mysterious forerunner

Chapter 186 There is an old man in the family

The mysterious era is different from the past. "Academic bastards" without real talents will definitely be exposed in the emperor's new clothes.

The students he brought out were going to fight for such a dangerous secret object when they arrived in Yuan City - Zhang Qingxiang was even less likely to hand it over to them.

Mr. Guo continued: "Professor Shao has been... highly regarded recently. I'm afraid this matter may be a bit troublesome."

Zhang Qingxiang pondered for a moment and said, "I guess they will find you soon and put pressure on me through you."

"I can withstand it..."

"You don't have to bear the blame." Zhang Qingxiang said, "Just pass the responsibility on to me."

Mr. Guo laughed loudly: "Are you afraid that my old bones won't be able to withstand the pressure from above?"

Zhang Qingxiang said: "There is no need. If they take the upper-level route, it will be difficult for you. But I can deal with those two boys very easily. Then you can just say that the people under your command are disobedient and will not cooperate with the superiors. There’s a stalemate.”

Mr. Guo snorted: "I have never let any of my subordinates take the blame in my life. I don't dare to take the blame anymore when I get old. Do you want to break this example?"

"I did not mean that……"

Mr. Guo was unceremonious: "What do you mean? Are you afraid that this hat will be taken off my head?"

Zhang Qingxiang sighed and followed the stubborn old man and said: "I am indeed afraid. You have always been the biggest protector of our former city secret case team. If you really lose your position, who knows who will be replaced?

Now you also understand the situation. If someone gives a blind command, I don’t know how many lives will be wasted! "

Mr. Guo was silent for a moment, and then said earnestly: "Boss Zhang, you can clearly see the current situation, and the higher-ups can also see it clearly."

Mr. Guo stopped and said, "Don't worry, I'm sure of what I'm doing."

"Ok."

Zhang Qingxiang must have supported Yihang Daoren in this matter. After calling Mr. Guo, Zhang Qingxiang sent a message to Yihang Daoren, asking him to take time to come to the group in the afternoon and chat alone. Yihang Daoren readily agreed.

Then Zhang Qingxiang waited for a while, and his captains went to work. Zhang Qingxiang called everyone to his office and took out [Mandrill's Meat]: "Who wants the opportunity to be promoted to the fourth level?"

Several people's eyes were straightened.

Ye Yousheng sat aside with his hands in his pocket. Anyway, I must have a share.

After Ye Yousheng ate it, he was almost able to advance to the fifth level.

Tian Mingkun was the first to raise his hand: "Team leader, I must have a share of this." He took out a bunch of things from his body: "This is all my wealth, team leader, take it all."

He has led the team on duty for such a long time and has indeed accumulated a lot of good things.

But most of them are at the third level, but there are a few secret materials that are very good.

Zhang Qingxiang picked a third-level secret object and three secret materials.

In terms of value, Zhang Qingxiang must have suffered a loss, and the third-level secret item Zhang Qingxiang selected was still beyond the reach of Tian Mingkun.

But this is the benefit that Team Leader Zhang gives to his subordinates. Zhang Qingxiang has no use for most of these secret objects and materials in exchange, and plans to trade them on the [Mysterious Forerunner].

Ximen Ye, Peng Shuangjie, Xiong Zhenlin, and Feng Lintong all smiled and took out the secret items they could trade: "Team leader, sell me a share."

"We took advantage, the team leader is Meng Chang!"

Zhang Qingxiang checked them one by one, picking and choosing among these secret objects, and then met a poor man: Xiong Zhenlin.

Captain Xiong only took out two very common third-level secret objects.

Zhang Qingxiang feigned anger: "This is all you have?"

Captain Xiong is very helpless. He is currently a pure long-range player.

[Gunner] is not incapable of melee combat, but it does require corresponding weapons.

When Xiong Zhenlin goes out on missions, he always provides remote support to other teams. Most of the time, the rewards are not as good as those of Ximen Ye and others who fight in close combat.

And Xiong Zhenlin often helps his comrades in the special team.

"Team leader... I just traded all my wealth on the [Mysterious Forerunner] for a [Gunner] source item the day before yesterday." Xiong Zhenlin said with a sad face.

