Fatal Strike: Paladins Mercenary Road

Chapter 176 The key to breaking the situation

Shanying could tell from Blood Fox's tone that the old guy was ready to compromise...

Originally...

Whether you are helping your ex-wife or your own daughter...

It is understandable that they don't ask for compensation, but it is a bit puzzling that they avoid talking about Victor, Anna's boss behind the scenes.

Business is business!

It is difficult to summarize the ultimate beneficiaries of this incident at once, but the Russian intelligence system represented by Victor and Irene is definitely the big winner.

If you want me to do more, you have to pay me more!

This reward may not even be money, but it cannot be absent. Otherwise, the Blood Fox will always be viewed as just a tool in the eyes of those people, and a tool that may be sacrificed at any time.

Even after the tool is sacrificed, you don’t have to pay the balance!

The Blood Fox certainly understands this principle better than the Mountain Eagle, but he is bound by family ties and is not as comfortable as the Mountain Eagle.

If Blood Fox was willing to hand over command, the situation would be completely different.

Faced with Shanying's "forced palace" request, Xuehu was silent for a long time, and finally made a choice between family affection and life value. He said tiredly: "Then I will listen to you...

What are you going to do?
If it's about money, I advise you not to think too much about it, because Irene and Anna don't have much money."

Shanying sneered and said, "Snden is in our hands, which means that no matter what the political vortex in Moscow will lead to, the core of the vortex is in our hands.

Let me confirm with you again, your mission is to protect Snowden's safety and seek political asylum for him in Russia, right?"

After listening to this, Blood Fox nodded and said, "That's right!"

Shanying groaned for a few minutes and said, "That means we have already completed more than half of our mission, because Snowden has been granted temporary asylum for half a year.

There is a reason behind this operation by Irene, so we just need to arrange for the people from the Baikal Lake Foundation to meet with S Nden, and we will be even with Irene, right?"

"more or less!"

The Blood Fox's answer was somewhat weak, but the Mountain Eagle was very sober...

"Dude, don't give me any ambiguous answers. I need accurate answers."

Blood Fox was silent for a few seconds, then said seriously: "As long as the people from the Baikal Lake Foundation finish their meeting with S Nden, what I promised Irene will be done.

In exchange, she would push Russia to grant long-term asylum to Sden after the inevitable attack.

Only then can our mission be considered fully accomplished!"

Shanying listened, nodded and said: "Then let's think about it again...

Who wants S N Deng to die the most?

In other words, besides the US government, which companies will be hit hard by the PRISM program exposed by Snowden? "

Blood Fox was stunned for a few seconds, then said with a wry smile: "How should I know?

I only know that there are many people who want S N Deng to die, and there are also many people who are protecting S N Deng. "

Shanying sighed and said, "The one who was hurt the most by Snowden was not the American government...

Because when faced with criticism, those politicians can always come up with various excuses like "for national security" to shirk their responsibilities.

But those Silicon Valley companies are different!
Ever since you mentioned the S N Deng issue to me, I have done my homework...

The surveillance program exposed by Snowden includes several giant companies, such as the most famous Facebook...

At the same time, those surveillance plans are very carefully classified and contracted out to several Silicon Valley contractors.

PayPal co-founder Peter Deere is a major investor in those contractors.

Once the content exposed by Snowden continues to ferment, if the U.S. Congress fails to withstand the pressure and chooses to shut down those projects, Peter Deere will lose astronomical amounts of money.

That could be billions, or tens of billions of dollars!"

After hearing this, Blood Fox took a breath and said, "Don't tell me you want to use Snowden to blackmail the capitalists in Silicon Valley..."

Shanying sneered and said, "How can a small shrimp like me have such qualifications? But now Snowden is in our hands...

Do you remember what you told me?
We should not simply define ourselves as mercenaries, but rather as problem solvers.

Simply using guns won't solve the problem, but negotiating with those people on behalf of the desperate S Nden is possible...

Snowden has no way out. He should know that if no one mediates for him after he leaves the protection, even if Russia promises him lifelong political asylum, he will not be able to survive the revenge of the capitalists.

After hearing this, Xuehu said in disbelief: "Do you think you can be the middleman between S Nden and Silicon Valley Capital?

Why do you think those people want to listen to you?" Shanying sneered and said, "If Sden wants to get long-term asylum, he must survive several rounds of dangerous attacks, right?
As long as we prove that we have the ability to protect Stan, we can force those capitalists to sit down at the negotiating table.

Because the secrets in the hands of S Nden can shrink the stocks and assets in their hands...

