The army of the Republic of Mars is a highly hierarchical armed force with many unspoken rules.

Even so, Zhou Xiao bypassed Shangfeng and appealed to his superiors. An investigative team was even set up specifically for it.

But the final result made Zhou Xiao very disappointed. The general meaning given above is: from the perspective of the country, there is no need to particularly envelop such strange people, we do not rely on personal heroism to achieve things, and we do not engage in special preferential treatment. And from a personal point of view, you can't take state secrets as a gift for your personal personal exchanges.

To be honest, when he got this reply, Zhou Xiao wanted to scold his mother.

Is there less special treatment? How did you win over those high-tech talents from the Earth-Moon Federation in the first place? Besides, party insiders ask them to dedicate, which is barely said in the past, after all, they swore when they joined the party.

Zahid? Gaisce is a person outside the party, not even a citizen of his country, and the technology was not given away for nothing, but a transaction represented by me, and as a result, you received the technology, but on the grounds of the legitimacy of my representative.

It's not that the other party can't look at their roots, but the technology given is that kind of flash of inspiration, thinking that it is impossible to have similar inventions, so they refuse to invest. It's really a philistine!

Zhou Xiao took advantage of a business trip this time to come over and apologize to Xu Changqing.

She felt very ashamed that the technology provided by Xu Changqing had produced great value in the metal material industry of the Republic of Mars, while she and the country she loved had zero feedback for it.

She hoped that Xu Changqing would scold her fiercely, so that she could feel a little better, but Xu Changqing invited her to eat wonton noodles.

"Come, try the food, it tastes amazing. It's a bit cold here, so it's hot to eat a bowl, warm in the stomach and warm in the body. ”

Zhou Xiao knows this traditional Cantonese food, but the conditions on Mars are difficult, and she can't do it with her salary if she wants to let go of eating this kind of food. It can only be used occasionally, or a copycat version, after all, many ingredients are still special products of the earth, and Mars has not been transplanted successfully, so the original taste is extremely expensive, and it is generally not seen on the market.

And what this food stall makes is really the original wonton noodles. At least for Xu Changqing.

Gaozhou, where Xu Changqing has lived since he was a child, also belongs to Guangdong, relatively close to the southwest edge, and he naturally has some special feelings for the traditional snacks that originated in Guangzhou.

The ingredients were brought from the earth by him, and the chef was a Guangzhou chef who had been here. So don't look at the place where he eats is not high-grade, the food he eats in the Alpha space station is really more exquisite than the governor's food.

This can be regarded as a low-key flaunt of wealth. Anyway, as long as there are conditions, Xu Changqing never minds enjoying life. After all, he is a generation that has grown up in the new era of the Celestial Empire, and he is different from the older generation who have become accustomed to hard and simple work, in terms of thinking, living habits, and style.

He once said: "The predecessors planted trees and the later generations enjoyed the shade, and the older generation worked hard, isn't it just to let future generations live a good life?" Who do we pretend to be forced to show for the sake of hardship? ”

Although the taste of wonton noodles is so good that Zhou Xiao can't wait to swallow his tongue, but he has a knot in his heart and doesn't have the intention of enjoying the deliciousness, how can this bowl of noodles be delicious?

Xu Changqing looked at her like that and said, "You eat slowly, I'll say a few words." ”

"At the beginning, I was like, people speak lightly and have their sins, as long as it is human society, no matter where it is, it is not uncommon for accidents to occur from these eight words. This has nothing to do with the system, but with human nature. Being in a high position, he will decide the life and death of many people in one word, maybe he drank two taels more today, and he will be bold, and he will have a toothache, so he will be angry. After all, many things do not follow the established review procedures, and are completely based on people's comprehensive judgment and final decision. ”

"With that in mind, I thought, if this deal can be done, then continue to interact. If it doesn't work, for example, if someone gets in the way, then you should pay for the overnight stay. ”

Zhou Xiao's chopsticks just stopped, and then glanced at Xu Changqing fiercely.

Although her motives for sacrificing Hue were not pure, she hated Xu Changqing very much for treating it as a transaction, even if the value of those technologies was calculated in tens of billions of Martian dollars, and the impact was far-reaching.

Xu Changqing seemed to see through her mind and said, "Actually, this is really a deal. People are nothing more than two ledgers, real profits, human favors, and interactions, and there is always a landing point, either on A or B. Increase and decrease, sometimes back and forth at different exchange rates, between people, nothing more. ”

"What do you mean? You are very open-minded, and your ideological realm is very detached, do you want me not to mind? ”

Xu Changqing shook his head, "You came to apologize this time, this action is a plus for human favor." I can guess what you have been through by observing the details of your speech and demeanor. ”

"It's your fault that you broke your word and let go of your mouth. No matter how many objective reasons there are, you can't choose them. Doing something wrong hurts money and hurts people. I am a person with clear grievances, I am also a person who can understand others, and I am also a person who is willing to speak up. I made a little calculation in my heart, and found that in the end, this matter was not worth my trouble, so forget it. ”

Xu Changqing said again: "You may say, how much value is created by that technology, you just let it go so easily, it's really hypocritical, or really open-minded." This is not the case. It's not the same for you, for the world, as it is for me. What I value, you may not value, and vice versa. Your coming to apologize is a joke, or an expression of sincere emotion, it's not the point for me, the point is what I think, what I want to think. ”

"So you want to believe in my sincerity, even if I haven't apologized solemnly. Are you still prepared to be magnanimous and let this go? ”

"Well, I've always believed in my own observations. But you don't have the right magnanimity to let it go. After all, it left a trace. A trade turns credit into a negative number. What the effect of this negative number will be, you will understand in the future. ”

"But you invited me to eat wonton noodles."