Even after this transaction, he really only had these two ordinary third-level secret objects left on him.

Even the salary of these two months was spent on it, so I was reluctant to use the "escort" service provided by the Du family. I could only choose ordinary express delivery. The original item has not been delivered yet.

This kind of express delivery is also provided by the Du family. It is safe and guaranteed, but the speed is much slower.

Zhang Qingxiang snatched two of his third-level secret items: "You still owe me a fourth-level secret item. After you advance to the fourth level, do your tasks well and repay the debt as soon as possible. Don't force me to come back thirteen times after nine trips!"

Xiong Zhenlin was overjoyed: "Thank you very much, team leader!"

This time, if everyone else improves to the fourth level, he will still be at the third level... and he will be depressed for a long time.

He has never forgotten the blood and tears of the "merely second level".

I'm fucked by these guys every day!

Zhang Qingxiang called Deng Wanhong over again and cut off the [mandrill meat] enough for six people: "Make it for them to eat."

"Before going on duty tonight, I want them all to become level four."

Deng Wanhong went with the "ingredients". There is nothing unbalanced about him, he is still only at the first level, even if he is given a share, he can only be promoted to the second level, which is a complete waste.

And he also saw during this time that the team leader took good care of his subordinates. If there is an opportunity in the future, the team leader will not forget him.

At noon, several captains ate [mandrill meat] and went back to their offices to practice for promotion.

Zhang Qing is guarding Ye Yousheng. The little girl is actually only one step away from the fifth level. She will definitely be able to break through this time.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, a channel man came. Zhang Qingxiang quietly closed the door and went out.

A Taoist man brought another bag of tea.

Zhang Qingxiang squinted: "Taoist priest seemed to have said before that this tea will be gone this year?"

Taoist Yihang chuckled: "Not much, not much."

Zhang Qingxiang hides it well, this thing can be used to bribe Mr. Guo at critical moments.

"Tell me, what's going on at the institute?"

A Taoist man complained bitterly: "Lin Jiamu and Jiao Pengliang have taken control of the money bag. I really have no choice."

"Mr. Guo had good intentions and applied for special funds from the capital."

"As a result, they are here. As long as money is used, Lin Jiamu has to sign it. As a director, I am restricted in everything."

It was the first time for Yihangdao people to experience this kind of "office politics", and they were very uncomfortable.

"They rejected all the talents I was interested in. I had already negotiated with a few good candidates before, but they came and insisted on having another interview."

"They didn't directly say they didn't want me, but the salary they offered me was 70 to 80% lower than what I promised before, so of course I didn't want to work."

"It made those people complain about me and think I was a liar..."

Zhang Qingxiang nodded, it was indeed disgusting.

First Channel Daoist continued: "There are currently twelve people in the institute. In addition to me, there are two others who have been following me to prepare the institute from the beginning. They are all locals of our original city and were previously officers of the Guo Lao Committee.

The rest of the people were recruited from the capital by Lin Jiamu.

Even the treatment given to these two officers was not high, far inferior to that of the people in the capital. "

"The large instruments they brought were said to have been built under the supervision of their teachers. They were ridiculously expensive and we were not allowed to use them. They said we were not familiar with the operation and would suffer too much if they were broken.

But I secretly observed that they were afraid that once we got started, the secrets of these instruments would be exposed!
I won’t say anything about the real level of their teachers, but these instruments are just a way to defraud funds! "

"And these two boys are really unscrupulous with the help of someone behind them. My original plan was to store all the early research objects in the mysterious prison. Anyway, the distance is not far, and it's just a matter of going to and from work every day.

When the institute's security force is improved in the future, the research objects will be graded. Those with low risk can be placed in the institute, while those with high risk will still have to be sent over.

These two are good, they directly rejected my decision, and I still have to take the stone back! Apart from me, there are only two second-level and four first-level people in the research institute now, and the others are ordinary people - the stone is kept there, and I'm afraid it will be snatched away by someone on the first night! "

Taoist Yihang has been very depressed these days. He complained a lot like a machine gun, and then let out a sigh of relief: "Team Leader Zhang, if you have any ideas, please teach me, otherwise I really won't be able to continue."

Zhang Qingxiang frowned and asked, "Are they looking for Mr. Guo?"