Those are huge fortunes in the billions!"

Shanying rubbed his nose and said in a deep voice: "The most interesting thing is that there are many people who want to protect S N Deng, and we can borrow a lot of power!
In fact, we all know that the biggest problem caused by Snowden is that he exposed the US surveillance plan on the leaders of its allies.

This will unite European countries, including Germany, and use this issue to force the United States to take some action to stabilize its allies.

The EU needs enough political room for maneuver, otherwise the Crimea issue will lead to a split between the EU and Russia, making their energy security unprotected.

By using the Sden issue, they can gain enough political space to stabilize the situation in Crimea.

Isn't this exactly what Russia wants?
Great Russia has already taken over Crimea. As long as the Minsk Agreement can make a breakthrough, a satisfactory result will be achieved in the end!

As long as the United States does not interfere, there is ample room for resolving the crisis between Russia and the European Union.

In this case, it is important that Snowden is alive!
As long as he exists, he is telling the world that the United States is trying to control and even coerce EU politicians through surveillance.

Once the United States could no longer withstand the pressure, it chose to compensate its allies to solve the problem...

Then if we can become the middleman to pass the message, we will also become very important!"

Blood Fox quickly figured out what Mountain Eagle was thinking...

This young man broke out of the limitations of Greater Russia and pulled himself out of the political whirlpool of Greater Russia. While looking at the problems from a higher perspective, he also found new points of interest.

Shanying's core business philosophy is to 'find pain points' and then sell the 'solutions' at a high price.

Take Silicon Valley capital as the target customer, leverage the importance of Silicon Valley and establish your own authority.

In order to ensure that their wealth does not shrink and at the same time reduce the cost of problems caused by Snowden, Silicon Valley capital is certainly willing to write a big check.

The core of the middleman's profit lies in the information gap...

And Shanying and his men have the information gap about S N Deng!
Just a few minutes ago, Shanying was complaining about the complexity of things, but now he wants to make things more complicated...

Blood Fox said helplessly: "Do you think the three of us can solve such a big problem?
I am confident that I can convince Standen to cooperate with us, but I can’t think of any way for you to convince those Silicon Valley investors to believe in us.”

Shanying said confidently: "Brother, you may not have had much dealings with those big companies...

If you have a deep understanding of them, you will understand that these people are willing to make many compromises in order to maintain asset prices.

If Snowden exposes content that is unfavorable to Silicon Valley companies, they may need to spend tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars on lobbying and public relations to maintain their own stock prices.

If it were you, and you could avoid this problem by spending one-tenth of the money, would you accept it? "

Shanying turned his wrist and said in a deep voice: "But all this has a prerequisite, because we first need to prove that the mercenaries or killers they find cannot solve the problem...

We have to tell them that the cost of attacking us is not worth it for them!

By arresting Irene, the assistant secretary of the Great Russian Security Council, and Victor, they will realize that the cost of attacking will be incredibly high. "

After hearing this, Blood Fox said seriously: "What are you going to do?
Expose the location of S Nden, and then establish a negotiating advantage by killing those assassins?"

Shanying shook his head decisively and said, "No, our core mission is to protect S Nden, so we can't take risks with him.

But we can take the initiative...

No one says that we must passively take a beating. Taking the initiative allows us to firmly grasp the initiative. "

Shanying pondered for a few seconds and said seriously: "Brother, if your ex-wife is really reliable, then she will definitely be able to provide us with effective intelligence and let us know the locations of some mercenaries and assassins.

I will chase them away!"

After hearing this, Blood Fox let out a long sigh, and after thinking for a long time, he said, "It's better to ask Anna for this kind of thing than to ask Irene...

Although I don't want to admit it, the reality is that Russia's private intelligence companies have more extensive sources of intelligence than Russia's intelligence agencies.

Oligarch Victor is not one of us, but his goal is to keep Snowden alive, so he is also someone we can unite with.”

Shanying felt a headache just thinking about the unruly Anna...

He hesitated for nearly a minute, and finally said: "I don't want to cooperate with Anna. Your daughter is too ambitious and acts too high-profile. Bringing her in is asking for trouble.

You have to mobilize your connections. I don’t want to stay in the hotel all the time…”

While Shanying was talking to Xuehu, there was a knock on his door...

Shanying hung up the call with Blood Fox, walked to the door and looked through the peephole, then opened the door and looked at Selina, who looked pale, and Sergei, who looked serious, and said with a smile, "Have you thought it through?"

(End of this chapter)