New Gods of North America

After seeing off the people negotiating the steam train line security contract,

Wayne returned to the "big lawyer" John Milton, sent by Cohen Pharmaceuticals.

To be honest,

the contract offered by Cohen Pharmaceuticals had a strange vibe, kind of like a "stingy person trying hard to pretend to be generous."

The contract amount for one year was $8,000, which sounded generous enough, but upon closer inspection, the contract actually divided the total amount into 16 parts, with no down payment.

Each month, one month after the end of the month, one of the 16 parts would be paid, which was $500.

Six months after the end of the last month, the remaining $2,000 would be paid.

If it were in modern society, this payment model would of course be no problem, many large companies are like this, and may even be more exaggerated,

but in today's America, it seems a bit alternative.

——Most "companies" these days are relatively small in scale, and employees' salaries are "paid weekly."

The mainstream business style they need to face in daily expenses is also "one hand pays, the other delivers."

"Long-term capital advance" is something that only companies of a certain scale can afford to do.

Otherwise, just the problem of "capital turnover rate" alone could kill many small companies.

It was like wanting to "make friends," but also "calculating carefully."

If it had been when the detective agency had just been established, it would have been a bit difficult to eat this "pie."

Considering Tom Hagen and the total contract amount,

Wayne didn't dwell too much on the existing terms, but put forward two additional clauses:

"Mr. Milton, our detective agency is of limited scale after all, so if your client has security needs, our detective agency can only provide one team of security personnel at the same time, at most two teams, and cannot protect 'multiple people' or 'multiple locations' simultaneously.

"In addition, security entrustment also requires the cooperation of the target.

Our detective agency needs to reserve the autonomy to decide on the security plan, and in necessary situations, the security personnel have the right to take the 'most appropriate' emergency measures they deem necessary.

If the protected target refuses to cooperate, our detective agency has the right to withdraw protection and be exempt from liability."

This was Wayne's routine bottom line requirement for undertaking "important target security" entrustments.

Seeing that the contract brought by the big lawyer did not have such content, he asked to add it.

Other terms were easy to talk about, but security was a life-threatening business, and the risks were uncontrollable.

It was better to "earn less" than to "lose."

Wayne felt that such clauses were not excessive, they could ensure quality and quantity, and obeying the on-site arrangements of security personnel was also something that protected parties with sufficient desire to survive would choose to do, belonging to harmless supplementary clauses, which the big lawyer should not find difficult to understand,

but instead, a twist occurred here.

John Milton didn't seem to have thought that Wayne would talk about requirements in this regard, and pondered for a little while upon hearing this:

"My client plans to expand the commercial scale in the State of Virginia next, and personnel exchanges may be relatively frequent.

If it's because of manpower problems, how about we increase the contract amount to ten thousand dollars a year?

This way your detective agency can also recruit more manpower, of course, the payment method is still according to the contract terms."

"I'm curious, at most, how many teams of security personnel might your client need at the same time?" Wayne asked rhetorically.

"Five or six teams, perhaps." The big lawyer showed a hearty smile on his face.

"I believe that with the scale and strength of your detective agency, there shouldn't be too much of a problem."

Are you kidding me?

My office only has about ten people with an annual income of $6,000, and that's only daring to play like this on the premise of "all bounty hunters plus all extraordinary people."

Providing security at least requires a group of two people, two groups taking shifts, at least four people, five or six teams would be at least twenty people, and such a manpower configuration can't even be called "stable"——under normal circumstances, security requires more manpower than "hunting,"

Even if you don't consider the "blow-up" situation of security incidents, just the matter of "at least drawing out two or three offices to specifically serve Cohen Pharmaceuticals" is not cost-effective in terms of economic accounts.

And if the other party needs several teams of security next month after signing the contract today, where would Wayne find so many trustworthy people in a short time.

Wayne himself doesn't care about face:

"If that's the requirement, then our detective agency is indeed limited in its ability and cannot complete such a long-term entrustment.

Perhaps you can find a more suitable entrusted object.

"Of course, if the other party is also too busy, then our detective agency still welcomes single security entrustments, the price can be discussed in detail, but we will definitely try our best to satisfy the client."

The big lawyer continued to throw out chips:

"Actually, my client also has a vacant property in Georgeberg.

If Mr. Wayne takes on the entrustment, he can use it for free during the term of the contract.

"Although the office conditions of your detective agency are not bad, as a residence, it doesn't seem to match Mr. Wayne's identity.

We can consider visiting it before talking."

I also have a vacant property in Black Stone Town, would you like to take a look?

Wayne smiled and turned the topic back again:

"With Tom Hagen's recommendation, in principle, our detective agency is very willing to accept your client's entrustment.

It's a pity that we are limited in scale and I'm afraid we can't bear such high expectations.

Unless your client can accept the additional clauses of our detective agency, even if the contract amount is slightly reduced."

In Wayne's vision, at this time it seemed that he could see a stack of dollars growing wings and flying into the sky...

......

John Milton was personally sent to the door by Wayne before boarding the carriage to leave,

After the carriage drove away, the servant, at John Milton's instruction, took out a special box from the hidden compartment.

Pulling open the baffle on the side of the box revealed a middle-aged man's head.

The head quickly opened its eyes, "How did you discuss with the other party?"

Most people in Cohen Pharmaceuticals do not recognize the face on the head, but the senior managers of Cohen Pharmaceuticals know that there is a "transmitter" within the company, responsible for secretly conveying the true will of the company's board of directors,

Ordinary people would think that it is a special messenger with a confidential identity, but in fact, he is usually an arm or a foot below the knee, which is kept by the core executives of each regional headquarters, and can transmit information through writing and tapping.

John Milton casually replied,

"There was a little twist, this young man is more interesting than I thought, Baker, who is responsible for developing the Virginia market, should have a headache.

"The members of the 'market security' team who were previously responsible for Baker's team were eliminated by this detective agency.

This time, the little tricks that Baker planned to use to drag down the other party seem to have also been seen through.

It seems that Corleone is not completely without vision, at least this one doesn't seem as easy to deal with as those other silly boys."

"Do you need me to notify the headquarters and let them arrange for some market security personnel to come over?" the head asked.

"No need.

The young man didn't completely reject it in the end.

I told him that I would take the contract back to the company for further discussion, and then let Baker make his own decision——opening up the Virginia market is a promotion opportunity that Malcolm Baker has fought for himself, we don't need to interfere, just wait for the result."

John Milton knocked on the small table that was lowered in the carriage, "I didn't come here for this kind of trivial matter.

If Baker succeeds, then he will take away the money and leave us with a new market.

If he doesn't, then it's just another market development manager who died, indicating that the church in Virginia still doesn't allow us to officially enter.

"Notify the heads of each regional headquarters and all shareholders, I am now convinced that the Holy Spirit Church is about to launch another 'Great Cleansing'.

The company's parts in the northern states will suspend contact with the Old Continent from now on, the southern regions will remain the same, members with bad records should pay attention to travel safety, and both sides can take the initiative to cut off contact with the company headquarters when necessary to preserve the 'fire'."

"Yes," the head first responded, and then confirmed, "Including the temporary regional headquarters for opening up the State of Virginia?"

John Milton's tone was relaxed:

"Don't affect people with ambition from getting promoted and making a fortune.

Others will have their own ways of doing things.

"I've seen enough on this trip, after telling Baker the results of the contract negotiation, we'll continue to go back to New York City to be lawyers.

There should be a new batch of musicals starting to be performed on Broadway now, I can't waste so much of my box fees."