Hearing Lord Banks's exclamation, Elder He also said in agreement, "Master, there are simply too many dark sides to the overseas world that are not known to man, hiding dirt and fish and dragons!"
"Moreover, the more troubled a place is, the easier it is to breed a powerful organisation like the Ten Thousand Dragons Hall!"
"It's just that I really didn't expect it. The Hall Master of the Ten Thousand Dragons Hall is surprisingly young, and I really can't think of what kind of encounter this Wan Bajun has had to create a superbly powerful Ten Thousand Dragons Hall in such a short period of time! It is impossible for an ordinary person to do that no matter what!"
Lord Banks couldn't help but ask, "By the way, how is the financial strength of the Ten Thousand Dragons Hall?"
"It's also very strong!" He Lao said seriously, "This kind of mercenary organization has a very strong profitability!"
After a pause, Elder He continued, "The revenue of the Hall of Ten Thousand Dragons is estimated to be at least a hundred billion dollars a year."
"What?!" Lord Banks asked, dumbfounded, "Hundreds of billions of dollars a year. This is running a money printing machine!"
Elder He explained, "Master, a hundred billion dollars may seem like a lot, but you must not forget. There are tens of thousands of mercenaries in the Hall of Ten Thousand Dragons, and these mercenaries are all masters of licking blood at the mouth of the sword, and their average salary is very high."
"Even for the most ordinary big-headed soldier, no one would do such a life-saving job without a hundred thousand dollars a year;"
"And counting the top officers in those mercenaries, I think the average salary must be at least three or four hundred thousand dollars a year;"
"With 50,000 men, just the payroll would be ten or twenty billion dollars a year."
"And that's just the cost of salaries, not including the cost of bases, the cost of training, the cost of food, the cost of transport and the cost of maintaining weapons and equipment;"
"And the bigger cost is weapons and ammunition; a bullet costs a few dollars, a grenade a few hundred, a shell thousands, and when you go to war, money is spent faster than it is printed."
"Moreover, for these top-ranked mercenary organisations, reputation is very important, and in the event of casualties on the battlefield, they must be held responsible to the end. When someone is injured, a full set of medical treatment must be provided; when someone is killed, a substantial pension must be paid;"
Speaking of this. He Lao concluded, "I estimate that the annual net profit of the Ten Thousand Dragon Temple should be around ten billion dollars."
Lord Banks sighed with emotion, "Ten billion dollars is also very impressive! They are a group of people who spend years mingling outside the law, and they don't have to pay taxes, so whatever they earn is their own."
He Lao nodded, "As far as I know, they are now expanding wildly in the war-torn countries of the Third World. The overall investment cost is estimated to be very high, but after they have successfully established their roots in all the war-torn regions. Their strength can definitely go up another notch."
Lord Banks frowned and said offhandedly, "I really didn't expect that this Wan Breaking Army would be so capable! In a place outside the law, where no one guarantees even the most basic personal safety, it's really not simple for him to be able to build a mercenary organisation of enormous strength in such a place! Compared to his simple-minded and reckless straw man father. I don't know how much better it is!"
He Lao said approvingly, "This man is indeed not simple, and I can see that he is very grateful for the kindness the youngest master showed to their family back then, and if you can make good use of this, Master, it might bring us even more help!"
Lord Banks nodded in excitement and said, "Yes, this is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Banks family!"