Misfortune may be a blessing in disguise.
Pavel's death had nothing to do with Gao Guang, yet it made Zoge incredibly grateful to him.
It was something both expected and reasonable, though Gao Guang had never thought about it before.
So it wasn't really a surprise, but rather Gao Guang had reached the payoff period for his efforts.
When a career takes off, it feels like everything is going smoothly, and money pours down from the sky, without having to do anything; you don't even have to bend down, it just falls right into your pocket.
He sold the drones to Armenia at a high price, Gao Guang made half the deal and left, Tom negotiated the rest.
The armaments from Pavel were indeed valuable, but also excessive, not many could handle it, but now things changed, Zoge was willing to sell them for Gao Guang.
His competitors had started helping Gao Guang sell his goods, how could the money come in slowly?
But now, making money wasn't the top priority.