Chapter 317: The base of the Pothos Company, the knockout round begins

Luthos Company is not an ordinary security company, Luo Yin defines it as a private military and security consulting company specializing in providing armed forces.

There are not many companies of this type in the Sirius Empire because it has a relatively high registration threshold.

But for Luo Yin, it was not a big problem, and with the help of the name of the Eller family, the registration was quickly completed. Some relevant qualifications or something, it's just a matter of Lucas's words.

For the location of the pothos company, Luo Yin took a fancy to an abandoned factory in the suburbs.

This is a company factory that was seized by the city government a few years ago, and it is quite large. It is said to be abandoned, but it is not dilapidated, and the building is in good condition.

It covers an area of about 10 square kilometres, which is equivalent to one-third of the Capetian estate or 14 Forbidden City. Although many places are also wooded areas like Capet Manor and cannot be used for the time being, they can be transformed in the future.

A private military company generally has many departments within it, and the training department in particular must have adequate facilities.

This large area allows for the construction of more facilities and the accommodation of more people. For the pothos company, it is basically enough.

And the road outside the factory is also in good condition, so there is no need to repair the road, which can save a lot of money.

Luo Yin contacted the Haixing City Government, and after hearing that Luo Yin was going to buy this factory, the other party happily said that there was no problem.

The positioning of this factory is not up or down, it is not very easy to sell, and there are a lot of people who ask, but no one is willing to make a deal. It would be great if you could buy it.

After spending a day, Luo Yin took Janet and Adrian to walk around the factory and the neighborhood, and everyone felt that there was no problem.

However, Adrien didn't understand a little, didn't Luo Yin want to set up a security company to protect his industry and people? You don't need such a big place, right?

Luo Yin told him that either he didn't do it, he had to do his best, or work hard in the best direction.

Since he has set up a private military company, it must not be as simple as protecting his own industry.

If a company wants to survive for a long time, it must pass the level of profitability.

Therefore, the green pothos company is not only as simple as providing Luo Yin with armed forces, but its profitability cannot be bad.

Luo Yin's follow-up plan is that in addition to protecting itself, the company will also provide soldiers and police training, training venues, private customized security services, private security, battlefield logistics transportation, and mercenary ...... Even defense contracting!

But these are the next words, and now it is mainly to provide security for Luo Yin himself. Later, the scale of the company expanded and there were more personnel, so that other businesses could be expanded.

When Adrien heard that Luo Yin was going to continue to expand his recruitment, he immediately fell into deep thought.

There are quite a lot of people in their country who do this kind of mercenaries......

After spending 1 million to take the factory, Luo Yin asked Lucas to help find a professional construction engineering team.

After all, this is a factory, and although buildings such as factories can be reused, there are also many things that are not used and have to be remodeled.

The professional matter was handed over to the professional people, Luo Yin gave his own requirements, and paid half of the advance payment, that is, 500,000 joint coins. ….

Adrien was stunned. Luo Yin's shot is too angry! It cost a million to buy the factory, another million to renovate, plus two million in the three years they were hired...... That's a total of four million!

This does not include follow-up recruitment and various equipment purchases. All add up to an estimated five million, right?

Five million Sirius Coins!

For Adrien, this is an astronomical amount. He felt like he wouldn't be able to make that much money in his life. Suddenly, Adrien felt a hint of pressure.

However, this also made him affirm his choice - the decision to cling to Luo Yin was not wrong!

Because Luo Yin not only looks rich, he is also very generous-

Luo Yin just said that he wanted to help them purchase a batch of advanced equipment, or he would be back soon, and they didn't have to pay for this batch of equipment, and the company would pay for it.

This behavior is in

Adrien seemed generous.

Because the equipment of mercenaries like them is basically their own. At best, it is called private property, but at worst, it is bought at your own expense.

It's not just mercenary teams like them, but regular security companies as well. Even the police in some places have to buy equipment out of their own pockets.

Armed organizations that don't need to buy their own equipment are basically the military.

Equipment is not cheap, and some guns may be more expensive than people.

It was only then that Adrien slowly understood what Luo Yin meant by private military companies.

He had thought it was just an ordinary mercenary company or an ordinary security company. Compared to their mercenary team, the green pothos company is just a little larger.

But that doesn't seem to be the case now. Luo Yin: This is obviously trying to build a regular private army!

That's a lot of money! But if they really have the treatment and advanced equipment of the regular army, it is worth looking forward to......

