Colombia's drug market, which seems pretty good.

"What about the remaining half? Who is in control?"

"It used to be Pablo. After Pablo's downfall, his Medellín Cartel declined. The territory and drug trade he once controlled are now largely controlled by the Gulf Gang, and the rest has been divided up by smaller gangs." Morins spread his hands. "In Colombia, we are the kings. Those drug lords are like leeks. They grow up one crop at a time, and if they offend the Americans, they will be wiped out."

Song Heping said, "Do you know the boss of the Gulf Gang?"

"Of course I know him. He's not in our territory, but we all know each other." Morins said bluntly: "The boss of the Gulf Gang is called Ottoniel."

Song Heping said, "Can we invite him to meet Malulan tomorrow?"

"Call him?"

Morins asked in surprise, "Song, why do I feel like you're coming to Colombia for the drug business?"

"That's right." Song Heping said frankly, "I am indeed coming here for your Colombian drug market."

Molins was stunned: "Don't you say you don't touch this kind of business?"

"Just like you, I have no choice."

The two looked at each other for a moment, and suddenly laughed.

Song Heping said seriously, "You also know that I've been doing something in Mexico recently, so I won't hide it from you..."

He briefly recounted his experience working with the CIA's covert operations division in Mexico and stated his ultimate goal.

"Ultimately, I want to control all five major Mexican families and make them obey me."

When Morins heard that Song Heping and the CIA were actually working closely together to control the Mexican drug market, his jaw dropped to the ground.

Although he had been mentally prepared for the cooperation between Song Heping and the CIA before coming here, he was still shocked when he heard about such a large-scale cooperation.

"Song, you're really taking things too far."

Song Heping said: "Since we are going to play, we should play big."

Morins thought for a moment and said worriedly, "So you're looking for me and Marulan to control the supply to North America?"

"To control the five major families, we either have to fight a hard battle, but that will inevitably result in a huge number of casualties and a long time. It won't be possible without a year or two and the loss of 7 to lives to determine the final victory or defeat." Song Heping nodded. "But I've checked. % of the cocaine and marijuana consumed in the United States each year comes from you. Mexico actually has less domestic products than you do. As long as the supply gates on your side are tightened, the supply of the Mexican drug cartels will drop rapidly. The local products they grow alone are simply not enough to supply the market, and they won't make as much money as they do now."

"I'm going to wage an economic war against them. I'll start with money, weakening their income and blocking their supply channels. Then, through the CIA and DEA, I'll intensify my crackdown on their sales channels into North America, while also blocking their export channels. By attacking from multiple fronts simultaneously, I'll squeeze the four disobedient families into Mexico. Imagine how they'll support so many of their men if their income plummets. For the sake of money, I bet the four families will scramble for territory and distribution channels for survival. Then, I'll use some tactics to sow discord..."

Speaking of this, Song Heping showed a confident smile.

Morins broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this.

He discovered that the old friend in front of him was really a master of strategy.

When gangs and drug cartels fight for territory, most of the time they fight to the death.

Whoever defeats whom will be obeyed.

Song Heping used completely different methods.

No bloodshed, no life-threatening situations.

They will just come up and turn off the tap for you, squeeze the other party's source of income, and force the other party to bow down.

As for what Song Heping said about using some means to provoke internal strife among the four major families, he couldn't guess what the means were, but he believed that if Song Heping wanted to do it, he would be able to do it.

"Your idea is brilliant, but the problem is..." Morins said, "How are you going to convince Marulan of the FARC and Otoniel of the Gulf Gang? If they stop supplying drug traffickers in Mexico, they'll suffer losses themselves. Even if I, despite opposition from the top brass of the organization, were willing to bear the losses and cooperate with you in stopping supply, the drug traffickers in my territory still have to make a living. I have no reason to convince them to cut off their source of income and play such a big game with you." "Don't worry about this issue. As long as you arrange a meeting, I can convince everyone. As for your income, I promise that it will not be lower than before. Currently, more than half of Mexico's drug smuggling and sales networks are controlled by me. Do you think I will let you suffer?"

Song Heping gave Morins a reassurance.

"Okay, I believe you." Molins said, "I'll arrange a meeting tomorrow and decide the location."

"Okay, I'll wait for your good news and stay at your place tonight."

"No problem, now that we've finished our business, let's have some drinks!" Morins was very hospitable and immediately asked someone to serve the food and wine.

While Song Heping was in Colombia drinking and chatting with Morins, far away in the CIA headquarters in Langley, Kelly sat behind the desk in her office, listening to her subordinates report to her about Song Heping's whereabouts.

After listening, she was silent for a long time, her brows still furrowed.

"He's going to Venezuela at this time?! What do you think he's planning to do?"

"Our people followed him for a while, and it seems he was going to the school he built."

Subordinate A handed a picture to Kelly.

"According to satellite reconnaissance images, the Falcon Special Forces School he built is almost complete. I guess he's going back for inspection?"

"Impossible." Kelly threw down the pen in her hand and said, "Didn't our people follow them around the school to check?"

"that……"

Personnel B, who was in charge of the tracking mission, said, "Because of the lesson we learned last time, our people didn't dare follow them to the school. There's no one living within a 500-kilometer radius of the school, except for a small town nearby with a population of no more than . Even a fly that flew into the school would be swatted to death. Our agents would be easily exposed."

Kelly's face turned grim.

As the CIA director of operations with so many elite agents under his command, he was unable to track one person and keep an eye on his whereabouts.

This is really embarrassing to say.

Why did Song Heping return to Venezuela at this time?
Barrett has returned to the United States.

Because everyone else followed Song Heping to Venezuela, only Barrett was not called. According to Song Heping, Barrett was asked to stay in Mexico because he planned to hand over Barrett's smuggling group network to him and let him be the boss.

However, once Song Heping and the others leave, it will be very dangerous for Barrett to stay alone in Mexico.

According to intelligence, the four major families have united to deal with Song Heping and the dwarf. Barrett, who was promoted by Song Heping to be the boss of the smuggling network group, is naturally on the assassination list. A bounty may even be offered.

To this day, Kelly still has no idea what Song Heping is thinking, and cannot guess how he plans to deal with the other four families.

She had tried to test him before, but Song Heping was very cautious. When faced with key issues, he would just laugh it off and beat around the bush, never telling the truth. If asked urgently, he would just say, "You'll know later."

Damn Orientals!

Always so insidious!

Kelly now even knows that Song Heping does not trust her, and is even just using the CIA's name for other purposes.

But even so, I still have to pretend nothing happened and cooperate with him.

This is so annoying!
If it wasn't for the overall situation, I would have fallen out with him long ago!
An hour wasted in a meeting that ultimately produced nothing.

Kelly irritably dismissed her two subordinates, drank her last cup of coffee in the office, picked up her handbag and prepared to turn off the lights and go home.

Just then, the phone vibrated in my pocket.

I took it out and looked at the number, and it turned out to be Song Heping's phone.

　Asking for a monthly ticket!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)