"Looking for it. I went back from your place in the morning and went directly to Mr. Guo's place halfway." Taoist Yihang hummed: "They were still on guard against me. They thought I was colluding with you, so they didn't allow me to go up. They went alone to follow me. Mr. Guo talked about it, but Mr. Guo pushed him back."

Zhang Qingxiang nodded, and Taoist Yihang reminded: "But don't take it lightly. After they returned to the institute, they closed the door and called the capital, hum."

Zhang Qingxiang waved his hand: "Don't worry about them for now. Bring your own people here. Don't listen to the research work. The sooner we can get the standard source material out, the more proactive we will be."

"Okay." Taoist Yihang agreed, and then glanced at Zhang Qingxiang: "Ya Nei, tell me, are you sure you can handle them?"

"Leave these troublemakers to me; you just need to concentrate on research and producing results, and don't distract your energy." Zhang Qingxiang gave him a guarantee, and Taoist Yihang breathed a sigh of relief. He was really annoyed by this kind of office struggle.

He has great confidence in Zhang Qingxiang, and in fact Zhang Qingxiang also has great confidence in him.

Zhang Qingxiang believes that he will be able to produce blockbuster research results one after another. As long as a Taoist man can overwhelm Professor Shao academically, Zhang Qingxiang will naturally have no pressure to defeat Lin Jiamu and the other two.

A Taoist man and two of his own people came to three groups every day. They didn't care about other things and just studied the stone in the mysterious prison.

Zhang Qingxiang has always been careful, but after the phone call with Mr. Guo, Lin Jiamu and Jiao Pengliang were not seen for several days looking for trouble.

Zhang Qingxiang was too lazy to worry about them and concentrated on improving. He passed three large-scale mysterious scenes in four days.

There is still a month left until the super-large scene arrives.

But what was supposed to come would always come. Early in the morning on the fifth day, Du Jinpeng drove his own car and picked up Zhang Qingxiang who had just finished his duty: "Let's go have breakfast."

It was still the same small shop in the old city. Du Jinpeng had a comfortable meal, wiped his mouth with satisfaction, then pointed to the table and said: "You can take this meal."

There were only three people and not much money in total.

Zhang Qingxiang paid the money: "Okay, do you have anything to say?"

Du Jinpeng smacked his lips and suddenly said out of nowhere: "I'm a little reluctant to give up cooperating with you." Zhang Qingxiang stood up calmly: "Oh, it will be indefinite after that. I will pay you as soon as possible before I owe you Return it."

The little girl immediately stood up and wanted to go with her brother.

The two walked out of the door, and the little girl took out her hand: "I'll call a car to pick us up..."

Du Jinpeng chased him from behind and grabbed him: "Hey! Why are you so restless?"

Zhang Qingxiang looked at him inexplicably: "You said you wanted to separate."

Du Jinpeng was still holding him and curled his lips: "I already said I couldn't bear to leave, so why can't you try to keep me here?"

There were many pedestrians around, looking at the two people with strange eyes.

Ye Yousheng made an exaggerated expression, grabbed his brother, and said clearly: "You will not have a future. Only if you stay with me can you be happy!"

When passers-by heard this, they thought, wow, a man is robbing a woman of a man? !

A few stopped on the spot and wanted to see the result.

Du Jinpeng almost collapsed: "You two really...get in the car!"

He dragged Zhang Qingxiang and Ye Yousheng into the car, which made passers-by feel sorry for them. But looking at the car again: Good guy, no wonder this little girl is so beautiful, and he still has the confidence to steal her boyfriend!

A passerby whistled to Du Jinpeng: "Brother, I have an idea for you: 20 million to make the little girl leave her boyfriend."

There was also a girl who pushed her boyfriend forward and said with a playful smile: "Handsome man, what do you think of my boyfriend? He doesn't want 20 million, just 2 million..."

There was a burst of laughter on the roadside, Du Jinpeng glared at the little girl, stepped on the accelerator and the car sped out with a roar.

After driving a few hundred meters, Du Jinpeng said: "Behind Professor Shao is the Xiao family in the capital. The Xiao family used to be a domestic medical giant and secretly controlled many listed companies in the medical field.