The equipment Luo Yin said was nothing else, it was the weapons and equipment produced by his Mandala Company.

He didn't carry much of these weapons and equipment when he came, after all, the company's production was limited at that time, and he had to give priority to supplying his own team.

Luo Yin called Misha yesterday, the current production capacity of the Mandala Company has increased a lot, the soldiers in his Rose Company have all been reequipped with Mandala rifles, and the legions under Hetty have also been reequipped with half of them, and the rest will be replaced soon.

As for the other generals, they have to wait, but they don't have to wait too long, after all, the Mandala Company has a lot of production capacity now.

After the legions in the hands of these generals were also redressed, the firing pin guns made by the Mandala Company could be officially sold to the outside world.

Now the factory has accumulated a batch of equipment to be delivered to Hetty next month. But since Luo Yin spoke, he naturally had to satisfy Luo Yin first, anyway, Luo Yin didn't want much, only a few hundred guns.

However, listening to Misha, Hetty was very dissatisfied after getting the news, and she said that after Luo Yin returned safely, she must give Luo Yin a profound lesson.

Luo Yin didn't care about Hetty's threat at all, he was just a chick and could be suppressed with his backhand.

The shipment departed today from the United Kingdom of Stokato and will arrive in a while. Luo Yin is looking forward to how much of a role they can play in the hands of the pothos company. ….

Luo Yin, this can be regarded as exploring the path first, and after the United Kingdom of Stokato is completed, he can let the mandala equipment show its face here in the Sky Wolf Empire. After all, if you want to make a lot of money, you still have to sell weapons to these rich people......

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Today is April 9th.

The pothos company has just begun to renovate, and the Tulip Club is still not open.

Luo Yin didn't go back to these two places, because tomorrow, that is, April 10th, the knockout round of the Sky Wolf Cup will begin.

The rules of the knockout stage are very different from those of the group stage.

Each team has only one match, and five teams compete in each game, with only the first place making the cut, and the remaining four eliminated.

Luo Yin asked Janet to draw lots before, and luckily drew the venue in the city next door. This means that you don't have to run too far and lose time on the road.

Because the knockout round is more harsh and there is no margin for error, the participating teams will be asked to familiarize themselves with the field one day before the start of the competition.

Today, Luo Yin took the convoy and went to the next city.

To Luo Yin's surprise, this is an off-road racing track at the foot of the mountain.

According to the staff of the racetrack, this off-road racing track is not very dangerous, but the road is very long and not easy to walk. If you want to finish the course, it basically takes about an hour.

The whole route is probably from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain, and then from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain. The round-trip route is different, without any duplicate lines.

When Luo Yin came to the starting point at the foot of the mountain, he found that he was the last to come, and the other four teams had already arrived.

Luo Yin was a little surprised, difficult

Dao: These four teams are also from nearby cities?

He secretly inquired, but it turned out to be not. All four teams were not locals, and they arrived first because they came immediately after the draw.

This made Luo Yin speechless, these people are so rolled!

Compared to them, the Dawn team is like a scumbag.

Seeing the arrival of the Dawn team, the people of the four teams simply said hello, and then stopped talking and concentrated on studying the track.

However, Luo Yin could see that those people looked at them from time to time, and their eyes were full of caution and jealousy.

After the list of knockout rounds is released, the results of all participating teams in the previous round will be announced.

For example, in the group of the Dawn team, only the Dawn team entered the knockout round with the first place in the group stage, and the other four teams were fourth, seventh, eighth and tenth.

Although the level of each group is different, theoretically speaking, the first place in some groups may not be as strong as the tenth place in others. Therefore, the ranking of the group stage can only be referenced, and the real strength has to be compared to know.

But the first place is the first place after all, and no one will underestimate the opponent.

Therefore, it is natural for these four teams to regard the Dawn team as the biggest competitor in this knockout round.

In this regard, Luo Yin can only say that they are quite accurate in looking at people.

Luo Yin didn't know whether the overall strength of his 34 group was high, but he knew that the thin cars in the four teams would definitely not be able to withstand the collision of the Dawn team's cars.

As long as the cars of these four teams are destroyed, then Dawn can take the first place no matter how slow it is. Of course, the Dawn team is not slow. ….

Because it was a pathfinder, Luo Yin did not carry those cars with exaggerated combat effectiveness, but brought a few ordinary modified cars.

