Mercenary’s War
Chapter 1163 - 1163 One Thousand One Hundred and Forty-Six Management Team

1163: Chapter One Thousand One Hundred and Forty-Six: Management Team 1163: Chapter One Thousand One Hundred and Forty-Six: Management Team Gao Yang’s ultimate goal is to establish a large-scale private military service company.

A truly large PMC Company, even Blackwater’s scale would not be enough; it must be at least on par with major companies like Armored Group and Deyang International.

Of course, one has to eat bite by bite; you can’t become fat in one gulp.

To become a major company, one has to take it step by step.

If it’s just based on Satan’s own strength to start a company from scratch, it is uncertain how many years it would take to reach the scale of Blackwater.

However, if Grand Ivan appears again and still plans to fulfill his promise, then it will be a different story.

Just with what Grand Ivan would give to repay the life-saving favor alone, they could arm an ultra-large private military company in minutes, making Gao Yang and his associates one of the giants in the world of PMC.

But to establish a PMC, equipment is important, yet having just the equipment is definitely not enough; ultimately, people are the most important.

To develop from nothing to something and then from something to excellence, excellent talent is the most important.

Gao Yang does not miss any opportunity to recruit personnel; those he has hired before are the talent pool for starting a company in the future, like Ludwig, Yake, Red Feather, and Li Qiu – these are the talents to be pulled directly when the company is established.

Besides the most basic infantry, the company Satan intends to establish needs high-level technical troops like pilots even more.

Just like with infantry, whether it’s pilots or drivers of tanks and armored vehicles, there is definitely a distinction in capability levels.

The four pilots who flew Gao Yang and his team this time, aren’t they the most excellent Mi-24 pilots?

And in the future, when the company is established, the most likely armed helicopter to be used will be the Mi-24.

Compared to having equipment but having to recruit from everywhere later, it is definitely better to have a group of well-assessed people ready to join at any time.

It is just that Gao Yang has started recruiting for a company that does not yet know when it can be established, which seems a bit too far-sighted.

So when he speaks of paving the way for the future, once people take it seriously and ask, he finds it somewhat difficult to answer.

The pilot who asked about the wages certainly took it seriously, and although Gao Yang is also serious, he definitely cannot give a definitive answer right now as whether it is mercenaries or PMC, the salary of personnel is subject to market dynamics.

Wages differ according to the market; how could he give a clear answer now?

In the current small team combat mode of recruitment by Satan Mercenary Corps, as long as Gao is willing, he can offer any salary he likes.

But if a large company is established, there must be a clear set of rules and regulations.

How much to offer employees in wages involves too much consideration, and it’s not something one can just come up with spontaneously.

Gao Yang definitely cannot provide a clear answer now, but after pondering for a moment, he said in a deep voice: “Our company has not been established yet, so I cannot give you a particularly clear response regarding the remuneration.

But like most PMC companies, there’s nothing special about our company.”

After speaking, Gao Yang shrugged his shoulders and said: “I can’t give a specific salary offer right now, but I can say this: as long as you are willing to come, the salary you receive will absolutely be the highest in the industry.

I reiterate once again, I am very willing to offer the most generous salaries to the most excellent individuals.”

The pilot laughed and said: “Everyone says that.

However, the highest pay, huh?

Is it the highest for Russians, or for everyone?”

The pilot’s question was crucial because in the PMC field, although all are pilots, their compensation is not the same.

Pilots retiring from countries like America and the United Kingdom, if they work for a PMC Company, have a basic salary of over ten thousand US dollars, typically ranging from ten thousand to thirteen thousand dollars.

Whereas retired pilots from Russia and Eastern European countries can only earn between six and eight thousand dollars, the difference is quite clear.

Not just the basic salary gap, but even the wartime hazard pay differs; for the same risk, British and American pilots might get one thousand dollars, while pilots from Russia and Central and Eastern Europe, represented by Russia, could only get five hundred.

Even flying the same model has noticeable differences in compensation, plainly speaking, this is discrimination.

But there is no helping it; after the Soviet Union collapsed, a large number of pilots hit the market and severely impacted the going rates of the time.

Furthermore, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the economies of Russia and those Central and Eastern European countries have been poor, and military compensations were low.

After retiring, jobs were hard to find, so many turned to becoming mercenaries or joining PMC, which also led to the situation where these countries’ pilots simply can’t drive up their market rates.

It’s been over twenty years since the Soviet collapse, and the pay gap between pilots from countries like Britain and America and those from Russia and Central and Eastern Europe has not only failed to narrow but appears to be widening even more.

Current mercenaries are all engaging in minor skirmishes; no mercenary group can afford planes and pilots.

To afford planes and to recruit a large number of pilots, one needs to be a regular large-scale private military company, and large-scale private military companies are all in the hands of Westerners.

America accounts for a large part of it; as long as this situation doesn’t change, those Russian and Central and Eastern European pilots can forget about raising their salary standards.

But the company that Gao Yang and his partners plan to start will definitely be different.

If it doesn’t succeed, they’ll drop it, but once it truly takes off, compensation will be determined by capability.

