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"Ah, no need for that. Although geological activity is still frequent, this isn't a natural outburst of anger, just a human error that will subside soon. However, it's best not to cross the mountain range; the radioactivity there is still quite high." Old Xia waved his hand, indicating that everyone didn't need to be so tense.

"Afterwards, I will organize some people to go there to collect minerals and resources, prioritizing those who are strong and heat-resistant, as the temperature there can reach 30 or 40 degrees Celsius." As a result, the farm has become warmer, and some plants that are not adapted to this season have even inexplicably entered the flowering stage.

Such a hot, low-pressure center has resulted in storm walls that are almost visible to the naked eye in the icy deserts and the south, which is not a good thing.

Because there will be more heavy rainfall, storms, and abnormally sudden temperature drops in the coming days, which will be a climate disaster for everyone.

"Wasn't it said to be very dangerous?"

"Therefore, everyone must wear protective clothing when working. I don't have any medicine to treat acute radiation sickness. If you get sick, you're on your own. There's really nothing I can do about it."

"So, the mine was blasted open?" This was what Patriot was concerned about, since the infected now had a basic standard of living.

However, in addition to basic food and clothing, other things are needed, and these require a certain level of industry, especially heavy industry.

"The frying did produce some results, but how should I put it, I don't know whether to say the effect was too good or that it was fryed off-target. However, the basic purpose was achieved."

"Oh, right, Alina, here, take this. Go back and see if you can design some pretty jewelry..."

"Huh?" Little Deer picked up the rather heavy bag with a blank look on her face, and when she opened it, she was so shocked by the dazzling jewels inside that her face turned pale.

"This, this is too expensive, no, it's not appropriate!" Although she didn't know much about the price of these gems, it didn't stop her from knowing that these things were extremely valuable.

After all, the gemstones on Talulah's jewelry are only slightly better than these rough stones.

"There's no other way; you're the only one on the farm who can do this job. By the way, show me the design after you've finished it, and I'll be in charge of the processing and polishing."

The amount of goods needed to repay debts using ordinary agricultural and industrial products is too large. In contrast, jewelry and luxury goods are much simpler to repay. They are easy to transport and have high value. The largest pieces could potentially repay debts in the hundreds of millions at once.

"What about mine?"

"The raw stone is here. Once Alina designs it, I'll make one for you..."

"Hmm... I'll keep an eye on her." Yelena nodded in satisfaction as she looked at the teardrop-shaped cobalt spinel. This almost white, pale blue color was indeed very suitable for her.

Why are you staring at her?

"This is everyone's source of income—" Yelena said matter-of-factly. Everyone knew that Boss Xia owed an astronomical debt of over 10 billion yuan to purchase various agricultural machinery, necessary raw materials, and production equipment. It's just that no one knew how to help.

There seems to be a very profitable industry now, so it's not unusual for Yelena, as the young lady of the farm, to be keeping an eye on it. However, it's clear that the jewelry industry has nothing to do with agricultural products.

It has nothing to do with the security and arms industries that may be established in the future, so a new group company needs to be registered again, and finally a way needs to be found to merge this bunch of shell companies.

Then Lao Xia had achieved more than half of his goal: to restore the most basic standard of living as an interstellar citizen. He could also consider ordering mobile city modules or something. He had no interest in becoming a king or a hegemon.

What a joke! A farm and a conglomerate that's practically a shell company are already working 996 (9am-9pm, 6 days a week) and have to rush to the explosion site amidst the aftershocks of a nuclear blast. Let ambitious warriors and immature teenagers handle things like ruling the country. You know, the energy required to manage a conglomerate and a country is incomparable.

Moreover, to be fair, given the organizational and educational level of the Reunion Movement, Lao Xia felt that turning these infected individuals into basic employees, labor force, and workers should not be a problem. Some of them had certain status before being infected, plus the elites who were recruited later and whose social class had fallen due to infection, could also form the company's management team without much difficulty.

However, training a group of qualified civil servants is a completely different story. Business people are easy to train, but government officials are not. At most, business people lose money, but when government officials make wrong decisions, it's not just a matter of money.

Even under these circumstances, forcibly declaring oneself king would only result in a giant enterprise disguised as a state entity. Not only would it bring no benefits, but it might also create a host of internal factions due to this facade. And precisely because of this facade, there is no actual boss to carry out the ultimate solution: dismissal to violently resolve the issue.

Trump thought he was the boss of this company disguised as a state entity, and could fire those useless people at will, but in reality...

"So, you're planning to go to Lungmen? In person?" Kal'tsit frowned. "With so much going on here, can you handle things without us?"

“Yes, but ore accumulation takes time, equipment installation takes time too, and I need a lot of talent right now. I can’t manage such a big operation by myself.” Xia Lin looked at the bustling workshop street.

