Chapter Thirty-Eight: Throttling is Better Than Open Source!
Anatoly only felt like a rooster waiting to be slaughtered, his eyes and mouth were blocked, and the whole person could only arch helplessly in the cabin, but then he was pressed by several hands, and he couldn't move at all.
Then, the sound of the propellers starting, Anatoly guessed that these guys were preparing to throw themselves into the deserted jungle to destroy their corpses, and he could only wait silently for his last moment, and then, with the slight shock of the helicopter, he understood that his final moment had come.
"Bye-bye, brother!"
Then, Anatoly felt his ass kicked hard, and he flew straight out, and then the smell of dirt came to his face.
Then, the roar of the propeller disappeared, leaving him to struggle desperately in place, until dozens of minutes later, when he was almost asleep, and suddenly several hands appeared and touched him.
"Huh?"
Anatoly, who didn't know what was happening, began to struggle again, and then his blindfold was ripped off.
Several shirtless black uncles grinned at him with a mouthful of white teeth, and then Anatoly saw Ivanov, who was also tied up beside him.
"These damn guys!"
Anatoly was angry and annoyed at the moment, but fortunately, the mission had been completed, and all the captives were released by the Shadow Company, even those with missing arms and legs, and even the Shadow Company was very considerate to prepare stretchers and medicines for the wounded, which made Anatoly not know what to say.
And Ivanov was still thinking about finding an opportunity to take revenge and go back, but was stopped by Anatoly.
"Think about your own problems first, Ivanov, think about how to go back and explain to the major general!"
As for the Shadow Company, Anatoly dared to guarantee that they might have to deal with the Shadow Company in the future, but at that time, it would not be necessary for everyone to catch whom!
However, Shepard didn't want to deal with the Russians anymore, at least for now, he didn't want to deal with these guys anymore, after all, he extorted so much money from the other party in one go, you must know that the Bretton Woods system has not completely collapsed at this moment, and 1.7 million in this period is very valuable.
This money is placed in an ordinary family of three, enough for them to realize their American dream, and in an economically underdeveloped country, it is a huge amount of money, but for Shepard, especially after he finished calculating his daily expenses, he found that 1.7 million is actually not much.
At present, all the employees of the Shadow Company are more than 260 people, and half of them are currently frantically prostituting the Navy's subsidies, not only do he not have to pay for it, but he can even save more than 100,000 yuan in expenses from it, but the Vietnam War is a little more than two years away, and after the end of the war, the Navy will definitely not be the main one again, and even so, the daily expenses of the remaining more than 100 people are also a lot of money.
As a person who has come over, Shepard naturally knows what happens when he owes wages, especially for contractors, so the salaries of the company's employees are settled on time every month, and the basic salary plus the war zone subsidy will cost 50,000 yuan per month, in addition to eating, drinking, and maintaining helicopters and cars, the monthly net expenditure will be about 100,000 yuan.
"So, we still have to find a way to make money!"
Shepard glanced at the map hanging on the wall, Katanga Province because of geographical location and environmental factors, in fact, the industrial structure is very simple, the whole province basically depends on selling resources to make money, oil, copper and iron, and even timber are export commodities, and this is why there are many mercenaries in this province, because of the long and narrow terrain and harsh natural environment, someone must be protected.
Growing demand naturally leads to a growing market, and Shepard did a cursory survey before he came, and Katanga Province alone is worth millions of dollars a year in terms of armed escorts, and these funds are divided up by mercenary security companies large and small.
Naturally, Shepard will not ignore such a market, but there is a very serious problem, the Shadow Company has a very strong American label.
This label may be useful when dealing with the government, but it is not very useful when dealing with private companies!
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a former Belgian colony, so European companies, especially Belgian and French companies, have taken root here very early and have a very solid foundation.
Bifa's company has been operating here for many years, and then the Americans come to intervene and come to the pot to grab food, and naturally they don't get a good face, just like Jean Resso, he is obviously a Frenchman, but the local French party party doesn't call him at all, and if it is good, it is crowding out, and the security services of these European companies naturally give priority to their own country.
The Shadow Company does not have the overwhelming strength and does not have a strong local network, so it is quite difficult to break into the market, but this is also an opportunity, the influence of the old colonial empire on Africa is gradually fading, as long as he can seize the opportunity, he will definitely get the biggest piece of the cake.
But at present, Shepard can't think of any way, the poor relatives in Europe are really a bit malicious towards the Americans, it's been so long, and no one has called Shepard to open a silver party or something, obviously he is so experienced.
"So, there's no banquet or something, right? Don't have a developer conference, just eat and drink casually! ”
While Shepard struggled with this every day, Colonel Senerio finally gave Shepard a big surprise, and on the sixth day of Shepard's ransom, Shepard's herald sent him an invitation inviting Shepard to attend the eighteenth birthday of his seventh mistress in two weeks.
"This guy eats Arabian blood oats every day, doesn't he?"
Shepard remembered that the guy should be forty-nine, and he also had diabetes and high blood pressure, and he usually ate, drank, prostituted and gambled constantly, and he could have a seventh mistress, which was really a bit too industrious!
But this is a good opportunity, Senerio as a local snake, and European companies must also have something to do, Shepard feels that it is necessary for him to go and see, at least to be familiar with everyone, besides, he actually wants to see what Senerio's seventh mistress looks like, so that the old guy can rejuvenate the second spring, it must be not bad!
"What kind of gift do you want to prepare for him?"
Plomri, who also saw the invitation, curious.
"Well, I'd really have to think about it!"
Shepard thought about it, although he didn't know what to send, but he had to send one that could have the characteristics of the Shadow Company!