To be honest, although he is the boss (or the person in charge), Thomas is indeed the first time to come to his company.

What's the solution? Human time is limited. It doesn't matter who you are, whether it's a genius like Albert Einstein or a naturally retarded person who only drools and giggles, it's the same in that respect – their day is twenty-four hours. Einstein wouldn't be retarded for even a second longer. Thomas focused all his limited time and attention on Lu Wu and the others and their supernatural abilities, and of course he didn't have time to pay attention to other things. So whether it's the company's location, staffing, or other things like that, Director Gao is free to say hello to him, and Thomas himself doesn't care at all.

Anyway, it's just a matter of a little money - no way, there are some naïve or lucky people in this world, if not regard money as dung, at least they don't care about money. Li Bai, who sang "I am born to be useful, and my daughter will come back when I am gone" is one of them, and Thomas is also one of them.

But now that Grandpa has come to assess him personally, his situation is very ugly.

Although he was sitting in an air-conditioned car, if someone looked at Thomas carefully, they would notice that large drops of sweat were slipping uncontrollably on his face.

In fact, Thomas really doesn't care about how good or bad the company is. Unlike his relatives who were eyeing their share of the inheritance, he didn't have the slightest pursuit of the inheritance (maybe there were, but at most a little). In fact, in his life, at least so far, he has not paid much attention to money. Compared with the company's operation to make money, superpower groups, alien technology or something, can be much more attractive.

To be honest, in this era of rising protectionism, an international trading company is not a promising option. Putting aside the future, the same is true for the present: this is indeed a big cake, but it is a famous flower, and most of the territory has been divided. A new force is involved in it, unless it really finds a piece of territory that has been missed, otherwise it will have to face fierce competition. Relatively speaking, e-commerce or something is at least recognized as having a lot of potential to be tapped.

In a field where there are more sheep and fewer wolves, even the lazy wolves can live well. On the other hand, there are fewer sheep and more wolves, and it is a cruel knockout game.

Now China, this aspect has almost been carved up. Whether it is capital and connections, such a newly built joint venture trading company is bound to be surrounded and intercepted, and if you want to break through here, you don't need to think about it to understand that it must be a bloody way. It may even be necessary to take a special path, such as doing something taboo. For example, the idea is to hit the materials that are prohibited from exporting to China, the technology that is blocked from China, and so on.

In short, if you want to make money, this is really not a particularly good entry point, and the reason why Thomas accepted it is entirely because he really doesn't really care about it.

After thinking about it, Thomas didn't think that he could pass this exam at all. He really has no bottom in his heart. And because of that alien technology, he also asked Director Gao to establish a research center. Idiots know that the research center or something is simply a gold-swallowing beast. Whether it is the venue, the equipment or those experts and scholars, it takes a lot of money. If it's a short-term one, it costs a lot of money.

Thomas became more and more sure he had to do something. He took out his mobile phone and dialed Ren Jian's phone number.

Thomas is not yet sure what Ren's position in the group is. But it doesn't feel like he's supernatural, but more like a partner.

He can't go to the company blindly, but he must first understand something. From this point of view, Ren Jian and Director Gao are the same. But a certain subconscious made him not want to bother Director Gao. Because if you contact him, it is almost tantamount to declaring that you are incompetent. Maybe Director Gao will be tolerant of help, but at least it will leave a bad impression on him, right?

As he listened to the ringing phone, Thomas prayed to the Buddha in his heart that the other party would answer the phone quickly. W City is not a particularly big city, and they don't spend much time on the road.

But in the past, when he contacted Ren Jian, he was almost a dozen accurate, even if it was not the same during non-working hours. But this time, the ringtones on his phone were as if they were laughing at him, and there was no response.

Somewhere in W City, Ren Jian clearly heard the ringing of his mobile phone in his room. However, at this point in time, he estimated that the hospital followed up and urged him to remove the stitches. He instinctively wanted to avoid the problem. Besides, he does have something important to do at this time.

Those lost fingers couldn't be recovered, but he still had that damn bandage. It's hard to say what kind of psychology this is. The ancients said that "avoiding illness and avoiding medical treatment", although the idiom story itself sounds like a very stupid thing, but when you really experience it, people will understand that this is indeed a very typical psychology. People instinctively shy away from bad news.

Because today, the tax department came up to check the accounts.

Although in theory this is a perfectly normal thing. It is one of the responsibilities of the state's tax department to audit the accounts of a certain enterprise. But in fact, Ren Jian was caught off guard. Because this kind of thing is actually very rare. When the tax department comes up to check the accounts, it is either three months in advance. Either that, or the so-called dragonflies passing through the scene. It's an incredible thing to come to the door like this suddenly, and then inspect it in detail.