This is not that Luo Yin is insidious, but there is really no need to expose his strength at this time. He didn't believe that these teams would drive their own race cars when they were exploring the road, and at most they would pull out to warm up. Everyone is the same, no one can say anyone.

After Luo Yin communicated with the staff, he could go to experience the track.

This time, the 10th went first, and the 15th was the navigator. Others followed. Pathfinding is not an official competition, there is no regulation on how many people must be used, Luo Yin plans to let everyone go up and have a look. After all, the opportunity is rare.

However, when No. 10 came to the beginning of the track with the Dawn modified car, four more cars suddenly came and stopped in the same line as No. 10.

Luo Yin raised his eyebrows.

Is this a provocation? Or is it a radical? They want to get some information about the Dawn team in advance?

When exploring the road before the race, there are usually no other cars to follow, and everyone is doing their own thing. And looking at the way it is now, these people want to compete with Dawn Company.

It's understandable, after all, the Dawn team is the first place in the group.

However, if these people think that they can get something from Ten, they are obviously thinking too much, and at most they will say, "This person has a stable batch."

There was no referee, no starting gun. Number Ten adjusted his breathing, then released the brakes, and the car sprang off.

At the same time, four other cars also rushed out.

When the tenth saw this, he didn't show any surprise, and his face was still unfazed. Even the speed of the car is kept at a level that is not too high, and I concentrate on the track.

On the road, all four cars were provocative to varying degrees, but the number ten was as steady as a rock.

The No. 15 rider next to No. 10 was furious, but No. 10 remained unmoved.

This made it very uncomfortable for the people in the other four cars.

The moment they saw the list, they naturally wanted to investigate the others. The first team of the Dawn team is obviously the focus of the group.

But these people are not local or nearby, they haven't seen the Dawn team racing, and there is no such thing as video now. Therefore, it is still a little difficult for them to find out the strength of the Dawn team.

Still, I found some things.

For example, the Dawn team not only topped the group

The identity qualified, or qualified with an absolute advantage - ten games, a full score of 100, they scored 90 points! The strength of the Dawn team is absolutely tough!

For another example, listening to some audience feedback, they all said that the Dawn team's cars are very powerful, and the competition style is very violent, and it can easily run over the cars of other teams! Literally crushed.

This is another terrible news, but they don't know how powerful it is.

Some say they have a lot of weapons on their cars; Others say that their cars are made of special metal and cannot be damaged at all; Others say that these drivers are magical......

There are too many true and false news, which greatly affects their judgment.

After all, without such a thing, there is no evidence.

The Dawn team only went violent twice, and no matter how many spectators saw these two games, there was no more. ….

So as a result, many people are skeptical of this statement.

After all, seeing is believing.

The people on these four teams were equally skeptical. However, suspicion is suspicion, and they still hold on to it.

So they discussed it, and wanted to explore the details of the Dawn convoy together when they were exploring the path.

Especially that violent style, what kind of violence is it?

Some people say that the Dawn team is violent, but it looks ordinary, huh? Could it be that it didn't come out today? Or is it really because of a problem with their drivers?

As a result, after the Dawn team started, the opposing driver didn't care about any provocation, let alone violent driving, and even the speed of the car was not slow.

I don't know, I thought I was here for a tour!

They were a little helpless, and then tried various provocative methods, but still to no avail.

An hour and a half later, No. 10 reached the finish line with a sound sound. Other teams also arrived, but their drivers all had depressed looks on their faces.

Luo Yin and his party are already waiting here for the tenth. Ten first shared some of the road conditions he felt and some maps recorded by the fifteenth next to him, and then mentioned the provocations of the other four teams.

When Luo Yin heard this, he immediately shook his head with a smile.

He said that the tenth did a good job, and there was no need to respond at this time, just let them provoke, and they would not have this opportunity tomorrow.

After everyone analyzed the map for a while, Luo Yin suddenly said:

"It's really not dangerous, but only if we race honestly. If we let our hands and feet go, this will be even more dangerous than the previous track!"

After everyone heard Luo Yin's words, they all nodded.

There are no dangerous sections here, but this is a mountain road after all.

Normal running is nothing, the road is wide. But if the Dawn convoy moves, some cars will be involved in accidents and roll down the mountain...... The rider is crippled, if not dead.

Luo Yin is not a person who advocates violence and death, this is just forced by the rules of the Sky Wolf Cup.

The drivers of the other teams were not death row inmates, and it would be somewhat inappropriate for them to die.