"So who's in charge here, Yelena? She's a good team leader, even a good department head, but definitely not a good boss or leader. You should know that..."

"Well, she's usually a bit too aloof, perhaps because of her background, or maybe because I've taught her too much unnecessary knowledge. So, although that's not her true nature, but..."

There's always a sense that she's looking at the infected with the smugness of the masses, because she doesn't genuinely despise them from the bottom of her heart.

However, because she unintentionally exudes this aura, most of the infected people have a distant relationship with Yelena.

Of course, by the standards of a rancher's daughter or a noblewoman in this era, Yelena was considered approachable and even surprisingly kind. However, apart from the Yeti Squad who had grown up with her, no one understood what she said or thought.

Of course, such a person with a strong will, excellent skills, and the ability to convince others is perfectly qualified, even perfect, as a department leader, just like the Yeti team and hunting team she led, who arranged their work in an orderly manner.

However, as the manager of the entire corporate farm, she is too aloof. If the people below her don't understand what she's trying to do, they will waver over time.

On the contrary, Lao Xia is different, although no one can really understand what he's thinking.

But at least they could understand what he wanted to do, and he was indeed good at dealing with these infected people. When he talked about farm work and the land, the infected people felt that this guy was no different from an old man smoking in the fields.

“A leader who is too detached from the masses will accomplish nothing, so I chose to let Talulah and her Reunion Movement continue to manage the farm.”

"The Reunion Movement? You trust her?"

“I don’t trust them, but I’m a business, not a government in exile. I don’t need to trust them…” Old Xia shook his head. “The purpose of a business is to make money, to generate profits. So, if they can bring me profits, then they are good, and I don’t need to trust them.”

For them, loyalty to me isn't necessary. As long as I can still pay their salaries and no other company offers them that rate, they're reliable.

“Aren’t you afraid they’ll take control of the people and machines here and exclude you? They’ve taken over this farm. They have people now, a leader, some military power, and even influence in those settlements. They can easily sideline you and turn this place into a base for their counterattack against Black Serpent.”

“Leaving aside the fact that she can’t actually control any of the equipment here, even if she could, she shouldn’t do this.” Xia Lin shook his head. “Let me be blunt, she can’t control this productivity. She doesn’t even have the slightest understanding of it. And if she can break the contract, so can anyone else. Talulah isn’t irreplaceable, at least not here.”

"I think ultimately, it comes down to whether you trust her?"

“In a sense, I trust the symbol of Talulah, not the person Talulah…” Xia Lin looked at Talulah, who was directing the Reunion Movement. “Talulah herself could betray me, betray her own ideals, and betray everyone at any time, but the symbol of Talulah will not. If she did that, she would not be Talulah.”

"You've also learned to speak this way, which is a bad habit."

"I learned this from you, Dr. Kal'tsit. And aren't you going to release your husband?"

“I told you, that was just my collaborator!” The old lynx slammed his hand on the table in a fit of embarrassment and anger before speaking. “It’s not the right time yet, it’s not enough. Amiya is still young, Rhodes Island is far from mature, the old folks are still strong, and the next generation is still children.”

"See, you've started with riddles again, haven't you? We're all in the same boat."

Kal'tsit's meaning is simple: the next generation of key power positions in various countries are still too young to take the stage. When the time is right, she will use her connections and intelligence network to gather as many of these people as possible to Rhodes Island.

These people will become Amiya's network of contacts, and that's how her network of contacts and relationships is built. Amiya is not yet qualified to take over the leadership of Rhodes Island.

But as she grew up and built friendships with these people, these important figures from various countries and companies became Amiya's network.

Chen will eventually take over Wei's position; Jessica will eventually take control of Blacksteel International's arms and military businesses; Razer will eventually become the new owner of PMC; and Reed might become Queen Victoria when the time is right, and so on...

Even if Rhodes Island collapses in this seemingly charitable process, as long as these people survive and grow successfully, it means that Rhodes Island's facade has crumbled, and the shadow of Rhodes Island can never be destroyed by any person or force.

Amiya would become the second Kal'tsit, someone who could wield immense influence internationally. Her status as the new Demon Lord, and even the things she was about to do, would receive support from every corner of Terra, or at least the benefit of being ignored.

"If you can't beat them, join them. That's what that man taught me. In the end, Rhodes Island will still be Rhodes Island, but it won't be just Rhodes Island. Destroying me means destroying themselves, destroying the power structure they've built..."

"Based on friendship, bound by emotions, chained by interests, and connected by a vast network, this is the true meaning of a network of relationships. Can Amiya understand this?"

“If you don’t understand… then let these become her protective shield—” Kal’tsit sighed. This was indeed a problem. “She… well, she’s definitely not cut out to be the ‘Mikhail Spider.’”

Who are you planning to take with you?

"Yelena, Skadi, W, and a guide familiar with Lungmen, which one would you recommend?"

