If no one pays, the chaos caused by the 'Voodoo Gang' is likely to get worse until someone can't take it anymore and decides to pay for peace.
And everyone knows very well who to contact to deal with the Voodoo Gang.
The most famous mercenary team in Taiping Prefecture, the renowned Spark Team, would surely be happy to get paid to handle it.
After Hansen figured out the key point, he started contacting various forces in Taiping Prefecture without further ado.
The Animal Gang, some small and medium-sized enterprises still operating in Taiping Prefecture, and some clients who have had disputes or conflicts of interest with the Voodoo Gang...
Sure enough, these people have also recently been attacked by the Voodoo Gang, and even some small companies and factories have been subjected to cyber extortion and blackmail, with the amounts being quite high.
After a moment of contemplation, Hansen first sent an email to Mercer.
[Hansen: What do you think, if we want you to quickly deal with the Voodoo Gang, roughly how much commission would it cost?]
[Mercer: Three million euros, to solve the Voodoo Gang in Taiping Prefecture once and for all. Of course, I want their Sea God Server; you'll have to negotiate with Hua Tiao about the territory and other markets. We'll just take care of the Voodoo Gang in Taiping Prefecture.]
[Hansen: That's too expensive, no one would be willing to spend that much money to take out a gang.]
[Mercer: Then find some more people; with so many clients in Taiping Prefecture, isn't there anyone willing to pitch in three million euros for network security?]
[Hansen: But dealing with one Voodoo Gang doesn't mean that no one will disturb Taiping Prefecture's network anymore, right?]
[Mercer: I'm planning to set up a cybersecurity company; a small monthly service fee can ensure everyone safely accesses the network in Taiping Prefecture... what do you think?
As long as there are enough clients willing to support me, I can also consider eliminating the Voodoo Gang as a security threat for everyone's network safety for free.]
[Hansen: Nice idea, but I still think the figure of three million euros is too big.]
[Mercer: Then let's see how annoying the Voodoo Gang can be. Anyway, I'm really busy these days and don't have time to be Taiping Prefecture's cyber cop. If someone can't stand it, they can contact me to pay for peace.]
Hansen closed his eyes, contemplated for a moment, then asked.
[Hansen: Then you have to give everyone a service standard and a pricing standard; I can try to help you promote it.]
[Mercer: Enterprise-level network security services, annual fee of 1.5 million euros, including ICE updates, local virus protection, server architecture, enterprise system security vulnerability repair, remote network technical support.
If encountering a hacker intrusion, as long as the network connection is normal, there's also a promise to provide expert-level network support within 1 minute.
All other software or network security services can be offered at a 20% discount with membership. How about it?
If Mr. Hansen can help me land clients, I am willing to offer a 10% commission of the contract price for each client.]
[Hansen: I can try. If the Voodoo Gang is wreaking havoc in Taiping Prefecture, and even Night City, as recklessly as this, I think there should be plenty of clients willing to pay for peace.
But I suggest, if you're planning to provide formal network services like this, maybe you should try to establish a company now.]
[Mercer: Hmm, I'll consider it—so that's it, when we've saved enough for ammunition, we'll move to eliminate the Voodoo Gang nuisance.]
Hansen hung up the call, and after a while, chuckled softly.
Nuisance?
He shook his head, unable to resist murmuring to himself: "I think the real nuisance is you, kid..."
...
2072, November.
A cybersecurity service company named 'Giant God' was quietly established without any attention.
The acting legal representative of the company was V, who joyfully signed her name—because she thought signing as the legal representative made her the company's head... well, although this idea isn't wrong, after all, the one responsible for legal liabilities is also a head.
In reality, the company president and the largest shareholder with 51% of the shares, Mercer, quickly leveraged Hansen's connections after founding the company to sign cybersecurity service contracts with many companies in Taiping Prefecture.
Of course, as of now, all companies chose service contracts paid on a monthly basis, with only Hansen as a major client opting directly for the 1.5 million euro annual service.
For Hansen, this actually saved quite a bit of money—for before, he had to pay Mercer a network maintenance fee of 350,000 euros per month separately.
The remaining 49% of the company shares are held by an investment company registered under the identity of the Spark Team, with Mercer holding 51% of the equity in this investment company, and the remaining shares being distributed among other members.
So strictly speaking, Mercer holds 75.5% of the company's shares, while the rest of the team is essentially left with just a little over 2% equity overall.
Of course, it wasn't an equal division; more shares went to veteran members like V and Lucy, then Rebecca Pira and Qiwei, and finally Mann and Dolio, Jack, and Kyoko.
The team didn't mind this method of profit-sharing because, to them, things like network security services, company dividends, all sounded too distant.
Not knowing the company's stock price, naturally, they have no feelings or concept of the shares in their hands.