At the age of sixteen, Prasad concealed his age and joined the Gurkha mercenaries.

Nepal is a poor country with a per capita annual income of only two or three hundred dollars, but if you join the Gurkha mercenaries, you will earn $10,000 a year, not counting the bonus for performing the mission.

Every year, thousands of people from all over Nepal come to the British Gurkha Recruitment Centre in Pokhara to apply for service, and about 3,000 are eventually accepted after a selection process, but only a few hundred are able to join the Royal Rifle Regiment – Prasad is one of them.

For the locals, it is a very high honor to be able to join the Gurkha mercenaries, just like the high school students in the country are admitted to 211 and 985.

The term of service of the Gurkha mercenaries is 15 years, and every two years they are given the opportunity to return home to visit their families. Prasad started as a private at the grassroots level, and for 15 years he followed the Gurkha Royal Mercenary Regiment to fight all over the world, sometimes participating in peacekeeping operations, sometimes on secret missions, and covering Europe, Asia and Africa.

Unlike other mercenaries, Prasad is not only brave in battle, but also diligent and studious, actively learning the local culture and language every time he arrives at a new station, and after fifteen years, he has mastered the official languages of the five permanent members of the United Nations: Britain, the United States, China, France and Russia. The rank was also promoted from private to major - which was already a very high rank among Gurkha mercenaries.

Prasad also knew in his heart that for foreign mercenaries, this was already the highest height he could reach, and the chance of going up was extremely slim.

At the end of his 15-year service, Prasad refused to be retained by his boss and chose to retire.

A month after retiring from the army, Prasad joined a mercenary group, and in a few years changed several mercenary organizations, and finally joined the famous American company Blackwater, its full name is called Blackwater Security Consulting, which is a military mission contractor with a very complex background, and their "business" is all over the world.

Although the tasks performed are very dangerous, the benefits and remuneration are also unmatched by other mercenary organizations.

Prasad saw hope and was determined to make Blackwater his life's work.

Prasad's wealth of experience and talent was also on full display at Blackwater, where he soon became a senior advisor to the company, trusting him so much that he was given command of the combat team, often putting him in charge of important projects.

If all goes well, he may be promoted to the position of partner of the firm before he retires.

But things happened unexpectedly, while carrying out a mission in Africa, because of intelligence errors, Prasad's team was severely damaged, and the combat team of more than a dozen people was almost completely wiped out.

In order to cover the retreat of his teammates, Prasad was also seriously injured in several places.

After being rescued, Blackwater held an internal hearing, and while Prasad's surviving teammates proved that he had fought until the very end, Blackwater could not accept such a huge loss.

Someone must be held accountable for this "mistake".

In the end, Prasad, who lost his trust, was forced to choose to retire.

Because of such a disgraceful experience, no mercenary organization was willing to hire him anymore.

Years of fighting have left Prasad wounded, and he is no longer able to carry out his tasks like a normal warrior.

Prasad was unemployed.

After a 20-year absence, Prasad, who is nearly 40 years old, has returned to his hometown, a remote mountain village near Kathmandu.

Ironically, despite the fact that he was paid a lot of money for his years as a mercenary, Prasad not only did not save money, but instead went into debt.

Addicted to gambling caused him to lose all the savings he had bought in exchange for his youth and life.

After months of wandering around his hometown, Prasad finally spent the last penny he had left, and even food became a problem.

But there is no end to the road, and just when Prasad was desperate, a chance chance made him find a new career - an intermediary.

Here I have to talk about a major feature of Prasad's hometown - the mercenary market.

Gurkha mercenaries have also gained a certain reputation in the international community because of their strong character, hard-working, and brave and good fighting, coupled with strong confidentiality and loyalty to their employers, which has made them favored by many mercenary organizations and security companies.

In addition to the Royal Recruitment Centre, a wide variety of people come to Nepal every year to find suitable "mercenaries". Also because of the reputation of the Gurkha mercenaries, thousands of people from all over the world come here every year to enlist as mercenaries. After years of development, an underground mercenary market has gradually formed here.

Invisibly, Pokhara, a small city with a population of only a few hundred thousand, became a distribution center for mercenaries.

By chance, Prasad helped an old employer introduce several retired Gurkha mercenaries to Lebanon as personal bodyguards, and in gratitude for his help, the employer gave him a favor.

This flying fortune inspired him, and he inadvertently found a way to make a fortune.

With the experience and contacts accumulated from years of service around the world, Prasad started the business of mercenary agency, and he began to take the initiative to contact his old employers, introduce them to some trustworthy Gurkha mercenaries, and send "talents" to the world.

After a long time, Prasad's "talent agency" also made a little reputation, and some people began to take the initiative to ask him to help recruit mercenaries.

Prasad's business was no longer limited to retired mercenaries, and he even began to dig into the ranks of active servants. Although each mercenary has a contract and a term of service, it is not difficult to get a few people out as long as you give the commander some benefits, and then secretly do some tricks.

For every successful business, Prasad gets a brokerage fee. Part of the profits were used to pay off debts, treat diseases, and part of it was used for living expenses, and finally, Prasad's life began to improve, and he often had a little spare money in his hands, and occasionally he could gamble for pleasure.

On this day, Prasad was wandering around an "international skirmish recruitment office", which was like a hypermarket, with recruiters from all over the world, a table, a poster and an office. Of course, many people don't even have a table, and they just talk about what they see, and they talk about it in private.

In addition to the recruiters, there are also some retired mercenaries who are looking for "casual workers" to work here. These people tend to be older, and many of them have injuries.

Most people prepare a resume in multiple Chinese languages with mercenary experience, skills they are good at, etc.

