Business

The War Begins

Li Bai had never expected an organization like "Aladdin"—a shadowy outfit involved in illegal activities and business—to have something like KPI performance reviews.

A criminal organization with a complete, modern management system and structure was already more than just a mafia.

Once it gained enough power, it could even rule a country.

There had been plenty of cases where the mafia had transformed itself into the ruling class.

That was why China cracked down so hard on organized crime: it wouldn't allow anything like that to take root.

But China couldn't control all the chaos abroad. It wasn't the world's police force and couldn't sanction anyone it took a dislike to. Keeping its own backyard in order was already more than enough.

That was why Li Bai could comfortably cozy up to Turkey's "Aladdin" organization.

As long as he didn't plot a terrorist attack, no one could do anything about him.

After Akyol had talked for ages, Li Bai finally understood. He wanted to expand into new lines of business based on the intelligence they'd already provided, and make even more money.

It was like adding monthly data plans and family networks to a mobile carrier's basic package. Every new service they rolled out brought in more money—and it was all pure profit.

Akyol realized the other end of the call had gone quiet. After a moment, he finally couldn't hold back and asked, "Mr. Li, what do you think..."

"Oh! What we have now is already great."

After thinking it over for a while, Li Bai rejected Akyol's proposal without a second thought.

Assassination and sabotage were crimes, all of them. If anyone found out he was the mastermind, there'd be hell to pay.

He could cripple Olivia Company, Hippo Biochemical Research Institute, and Landon Bank