884: Chapter 874: Disbanding, Yes or No?
884: Chapter 874: Disbanding, Yes or No?
On August 7, 2013, after four days and a high-difficulty, high-risk airdrop operation, the Satan Mercenary Corps returned to New York.
In four days, they had earned 30 million dollars; it was the largest deal the Satan Mercenary Corps had ever completed.
It was short, the return was great, and of course, the risk was also very high, but the reward was truly too substantial.
For the majority of mercenary groups, deals worth more than ten million were something they could stumble upon but not seek out.
Yet the Satan Mercenary Corps had encountered such a super deal.
Gao Yang had reaped a great bounty in this mission.
His net worth had finally broken through ten million once again, becoming a multimillionaire, but that was just a bit more than ten million, at best.
He could be considered wealthy, but his net worth was still a mere fraction of Morgan’s.
The more money they earned, the more people there were to divide it among.
Thirty million divided by twelve people meant each person received less than three million.
While Gao Yang, as the team leader, could take a bit more, his additional share was limited.
So, although the total sum sounded huge, there wasn’t much once it was divided.
Gao Yang hadn’t thought about becoming a billionaire before, but he was on the path to becoming one.
However, his money wouldn’t mainly come from fighting but from the diamond mine and the large security company that had been planned but was temporarily shelved.
The diamond mine he cooperated with Morgan on seemed to have a good prospect and had already begun to bring in revenue.
The only issue was that the income from the diamond mine needed to be reinvested back into the mine.
The real profitable period had yet to arrive.
As for the large security company, well, ever since they lost contact with Grand Ivan, it could only be indefinitely shelved.
Now, Gao Yang was reconsidering starting up the security company’s plans again.
Gao Yang had been contemplating retirement.
He became a mercenary only to make money, and now he had enough and didn’t need to fight for money.
But Gao Yang had discovered a severe problem; he genuinely couldn’t imagine what life would be like for him to settle down and live like an ordinary person away from the battlefield.
Nate Schumacher had hit the nail on the head.
After getting used to settling matters with a gun, Gao Yang really couldn’t imagine what a peaceful ordinary life would look like.
Gao Yang felt that perhaps after some time to adapt, he could get used to the life of a normal person.
But as soon as he landed at Kennedy Airport in New York, seeing the bustling crowd, Gao Yang suddenly became very fearful.
He realized he could accept temporarily living in such an environment.
Still, the idea of permanently living in such a big city was absolutely intolerable to him.
Gao Yang felt some fear in his heart because he was afraid that he and his brothers in the Satan Mercenary Corps, just like those in the Angel Mercenary Corps, were fighting just for the sake of fighting.
Not for money, not for revenge, or anything; they were just fighting to stay on the battlefield.
Gao Yang started to feel uneasy.
He thought that he must not become a battle maniac like those in the Angel Mercenary Corps, since his initial intention of becoming a mercenary was to earn enough money to enjoy life, not to revel in combat.
After stepping out of the terminal and seeing no one around, Gao Yang clapped his hands and gathered his men to his side, then spoke in a grave tone, “Guys, do we really need to keep fighting?
If I said now is the time to retire, what would you think?”
Gao Yang’s words stunned everyone.
Andy He spread his hands and said, “Boss, I’ve just joined, just started enjoying the thrill of this life.
Are you joking?”
Jansen was dumbstruck, “I was thinking about continuing to make big money.”
Frey too laughed, “Boss, I was thinking about making big money too.
A few million dollars don’t make you rich.
Alright, maybe my money is enough to let me live a decent life for the rest of my days, but I don’t want to retire now.
At least let me earn enough to travel around the Earth and live luxuriously before it’s too late to retire.”
Li Jinfang spoke in a grave tone, “Without fighting, I wouldn’t know what to do.”
Cui Bo chuckled, “You must be joking, I don’t want to retire.”
Eileen said with a relaxed expression, “Please, I’m enjoying this kind of life; I’ve never enjoyed life as much as now.”
Rafael scratched his head, “I’ve never thought about retiring, never considered it, not even once.”
Only Glolov remarked with some emotion, “Actually, we now have enough capital to change professions.
I’ve also been thinking about retiring, but…”
After lowering his head and remaining silent for a moment, Glolov said in a dejected tone, “I can’t walk away.
Living in this city, I always feel like an outsider.
I know I haven’t turned into a lunatic, and I won’t pose a threat to anyone.
I simply don’t want to live this kind of life.
I…
I don’t want to leave the battlefield.
I know it’s selfish, but living a peaceful life will make me very uncomfortable.”
Tommy also whispered, “I should retire too, but I won’t.
You know me; I have no family, no relatives, just a bunch of people I need to take care of.
Now I have a girlfriend, but besides fighting, I don’t know how to do anything else.
