King Of War: Starting with Arms Dealer
Chapter 1168 - 1020: Responsible Underground World

Aaron's trap wasn't aimed at any individual, but at the competitors of international brokerage firms.

The business scope of the international brokerage firms is comprehensive, including mercenary recruitment, assassin contract guarantees, intelligence trading, money laundering, and a series of other businesses.

Joe Ga understood early on that according to the so-called deposit system provided by international brokerage firms, there would definitely be other competitors taking on the business that international brokerage firms refuse.

And this kind of business generally concentrates on the life-taking 'assassination' projects!

'Engineer' is one of such organizations.

The three 'Engineers' of P.B. are just members of this group, they just gave up their past side jobs and are now dedicated to working for Boss Joe.

The internal members of 'Engineer' have complex identities, but they have a very clear common point, which is high IQ, some are even research scholars themselves, these people not only have super strong professional abilities, some are even more familiar with the law than police or judges.

Compared to 'Engineers', who are extremely professional, there are other organizations more akin to the 'underground' nature.

'Stairway to Heaven'!

'The Substitutes'!

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According to Boss Joe's understanding of international brokerage firms, the company is actually a guarantee platform.

Many times, they do not perform so professionally in certain core businesses.

It's just that they have seized the 'pain points' of most users, providing third-party guarantees for such illegal transactions, which has caused their scale to expand rapidly.

Just like modern people hailing a cab, they generally choose to place an order on the platform, because while black cars might indeed be cheaper, there is no substantial guarantee.

But on the flip side, for the platform, they can quickly use the resources in their hands to form business monopolies, and those mercenaries and assassins attached to their platform get a bit...

The international brokerage firm of course has extremely excellent teams internally, but they are all integrated from other organizations and generally cannot be used for a few years, those true experts will leave after the contract expires.

In the end, international brokerage firms are playing with money, their financial attributes far exceed their business attributes.

Such companies are a huge damage to the true 'underground'.

Because it deprives the underground of diversity and destroys a lot of people's livelihoods.

But there is one thing that everyone must admit, the emergence of platforms like international brokerage firms has in fact promoted a polarization in the underground market...

That is, individuals or organizations that really want to develop will be forced to improve their service quality, trying everything to enhance their credibility to compete with international brokerage firms.

For example, 'Stairway to Heaven'...

No one knows who the founder of this company is, but they have gathered a large number of top assassins, it's said that many of them are retired spies from various countries.

Their mission success rate is extremely high, and the identities of their internal members are top secret.

Moreover, they implement a membership system, they will only accept a task if a member provides credit guarantees.

This is a different path from international brokerage firms...

Although also a membership system, international brokerage firms welcome all callers, as long as you pay enough deposits, I will ensure the rights of the contract between you and the mercenary.

But 'Stairway to Heaven' is different, they follow a member referral system, which is the kind of small circle culture favored by old money in Europe and America.

They take the high-end route, not only with high prices but also with extremely high thresholds for clients to contact them.

It was just due to the impact of the international brokerage firms that 'Stairway to Heaven' has had poor business in recent years, so there have been ideas of taking the initiative to look for members.

Then those who 'insured' at the international brokerage firms quickly became the best hunting targets.

For example, A insures 80 million at the international brokerage firm, demanding they absolutely not take on any business concerning themselves, and need to provide a certain level of support on underground intelligence.

Generally speaking, this is enough...

But the enemies of those who can take out 80 million to buy peace, what level could they be?

These people are exactly 'Stairway to Heaven's clients!

And after Stairway to Heaven kills a target, they always leave a mark at the scene, to strike a blow against the image of international brokerage firms.

This is malice from a competitor!

If 'Stairway to Heaven' is still competing within underground rules, then 'The Substitutes' are different.

This is an underground assassin company gradually developed from a terrorist recruitment website.

Moreover, they adopt an operational logic almost identical to international brokerage firms, but they avoid the mercenary business that international brokerage firms excel at, exclusively specializing in the assassin segment...

The most crucial thing is, their assassin rates are cheaper.

'The Substitutes' gather those around the world who are filled with anger and want to take revenge on society as disposable materials.

They observe, cultivate, and ignite the restlessness and madness inside those people.

