Chapter 93: Bribery

Among the Southeast Asian countries, Indonesia, with a population of more than 400 million, has the most considerable military strength among the lame generals, but because it also has an entrance to the heterotopic plane within its own territory, it is impossible to do its best to pay a lot of miscellaneous expenses to open up the Osadine plane for Malaysia.

And other Southeast Asian countries are also reluctant to give up the chicken ribs of 'Osadin' because of their own reasons of one kind or another, and they are unwilling to take advantage of the fire of other countries.

Therefore, after forming a coalition to help Malaysia resist the invasion of the Ossadin plane countries, after some intrigue and intrigues, finally an institution supervised by many Southeast Asian countries and set up at the same time in the east, south, west and north of Kalimantan Island, the four largest cities, and adopted collegial management, called the 'Kalimantan Plane Development Center', was born.

This organization is ostensibly to preside over the development of 'Osadine' and to distribute the benefits of dimensional development to the countries of Southeast Asia in accordance with the content of the previous agreement.

In fact, it is to induce civilian armed forces throughout Asia and even the whole world to plunder the wealth of the Osadin plane so that governments can enjoy the pro-rata taxes and fees.

This is also the most common means for some weak countries or alliances of weak states on the planet to use the heterotopic channel within their territory to create wealth.

The Kalimantan Dimensional Development Center, which inherited the corrupt bureaucracy and lazy government style that Southeast Asian countries have been known for since the old times, has been known for its unusually lax entry conditions and brutal elimination rate.

If you want to become a plane mercenary here, you don't need any qualifications, just provide your ID and pay RM1,000 to complete the transformation from an ordinary citizen to a glorious plane adventurer.

After that, if you are willing to pay another RM2,000 and sign a contract, you agree to pay taxes and contributions on a pro-rata basis for the income from plane development. It is not a dream to become the founder of an alien mercenary group, a security company, or a development company, and of course, if there is no strong strength to back it up, how long this dream can last, it can only be left to fate.

Hearing that Zhang Longchu was going to the 'Kalimantan Dimensional Development Center' in Beicheng, he was dry and thin, and the motorcycle driver like a black monkey thought that he had encountered another person who was bewitched by the government's propaganda and his head was dizzy. The idiot young man who was about to be sent to death chewed the betel nut and stretched out ten fingers on his hands and said, "RM10." ”

This kind of black car carrying passengers, which is not regulated by the government and operates without a license, usually has a lot of room for bargaining, but Zhang Longchu did not hesitate to take out RM10 from his trouser pocket and handed it to the driver and said, "RM10 is for you, don't pull other guests on the road." He got into the car that the body had been converted into.

As soon as he sat down on a low bench, he heard the driver in front of him muttering in satisfaction, "You're going to Beicheng District." It's where the rich live, and even if I want to solicit customers, who will ride my broken three-wheeled motorcycle...", clenching the grip of the gas pedal, slammed the gas pedal and ran left and right through the narrow streets of Kuching Nancheng towards the steel bridge that spans the Sarawak River.

A bridge connects two worlds, and from the south of the bridge to the north of the bridge, it is as if hundreds of years have passed. Directly from the antique, backward and simple indigenous colonial civilization into the modern urban civilization, and this is also the unique scenery of many large cities in Southeast Asian countries.

Sit in a bumpy motorcycle three-wheeled rear bucket. Looking out of the glass window at the sun-lit coconut trees and plane trees planted in the roadside flower beds in Kuching North District;

As well as the spacious road that can accommodate 12 cars in parallel, there are various supermarkets, high-end restaurants, and luxury stores on the bustling commercial street, and Zhang Longchu has a feeling of returning to Fifth Avenue in Los Angeles in a trance.

After half a year of incognito, under his deliberate avoidance, he almost never imagined that he would leave home. What kind of reaction did the relatives, friends, and lovers in the United States have, this time they inadvertently touched the scene, and involuntarily fell into a slightly sad memory.

Until the driver in front of him suddenly yelled, "Sit down." ", stopped the three-wheeled motorcycle suddenly. Zhang Longchu was suddenly shocked and came back to his senses.

Sighing, burying the inexplicable sadness rippling in his heart deeply, he jumped off the motorcycle, and suddenly saw a building built on a cement base, although it was only three floors, but it covered an amazing area, and it appeared in front of him.

After that, I couldn't help but think in my heart: "It's really magnificent...", Zhang Longchu and thousands of people around him, different ages, dresses, backgrounds, and strengths, but they all had the same development dream strolling together on the marble staircase, and stopped in front of the entrance hall of the building.

