208: Chapter 208: Choosing a Bodyguard 208: Chapter 208: Choosing a Bodyguard Speaking of security companies.
Most people who are familiar with the industry will likely think of Black Water Company as their first reaction.
This private military and security consultancy company, marked by its black bear paw logo, originated from the renowned Lighthouse Country military-industrial complex.
Its business experienced rapid growth after entering the 21st century.
Unfortunately, in 2009, the company beca embroiled in a scandal involving the shooting of civilians in the war-torn Middle East region.
As a result, the company was forced to abandon the na “Black Water” and rebranded itself as “Academi,” shifting its business focus from security services to training and logistics.
Xiao Fei naturally didn’t know much about this company, but even so, he understood that companies like these are bound to have a lot of shady dealings.
As for TPMI, however, Xiao Fei was entirely clueless.
What even was this thing?
He glanced at Tang Yuxin, who was already fast asleep on the bed, and quietly stepped out of the bedroom, headed to the study, and turned on his computer to start looking it up.
Xiao Fei browsed for a long ti online, his brows furrowing slightly.
The expression wasn’t due to finding bad news.
Rather, quite the opposite…
He hadn’t found anything at all.
There was no information whatsoever about TPMI on the internet.
For a mont, Xiao Fei wondered if he had been blocked.
So, he used a VPN, climbed beyond the firewall, and searched again using Google.
This ti, he found so sparse bits of information.
But it was still insufficient for him to gain a deep understanding of the company.
It was then.
Xiao Fei suddenly noticed a new unread email in his inbox.
When he opened it, he discovered that the email was actually sent by TPMI itself.
The email contained, without a doubt, detailed information about the company.
“…This turns out to be a company founded by people from Yanxia.”
Staring at the screen, Xiao Fei exclaid in surprise, “Its primary mbers are also Yanxia nationals?”
Not only that, TPMI had at one point competed with Black Water for the title of the world’s top security company.
After Black Water was embroiled in the civilian shooting scandal and forced to reduce its security-related operations, TPMI naturally took over as the world’s number one security company.
However, over the past few years, several similar companies had erged, causing TPMI to lose its top spot.
Even so, TPMI remains among the premier ranks.
The company is registered in a virtually unknown small island nation in the Pacific Ocean — one that 99% of people have never even heard of.
Such Pacific island nations are practically a haven for companies operating in gray areas or even outright black markets worldwide.
TPMI was established in the 1990s.
Initially, it appeared to have been founded by a group of Yanxia immigrants living in Southeast Asia, aiming to protect their overseas interests.
As the company grew larger, coupled with the rising national strength of Yanxia itself, many people from mainland Yanxia began venturing abroad for business.
At that ti, however, Yanxia’s naval power, particularly its overseas military capabilities, lagged far behind, which led many of these businesspeople to choose TPMI for protection.
Thus.
The company entered a period of flourishing developnt.
Today, TPMI even occasionally collaborates with Yanxia’s naval forces, which are progressively becoming a mariti power and showing signs of mass-producing aircraft carriers.
Its primary business has shifted from initially focusing on overseas Yanxia nationals to a balanced approach between overseas and dostic operations.
“Even those few surnad Ma are my clients?”
Xiao Fei noticed sothing interesting.
Through the email sent by TPMI, Xiao Fei learned that TPMI had been involved in several overseas evacuation operations in the past.
“Interesting.”
“So this company is now entirely and unequivocally my private property?”
Xiao Fei raised an eyebrow and glanced at the phone on the desk before dialing a number ntioned in the email.
The call was quickly connected.
[Boss?]
A robust male voice ca from the other end.
“How did you know it was ?”
The man chuckled.
[Boss, you’re joking.
After you purchased the company outright, didn’t you provide us with so of your information as well?]
Xiao Fei glanced at the email’s details and learned that the owner of the number was TPMI’s current manager, one of the individuals authorized to directly contact him.
Qiao Zhenzu, a Malaysian Chinese.
“Alright then, send over a few bodyguards.”
[No problem, Boss.]
[In fact, we’ve already selected the best security personnel for you.
I’ll send their profiles to you shortly.]
[Once you’ve made your selections, let know, and they’ll be ready to be stationed by noon tomorrow.]
Such high efficiency?
Soon after, a file was sent over.
Xiao Fei opened the file to find it contained detailed records of nearly fifty security personnel.
Everything from their birth to their current status was almost completely docunted.
Xiao Fei didn’t need protection for himself.
But he could arrange two or three bodyguards to ensure Tang Yuxin’s safety.
After all, he couldn’t always be by her side every mont.
Besides, their three babies couldn’t do without him either.
In the future, when the children are older.
When it’s ti for them to attend kindergarten, they’ll need bodyguards too — that way, he’d feel much more at ease.
After carefully selecting, Xiao Fei ultimately chose two female bodyguards.
Both were retired military personnel from Yanxia.
As for which units they served in?
What missions they participated in?
Sorry, not even TPMI could uncover that kind of information, and those retired soldiers certainly wouldn’t disclose it.
In this regard, Yanxia’s confidentiality asures are indeed stringent.
Xiao Fei made another call to Qiao Zhenzu, and the latter assured him that the bodyguards would be stationed by no later than midday tomorrow.
“By the way, unless my wife encounters so kind of situation, they shouldn’t show themselves.
Also, make sure my wife isn’t aware of them.”
[Understood, Boss.
You don’t need protection yourself?]
“I don’t need any.”
“… By the way, they can’t carry firearms, can they?”
[Openly, it’s not possible, Boss.
Currently, individual security personnel providing services dostically in Yanxia are not granted firearm permits — absolutely no exceptions.]
[However… Boss, if you want, we can employ certain thods.]
Qiao Zhenzu’s tone turned playful.
Even so rats scurrying about in the sewers can figure out ways to obtain prohibited items…
With such connections, it’s not an insurmountable problem.
Though sowhat challenging…
It wouldn’t make sense if TPMI didn’t have that ability.
Xiao Fei raised an eyebrow.
Guns…
n — who doesn’t have an interest in such things?
Although Xiao Fei had the capability, he actually hadn’t handled a firearm in real life.
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