If I leave the battlefield, I’ll feel very useless…”
Only Bruce and Lucica hadn’t spoken.
Gao Yang looked at Bruce and said, “Test Tube, you have a child, a mother to take care of, and you’ve got Lucica.
Do you think it’s time for you to retire?
You know what I mean, so I want to know your real thoughts.”
After hesitating for a moment, Bruce spoke softly, “My reason tells me I should retire, although I actually don’t want to, especially since I don’t want to leave everyone.”
It was clear from Bruce’s implication that he was considering leaving.
Gao Yang smiled, patted Bruce on the shoulder, and said, “You’re rational, Test Tube, and I sincerely hope you can leave.
If you choose to retire, we’ll all congratulate you.”
Bruce shook his head and said, “Are you kidding?
If I leave, where will you find another military doctor as good as me?”
After finishing, Bruce looked up at Gao Yang and said, “I’ve thought about retiring, but I don’t want to leave, nor can I leave, Boss.
I won’t leave, and you don’t have to ask Lucica’s opinion.
We’ve agreed privately that unless Satan disbands, we’ll never leave.”
The mood suddenly became heavy.
Gao Yang sighed and said, “Test Tube, our group really is free to come and go.”
Bruce shrugged and said, “Of course, I know, so I’m not leaving.
Are you going to kick me out?”
Gao Yang felt somewhat heavy inside due to the friendships and the many ties that made it really hard to leave a group that had been through life and death together, even with many reasons to go.
Gao Yang, in fact, had been thinking about retiring, but he hadn’t said anything, because so many people didn’t want to end their mercenary lives.
So, even if Gao Yang no longer needed to rely on fighting to make money, he wouldn’t leave, absolutely not.
Suddenly, Gao Yang relaxed.
He stopped thinking about retiring but immediately put the plan to establish a large security company back on the agenda.
Even without Grand Ivan, without Uriyangko, he was determined to make it happen on his own.
Only in this way could the Satan Mercenary Corps continue to exist in another form.
Gao Yang nodded and said, “Okay, let’s not talk about retiring or disbanding.
Guys, isn’t it time to continue planning for our own security company?”
Gao Yang’s suggestion immediately lifted the slightly dejected spirits of the group.
Glolov, excited, said, “Absolutely!
There’s no better solution if you want to retire.
Fellas, it’s time to think about this again.”
Li Jinfang nodded repeatedly and said, “We can definitely do it, even without Grand Ivan’s support, but our money is far from enough to establish a large security company.
Should we start small first?”
Eileen, excited, said, “Yeah, how much money can we pool together?
We can do it now.”
Gao Yang, stroking his chin, said, “I think if we’re going to do it, we should go big.
But we’re still short of money.
Without the stuff from Grand Ivan, just an airplane will cost tens of millions.
Our money, let alone an airplane, even buying a few armored vehicles, sustaining a team of a thousand people would be gone.
A security company like that, we could put together now, but it doesn’t seem interesting.”
It’s easy to adjust from frugality to luxury, but hard the other way around.
After Grand Ivan’s list of equipment offered as thanks, the goal shifted from a large security company with land, sea, and air capabilities to a small company with just infantry, no transport planes, no helicopters, which really dampened spirits.
After pondering for a moment, Glolov said in a serious tone, “We can manage 50 million dollars now, right?
Otherwise, let’s first establish the framework.
If Grand Ivan ultimately overcomes his troubles and we can still get the equipment he offered, it wouldn’t make any difference.”
At that moment, Andy He said with a puzzled face, “What are you talking about?
I don’t quite understand, but it feels like you’re discussing a very big deal.”
Eileen laughed and said, “Of course, it’s a big deal.
If we can make it happen, we’ll have a super security company with over five thousand personnel, with large transport planes, armed helicopters, tanks, armored vehicles, cannons—forget it, in short, we’ll have everything.”
Andy He’s mouth fell open as he said, “That’s amazing.
You’re planning to pool your own money for this?
It needs at least one billion dollars, right?
At least a billion!
No less!”
Gao Yang laughed and said, “How about it, fancy joining in as a shareholder?
You and Jansen are new here, you don’t know about this yet, but we can let you two buy shares.”
Andy He slapped his hand and said, “F**k, I’m in!
Count me in for sure, but I’m broke.
How about this, the money I get from this time is all my investment.
As for the shares, just allocate them.”
Jansen said in a daze, “What to do, I’m out of money.”
Gao Yang laughed heartily and said, “Don’t worry, right now our money can’t even sustain a basic framework.
Plus, it’s not possible to put all our money into it.
Let’s keep working, and when we’ve saved enough money, we’ll retire together, switch from mercenaries to bosses.
Then, if you want to sit in the office, sit in the office; if you want some excitement, lead the team yourself, safe and still making big money, haha.” (To be continued.
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