Armed with a Deadly Weapon, Murderous Intent Arose

Counting both combat and non-combat personnel, there were an even ten thousand.

At an average monthly salary of one thousand US dollars per person—the logistics staff earned relatively less—salaries alone came to 120 million US dollars a year.

The procurement of equipment and warships did not even need to be counted. Those had been Wang Ye's one-time investments, and as long as the workforce did not expand in the short term, there would be no need for large-scale equipment purchases.

But maintenance and upkeep were also no small expense. Armored infantry fighting vehicles, warships, helicopters, and the like were all costly to maintain.

Then there were the daily food, clothing, housing, and transportation expenses for so many people; fuel for vehicles and aircraft; ammunition consumed during regular training; and so on.

Without overestimating, 200 million US dollars would probably be barely enough.

That was even higher than personnel salaries, but it was only normal. After all, this was an armed force.

It could not be calculated according to the expenses of an ordinary company.

For an ordinary company, its largest expense might be employee salaries, but a security company was different.

And that was only the expense when no fighting took place. If combat broke out, or even casualties were suffered, expenses would rise further!

Conservatively speaking, Wagner Security Company now had fixed annual expenditures of 320 million US dollars.

With an income of 250 million US dollars and expenses of 320 million, the funding gap was 70 million US dollars.

Of course, that amount meant nothing to Wang Ye. He could easily afford it.

But the problem was that Wang Ye could not possibly keep paying out of his own pocket year after year. Otherwise, what was the point of maintaining so many people and purchasing so many weapons