"The 'big shot' Komi, faced with the overwhelmingly dominant Dorian, eventually chose to take his three wives, six children, and two key aides along with him aboard the Mi-8 transport helicopter."
This was the might produced by P·B's punch, thrown with all his strength!
When both legal and military power are at a disadvantage, people become reasonable, polite, and desperately try to keep the more dominant party behaving gracefully.
And at that moment, as long as boss Joe doesn't completely annihilate him, Komi might even develop a sense of gratitude.
This is the advanced version of the saying 'better to land one decisive blow than throw a hundred punches,' and there's a psychological term to describe this state.
Boss Joe didn't understand this, but as he grew rapidly, he instinctively knew how to deal with people like 'big shot' Komi.