[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-mercenary-s-war":3,"chapter-mercenary-s-war-mercenary-s-war-chapter-1127":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Mercenary’s War",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1614367,2077,"Chapter 1127 - 1127 One Thousand One Hundred and Ten Compensation","mercenary-s-war-chapter-1127",1127,"\u003Cp>1127: Chapter One Thousand One Hundred and Ten: Compensation 1127: Chapter One Thousand One Hundred and Ten: Compensation Justin took the initiative to call, and even directly admitted that the intelligence he provided was a trap, which was quite a relief for Gao Yang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After listening to Justin’s hoarse shouting, Gao Yang waited before speaking solemnly: “We were ambushed, with three casualties, nearly everyone is wounded, four seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two helicopters went down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We are now besieged in Aleppo Prison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bullet broke the brachial artery in my right arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t know if it will be useless, and I am still waiting for treatment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang played a bit of a trick, but he didn’t lie; he didn’t mention who the casualties were, and that was all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Justin let out a long sigh, then after a moment of silence, he finally said in a low voice: “So, you’re safe now, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Okay, who are the casualties?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, we are in Aleppo Prison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three casualties were the crew members of the helicopter that came to evacuate us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s great, as long as no one from Satan is dead, it seems I don’t need to worry about being hunted by you guys, unfortunately lucky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m sorry, but right now I won’t explain how the false intelligence came about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mm, let’s talk about compensation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang is a person who values loyalty and is sentimental.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he had a poor impression of Justin when he first met him, even approaching Justin with a sense of exclusion and caution, but after a few contacts, Gao Yang still came to acknowledge Justin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang didn’t acknowledge Justin’s character; completely trusting the character of an intelligence trafficker was tantamount to suicide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What Gao Yang acknowledged was Justin’s professional ethics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter the profession, ethics are important.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you have professional ethics, even if you’re engaged in a profession that can’t be completely trusted, you can still cultivate a group of regular clients and have a group of loyal customers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mercenaries and intelligence traffickers are certainly not groups with sentiment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It goes without saying for a mercenary, get paid for the job, whoever pays is who you sell your life to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if a collaboration is pleasant, if someone else pays more next time and you turn around to attack your former employer, it’s considered normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People can say that the mercenary group is indifferent to past cooperation, but no one can say the group lacks professional ethics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, if a mission isn’t even over and you take someone else’s money to turn against your employer, such a mercenary group is ruined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Intelligence traffickers are more or less the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they have intelligence, they sell to whoever pays more, which is fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Intelligence traffickers make that money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s okay to play both sides as long as it’s clear the intelligence isn’t unique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the intelligence is exclusive, meaning it’s sold to one person and not to others, such intelligence should fetch a high price, several times more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if you secretly sell the intelligence to many people, then the trafficker has no professional ethics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for providing false or incorrect intelligence, such an occurrence is definitely not in the trafficker’s favor, but it’s not an ethics issue, because anyone can make a mistake in this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If a mistake is made, that’s that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If an intelligence trafficker provides false intelligence, according to the rules of the trade, returning double the money is the very least.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Admitting mistakes and compensating for losses is a matter of capability; not operating according to the rules is a question of character, albeit possibly affecting the trafficker’s reputation for capability, but not to the extent of being accused of having professional ethics issues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For an intelligence trafficker, having a reputation of lacking professional ethics, even if only a few people say so, can be fatal to their business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once that reputation spreads, they can forget about doing business, at least not doing it well or expanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A reputation of lacking professional ethics is a fatal blow to an intelligence trafficker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Justin is very reasonable, which means, at the very least, Gao Yang and his group won’t have to chase Justin all over the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, whether Justin can completely resolve this mistake depends on how sincere he is.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Justin immediately brought up the issue of compensation, and it was indeed a stroke of luck that no one from Satan died; otherwise, compensation wouldn’t be enough to solve the problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since nobody died, they could discuss how to compensate and how much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang didn’t want to push things to the extreme, so he simply stated: “I accept compensation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment of silence, Justin said with a heavy tone: “I will return five times the intelligence fee!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I will compensate for your losses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the personnel losses on the Syria side, I’m not responsible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All medical expenses for your wounded, I’ll cover, plus 100,000 US dollars each for mental anguish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll also compensate for the loss of equipment at its value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was the helicopter yours?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If so, I’ll pay!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Justin’s terms weren’t insincere; they were so genuine that Gao Yang couldn’t believe his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After being stunned for a moment, he finally exclaimed: “According to the rules of your trade, isn’t the intelligence fee supposed to be double the refund?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang is a honest man; after he spoke, he realized he was pressing down on his own compensation, but he didn’t regret it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are rules, and they should be followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Breaking the rules is not good, no matter who it is.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Justin said in a low voice, “False intelligence, incorrect intelligence, fivefold return, that’s my own rule!