Fatal Strike: Paladins Mercenary Road

Chapter 573 Acquisition
Shanying listened to Galahad's story with a bit of curiosity, and he also understood why the two bosses of the legendary mercenary groups, Silver Fox and Galahad, looked so sad.

The 'Spartans', ranked second in the world in mercenary rankings on the international agency website, are a mercenary team under the big-name broker 'White Whale'.

Brokers are all businessmen. White Whale is just like those brokerage companies in South Korea. It uses its own resources and channels to recruit a large number of talents to form the "Spartans" and then sends them out to work.

Capital is heartless. The outside world is not clear about the details of the "Spartans". Most people think that the Spartans and White Whale are in a cooperative relationship, but bosses at the level of Silver Fox and Galahad know very well that the Spartans are just employees.

Because they enjoyed the resources, channels, logistics, intelligence, and money laundering services provided by White Whale and accepted his capital injection, they had to accept high commissions and control.

At the same time, because it is a cooperative relationship on the surface, White Whale, as the de facto boss, does not need to take any responsibility for their behavior and problems.

The once glorious Spartans, whose annual revenue at their peak reached approximately $3000 million, ranked second in the world, were completely paralyzed by several switchblade suicide drones that appeared inexplicably on the Texas border.

In the team of 20 people, 6 people died, 11 were injured, and only 3 were intact.

Because the explosion took place in a barn, almost all of the 11 injured people suffered burns and shrapnel injuries.

The fire and thick smoke caused by the explosion caused serious injuries to the wounded in just a few minutes.

After simple rescue, these people were sent to Phoenix, Arizona to avoid investigation by Texas.

The huge medical bills crushed them!

Their actual boss, 'White Whale', didn't even look at these people after the incident, because in his opinion, it was not economical to waste medical expenses on these people.

Business is business!

This is why Arctic Fox never cooperates with the giant broker White Whale. These strong men, who are united by loyalty and friendship, look down on such people.

Even though there is a possibility of receiving premium tasks by cooperating with White Whale, these strong men are determined not to cooperate with White Whale.

Shanying still remembered that when he was in Great Russia, the White Whale once talked to him on the phone and said in a very arrogant tone that he could get him a job with an annual salary of one million yuan, as well as a security contract for a prince in the Middle East.

After Shanying rejected him, this guy didn't insist, but expressed his blessings and ended it.

Originally, Shanying had no feelings towards this guy, but after listening to Galahad's story and seeing the grief-stricken looks of the two bosses in front of him, he couldn't help but sigh.

The second in the world, just like that!
Silver Fox behaved well, but Galahad's deep-seated anxiety made Mountain Eagle a little puzzled...

"What does the collapse of the Spartans have to do with you?"

Silver Fox glanced at Galahad and said in a deep voice: "This incident has nothing to do with Arctic Fox, but it proves one thing, that is, no one really regards mercenaries as human beings."

Silver Fox glanced at Mountain Eagle and said, "People who make a living with guns can't beat those who play with money!"

After hearing this, Mountain Eagle frowned and glanced at Galahad, and asked curiously, "How far has the capitalization process of the Knights of the Round Table progressed?"

Galahad looked at Mountain Eagle in surprise, was silent for a few seconds and then said: "The company's operating strategy that Arthur insisted on has been stuck in the selection of investors and the reform of the team.

An hour ago, White Whale called Arthur and sent him an investment application.

He is prepared to invest $5000 million and take 60% of the shares of the Knights of the Round Table."

When Shanying heard this, he was a little surprised and said, "You agree?"

Galahad shook his head and said, “No, we are waiting for the vote!

You have sent Lancelot and Percival to prison in Thailand, and we need to wait until they are extradited to England and rescue them before we can vote."

Shanying knew it was an excuse as soon as he heard it...

There are 12 Knights of the Round Table, including 13 elders and Arthur, and a decision can be made with just votes.

Now they say they have to wait for Lancelot and Percival to be rescued, but in fact they have huge disagreements among themselves, so they are making excuses to delay time.

Shanying does not know whether it is delaying the acquisition of White Whale or finding an excuse to temporarily shelve the dispute after internal negotiations failed.

But judging from Galahad's expression, the situation within the Knights of the Round Table of the Mountain Eagle is not particularly good.

Shanying thought that he had to drag the two of them to Li Chengji's cocktail party tonight to support her. If Galahad acted as if his mother had died, the effect might be negative.

He hesitated for a moment and said, “Let me ask you seriously, do your Arthur and some of the elders want to give up?

After all, $5000 million is indeed a very high price!"