Xu Changqing had an expression on his face that I was defeated by you. "Please, I'm so like someone who loves to be angry and stingy and can't even do basic hospitality? How did you convince yourself to me in the first place? Enlightenment on the execution ground? ”

Zhou Xiao stopped talking and ate quietly, this time she ate something delicious.

After the meal, while strolling around, they chatted casually, but in fact, the two sides did not cut off contact after the incident. If that were the case, the Constantine Victims Fund would not be able to be managed.

When I ran that business, I took the relationship between Xing Meizhen, the captain of the New Taishan, that is, the old woman.

It's not bending the law for personal gain, but if there is no Xing Meizhen, even if she carries a pig's head, she may not be able to find the right temple gate.

Zhou Xiao also contributed to this matter. So when it comes to personal relationships, at least there is correspondence.

"The current environment of the Alpha space station has a bit of the characteristics of new Xi'an."

New Xi'an is one of the special zones of the Republic of Mars, and it is also currently the largest. The complexity of the passenger flow is still higher than that of the Alpha space station, where the military and police in charge of security patrols are more similar in appearance to the volunteers of the Hunting Association here.

"Came to Zhao'an Hunting Association? Brush up on the Alpha station's faction colors? ”

"Not yet, the Republic of Mars also wants to be faced, and it won't support the gangsters, at least not admit it."

Zhou Xiao said again: "Besides, this kind of affairs is not handled by the military. ”

Xu Changqing nodded, it was best for Zhou Xiao not to participate in this kind of bullshit thing. As the boss of the Hunting Association, the real power is not much better than that of the space station governor, and he naturally knows the green tea and scheming side of the Earth-Moon Federation and the Republic of Mars.

The response of the state can be sluggish, not because the tentacles are not sensitive enough and the actions are not efficient enough, but because there are layers of obstruction and restriction in the information transmission link.

The reaction of private individuals is always quick and sharp, and the competition is fierce, and the reaction is slow and the can't catch up with the heat. The underground forces of the space station are unified, and the centripetal force is getting stronger and stronger, and the new rules of order are constantly being revised, who is the first to feel it? Of course, all the business owners, large and small.

In the asteroid belt, except for a few service companies, most of the other companies are extensions of the Earth-Moon Federation and the Martian Republic, and even if they are not subsidiaries, they are inextricably linked.

Xu Changqing counted that the companies of the Earth-Moon Federation accounted for about 62% of the total number of Alpha Space Station enterprises, and the Republic of Mars was 34%, which was completely local, only a pitiful 4%, of course, if you had to count the food stalls and very small convenience stores, then the local ones could still jump.

In such a situation, the state may not know what is happening to the Alpha space station, but the interest groups are absolutely clear.

Therefore, the game behind the rise of the Hunting Association is actually very complicated.

Speaking of which, I mentioned the underworld community again, the reason why the underworld is the official dark version, there is a very striking feature, that is, the use of violence, or the abuse of violence?

Whoever starts with a dirty house, always green at the beginning, his own system is not rigorous enough, the rules and regulations are not perfect enough, many times it is the rule of man rather than the rule of law, plus a large amount, the probability of making mistakes is also great. Therefore, the kind of unjust, false and wrongful cases that affect many people have happened, not to mention the brutal line struggle.

And many things are often set from the roots.

Like the Sui Dynasty, it was a bunch of gate valves piled up, and the gate valves were out of tune from the beginning, which was equivalent to building a half-built old foundation and opening the cover, which seemed to be easier to complete, but there were many internal problems, and finally died of the gate valve.

Song Dynasty, why did it rule the world with scholars? A group of people below wanted to be the ministers of the dragon, so they put on a dragon robe for the boss, and the energy of the people below was always big enough, so the boss had to discuss with him.

In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang killed a river of blood, the imperial power was unprecedentedly majestic, it was awesome, but it was also lonely, when he was in power, the incorruptible rule of the officials was rare in the world, he hung up, the unprofessional teasing emperor belonged to the Ming Dynasty the most, and the dynasty was finally destroyed in the hands of the official eunuch group that could not really communicate with it, and the Donglin Party was the representative.

And what about the underworld? It started with violence and ended up dying because of violence.

The more arrogant they are, the more violent they are, the more strict the rules, the more they know how to go through the long stream, and the longer they can live if they integrate into society. It's all a law.

Like the black community in modern Japan in the origin world, in line with the law, from black to gray, the Fukushima nuclear power plant leak accident, the official could not get people, it was the death of the black community who entered the core area to shut down and plug the leak and other operations, these people naturally died later.

According to the general law, people feel that they will not live long, and they will definitely be killed by the anger of the public because they have offended people who should not be offended, or seriously violated the unspoken rules of the industry.

In fact, the incident of being fenced up and hung and beaten really happened. The official ordered that all the relevant departments in charge of affairs close their eyes, and the associations are connected to make an appointment to do things together on this day.

This is theoretically a situation where there is no place to die, but a miracle or supernatural event occurred that day, and none of the members of the community who went to work could come back, and the hunting association used home-made EMP bombs, and the communication failed, and no one knew what happened to the knifemen who were heavily armed and even brought a large number of blast suits to wear on their bodies.

The counterattack was staged on the same day, and the associations that sent people were destroyed. They reaped the consequences, and the official closed his eyes, even if he ran to the door of the police station and knocked on the door, no one answered, and he was hacked to death in front of the police station.

Of course, the Hunting Association is not so ugly, and the minds of those associations are preparing to hold a celebration banquet, but the impermanence of the funeral comes.

This battle broke the convention and established the prestige of the Hunting Association, which made all major forces, including the official, feel that the chrysanthemum was tight......

(End of chapter)