CHAPTER 526: CHAPTER 490: PUBLIC ENEMY

Mountain Eagle and Li Chengji both stopped talking as they needed time to digest the content of their conversation...

Li Chengji needed to weigh the pros and cons to determine whether Mountain Eagle’s terms and stakes could satisfy her needs.

In fact, Li Chengji was typically using public resources for personal benefit, employing the resources of the International Intermediary Company to recruit helpers, and managing a massive business operation to fulfill her own needs.

As for Mountain Eagle, he had more to consider...

Ever since he learned that his father-in-law might go to Thailand, he thought of an unscrupulous method that could allow his father-in-law to gain merits and awards.

However, since he hadn’t received his father-in-law’s approval, he had not yet made up his mind!

From the moment one foot stepped into the quagmire of the underworld, he realized money was the most crucial thing there.

Control the money, and you control people!

Whether in the ordinary world or the underworld, the closest and most profitable roles are always in finance, and interestingly, whether it’s legal finance or underground finance, they use the same channels.

Thus, finance had always been the focal point of Mountain Eagle’s earnings; most of what he did ultimately converged into several fund accounts.

As he woke up, Mr. Poincaré had already gone to Singapore, and Jon’s operation to short the Brazilian Real had begun.

Mountain Eagle had once planned several models in his mind, including how to construct money laundering channels, but there were too many unpredictable risks involved...

Because in any law-enforcing nation, such actions could crumble at any moment due to a single law.

However, Li Chengji’s initiative to establish a land of lawlessness opened the doors to a new world for him.

To delve into it, understand its operations, perfect his ultimate model—that was what Mountain Eagle truly wanted.

Of course, sharing a piece of the pie was a reasonable part!

Li Chengji’s ultimate goal, once revealed, gave Mountain Eagle a deeper understanding of her.

This seemingly authoritative "Big Sister," in reality, had some inner fragility; if she couldn’t remove her title of ’acting’ and take the position of chairperson, she might face retaliation...

Thus, she was eager to eliminate Danet, capturing his client group...

East Asia Criminal Group, Southeast Asia Criminal Group, and all kinds of underground financial brokers were her target clients.

She needed an efficient money laundering machine to attract these individuals to her side.

Drawing Arctic Fox to take on jobs in Syria, amplify the momentum which also helped grow the business of the International Intermediary Company and manipulate a large capital flow area, engage a host of financial brokers.

This method was very clever, as positioning ISIS as a target naturally reduces many obstacles!

Mountain Eagle was very optimistic about Li Chengji’s plan, but even the best plans had to provide him with enough profit to make him commit to negotiating with Arctic Fox.

Now, Arctic Fox was a burden to him, and that burden hid a time bomb internally.

He must secure favorable conditions first, to have the bargaining chips to persuade Arctic Fox to reform the business in the direction he wanted.

During a refueling stop in Seattle, Li Chengji made her decision...

She pulled Mountain Eagle into an airport café, where they drank a cup of coffee and then completed an important negotiation on a napkin.

During the operational period of the land of lawlessness, 5% of the financial turnover profit.

Resource tilt and intelligence support from the International Intermediary Company platform.

In return, Arctic Fox needs to fully cooperate with Li Chengji’s operations, and Mountain Eagle, too, needs to get involved, deeply engaging in the management and operations of the lawless land.

"Arctic Fox isn’t worth that much!"

Li Chengji’s remark shut down Mountain Eagle’s laziness, leaving him speechless!

Then, the two reached a preliminary agreement. The outcome of the formal cooperation would depend on how things unfold in Los Angeles.

After the plane took off again, Mountain Eagle and Li Chengji never mentioned anything about Syria again...

The most important thing in Los Angeles was to ensure Mountain Eagle’s safety...

Since he was Snowden’s sole representative, all malice would target him.

So, their consultation focused more on how to coordinate the intelligence and manpower between them...

Indeed, the International Intermediary Company is a giant in the underworld, and Li Chengji had prepared thoroughly to entice Mountain Eagle; she had prepared a list for him in advance and asked him to destroy it after viewing.

The cabin of the plane was silent, and occasionally the sounds of Mountain Eagle smacking his lips seemed a bit grating...

Watching Mountain Eagle’s unpleasant facial expressions, Li Chengji said with a smile, "How about that? Was it beyond your expectations?

I should have shown you this list earlier, so our communication could be smoother."

Mountain Eagle flipped through the list, continuously snapping photos of the content with his cell phone, saying, "Had I seen this list earlier, I probably wouldn’t have been in the mood to discuss other matters with you."

While speaking, Mountain Eagle saw a familiar name on the list, and said helplessly, "How many people exactly want me dead?

I feel like I’ve become the world’s public enemy...

To deal with Bin Laden it took only two Black Hawks and two teams of Seals, but who the hell are all these people now?

Over two hundred named assassins, drug cartels from Mexico, gangs from Haiti, gangs from El Salvador, several teams of mercenaries...

