Spy-x-War Showdown
Chapter 922 - 927 Money Laundering

Chapter 922: Chapter 927 Money Laundering

Germany, Frankfurt.

The atmosphere was somewhat delicate as Brian silently gathered his old crew, then took them to meet Annastasia.

Was Brian trying to show off his power to Annastasia?

It didn’t seem likely, but still, Polka gathering his old gang to meet Anna couldn’t be just to show off his wife’s troops.

Curiosity sometimes shouldn’t be too piqued, so Yang Yi chose to stay away from Brian, because from what he knew about Brian and Annastasia, Brian was fated to be played to death by Anna, even if he brought his old gang, it was just delivering vegetables.

For the sake of being able to greet each other happily in future meetings, Yang kept his distance from Brian.

Fortunately, Yang had some important matters to take care of.

Though he couldn’t show his face, Boer still managed to secure himself an office, a very large, comfortable office.

Yang sat on a single-seater sofa specifically for Boer’s use, propped his legs up and reclined the back, lying down on the sofa.

Boer sat down next to Yang with a stack of files.

"We now have ten billion eight hundred million US Dollars in the accounts, spread across sixty-one accounts. This is a very, very large sum of money that enables us to do a lot. If used properly, this fortune itself is a powerful weapon, a financial bomb. I have an idea I want to discuss with you in detail."

Yang nodded slightly and said, "Go ahead."

"We have over ten billion US Dollars on our books, which is still just over ten billion US Dollars if only used for black market transactions. But if we want to spend the money normally, it must be laundered first, such as if we’re acquiring companies, these guns must be washed clean. This increases our costs substantially, at least ten percent of the cost. So, I’m thinking, why don’t we launder the money ourselves? With our current capital reserves, we can become a professional money-laundering organization."

Yang Yi looked at Boer in amazement, then exclaimed, "You want to launder money?"

"Yes."

"That doesn’t sound right. I love to eat beef, but I don’t need to start by raising cows, right? There are people who raise cows and sell beef, we earn money and buy meat. Although the price is slightly higher, it’s still better than taking on the cost of raising cows."

Boer spoke in a grave tone, "I’m not thinking about cutting the costs of laundering, I’m thinking of controlling the financial market of the underground world. Do you know how big this market is? At least over five hundred billion US Dollars! The underground world’s financial transfers exceed five hundred billion US Dollars, with at least three hundred billion in need of laundering before they can be used. Why are so many transactions settled in cash? Because laundering is so difficult that many give up on it, or they simply don’t have the means to do so. Despite this, every year there’re still over one hundred billion US Dollars of funds laundered and entered into circulation, meaning, at least a hundred billion US Dollar financial market every year."

Yang Yi spread his hands and said, "But this market is stable, isn’t it? Don’t we launder our money through those organizations?"

Boer nodded, then shook his head again, "The laundering market is large but not stable, nor mature. Global major banks actually participate in money laundering—they know exactly what’s going on with this money, but nobody cares, because no bank wants to deal directly with criminals, that is, to directly take money from those criminals. Simply put, banks are only willing to be involved in the latter stages, while the initial stages are fragmented, handled by individual operators."

Yang Yi frowned and said, "I think I understand what you mean. You intend to launder money, take on the front end that banks refuse to touch, and leave the backend to various commercial banks."

"Yes, we have the funds, which is very important. Let me give you an example. We have an income of five billion six hundred million US Dollars, but this is all unclean black money. If we want to spend this money, we now need to go through a money-laundering organization. But this organization’s own capital is too small, only about two billion US Dollars. This means that our nearly sixty billion needs to be divided into three batches to be laundered. Laundering is a very tedious process; the whole procedure takes at least a month."

"That long?"

"Yes, our current model is to send two billion US Dollars of black money, and the launderers transfer one billion eight hundred million clean money back to us. In this way, we can get laundered money within one day, at the cost of a ten percent fee. But since we have nearly sixty billion, those who launder for us can only transfer the money in three batches, because that’s the extent of their capital chain."

"You’re talking about underground money houses or underground banks, but isn’t their capital huge?"

"Their capital is large, but you need to understand, the deposits and withdrawals of an underground bank are not the laundering process itself. The key is the money after it has been laundered, get it? The largest money house can transfer tens of billions of US Dollars, but an underground bank with tens of billions might only have ten billion clean dollars they can utilize. That’s normal. And now we have over one hundred billion US Dollars, which means..."

Boer took a breath, then seriously said, "Give me a hundred billion US Dollars, and within three years, we could become the largest bank in the underground world. We could occupy over thirty percent of the money-laundering market. You have the advantage. Your biggest advantage is that I am working for you. The second-largest advantage is that you have several clean company accounts. The third biggest advantage is that you have over one hundred billion US Dollars—and among it, fifty billion in Swiss bank deposits!"

Yang Yi sighed and said, "Launder money?"

"Yes, launder money. An industry with extremely high returns, not too competitive. But most importantly... please imagine!"

Boer moved closer, very near to Yang, then said in a deep voice, "If you want to influence the position in the underground world, you need power. The largest intelligence dealer is the Cicero Family; you can’t shake the Cicero Family’s position."

"Yes."

"The largest arms dealer is Big Ivan; even if you dealt in arms, you could not replace Big Ivan. So do you plan to traffick humans? Do you want to become a world-class drug lord?"

"No, of course not."

"Then are you interested in establishing an underground bank, controlling the financial market of the underworld?"

Yang Yi pondered for a moment, then he pressed the control button of the sofa, pulled his legs back, sat up straight on the sofa, and said to Boer in a low voice, "Do we have a chance?"

"Absolutely!"

Yang Yi let out a breath and said, "Let’s hear it."