461: Chapter 458 Friend of Nature, Go to Die 461: Chapter 458 Friend of Nature, Go to Die Patrick’s father and son shop had plenty of skilled technicians with considerable experience in crafting emeralds; in Bogota’s Emerald Street, it was regarded as a leading professional storefront.
Emeralds are brittle, and crafting them requires great care; otherwise, they may become damaged.
Furthermore, because Gao Yang and his team needed to work on many pieces of jewelry all at once, and all of them involved top-quality stones, the utmost caution was needed.
Therefore, it would take them four days before they could collect their finished jewelry and accompanying authentication certificates.
As the only non-combatant in the Satan Mercenary Corps, Little Donnie stayed in the hotel in Bogota.
Once Gao Yang and the others returned, the first thing that happened was Ivan transferring the six million, five hundred thousand US dollars due to Gao Yang and his team into Little Donnie’s account.
After transferring the money to Little Donnie, Ivan immediately left, and it was time for Gao Yang and his team to distribute the funds internally.
Gathering everyone together, Gao Yang snapped his fingers and said, “Guys, we’ve got nothing left to do in Colombia.
After we pick up our customized jewelry, we’ll be headed back.
It’s time to divide the money.
Little Donnie, how much did we make this time?”
Clearing his throat, Little Donnie responded, “In this operation in Colombia, we earned a total of sixteen million, eight hundred thousand US dollars, of which five million was our fee.
The remaining ten million eight hundred thousand were either spoils or seizures.
According to Satan’s distribution principle, I’ve already calculated the amount each person should receive.”
Gao nodded and said, “Good, tell us, how much does each person get?”
Little Donnie spoke gravely, “Regarding seized money, Rabbit is disqualified from taking spoils this time, so he can only take eight hundred thousand US dollars.
Lucica participated in one operation, also eight hundred thousand US dollars.
The rest who participated in both operations each get one million, seven hundred thousand US dollars.
Regarding the fee, Tommy takes a base salary of ten thousand US dollars.
It’s not yet time for Lucica to receive a base salary.
Ram, you take one million, five hundred thousand US dollars.
Big Dog, Rabbit, Toad, Test Tube, and Little Fly, each of you gets seven hundred thousand US dollars.”
Gao nodded and said, “Alright, Little Donnie has made it clear.
Does anyone have any questions?”
Tommy was the first to raise his hand, saying, “Boss, I’m a newcomer; do I share the seized money equally with you all?”
Gao laughed and replied, “Of course, your base salary is ten thousand, but you are entitled to equally share the spoils with us.
All of it.”
Tommy nodded without saying anything more, but Lucica raised her hand and, after a moment’s hesitation, said solemnly, “Actually, I have no problem.
I didn’t know I could still take money.
I’m used to only working without pay.
No worries, I’m just a little surprised, that’s all.”
Gao nodded and announced loudly, “We don’t have a specific rule for distributing spoils right now, so we’re all sharing equally for now.
But as more people join in the future, we will definitely have a specific method for distributing spoils.
As for now, it’s best if we all share and share alike.
If no one has any objections, Little Donnie will transfer the amounts he mentioned into everyone’s accounts.”
Gao was in a great mood at that moment.
He had just become a multimillionaire before sinking the Nisshin Maru, but after he used all his money to vent his frustration, all that was left in his account was pocket change.
If he didn’t deposit a significant sum soon, he might even lose his Swiss Bank account, as not only is there no interest on deposits in Swiss banks, but one also has to pay a substantial fee to the bank each year.
Now, all was well.
The mission in Colombia was quite fruitful, and Gao suddenly had a new deposit of three million, two hundred thousand US dollars, finally escaping the situation of being penniless.
Everyone was pleased with the gains in Colombia, especially Tommy, who was so excited that he was almost at a loss about what to do with himself.
Suddenly, Glolov let out a sigh and exclaimed loudly, “Back when we were in Libya, five of us earned ten thousand US dollars a day as a fee, and we were over the moon, thinking it was a fortune.
Now, we can earn several million dollars on a single mission, and it feels so surreal to me.”
Glolov’s words made the four founders of the Satan Mercenaries sigh with emotion; they used to be thrilled to earn a couple of thousand US dollars a day, considering it a high income, but now, at a rate of two thousand US dollars a day, they certainly wouldn’t even consider it worth their trouble to fight.
The dramatic increase in Gao and his team’s income was largely because they used to only take on the most basic and lowest-end jobs, like they did in Libya.
Regardless of whether there was combat or not, they had a fixed daily rate; they would earn the same amount for sitting around whole days or for fighting in extremely fierce battles.
Now, Gao would definitely not take on tasks that paid by the day.
He would only choose high-paying missions, like the lucrative job of taking down Teodulo.
The mission in Colombia was a typical high-risk, high-return operation.
They got paid upon completion, but if they failed to kill Teodulo, no matter how much Gao and his team invested in the mission or how many people died, they wouldn’t get a penny if the mission was not completed.
