This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 120 More money is needed!
Chen Jinglong stopped. The two of them were walking under the shade of a tree. The sound of wind passed through the leaves. He turned and looked at Li Ming, with complex emotions brewing in his eyes.

Even he was speechless at this moment, but what made him even more helpless was that what Li Ming said was right, there was no need for him to take risks at all.

"I will watch you. Don't worry, there will be no risk unless the A-level life form comes to kill you personally." Chen Jinglong emphasized.

"A-level lifeform comes to kill me personally?" Li Ming paused, then frowned and said, "Although the possibility is relatively small, it is not impossible."

Chen Jinglong himself almost laughed out of anger, "You mean, the leader of the Torch will come and kill you personally?"

"Don't laugh, this is just a reasonable analysis." Li Ming said solemnly, "Look, I am a Blue Star person with a good family background. I have received systematic training from the Polytechnic University and may have to go to the Itlan civilization to receive better resources and training."

"It will definitely be a big threat to the Torch in the future. If I were the leader of the Torch, I would definitely kill him."

Chen Jinglong looked at Li Ming's serious expression, squinting his eyes, and roughly figured out what this kid meant. He said unhappily: "What do you want? Aren't tens of millions of alloy materials enough for you to stockpile?"

Hearing this, Li Ming changed the subject and said, "Mother ore. I'm quite interested in mother ore recently."

Mother ore? Chen Jinglong's expression slightly moved, and he remembered what Xia Yuanlun had said to him, that Li Ming really loved mechanics and metallurgy.

It has reached the stage of collecting mother ore.

"Okay, I can get you two pieces of mother ore." Chen Jinglong nodded.

Get it? Why does this word sound so strange? Li Ming thought about it and immediately said, "Ten dollars!"

Chen Jinglong was puzzled and glared at him, "I just went out for a walk, and I might not be able to catch anything, and you dare to ask for ten dollars?"

Li Ming felt a little guilty, "You won't bargain?"

Chen Jinglong was completely speechless. This guy was really cunning.

"I'll give you five dollars at most, no more." Chen Jinglong said unhappily.

"Five dollars is five dollars, it's not a small amount." Li Ming thought and decided to quit while he was ahead.

"You look like you've been cheated." Chen Jinglong said unkindly, adding: "If you can't catch it, I'll give you two pieces at most. If you catch it, I'll give you the remaining three pieces."

Old fox, Li Ming immediately added: "What if I get into danger?"

"Impossible." Chen Jinglong said firmly.

"I mean just in case." Li Ming chuckled and said, "You see, there are many people who want to kill me, Xingchuang Company, Prince Baijan, Sera Civilization, Torch Organization, Bian Family..."

"Are you including the Bian family as well?" Chen Jinglong completely lost his scholarly demeanor and almost rolled up his sleeves. How on earth did Wu Yanqing teach his students?

"This bait of mine is delicious and tasty. It's my first time in the water, so I don't know what giant crocodile I can catch." Li Ming took two steps back and continued, "If I run into any danger, you have to give me five more mother ore as compensation."

Not sure if it was an illusion, Li Ming could vaguely hear the sound of Chen Jinglong grinding his teeth and the muscles on both sides of his cheeks twitching.

"Good boy." Chen Jinglong suddenly smiled again: "In that case, let's do as you say."

Really agreed? No more talk?

Now, Li Ming was a little confused. This old man wanted to hook more than just the Torch Organization, right?
"Is there really an A-level life form taking action?" he asked tentatively.

"It's settled. Let's do it tomorrow." Chen Jinglong did not respond, nor did he give Li Ming a chance to speak. He disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.

"Fishing, hey..." Li Ming shook his head and went back.

In the afternoon, Zhang Huaiyuan arrived hurriedly.

"Brother Li."

In the reception room, Zhang Huaiyuan waited for Li Ming to come and stood up to greet him.

"Sit down." Li Ming asked him to sit down. It was still holiday and not many people were around. He poured himself two glasses of water.

Zhang Huaiyuan continued hurriedly, a little embarrassed: "Brother Li, what is the matter with you calling me here? Do you need to explain it to me in person?"

This posture really made him feel uneasy, as if something bad might happen to him next, so Li Ming was so polite.

Li Ming didn't think too much about it and sat down casually. "There are still a group of people who haven't arrived yet. When they come, you will know."

Zhang Huaiyuan wanted to say something but stopped himself and had to sit there quietly.

The two chatted casually, and after more than half an hour, a group of people hurried over, led by Huang Jianzhong, the regional director of Xunying Company.

