Chapter 40: Do big things with little money!

"Mr. Congressman, sometimes it is ordinary things that are the most deadly." The silent Morgan Blackhand suddenly spoke, staring at Lucius with a pair of sharp eyes like a black wolf.

"It's like the Desert Eagle pistol I carry with me. On the surface, it looks inferior to any weapon from the LA company, but many big shots have died in its hands."

"Are you interested in learning more?"

Morgan Blackhand's words immediately made Lucius feel a tingling sensation on his scalp, as if he had returned to the day when he was being hunted by Royce.

A sense of oppression as if death is approaching is coming!

"Mr. Leon, what is his relationship with our NCPD?" Lucius's expression had turned a little ugly.

He didn't understand why Leon mentioned the mercenary Morgan Blackhand. Could it be that he wanted Morgan to join the NCPD? That was impossible!
Morgan Blackhand doesn't look like the type of person who would come to the NCPD to be a hard-working cop. This doesn't fit his temperament or style at all.

"It has something to do with it."

Li Ang smiled and got straight to the point: "I will soon build a professional mercenary company in Watson District and recruit mercenaries from all over Night City."

"At that time, I will do business with middlemen throughout the city, and provide those mercenaries with the most basic survival guarantees and employment benefits."

"And Morgan Blackhand is the image spokesperson for our company's mercenary department, as well as the chief instructor of the mercenaries!"

After the words fell, the alert Detective River had roughly guessed Leon's true thoughts. He stared at Leon with his eyes wide open in astonishment and said:
"Could it be that... you are planning to have the police officers from the NCPD go to the LA company to participate in the mercenary training?"

As a veteran detective at Watson's NCPD, River has come into contact with many dignitaries, including some corporate executives who tried to invest in the NCPD.

Their purpose is simple and clear, which is to use money to corrupt the NCPD and make the Night City police work for them.

But the people they invested in were not ordinary policemen, but the policemen in the terrorist squad!
"Correct."

Li Ang did not hide anything and told Lucius directly: "As long as the police from the NCPD come to the LA company regularly to participate in the joint training of the mercenaries, they can receive an extra salary."

"In your spare time, you can also complete mercenary missions and earn some extra money."

"If a police officer is injured or becomes ill as a result of participating in company training, the LA company will provide corresponding medical support funds."

"In addition, they can also get a free firearm from LA Company every three months. After one year of training, they will get a brand new prosthetic device based on their training results!"

The benefits offered by Li Ang were quite generous. Even River, who didn't trust the company very much, couldn't help but be tempted for a moment. It seemed that he couldn't refuse such conditions.

After all, who would complain about having too much money?

"LA Company...are they really that kind!"

Detective River remained cautious, pondering Leon's real purpose in his mind.

Night City’s NCPD is an independent law enforcement agency, and its attitude toward City Hall’s instructions is basically “obey orders but not announcements.”

And within the NCPD in Night City, there is also an independent law enforcement department, the Terrorism Squad.

The attitude of these three parties is that none of them will submit to the other, and each of them will do their own "small business" behind each other's back. For example, the council members of the city hall will build good relationships with the executives of major companies and actively attract funding for Night City. They are responsible for the dignitaries and celebrities from all over the world.

To put it bluntly, the ordinary police officers of the NCPD are public security personnel of low status. When the higher-ups are short of money, the first thing they cut is the NCPD's expenditure budget.

This also leads to the worrying combat effectiveness of the NCPD police, and the police officers are basically a bunch of good-for-nothings.

When they have no money, they will even go to the old hands of the Sixth Street Gang to get some private work to do, secretly engaging in the smuggling of firearms and illegal drugs.

In short, working in the NCPD is so hard!
It is precisely because of this that Congressman Lucius, who is in urgent need of progress, comes here to make political achievements, which will facilitate his future advancement.

As for the special department, the Terrorist Mobile Team, they are an elite police force invested and supported by many companies, and they have their own responsible areas all over the world.

But the quality of the terrorist squads in each region is different. In a city like Watson, where there are unfinished buildings everywhere, the elite terrorist squads simply don't bother to come here.

Therefore, this place has become a gathering place for criminals and gang thugs, and the consequence is that the living environment in Watson District is getting worse and worse, and the company's power is urgently needed to clear it out!

"This idea...seems pretty good!"

After hearing this, Lucius' eyes suddenly lit up.

He knew that if the LA company did this, it would cause the company's influence to infiltrate the Watson NCPD branch, which was almost the same as directly poaching.

But no one will care!
If Night City's City Hall really cared about the NCPD, it wouldn't have cut funding and given it to the cyber maniacs in the Terrorist Squad.

The police officers in the NCPD would not collaborate with gang members in smuggling or try every possible means to extort money from street kids and vagrants.

"Mr. Congressman, Detective River, I'm sure you are all aware of the current predicament of Watson NCPD. You don't have enough budget to support the daily training of police officers."

"Until now, you can't even guarantee the most basic salary, but our LA company can help you solve this problem!"

Li Ang's words touched the depths of their souls. This was a resource of interest that Watson NCPD urgently needed, and now only LA Company could give it to them!

Seeing Lucius' excitement and River's skeptical look, Leon knew that the matter was basically settled.

The reason why he was willing to spend money to integrate the mercenaries in Night City and the police from the NCPD was that he planned to use one of the largest collective forces in the city to create a security force belonging to the LA company.

Corporate security force is one of the standard features that every giant company should have!

The security force of Arasaka Corporation is made up of children carefully selected from all over the world. They receive professional ninja training and brainwashing education from an early age, but this is too costly and takes too long.

If LA Company wants to have its own security force, the best and fastest way is to integrate the mercenaries and police in Night City and infiltrate them into LA Company's personnel.

The biggest advantage of doing this is: low overhead!
After all, mercenaries can usually make money by taking jobs from middlemen, and the police officers in the NCPD also receive salaries allocated by the city hall.

Li Ang only needs to pay an extra fee, guarantee their medical insurance, and give them some "free" weapons and equipment to make them willingly work for the company.

And Li Ang can also select some good talents from these professionals and incorporate them into his own elite team as the company's elite security force!
This is how you achieve great things with little money.

(End of this chapter)