Everything has two sides.
Gao Yang and his team have been lucky recently; they successfully completed several tasks and earned quite a bit of money.
In the mercenary world, they belong to a very small group of the most successful.
But no one dares to say that military tasks will always succeed.
If they fail just once, not getting paid is the least of their worries.
If they lose soldiers or have casualties, Gao Yang and his team can only take responsibility and bear all the losses themselves.
No matter what, the Satan Mercenary Corps has already become famous, and a benefit of being famous is that many tasks come looking for them.
No longer do they have to settle for the money that’s worth dying for; they can choose tasks that pay well.
As the leader of the Satan Mercenary Corps, selecting tasks is Gao Yang’s job.
He must choose which tasks to accept based on the risk and benefits of each one.
With nothing left to do in Colombia, Gao Yang was proactively preparing for the Satan Mercenary Corps’ next job.
“We will be leaving Colombia soon.
While everyone is here, Little Donnie, are there any tasks we can take on now?”
Hearing Gao Yang’s question, Little Donnie nodded, took out a notebook and said, “Yes, I’ve written down the tasks we could do.
First of all, Li Pengfei’s security company has started operating.
They have lots of businesses in both the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Sierra Leone.
But Li Pengfei is short-staffed.
He wants our help and is willing to hand over some contracts to us.”
Interested to hear that Li Pengfei’s business had started, Gao Yang asked, “What kind of contracts?
Tell me more.”
“There’s an oil field in Iraq that needs a large number of security personnel.
It’s a long-term contract, three months per term, for eight hundred thousand US dollars.
However, we need more than twenty people.”
“Then there’s a task in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to provide security for a major project being undertaken by a Huaxia company, at three hundred thousand US dollars a month.”
Gao Yang shook his head in disappointment and said, “Forget it, security work is not our strong suit.
We are better suited for offensive tasks, and besides, the money is too little.
Let Li Pengfei find someone else.
We’re not interested.
Anything else?”
Little Donnie nodded and said, “Yes, Jiang Yun has now separated from Li Pengfei and is mainly handling matters for the Skull Gang.
He called to say that Maide wants to expand through warfare.
Maide would greatly appreciate our help, and the soldiers of the Skull Gang really hope we can go.
He said that even if you guys just show up without fighting, it would greatly boost the soldiers’ morale.
You can name your own price, no matter how much it is, Maide will agree.
Maide has called you a few times, but couldn’t get through, so Jiang Yun called me instead.”
Extending a finger, Gao Yang said, “Note that one down.
It’s okay to help out an old friend if we have nothing else to do.
Any others?”
“Hmm, there’s Syria.
The Syrian opposition is looking for mercenaries globally.
Reliable information suggests that the backers are likely the US or Saudi Arabia.
However, the opposition is not offering high prices: elite mercenaries are paid a thousand US dollars per day, with snipers earning more, paid daily.
I believe that with the Satan Mercenary Corps’ reputation we could push for up to two thousand US dollars a day, but that’s the limit.”
Gao Yang immediately scoffed, “Give me a break, those stingy bastards from Syria.
Too damn cheap.
When Gaddafi was paying free mercenaries a thousand US dollars per day, the Syrian opposition is only offering that much to elite mercenaries.
No way we’re going!”
Glolov shrugged and said, “The doctor president of Syria hasn’t sought mercenaries.
If he did, paying five hundred dollars a day per person would be good for him.
I’ve told you, the Libyan civil war was like springtime for mercenaries.
Do you think everyone is as rich as Gaddafi?”
After shaking his head, Gao Yang sighed and asked, “Anything else?
Higher-priced, one-time tasks.”
Little Donnie forced a smile and said, “Gao, you have to understand that high-paying tasks aren’t always available; it’s all about luck.
However, there is another task where the client came directly to me, specifically asking for Satan to handle it.
But the price, well, it’s a bit low, so I actually wasn’t going to mention it.”
“Let’s hear it.
Just listening doesn’t mean we’ll take it.”
Little Donnie, looking helpless, replied, “There’s a newly established organization called Friend of Nature.
They found out about the Satan Mercenary Corps through a mercenary magazine.
Their leader wants to hire you for an assault action.
No killing, just destroying machinery, likely requiring a lot of explosives.
The timing is flexible, and the commission, well, is two hundred thousand US dollars.”
Gao Yang’s eyes immediately widened as he exclaimed, “Are you kidding me?
Two hundred thousand US dollars?
Tell them to go to hell!
Not only would I absolutely never accept such a task, but the key point is, two hundred thousand dollars, are they mocking us?”
Little Donnie smiled bitterly and said, “The leader of Friend of Nature mentioned they have just started out and don’t have much funding yet.
But if they receive sizable donations, he will increase the commission.
Oh, no need to tell me, I’m just giving you the explanation.
Of course, we wouldn’t accept such a task.
Let Friend of Nature screw off.”(To be continued.
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