CHAPTER 366: CHAPTER 352: A PASSIVE SITUATION

Mountain Eagle had finally built a rapport with Balang; he couldn’t possibly use Balang as a mere watchdog.

However, 99% of the problems in this world can be solved with money...

Mountain Eagle let everyone laugh and jest, while he himself stepped aside and made a call to his ’immediate superior’, Chief Kamui, the legit chief of the Tourism Police Station.

Chief Kamui had been pushed to the front line in Ao Nan, dealing with the American Seals and a bunch of top-notch lawyers; he was at his wit’s end.

Receiving the call from Mountain Eagle, Chief Kamui was like a drowning man clutching at a straw, immediately starting to complain as the call connected...

"Mountain, big bro, boss, please have pity on me, this poor soul. Can you release that guy named Philip Royce?

I just took a closer look, and it’s at least 35 degrees in the office right now; if people are locked in there for a few more days, the smell is going to be terrible.

If we have to drag out a corpse from there, none of us will be able to explain it..."

Upon hearing this, Mountain Eagle burst into laughter and said, "In that case, tell them if they are willing to pay US$ 10,000, you can help open the vent fan in the temporary detention room.

Buddy, this is your chance for a little extra cash, don’t miss it."

Chief Kamui was actually just complaining out of habit. Hearing the tone of Mountain Eagle’s voice, he knew the man inside wouldn’t get out without having a taste of hardship.

Understanding Mountain Eagle’s stance, Chief Kamui quickly adjusted his own and said with a laugh, "If you don’t want to release him, why call me?"

Mountain Eagle replied with a smile, "I just want to ask if there’s a decent dog farm around Kamui. My Sunset Mountain property is too big; I need to get some good dogs to keep watch.

Things haven’t been very calm around Kamui lately, I’m short on people here..."

Before Mountain Eagle could finish, Chief Kamui interjected anxiously, "Someone’s looking for trouble with you? Impossible, right? Who’s so blind to make that mistake?

Do you need my help? I can dispatch a team to guard the road entrance to Sunset Mountain..."

Mountain Eagle, still smiling, said, "No need, my place is too vast. Anyone looking for trouble can just park their car by the roadside, head into the woods in the right direction, and after enduring some hardship they could reach Sunset Mountain.

Dogs are still more useful!

Do you have any reliable dog farms to recommend?"

Knowing his gesture of goodwill was received, Chief Kamui stopped trying to butter him up and after thinking for a few minutes, said, "Kamui’s police dog training camp has some fine dogs onsite; I’ll give them a call and ask.

What are your requirements for the dogs?"

Mountain Eagle thought for a moment and said, "I need mountain-runners, with lots of endurance, strong territorial instincts, alert, and preferably the kind that doesn’t bark too much."

Chief Kamui thought it over and replied, "Well, that’d have to be Doberman then. An old friend of mine has worked at the Kamui police dog training camp for decades. He’s got quite a few retired police dogs that have nowhere to go, plus a few imported Dobermans. Let me give him a call..."

Pausing, Chief Kamui hesitated before saying, "Mountain, the Kamui police dog training center has always been short on funds. Could you possibly..."

Mountain Eagle’s first call already had an accurate response, which made him very happy. With a construction budget of 80 million US Dollars in his hands, allocating some funds to the police dog training center was simple.

Decisively nodding in agreement to Chief Kamui’s condition, Mountain Eagle said with a smile, "Money is no problem, is 2 million Thai Baht a year enough?

If not, tell them to find someone within the government. As long as it’s approved by the regional council, even doubling the amount is not out of the question."

This was a hint that they could benefit from the bureaucratic process!

Chief Kamui, an old fox, got it right away and excitedly nodded, "No problem, I’ll negotiate with them.

You wait, I’m calling him right now..."

Mountain Eagle didn’t expect it to be so smooth and curiously said, "What’s the actual situation there?

Are the dogs there reliable?"

Chief Kamui, hearing this, replied with a laugh, "Don’t worry, if we pick them out ourselves, we’ll definitely get the best ones.

In the past few years, a few animal welfare NGOs have been very active in Bangkok, urging the government to approve budgets and initiate a project using stray dogs as police dogs.

Eventually, the task was handed down to the police dog training centers in various places, but they received very little money and a lot more trouble.

You wouldn’t believe it, but now the drug-sniffing and bomb-sniffing dogs used at airport security checkpoints are trained from stray dogs.

They’re not allowed to use their own breed of quality police dogs and can only provide them on a small scale for military and police use. The sales to external parties, these ferocious dogs, have no market,

and the training of those stray dogs has driven the police dog training centers mad due to the excessive costs.

Now they’re really short on funds; as long as there’s money, they will sell any dog."

Mountain Eagle didn’t expect such a ridiculous situation...

A few months back, he had seen similar news reports that two meritorious bomb-sniffing dogs at the Suvarnabhumi Airport urinated on a tourist’s suitcase, leading to complaints.

The airport authorities wanted to fire the two dogs, but this caused protests from animal welfare organizations in Bangkok, and the case was left unresolved.

At the time, it was just a joke, but he didn’t expect it to have such far-reaching effects.

This was like the current situation in the United States with black guys in government promoting LGBTQ equality...

In any American TV show or Hollywood movie, if it’s an ensemble drama, there must be black characters and homosexuals, or else it’s politically incorrect.

But in reality, ordinary people don’t care if someone is homosexual; after all, if it exists, it’s reasonable.