Xu Ping'an is willing to open the core secret to Hall because he has installed a biological bomb in Hall's brain, once Hall betrays him, he will immediately die of a cerebral hemorrhage, and it is with such a means that Xu Ping'an dares to use Hall with confidence.

"Gavin, tell me more about the situation over there," Xu Ping'an looked at Gavin and said.

"Boss, there are currently 237 people on the base side, the Damanha area is basically stable, and it has been 30 days without fighting recently, and with the increase in the escort of ships by various countries, many people are starting to have a hard time"

"At present, our income has also plummeted by 40 percent, and the whole Somali region is very uncomfortable, according to the information I have received, several neighboring regions have begun to prepare for war, and there is a force supporting these local warlords, and it is estimated that the big war is not far away."

"According to the information I have, the military strongmen in these regions have begun to slowly change their outfits, and their guns and weapons are also different, including American goods, European goods, Russian goods, Celestial Empire goods, and other weapons are even more varied."

"Obviously, the forces that are secretly interfering are very huge, and it can be seen from the weapons they can provide to these people that their path is very wild, and this is not something that a small force can do."

"I've arranged for someone to start an investigation, and I haven't heard anything yet, so I have to prepare for the changes that are going to happen," Gavin said seriously.

"What support do you need?" asked Xu Ping'an, looking at Gavin.

"Personnel, weapons, ammunition, food, medicine, we are a little short of manpower, we can't cope with the changes that will appear, we must strengthen our strength," Gavin looked at Xu Ping'an and said.

"Qilin, how many people can you send here" Xu Ping'an looked at Chen Qilin and asked.

"There are 200 new recruits here, you can go to France for training, and there is no problem at all with 100 people who volunteer to join Gavin, if you let go of the internal personnel to volunteer, there will be about 400 people to sign up" Chen Qilin looked at Xu Ping'an and reported.

"We don't need many people, as long as we have strong firepower, there is no problem, a hundred people is enough," Gavin said, not wanting to massively increase the number of people to stimulate the people around him.

"Arrange for two hundred people to train on Buck's side, and in a month, the strongest hundred people will be sent to Gavin's side, and the rest will return home"

"I'm adding two more gunships to you, so that you have seven gunships, ten more infantry vehicles, one hundred more weapons and ammunition of various specifications, and you have enough food for three months"

"I'm dispatching a batch of medicines, with these resources, you should be enough to deal with the changes," Xu Ping'an said as he looked at Gavin.

"No problem, with these supplies, we can deal with the changes around us, and it's best to add a batch of night vision equipment to us so that we can move at night," Gavin said directly.

"Okay, I'll arrange it" Xu Ping'an said, Gavin nodded, and the matter was settled.

"The second thing, our scientific research ship is about to be completed, for the sake of secrecy, I don't plan to recruit personnel, the sailors on the ship are served by the escort personnel, Buck, Kirin, how is the recruitment going" Xu Ping'an looked at the two and asked.

"I've recruited ninety-four people from the Navy, all of whom have retired from the Navy and have experience of living at sea," Buck said directly.

"I have recruited 147 people, all of whom are retired members of the Navy, with rich experience in living at sea, cooks, mechanics, deputy captains, etc.," Chen Qilin said.

"Boss, is this research ship big?" Hale asked from the side.

"It's not small, a ship of more than 5,000 tons, and it also brings some weapons on it, it can be equipped with two helicopters, and the bottom is a special one, which can install four scientific research submarines, and the ship can accommodate more than 100 people for research, and there are more than 40 laboratories of various kinds" Xu Ping'an explained to Hall.

"Why was such a research ship built?" Hall continued.

"The reason for the construction of the research ship and the marine laboratory on Apocalypse Island is that there has been a huge breakthrough in the research of marine bacteria within the institute, and we have cultivated a piece of bacteria that can survive in the ocean."

"This bacterium can increase the corrosion of seawater in the area by three times in a certain period of time, and according to the current data in the laboratory, it has a strong ability to corrode, decompose and convert iron, plastic, and other garbage at the bottom of the ocean."

"In other words, this bacterium can decompose pollution in the ocean three times faster, and after a period of time it will die on its own, and these dead bacteria will become food for marine life, completely harmless treatment of marine pollution"

"At the same time, the research team has made a certain breakthrough in the extraction of toxic elements in the ocean, and if we continue to study, it is no longer a dream to extract rare elements from the ocean," Xu Ping'an looked at Hall and said, this is a big secret, except for Xu Ping'an, the general manager of the institute and the project personnel, no one else knows.

"Oh my God," Hale said with a shocked expression, and the others all looked shocked, not expecting this kind of technology to exist in the institute.

"Gentlemen, the research results in the research institute of Tianqi Group are divided into four levels, the first level and the second level can be authorized externally, the third level is a special treatment of choice, and the fourth level of achievements will never be external, which is the foundation for our Tianqi Group to maintain its superiority."

