Leaving the embassy didn't take long; the negotiations hadn't gone particularly smoothly, but they were quick.
They had to be quick. Outside, the situation was in turmoil. When the citizens of Baghdad realized this wasn't just an ordinary attack or a standard explosion, and that this power outage was different from the past, things started to escalate.
An attack every now and then was bearable, but the fact that all mobile phones were suddenly useless, and, what's more, that all electronic devices were damaged, including the signal base stations, and no one knew how many days it would take to repair them, could lead to unimaginable consequences.
The saying goes: "For one to succeed, a thousand must perish." Gao Guang had undoubtedly built his fortune on the suffering of Baghdad's people.
Now, it was all still on paper, but to use a term from the lingo, it was a future so bright you couldn't limit the amount of money.