324: Chapter 322: To be surprised, it also depends on who the enemy is.
324: Chapter 322: To be surprised, it also depends on who the enemy is.
The spoils of war they could take with them weren’t actually that much, aside from some telescopes, night vision devices, and items like hunting rifles, the rest of the valuable goods were neither sellable nor useful for personal retention, so they were essentially meaningless.
There was a total of three hundred and twenty thousand US dollars in the bag.
Most of the cars had been destroyed, and along with them, most items had burned up except for the hunting rifles carried on persons, so finding the money was purely a stroke of luck.
The final tally of items included the cash sum of three hundred and twenty thousand US dollars.
Besides the hunting rifle captured by Gao Yang, there were also six hunting rifles outfitted with white light scopes that used sniper rifle rounds, four double-barreled shotguns, four small thermal imaging scopes for mounting on guns, two low-light night vision devices, and of course, a medium-sized thermal imager.
It was impossible to price the guns, but all the electronic equipment, when tallied, was estimated to be worth over three hundred thousand US dollars.
Combined with the cash, the distributable sum was just over six hundred thousand.
After estimating the total value of the spoils of war, Gao Yang said with a deep voice, “I’ll keep the hunting rifle I captured for myself.
Jinfang, do you want to pick a hunting rifle or something as a keepsake?”
Li Jinfang shook his head and said loudly, “I’m not interested in these guns, forget it.”
Gao Yang reached out and took two guns that appeared to be antiques from among the four double-barreled hunting rifles, and said to Destin, “Morgan likes these.
I’ll take these two guns out as a gift for him; you deal with distributing the rest.”
For Gao Yang, he definitely wasn’t going to take any more spoils.
Destin’s rescue was purely out of goodwill, and at the outset, nobody knew there were any wealthy targets to hit.
As for Destin, that was a different story, but David and the other two had helped at great risk.
If there hadn’t been anything, it would have been fine, but now that there were spoils, and not too many, dividing them up further would just complicate things.
Destin didn’t refuse or waste words.
He knew the relationship between Gao Yang and Li Jinfang.
Li Jinfang wouldn’t hesitate to throw his life away to save Gao.
To express gratitude to David and others who had helped, Li wouldn’t hesitate to share the spoils, not to mention emptying his own savings if needed.
Because he understood Gao’s temperament and the bond between Li and Gao, as soon as Gao mentioned distributing the spoils, Destin immediately said with a grave voice, “Naftalan, take all the cash.
As for the electronic devices, I’ll try to find a buyer to sell them.
After they’re sold, the money will go to David and Girard.
As for the guns, it’s a bit tricky.
Whoever wants them can pick a few to keep, but it’s better not to sell them.”
With a chuckle, David said, “Boss, I never expected to make some extra cash on this trip, so aren’t you going to take a share?”
Destin shook his head and said, “Please, I’m a millionaire now, and I should be hitting ten million soon.”
David was more talkative and lively.
After Destin finished speaking, he elbowed Naftalan and said with a laugh, “You heard that?
The boss doesn’t need money.
But you know, I don’t need it either, and my current job pays really well, so you definitely won’t be polite with me, right?”
Girard, who was piloting the plane, also said loudly, “Naftalan, I know what you’re about to say, so shut up and listen to me first.
First, I’m single.
Second, I don’t lack money at all right now.
Third, I’ve got a well-paid job.
So, my share is yours.
It’s just a little extra.
If you refuse even this, we can’t be friends anymore.”
After hesitating for a long time, Naftalan finally nodded and said, “Thank you, I won’t refuse.
Thanks, guys.”
Gao Yang, sensing something was amiss, immediately asked, “What’s up, Naftalan, do you need money urgently?”
Destin nodded and replied, “That’s right.
He has four kids, and the youngest just underwent surgery in the US for congenital heart disease.
The operation was very successful, but the medical fees were a large sum.”
Upon hearing this, Gao Yang immediately said, “Naftalan, no offense meant, but I have to say this, I’ve got plenty of money right now.
How much more do you need?
Oh, this isn’t to thank you for coming to rescue me today, it’s purely friends helping each other out.”
Lee and Naftalan were closer, and he was much more direct than Gao.
He said bluntly, “How much more do you need?
Give me an account number.
No worries, consider this a loan, you can pay me back when you have enough money.”
Destin laughed and said, “Alright, you two don’t need to say any more.
Naftalan here is good in every way except he has a bit too much needless pride.
If Naftalan were willing to accept it, he wouldn’t be rejecting the money from us brothers.
Actually, his child’s medical bills have already been paid off.
He still had tuition fees for three other kids, but with this extra cash from our windfall, their tuition fees won’t be a problem anymore, right, Naft?”
Naftalan nodded and said, “That’s right; this money is definitely enough now.
