[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-mercenary-s-war":3,"chapter-mercenary-s-war-mercenary-s-war-chapter-743":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},1613683,2077,"Chapter 743 - 743 735 Bargaining","mercenary-s-war-chapter-743",743,"\u003Cp>743: Chapter 735 Bargaining 743: Chapter 735 Bargaining Li Jinfang’s ordeal made everyone, including Gao Yang, empathize with her deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their mood was very somber, and even though Little Gamar’s clown-like behavior could amuse them, it did not make them feel any better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang glanced at Little Gamar and said coldly, “It’s too early to start bargaining for your life, so shut your beak for now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Jinfang stood a bit farther from Little Gamar, just watching him with an icy gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the look in Li Jinfang’s eyes, Gao Yang knew that Little Gamar was a dead man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang wasn’t entirely sure about Li Jinfang’s thoughts, but he believed that Li Jinfang would not let Little Gamar live.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They needed more time for Gamar’s men to bring the murderer, and dawn was approaching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Glolov leaned in close to Gao Yang and whispered, “Regardless of whether we exchange hostages, where do you think would be appropriate?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking of exchanging hostages wasn’t quite accurate, but everyone understood the meaning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After contemplating for a moment, Gao Yang replied softly, “There’s no appropriate place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None of the locations are safe for us, so we might as well wait in the wilderness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let’s stay here and wait for concrete news, then we can randomly choose a place to exchange hostages.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Golov nodded and stepped aside without another word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Little Gamar approached Gao Yang and said with a bitter expression, “Brother, you don’t really want my life, do you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Killing me is utterly meaningless for you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We can come to a better end, brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spare my life, and I’m willing to pay any price for it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang had seen plenty of people like Little Gamar, whose response was the typical choice of any normal person with money who didn’t want to die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, he would use various means to secure a way out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were any other time, Gao Yang wouldn’t mind letting Little Gamar buy his life with money, but unfortunately, although it wasn’t a matter of professional ethics this time, it was about his brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Gao Yang, nothing was more important than his brother’s feelings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The final fate of Little Gamar depended on Li Jinfang, so Gao Yang had no interest in making any deal with Little Gamar before Li Jinfang made a decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Gao Yang was about to scold Little Gamar to shut up, Li Jinfang suddenly said, “You’re willing to pay any price, are you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good, how much can you offer?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang was quite surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Jinfang never cared about money, regardless of how much it was; he never took interest, and especially not now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those familiar with Li Jinfang were equally astonished because he was never the person to discuss money at such a time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since Li Jinfang had asked, naturally, no one was going to question his change of heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most excited, of course, was Little Gamar upon hearing Li Jinfang’s question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a wealthy man, spending money to save a life was clearly the best option.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After only a brief moment of thought, Little Gamar immediately shouted, “Five hundred thousand dollars, cash, just for my life, with no other strings attached.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Jinfang, with his head covered, was inscrutable, but upon hearing Little Gamar’s words, he just gave a cold laugh and said, “It seems you’re stingier than I thought, or possibly poorer than I assumed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But either way, your offer doesn’t satisfy me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten million dollars, that’s my condition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bring me ten million dollars and I won’t kill you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Gamar was stunned, and after a long while, he said in astonishment, “Brother, isn’t your appetite a bit too big?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Jinfang replied coldly, “I’m not forcing you to accept it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can choose not to spend a penny.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that Little Gamar knew Li Jinfang’s appetite, he could no longer smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a morose expression, he said, “Brother, the most I can come up with is one million dollars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s all I have.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten million is impossible; I don’t have that much money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if I were to liquidate my assets and try to raise the cash, I couldn’t do it in a short time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One million is really the limit I can come up with in the short term.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Jinfang remained silent, and Gao Yang couldn’t help but shake his head, saying, “Buddy, no, Your Majesty, you’re supposed to be royalty, but truly, you’ve disappointed me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought your wealth matched your title.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a distressed look, Little Gamar said, “Brother, the title of ‘king’ is just a joke within my own small circle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m not really a king.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guys, I’m in Africa; how much money do you think I can have?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang shook his head with a sigh and said, “As local emperors go, you’re far behind the drug lords in South Africa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they negotiate ransoms with us, they start at ten million dollars as a base unit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And you, you cap out at one million.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m very disappointed, you know?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In desperation, Little Gamar raised his voice, stamping his feet and exclaiming, “Hey, hey, buddy, as you said yourself, those are the big drug lords from South America.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could I possibly compare to those guys?