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I don’t intend to break the rules I’ve set for myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason I’ve reached the top in this field is because I play by the rules!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What, have I never mentioned my rules to you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang earnestly replied, “No, you really never mentioned to me that you have a personal rule of a fivefold return on incorrect intelligence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, if you’re acting according to industry standards, actually, I have no objections.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since we had no prior agreement, you’re not breaking any contracts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you insist on following your own rules, of course, I’ll be happy to accept that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Justin said softly, “Now you know my rules, and I’ve said that I’m not planning to break them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a short pause, Justin continued in a heavy tone, “You know, this is the first time I’ve paid compensation to someone, the first time!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You mean you’ve never made a mistake before?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, not once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There have been instances of minor errors in intelligence before, but they were all false information that led you into traps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is the first time!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang said gravely, “Okay, I am pleased with your approach, and now I forgive you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah, the helicopter isn’t ours, it was provided by Syria, but the night vision equipment on it is ours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cost of a set of night vision equipment is about half a million US dollars.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thinking it over, Justin said in a low voice, “The intelligence fee was 1.2 million dollars, with a fivefold refund, that’s six million dollars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plus the one million dollars for the shock money, that’s seven million dollars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll cover the losses of the night vision equipment and add another half a million dollars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The medical and rehabilitation cost for the wounded, let’s also say half a million dollars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All together, I’ll pay you eight million dollars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do you want me to deposit it into your personal account or your broker’s account?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang didn’t expect that he would see a kickback in Syria, and that his largest income in Syria would actually be compensation from Justin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Gao Yang thought it over carefully; it seemed that Justin hadn’t even earned eight million dollars from him yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unexpectedly, Justin’s one mistake paid back all the money he had earned from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Um, transfer it to my broker’s account.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Okay, I’ll make the payment right away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The money will be in your account in five minutes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing, Justin changed his tone and said indignantly, “This time, it’s the biggest stain in my professional career.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can’t believe I’ve been played by a Rebel Army leader.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ram, I don’t want to say much now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I just want to tell you, if you still want to go after Badadi, I’d be very happy to provide you with intelligence at a discounted rate!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang replied helplessly, “I thought you would provide the intelligence for free.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Each deal is separate; this one is over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We need to look forward.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang chuckled, “Alright, each deal is separate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let’s leave it at that for this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you have new intelligence on Badadi, I am still very willing to buy it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I trust you wouldn’t enjoy paying out fivefold every time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Listen, if it’s false information, or completely incorrect information next time, I will return ten times the money to you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t worry, there’s no way I’ll make the same mistake again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Justin made his promise with utmost determination, and Gao Yang chuckled, “Okay, now tell me, what exactly happened?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn, it’s actually very simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Badadi set a trap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Badadi’s public appearance was only a ploy to lure you in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The person wasn’t Badadi at all, just a body double who looked like him, appearing only with Badadi’s guards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, my informant did indeed see it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without confirming up close, he told me and swore that he saw it very clearly, and it was Badadi himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that, it’s pretty simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I informed you and led you into the trap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later on, I felt that there might be a problem because your recent operations against Badadi were too frequent, and Badadi might very likely set up traps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I felt there might be a problem, so I contacted my informant again, and that damn fool confirmed again that he saw Badadi up close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only after I contacted that damn informant for the third time and scared him a bit that he told me he actually saw someone who looked like Badadi from a distance, and he recognized Badadi’s guards but never saw Badadi’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, I couldn’t contact the informant who gave me the intelligence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I found another informant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he told me there was an unusual night mobilization near Aleppo Prison by the Rebel Army, I knew they were setting a trap, but it was too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time I confirmed it was a likely trap, your phone was already turned off.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing with a sense of helplessness, Justin sighed, “I don’t know exactly how Badadi set up the trap, but that’s the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I made a foolish mistake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I trusted intelligence from only one source too much.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Gao Yang had suspected, he too sighed before saying somberly, “We both paid a hefty price this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please notify me in time if there’s any new intelligence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s it for now; I have too much to do and need to hang up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We’ll get in touch later.” (To be continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you like this work, we welcome you to vote for it at Qidian (qidian.com), monthly votes are also appreciated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Your support is my greatest motivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)\u003C\u002Fp>",1898,"2026-06-06T10:20:20.561Z",1,"novelbin.me","c11f5589bf5c7700481f2ec206fe7c6a07869831c5ad57f0bcfbcae159dd3cf3","mercenary-s-war-chapter-1128","mercenary-s-war-chapter-1126",2343,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmercenary-s-war-cover.jpg"]