War Dogs Page #6

Get the f*** out of here.

I'm dead serious.

Sh*t.

Okay.

Henry Girard was a legend

among arms dealers.

When they hung Saddam Hussein

for crimes against humanity

it was said that Henry sold them the rope.

Hey, Henry, sorry I'm late.

This is my partner

I was telling you about.

- Efraim Diveroli.

- Nice to meet you.

It's an absolute pleasure.

Henry has a dinner in 10 minutes,

but I wanted you to hear this firsthand.

I showed him the list and he can help.

Great. With which part?

All of it.

He can fill the whole order.

- The whole order?

- Mmm-hmm.

Even the AK ammo?

Not a problem.

You do know it's

100 million rounds, right?

Henry has contacts in Albania.

Albania?

They spent decades preparing

for a Western invasion that never came.

That country is one giant arsenal.

It's all just sitting there.

Tell him the best part.

They're in the process of joining NATO,

so they have to dispose of all

of their Soviet era weapons.

They are literally dismantling it

and turning it into scrap.

I can get most of the sh*t

for pennies on the dollar.

Now, tell him the other best part.

You're looking at the exclusive agent

for the whole f***ing thing.

This was the magic bullet.

One supplier who could

fill the entire Afghan deal.

This wouldn't just put us in contention.

We might actually win this thing.

Sorry, I have a question.

Sure.

With that kind of hookup

why don't you just bid

on the contract yourself?

Full disclosure?

I'm barred from doing any business

with the U.S. government.

I'm on a watch list.

Like a terrorist watch list?

Mmm-hmm.

- Got it.

- Wait, what?

Okay, how much for the AK ammo?

- 10 cents a round.

- That's f***ing amazing.

And what about shipping?

You can get Ilyushin 76

through Russian pilots.

80K per flight.

I'm sorry, you're on

a terrorist watch list?

What the f***!

Do you work for Homeland Security?

Relax, bro.

You two should probably talk this over.

We will. But we are very interested.

Good. My flight leaves

tomorrow morning at 10:00.

I can't spend more than 48 hours

in this dump.

That's what I always say.

Vegas is a two-day town.

I was talking about America.

We're talking exclusive access

to a stockpile

of Soviet Bloc non-standard

weapons and ammo.

That's going to win this deal for us.

He's on a terrorist watch list!

Whatever. People end up on that list

for bringing scissors onto an airplane!

That's not why he's on the list.

Look, the Pentagon wants

100 million rounds of AK-47 ammo

in the middle of a worldwide shortage.

Where do you think

they think that's going to come from?

A bunch of shady motherfuckers

like that guy.

This is the job.

To do business with the people in places

the U.S. government

can't do business with directly.

It's as simple as that.

F***!

Hey, boys.

So we discussed it,

and we'd like to move forward.

Fantastic. Congratulations.

- But we have to see the merchandise.

- Oh, of course.

On site, in person.

You guys ever been to Albania?

Honestly, until last night

I didn't even know it was

a real f***ing country.

Oh, it's a beautiful place.

Come on in. I'll call my guy

and we'll set it up.

Albania is a lot of things.

But a beautiful place is not one of them.

It took us three separate flights

and 22 hours just to get there.

Henry's people sent a driver

to pick us up at the airport

and the guy would not stop talking.

I fall over, she revive me.

But none of that diminished

Efraim's enthusiasm.

He really believed

this could be the answer.

Welcome, AEY.

I am Yili Pinari,

head of Albania's largest

military export company.

Efraim Diveroli. Good to see you.

This is my business associate,

David Packouz.

- Glad to meet you.

- How you doing?

Uh...

Thank you for the sign.

Oh. It's for you.

Yes, I know.

I said thank you for the sign.

So, show us what you got.

What is this place?

Storage for the Albanian army.

We have 700 more like it

across the country.

You have 700 warehouses like this?

Not just warehouse.

We use church, hospital, school.

Albania is most armed country

in the world.

Hey, that's cool. Congrats, bro.

It was like

a f***ing museum in there.

Most of this sh*t hadn't seen daylight

since the Cold War.

But that didn't matter to us.

All we cared about was the AK ammo.

It's okay. We have plenty

of what you came for.

All these containers

are filled with your bullets.

What do you mean,

all the bullets are right here?

126 million rounds.

F*** me.

Yeah. F*** us all.

How old are these?

30, maybe 40 years. AK-47 bullets

can last forever if properly stored.

Right. Well, how were these stored?

Uh, who gives a f***

how these were stored?

All that matters is they f***ing work.

Do they work?

You try.

They f***ing worked.

The entire defense industry

was scrambling over this deal.

And the key to it was sitting

in 23 shipping containers

in the back of a rusted out warehouse

on the other side of the world.

We got back with just enough time

to submit our bid

before the government's deadline.

And then we waited.

We waited five months.

Pa.

David!

- Is that Efraim?

- What?

- Is it?

- David!

We f***ing won!

Holy sh*t. We won the Afghan deal.

- What?

- We won the Afghan deal!

- We won?

- We f***ing won!

Bro! Are you f***ing kidding me?

- We f***ing won!

- Yeah, motherf***er!

Yeah! Yeah, motherf***er!

Before we could begin,

AEY still needed to be vetted

by the government.

It's a pain-in-the ass process

involving three separate audits

and an in-person interview.

The audits were the biggest hurdle.

I mean, we didn't even

have a real bookkeeper.

We didn't have real books.

We had to fabricate AEY's accounting

going back three years.

Ledgers, bank statements,

phony purchase orders,

we forged it all.

Two weeks later, we were in Rock Island,

Illinois for our big meeting

with procurement officers

from the U. S. Military.

We were pretty f***ing nervous.

So Efraim thought it'd be a good idea

to get high in the parking lot.

Hold up.

Does it sound like

we're more than two people right now?

Yeah.

It was really strong sh*t.

Okay.

This is very impressive.

Very impressive.

Frankly, we were a tad concerned

with your performance history

against a deal of this size.

But after meeting you two face to face,

we feel like we're in good hands

on this one.

Well, we won't let you down,

sirs.

Not to mention,

your bid was far too attractive

for us to pass up.

Thank you. I mean, that's great to hear

because we really worked hard on this.

Sorry. Excuse me.

One of you just said

our bid was too attractive to pass up.

What did you mean by that, exactly?

He means you boys lowballed

the sh*t out of your competition.

Yeah. Uh...

By how much?

Millions.

Okay.

Just for me. I...

I'm curious, how many millions?

Well, technically, we're not supposed to

discuss that with you,

but what the hell.

You guys came in $53 million

lower than the nearest competition.

F***! F***!

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