Chapter 398: "Vision"
Maddie's metaphor is thought-provoking, Zhang Lisheng was silent for a few seconds, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Congratulations Maddie, I didn't expect you to become a philosopher after a few months." ”
"You've not changed much. The girl squeezed half a lemon on the steak that had been browned on the surface, poured a few drops of olive oil, put the pan on the fire and fried it for a while, sprinkled it with black pepper, and brought it out of the pan and on a plate to the young man.
Zhang Lisheng took the plate, smelled the tempting aroma of the meat chops, picked up a shiny silver fork, and began to feast on it, while casually saying: "I really haven't changed, as always, I use the appearance of civilization to hide the murderous nature..."
"Oh, Li Sheng, your essence is not cruel but cold, but fortunately, this indifference only works for strangers. Maddie put a new piece of meat into the frying pan and said, "Go online and see what happened in the country of Hichimaru these days, that's the real cruelty."
I think after that, you won't be running around casually anymore. ”
Although Himaru is a small island country, it has a developed economy and a population of 100 million, and although it has been militarily restricted by the international community because of its ambition to launch a war of aggression against the mainland, it is still a first-class power on the earth.
Zhang Lisheng heard an indescribable palpitation in the girl's words, frowned, took a can of ice Coke in the refrigerator, and walked to the desk and sat down.
He clicked on the search engine and typed in the name of the country 'Himaru', and the first picture he found was a pyramid towering high and looking like a sixty-seven-story building in the ruins of skyscrapers.
"Jingguan...", although the pyramid is very blurry with mosaics. But with his sensitivity to blood and his eyesight, the moment he saw the picture, Zhang Lisheng still froze his body, blurted out two words in Chinese.
There is a cloud in the ancient Chinese book "Liezi Zhanshu Shaohua", "Bloody battles to break the enemy, abandon their corpses and gather their first bases for the platform, is for the 'Jingguan'", this completely built with a head more than 100 meters high 'human head platform' needs to kill how many human youths feel incalculable, but he hastily knew at a glance that all the creatures he killed were added together. I'm afraid it's less than a tenth of these heads.
"It's really. It's really spectacular, it's spectacular..."Zhang Lisheng in front of the computer took a deep breath and came back to his senses, found the news with pictures, and saw that the title was written. Such a terrifying phrase as 'Tokyo land sinks'.
At this time, Tina walked behind Zhang Lisheng with a plate of fried pork steaks. He whispered, "After a 'passage to the otherworldly realm' appeared in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, the Hichimaru government blocked the entire block. Crawling out of the expedition and hastily breaking into the 'otherworldly realm', the result is that countless orcs similar to the magical story have attacked Tokyo, and the news reports say that more than a million people have died. ”
"These should be orcs. ”
Zhang Lisheng browsed through the other pictures in the news. Looking at the pictures of otherworldly creatures with beast heads and human bodies brutally committing violence.
"As a biologist, my first instinct when I saw these images was. If, according to Darwinian evolution, we evolved from intelligent omnivorous monkeys, they evolved from ferocious carnivores such as wild wolves and tigers. ”
"What a brilliant argument, dear Li Sheng. The girl handed the steak to the young man, applauded softly, and said, "In addition, it is not only Tokyo that has been attacked, but also Lyon in Faciland, Sapunan in Franco... Many countries and cities have been attacked by creatures from other worlds.
Although their fate is much better than that of Hishimaru Tokyo, and the situation is gradually under control, the panic spreading among humanity will not stop so easily. ”
"Panic won't stop, panic..."Zhang Lisheng took the meat steak, muttered his back against the soft and elastic back of the office chair, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his head, and suddenly asked: "Maddie, has you found a new 'Gate of the Otherworldly Realm' in the United States?"
"Of course there is, there is one in Texas, two were found in Alaska at once, but fortunately it is very desolate there, and Minnesota..."
"Enough, enough, we Chinese have a proverb called 'Seong loses his horse and knows if he is blessed', inform Charlie and Edward, I want to see them. The young man inexplicably showed an excited expression and commanded.
I really don't understand that the situation on the earth has evolved to such a bad state, why Zhang Lisheng is still so excited, but Maddie, as a smart woman, didn't ask much at this time, but called the general manager and chief legal officer of LS Group directly.
Charlie and Edward happened to be in New York, and when they heard the summons of their boss, who had not been masked for a long time, they appeared together in front of Zhang Lisheng in less than half an hour.