Looking at the four huge signboards of 'Kalimantan Dimensional Development Center' written in Malay, Thai, Indonesian, and Filipino on both sides of the gate, which are 30 to 40 meters in diameter, he took a deep breath and walked in quickly.

Inside the door was a floor of light red marble slabs;

The walls are covered with electronic screens that constantly flicker information and straw tapestries that are unique to Southeast Asia and are mostly mythological stories and mountain scenery.

The ceiling is covered with crystal chandeliers, which is large enough to accommodate 10,000 people.

Zhang Longchu blended in with the flow of people, and spent nearly 10 minutes, slowly walking around the hall for half a circle, and quietly looked at their faces when he passed a long row of desks with the nameplate of 'Council Members' sitting against the wall, and the staff of the 'Kalimantan Plane Development Center', who were in charge of miscellaneous consultations, wearing dark blue uniforms and having the status of public officials.

Finally, he stopped in front of a short, bald man about 40 years old, with dark skin and a rare big belly that is common to the aborigines of tropical and subtropical islands, and his expression was a little weak and listless, and he whispered in Malay: "Sir, I want to be a plane mercenary to serve the country..."

"It's good to have such ambitions, boy," the bald man interrupted in response before Zhang Longchu could finish speaking: "Do you see the automatic login machine over there, whether it's cash payment or bank transfer, pay RM1,000, register your identity, and you can get a pass."

With this pass, you can get a free supply pack at any of the supply stations near the Osadine Plane Passage, and get a chance to go on an expedition to 'Osadine', and if you can survive, uh, I mean complete the basic expedition requirements and return triumphantly, you'll get a bronze 'Xenopathic Pathfinder' badge.

With this badge, you will be able to travel freely between the Earth and the Ossadin plane without restrictions, and the badge can be upgraded into a silver badge, a gold badge, and finally even the title of 'Dato' from the Supreme Leader. ”

Although Malaysia is a modern federal state, the supreme head of state (i.e., the emperor) elected from the 13 states of Datuk (i.e., the king) under the three federations of Malaya, Sabah and Sarawak has a higher status than the supreme prime minister of the democratically elected government, so Datuk in Malaysia means noble.

In some special periods, a Datuk with great influence even has the right to mobilize any civil or administrative officials within a state, and even the right to transfer the army of the jurisdiction.

Later, with the change of times, Dato's power gradually shrank, and later divided into two types, namely a hereditary title (but no longer able to mobilize officials and the army), and an honorary title or a lifetime title that cannot be hereditary given by the Malaysian royal family for contributions to the country.

But even so, Dato's identity still represents a man of man, and he is an unattainable figure in the eyes of the general public.

The bald official spoke very fluently, obviously reciting it I don't know how many times, Zhang Longchu waited quietly for him to finish, scratched his head and whispered: "Sir, I know all this you said, but I am from Sabah, and my hometown is a remote village belonging to Ketsi City, which was destroyed in a mudslide due to a flash flood a year ago.

I escaped by picking mushrooms in the heavy rain, because I was too young at the time, I didn't know anything and wandered outside for a long time, but I ended up in Kuching City, and I didn't have any identification or anything..."

"This is troublesome," the bald official frowned at the mention of this, "I also heard the news that a mountain village in Sabah was completely flooded due to a mudslide a year ago.

Well, you better go to the civil affairs officer of your city to consult first, it's useless to ask me. ”

"Sir, I have been selling vegetables in the morning market in Kuching City for the past six months, it doesn't matter if I have documents or not," Zhang Longchu said with a bitter face: "I encountered difficulties because I wanted to be a plane mercenary, so you can help...", as he spoke, he bent down and secretly turned out an envelope from under the cloth shirt covering his belly and put it in front of the bald official, "Hey, your envelope has dropped." ”

Seeing the thick envelope in front of him, the bald official quietly picked it up and pinched it, and then looked in from the opening of the envelope, the embarrassed expression on his face instantly became kind, and he nodded: "Young man, if you want to be a plane mercenary, you are also working for the country, and what happened in the past is very unfortunate..."

Speaking of this, he groaned for a moment, and suddenly raised his voice and shouted: "Lu Chai, Lu Chai...", the voice landed, and a young man in a blue uniform, tall and thin, dignified, who was originally patrolling the neighborhood, hurriedly ran over from not far away, and saluted as a soldier: "Sir, Lu Chai, report to you." ”

"Report what, you're not still a soldier." The bald official raised his eyebrows impatiently and ordered, "Help me take over the shift, I have something to do." He struggled to get up from his seat, glanced at Zhang Longchu, and walked towards the nearest automatic login machine. (To be continued.) )