Secondhand equipment? He Runxian was taken aback. "Didn't you want brand-new ones?"
"I only said I wanted complete documentation." Feng Jun found it rather baffling too. "Whether they're brand-new really doesn't matter... As long as they're at least eighty percent new, that's enough. For things like warships, a bit of minor exterior damage is fine too, as long as they function normally."
He Runxian knew quite a bit about this. "The price difference between secondhand and brand-new goods is enormous."
"What else can I do?" Feng Jun replied helplessly. "They have to pay first, and they don't want to wait. This is the only way."
In truth, he did not mind secondhand weapons at all. For his intended use, brand-new weapons were not even as suitable as used ones. He simply could not say so before, and now he naturally took the opportunity to act aggrieved.
"Since they're secondhand, then we should ask for more," He Runxian stated without hesitation. I'm on your side. "I'll talk to them. Do you have any other requirements, sir?"
How much cheaper were secondhand goods than new ones? Feng Jun very much wanted to ask that, because only people in the business would know such information. There was no way to find it online, and he had no information on the matter.
In the end, however, he did not ask—wouldn't that be exposing himself? He cleared his throat. "You handle these matters. My requirement remains the same: don't play any tricks... If anything goes wrong, bear the consequences yourselves. I will accept no explanations."
"Of course," He Runxian agreed, then turned to contact Pioneer Bank.
As someone from a Border Star, he knew plenty about the shady dealings in the arms trade. Although he was not involved in that line of work, as Hesheng's