“In our company, higher skill earns more money, lower skill earns less, everything is based on actual ability, not on how much one should earn according to nationality.

I can assure you of this much.

To speak of this now is a bit early, but no matter, when our company is established, you will naturally be able to judge for yourselves easily.”

The pilots exchanged glances and nodded to each other.

Then, one pilot shrugged and said: “To put it frankly, since the few of us have come out to earn money, we obviously aren’t concerned about risk and want to make a good profit.

It’s okay to be a PMC, but even better to be a mercenary because mercenaries earn more.

If you have suitable work and the compensation is indeed reasonable, feel free to contact us.”

A pilot laughed and said, “Although I earn more working for those Americans than in military service, I can’t stand being discriminated against, so I’d rather continue to serve.”

Gao Yang exclaimed in surprise, “You’re still in active service?”

“Yes, still in service.

Hey, there’s nothing surprising about it.

I can retire anytime.

After all, staying in the military isn’t much use to me, I hardly get to fly even once a year.

Of course, I would retire on the condition that there’s a long-term stable and high-paying job.

Otherwise, it’s quite all right for us to take on these occasional jobs.”

Gao Yang felt very emotional.

The Russian economy had shown some signs of recovery over the past two years.

However, the military, well, it was still languishing, unable to upgrade equipment or improve personnel compensation, with a serious brain drain of high-level talent.

Though he felt sentimental, Gao Yang was not one to wallow in his emotions, so he immediately said, “Alright, when our company is established, I will extend an invitation to all of you.”

“Mr.

Polovich can contact us.

Just give us a call when the time comes.

Oh, if you need a lot of pilots, I’d be happy to introduce some to you.

Whatever type of aircraft you need a pilot for, whatever the number, we have the best.

Mister, just afraid you won’t have that many planes for us to fly, haha.”

Gao Yang snapped his fingers and laughed, “Good, I’ll definitely contact you when the time comes.

Gentlemen, today or tomorrow, a plane will take us to Beirut.

You can join us then; please wait for the notification.”

Gao Yang stretched out his hand again, indicating that he wanted to end the conversation.

He shook hands with the four pilots one by one, saw them off, and then sat back behind his desk.

He originally had work to do, but the conversation with these four pilots had temporarily plunged him into contemplation about starting a company.

The company definitely had to be established, and it had to be a large one at that—this much was certain.

But as to when to start, including Gao Yang himself, they were all hesitant to make a decision.

Starting a small-scale formal company was pretty pointless.

If it was all about making money, a small company with just a few dozen people was really meaningless.

They could earn much more operating as Satan Mercenary Corps than a small company.

For a large company, funding was an issue, and also Gao Yang and his team lacked the experience in establishing and maintaining a large company.

Managing a small team of a dozen people is vastly different from managing a team of hundreds, let alone thousands or even tens of thousands.

Gao Yang had been unable to immediately decide to launch the company, mainly due to concerns about management.

Many things can’t be accomplished by just a slap on the forehead.

It’s possible to start something impulsively, but to succeed is difficult.

The conversation with the pilots once again stirred Gao Yang, and now he was contemplating whether he should find someone with experience in running a large company to assist them before establishing the company.

Gao Yang already had some experience commanding large troops in battle, but commanding a large army in wartime and establishing and managing one’s own large army, ensuring that all aspects are considered, were completely different things.

A country has a vast system in place to run a large-scale military, with top-down management ensuring that an army functions normally, whereas a company has to rely entirely on itself.

The people from Satan are all capable of fighting and indeed excel at it, but whether they can manage a company is another question.

So now the issue Satan faces is that they’re like an investor with substantial funds, who has decided on an investment project in an unfamiliar field.

To prevent this money from going to waste, they need to find a talented professional manager first.

If they were to start a large company, the control must be firmly in the hands of the Satan team, that’s for sure.

Gao Yang now feels it is necessary to find a manager with sufficient experience who can also be fully controlled, a prerequisite for them to start a large company.

What you don’t know, you can learn, but before they learn how to operate and manage a very large team, they must have the right person to help them through this learning period.

Or more simply, they need to look for suitable candidates to establish a management team to assist the people of Satan.

Having a management team for assistance is definitely safer than entrusting the entire company’s operations to one person.

Even if the people from Satan lack experience at the beginning, there’s no need to worry about the company’s control slipping away.

The company started by Satan’s people must be controlled solely by them.

Moreover, forming a team is more realistic than finding an exceptional individual who can single-handedly support a large company—if such a capable person existed, they wouldn’t work for Satan.

Gao Yang decided to discuss it with Satan’s people.

If everyone agrees, they will start looking for suitable candidates to form their management team as soon as they leave Syria.

There was still work to do, so Gao Yang didn’t actually spend much time thinking.

He just quickly understood the crux of the matter, then felt it necessary to schedule these critical tasks.

After all, talent is rare, especially in the fields unfamiliar to him.

Therefore, finding suitable candidates for the management team won’t be easy.

It may take a long time to construct even a basic framework.

But that’s not a problem—as long as the direction is clear, all that’s left is to work hard toward it.

(To be continued.

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