From scrap mecha to science fiction paradise

Chapter 220 Cooperation Agreement
"You guys take a rest first. I'll go to the Inspection Office to take a look..."

After traveling all the way, the Nantianmen slowly landed at the base of the Tianting Mecha Group.

After everyone was dismissed and had a rest, Lin Yu took Gu Lei's logistics vehicle to the North City Branch of the Inspection Bureau.

After all, he had to confirm the situation of Zhong Qihang and his son before he could feel at ease.

Furthermore, they also need to find out whether they have reported the supercomputing center they control to the Audit Office.

Moreover, the main benefit of this trip is not the skill upgrade, or even the C-class machine.

What really matters to him is the military industry business qualifications.

Only with the military business qualifications can he get involved in the military manufacturing industry and produce and sell weapons, equipment, and mecha warships himself.

This is the most profitable industry.

It is also the industry that is easiest to build and accumulate armed forces.

Therefore, this can almost be said to be a stepping stone for a business group to become a true giant capital.

Capital giants are not necessarily military-industrial groups.

But the giant capitals must have military-industrial enterprises under their control.

Even if he fails to seize a C-class machine this time, he can slowly look for other C-class pilots in the future. At worst, it shouldn't take too long for him to be upgraded to C-class.

But if I miss this opportunity to get military salary qualifications, I don’t know how long it will take to get this thing on my own again.

Therefore, although Noel has agreed, it is not settled until he gets it, so he will definitely urge it.

"Mr. Lin, Mr. Gu..."

Following Gu Lei to the Inspection Office, we met some agents involved in this operation one after another.

Different from the strangeness before leaving.

At this moment, these people seemed to know him. Even if they were passing by in a hurry, they would stop and say hello, and their attitude was quite friendly.

However, they also appeared to be much busier than Lin Yu had expected.

There was no atmosphere of relaxation or celebration as after a successful case was closed. Instead, everyone seemed to be in a hurry.

"It seems that I really didn't get the whereabouts of the mechas from Zhong Qihang..."

Lin Yu thought about the news he had heard from the communication before.

But Noelle's arrival interrupted his thoughts.

The latter, dressed in a tight Inspection Bureau uniform, looked heroic. He stood in front of Lin Yu without saying a word. He just looked Lin Yu up and down with an expression as if he was looking at a rare animal.

“Am I good-looking?”

Lin Yu smiled.

"nice."

Noelle nodded.

"You're not the first to say that."

Lin Yu expressed confidence in his appearance.

After all, this is a face that can literally be used to traffic people.

"..."

Even though she didn’t mean that, Noelle had to admit that she couldn’t refute it.

Because of these words, his eyes couldn't help but look at Lin Yu seriously.

Needless to say, his face is extraordinarily handsome.

Looking at his body shape again, after long-term regular exercise and the transformation of the Tianbing Project, Lin Yu is now tall and straight, with healthy and perfect muscle lines all over his body. When he wears clothes, his figure is not particularly exaggerated or prominent, but he looks tall and dignified.

If he had been born in ancient times, he would have been a handsome and brave nine-foot tall general.

No wonder, its machine is called the "Flying General".

She had already heard reports on the battle situation outside the city.

The generals led their soldiers and miraculously killed the invincible enemy and returned in triumph.

At this moment, she was standing in front of him with a smile on her face.

There's a sense of unreality.

The results of the battle were truly miraculous.

Relying on D-class armor, he was able to fight against C-class.

With the help of another D-class and four E-class armors, they captured a C-class with almost no damage.

It's not even a regular C-class...

Suddenly I remembered the comments on the Internet in recent days that are still arguing whether it can be comparable to the C-class.

For some reason I found it funny.

Capturing a Viking Axe alive is much more difficult than defeating an ordinary C-class machine.

Even though there was a certain element of surprise, this level of strength and record is unprecedented.

"I said, if you keep reading I'll charge you."

Lin Yu's helpless and teasing voice brought Noelle back to her senses.

Noelle didn't blush or feel nervous, and looked away as if nothing had happened: "I'm waiting for you to explain your intentions."

"Okay, let's get down to business."

Lin Yu shrugged: "You should know that I have some personal grudges with the Zhong family father and son, so I want to understand the situation, it would be best if we could meet."

"no problem."

Noelle nodded slightly.

