Let them offer their loyalty

Oh, no, it was Jonas who didn’t take it to heart, but Rhine was still brooding over it.

"Hello, Jonas, this is Rhine. Guess what news I brought you this time?"

The moment Jonas answered the call, Rhine's familiar voice reached Jonas' ears. It was appetizing and exciting at the same time, the kind that people could hear directly, which aroused Jonas' curiosity.

Now is a special period, and all the people in the Alte Group have been mobilized. Rhine couldn't be unaware of this. If Jonas was telling some small good news to amuse himself, he wouldn't mind letting Esni visit him in person, letting her choose her favorite clothes, and walking from the top to the bottom of the Alte Group in the middle of the night.

"What news? Don't just try to play a joke on me, or are you just going to backstab me."

Although he was curious, Jonas spoke as usual, as if he was indifferent to the matter. He pretended that he was processing documents and was too busy when Rhine suddenly called him, as if he was interfering with his work.

In fact, there is no need to act out such a situation. Eiffel used the same tone when he was annoyed at work. You just need to imitate it.

"Hey, didn't you go to great lengths to set up a plan? First you stirred up emotions and then you pretended that there were federal people mixed in with the federal refugees to launch an attack. Wasn't it just to be able to openly wage war against the Federation?"

Jonas was not surprised that Rhine knew these things. His methods were not concealed, nor did he let his men do these things quietly. Everything was done without making any noise from ordinary civilians. He had no intention of hiding it from the companies in District 25.

These companies have many more emotional channels than ordinary people. Ordinary people can only rely on news to obtain various information, but companies are different. Such a big thing suddenly happened in District 25. You only need to guess that someone is pushing it behind the scenes. In addition, Jonas didn't even think about covering up anything. As long as someone is interested in investigating, they can find out. But when they find out that this matter is related to the Alte Foundation, they will not investigate further.

"If you have something important to say, Miss Rhine, unless you want something fancier."

For someone like Rhine who talks a lot, Jonas only needs to say one sentence to get Rhine to get back to the point.

"Tsk, how come you don't even have this little bit of patience now?"

Rhine was silent for a while, sorted out his words, and said to Jonas: "The family behind me doesn't want Mison to directly control the entire federation. They want to seek cooperation with you, and I will act as a messenger between you."

Jonas smiled.

Chapter 506: Energy storage on the back, start!

The family behind Rhine wants to cooperate with him?

This is really a strange thing. Instead of supporting Dorothy, you support yourself?

After a little thought, Jonas understood what the Rhine family wanted to do.

The family behind Rhine has declined, and now the Federation is generally controlled by the Missen family. If there is no external intervention, I am afraid that the Missen family will continue to prosper like this. But if the family behind Rhine can decline, why can't the Missen family die like a dead dog on the streets of the Federation?

Of course, the most important thing in this situation is that if he has the help of the Rhine family, he doesn't need to support another puppet family... Eiffel is already busy enough managing the Alte Consortium. If he adds a little more pressure and intensity to her, Jonas has no doubt that Eiffel will vent the pressure on himself and transform into the violent elite Esni.

Well, Jonas still understands equal exchange. Eiffel has put in energy, so he must also put in energy. If things go wrong, he might even have to be liquidated, and both new and old accounts will be settled together until the energy bar is empty.

In short, instead of finding someone to support a puppet family that can control the Federation, it is better to seek the family that wants to deal with Misen at this stage. At least they can still play a role at this time and delay the pace of the Misen family.

Jonas tapped the table lightly with his fingers. Rhine on the opposite side did not say anything else. She just waited quietly for Jonas to think. Whether Jonas was willing to cooperate with the family behind her or not, she had a way out.

At worst, they could just wait for the next opportunity. Although this opportunity might not appear for decades, it was still much better than Jonas disagreeing and the family behind him relying on themselves to fight against the Misen family and eventually perishing.

They haven't reached the point of risking everything yet, but it will be soon. Otherwise, why would they ask her to seek an opportunity to cooperate with Jonas?

