Martha and Douglas arrived on the front and back feet.

Link first said to Martha, "Martha, you said last time that your phone call might have been tapped. You look for Don. He has a way to help you detect if you've been spied on. Also, you can talk to him about Strus Electronics. That company, we need to get up and running as soon as possible. ”

"Okay. When Martha heard Link's words, she said immediately. "I'll talk to him. ”

"He is the technical director of Strus and will be the absolute authority on the company. This company will be based on his opinion in the future, so if you have any ideas, you can talk to him. ”

"I see. With that, Martha left the study to look for Carrick.

Link waited for her to leave before he said to Douglas, "You heard?"

"I heard what Ari said, but I don't know the details. But Ari has already sent men at your request. There were eighteen people who came to Fox. All are the most elite. ”

Link nodded and said, "Now I wonder who is targeting me." There are four objects of my suspicion. You go and check to see if there is any change in the target. ”

He shared his suspicions with his previous analysis, and finally said, "I have to figure this out! ”

Douglas heard his determination, and what that meant was that even if something was to be exposed, Link had to find out.

Douglas thought for a moment and said, "I'll look into it carefully." "Most of his power is controlled through informants. "I'll let them look it up. They were referring to his immediate subordinates.

These people are the core of his team, and everyone has a group of offline forces like him. And they are all investigators with considerable competence.

Link nodded and said, "Let them be careful." Give up when exposed. He paused and said. "I'll transfer 10 million to you. Not enough for you to say more. ”

Daglas nodded: "I plan for half a million each." "He knew that ten million was not a bonus, but a severance pay for those who were exposed. The exposed person can no longer work for him. Of course, this money is also to keep those people from revealing their relationship with him.

Link nodded and said, "That's a good fit!"

"If Martha is being followed, I think we can start with her. She was very lax around her, and I don't think the people sent by the other party would be very professional. "Now that Martha can be discovered, it's a bit amateurish.

"I'll talk to her. You also communicate with her. ”

"Good. ”

"You go back first. I'm waiting for your news!"

Douglas didn't say anything more and left.

After Link saw him off, he went downstairs. He sees Jessica watching the news in the living room, while Hannah rolls around with a few pets on her carpet in the living room.

He sat down next to Jessica and asked, "Where's Carrick?"

"He and Martha were talking about work at the little bar. Jessica was a little weird and said. "Are you going to start in electronics now?"

"Hmm. Link took her shoulders around her and whispered. "I'm pretty well funded. As long as there are people to manage them, a few more industries will not dry up the funds. ”

"You have a lot of money right now, but I'm worried that you're too big and that if something happens, you'll be short of money. "Link does have a lot of money. But now all of his industries are actually continuing to expand rapidly. If all of his industries need money at the same time, his funds may not be enough. And she doesn't think his source of funds is too secure.

Link thought for a moment and said, "As long as crude oil and wine can be sold, my cash flow should not dry up." ”

He also knows that his source of funding is relatively simple. For example, if Mobil stops buying his crude oil, he will lose more than half of his source of income.

It's not hard to ruin his wine sales either. As long as there is a false report from the media. The federal government is laissez-faire. Even if the sale of Blue Lagoon wine will not be cut off, it will still be greatly reduced.

Link said with a smile: "So I have to develop these profitable industries to a scale that can be self-financed as soon as possible." ”

Jessica listened to him and rested her head on her shoulder. Knowing that he had his own calculations in his heart, she didn't have to talk anymore.

Link laughed and said, "However, if Carrick wants to be lazy, I prefer that he have to get involved." That's why Martha went to Carrick to talk about the company's plans.

His goal was to make Carrick accustomed to being involved in the management of the company. Then he wouldn't have time to cause trouble.

Jessica laughed and said, "Everyone has their own life they want to live. I think he prefers to live a free life. Is it really good for you to interfere in his life like this?"

"Even though he is only a month younger than me, although he is much smarter than me. But I always felt like a younger brother who hadn't grown up. ”

Jessica looked him in the eye and said carefully, "Because he's Chinese?"

"It's a little bit more complicated than you think. Link smiled and shook his head. "However, he and I have absolute trust in each other!"

At this time, Carrick, who was designed by him, was struggling with how to deal with Martha.

Martha pulls up her plans for Strus on the computer and explains them to him.

“…… Although the company's headquarters are in Seattle. But our first staple is a smartphone with a technological content that surpasses all competitors on the market. Of course, no matter what kind of electronics we produce, we have to source parts from other countries and then assemble them in the United States. ”

Martha called up a map of the world and said: "The main producer of electronic components is still China, but some countries in Southeast Asia are also ......."