Professor Shao is said to be highly regarded by the old man of the Xiao family. The current head of the Xiao family also believes that Professor Shao's mysterious instrument may become the biggest growth point for the Xiao family's medical equipment sound in the future.

In addition to Lin Jiamu and Jiao Pengliang, Professor Shao also has dozens of students who are assigned to various places.

In our original city it is a research institute, and in other cities it is a mysterious hospital.

This is why they have to thank you. You made the secret case teams in various places see the great role of the Fourth City Hospital, so committees in various places have launched the mystery hospital project.

There are not only [doctors] in the hospital, but also a large number of medical equipment. These people go around selling their mysterious instruments. "

Zhang Qingxiang remained calm and asked: "Is the Xiao family very powerful?"

"It's very big." Du Jinpeng replied seriously: "The capital is first-rate. Let me tell you this, our Du family is the dominant force in Lingxi Province, but from a national perspective, we are second-rate.

And the Xiao family is also first-rate from a national perspective. "

Zhang Qingxiang said yes and said he understood.

Du Jinpeng glanced at him: "Now you understand who you have offended, right? How big is the market? The Xiao family will not let you ruin their future layout."

Zhang Qingxiang said: "So you, the Du family, are also scared?"

His presence of the old god really made Du Jinpeng anxious. Du Jipeng swerved hard, swerved across several lanes, and parked the car on the side of the road.

In the middle lane, he forced several cars to slam on their brakes, then lowered their windows and yelled, "Can an idiot know how to drive?"

Du Jinpeng was arrogant and domineering, and shouted back: "I can afford to pay for it!"

The other party cursed again and sped off.

Du Jinpeng turned back and said to Zhang Qingxiang: "Don't you really understand the stakes here? It's nothing for our Du family to be cowardly. This kind of thing happens often, and no one will laugh at our Du family.

When aristocratic families meet, they usually compare their strengths with each other first, and then the weaker party takes the initiative to give in.

Everyone is like a giant ship, trying to avoid hitting it.

And don’t think that our Du family will suffer any losses. The Xiao family will take the initiative to compensate us for our early investment in [Mysterious Forerunner], and we may even make a profit.

But you are different. The Xiao family is one of the largest giant ships in the entire East. If they crush it - you are not even a small sampan now. They won't even break a piece of oily skin, and you will be shattered to pieces! "

Zhang Qingxiang looked at him silently: "Then what should I do? Just wait and die?"

"You guy..." Du Jinpeng covered his forehead and looked like he hated iron. "Can't you be more diplomatic? The institute gave it to them. Although that stone is very precious, our future business will make more money. !”

Zhang Qingxiang thought about it seriously and shook his head: "No, this is a matter of principle."

Du Jinpeng was completely speechless. He restarted the car and said dullly, "I'll take you back."

The three of them were speechless all the way. Du Jinpeng sent them back to the third group. Zhang Qingxiang and Ye Yousheng got out of the car, and Du Jinpeng stepped on the accelerator and left.

Ye Yousheng could sense that Zhang Qingxiang was in a bad mood, so she quietly held his hand and silently walked with him back to the office.

As soon as the two sat down, the engine roared, followed by the brakes squeaking. Du Jinpeng came back again, drove into the courtyard, stopped at will, opened the door and rushed to the second floor.

"Zhang Qingxiang!" Du Jinpeng barged in aggressively and slammed the door with his heel: "You tell me the truth, why can't you let it go?"

Zhang Qingxiang looked at him, pondered for a moment and said: "There is a main reason and a secondary reason. Which one do you want to hear?"

"Of course it's the main reason!"

"Professor Shao is an academic bastard, and his mysterious instruments are useless! If I don't expose him, he will harm the entire China!"

Du Jinpeng frowned: "Really?"

"It's true."

Zhang Qingxiang refused to hand over the stone. The original reason was to protect Jiang Yu and Ye Yousheng, and at the same time to maintain the safety of the entire original city.

But just now Du Jinpeng talked about the Xiao family's "plan", these are trivial matters.

Du Jinpeng frowned, sat down on the sofa, and lit a cigarette - Zhang Qingxiang asked: "Go out and smoke."

Ye Yousheng is still there.

Du Jinpeng glared fiercely: "I won't!"

