Fatal Strike: Paladins Mercenary Road

Chapter 796 Money, Connections, Resources, and Opportunities
"You can't expect me to feed you!"

The mountain eagle welcomed Kate, Daniel, Rosa, and others who had traveled from afar to its cabin.

Hearing Dalia's whisper in his ear, Mountain Eagle gestured for Kate and the others to find a place to sit. Then, while tidying up the scattered documents on the table, he looked at Daniel and Rosa, who were curiously looking around, and said with a smile, "If you're curious, then walk around and take a look..."

I have nothing here that I'm ashamed to show for it!

Upon hearing this, Rosa couldn't help but ask, "May I visit your prison?"

I want to see how open and aboveboard it is there!

Mountain Eagle understood the source of Rosa's hostility. Any soldier or law enforcement officer with a sense of honor would find it hard to accept a foreigner treating their country as a battlefield and blatantly violating the law.

Such people can sometimes seem a bit stubborn, but honestly, from an ordinary person's perspective, we definitely hope there are more soldiers and law enforcement officers like them...

Mountain Eagle waved to Kate, who wanted to speak, then looked at Rosa and said with a smile, "If you want to see, then go and see. While you're at it, talk to those people, find out who they are, and also find out what really happened back then?"

As he spoke, Mountain Eagle spread his hands at Rosa, who had a serious expression, and said, "Although I am not a U.S. citizen, I have a U.S. green card, which means that I should enjoy the same rights as U.S. citizens."

In accordance with the principle of territorial jurisdiction, I abide by Alaskan law and will take reasonable action against any enemy that enters my territory…

I've been here for a long time. Those people attacked me, and I fought back. I don't think I did anything wrong!
Of course, you can nitpick and find fault with the process, but I don't care; your anger is meaningless to me.

"you……"

Rosa glared at the mountain eagle, her face flushed red...

Daniel, who was standing nearby, stepped in to smooth things over, raising his hand to stand between the two and saying helplessly to Rosa, "Hey, the Mountain Eagles aren't our enemies. Our enemies are the 'Scapegoats' and the Sinaloa Group..."

"Dude, we're not police officers or judges; we don't make judgments!"

Mountain Eagle chuckled nonchalantly and said to the 'Sea Lion' standing at the door, "Hey, Sea Lion, show our two agents around. They can see whatever they want, and even if they want to interview you, just answer their questions honestly."

'Sea Lion' walked over, looked Rosa up and down, and decisively shook his head, saying, "NO, I heard Tiffany say that this guy is a coward, and a scumbag who seduces other women even before getting a divorce."

This guy couldn't even protect the hostages properly, and he even got his leg broken. You had to get Tiffany and Lilith to get him out, and now this guy turns around and tries to bite you, boss...

I'm not going to answer his question!

“mother fucker…”

Upon hearing this, Rosa angrily raised her middle finger and swore...

Just as this guy was starting to lose control of his emotions, Kate frowned and snapped, "Have you had enough? If you don't want to listen, then get out and clear your head..."

Mountain Eagle watched Rosa walk away in a huff, and the 'sea lion' he'd abandoned. He smiled and said nonchalantly, "I already said, you can look around the brown bear camp as you please..."

But since you insist on seeing it yourselves, then…

As he spoke, Mountain Eagle waved to Dalia and said, "Prepare two camproom rooms and charge according to the resort's standards."

A private jet with all meals and drinks included, plus security, would be a reasonable quote of $3 per person in Alaska during this season.

Let's round it up to 100,000 yuan. Let Miss Kate pay the bill, and give her a receipt for 150,000 yuan later.

Dalia looked at Kate, whose expression had become somewhat strange, and suddenly felt much better...

Sometimes Dalia also finds it hard to understand why what she considers a clever move is seen as a cheap trick by her boss.

Kate's 'scolding' served two purposes: first, to express her respect for the mountain eagle and demonstrate her determination to cooperate; second, to make Rosa leave in a huff... After all, it's understandable for someone to want to be alone when they're angry...

At this point, Rosa can observe and judge the situation in the camp from a relatively independent perspective. If she can obtain some information that can be used as leverage, then she has gained something.

Kate isn't one of Mountain Eagle's subordinates, so of course she wants to cooperate, but there's also an element of negotiation involved in any cooperation between them...

Whoever has more leverage can become the dominant player in the cooperation, occupy the upstream of the profits, and at the same time reduce the risks they need to face.

Rosa didn't believe the Eagle's open attitude, and neither did Kate. She didn't have enough chips, so Rosa needed to observe and investigate to find more chips...

If the mountain eagle appears unhappy, it actually means she's found the right direction, and she's gained an extra advantage out of thin air.

Unexpectedly, the Mountain Eagle didn't stop Rosa; instead, it used the 'fee' to clarify the positions and relationships between the two parties...

This is a form of punishment, but the core message isn't about the money. It's about telling Kate that I have nothing to hide, but since you don't trust me, you can pay to look around as much as you want, and we can continue our conversation once you've had your fill.

Kate clearly understood the eagle's unspoken message, but as a civil servant, she could get reimbursed by taxpayers for any amount of money she spent. However, it would be unacceptable not to do something like accumulating leverage.

The mountain eagles themselves think there's no problem, but that doesn't mean the camp is truly problem-free. From the law enforcement's perspective, anyone who wants to nitpick will always find something wrong, and these problems will become bargaining chips...

Mountain Eagle was a skilled negotiator; he knew Kate's thoughts all too well. However, since he dared to invite them, he didn't care what they thought...

Because there are some problems that need to be seen by them before they can help solve them, it's worth paying a small price in the negotiations for that.

When Kate and her team used the problems at the camp as leverage, what they were actually selling was a 'security guarantee that the brown bear camp would not be harassed by the authorities'...

They are the sellers, while the mountain eagles, as buyers, can negotiate the price.

Moreover, because Mountain Eagle had access to Kate and his team's essential needs, he always held the initiative in negotiations.

In negotiations, if these foreigners cannot gain an advantage in terms of hard power such as 'strength', 'capital', 'technology', and 'jurisdiction', and are simply outmaneuvering each other, any senior executive from a state-owned enterprise at Dongda University could easily outmaneuver them.

When the atmosphere became slightly awkward, Kate broke the silence by calling out to Daniel, who had worked with the Mountain Eagles before. The two of them then carried their coffees to the enormous dining table and sat down...

Looking at the scattered documents on the table, Kate quickly picked up some keywords...

"San Salvador? You have business in El Salvador?"

Mountain Eagle neatly stacked the scattered documents together, nodded, and said, "I plan to build several large geothermal power plants in El Salvador..."

The electricity generated there will be used to power the Bitcoin mining operations, while the remaining electricity will be used to support the needs of several tourist resorts.

Of course, those tourist resorts don't exist yet...

I know what you're curious about. I can tell you that Senator William Hurt invested $2.5 million to support my plan, and that money has been in my account for several months.

Several big names in Silicon Valley are also interested in investing in and building a cryptocurrency trading website. The server equipment is already in place in Silicon Valley, and the website's security architecture was designed by Snowden.

It is expected that this trading website will be online and operational in three to five months, cooperating and competing to some extent with cryptocurrency exchanges in Hong Kong and other island nations in East Asia.

Kate paused for a moment, then let out a long sigh…

Money! Connections! Resources! Opportunities!

Everything is in this plan!

(End of this chapter)