Then after receiving a commission, they find suitable 'assassins' for the employer, letting them act as disposable materials, allowing them to attack the employer's target.

Stairway to Heaven and The Substitutes, these two companies with high-end and low-end positioning respectively, are compressing the business of international brokerage firms on a global scale.

There are two kinds of business in the world most worth doing, one is serving the rich, the other is serving the poor.

The rich have super strong paying power, as long as their requirements are met, they are happy to pay money.

The poor have weaker paying power, but the overall number of the poor is very large, and small profits but quick turnover can also create enormous benefits.

On the contrary, it is the middle class who are neither rich nor poor that are the most conflicted, living the hardest!

They also have black needs, but they look ahead and behind, often enduring a lot of grievances to preserve what they have.

So there is a saying that the middle class is the most law-abiding group in the world because they can't rise but can't fall, and they can't afford to lose!

And the largest customer group of international brokerage firms happens to be this middle class!

Pay a deposit of 100,000, and I can arrange several contract-attached mercenaries to accompany you to tour the most dangerous places in the world.

Pay 1,000,000, and I can hire people to fight for you, if needed, I can also provide firearms support services.

Now, the customer group in the 100,000~1,000,000 range is the main consumer group of international brokerage firms, but they are the least profitable.

Because there are also regular PMC companies in this range competing with you, they are legally licensed operating companies, more guaranteed than your gray group.

Plus various mixed individual and small organizations fishing in the muddy waters of the underground world, although international brokerage firms are enormous in size, life is far from as good as the outside world imagines.

Because to maintain this size, the cost they need to spend is extraordinarily high.

The high-end competition of Stairway to Heaven prevents international brokerage firms from expanding their high-end services among the rich, causing them a lot of pain.

Aaron certainly has no intention of competing with The Substitutes, whom he's going to pester is Stairway to Heaven!

Because only he knows, the founder of 'Stairway to Heaven' was once a member of the 'Jewish Avengers Alliance'.

Killing that old man named Anon Talan and leaving the mark of 'Stairway to Heaven', will cause internal strife and suspicion within the Edward Foundation.

The scale of the Edward Foundation is unimaginable to ordinary people, but such a behemoth must have various factions internally, and they will also fight each other due to different interests.

When there are enough sheep outside, wolves will unite to hunt, ensuring each wolf can eat its fill.

But once there aren't enough sheep, the wolf pack will begin to turn inward, wolves start eating wolves!

Aaron's idea is to create internal scuffles within the Edward Foundation, looking for opportunities to expand territories during his stage of assuming the rotating chairmanship of the international brokerage firm three years later.

This man is a strategic expert with clear thinking, just like Boss Joe makes trouble for the enemy from dawn to dusk, Aaron also creates trouble and pressure for his targeted opponents wherever possible.

As soon as the Edward Foundation suddenly started hunting, both the lion and the hungry wolf immediately found a common target!

Boss Joe sat under the big tree, conspiring with Aaron for a long time, finalizing a plan for subsequent actions…

Aaron would provide a sufficient amount of arms to Al-Qaeda in Yemen and find a way to get rid of all the remnants of ISIS at once…

Previously, Boss Joe was worried that Al-Qaeda in Yemen couldn't hold out and even wanted Aaron to find a way to let some benefits flow…

But now it's fine, Edward Foundation has acted as the big head that stands out!

No matter what they do, Aaron will find a way to manipulate the Edward Foundation.

As long as the number and strength of the united Jihadist organizations are sufficient, it can tear apart the internal structure of the Edward Foundation.

If Boss Joe is a lion, he takes the path of carving out a territory and managing it seriously.

Then Aaron is the hungry wolf, he will attack first, and can maintain a high degree of patience, wearing down the target until it is exhausted, then pounce on and bite the target's throat with the final blow.

As soon as the Edward Foundation started the action, the lion and the hungry wolf immediately found a common target!

Tony tied a handkerchief around his nose, rummaged through the stuff they looted, and eventually picked out a knife…

That guy pulled the knife out, sniffed it, and then snuck a glance at Boss Joe, who was on the phone…

"Elephant, what's the boss doing?"

Dorian, the experienced one, pushed Tony's head to another side and seriously said, "I don't know what the boss is doing, I just know someone's in big trouble!"