But he still put out his cigarette and said, "I have a way to deal with the Xiao family!"

Zhang Qingxiang still didn't speak. Du Jinpeng carefully organized his thoughts, ignoring things that were not "praising": "Let me tell you what will happen next, as well as the best and worst consequences of this matter."

"The Xiao family is not without enemies. The Meng family in the capital has always had conflicts with them. The two families have been fighting for several generations."

"I will contact the Meng family and tell them everything you said. There is a high probability that they will support us secretly."

“But the support of the Meng family is limited, they will not directly confront the Xiao family, we are the vanguard!
And they need us to first prove that these mysterious instruments of Professor Shao are really useless!
Remember: it is useless!
It's just a scam, it really has no effect.

Even though these instruments are extremely exaggerated, they are actually somewhat useful, but they don’t work!

If this is the case, we have to come up with corresponding, better mysterious instruments that are several times better than them, and the price is much cheaper. "

“The worst result is that we cannot handle the above two situations, and the Meng family will abandon us without hesitation.

Our Du family will suffer crazy revenge from the Xiao family, and no other family will sympathize with us and lend a helping hand to us.

I will be kicked out of the house, and the Du family will no longer care about my life and death, let alone secretly support me. If I'm lucky, I can find a job. But if I'm not lucky...the Xiao family arranges anything and I die unexpectedly.

You will be beaten to the end, and then all the most dangerous missions will be yours until you die in a mysterious scene. "

"Then let's talk about the best result: we proved that Professor Shao's mysterious instrument is useless, and the Meng family will secretly support us.

The Xiao family broke up with Professor Shao, returned the money they had earned, and accepted a moderate fine.

Next, the Meng family met with the Xiao family to negotiate a peace, and the two families controlled the business of mysterious instruments together.

The Xiao family will not break their muscles and bones, and can maintain their basic base, while the Meng family has gained a large amount of profits.

Our Du family can drink soup in separate portions.

In this process, the better mysterious instruments we develop will become their products. We have made great efforts, but the final result is that we have to help them make money.

And what you and I get are just some insignificant 'rewards', such as high-level secret objects.

The rest won't be much different than it is now. "

Du Jinpeng took a deep breath and stared at Zhang Qingxiang: "Now I have made it clear to you, you decide how to choose."

Zhang Qing asked instead: "What's wrong with you? You came to see me today. Obviously you were inclined to be uncompromising from the beginning, right?"

Du Jinpeng gritted his teeth: "I am really optimistic about the [Mysterious Forerunner]. I think this thing is done, and I will be the new giant of the mysterious generation!
But the Xiao family just jumped out and shattered my future. Of course I won't accept it! "

He asked Zhang Qingxiang again: "What about you, the best result I mentioned is that I have seen it since I was a child, so I can accept it. But can you bear it? The Xiao family forces you and suppresses you, and in the end you have to help the Xiao family earn money. Money is obviously a mysterious instrument you developed, but the biggest profit was taken away by the Xiao family, can you accept it?"

Of course Zhang Qingxiang couldn't accept it.

But Zhang Qingxiang knew that the future would not be as Du Jinpeng said.

Mr. Guo has a saying that is right: You can see the current situation clearly, and the higher-ups can also see it clearly.

Zhang Qingxiang recalled carefully that in the memory of his previous life, the large mysterious instruments used in various places were all genuine.

After I went to the capital and entered the General Administration, I also heard a lot of gossip and rumors, but the "Xiao family" was not mentioned among them.

Therefore, the "best result" mentioned by Du Jinpeng is obviously not the best.

Times are developing, and with the advent of mystery, great changes have taken place. The Xiao family is destined to be swept into the dustbin of history.

Zhang Qingxiang was thinking about how to answer Du Jinpeng. Suddenly his cell phone rang. He picked it up and saw that it was Mr. Guo.

"Mr. Guo."

On the phone, Mr. Guo's voice contained suppressed excitement and whispered: "Xiao Zhang, just go ahead and do it!"

"Professor Shao is looking for someone to put pressure on me. Don't I know how to find someone?"

"I'm old enough and have been working in the workplace for decades. I have a way to get to Datian Ting!"

(End of this chapter)