The case of Zhong Qihang and his son involves a large number of people, and normally it is impossible for outsiders to see it for confidentiality reasons.

However, Lin Yu himself is an insider and participant in this action, so it is not a big problem to meet him.

"That's right. I also want to talk to you about your compensation."

Noelle continued speaking while leading Lin Yu to an office.

"Don't tell me you're going to regret it."

Lin Yu, who had already asked about this, followed Noel into the office in a joking tone.

"Of course I won't regret it. In fact, your contribution to this case is even greater than that of a C-class pilot. Not only did you lead away all the pilot-level forces around Zhong Qihang, but you also killed a C-class pilot with your own hands."

Noelle said seriously, “Originally, it might take some convincing, but the achievements you have brought out have given me a perfect reason to convince you.”

"Then what do you want to tell me?"

Lin Yu asked.

"You should also know that military business qualifications are quite sensitive. Although I can help you get them, I'm afraid that many forces will target you because of this in the future."

Noelle explained: "The big powers may not care, but for small and medium-sized groups, your military qualification is their stepping stone to further development. Whether it is business or other aspects, there will definitely be a lot of trouble."

"so?"

Lin Yu raised his eyebrows.

Naturally, he could think of these.

However, one cannot just give up on something because of fear.

"Normally, we would accept investment or acquisition from these people, or we could find a large venture capital firm to inject capital."

Noelle said calmly: "Military qualifications themselves have enough value and scarcity. They will not be stingy with their investment. Even if your company is an empty shell, it can quickly raise funds and go public."

“I’m not going to involve anyone else.”

Lin Yu simply shook his head.

What Noel said is obviously a very common and realistic business practice.

It is difficult for a normal company to grow big and eat alone.

It is not just external pressure, but due to actual considerations such as funding, risk, network of relationships, and development speed, many entrepreneurs are eager and even begging for financing.

The relationships among most companies, groups, and capitals are basically complicated, with various cross-holdings and even various concealment methods, so the relationships between them can never be clearly sorted out.

But, we can only say that he is not a businessman.

The starting point is different. He doesn't just want to make money. If he really wants to make money, he can just start a pharmaceutical company or something like that.

The purpose of requiring military business qualifications is to facilitate the manufacture of mechas and various weapons and equipment, and to facilitate the development of one's own power.

As the core among the cores, he was unwilling to let others interfere, let alone give away 0.1% of it.

In fact, it's not just him. The military-industrial enterprises under the control of those giant capitals must also be firmly held in their own hands.

It’s just that they are groups or other forms of organizational collectives, so they can only belong to the group company and cannot be completely privatized.

Linyu is still in its early stages, but has already obtained military industry business qualifications.

This means that he has every opportunity to build an absolutely private military-industrial enterprise.

But if you want to have it all to yourself, you'll have to pay a price.

Many forces are unable to obtain military-industrial enterprise qualifications on their own, but have the opportunity to obtain them from him.

Whether it is peaceful business negotiations and investments or covert military coercion, there are always people who want to get a piece of the pie.

This means a constant stream of trouble.

But as the saying goes, we can't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

It's nothing more than fighting back when the enemy comes.

Anyway, those who can be attracted will not be real giants. Those who are truly powerful can definitely obtain military salary qualifications themselves.

Those who might come to cause trouble for him are most likely those organizations that are neither too strong nor too weak, and that think they are equal to or even superior to him in strength, but that are unable to obtain military qualifications on their own.

He had considered this.

As long as you can raise your own level to C-level as soon as possible and join the ranks of high-level pilots, it should be enough to keep a large part of the trouble caused by insufficient strength out of the door.

If you can advance to Class B, these troubles will basically no longer exist.

After all, Class B pilots can obtain military qualifications on their own.

At this point, those who still want to achieve military quality cannot do so, and those who can achieve it will not need to engage in fierce conflict with him.

Therefore, it will only be a trouble for a while. Once you can get through it, the subsequent pressure will gradually disappear.

"Besides this, if you want to save some trouble, I actually have another proposal."

As if he already knew what Lin Yu was thinking, Noelle suddenly smiled and picked up a document from the table.

An Audit Office Cooperation Agreement.

In short, it means becoming a cooperative enterprise of the Audit Office and nominally a weapons and equipment provider.

Of course, there was no real order.

