Chapter 2477: Chapter 2453: Ransom
Everything is confirmed, Satan has annihilated the Shah’s Crown Troops.
The exact numbers have been determined, the Crown Forces consist of 109 people, 24 pilots, totaling 133 individuals. After counting the bodies, this number is verified.
"Enemy casualties: fifty-four dead, eleven seriously injured, twenty-five lightly injured. Only nineteen members of the Crown Forces are unharmed, with two pilots dead, three seriously injured, and the rest are fine."
After Frey quickly reported the numbers, Albert disdainfully said: "Crown Forces, ha, Crown Forces, hahaha!"
Gao Yang rubbed his chin, looking at the pile of prisoners with distress and said: "How to deal with these prisoners? This is really a problem, how to solve it?"
Vasily made a downward cutting gesture without showing any emotion, and Glolov said quietly, "Can’t leave them, leaving them might cause trouble."
Gao Yang waved his hand, whispered: "I’m talking about the General and that Colonel, the Prince! Very valuable, I think they could be exchanged for a large sum of money!"
Glolov also hesitated, whispered: "In Yemen, we’ve only been expending without gaining anything. We’ve been losing money so far. A Major General and a Prince are indeed worth a lot of money. I think at least a ransom of 30 million dollars can be extracted, right?"
"Thirty million? Who are you insulting? At least 300 million!"
Seeing Gao Yang stretch out three fingers, Glolov shook his head repeatedly: "Hard to say, hard to say. Three hundred million dollars is just too exaggerated."
Gao Yang confidently said: "A Major General plus a Colonel aren’t worth three hundred million? Don’t just think of them as prisoners. You should think like this: if Shah doesn’t pay, we’ll parade the Major General and Colonel around Yemen, let the whole world see what the Houthis Armed Forces have reduced them to, do you think Shah’s reputation isn’t worth three hundred million?"
Glolov nodded repeatedly: "Worth it, definitely worth it!"
Gao Yang couldn’t stand still. He whispered: "No, I need to ask the General, ask how much he thinks he’s worth, let him set a price for his own life!"
Fahad was undoubtedly going to be detained alone. Gao Yang strode over, coldly said to Fahad: "You are captured, the main forces of the Houthis Armed Forces will arrive soon. Before they come, I want to ask you: how much do you think your life is worth?"
Fahad was originally sitting on the sand with his head down powerlessly, but upon hearing Gao Yang’s words, he immediately became spirited, said excitedly to Gao Yang: "How much do you want! Whatever amount you want I’ll give, as long as I can afford it!"
Gao Yang impatiently said: "I’m asking you to set a price for yourself. You’re asking me? Quickly, how much do you think your life is worth? If I’m satisfied, I might just let you go. If I’m not satisfied, well, there’s no need to say more."
Fahad quickly extended five fingers, Gao Yang blurted out: "Five hundred million? US Dollar?"
Fahad appeared a little embarrassed, then he whispered: "It’s fifty million, fifty million dollars, I really can’t come up with five hundred million..."
Gao Yang said with disappointment: "Just this much? As a dignified Prince, you can’t come up with five hundred million? Too poor..."
Fahad seemed greatly insulted, urgently said: "Of course I have five hundred million dollars, but... but most of my assets are non-liquid. I have two private jets alone, and I also have... but I can only come up with fifty million dollars in a short period of time. This is nearly all my available cash flow. I can’t possibly sell off assets to pay the ransom, time is too short, isn’t fifty million dollars enough?"
Gao Yang angrily said: "Hey hey, what are you talking about, we’re not kidnappers. You’re a prisoner of war, not a kidnap victim!"
After saying this, Gao Yang felt something was off, so he immediately corrected himself: "But, you treating yourself as a hostage is not impossible, however, the price is not quite satisfactory, fifty million dollars is too little."
After thinking for a while, Fahad said solemnly: "There is about seventy million dollars in my account that can be used at any time. You release me, I’ll give you all the money, I’ll make it a full seventy million for you!"
Gao Yang pointed to the Colonel not far away, whispered: "What about him? How much do you think he’s worth?"
Fahad disdainfully said: "Him? He’s not a member of the Royal Family, just an ordinary officer. How much could he be worth? I guarantee he can only come up with five million dollars at most."
Gao Yang smiled: "I mean both of you together, bundle sale you understand? I release him and you, you pay three hundred million dollars, and I’ll give you a Black Hawk Helicopter and a pilot. Think about it, escaping without being captured, versus being captured and only able to return after paying, isn’t the same."
Fahad immediately hesitated, after a while, he said in a low voice: "You give me a pilot and a plane, and I’ll figure out how to gather one hundred million dollars, but as for that Colonel, forget it, you understand what I mean?"
Gao Yang nodded, said softly: "Leave him? One hundred million dollars, not impossible."
"No no no, I mean he shouldn’t be alive, you understand what I mean?"
Gao Yang was very surprised: "Okay, quite the businessman, but killing him and letting you go, we’ll need to do a lot to cooperate. We are very professional, never say a word more, definitely guarantee your secret, but don’t you think one hundred million is a little less?"
"What do you say?"
"Three hundred million! At least three hundred million!"
"At most, let me think, within three hours, the designated account will definitely receive one hundred and twenty million, I can borrow some money, but this is truly the limit, not that I don’t treasure my life, but I can’t raise more."
Gao Yang whispered: "Then what about three days? With three days’ time?"
"Three days is too long, going back would be meaningless, everything needs to be solved today. One hundred and twenty million, let me make the call and I’ll give it to you, but how do you guarantee my safety?"
Gao Yang waved his hand: "I haven’t agreed yet, wait, I’ll discuss and give you a reply."
Walking back, Gao Yang nearly burst out laughing. He walked in front of the others, whispered: "One hundred and twenty million, can be given within three hours! How about it? Let Fahad go with a Black Hawk, exchange for one hundred and twenty million dollars?"
Glolov said in surprise: "So much? Then, well this deal can really be done."
Frey raised his hand, whispered: "There’s a problem, how do we conduct the transaction? We won’t release them first, let him pay first, the other side certainly won’t agree, how to solve it?"
Gao Yang frowned: "Kidnapping and extortion are things we’re not professional about, Yake, Vasily, do you know what to do?"
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