Very often commission is paid out on profit. So it'd not be 5% of 3B but 1B (assuming 30% margin, but it's probably less on a deal this size). Still quite a ni

Very often commission is paid out on profit. So it'd not be 5% of 3B but 1B (assuming 30% margin, but it's probably less on a deal this size). Still quite a nice chunk of change. But, after that less-than-ethical companies often try to inflate costs as much as possible to even further reduce commission.