Fatal Strike: Paladins Mercenary Road

Chapter 86 Pensions
Marta was so angry at Shanying's asshole logic that she turned around and left...

"boom"

The mountain eagle glanced at the heavily closed door and said to the elk, "What's going on with this girl?"

Elk pursed his lips and said, "She is one of your jobs. Otherwise, why do you think the blood fox is looking for an apprentice?"

Shanying was stunned for a moment and said, "Me?"

Elk rubbed his rosacea and said impatiently: "Do we two old men have to take care of her?

Don't worry, according to the rules of Arctic Fox, most of the descendants of fallen comrades will no longer be funded after they reach adulthood. In special circumstances, the retirement fund will only take care of the third generation of the fallen personnel who have no guardian to take care of them until they are 18 years old...

You will only have to look after her for a year at most."

Shanying heard this and said helplessly: "Marta is a 17-year-old girl. How can a grown man like me take care of her?"

The elk looked at the helpless face of the mountain eagle and said with a smile: "So you think we two old men can take good care of it?
Don't worry, Marta is quite obedient, you just need to watch her go to the international school every day...

She is already in grade 12, and Blood Fox has found a university for her in Singapore. She will leave in July next year, and our mission will be accomplished.”

Shanying came to his senses at this time, and asked curiously: "So this is what Blood Fox calls the errand job?
How many of your comrades have died? And how many of their descendants are in trouble?"

Elk was silent for a while, and then said in a heavy tone: "The Arctic Foxes have experienced 20 years of development and have become the world's number one team by doing tasks that others cannot complete...

In this process, we made a lot of money, but also sacrificed a lot of comrades...

They come in batches and die in batches, and we win again and again!

Finally, when we retire, we find that we didn’t make as much money as outsiders thought, but we have to face the graves everywhere and the orphans of those dead comrades...

Blood Fox and I both regretted it, but it was too late...

Now we just want to do what we can, earn a little more money, and provide a little more help to the descendants of our fallen comrades.

They have nurtured the Arctic foxes with their lives, and we will never let them down!"

Shanying fell silent after hearing this. He was a little moved!
Arctic Fox's system sounds very humane, but in reality any company would be overwhelmed by such a burden.

The cost of money, time, manpower and energy required to take care of the families of fallen teammates is simply difficult to estimate.

Because this "care" is definitely not simply giving some living expenses, but if you want to take care of a person healthily until the age of 18, the cost involved is very high anywhere.

And most of the time, mercenaries can't make much money at all!
Arctic Fox and some top teams may be the exceptions...

However, on the website of the international agency, even though Arctic Fox was ranked first in the mercenary rankings, the starting commission was only $80...

This number sounds exaggerated, but Shanying knows very well that this commission and the value of the first place ranking are supported by various high-risk tasks...

The people who are willing to spend this much money to hire you definitely won’t hire you to be a security guard at Disneyland…

In the mercenary business, high prices mean high risks, and also high casualties!
Shanying has not officially entered the industry yet, so he doesn't know what a real mercenary team should look like, but he knows that when doing business, one should find a break-even point...

Arctic Fox may seem to be enjoying a great success, but in fact, if we look at it over a longer period of time, the expenses of Arctic Fox, which has actively added burdens to itself, will gradually increase...

After removing this part of the expenditure, their internal staff benefits may not be as strong as it seems on the surface. Reason tells Shanying that such an Arctic Fox cannot last too long...

But just like the workers in my hometown, they all hope that the labor law can be enforced, and they all hope that they will not face unemployment when they are 35 years old...

To accuse Arctic Fox of having such an inhumane system is a betrayal to the workers!
Perhaps Arctic Fox was kidnapped by this system and had to maintain the high-risk, high-commission model of the past...

But from another perspective, once the Arctic foxes lose their system, what awaits them may not necessarily be a complete transformation, but more likely is disintegration and enmity!
Looking at the slightly tired elk, Mountain Eagle hesitated for a moment and said, "How many people do you need to take care of? Are you and Blood Fox the only ones doing these things?"

The elk opened a drawer and threw a notebook in front of the mountain eagle, saying, "In the past five years, the Arctic Fox has undergone a restructuring, so the casualty rate has dropped a lot...

There are currently 106 registered comrades who died, 15 of them retired due to disability, and 7 of them retired normally...

Most of the second generation who need care have already grown up, and most of their descendants can take care of themselves...

For those who are injured, disabled, or minors who are being taken care of by their families, we only need to remit money to them on time.

Only a few people like Marta need you to make a trip..."

After hearing this, Mountain Eagle looked at the Elk with a tingling scalp and said, "The Arctic Fox is just a small team of about 20 people. More than 20 people died in 100 years?"

The elk nodded slightly and said, "There are still dozens of disabled ones, but only 15 are dead. For example, the 'pangolin' you saw has one leg disabled."

Shanying said incredulously: "How much does such a large pension plus subsidy cost every year?"

When the elk saw that the mountain eagle had hit the nail on the head, he nodded and said, "The Arctic Fox has a trust fund worth $1 million, and every year the trust will transfer $500 million to the account designated by the blood fox.

At the same time, the Arctic Fox team will take out 10% of the commission from each mission and transfer it to the account designated by Blood Fox.

This money includes pensions for Arctic Fox retirees, medical expenses, death benefits, and funds for supporting the descendants of fallen comrades."

The mountain eagle calculated silently, looked at the elk and said, "According to this model, $500 million is definitely not enough.

I don't know what your pension is, but judging by your approach to Marta, the most expensive items are not reflected in your system at all.

I guess you need at least 800 million dollars a year to ensure the smooth operation of the retirement assistance fund...

Moreover, at the current rate of inflation, the annual demand for funds will increase, and the future value of your 1 million trust will shrink a lot because there is no compound interest.

In this situation, how could a small mercenary group of Arctic Foxes possibly hold on?

Unless they get rid of a president every year, even if they are gods, they can’t afford the KPI of $3000 million a year.”

Elk spread his hands and said helplessly: "Some disabled guys couldn't bear it and committed suicide. Most of the retired guys have their own businesses. They also refused to receive pensions, which saved us a lot of money.

We are not qualified to tell the Arctic fox what to do now, and we are really too busy...

So we need someone who can manage both people and money to help..."

When Shanying heard this, he pointed at his nose and said, "So I am that person?"

(End of this chapter)