As usual, the scene is relatively deserted, it is the off-season, and there are very few people who come to talk about business.

At this time, a middle-aged man came in from outside, looking ordinary and dressed plainly, not looking like a rich man.

Although it was summer, the man was wearing long sleeves and his left hand was stuck in his pocket all the time.

Judging by this person's age, he should not have come to be a soldier. If you don't come in and ask for directions, you're here to recruit.

The middle-aged man carried a black leather bag under his arm, and when he came in, he looked left and right, like a tourist. Probably more interested in a retired mercenary next to him, the middle-aged man started talking to him in English, with a thick accent between his words.

Prasad, who was proficient in many foreign languages, Chinese, Chinese, English, French, and Russian, immediately heard that this person was a Chinese.

In the past, it was mainly companies and organizations from European and American countries that came here to recruit mercenaries. In recent years, many Chinese have done business in Africa, Southeast Asia and other regions, and more Chinese have come here to recruit private bodyguards and security guards.

The places where these Chinese do business are often in turbulent countries and regions, but the risks are also great. After some people have a big business, they choose to hire private security guards in order to protect their personal and property safety. Because there is basically no difference in appearance between Chinese and Nepalese, hiring Gurkha mercenaries as bodyguards does not look too obtrusive. Coupled with the "good reputation" of Gurkha mercenaries around the world, more and more Chinese come here to recruit bodyguards.

It was a potential client, but Prasad ignored him.

On the one hand, the person doesn't look like a rich man.

The second is that many Chinese people make money desperately by doing "small business", and they spend it very sparingly - no matter what price you quote, they will feel expensive, and if you don't bargain, they will think that they have suffered a loss.

For Prasad, such patrons have no oil and water.

But Prasad was taken aback when he heard the middle-aged man's offer, which was at least 30 percent higher than the market price. Although his demands were more demanding, the price was enough to attract Prasad's attention.

After asking a few people, the middle-aged man shook his head, as if he was not satisfied with any of them.

"The people here are casual workers, and the elites you need are not here." Prasad said to him in Chinese.

The man's eyes lit up: "Do you have the right person?" ”

Prasad nodded: "Tell me what you want." ”

The middle-aged man told Prasad about his requirements for candidates, the number of people needed, the duration of service, and so on.

After listening to him, Prasad already had a bottom in his heart, this is a big deal!

But his face was impassive, and he said deliberately embarrassed, "The conditions for your recruitment are indeed relatively high, but I have some suitable candidates on my side, but the price ......?"

"The price is negotiable, you can add another 10% to the quote I just made - as long as the candidate you provide is good enough, I can give you an additional 10% commission." The middle-aged man said indifferently, and it seemed that there was no shortage of money in his pocket at all.

Prasad's eyelids jumped wildly, if this business could be negotiated, his debt problem would almost be solved.

"What is your name?" Prasad used all the Chinese honorifics he knew.

"My name is Wang Yangming." The middle-aged man said lightly.

"Wang Yangming." Prasad repeated softly. The name would appear many times in his later years and even change his fate.

"Here's my contact information, contact me when you get the person ready as I asked." Wang Yangming handed him a note.

Wang Yangming took out an envelope from his bag and handed it to him, "This is a deposit of $10,000." ”

After finishing speaking, Wang Yangming turned around and left.

It seems that he is a big businessman, a whole 10,000 dollars! Prasad flipped the envelope in his hand, but he didn't even let him open the receipt.

A month later, Prasad brought a dozen carefully selected Gurkha mercenaries to the location designated by Wang Yangming, who read their information and exchanged a few words with each of them in English. Then began one of the most impressive "lectures" of Prasad's life.

"From this day forward, you are my people, I will give you the best reward, and you must pledge absolute loyalty to me. Whatever I tell you to do, you must do without hesitation. I'm going to let you eat, and you must eat it immediately, without any doubts! ”

Prasad looked at Wang Yangming with wide eyes, he didn't expect this person to be gentle and elegant, and he looked like a scholar, and he would have such a strong taste when he spoke.

Many employers will ask mercenaries to "loyalty" and "obedience", but they have never heard such a thing as eating.

"When you join us, you must keep the organization and the work you do absolutely confidential. Anyone who divulges the secrets of the Order - I know the family background of each of you, and trust me, you don't want to see the end of betraying me. ”

After saying this, Wang Yangming asked Prasad to re-translate it, and after making sure that everyone understood, Wang Yangming asked, "Now, does anyone want to quit?" I will give a termination fee to the person who quits. But once you accept this agreement, you can't go back. ”

Wang Yangming looked at everyone and said gloomily.

There was a commotion in the crowd, but no one exited. Everyone stared at the table behind Wang Yangming.

There were thick stacks of more than a dozen dollars on the table, which was their signing money - the cost of signing today, not counting the monthly pay and annual bonuses.

Prasad had already explained to these Gurkha mercenaries in detail about the employer's remuneration system, and the conditions were very generous, and even Prasad himself was a little moved.

Wang Yangming nodded and said to everyone: "Next, I will send someone to pick you up and take you to a secret base for training." I know many of you are well-trained and experienced, but it's not enough – after three months, those of you who don't meet the requirements will be eliminated.

Also, from today, you must start learning Chinese. ”

After Wang Yangming left with that group of people, Prasad also got a generous commission, which he used to pay off his debts and make a little surplus!

It's a pity that he lost all the money before he could cover it, and within three months, Prasad became a poor man again.

Prasad was frustrated when he got worse news.

Wang Yangming came to him.

Among the "elites" introduced by Prasad, there was one person who had a problem.