Guys, thank you!
Also, I must say—if there’s another operation like this in the future, please be sure to count me in.”
David spread his hands towards Gao Yang and said, “Naftalan had three sons admitted to Yale University at the same time.
Three sons, all getting into Yale simultaneously, ha, true geniuses indeed.
But the downside of having too many geniuses in the family is that you need to prepare a hefty tuition for the kids.
Now, let’s thank the Arabs who’ve come to deliver the money.”
Gao Yang asked in surprise, “Three?
Three sons admitted at the same time?”
Naftalan said with a face full of happiness, “Triplets, I have three seventeen-year-old sons, and they are triplets, all equally smart.
I also have a four-year-old daughter; she’s very cute, though she suffered some minor misfortune.
But my daughter’s operation was very successful, and she won’t suffer from congenital heart disease anymore.
Also, Gao, the work you and Boss provided is quite good, easy, enjoyable, and the salary is high too, more importantly, I get to work with old comrades who once fought in wars with me.
Oh, I feel so fortunate.”
Gao Yang laughed heartily and said, “After we land, we should all go have a drink, to those wealthy people who’ve brought us money.”
Naftalan also laughed heartily and said, “Indeed we should thank them, or else I would have to figure out how to apply for student loans for my three sons.
But now, the money is more than enough.”
Gao Yang shrugged and said, “I have no prejudice against any race; I only have prejudice against enemies.
As the saying goes, ‘the only good enemy is a dead enemy,’ and now it seems that enemies who bring us money and then die are truly the best kind of enemy.”
As everyone laughed at Gao Yang’s words, he took out his satellite phone and called Morgan.
Once Morgan picked up, Gao Yang immediately said, “Hey, Morgan, thanks to your plane, my reinforcements arrived just in time.
To show my gratitude, I plan to send you two small gifts.”
After laughing heartily, Morgan said, “I’m glad you’re okay.
But as for the gifts, forget about it.
You know there’s no need for that with me.”
Gao Yang pretended to ponder for a moment before speaking in a deep voice, “Are you sure you don’t want the gifts I’m offering?
Don’t you want to know what they are?”
“Forget it, Gao.
We don’t need to do this between us.”
Gao Yang sighed and said, “Alright then, forget it.
I wasn’t sure if you’d like these two guns anyway.
Oh, one’s a 12-gauge side-by-side, and the other’s a 16-gauge over-and-under, probably for bird hunting, hm.
They look pretty old, huh, and there are some words on the stocks.
Let me see what they are.”
Gao Yang had already seen the inscriptions on the gunstocks but still picked up one of the guns and took another look, saying, “The 16-gauge over-and-under has a bird drawn with gold inlay and a few English letters.
Let me see, it’s K.K.L.
As for this 12-gauge shotgun, it’s inscribed with two lines of text.
But I can’t understand it; it should be Latin.
Hey, Destin, can you understand it?”
After glancing at it, Destin immediately said, “Latin, a proverb, ‘The path of glory is not strewn with flowers,’ and below it is a signature, Clemens Wittenstein.”
Once Destin had finished speaking, Gao Yang said in a serious voice, “Morgan, did you hear what Destin said?”
On the other side, Morgan’s breathing had already become heavy.
After hearing Gao Yang’s words, Morgan shouted, “Damn it, Gao, how come you always have such good luck!
My God, my God, that K.K.L and Clemens Wittenstein!
Damn, weren’t you supposed to be on the run from people trying to kill you?
How could you end up with those two guns?
Damn it, what kind of people do you run into!”
Gao Yang laughed heartily and said, “So you’re saying you want my little gifts now?”
Morgan raged over the phone, “Gao, you damn bastard, you’re doing this on purpose, aren’t you?
You’re just teasing me.
Let me tell you, if you’ve damaged my precious guns, I’ll kill you.”
It seemed like another treasure had been found.
Of course, it was a treasure to Morgan.
Being able to repay Morgan’s help in some way made Gao Yang very happy.
“All right, all right, don’t freak out.
I was just joking with you.
I’ll take good care of your precious hunting guns until I can hand them over to you.”
Morgan took several rapid breaths over the phone and then grumbled, “I’ve been striving to find a valuable collectible but never manage to, damn it, I always come up short.
And you, in the midst of war, being chased by people trying to kill you, somehow easily obtain the treasures I’ve dreamt of.
God, what’s wrong with this world.”
Gao Yang sighed and said, “Morgan, do you know why you’re always disappointed?
The reason is simple.
You’re buying, and I’m looting.
Most crucially, you have to see who I’m looting from.
The last gun came from Gaddafi’s collection, and this time, from the hands of an oil tycoon from the Middle East.
Otherwise, who do you think would be hunting with antiques?
So, if you want surprises, you have to pick the right enemies.” (To be continued.
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