Rhine knew that the family behind her could decline and become worse than before, but it could never perish and disappear in the Federation.

“I can cooperate with you, but how can I trust you?”

Jonas stopped tapping his fingers on the table and looked toward Rhine.

It's not just a matter of trust. Jonas's principle is generally that if you can bring me enough benefits, I don't mind stabbing you in the back - provided that you can find the opportunity and can bear the wrath of the Alte Group.

In other words, the prerequisite for him to reach a cooperation with the family behind Rhine is that he must first see tangible benefits. You must first let me see the benefits of cooperating with your family, otherwise there is no point in talking.

You can never eat the pie drawn by the corporate consortium. Even if you are allowed to eat it first, you will definitely need to pay a much higher price than this sweet taste later, or even lose your entire fortune, leaving you with no chance of recovery. Don't expect capitalists to have credibility. Credibility can be thrown away in the face of interests. If not, it must be because the price you paid is not high enough.

After all, in the absence of a contract, this kind of cooperation without any cost, falling out after just one sentence, and the cost of violating the rules is almost zero, how can it make people feel scared?

What? Why does Jonas know this so well, you ask?

Nonsense, they are all capitalists, how could they not know these little tricks? You say you are trustworthy? Then why do I see your employees still voluntarily working overtime like crazy? Isn't it said that you work eight hours, live eight hours, and leave eight hours for yourself?

You said that eight hours of life and eight hours for yourself are not the same? Then the remaining sixteen hours should be left for the company, right?

It is not impossible.

After all, Jonas represents the company and doesn't need to be drained of blood.

In short, Jonas must see the pledge of allegiance from the family behind Rhine, or in other words, see what price they are willing to pay to cooperate with him.

"Although I am very reluctant, who told those old guys to choose me as a messenger? All the resources of Rhine Industries can be mobilized for the Alte Consortium. How about this token of allegiance?"

Jonas looked at the cheerful Rhine, raised his eyebrows, and sneered: "Very good, love comes from the 25th district, seeking better benefits in cooperation."

"What do you mean?"

This time it was Rhine's turn not to understand.

"What I mean is, you want to use this as a token of your loyalty to the Alt Foundation, since it was originally at the disposal of the Alt Foundation?"

Jonas leaned back a little and changed to a more comfortable sitting position to relax himself. "You don't think that you have to let the Alte Consortium bear the brunt of the situation. You don't have to pay anything at this time, but if the Alte Consortium takes down the Federation and wants to swallow up all the property markets in the Federation, you will be the first to disagree, thinking that the Alte Consortium's appetite is too big."

"It's the entire District 25 that's fighting against the Federation, not just the Alt Group. Otherwise, why do you think I spent so much effort to convince these companies? Wasn't it just so that I could have no worries when fighting against the Federation?"

Everyone wants to take a bite of the Federation, but no one wants to be stained with blood. No matter if it is someone else's blood or their own, they don't want to be stained with it and don't want to pay anything.

But with Jonas above them, they had to provide help to the Alte Group even if they didn't want to. Only in this way could they get some benefits below.

After all, everyone thinks the same thing. It is impossible for the Alte Group to completely swallow up the Federation. At most, it will be like District 25, where all the companies below are dependent on the Alte Group and all obey the Alte Group. However, the money that should be earned can still be earned.

"Besides, you are also very dissatisfied with the family behind you using you as a sacrifice, right?"

"If you want more, then you want more. Why are you talking so much?"

Rhine did not directly answer Jonas' question, but changed the subject: "I will tell them your request truthfully, including the profits that the family should share if it replaces the Mison family, such as everything they can provide now, including everything they know about the Mison family's every move in the Federation..."

"Of course, I will also tell them about their provision of certain resources to Rhine Industries."

Jonas nodded and hung up the call.

Rhine meant that she could help you extort money, but she also wanted some benefits, and Jonas naturally accepted it.

Before reaching a cooperation and defeating Dorothy, he wouldn't mind having a few more resources on hand to use as backup energy.

