Chapter 108 Bloodline Awakening
Chapter 108 Bloodline Awakening
The sun is out and the weather is getting hotter.
Gao Yi and Lin Xianghua were waiting outside the shower room because it had air conditioning inside. The lucky few people who were rescued didn't dare and didn't want to stay in the room. It was hot outside, so they felt at ease.
At ten o'clock in the morning, Glass finally walked out of the shower, wiping his hands.
Luca finally came out of the shower, looking very relieved.
"how's it going?"
"After spitting out 2.8 million, there is still more than 4 million that is impossible to get. I didn't expect this guy to be so smart."
Luca was wet in many places, but it didn't matter. The scorching heat in Baghdad would make the water evaporate quickly.
"Why is it impossible to get it?"
Gao Yi would not be involved in this deal, so he would not get any money, so he was just curious.
Luca said with a look of regret, "The predator is not married, but he has a girlfriend in the United States with two children, and another girlfriend in Ireland with one child. He exchanged all the money for investments such as real estate and stocks, and registered them in the names of his girlfriends. In addition, there is more than 4 million in cash. In theory, the money can be taken out, but it is too troublesome, so all we can take is more than 2.8 million in cash."
Glass said with a hint of indignation: "He is just a mercenary, but he has a net worth of over 10 million US dollars."
Gao Yi was puzzled and asked, "Is the underworld so kind? Will the disaster not affect my family? Will everything be fine if the property is transferred to my family?"
Luca shook his head and said, "That's not what I meant. The underground world also has to abide by basic social rules. The predator gave the money to his girlfriend. There is no account number or password. Unless you go find his girlfriend and get the money out, that's another matter. Do you understand? It's different from getting the money out of the predator now."
"Oh, I know."
Glass exhaled and said, "More than two million eight hundred thousand, this is a huge sum of money. Even if you deduct 20% of the fees, it is still a huge sum of money. I will take the plunderer back now, and you guys drive the other car."
Gao Yi said helplessly: "We don't have a car."
"Now we have the military vehicles of the Baghdad garrison. Do you want armored vehicles or ordinary vehicles?"
Gao Yi thought for a moment and said, "Ordinary vehicles, armored vehicles are too conspicuous."
Glass nodded, then he picked up the phone and spoke a few words, then said: "The weapons and equipment you need can be taken from the supplies provided to the Iraqi National Defense Forces. Wait a moment now, I don't have the authority to mobilize these equipment yet, but it will be available soon."
Within the Defense Secret Operations Agency's sphere of influence, Glass's current authority is not great enough, but Gao Yi estimates that by today at the latest, Glass's words will carry some weight.
Therefore, the sphere of influence of the Secret Operations Bureau is the safe area for Gao Yi and his team to operate.
This kind of investment is called a small investment with quick results. If you succeed, you will achieve great success overnight, and if you fail, there will be no loss.
Gao Yi's heart was full of a sense of accomplishment at this moment.
Lin Xianghua helped lift the Predator onto Glass's car, and then people from the military base drove over two off-road vehicles, both of which were the same Toyota off-road vehicles. They didn't use the Hummer bulletproof vehicles, which were too eye-catching.
On the way back, Luca was the one driving.
After the car started moving, Gao Yi could not help but said to Luca: "Why did you take Glass's money? Actually, I meant not to take any money. Since we have chosen to invest and bet heavily on Glass, let's do it thoroughly."
Luca said without hesitation: "Because I have to consider the long-term, let me ask you, what is the relationship between us and Glass relying on to maintain it now?"
"By... money?"
Originally, he spent ten thousand dollars to buy a convenience, but ended up getting dragged into it by Lagras, and now it's like adding fuel to the fire in Glass's cold stove. So, is the bond that maintains the relationship between Gao Yi and Glass money, a common secret, or the grace of teaching?
It seems that none of them are very reliable.
Gao Yi fell into deep thought, while Luca said, "In the beginning, it was based on money, but we only gave a small amount of money. Now we are giving you a path for Glass to move up, but it is just guidance. Glass still has to do the real work. So your role, including ours, to Glass is not particularly important, especially when Glass's career is on the right track. After this incident is over, we will be even more useless to him, right?"
"Yes, that's the truth."
Luca smiled and said, "Since the investment is successful, we can't just collect a wave of dividends and leave. We have to turn this investment into long-term and stable returns. So how can we maintain a long-term cooperative relationship? Of course, we can't do without each other, but we can't always help for free. So, I help them deal with the black money, which becomes the bond that binds Glass to death, and even the bond that binds the Secret Operations Bureau to death."
Gao Yi nodded and said, "I understand what you mean, but how do we bind them? Even if you help them manage their finances, you can always change people."
"I charge 5%, which is the lowest fee. No one else can charge lower than me, unless they want to use coercion. But if you give money to someone who is forced to work, would you dare to do it?" Gao Yi said immediately, "I really don't dare."