"OK, OK!" said Carrick, his head wide. "Miss Topson......"

"Martha, you can call me Martha, Carrick. Martha felt that using such an unfamiliar title would make the communication between the two not close enough.

"All right, Martha!" said Carrick, after a pause. "I only agreed to be the company's technical director. Do you know what a technical director is? It's just about the technical side. You should talk to other managers about other things. ”

"That's really the case with technical directors in the average business. But Strus is no ordinary company. Its products are also ahead of their time in the world. Martha looked at the patent application materials and had this idea. "So we don't have anyone to learn from. All our work should be based on the principle of matching your work. ”

"Wait!" Carrick interrupted her, and Link hadn't told him that in the first place. "Cooperate with my work as the main point. That means everyone is under my command?"

"It's in production. Setting up factories, suppliers, etc., all need to be based on your opinions. ”

Carrick is not only the technical director, but also the second largest shareholder of the company, and one of the bosses. It is conceivable that Link will not put too much effort into this company. Maybe Carrick is the boss of the company.

"Crazy!" Carrick said, stroking his forehead. "Just let me be the president!"

Martha laughed and said, "That's a really good idea. We haven't found the right person yet. ”

"That's a bad idea that couldn't have been worse. Carrick shook his head. He even arose to settle accounts with Link, but he looked at his arm and finally gave up. Ten he is no match for Link's one hand. "You go on!" I listen. ”

Martha smiled and continued to get to the point: "We will follow your opinion and formulate the lowest-cost import plan from the technical situation of each country. The most pressing question we need to solve now is how large a factory we need to build, and what kind of environment do we need for a complete plant in the United States, and where do we want to set up a factory? ”

After Carrick accepted his fate, he quickly entered the role: "I have an idea, the core CPU, we should produce it ourselves." Although that thing we need a brand new production line. "The CPU of the phone he is using now is made up of his own other brands. But what he is designing now is integrated. "But because it's new, the cost of our own production may be lower than that of other countries. ”

Martha jotted it down in her notebook: "Okay. Do you have any more requirements?"

"The CPU production workshop has to be Class 10 cleanliness. It's best to find a forest area where there is not too much moisture and less dust. The assembly workshop is about the same as any other smartphone. ”

"The technical requirements of the screen are very high, and its production ......" Carrick thought about it for a moment and said. "Now there are probably only two countries that can produce, one is the United States, and the other is China. The cost of such a product is not necessarily less in China than in the United States. But if we produce it ourselves, we have to rebuild the factory. Let's find a Chinese production. For the rest, you look at the technical indicators to find the manufacturer. ”

After he finished speaking, he felt a little pain in his brain. These things weren't supposed to be on his mind.

But Martha didn't spare him. It was only after five o'clock in the afternoon that Martha had finished discussing all the issues with him for the time being.

Seeing the time, Link left Martha to spend the night in the castle.

After dinner, two women talked about women in the living room. Carrick uses the small bar as his studio. Link hugged Hannah by his side.

Saying that Carrick is a genius, it's really not covered, his fingers are quickly typing the program code, but his eyes are not glaring at Link, and his mouth is not stopping: "That Martha is what you commanded." ”

Link ran his fingers around Hannah's hair and said, "What's the order? I'm just telling her to start Strus's business as soon as possible." ”

"I only know technology. Technique!" Carrick said in a low voice, as he reached out to Link with his hand. "I eat with these hands. You let me play tricks? I don't know if I can do something with my hands, and I will never do it?"

"Can I understand that you want to do it with me?"

Carrick blinked, withdrew his hand to the keyboard, glanced at the screen, and continued to bounce back on the keys.

Link looked at him for a moment and said, "I know you'd rather have a good life." But don't you think it's nice to be busy?"

"Fuck off!" Carrick scoffed. He glanced in the direction of the living room, lowered his voice, and said. "If it's just technical, that's my responsibility. But Martha wanted me to be the company's president, technical director, factory director and quality inspector. I also have to thank her for not planning to make me a production line worker. ”

Link laughed and said, "I think that's because she respects you." He paused and said. "You can talk to her more. In fact, she is very good at the business side. And she's also a very smart woman. Since serving me, she has been learning management in all walks of life. If there's anything you don't understand, you can talk to her. She'll help you. ”

He wanted Carrick to try to live like a normal person, at least for a few years.

Link felt that Carrick should have a different choice. If he yearns for freedom more, at that time, Link will not force him anymore. But with a period of business experience, he will be more mature when thinking about things in the future. No matter what kind of life he wants to live in the future, it will be beneficial because of this experience.