Chapter 507: Which is more valuable, human life or machine life?

The war started at a time no one expected. When the peacekeeping force issued the notice, a team that came from the wilderness and hid near the Federation directly attacked the federal border guards with fourth-generation tactical mechas. Before the Federation could react, they destroyed the equipment there and evacuated directly from the wilderness.

Before the Federation had time to condemn, they saw the notice from District 25. Dorothy was not surprised at all, and all the troops that needed to be deployed for defense were immediately dispatched to defend the places where they had previously thought the Federation would attack, and then slowly began to arrange border defenses to ensure that if a team from District 25 was discovered in any place, they would be dispatched immediately.

As for the anti-war rhetoric within the Federation...

Dorothy did use various means to make those anti-war speeches seem like a joke, but even though the propaganda department in the Federation tried very hard to stop them, anti-war speeches continued to emerge. Various self-media spread speeches that were unfavorable to the Federation on the Internet. Some people even directly organized marches and started hanging banners in the Federation. The momentum was so great that it seemed as if someone was supporting them behind the scenes.

In fact, there are people who support them.

But Dorothy's propaganda department is not a pushover. It's only the federal propaganda department that is stupid, not Dorothy's propaganda department.

No evidence is needed, just post a few videos of arrests, and then claim that all these people are spies sent by the 25th District. Of course, this is only limited to those powerless people who participated in the march. As for the self-media with tens of millions of fans, they will use another method, such as limiting the flow of information, such as reducing the amount of information pushed to them, and then vigorously publicize how the 25th District treats federal people.

With this system in place, the anti-war and dissatisfied voices within the Federation have been reduced a lot. Things can be said as they should on the Internet. What you want others to see will naturally be seen by others, and what you don’t want others to see will naturally not be seen by others.

In the stretched black sedan, Dorothy was resting with her eyes closed. Lately, all her time had been spent on dealing with the Federation being attacked by District 25. Her already scarce rest time had become almost the same as that of the poorest people in the Federation. She didn't even have much time to relax in the car and could only take a short rest.

"Lady Dorothy, they say the Mison family is at war with the Alt Group. It's the Mison family's own business. Should we handle it ourselves?"

The car door opened, Lin Gong lowered his head, stood outside the car and spoke to Dorothy in a low voice.

When District 25 went to war with the Federation, the Federation should have had the upper hand, but District 25 caught the Federation off guard. Even so, the Federation should have been able to react quickly and fight back, but for some reason, the families within the Federation seemed to have different opinions. Some companies were unwilling to cooperate with the Misen family. The smarter ones blamed the company for problems and being unable to make decisions, and some simply refused to meet with them.

"I understand. Let them be like what they said."

Dorothy opened her eyes and said something that made Lin Gong's heart tremble.

"what do you mean.....?"

"If they say there's a problem with the company, then let their company really have problems. If they don't even want to see each other, then let's just not let anyone in the Federation see their face." Dorothy had a blank expression on her face, tapping the cushion with her fingers. "We are at war with District 25. During this period, I will not allow anything to happen in the Federation. Even if they don't want to, they must be of one mind with the Missen family."

"I don't mind letting the Federation, this behemoth, replace body parts that are no longer needed. Sometimes the influx of new blood will make the body better."

"Yes, I understand."

Lin Gong nodded, feeling somewhat relieved that Dorothy didn't say any more unpleasant words because of his problem, and he breathed a sigh of relief on the spot.

"Lady Dorothy, several other families have agreed to reinforce the battlefield."

"I understand. Tell them that the Mison family will not treat them unfairly."

The car door closed, and Dorothy closed her eyes again, thinking slowly in the car where no sound could come in.

After only a few days of fighting, the pressure that District 25 brought to the Federation was much greater than expected. Originally, Dorothy was only planning to use the Mison Family to deal with the ignorant Alt Group, but now it seems that she must bring in a few more families who are just watching from the sidelines.

