Fatal Strike: Mercenary Road of Gunfire Ranger-Chapter 969 - 904: So It Was All for Myself

The plan that Mountain Eagle devised for Sang Jia can be said to completely take into account the interests of the Tadic family...

It's only natural for others to contribute funds and earn dividends from the copper mine, but helping the Tadic family retain actual ownership and mining rights ensures their motivation to protect the copper mine, which likewise safeguards everyone's interests.

Money is truly not the big issue; the key is how to bypass regulation while avoiding the risks of external sanctions.

And from Mountain Eagle's perspective, the Northern Brigade still holds investment value.

Because, although the Northern Brigade, led by the Tadic family, is said to be a civilian organization, in the eyes of others, its fundamental nature is that of a warlord!

Only during the weak control stage of the Serbian government did the Tadic family hold off on the front line near Kosovo, becoming the hope of Serbian people within Kosovo, which is why the Serbian government turns a blind eye to the Northern Brigade.

As long as the Tadic family can hold on and possess a healthy operational mechanism and source of funds, they can always become a political force within Serbia.

There's a lot to be done here!

But at the moment, it seems that neither Colonel Tadic nor his daughter Sang Jia views the Northern Brigade as warlords, and it's precisely this 'soft' approach that has led to internal division within the Northern Brigade.

This is the most normal situation; people risk life and limb with you, yet you even need to beg for the squad's funding from the outside, still bending to the Serbian government's will, bearing burdens and calamities alone, and most crucially, seeing no gains or future.

In this situation, mere internal division is the lighter consequence...

While having dinner with Sang Jia, Mountain Eagle could clearly sense that although everyone was tight-lipped about division and betrayal, when the topic occasionally came up, most of those remaining did not seem too angry.

One must know that those who split away took the majority of the camp's funds and arms with them...

In such a situation, the fact that everyone wasn't cursing at those people means the only possibility is that the Northern Brigade owed them, either money or lives.

Mountain Eagle held a plate of extremely simple food, sitting at a long table outdoors, eating while observing the surrounding Northern Brigade soldiers...

These people didn't look very old, generally between 20 to 30 years old. Possibly due to ethnic reasons, the soldiers of the Northern Brigade are generally tall, but tend to be quite lean...

Most of them were very silent, displaying none of the vitality young people should have.

The only exception was that kid Luca, whom Mountain Eagle had met by the river. This boy was very lively, eating with his new gun on his back, and occasionally hopping up to cheer up his peers.

His actions were natural, his emotions full and sincere...

Regardless of his abilities, such a personality is a prototype of a leader!

Mountain Eagle sat across from Sang Jia, taking a few bites of tasteless food, then looked at Sang Jia, who had been gazing at him with a peculiar expression, and said, "That kid's last name is also Tadic, who is he to you?"

Sang Jia was momentarily stunned, then regained her composure, glancing in Luca's direction, squeezing out a slight smile, and said, "Luca is my brother's son...

My brother's entire family, except for Luca, died in conflicts with the Kosovo Liberation Army.

Luca is a good kid..."

Mountain Eagle nodded slightly, saying, "And what about the other kids?"

Sang Jia looked at those teenagers, her expression somewhat bitter as she said, "They are all children of Northern Brigade soldiers who sacrificed...

The orphanage funds on our territory are too limited, so these kids start living at the camp from twelve or thirteen years old."

Seeing Mountain Eagle's puzzled expression, Sang Jia bitterly smiled and said, "Do you think it's strange?"

Mountain Eagle nodded, saying, "It's quite strange, doesn't the Serbian government do anything about it?"

Sang Jia shook her head, saying, "The welfare system in Serbia could accommodate them, but our tradition doesn't allow us to entrust our comrades' children to a system we can't monitor, and which may be severely corrupt.

For over a hundred years, our group led by the Tadic family has been accustomed to solidarity and mutual assistance, raising the children of our kin, so when we perish, we can confidently entrust our children to others.

Some have suggested sending these children to an orphanage in Belgrade, but my father firmly refused.

He said, even if we're penniless, we can't let the children have no home!"

Mountain Eagle was momentarily taken aback, then nodded in admiration and said, "That's true, a home is very important for a child, but what about their education?

Do they not go to school?"

"Go to school?"

Sang Jia was momentarily stunned, then smiled and said, "There are teachers at the camp who give them lessons every day..."

Mountain Eagle shook his head, saying, "No, what I mean is actually 'going to school,' attending school!"

Sang Jia frowned, looking at Mountain Eagle, and said, "What meaning is there in attending school?

We can complete their general education within the camp."