Although Ren Jian considers himself a profiteer, in fact he is still very tender in this regard. It actually made him at a loss for a while. And in this matter, even Director Gao can't help. Because the so-called "senior factory director" is not the legal representative of the enterprise, it can only be said to be an appointment within the enterprise. Despite the fact that Director Gao is the direct manager and person in charge, from a legal point of view, Director Gao has nothing to do with the company - he does not even receive a salary - from a legal point of view, the person in charge of the factory is Ren Jian.

Fortunately, since the resumption of work, the operation time of the steel plant is still short, and the various accounts are also complete. Director Gao is obviously also experienced in this area, whether it is a real account or a fake account, at least he has done a good job on the surface and is perfect. So although these people from the tax bureau investigated very seriously, Ren Jian didn't think they could find out anything.

But even then, it's a nuisance. This group of people obviously used chicken feathers as arrows and came to find fault with sincerity. A few older auditors are fine. A few young people, typical of half-understanding, do not know how to pretend to understand, keep putting forward all kinds of unreasonable troublesome demands, and often issue the threat of "all the responsibility needs to be borne by you".

Poor Ren Jian was struggling enough to deal with it, even if the doctors and nurses in the hospital reminded him out of kindness, he had to put it aside for the time being. Even the mobile phone that does not leave the hand normally has been stuffed aside because there are too many phone calls (no way, there are a lot of people who ask for investment, sponsorship, and relationships every day).

He also knew now that Lu Wu was hospitalized in a foreign country with frostbite, and Amber was also in a foreign enemy...... Anyway, now it's either a harassing phone call or it's the hospital. He didn't plan to take any of that.

In despair, Thomas made three phone calls in a row, but it was still his nephew who was playing the lantern - to take care of his uncle.

He knew he was finished. Grandpa was undoubtedly very disappointed in him. It couldn't have been worse. But he couldn't produce tangible evidence that what he was doing was far more meaningful than an international trading company (as opposed to just taking a few pictures of Tibetan antelopes, although in a sense, such photography was also meaningful), because he had sworn to the director Gao to keep it secret. So while Thomas had solid evidence in his hands – the helmet that was definitely from another worldly civilization – he couldn't show it.

If he took it out, although he would definitely be able to convince his grandfather, but about supernatural abilities, cultivation, the relationship between the earth and the other world, the real history hidden in the darkness, and other things he was so hard to pursue, he would not have the opportunity to contact again. All of this was already within his reach. But as long as he leaks secrets, it is obvious that Director Gao will not give him a second chance. It can even be said that the situation itself is a test for prospective members.

This kind of anxiety, pain, and grievance, which is not understood but cannot be explained, cannot be experienced by those who have not experienced it. Poor Thomas was eager to squirt all the blood of his youth into the basin of the bathroom.

He finally made up his mind that even if his grandfather was against it, he would do it.

It didn't take long on the road, and Thomas finally stood at the door of the company that nominally belonged to him, but he had never come.

On the surface, the company's situation is not bad. The door was full of people, and the guards dutifully blocked him until Thomas revealed his identity. At the entrance of the company, photos of personnel are neatly pasted on the wall, the first of which is Thomas. Of course, Director Gao's photo is not on the wall.

Old Wyth walked ahead, and Thomas couldn't see his expression, but he could see the faces of uncles, aunts, and aunts around him who had never liked him. The word "schadenfreude" is clearly written on each face. Thomas wasn't quite sure which one of them had sued, but each one was possible.

This time the plot can be said to be stable and ruthless. Of course, from another point of view, Thomas himself was too careless to expose such a big loophole, which was simply stabbed to the heart, and he couldn't even turn around.

Tens of millions of dollars are indeed just a "test the water" level investment for the family, but this is still a lot of money. What's more, Thomas's casual attitude will definitely greatly damage the old man's confidence in him. This means that unless Thomas does something incredible in the future, he will lose out in this battle within the family.

Everyone but Thomas is happy with this prospect. Everyone has long seen the old man's preference for this grandson, and Thomas is a common threat to everyone. As in all such cases, it's easy to band together and deal with the most dangerous first.

Thomas walked into the comfortable, cleaned, and well-equipped office — the only problem was that he never came — and turned on his computer.

The corresponding management software has already been installed on the computer. Thomas has the highest authority on his computer, so he can access all the company's records and accounts at will. Of course, it's Lao Waisi who is sitting in front of the computer now. Don't look at his age, but his ability to accept new things is not bad. He had long been accustomed to using related software, so he quickly sat in Thomas's position surrounded by many people and formally understood the company's operations in the past few months.

Thomas himself sat on the couch where the visitor had been sitting, waiting for the court to be heard. Of course, there are also a few elders who are not very good at computers, or who feel that there is no need to squeeze in, sit on him and drink tea with a calm attitude.

He knew that he was completely hopeless in this game. In the short time when he turned on the computer just now, he took a look at the investment in the company's scientific research center...... That's literally draining all the money. So at this moment, there is only one thing on his mind, what to do to stop his grandfather from siphoning off the funds and maintaining the scientific research center.

Sell all the photos you got from going to Kunlun Mountain this time, you should be able to exchange some money, right?