Chapter 16: The Middleman
The biggest difference between a mercenary organization and a criminal organization is not that the mercenary organization has few people and does not raise wasted people...... It's that mercenaries actually live on a "platform employment system".
They don't engage with customers directly, but find them through "lobbyists", or "middlemen".
It is impossible for mercenaries to know where their clients come from and who they are - this is to prevent them from being captured alive and tortured for unfavorable information if they fail their mission.
On the other hand, those big customers who have money don't dare to go to meet the mercenaries alone.
These no-code people without chips are lawless villains. It's not surprising that they do anything...... Anyway, mercenaries started out as a crime of "banishment", and banishment is equivalent to death.
So they need a reliable "middleman" to act as a platform.
The tasks handled by the mercenaries are divided into three to fifty percent by the middleman. Although this share is high, this one must be given.
Because the mercenaries don't have chips, they can't spend the money even if they get it. They can only put the money they theoretically get on the side of the middleman. No matter what you buy, you have to rely on a middleman to buy it on your behalf.
Of course, the middleman will not add extra money when purchasing on behalf of the agent, which is a small benefit.
And the middleman also has an "interest" service here, if you save enough money in it, you can also get a fairly high interest.
At the same time, the sale and payment of stolen goods in the "kidnapping", "robbery" and "theft" carried out by the criminal organizations in the lower city were also carried out through intermediaries. The reason is the same...... It's useless for them to get the money.
Except in rare cases, credit sticks can be obtained. But credit sticks aren't for everyone.
Taking a step back, even if they get credit sticks, they still can't spend them as no-censors β when they enter the store, they will automatically alarm because they can't detect the chip. They also keep all the money in the middleman, and let the middleman buy it if there is any need to spend money.
On the other hand, the victims in Uptown also want reliable intermediaries to join them.
This can at least ensure that those people in the lower city will not tear up the ticket after getting the money, and will not torture or hurt the kidnapped person before getting the money; If something important is snatched or stolen, it can also prevent the destruction of something like stealing the most advanced prosthesis and disassembling it into parts. At least with a little extra money, you can get things back completely from the hands of the middleman......
- Of course, intermediaries are not charitable organizations, and they do not have a "legacy" function.
While still alive, you can also transfer the funds you have deposited with intermediaries to others.
But if before that, those uncensored people suddenly die because of something, then his deposit with the middleman will be wiped out.
This kind of heritage annexation is the bulk of the middleman.
That's why the middleman will give them such a high interest rate.
There is no doubt that this is a conspiracy.
Although the uncensored people are living a life with today and no tomorrow, they also yearn for the day when they can wash their hands and return to a stable and normal life. Their only hope is to save enough money from the middlemen...... Money that will keep them from doing these things.
But it's hard.
A mercenary is nothing more than a murder weapon, not a human being.
Criminal organizations can sell their stolen goods in many places, but mercenaries cannot. If they want to jump to other intermediaries, they may even be paid by their own intermediaries themselves and directly hire other mercenary organizations to do it.
After all, there are not too few people who do this business. As long as you are a peer, you may get in the way of yourself.
It is entirely possible for two different mercenaries from two different intermediaries to hire two different groups of mercenaries and have them fight each other.
ββThe business war involving at least hundreds of millions of profits in the upper city ended up dead a no-code person from the lower city.
And the commissions of these no-code people may add up to just hundreds of thousands, or maybe less.
There is a high probability that the money will not be spent...... Those people will die for a variety of reasons.
Even those mercenaries who have retired may be tempted to return to the world by unusually lucrative jobs; Or mercenaries who haven't retired yet, but have some deposits, are occasionally released with tasks that don't seem that difficult.
But it is possible that it was a "death mission" deliberately arranged for them by an intermediary. It's a less reliable and less honest task that they've gleaned from their customers. However, the intermediary will not refuse, but will send them to the appropriate mercenary...... The goal is to make them fail in their mission and die in it.
In this way, the money they have in the middleman will be swallowed up.
If you accidentally leave a living mouth, the other party may come to take revenge...... Therefore, from this point of view, the intermediary business itself is also dangerous.
Those who are not ruthless enough, or too stupid, have been phased out.
And this middleman called "Grandma Lan" has been in this business for more than 20 years.
To put it less rigorously, she is almost the earliest "middleman".
Shortly after her birth in the lower part of Happiness Island, she started this business.
Back then, she was still called "Mother Lan", and now she is "Grandma Lan".
From this point of view, she should be a more reliable type compared to other peers.
The most important professionalism of an intermediary is confidentiality.
Bad Day claims that this grandmother is trustworthy, so Russell will believe Bad Day.
"I was introduced by Bad Day."
Russell replied earnestly: "I want to inquire about some of the above things." β
Hearing this, Grandma Lan glanced at Russell with some surprise.
ββ¦β¦ Unexpectedly, this beloved new hero has something to do with the most vicious criminal. β
"Why on earth is he called the most vicious criminal?"
Russell finally couldn't help but ask.
Hearing this, the old grandmother looked at Russell kindly: "Is this the question you want to ask?" β
ββ¦β¦ No, it's just curiosity. I wanted to ask about something else...... Information on the directors of the head office. β
As he spoke, Russell glanced at the rosewood.
He didn't know if he needed to let her avoid it.
And Grandma Lan didn't mention it.
So Russell suddenly realized that this highly prosthetic store manager, the young lady, should be Grandma Lan's bodyguard.
"This question...... It's not a bad value. β
Grandma Lan leaned her back and poured herself a cup of tea and Russell with a smile: "In that case, this question should be regarded as a giveaway."
"The boy of the bad day is called the most vicious criminal...... The reason is simple. You should know that the memories of the elf directors can be inherited from newborns, right? β
"Yes, I think that's a special way to be reborn." Russell nodded.
"He killed two elf directors of the head office. Bypassing all surveillance, not even appearing in the memory of the elf director...... It's like killing each other in the gap of time. That was undoubtedly the perfect murder.
"βbut he always deliberately left letters declaring that he had done the thing, that he had killed this man."