He looked solemn until he saw Li Ming, then he forced a smile. The two shook hands and sat down. His assistant Deng Bo drove out all the outsiders.

"How is it, Director Huang, have you found out?" Li Ming asked casually.

Huang Jianzhong didn't say anything at first, while Deng Bo looked at Zhang Huaiyuan hesitantly.

This young rich man was quite perceptive and was about to get up and leave, but Li Ming waved his hand and stopped him, "It's okay, we're one family, go ahead."

Zhang Huaiyuan's throat rolled, and he sat down hesitantly, his face slightly flushed.

Deng Bo was obviously hesitant, but Huang Jianzhong spoke without hesitation, "Based on the clues you gave us, after our investigation over this period of time, we can basically confirm it."

"Fu Zongchen did collude with Xingchuang Company to secretly sell some of Blue Star's arms, and forged orders to eat up a large amount of military expenditures."

What the hell?
Zhang Huaiyuan, who was excited, was stunned when he heard these words. Then his face turned pale and his calves began to tremble.

Selling arms? Is this something he can listen to?

Li Ming was not surprised. Over the past half month, whenever he had free time, he would check the paper documents that he had taken in Fu Zongchen's safe.

He discovered the arms trafficking from those materials, and Prince Baijan was also involved.

"With the evidence you have investigated, it shouldn't be a problem to attack Xingchuang Company." Li Ming followed up, "Then what we said at the beginning..."

"That's true..." Huang Jianzhong laughed bitterly, "But it's not that easy to drive out Xingchuang Company. In the past two days, we asked the legal department to carefully study the laws of Blue Star and the contract they signed in the beginning."

"It is indeed possible to try to deprive Xingchuang Company of its operating license in Blue Star by selling out the interests of the local civilization."

“But this is not something that can be accomplished in the short term.”

"That's your business." Li Ming said calmly, "After depriving Xingchuang of its business license, I only want a mineral star."

Xingchuang Company controls five or six mineral stars in Blue Star. Once its operating license is revoked, the spaces will be vacant and the company will have to bid again.

Xunying Company is a strong competitor.

"We can't guarantee that." Huang Jianzhong said helplessly, "The bidding for mineral resources is handled by the Bluestar Asset Management Bureau."

Li Ming nodded: "I know, I just need your various qualifications." "You want to borrow our shell?" Huang Jianzhong frowned. If he wanted to obtain the resource mining rights of a large mineral planet, he would at least need a large number of qualifications such as [Resource Exploration and Excavation Certificate] and [Heavy Machinery Operation Permit].

"I will set up a company and let him work with you." Li Ming suddenly pointed at Zhang Huaiyuan.

Before Zhang Huaiyuan could react, he had already started to back down.

He was about to open his mouth to refuse, but when he thought of the outsiders being present, he swallowed his words back and stopped talking.

"Is it okay?" Li Ming looked at Huang Jianzhong.

Huang Jianzhong hesitated. Even if they bid again, they were not sure how many planets they could obtain the mineral rights to, so they just gave one to Li Ming.

Moreover, it seems that they have to provide resources for Li Ming to "train his troops."

"Otherwise..." Li Ming said slowly, "Forget it, our cooperation ends here. The clues I provide you can be regarded as the reward for the mother ore you gave me last time."

Li Ming was about to send him away after he finished speaking. Huang Jianzhong gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Okay, no problem, even if we only get one, we will give it to you."

"It's a pleasure to work with you." Li Ming stretched out his hand. Huang Jianzhong shook his head helplessly. He let a young man take control of everything and regarded it all as an investment.

"Lao Zhang, this is the business card of Qi Zhan, the Minister of Central Intelligence, and Wang Xing, the Deputy Minister of the Resource Management Department..."

Li Ming took out a stack of business cards and handed them to Zhang Huaiyuan in front of Huang Jianzhong: "Contact them when you have time, they will take care of you."

Basically, they were officials, both big and small, who were trapped in the villa on the day of Fu Zongchen's death.

After Qi Zhan brought them here last time, the relationship developed further and even turned enemies into friends. He even called a few gatherings some time ago and went.

Huang Jianzhong's eyes narrowed slightly, and then he smiled bitterly. Li Ming was pointing at him.

He may not be able to make Xunying Company earn a lot more money, but he can make Xunying Company not earn a penny on Blue Star.

Zhang Huaiyuan was at a loss as these were all important figures on Blue Star, the kind his father normally had no access to.

A heavy trust fell on Zhang Huaiyuan's heart.

At such a young age, when he was studying the history of Blue Star, he always found it difficult to understand the ministers and followers who followed the ancient emperors until death.