"Ansor, no one knows her better than her. So, you're really going there to do serious business, and not just on a family vacation?"

"You know what these people's actual capabilities are..."

Skadi, a powerful warrior, is highly competent in combat as a protective force, but she is not good at protecting VIPs. W, on the other hand, is a professional mercenary who has done a lot of bodyguard missions, despite being a bomber.

In fact, bomb-handling experts are also security experts—their meticulousness and observation skills are the nightmare of all attackers.

Yelena, the farm's little princess, was taken to broaden her horizons, and she was also the leader of the Yeti team.

Perhaps she could even bring the Yeti Squad along to handle some matters that Xia Lin couldn't easily handle herself, and An Suo was recommended by Kal'tsit.

"However, before that, it's time to turn these shell companies into real entities, at least to build up the framework, so they don't still look like an autonomous settlement."

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Mikhail: Byzantine emperor who, through marriage alliances, connections, and networks, maintained the brief glory and stability of the Byzantine Empire to a certain extent. He was also known as the "Spider of Byzantium" or "The Spider of Mikhail," as if a large spider was crouching in the web he skillfully wove with his political maneuvering.

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Chapter 102 My heart is not stone, it cannot be turned away.

Chapter 102

Looking at the farm's staffing and talent pool, one thing becomes clear: if you were to find a group of people to be mercenaries, probably more than half of them would be qualified.

If you were to find a group of people to work in a factory, about one-third of them would be qualified.

If a group of people were to cross the blockade to transport goods, about a hundred people would be qualified.

As for finding people who can greet customers, introduce products, and conduct business in city shops, the number is estimated to be no more than ten. And if we're talking about people who can serve as managers of a group company, or even a shell company, signing contracts and processing reports in branch offices and office buildings, then there are none at all.

That's why Lao Xia went there in person. If these companies are allowed to remain in a state of mere shells with an office affiliated with Rhode Island, it's a waste of time.

There's no need to send more personnel; Rhodes Island's civilian staff is sufficient to handle these matters.

However, this state is not suitable if it is to be transformed into a fully-fledged multinational corporation that will indeed undertake large-scale international trade in the future.

Ultimately, it will be discovered that only Boss Xia himself is capable of doing this job on the entire farm. Moreover, if these companies are to become real businesses, then Boss Xia must personally be on the front lines. Not to mention whether others have enough rights and influence to act as agents for this job, they don't even have the basic knowledge and skills.

Therefore, the first step of this trip to Longmen is to examine the financial situation of these shell companies, then merge them under one name, and then Lao Xia will begin the next steps as the merged company.

This includes recruiting basic clerical staff and sales personnel at all levels, hiring trainers to train the original team, seeking orders and expanding markets for the farm's future products, and establishing company branches, sales centers, warehousing and transshipment centers in Longmen, among other complex and troublesome matters.

After completing these tasks, a qualified manager must be selected to oversee the operation of the company's branch and to deliver profits and supplies to the headquarters and production center located in the Ursus snowfield.

At the same time, some production tasks may be transferred to Longmen, where industry and transportation are more convenient, to avoid duplication of production and excessive use of transportation capacity.

Moreover, the large infected workforce in the Lungmen slums can compensate for their own manpower and labor shortages. At the same time, they also represent the new blood for the future integration movement.

"Monopoly, or a giant, all-encompassing enterprise, is beneficial to the economic situation of any country in its early stages of rise and development. The benefits can be so great that people ignore the risk of what kind of monster it will become later."

"So, your plan?" Patriot said in a muffled voice. Although the lives of the infected on the snowfields had improved, it was not the whole story, and it could not change the current situation of the infected in Ursus.

"I remember you mentioned that the new emperor of Ursus's policies are more focused on domestic affairs and the economy, right?"

"Um--"

"Then he certainly wouldn't refuse a company that's rising up on the snowfield, especially one that would take in a significant number of infected people without him and the newly rich royalists having to give up profits to appease them."

The patriot's meaning in "Saint-Jewel Castle is too far away" is simple: Saint-Jewel Castle is too far away, and the emperor may not know all this.

Moreover, he might not necessarily turn against the traditional nobility represented by the Black Serpent for the sake of a company in a remote snowfield.

"But Lungmen is too close," Xia Lin said. Patriot immediately understood what he meant. Lungmen was an important trading city on the border between Ursus and Da Yan. Ursus was afraid that the commercial fluctuations in Lungmen would affect them.

Therefore, a large number of informants and spies were deployed, and even an entire army group was monitoring the city.

Therefore, any news from Longmen would quickly reach the Emperor of Shengjunbao's desk, even though the new emperor could not offer any substantial help at the moment.

However, Xia Lin and the others do not need him to provide any substantial help. As long as he considers this company to be the prototype of a super-large multinational corporation that is rising in Ursus, he will save them all kinds of troubles in the future.