But it doesn't matter, everything is fine, she will handle these things.

She was waiting for the day when the Alte Foundation and District 25 would be shattered.

.....................

The wilderness, the first battlefield, where the 25th District and the Federation exchanged fire, now is one of the few rest times for both sides. The tired soldiers put down their equipment, tremblingly took out a crumpled cigarette from the cigarette box, and just kept sniffing.

"Why, are you still saving your cigarettes?"

The soldier next to him looked tired. When he saw there were still cigarettes in the box, he reached out to take it, but was dodged.

"Hey, you, what's wrong with giving your brother a cigarette? I just saved your life on the battlefield, and you don't even want one?"

"You know nothing. This cigarette is more important than my life. If I really smoke it, I will have nothing."

He sniffed it for a while again, and even though the cigarette was wrinkled, he carefully stuffed it into the equally wrinkled cigarette box and hid it.

"When will this war end? Isn't technology advanced now? Can't the big guys at the top just use robots to fight?"

As soon as this sentence came out, the soldier next to him immediately laughed at him: "You and my life are still comparable to robots? Have you read too many marketing accounts that say that our lives will get better as long as technology develops?"

Human life is not as valuable as a machine.

Everyone knows this and would never ask such a question.

"But why do I see that Area 25 is full of tactical mechas, and there are far fewer people than here?"

"this....."

The federal soldier was speechless for a moment, unable to say anything, and finally could only stammer: "District 25 has just emptied its own resources, we are not afraid, we have a large population..."

They fell silent.

"Speaking of which, where are the reinforcements that the higher-ups have been talking about?"

"I don't know. They've been talking about it from the beginning until now, but they haven't sent any reinforcements yet."

The soldiers fell silent again.

“Could it be…?”

"No way, no way."

A seed was planted in their hearts, but no one dared to say it out loud, just waiting for the seed to sprout one day.

Chapter 508: District 25 Compared to the Federation

Logistics is the most important thing in war and the first thing to be guaranteed. The longer the battle line is, the more important logistics becomes. Fortunately, this is already a high-tech age and the most basic food can be replaced by technologically advanced nutrition bars. Just one bar is enough to replenish the nutrients needed for a whole day. However, there are obviously other things that are more important than these soldiers' rations.

For example, soldiers' guns and bullets. Bullets are the most important. Guns are cheaper than bullets. Another example is the energy needed to drive tactical mechas. These things are often more important than soldiers' lives. After all, the common sense here is that tactical mechas are more expensive than human lives. Although it is advertised that every person is more important than the property of the Federation and every life in the Federation is a priceless treasure, everyone knows that these are just nice words from the people above.

But common sense is common sense. Even if people know that tactical mechas are much more valuable than their own lives, they will not die for a tactical mecha. Instead, they will become dissatisfied with their superiors because of these things. When the battle situation is not going well, these dissatisfactions will slowly begin to accumulate in their hearts. After all, no one wants to just accept their fate and go to the front line to die.

Even if they win, what will it matter? The victory belongs to the Federation, so what will they gain? Glory?

What's the point of glory for something that will be thrown away after use?

In the trench, the soldier's fingers carefully stroked the wrinkled cigarette in his hand. After hesitating for a long time, he closed his eyes, as if he had made up some kind of decision, but still did not put the cigarette in his mouth.

It’s not the time yet, it’s not the time yet, it’s not the end yet, let’s light it up a little bit, wait until the war is almost over, or when you are about to die, then take one more puff. This cigarette is much more important on the battlefield than those crappy tactical mechas.

He put the cigarette back into the box and put it in his pocket. Just as he was about to stand up, he saw the soldier who had chatted with him yesterday coming towards him, cursing.

"Serf, have one. This federation doesn't take our lives seriously. I really want to kill these people's mothers with a knife. And that damn Misen family, they are really a bunch of beasts."

The more he spoke, the more depressed he became. When he saw that Joseph didn't bring him a cigarette, he didn't care. He just sat down next to him and sighed heavily.