"Very good Marie, today you will accompany me so that I can show you what the work of an arms dealer is like.
It is not something simple, but I am proud to say that it is a decent job, where the most valuable thing you receive is the satisfaction of having a successful sale.
Of course, in order to sell, I will teach you the secrets that an arms dealer must have.
To start with your outfit, a suit and black glasses should always be your best friends.
Although if you dislike to wear suits, just wear casual clothes. Just remember who you are going to sell weapons to.
For the rebels, formal clothing is inappropriate, for them it is better to present a casual and friendly dress.
For a national army, the elegant suit will be your best ally for doing business.
For legal government or illegal organizations, the ideal is to have clothes that you like the most.
Some French or Mexican costumes could make you look good. Just remember not to exaggerate because you should not be the point of attention.
Although you can also be original and have a characteristic dress that is remembered everywhere you go.
Whatever your decision, you always have to be consistent with your dress, because people can feel offended if you dress in a way that is not correct at all.
But on second thought, you are a goddess and you can ignore all opinions against you.
Don't tell Diara, but when some damn buyer tries to disrespect you, you tell him to fuck off.
If he continues to bother you, you turn him to dust to show that you are not interested in having contact with an idiot.
I will also give you terrible advice, learn to make projections to show your enemies that if they shoot you, they can hurt you.
I don't think there's anything more terrifying than watching the person you shot get up while laughing. "
Marie, who was listening to everything, scratched her head "So I always have to send bad people to hell.
But I must also learn to create illusions to believe that their shots can hurt me because that way they will know the true terror. "
Prometheus nodded and stroked Marie's hair "Yes, but that's only the first part of the introductory course. What follows is what I like to call it.
Sell water in the desert or blankets in the arctic.
As arms and other souvenir dealers, we must know what our clients need.
For example, we are selling weapons to a rebel group. That rebel group has to go through complex fortifications.
But they only have light weapons like pistols, machine guns or grenades. With those weapons, you cannot enter a bunker.
You have the option of selling them a state-of-the-art jet with integrated missiles, a 150mm artillery team or 50 caliber rifles.
What would you sell to that group of rebels? "
Marie closed her eyes and imagined the weapons.
"Rifles would be useless because Papa Julien always explained to me that for fortresses, only explosive weapons could be effective.
The plane would be a good idea, but if there is no air superiority or an airport, it is useless, not to mention that training a pilot is complicated because my aunt told me that it takes years to learn to fly an airplane.
I think the ideal would be artillery because with it you could explode the bunkers where the enemy is hiding. "
Prometheus nodded and crossed his arms "That was an excellent analysis, but you are wrong.
The correct answer is the 50 caliber rifle. As an arms dealer, you should always take three things into account.
The first meet your buyer, a group of rebels will rarely have money to buy artillery or ammunition.
The second, the behavior of the rebels will always be guerrilla warfare, so they will never buy such high caliber artillery from you.
They may buy you mortars and incendiary ammunition, but they will never buy you artillery.
The third is to understand the operation of the terrain where you plan to use the weapons. If it is jungle, the artillery is almost completely useless unless it is to attack from outside.
The 50 caliber anti-material rifle is efficient at destroying fortresses, as the damage it can do is very high, unlike artillery.
It also perfectly fulfills the requirement to go through concrete. Those rifles with an infrared sight are actual killers. "
Marie put her hand on her chin and looked at Prometheus with some doubt "But if the question was to go through fortifications, can anti materiel rifles go through forts."
Prometheus nodded, and using his glasses, projected a hologram of a concrete fortification.
"Anti-material rifles are perfect for breaking through fortifications, as nothing can stop them from firing.
There are special silencers for those rifles so with sights and they can completely destroy a defense around any fortification.
Remember that it is to go through some fortifications, so it is valid to be able to have the power to eliminate their walls.
But I will give you another example you want to sell an army a new missile system but they want to buy Jets, how can you convince them when the jet is worth 1,000,000 Ehmarks and the missile system has a cost of 50,000 Ehmarks and each missile has a cost of 5,000 Ehmarks. "
Marie looked doubtfully at Prometheus and patted her head.
"I think the answer lies in their enemies. If they buy jets, can we sell the missile system to the neighboring country and can this be done vice versa?"
Prometheus was surprised by Marie's response "You are fascinating. You were able to think outside the box to find a solution other than the ones I had planned.
That speaks highly of you because you will have a very great future in the arms business.
When a client wants to buy pineapples, you should sell pineapples. The ideal is always to sell what the client asks for.
We as arms dealers should only give our opinion when they ask for it. If they do not ask for it, we should not give it unless it is something that affects us.
Remember Marie, arms dealers do not have friends or enemies, only common interests.
Never close the door of a place because you never know if it will be important, although if they want to be clever with you, you have permission to destroy them.
Trash like that is better removed from the world. "