Chapter 586: Win hearts and minds
Marin's benevolence is just for his own people, those poor people in Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam, although it is a bit cruel to use them as cannon fodder, but it is better to kill them than to die his own men, so Marin does not need to hesitate to make this decision. Dust? Edge? Literature ↘ → Net
Lao Yang hurriedly nodded, and Marin continued:
"Tonight's battle, everyone has worked hard, in order to comfort everyone, everyone will be rewarded with 100,000 US dollars, as for the brothers who have died, the old rules, 2 million US dollars in pension, will be handed over to their families."
She turned to Valletta and smiled:
"Colonel, your men are the same, 100,000 dollars each."
"How can this be?" Valletta said hurriedly.
"Why not? If it weren't for you tonight, we wouldn't have been able to capture Charik's headquarters so easily, and speaking of which, Colonel, you led the team to intercept Charik, and the credit was greater than ours, and your people deserved more. Without waiting for Valletta to refuse, Marin said:
"Colonel, you don't need to say it, you can't let the brothers die in vain."
As the saying goes, if you don't suffer from inequality, Valletta also knows that if only the people on Marin's side are rewarded and the people on her side don't have any spoils, his people will probably be dissatisfied, so they will no longer refuse Marin, and at the same time, they will think highly of Marin for this move.
It's not the first time that the mercenaries have been rewarded, so their reactions are relatively calm, but Valletta's men are different, and they will be rewarded with 100,000 US dollars at once, which is enough for the family to live comfortably for a few years if they return to China. Even if each of them is a patriotic officer and soldier, it is inevitable that they will be excited.
Marin wasn't stingy, after all, the money was copied from Charik. After preliminary counting, they stole nearly hundreds of millions of dollars from Charikna Manor, and the people who rewarded the mercenaries and Valletta were only half.
And Marin got much more than this money from Charik, and a lot of gold, which together was worth more than a billion dollars. Marin also wondered why Charik didn't put so much cash in the bank and hide it in that manor.
Unbeknownst to Marin, Chalik's money and gold were only temporarily stored in the estate, and in two days he would take most of them away and deposit them in the bank, leaving only a small part as reserves.
In addition to the gold and money, Marin brought back more than twenty tons of goods.
It can be said that in today's battle, Marin copied all of Charik's old bottoms.
In order to celebrate, Marin ate a large piece of meat and drank a large glass of wine on the mountain, while his soldiers also sang military songs happily, and the atmosphere was lively.
Of course, Marin and Valletta will not let their guard down, and they have specially assigned people to guard outside.
After a round of drinks with his men, Marin dragged Valletta to another room.
"Miss Ma, everyone is still drinking outside, why are you pulling me in?" Valletta, who had drunk a lot, was in a very high mood and was not as unsmiling as usual.
Marlin drank a lot of alcohol, and although he drank much more than Valletta, his face was not red or hot, as if he was fine. I just heard her laugh and laugh:
"That's right, today we were able to raid Charik's house, Colonel, and you have made a great effort, and as a token of gratitude, I intend to give you a ton of gold."
Suddenly hearing Marin's words, Valletta's drunkenness woke up and looked at Marin with a frown.
Instead of immediately refusing, he pondered Marin's purpose.
Although Marin was very arrogant when he rewarded soldiers before, this gift is a ton of gold, and I am afraid that no one will give such a large sum of money in vain without any purpose.
"Miss Ma, let's open the skylight and say something." Valletta Positive Color:
"What do you want?"
Marin smiled and said:
"It's nothing, it's just that I've always admired Mr. Macridge, and now that I see you, Colonel, I know that there are no dogs in Humen, and your Rich family is indeed worthy of my admiration. This ton of gold, in fact, is not just for the Colonel, but on behalf of my respect for the Rich family, and please Colonel, please do not refuse. ”
From Marin's actions, Valletta could see that he wanted to befriend his family.
In fact, even without this ton of gold, Valletta felt that Marin was a very good person, brave and resourceful, resolute and decisive, a rare talent, and a person worth befriending.
It's just that Valletta also knows about the partnership between Marin and the Yuri family, and the relationship between the Richie family and the Yuri family is not very good, and to some extent, they are still very competitive opponents.
"Colonel, in fact, you don't need to worry about Yuri, I can do business with Yuri, and I can also be friends with the Richie family, the two are not in conflict." Marin smiled and said:
"Although I can't say that I have much ability, but I still have some influence in Dongying's business circle, if you need any help, I believe I can help some, Colonel."
Valletta was noncommittal when he heard this, but he also felt in his heart that Marin had a point.
He knew that Marin had some energy on Dongying's side, and the Richie family actually needed a partner who could cooperate with them in business, especially outside of China, just like Yuri.
In addition, Valletta also believes that Marin is doing business with the Richie family and the Yuri family at the same time, but there is actually nothing, after all, the Ye family and Yuri are just competitors and not mortal enemies.
In fact, Valletta was also tempted by Marin's overtures, because not only him, but their family needed a partner like Marin.
If I reported this to my family, I believe that my family would not refuse the olive branch thrown by Marin, Valletta thought to herself.
He looked up at Marin, and saw Marin's indifferent and confident smile, and couldn't help but be stunned. Marin smiled, as if he had expected that he would definitely agree to him.
"You know I'm going to say yes?" Valletta couldn't help but ask.
Marin laughed:
"I can't say if I know or not, but based on the current situation, you, oh, no, I should say that there is still a good chance that your family will agree."
Valletta frowned when he heard this, because he could hear what Marin was talking about.
Just listen to Marin said:
"Colonel, you don't have to bring that ton of gold back to China, I will open an account in Citibank in your name in Dongying, and the gold will be stored in it."
Valletta's eyes lit up when she heard this, because if she really brought back so much gold, not only could she not exchange it for any money or other material things, but it would also become a big trouble for the family. Especially at this juncture, if someone catches the handle, it will be doomed.
And if this gold is stored in Citibank, it will be much safer, and this has another meaning, that is, if the Rich family loses in this turmoil, then they still have a way back to retreat.
At this moment, although Valletta has not yet reported this matter to his family, he has already decided to cooperate with Marin.
Although Marin must have a purpose in befriending the Rich family, but because of Marin's careful thinking, the Rich family needs someone like her as a partner.
"Miss Ma, don't worry, after I go back, I will strongly persuade my family to agree to cooperate with you!" Valletta said.
Marin did so many things just for Valletta's words, so he smiled at the moment:
"Then thank you, Colonel, and if you need any help, don't be polite, as long as I can do it, I will definitely not refuse!"
"Good!" Vallettalon laughed and held out his right hand to Marin.
Marin also shook his hand, marking the official beginning of his collaboration with the Rich family.
With that, the two of them left the room and went back to the hall to continue celebrating with the others.