Seeing Mountain Eagle's strange expression, Sang Jia suddenly realized and said, "I forgot, you're from the East, my brother studied at a military academy there when he was a soldier. I visited him, and also went to Shijiazhuang, Shanghai, Qingdao...

"You all will send every child to school, then you'll possess the world's highest quality industrial talent system."

Mountain Eagle spread his hands and said, "Isn't this good?"

Sang Jia smiled bitterly and said, "If everyone can find a job, of course, it's good...

But unfortunately, Serbia's employment market can't accommodate so many people!

We don't oppose kids going to school. Those who stay in camp long-term just can't study, so they rely on teachers providing them with general education during training."

Mountain Eagle, after listening, shook his head with a bit of sentiment...

If those kids were placed in Eastern schools, they'd surely be 'troublemakers,' destined to be streamed by middle school exams as underachievers. But instead of entering vocational schools, they've stayed in the Northern Brigade camp for training, becoming reservist soldiers.

Sometimes fate truly exists!

When a person is swayed by their environment, unable to think deeply, relying only on the supposed 'inner heart' to passively deal with life, 'fate' will dominate their existence.

Like these Northern Brigade kids, some are driven by hatred, some have nowhere else to go, but most are accustomed to this life and can't escape, entrusting themselves entirely to the collective, thus tightly linking their fate with the Northern Brigade.

This is the norm for most ordinary people globally, apart from the few top elites who can break free and lead the collective to strive upward, most people's fates are always closely connected with the collective around them.

A home, a village, a county, a city, a province, a country, and further up, a community of shared human fate...

The Northern Brigade's habitual thinking condemns them to never grow big, at best becoming regional warlords, maybe securing some local political rights, but that's the limit.

Mountain Eagle didn't delve deep into this with Sang Jia. After a dinner that tasted like chewing wax, he arranged to sleep in a relatively clean, private tent...

The next morning, upon waking, Mountain Eagle saw Blood Fox's embarrassed face...

"Everything's arranged, when do we set off?"

Upon hearing Mountain Eagle's question, Blood Fox was stunned and said, "Arranged?"

Mountain Eagle spread his hands and said, "Yes, arranged. Money and arms should be ready by tomorrow. The issue with the Tadic family's mine needs professional assessment before investment advice can be given.

Mr. Poincaré is helping organize their company structure, and someone will help them set up an investment company overseas to ensure the Tadic family's interests.

What's left depends on the specific situation around the mine.

Anyway, as long as the mine is nominally detached from the Tadic family's control, it can be monetized. The Tadic family can use it to finance, whether it's mined or not.

If necessary, just let them mortgage the mine and keep the money in the Financial Office, relying on arbitrage to sustain the Northern Brigade's operations."

Blood Fox, stunned, said incredulously, "This is possible?"

Seeing Blood Fox's excitement, Mountain Eagle said somewhat helplessly, "When their friends own a bank and a long-term profitable Financial Office, nothing is impossible.

But how exactly to proceed depends on their choice!

If they want to mine and make money, they must bear pressure while growing the Northern Brigade and securing some political status within Serbia.

If they just want to maintain the Northern Brigade, then it's quite simple!

But I think Sang Jia is more interested in developing the copper mine..."

Upon hearing this, Blood Fox sighed lightly and nodded slightly, saying, "The Tadic family has received a lot of support from their people, they can't abandon them and simply sell the copper mine.

Only by opening up the copper mine can those living in remote villages have better lives.

I want to thank you on his behalf, Mountain Eagle!"

Mountain Eagle waved his hand indifferently and said, "It doesn't matter to me, I'm here to make money anyway...

Can't we stop talking about this? I just want to know why you're getting yourself into trouble, you should be more worried than I am."

Blood Fox sighed lightly and said, "I know you're trying to acquire Tiriac Bank...

Sang Jia has 9% of the bank's shares!"

Upon hearing this, Mountain Eagle said in surprise, "9%? What a joke? How didn't I know?

The Edward Foundation acquired 38% of Tiriac Bank's shares, becoming the largest shareholder and actual controller of the bank.

Anna has already acquired the remaining 29% of shares from the Tiriac family and is auditing the shares and bank accounts, intending to kick the Edward Foundation out to take over their shares.

This matter originally had a little trouble, a lawsuit might drag on for a while, but if you add this 9%, along with the shares Anna acquired from others, then things are different...

Yesterday, I talked with Sang Jia for so long, why didn't he say it earlier?"

Blood Fox listened and looked at Mountain Eagle with a meaningful gaze, saying, "Mountain Eagle, sometimes business can be done your way or Sang Jia's way..."