Luo Yin thought for a while and said:

"The whole race is up and down. Whether it is in the process of going up or down the mountain, as long as we take action, they may not be able to save their lives. So if you want to destroy their car without harming the driver's life, you can only do it at the beginning or near the finish line, which is relatively flat and not too dangerous."

Everyone nodded.

Luo Yin continued:

"If you do it at the finish line, it's too variable and unsafe. So I think we're going to get rid of them at the start! That way, their riders will survive and we will be number one, win-win!"

Crowd: "......"

Is there something wrong with your win-win situation?

But regardless of whether it is a win-win situation or not, Luo Yin is definitely right. Everyone unanimously agreed with Luo Yin's proposal.

After that, Luo Yin asked the others to also go to familiarize themselves with the game

He chose the driver for this time.

"Three, you go." ….

Luo Yin pointed to a female orc.

He thinks that a number 15 or a number 3 would be appropriate in this race.

The racing styles of these two orcs are very similar, and they are both very aggressive, which is very suitable for situations where they have to go all out as soon as they come up.

However, the skill of the third is higher, so she can play more safely. Number 15 is slightly unstable.

After all, it's a game to lose, and it's better to be safe.

"Yes!"

Three nodded.

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, Luo Yin beckoned everyone to leave.

The track is basically almost familiar, and Luo Yin probably knows it in his heart.

And the other four teams haven't left yet, and according to the staff, they plan to practice until the night.

Luo Yin was suddenly in awe, he was really a scholar! Don't miss any opportunity to learn. Although they are destined to be useless, this kind of spirit Luo Yin still admires very much.

Next.

The team of Dawn Dawn came to the competition venue in a majestic manner, and the race started at ten o'clock and ended at about eleven o'clock.

It's nine o'clock, and there's still an hour before the game starts.

Not surprisingly, the Dawn convoy was the last to arrive.

The people of the four teams were relieved to see that the Dawn team was not motivated at all.

The Dawn team is pretty strong on paper, but so what? Pride is not advisable! Their diligence will surely defeat the proud Dawn team!

It's just that when the Dawn team's cars appeared on the track, the people of the four teams were all petrified when they saw the monster-like and terrifying cars on the track.

What the hell?!

At this time, some of the spectators who were watching entered the venue. There are also spectators who watch in the middle of the journey and at the end of the journey.

Many spectators came to see the Dawn convoy, and when they saw the familiar chariot, the whistling sound suddenly sounded. Those who didn't see it looked as shocked as the people from the four participating teams.

The referees and the organizers were not surprised, they had known or seen the Dawn team for a long time.

Luo Yin in the rest area saw the support of the audience, he had a smile on his face, because of the proximity, he could be regarded as enjoying half of the home treatment.

At ten o'clock, the game is about to begin.

No. 3 drove car No. 666 onto the track and was ready.

The other contestants were trembling and slowly parked their cars near No. 3.

They only have three words in their minds right now.

"What should I do?"

The referee didn't give them much time to think, and as the guns rang out, the knockout round officially began!

The four contestants were a little scared and nervous, which led to a slow beat. In addition, for the off-road track and quick victory, the car driven by No. 3 this time is considered a light car. So the number three has the fastest start. Instantly became the number one.

But what everyone didn't expect was that after No. 3 became the front of the car, he did not accelerate away, but suddenly slowed down and hit the steering wheel.

Car No. 666 spun uncontrollably in place!

In the process of spinning, several spikes and sharp blades appeared at the bottom of the car, and the sharp blades whistled in the wind, like a raging metal tornado, occupying the entire lane!

The four cars behind couldn't dodge it at all.

So, I hit it directly.

Immediately after, everyone saw a scene that shocked them and made them probably never forget in their lives-

With No. 666 spinning wildly with a cold weapon, the other four cars are like moths to a fire.

Impact, damage, disintegration!

Whoop -

Countless parts flew out, and tire explosions came and went.

In the case of everyone's confusion, the four cars directly fell apart and disintegrated, and when the four drivers threw out, they were still holding the steering wheel, looking confused......

This course

The 666 was not completely spared, its spiked weapons were all broken and damaged, some steel plates fell off, and the car showed some slight deformation. But that's about it.

And without these things, the car is light, and the speed is faster.

So, after the tragic car accident, everyone watched as car No. 666 drove away, leaving behind a wreckage fragment.

A mountain ghost who loves to laugh