"That's it. This time Glass wants to turn the money in the plunderer's account into theirs. Do he and his superiors know how to do it? Can they find a way? Then I have to do it. Pure help will only make both parties feel unreliable. But a long-term, stable, safe and reasonable cooperation will make everyone feel at ease. So Glass's case is likely to make us a fixed financial institution of the Secret Operations Bureau. If anyone wants to get rid of us in the future, the Secret Operations Bureau will be the first to say no. Do you believe it?"
Gao Yi smiled like a kind old father who watched his son grow up. He nodded repeatedly and said, "Believe it, I believe it."
Luca sighed and said, "I'm very good at this, but I'm curious. When I first met you a few months ago, you were still a young man who knew nothing. Even if you had been with Sean for a while, he couldn't have taught you these things. So why did you suddenly understand them? I mean, how did you suddenly know how to recruit people and give advice on life?"
Gao Yi was stunned for a moment, then he said seriously: "Racial talent, cultural heritage, blood awakening, plus extraordinary talent."
There was no way to say this series of idioms in English, so Gao Yi added a sentence in English: "To put it simply, even if you haven't eaten pork, you have seen pigs run. Just watch TV, watch movies, read books, and you will naturally learn it, right?"
The last question was asked to Lin Xianghua, who blushed and said, "If you say so, then so be it."
Luca sighed and said, "We are killers, but how can killers be like this? So are we still killers now?"
"Why not just forget it?"
Luca said seriously, "I feel that if things continue like this, Glass will really be promoted, and after he is promoted, he will definitely support what we want to do. After all, it is not difficult for him to kill a liar hiding in Iraq, and the Defense Secret Operations Agency can get the Iraqi troops to cooperate in the operation. So the question is, if we let the Defense Secret Operations Agency send a company to surround the target's house, pull him out, and hand him over to us, then what is this mission...?"
Gao Yi said disdainfully: "What's that? Of course it's considered a successful completion!"
"Of course I know the mission will be completed successfully, but are we still killers? Our current identities can be considered middlemen, brokers, and money launderers, but they have nothing to do with killers. Are we going to transform? Are we going to stop being killers and become middlemen?"
Gao Yi thought for a while and said, "Don't look at the process, look at the result. The result is that we completed the client's commission and got the commission."
Luca whispered: "But the garden is not like this, and it shouldn't be like this..."
"So the garden is gone. No, I should say that's why the garden fell into my hands."
Gao Yi pointed out the reality and said calmly: "If someone kills someone with a hammer, he is a killer. But if someone kills someone with a gun, he is not a killer."
This sentence left Luca speechless. After thinking for a moment, Luca suddenly said, "You're right. I'm too conservative. I only want to correct you on one point. After all, killers have many roles that cannot be replaced by others. For example, they can make the target die without any trace, and the doctor can't find any signs of murder."
Gao Yi nodded and said, "I know this truth, so why don't we just not take on such missions?"
Once again, Luca was speechless.
Lin Xianghua suddenly said: "That's right, play to your strengths and avoid your weaknesses."
Gao Yi was very satisfied that Lin Xianghua could perfectly pick up his words.
Luca shrugged and said, "So what do we do next? Should we wait for Glass to get the money and ask the Secret Operations Bureau to help us find and capture the target, or should we do it ourselves?"
"You go and launder their money, and I'll look for the target. It's like investigation. If we can do it ourselves, we don't need to use the secret operations bureau. After all, if others are involved, they have to share the money."
Since the importance of helping Glass to the top has become increasingly prominent and even affects the future development direction, it must of course be treated as a top priority. However, with only Luca missing, Gao Yi and his team's mission will not be affected at all.
This is called catching rabbits while catching grass, without delaying either.
Gao Yi said with great satisfaction: "The real thing for the Secret Operations Bureau to help is to ask them to find Li Jie. If they can get rid of my gun here, it would be killing three birds with one stone. Tell me, if I save Li Jie's life, will he still have the nerve to take my money?"
Luca asked in confusion: "He's just a gunsmith, why do you care so much?"
Gao Yi thought for a moment and said, "Maybe this is the importance of the first impression. Just because someone said he could solve my problem, I have always kept thinking about him. Although it's okay to replace him with someone else, it's just making a gun, but since it's something that comes easily, why don't I just do it?"
After finishing speaking, Gao Yi smiled at Luca and said, "The most important thing is to let the Secret Operations Bureau find Li Jie so that Glass can have the opportunity to repay me for free. This kind of free favor is the most important thing in a relationship. It is more important than any clearly marked monetary transaction. Do you understand?"
Luca was puzzled and said, "What could be more important than the exchange of interests?"
Gao Yi smiled and shook his head, saying, "Now you are managing stable transactions, but I am managing personal relationships. Do you understand? Forget it, you can't figure it out, so you don't need to understand it."
(End of this chapter)