Just saying a few words and a pat on the shoulder can make you die for it?
But he understood now.

Huang Jianzhong did not stay long and left in a hurry, preparing to take action against Xingchuang Company in full swing. The outcome would not be determined in a short period of time.

"Brother Li, don't worry, I will live up to your trust." Zhang Huaiyuan assured at the same time.

"Don't be so stressed. In the early stages we will use the people from Xunying Company. You just need to watch over them and learn from their experience." Li Ming said. A large-scale mining and smelting team was far beyond the ability of him or Zhang Huaiyuan to pull together in a short period of time.

It would be better to directly use the people from Xunying Company.

"I understand." Zhang Huaiyuan looked solemn, thinking about whether to pull his old man over. The business of one acre and three mu of land on the Silver Gray Star was nothing.

After dealing with this matter, Li Ming found Chen Yan again. She had nowhere to go during the holidays, so she still stayed in the laboratory.

Li Ming pulled Chen Yan into his room as usual and immediately shut down the computer.

"Can Torch find a few people to kill me?"

"Ah?" It took her a long time to react, with confusion in her eyes, and she even took two steps back. It seemed that Li Ming had gone crazy again.

"Are you okay?" she asked hesitantly.

"Seriously." Li Ming certainly wouldn't say that he was too cunning and wanted to take advantage of Chen Jinglong, but he said nonsense:
"I can't explain why Torch didn't kill me. Yuko was so important that he was killed just like that. It seems that I am more important than Yuko. There was no assassination at all. This doesn't make sense."

"Today, some people are doubting whether I am the seed of the torch."

Chen Yan's expression changed slightly: "Did those people come to investigate this matter this morning?"

"Some of them." Li Ming continued to deceive: "Fortunately, there is nothing wrong with my information, but I have to dispel their suspicion. Let Torch find a few cannon fodders who can help me kill them in return."

Just pick a few cannon fodders? Chen Yan was speechless. Can this be picked randomly?
Can we ask Torch's top management to point out a few people and tell them that they are going to die and must not resist?
"Are you sure?" Chen Yan felt that this matter was strange: "You are not a Torch Seed, why are you afraid of being investigated?"

"But you are. If I didn't kill you at the beginning, I would definitely not be able to explain it." Li Ming said immediately.

Chen Yan was speechless immediately, and said in a muffled voice: "I will report it, but the specific actions will still be decided by the higher-ups."

"Do you know how to report it?"

"I know!" Chen Yan said coldly, "I was very careful to find out this news, and you know nothing."

Li Ming nodded in satisfaction. As far as Torch knew, he didn't know Chen Yan's origins yet, so he couldn't make any mistakes.

The next morning, Li Ming received an urging call from Chen Jinglong.

"Are you afraid of retreating at the critical moment?" Li Ming muttered to himself and found Chen Yan to ask. The report was submitted, but she didn't know how the Torch would react.

When he was about to go out, he received another message from Zhang Huaiyuan. This guy seemed very excited. When he saw Li Ming, he couldn't wait to say:
"Brother Li, I spent the whole night yesterday researching and investigating in detail several mineral stars controlled by Xingchuang Company."

He took out a document, and after Li Ming took it, he motioned for him to get in the car: "Don't worry, read it on the way."

"Oh oh..." Zhang Huaiyuan was in high spirits and got into the car without asking where he was going.

In the car, Li Ming took a careful look. Most of it was data, so densely packed that it was dizzying.

"Well...this last market research..." Li Ming said, pointing.

Zhang Huaiyuan hurriedly explained: "Brother Li, Xingchuang Company is a cross-civilization consortium. They have a wide range of sales channels and can sell to other civilizations."

"But within our civilization, we cannot digest so many mineral resources. If we use the channels of Xunying Company, they will definitely deduct them. I am still thinking about this."

"Don't worry about that." Li Ming shook his head. "When the time comes, send all the refined metal ores to me. I want to make something."

Sell? He never thought about selling.

"Ah?" Zhang Huaiyuan was confused, but seeing Li Ming's determined look, he had to nod.

After getting the information back and calming down, Zhang Huaiyuan looked out the window and asked, "Where are we going?"

"Shopping." Li Ming's answer made Zhang Huaiyuan sluggish. He said with difficulty: "Aren't you going to call Yang Yu and the others?"

"No." Li Ming shook his head. Who knows how Torch would attack? It would be too dangerous for Yang Yu to follow him.

Zhang Huaiyuan hesitated and scratched his head, not knowing what to say.

(End of this chapter)