Spy-x-War Showdown
Chapter 923 - 928: Take Back What Was Lost

Chapter 923: Chapter 928: Take Back What Was Lost

Yang Yi was moved.

In the underground world, becoming a leader in an industry was extremely difficult, and the position of a leader in the underworld was not at all secure. Being replaced meant being eliminated, or vice versa, being eliminated naturally meant being replaced.

It could be said that few leaders in the underworld met a good end, especially those in occupations like drug lords and arms dealers. As for professions like mercenaries and assassins, it was even more so; glory was easy to come by for a moment, but maintaining it was almost impossible.

However, there were exceptions. Once you reached the level of the Cicero Family, you were set. Intelligence agencies around the world knew what the Cicero Family was up to, but no one would touch them.

Setting up an underground bank for money laundering and monopolizing the financial market of the underworld was impossible, but capturing a large share and even becoming the biggest leader was worth a try.

Think about it, if you could carve out a territory in the financial market, the benefits would be huge.

Unexplained in detail, just think about who in this world could do without banks?

Boer could see Yang Yi’s interest; he just needed to propose a viable plan that would give Yang Yi real hope.

"Our advantages are significant. First, we have money, and if we can secure a foothold in the arms market, think about it, just the internal annual financial transactions within our own operations would be enormous?"

Yang Yi nodded.

"You said that we would also deal with Big Ivan, and all transactions with Big Ivan would go through our channels. That alone involves a significant amount of money, and just the transactions between two arms groups could play a very good leading role."

Yang Yi thought for a moment and said, "Just these wouldn’t be enough, would they?"

"Of course, we need to gradually absorb small, individual clients, but we already have a much bigger advantage than others. Most importantly, we could even launder money without charging any fees."

Yang Yi said in amazement, "Are you crazy? That’s ten percent in profits! Using ten billion as principal could earn one billion a year!"

"Not one billion, at most it could be ten billion. Of course, that’s a very optimistic estimate, but I must remind you, I can launder money in a cycle of one month. If we consistently have business, we could earn more than ten billion US dollars."

Yang Yi took a breath and said, "But it’s not likely to be that optimistic, right?"

Boer smiled and said, "Hear me out, we shouldn’t just focus on this small amount of money."

"Small money? You call this small money..."

"My advantage is that I can command the wind and rain on Wall Street. Imagine, we take ten billion in dirty money to Wall Street, use that to earn bigger profits. If I have a hundred billion, I could make fifty billion on Wall Street, with five hundred billion, I could make a hundred billion."

Yang Yi chuckled dryly and said, "Hearing you talk about hundreds of billions, it always feels surreal."

Boer said earnestly, "Do you know what your biggest problem is now?"

"What?"

"You have money, but you lack power!"

Boer had hit the nail on the head.

The Organization of Water had taken a large sum of money from Deyo, but the Organization of Water didn’t have the power to match it; although they had money, they were still just the Organization of Water.

Boer continued in a relaxed manner, "We have money but no power. How do we establish our power and become a significant force in the underworld? There is only one way; you can influence many people, you can influence the entire underworld, and money laundering can accomplish that. When many people launder money only through you, just like Big Ivan, you have that kind of power. Not everyone in this world needs guns, not everyone deals in drugs, but everyone needs money."

Yang Yi exhaled and said, "Yes."

"So how do we rise quickly? The simplest way is to charge lower fees than others, process money in a shorter time. Hand your dirty money to me, and I immediately give you clean money. But if you can wait a few days, I don’t charge any fees. Individual clients may not be willing to take that risk, but what about our regular clients, like those who consistently deal arms with us? Would they mind keeping their money in our accounts for two months, then having their money laundered without spending a dime on fees, and even getting some benefits? What do you think about that?"

Yang Yi murmured softly, "Hmm, sounds good."

"We engage in money laundering, but not just to make money. Although laundering does indeed make a lot of money, the main purpose is to establish your status in the underworld. Money laundering is not the goal but merely a means, and we use the underworld’s dirty money on Wall Street to earn profits that are several times greater than those from laundering!"

"That is to say, the money staying in the accounts earns on Wall Street, but that’s very risky. If we lose, then we’re done for."

Boer said confidently, "Risk control. Don’t exceed the safe range that our financial leverage can handle. Trust me, winning and losing are normal, but we won’t be in any danger."

Yang Yi thought for a moment and said, "You still want to go back to Wall Street, Boer."

Boer’s expression turned cold, and after a long silence, he finally said, "Yes, I want to take back what I lost! Even if I can’t recover it, I’ll destroy it myself."

Yang Yi sighed and said, "That’s tough, Boer, too tough..."

Boer looked at Yang Yi and said sternly, "I seek revenge; this is my personal desire, but my revenge will enable you to become a bigshot in the underworld. If you want status, you must support me; if you want to have unimaginable wealth, you need to take risks with me."

Yang Yi said gravely, "I’m worried about one thing, that your hatred has made you lose your mind."

Boer smiled and said, "We are of a kind. Do you think hatred will make me more rational, more cautious, or will it cloud my judgment?"

Yang Yi smiled, then said seriously, "What exactly should we do?"

"Simply put, give me fifty billion US dollars as initial capital. I need to recruit people and spend a few months preparing and planning. You don’t need to worry about these; you just need to send someone to monitor me. The biggest problem is that I can’t appear on Wall Street, I can’t even dare to go to the United States. I just need you to help me solve this issue, and then within half a year, I’ll give you a satisfactory result."

Yang Yi took a breath, then he said gravely, "I’ll handle your issue, I’ll consult with others and then give you a precise response. But don’t worry, this is just a necessary procedure. As for yourself, go and prepare what you need to do."

Boer looked surprised and said, "You agreed?"

Yang Yi smiled and nodded, "Yes, I agreed."

Boer didn’t look particularly excited; he just took a deep breath, then said calmly, "Good, now that we’ve discussed the strategic planning, let’s talk about specific matters. I plan to acquire a company that can solve a major predicament the Organization of Water is currently facing. Come take a look."