Lungworth

"The enemy's ribs are my whetstone. His eye sockets are my sheaths..." Vargas grumbled. "Alright, then tell me more. I and a couple of assistants are creating a 'Closed Joint-Stock Company,' after which we acquire the right to receive requests, which your citizens register. Is that right? In this case, you act only as an aggregator-intermediary, profiting from these contracts by taking a certain percentage. Is that so? Or, besides relaying information back and forth, do you provide some additional benefit to the organizations registered with you, such as, I don't know, providing training facilities, discounts in partner stores, tax breaks, or something similar? What prevents interested citizens from contacting the contractor directly if they already know him, without wasting time and money registering the request through you? And what kind of requests can I, as a contractor, expect from your system? In terms of what they usually entail, and what amounts they are paid for? I don't think that the people living in your prosperous city often have a need for mercenaries."