It's like pulling off a tiger's skin.

Although it is not as powerful as those real giant capitals, it is an official agency after all, and the Audit Office still has some deterrent power, at least enough to keep most ordinary troubles out.

"What about the conditions?"

Lin Yu was very satisfied with this solution.

It not only saves people from getting involved, but can also prevent a lot of trouble.

Although they are just ordinary troubles, as the saying goes, it is easier to deal with the King of Hell than with the little devils, those small forces are the most numerous and the most disgusting.

If you can keep these people out, a lot of the pressure can be eliminated.

But he also knew that there was no free lunch in this world.

Since Noelle took the initiative to propose it, he must have conditions.

"Zhong Qihang's supercomputing center and computing chip AI."

Sure enough, Noelle quickly quoted a price.

"impossible."

Hearing this completely unequal request, Lin Yu naturally refused directly.

"Don't be impatient. I don't mean to ask for too much."

Noelle shook her head and said, "I don't want these things themselves. I just want to check the data in the supercomputing center to confirm the whereabouts of the hijacked machines."

"You didn't get it out of Zhong Qihang's mouth?"

Lin Yu's brows relaxed a little.

"It is currently impossible to locate the supercomputing center through technical means, and it may not be in Ceylon, the polar regions, the wasteland, somewhere deep underground, or even on a satellite. There are too many possibilities."

Noelle said helplessly:

"Moreover, both the supercomputing center and AI are legal hardware and programs. Unless we can convict Zhong Qihang, these are legal assets and our Audit Office cannot obtain them privately."

The weaknesses of many federal official agencies are not only reflected in terms of those in power, funding, and technology.

The restriction of various permissions is also one aspect.

After all, as an official institution, if they act recklessly, chaos will inevitably occur, and the upper-level capital will not want these institutions to be out of control.

In the intelligent era, artificial intelligence control authority, various supervision and certification will be extremely strict if they are managed seriously.

The Audit Office cannot ask hackers to break into its own system first.

Even if they really find it, the Audit Office's system is still connected to the federal intelligent computer.

Therefore, now that they are unable to convict Zhong Qihang, they really have no way to deal with him.

She wanted to let Lin Yu try it because of the information she got from the electronic warfare machines under Lin Yu's command that invaded the Viking Axe, as well as some information revealed by Zhong Qihang, Gu Lei and others.

Lin Yu is not from the Audit Office, and it is very likely that he has a way to hack into Zhong Qihang's supercomputing center.

At that time, even if they are asked to provide evidence as enthusiastic citizens, it will not be considered a violation of regulations.

"This is no problem."

Lin Yu pondered for a moment and nodded in agreement.

Even this hesitation was just a slight pretense because he didn't want to agree too readily.

After all, it's just providing criminal evidence stored in the supercomputing center.

In this regard, he and the Audit Office actually have the same interests.

He would not be able to feel at ease unless he sent Zhong Qihang and his son to the Peace Tower.

Although we have never met, I can tell from various experiences that this is no ordinary hero.

He founded Turing Interactive Entertainment and created computing chip technology.

Even the Turing Group was almost completely defeated by him using a small chess piece like Adam.

In order to catch him today, we even put together an exaggerated lineup of two C-class pilots and five D-class pilots.

He is both vicious and decisive, and doesn't give anyone any chance at all.

If this kind of person is not beaten to death, he will never be able to sleep or eat.

"That's settled then."

Noelle got a satisfactory answer, so she smiled and extended her hand: "It's a pleasure to work with you."

"Pleasant to work with."

Lin Yu also smiled and shook hands.

"How sure are you?"

After shaking hands, Noelle asked.

"Ninety percent."

Lin Yu gave a modest number.

Supercomputing centers, especially remote ones like this, are usually unnecessary and rarely maintained.

After all, many of them are placed in remote places such as mountains, wastelands, polar regions, and space.

Therefore, even if maintenance is required, it is usually equipped with intelligent and remote-controlled robots, combined with remote software maintenance.

Now that Zhong Qihang has been arrested, the supercomputing center has lost its controller with the highest authority.

Since Xue Siqiao left a backdoor, she had unlimited time to attack the security system, and it was only a matter of time before it was breached.

If it doesn't work, he can upgrade his network attack and defense skills and then he will be able to break through it.

(End of this chapter)