"Why are they hitting me, wouldn’t hitting the White House make them money?

Do they even have corporate spies, what are they planning, to stab me with a pen?"

Li Chengji was amused by Mountain Eagle’s somewhat agitated manner, she coughed twice, laughing as she said: "Don’t worry, this is just a part that I could find in a short time..."

Mountain Eagle paused, then said, "This is just a part?"

Li Chengji nodded and said, "I used the issue of the negotiations in Los Angeles to convince the board to establish an 80 million US Dollar Revenge Fund for you, setting you up as the company’s VIP client.

I used the exclusivity of the VIP clients to take down those orders targeting you.

The names on this list are those interested in those orders..."

Speaking, Li Chengji gestured with her hands for Mountain Eagle to remain calm, laughing as she said: "Just interested, these people have not taken orders from the International Intermediary Company.

Moreover, I am certain, after your VIP status is revealed, it will make 80% of them completely give up.

However, I don’t know who among them will give up and who will persist, so I simply made a list of them for you.

You should pay attention to the last page...

I don’t have much time to gather intelligence, for now, this is all I could find about the people or organizations harboring malice towards you.

The greatest threats to you are actually the Mexican drug dealers and a few gangs from Central North America. You know they would dare anything for money.

There are also two of the most important and dangerous organizations, ’Bright Ladder’ and ’Replacer’, both well-known assassin organizations and even competitors of the International Intermediary Company’s assassin services.

Mountain, whenever you appear in public, you must be extremely careful!

You know that not all companies and politicians who want to make peace with Snowden are willing, you don’t know who among them might betray you.

Whether or not you have made preparations in advance, never stay in one place for more than two days."

Mountain Eagle nodded slightly after listening, noted down the names on the last page, then tossed the list to Daria asking her to record the content before the plane lands.

Seeing a somewhat gleeful expression in Li Chengji’s eyes, Mountain Eagle sighed, saying: "If I call you ’Big Sister’ now, could I get a bit of additional help?"

Li Chengji paused, seemingly recalling something...

After being silent for a while, she said, "I told you, I have prepared a mansion and a team of operatives in Beverly Hills for you; you can call on them anytime if you need."

Saying this, Li Chengji looked at Mountain Eagle with a complex gaze, adding: "I didn’t bring up this list right away because you have already seen through my hand...

I don’t have enough funds, nor many reliable men.

Causing you additional anxiety doesn’t serve much purpose!

Mountain, if you feel you are not ready, I can have the plane turn back, we still have time."

At that moment, Mountain Eagle completely believed in Li Chengji’s sincerity about the issue in Los Angeles, he waved his hand and said, "No need, even if you don’t believe me, I actually quite like this current feeling.

This list gives me the feeling that I need to fight through Los Angeles to save my life, it’s really thrilling!"

Li Chengji stared into Mountain Eagle’s eyes for a few seconds, then turned her head towards the plane’s window, looking at the clouds outside, a bitter smile curling on her lips as she murmured softly in Korean, "Brave people are like this, and foolish people too!"

...

At Los Angeles International Airport, Blood Fox, dressed discreetly and wearing a baseball cap, weaved through the arrival hall...

Eddie from the Bajao people, leading a team in neat black suits, stood by several Chevrolet SUVs on the roadside outside the arrival hall, waiting.

As Blood Fox passed by a person sitting on a wall bench reading a newspaper, his gaze swept over the man’s shoes, then murmured as if talking to himself, "Eddie, you guys just arrived half an hour ago, people from the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service are here, so are the FBI...

As he said this, Blood Fox bumped into a middle-aged man wearing a jacket; he raised his hand to apologize to the other man, then continued: "Assassins from the Mexican drug cartel have also appeared...

Eddie, what does this tell you?"

Eddie, standing by the roadside, scanned over the high buildings set for ambush, looking at several almost unobscured sniper spots, he sighed and said, "It means both Camel and I have been targeted...

This hasn’t happened before, who do you think betrayed Camel and me?"

Saying this, Eddie sighed again, saying, "You don’t need to answer, I don’t want to know."

Blood Fox, who had been walking around the arrival hall, paused, and took out his phone to make a call...

After the call connected, Blood Fox, with a profound tone, said, "Silver Fox, do I still need to prove anything to you?"

...

Silver Fox sat inside a pickup parked on the top floor of a multi-story parking lot outside the airport...

After receiving the call from Blood Fox, Silver Fox set down the binoculars in his hand and hesitated a long time before dialing a number...

"Iblis, make your move..."

...

On a small town in Morocco, a handsome man with Middle-Eastern heritage hung up the phone...

Looking at his two companions chatting and laughing beside him, a hint of apology flashed in the handsome man’s eyes...

When a companion offered him a water pipe to try, he waved his hand, stood up, pulled out a gun, and shot each of the two in the forehead!

As the surrounding people screamed out in shock when they heard the gunshot, the handsome man gently closed his companions’ eyes, then turned and vanished into the crowd on the street.