New Gods of North America.

Chapter 218 Distribution
When you reach a so-called "station" town, it becomes much easier to sell the spoils.
Wayne visited several pawn shops and went to the police station to ask if they wanted to recycle the guns. Finally, after selling all the guns in a store,

The final total profit was US$1736.

Although the partners did not directly attack the "stronghold", collective cooperation is obviously not "whoever kills will take it".
Just like some doctors in bounty hunter teams, even if they don't go to the front line, as long as they "participate in the action", they have to take a share.

So after authorizing Doug and Ryan, two potential "site managers", to preside over the distribution, the detective agency would take 30% first, then the partners and agents would split it 70% and then the so-called "divide per head" would be done.

When converted, leaving aside the detective agency's commission, a partner would get about $121 cents, and the detectives would get divided per head, so it would be about $52 cents per head.

However, with the exception of Doug who is now counted as "1 head", the rest of the trainee agents are each counted as "0.8 heads", which is approximately $91.

Wayne discussed it with Inissa and Lina for a while, and finally chose a way to motivate the agents more.

And when distributing the bounty to everyone, he directly announced:

"After unanimous discussion among the partners, if our detective agency sets up 'offices' in various places in the future, then in principle, in addition to the detective agency's 30% total commission, the partners will no longer receive a share of the remaining funds as long as they do not participate in the operation.

"Of the remaining 70% of the proceeds, 10% will be used as the office's activity funds, which will be managed and allocated by the office's director and used for the office's overall daily expenses. The remaining 60% will be distributed to the agents involved in the operation on a per capita basis.

"Considering that some remuneration will be paid directly to the detective agency by the employer, that part of the remuneration will still be distributed according to this principle. After the regular settlement is completed, it will be directly transferred to the detective's personal bank account in the local bank, or transferred to the office for distribution."

People who can become bounty hunters usually have good basic arithmetic skills. Those who are not smart enough usually don't live long.

So after a little thought, the agents soon realized that this was a considerable concession, and the scene suddenly became festive.

Everyone imitated Wayne's previous behavior and slammed the table and shouted "Wuhu——"

Wayne let them make a little noise, then waved his hand slightly, and the agents immediately quieted down.

Then Wayne continued:
"This distribution method is equivalent to a disguised subsidy, the purpose of which is to allow the agents stationed outside to obtain relatively higher returns. Considering the possible problems, the detective agency must also clarify some requirements first.

"First, the office is still part of the detective agency. The detective agency has the right to decide on the establishment or cancellation of the office, or to conduct other management. Detectives who do not obey the detective agency's decision will be regarded as 'resigning automatically' or 'betraying'. Secondly, the head of the office is decided by the detective agency, or elected by the detectives of the office and approved by the detective agency. Thirdly, the detectives working in the office have the right to 'impeach' the head, and then the detective agency will arrange for someone to conduct an 'internal investigation' and make a decision.

"Finally, if the head of an office dies unexpectedly, there is a major casualty accident in the office, or other detective agencies deem it necessary to conduct an 'internal investigation', the detectives of the office must stay in the local area to gather, or report their true whereabouts to the detective agency. Otherwise, it will be considered 'betrayal' in principle. Do you have any questions?"

Doug was very concerned about the establishment of the office and was the first to express his desire to speak.

After Wayne nodded, Doug began to ask:

“If the office is short-staffed, will the detective agency provide support?”

Several partners have already considered this aspect, and they can just copy other organizations.

Wayne didn't think much about it:

"As long as the office reports the situation in a timely manner, the detective agency will make personnel arrangements accordingly. However, 'capacity situation', 'casualties' and 'income and expenditure situation' will be included in the office's assessment indicators to determine whether the detective agency will close the office or replace the person in charge.

"Taking into account the possibility of special or emergency situations, the office can recruit personnel locally. Those who are approved by the detective agency will become detectives of the detective agency and enjoy the same treatment. Those who have not or have not yet been approved by the detective agency will be regarded as so-called "peripheral members", and the expenses will be paid by the office's own retained funds, up to the limit of full use. "In special cases, if the detective agency can approve it afterwards, the detective agency will also bear the overspending. However, before the detective agency approves it, the detectives shall not make promises in the name of the detective agency without authorization, otherwise the detective agency has the right to refuse to approve it and investigate."

After that, everyone had no objections for a while, and the scene came to the relaxed stage of dividing the money.

The agents walked up to Inissa one by one, took the divided cash from her, and then went about their business happily.

Wayne set the meeting time as the evening of the day after tomorrow, and then set off on the morning of the third day. During this time, they can go as they please, just don't overdo it.

Anyway, Wayne has said before that if something strange happens due to personal reasons, the detective agency may not only not help to "clean up the mess", but may even take the initiative to participate in the arrest.

After the agents left the room one after another,

Lina looked at her purse, which had become empty again. She still felt a little empty, and suddenly she lay down on the seat. "I feel like if this continues, the money I can get will get less and less..."

Wayne was convinced, "Didn't you agree to everything before?"

"I agree, but I still feel bad..." Lina pressed her face against the table, "Just think about it, it's a lot of US dollars..."

Wayne could only comfort her again, "It's mainly because the steam train route is too far. Just look at this route that Mr. Russell's company has posted a bounty on. It takes us almost a month to run it from beginning to end. If all of it is managed by the partners, we will be too busy to handle it all year round."

Lina became even more exhausted. "I don't want to hear this. Why don't you change to the part that sounds happier..."

Wayne is very responsive in this regard:

“The main problem with our detective agency right now is that we don’t have enough staff. If the pilot model of the office is successful, we can continue to promote it.

"There are still many steam train lines in the United States. There are quite a few in Virginia alone. At least if I return to Kansas, I am sure I can get the security commissions for some steam train lines. As long as there are enough security commissions, the 30% total commission for each office alone will be much more than the profit we make every time we participate now."

Lina's energy returned to her body, but she still lay there, "Isn't there still some?"

Wayne shrugged his shoulders and once again brought out the big pie he had drawn before to coax his partners:

"Just like the lines of a steam train, as long as we can connect the various 'stations' into a whole, then we may be able to gain far more than just the benefits of security commissions. By then, some wanted criminals may not be able to escape the 'territory' of the detective agency no matter which direction they run. Even the gangs in the area may have to respect our opinions.

"It turns out that in some industries, 'scale' equals profit."

Lina then sat up slightly:

"I hope we won't be attacked by the church first. But if things go well, if those guys from the Inquisition or the Kingdom of Windsor dare to come to me again, I will arrest them as criminals.

"They don't have law enforcement authority in America anyway."

(End of this chapter)