Galahad looked at the mountain eagle in surprise and said, "Why do you make such a judgment?"

Shanying spread his hands and said, "Strictly speaking, I am also an entrepreneur. I will never hand over the leadership of the company to someone upstream of the business when I am halfway through starting my own business.

Once the dominant power changes hands, it means that the upstream major shareholders will wantonly exploit me. But if I just want to withdraw, it doesn't matter.

Getting a reasonable price, giving up one's own power and partner's dreams, as long as the compensation is in place, I don't think it is unacceptable.

The equity ratio may seem like just a number, but people who know the business can read a lot from it.

Honestly, if there were no other conditions, you would have made a lot of money by purchasing 5000% of the shares of the Knights of the Round Table for $60 million."

Galahad's expression changed, and he hesitated for a long time before saying, "No, the $5000 million acquisition comes with a three-year $2500 million revenue bet.

Arthur and his team are inclined to accept this bet agreement and then complete the bet agreement by expanding the scale and business. "

Shanying shook his head and laughed, saying, “But you know very well that once the Knights of the Round Table embark on this path, even if you win the bet, they will never be able to go back.

This white whale is very powerful. The bet agreement of 5000 million US dollars and 2500 million US dollars, the sweet dates and the whip are all there, but you can't stop.

I guess the financial situation of the Knights of the Round Table must be very bad, otherwise you wouldn't be like this."

Galahad, a sixty-year-old man, nodded helplessly and said, "A mercenary can win a hundred times, but if he loses once, he may lose everything.

The Spartans are an example!

We lost to you in Thailand, and then we mobilized all our connections and millions of funds to rescue Lancelot and others. Arthur even exhausted his own connections in the British intelligence department.

Shanying, if Thailand hadn't failed, the Knights of the Round Table wouldn't have come to this point..."

Mountain Eagle could tell that Galahad was not complaining, but stating a fact.

Mercenaries have a very low tolerance for error!
In order to save his companions trapped in Thailand, Galahad had to find his old friend, Anna's mother, and then ran to Thailand to shed blood and sweat. In the confrontation with the Black Fox, he lost many people.

The old man's demeanor was so good that Shanying didn't know what to say...

In order to ease the embarrassment, he looked at Silver Fox curiously and said, “Didn’t the White Whale make an offer to you?
The Arctic Fox is the world's number one anyway, so there's no reason for that guy to focus on the world's number three and let the Arctic Fox go."

Silver Fox nodded and said, “I have publicly stated that I will never cooperate with White Whale.

But he found my guy through an intermediary and tried to test him..."

Mountain Eagle asked curiously, "How much did he offer for the Arctic Fox?"

Silver Fox glanced at Galahad and said, "US$1 million, 60% of the shares, no bet agreement!"

Shanying listened, sucked his teeth and said: "If he doesn't put forward the condition that the core members must stay in the team, then I think we should just sell them.

You give me $1 million and I will provide retirement benefits for all of you!"

Silver Fox knew that Shanying was joking, so he shook his head slightly and said, "Money is not everything in life, and it shouldn't be everything.

The Arctic fox is the spiritual sustenance and even the faith of all of us. I will never allow the Arctic fox to collapse in my hands."

Silver Fox looked at Galahad, who had a complicated expression on his face, and shook his head, saying, "The White Whale can bring many tasks and benefits to the Knights of the Round Table.

But you have to understand that in the end you will have to work hard to get any benefits.

I feel like I'm out of touch lately. Instead of asking my opinion on this, you might as well ask Mountain Eagle.

It took him only half a year to accomplish what we had not been able to do in the past few years. He knows much more about business than I do.

He brought you to Los Angeles, which means he actually thinks highly of the Knights of the Round Table..."

Galahad nodded slightly, looked at the mountain eagle, and said, "If you were me, what would you do?
The Knights of the Round Table are currently short of liquidity and are having a difficult time competing for black missions within the British intelligence organization.

International intermediary companies are always just a platform for the general public, and there are not many high-end tasks with high profits.

Even if there is, we still need to face strong competition from other teams!

Arthur and the twelve knights are all veterans. In order to increase efficiency, the twelve knights are divided into groups of two, and each team is responsible for tasks in an area.

We will hand over 30% of each profit as funds for logistics and intelligence, and the rest, excluding mission expenses, will be divided equally among all team members.

Last year, the revenue of the Central American region I was in charge of was 1100 million, but in reality, only 600 million was received. The cash of those gangs and drug dealers is very expensive to convert into reasonable income. "

Galahad looked at Shanying and said, "Shan, if it were you, facing a $5000 million acquisition, what would you choose?"

(End of this chapter)