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is Africa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if you killed me, I couldn’t come up with ten million dollars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Building my palace, no, building my house took most of my savings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To support my women, I’ve nearly drained my resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guys, please don’t treat me like a real king.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m just a pauper with a façade of wealth; I beg you, I’m telling the truth.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Jinfang shook his head and said, “Tell your men to bring the money when they come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once I receive the money, I’ll make sure to leave you to them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Gamar nodded repeatedly and immediately started making phone calls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After several calls, Little Gamar said with a beaming smile, “Sorry for the inconvenience; I need to make a few more calls to pool the money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As agreed, I’ll give you all the people you want, and the money too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All you have to do then is let me go, and that’ll be great.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We can still be friends afterward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Consider the one million US dollars my compensation for my earlier mistake.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Gamar kept babbling on and on, but no one paid any attention to him anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang and the others were on the outskirts of Pointe Noire, not far from the coastline and the highway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few minutes’ walk along a small path would take them to the highway; although they had stumbled upon the place completely unintentionally, it proved to be safe enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the sky brightened and time passed 6 o’clock, Little Gamar received a phone call.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he excitedly shouted to Gao Yang, “My men have caught those two troublemakers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’ll be delivered here soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guys, how shall we exchange the hostages?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thinking for a bit, Gao said, “Let them bring the people to the highway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After we confirm it’s safe, we will let you go.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Gamar shook his head, “No, no, brother, that’s not how a hostage exchange works.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listen to my suggestion, how about this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You bring me along, we meet my men at a location, I leave, and you also leave with the people and the money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>OK?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang didn’t hesitate, “OK, I’ll choose the location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Have your men bring the people over immediately.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, Gao Yang checked the GPS, picked a nearby coordinate at random to tell Little Gamar, and said gravely, “If your people have GPS and can read it, tell them to head to this location.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang seemed very cooperative, which delighted Little Gamar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After he agreed heartily, he promptly notified his men of the exchange location over the phone and then excitedly said to Gao Yang, “They’ll definitely arrive within two hours.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang nodded, then instructed the people around him, “We should start getting ready, stay alert, set up sentries, Eileen stays, and Toad and a few others stay, that’s enough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group swiftly dispersed, but Little Gamar chuckled, “Guys, you don’t need to be so cautious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Relax, I won’t play any tricks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s no need to be so cautious.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang gave a slight smile and said, “We have to act like professional kidnappers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, shouldn’t I remind you now that if you dare call the police, we will kill you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Gamar laughed heartily, “Brother, you’re too funny, haha, call the police, what a joke.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wait continued, and just over two hours later, Rafael, who was on the outer perimeter, suddenly reported over the walkie-talkie, “Report, people are coming, lots of vehicles, at least thirty.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Gamar’s phone soon rang as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After he answered, he immediately excitedly said to Gao Yang, “My men are here; how shall we trade?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang spoke in a deep voice, “Have them stay two hundred meters away, then bring the people we want over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, if they’ve brought the money, have them bring that over too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Gamar said anxiously, “What about me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What do I do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How can I ensure my safety?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brother, it’s not that I don’t trust you, but…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang looked at Little Gamar coldly and said bluntly, “Do you have a choice?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Gamar was at a loss for words, and then he finally spoke a few words over the phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Approximately thirty vehicles formed an impressive convoy that stopped within Gao Yang’s field of vision, not quite two hundred meters away but more than one hundred fifty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang didn’t make a big deal of the few meters of difference and let it go without comment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many people emerged from the convoy, all armed with guns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first thing everyone did after getting out was to aim their guns at Gao Yang and his group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, some people dragged three individuals from the vehicles; six or seven people hauled them toward Gao Yang and his group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two others carried bags over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In total, nine people slowly walked up to about a dozen meters in front of Gao Yang and his group and stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three people brought before Gao Yang were all bruised and swollen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang looked at Li Jinfang and asked, “Can you recognize them?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Jinfang stared intently at the two young men who could barely stand, nodded lightly, and whispered, “I’d recognize them even if they turned to ash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, it’s them.”(To be continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets at qidian.com.\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>",1789,"2026-06-06T10:20:02.234Z",1,"novelbin.me","ac881fcf7f8dc78227cf442c5c9da9209e51d21592553abcb2f1d6bc8b8db888","mercenary-s-war-chapter-744","mercenary-s-war-chapter-742",2343,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmercenary-s-war-cover.jpg"]