Different from the usual, Charlie, who gradually became very decent after becoming the manager of LS's tens of billions of assets, and Edward, who has always been in a straight suit and has a calm attitude because of the professional requirements of a lawyer, show tiredness and embarrassment that is difficult to hide.
"Oh, good afternoon, boss, I'm so glad to see you again.
Seeing your radiant appearance, my nervous mood was relaxed at once, and the past few days have been so thrilling. Seeing Zhang Lisheng for the first time, Charlie shook his head and said loudly in shock.
Edward only bowed slightly to the young man and said, "Boss." He sat opposite Zhang Lisheng.
"Charlie, Edward, I have worked hard in my absence. The young man smiled and turned his gaze to the general manager of LS Group, "Charlie, I heard you mention the word 'thrilling', did you go on vacation to Tokyo this week?"
"If I go on vacation to Tokyo, I won't be able to sit across from you right now, boss," although Zhang Lisheng's question was just a joke, Charlie's face turned a lot paler, "But a few of my friends in Hichimaru sent me a few secret videos...
Oh, not to mention the boss, I really regret watching them. ”
Zhang Lisheng was not interested in any mysterious videos at all, but when he heard Charlie's last sentence, he said with interest, "Give me those videos to see Charlie, I just want to know more about what kind of attack the Himaru country has suffered." :
"Obey the boss, I'll send the video to your mailbox when I get home. ”
"Thank you.
Alright, let's get down to business," the young man nodded, his face becoming very serious, "Charlie, Edward, one of you is a 'clever ghost' who has been mingling with political and business celebrities for many years;
One is a senior lawyer who is familiar with the legal system of the United States, and I asked you to ask your opinion this time, that is, in the current chaotic situation, will the government be willing to entrust the 'shrimp B1 Island' to a private company, just as Britain entrusted the entire Asian colonies to the management of two Indian companies in the east and west two hundred years ago?"
"I'm sorry boss, I didn't hear clearly, what did you say?" LS's chief legal officer asked after a pause.
"Edward, I ask if the government of the United States will be willing to entrust the 'Shrimp B1 Island' to a private company in the same way that Britain entrusted the entire Asian colonies to the East and West Indian companies two hundred years ago?"
"Boss, the East and West India Company was able to control the British colonies in Asia because the British army had destroyed India, Malaya, Bangladesh... The vast majority of these countries have a strong resistance to the force..."
"The indigenous tribes I control on the 'Sea Shrimp B1 Island' have also destroyed and assimilated all the opposing forces. Zhang Lisheng interrupted Edward's words and shrugged.
The chief legal officer of the LS Group was stunned again, "Oh, oh, God, are you saying that in the indigenous tribe that occupied the entire 'shrimp B1 island', you are not a 'councilor' but a 'king'?"
"It seems that you have also heard the little stories I made up about those steamships and the Medal of Honor," Zhang Lisheng smiled, "but your example is a bit inappropriate Edward, my role in that tribe is not 'king' but 'god'. ”
"Oh, boss, then we can really discuss your question. Edward's interest was raised.
"OK, I just had a hot brain, I thought of this idea temporarily, I don't know anything about the specific operation, you and Charlie who know how the East and West India Companies operate, can you explain it in the simplest way?" Zhang Lisheng asked.
"As a professional manager and the best broker on Wall Street for decades, I learned in detail about how those ugly colonial corporations worked when I was an elective in college," Charlie said preemptively, his eyes shining with a tired look just now, "A very simple phrase is enough to describe it, and that is Contracttorun..."
"Contracted management...", the young man unconsciously repeated.
"Yes, the boss, the contract operation, the simplest and most effective business model.
At the beginning of the year, the British government determined a total annual revenue in Asia, such as one million meters, and then communicated this amount to the East and West India Companies.
Whether these two companies go to Britain to trade in the colonies and semi-colonies of Asia, raise armies and quietly rob, raise puppet magistrates to collect taxes, sell drugs, or grow rubber, in short, they must get 1 million meters to the government before the end of the year and pay it, and the rest of the benefits will be their own. ”
"It sounds dirty and bloody. Zhang Lisheng pouted and said.
"Yes boss, I can say that every silver dollar they harvest is full of rancid smell, but I have to say that such a 'business' is so profitable that you can't imagine it, it's unimaginable..."Charlie clenched his fists excitedly. (To be continued......)
PS: Today Pig went to work to check a busy day, too tired, one shift is counted as a Saturday in advance, two shifts tomorrow, sleep, sleep