"Any object that hits our fourth-level achievements must be eliminated, this is our foundation, there is no need to negotiate" Xu Ping'an looked at a few people and said seriously, everyone nodded seriously, and now I understand why the annual meeting of the institute was so brief.

"Boss, there must be enough guards on Apocalypse Island," Hall looked at Xu Ping'an and said.

"This has been arranged, Lei Yusheng is responsible for the security of Apocalypse Island, Fang Yunhua's training base is a big addition, Apocalypse Island will have about 300 special operations armed personnel, according to my plan, equipped with five fighters, ten armed helicopters, five small attack submarines, and several anti-aircraft missiles"

"The monitoring equipment covers the entire island, 24 hours a day is not simple to operate, no matter where you go to the island, all are under monitoring, and it is expected that the configuration can be completed from the end of this year to next year" Xu Ping'an looked at Hall and said, Hall nodded and was relieved.

"Qilin, you make arrangements, let the deputy captain see me in three days, Buck, you arrange personnel to come to the Celestial Empire, Chen Qilin is in charge, the two groups of people arrange their respective functions, and then go to Dalian to report, ready to take over the scientific research ship at any time" Xu Ping'an looked at Chen Qilin and Buck and said.

"Understood, I'll arrange it as soon as I go back," the two said together, and Xu Ping'an nodded.

Next, a few people began to discuss the details, and it was not until lunch that a few people went downstairs, and drank a few drinks together at noon, Xu Ping'an told Hall to come early tomorrow morning and discuss something, Hall nodded and agreed.

After the meal, arrange a vehicle to send a few people back to the hotel to rest, Xu Ping'an also went upstairs directly to rest, his head was clouded, and it was the right time to sleep.

The next day, Hall came early in the morning, Bannon also came, and the three began to discuss the issue of increasing the production license of small attack submarines.

As the deputy mayor of Paris for many years, he has received high-level officials from many European countries, and after being elected to the National Assembly, he also has certain contacts with these European countries.

The three of them discussed for a while, Hall left with Bannon, rested for an afternoon, and returned to Europe tomorrow, Xu Ping'an was not relaxed, starting from the afternoon, he started talking with the general manager and deputy general manager who were leaving, and everyone was leaving after talking to Xu Ping'an.

After being busy for a few days, Chen Qilin arranged for the retired deputy captain Xia Sihai to also come to Hangzhou to meet Xu Ping'an, and after detailed communication, he left and returned to the security base to start preparing for the construction of the scientific research ship.

After another period of time, Xu Ping'an returned to J City, and when the time slowly came to the end of the month, Darina came, and Liu Wenjun began to take a vacation, and the first thing was to arrange a vacation in French Polynesia.

Song Xinyun couriered her information to J City, and Dalina handled it uniformly, and at the same time, Dalina also arranged for someone to send a batch of New Year's materials to Miao Yiyi, and sent a New Year's gift with Celestial Empire characteristics to Isabella of Denmark.

Seriously, Darina was very unhappy when she handled these things, and she tossed Xu Ping'an a few times at night to vent the anger in her heart, and Xu Ping'an had an idea in her mind before she went to sleep, women really can't be increased.

Time passed slowly, Xu Ping'an drove with his parents and walked around his relatives in advance, and the relatives at home all knew that Xu Ping'an and their family were not at home for the New Year this year, and after a few days of rest after being busy, Song Xinyun arrived in J City.

When there were still four days before the Spring Festival, Xu Ping'an's family chartered a flight to leave the Celestial Empire and went to Patis Island in French Polynesia for a vacation.

Most of them are rich people in the cold countries of the northern apocalypse, and the prices here are absolutely unaffordable for ordinary people, the price of a half-catty steak ranges from eighty to two hundred euros, and the cheapest room costs two hundred dollars a night, and the number is limited.

Most of the rooms cost more than $400, and a glass of pure water costs $10, so if you want to have a good time for a few days, you can't do it without tens of thousands of dollars, so Patis Island is not open to ordinary tourists.

Song Xinyun was satisfied, this time she came out and behaved very well-behaved, taking care of Xu Ping'an's mother, and the harvest was definitely not small, Xu Ping'an was nagged by her mother, Xu Hong saw all this in his eyes, shook his head with a wry smile and did not participate.

Xu Hong privately discussed with Lu Zhaotang about Xu Ping'an's marriage, Lu Zhaotang's insight must be above Xu Hong, and he carefully analyzed it with Xu Hong, so that Xu Hong could see clearly what kind of company the Tianqi Group created by Xu Ping'an.

After listening to Lu Zhaotang's analysis, Xu Hong was completely dumbfounded, he just felt that his son had made a lot of money in his career, and his family was no longer short of money, but he couldn't imagine that Tianqi Group was such a behemoth, rich enough to rival the country, that is, Lu Zhaotang's evaluation.