Old Xu left the toy factory and did not immediately return to the construction site. Instead, he parked the broken second-hand Santana on the side of the road at the east gate of Yellow Mud Hillock and sat in the car, lighting a cigarette. After talking with Cheng Guang, the decision he made in his heart was exactly the same as what Xu Fei had said. However, people from East Mountain had a deep-rooted belief that only by becoming an official could one bring honor to their ancestors. Since being transferred to the agricultural machinery station, he had been hoping every day to be rehabilitated soon. Now, not only could he be reinstated, but there was also an opportunity to go further...

Old Xu exhaled a puff of smoke and took out a CD from the passenger seat, inserting it into the VCD player.

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"Today, I watched the snow falling in the cold night..."

"With a cooled heart, drifting far away..."

"Chasing in the wind and rain..."

"How many times, facing cold eyes and ridicule..."

"Never giving up on the ideals in my heart..."

"A moment of confusion, a feeling of loss..."

"Unconsciously, it has faded..."

"Forgive me..."

"Betraying the ideals..."

"From today onwards, I will work hard on the construction. When the time comes, each of my brothers will have a house, and everyone will be able to find a wife!"

Old Xu clenched his fist and was about to turn the car key.

Suddenly, someone tapped on the driver's side window.

Instinctively, he turned his head.

A face with a wide and fleshy face came into view.

The other person patted his thigh in surprise, "Hey, Captain, long time no see! Why are you here and driving a sedan?"

"..."

"Come on, everyone, it's really the Captain!"

With a clamor, more than a dozen burly men appeared out of nowhere and instantly squeezed the Santana, making it sway wildly like a canoe in the sea.

Old Xu couldn't help but light another cigarette and took a deep drag.

He had gotten used to it.

One could even say that he was unfazed.

After all, there were even more outrageous things than this.

Like the day before yesterday, a old comrade suddenly lifted his blanket and looked at him with a surprised expression, "Hey, Captain, what are you doing here?!"

If he didn't know the person, he would have thought he had encountered a lunatic.

The only downside was that some of these comrades were familiar, some looked familiar, some had familiar names, but there were also... some that seemed to have completely forgotten, unable to recall at all.

"Could it be that my memory is starting to decline at such a young age?"

Old Xu sighed, turned the car key, and tapped the roof of the car, "Sit tight, let's go!"

...............

10 PM.

Iron Toy Factory.

Da Ma entered the office, "Factory Director, everything has been arranged with Zeng Dahe."

"What about Old Xu?"

"Wait until he wakes up. Hu Zhijun will explain to him, saying that he has a grudge with the richest man in the county."

"Okay, did Black Tiger go to the county town?"

"He did. He should have arrived by now."

Xu Fei nodded.

There was no need for Black Tiger to take the blame for beating up the richest man in the county. He would take the blame for someone else.

...............

11 PM.

Black Tiger called.

"Captain Xu, Zeng Dahe's son, Zeng Haoran, has gone abroad to study."

"With his level of using English lace as Chinese Pinyin, can he study abroad?"

"His grandfather is the education supervisor of East Mountain. The procedures were completed on the same day."

"..."

Xu Fei never intended to do anything to his classmate Zeng Haoran, who accused him of being mentally ill. He just wanted to determine who was the "mentally ill" one between them.

Coincidentally, Jiang Tao from the military factory exchanged land for orders.

After the land was handed over to the leaders of Lincheng, he made a phone call to build connections and discuss investment. The other party recommended a well-known psychiatrist named Yang Yongxin and guaranteed that his diagnosis was accurate!

At that time, Xu Fei decided to send Zeng Haoran over. If the other party was mentally ill, there was no need to test, it would be certain.

"What a pity."

"Captain Xu, do I still need to go in if I don't have to tie him up?"

"Well, you can go back to the construction site first. If there is a chance next time, pass a message to Big Cousin."

"???"

"Just kidding, don't take it seriously."

"..."

Xu Fei hung up the phone and took out the plan made for Zeng Dahe.

"If we can't catch Zeng Haoran, the effect will be compromised."

Da Ma nodded, "Yes, it's a pity. It's not worth risking our lives. Without his son, Zeng Dahe probably won't be as angry."

...............

The next day.

The news that the richest man in the county, Zeng Dahe, was beaten and sent to the hospital by his own employees due to wage deductions and arrears, caused a sensation in the entire small county town.

Zeng Dahe, who had narrowly escaped death, woke up in the county hospital and was furious when he heard the news.

The project manager who came to report had a conflicted expression and didn't know whether to continue speaking.

"Speak!"

"Alright, boss."

The project manager cleared his throat, "Early this morning, before dawn, a group of strong men drove the vehicles from our construction site and brought the site permits to block the entrance of our company. They all shouted, 'Give us back our hard-earned money.'"

"I've been in the construction business for over ten years, and today I've seen something new. What are you standing there for? Call the police!"

"The leader of the public security bureau... Your nephew came and said it's not easy to handle."

"What's not easy to handle?"

"These people are accusing each other and even showing their work records. Even your nephew believed them."

"..."

"Later, Xu Dayou came forward and said that our county has finally welcomed a foreign enterprise and we can't let one rat turd ruin the whole pot of porridge. He immediately paid them and arranged new jobs for the wage claimants."

"With this coordinated performance, are they acting and scolding me?"

"No, they took the opportunity to drive away with the cars."

"???"

"Most of the vehicles on our construction site are assembled or modified, without permits. Even if they are taken away by passersby, the other party can claim that it's theirs. Once a dispute arises, we can only forcefully take them back. Moreover, these people are accusing each other and speaking convincingly."

"..."

"Boss, what should we do?"

"What else can we do? Take them back!""Can't win."

"......"

In silence, Zeng Dahe's phone rang.

"Boss, something bad happened. The chemical fiber factory has been sealed."

"Why?"

"Officials from Dongshan Prefecture came and after inspection, they said our emissions exceeded the standards and imposed heavy fines and rectification."

"......"

...............

"Did Zeng Dahe get angry and die?"

"No, he spent the whole morning reciting Buddhist scriptures."

"I didn't expect there to be benefits to believing in Buddhism."

Xu Fei sighed with regret at his first failed plan. However, this set of moves would keep Zeng Dahe busy for a while.

Actually, he had another big move.

It was the bank statements that Old Xu brought back.

They included evidence of Zeng Dahe, his father, father-in-law, and many other high-ranking individuals laundering money through foreign banks and transferring assets overseas, as well as evidence of the foreign banks falsifying accounts.

If he could find a batch of newspapers that were about to go out of business and sponsor them to publish these, printing hundreds of thousands of copies, and distribute them through nearly two thousand supply and marketing cooperatives to all directions...

There was a 50% chance of success and a 50% chance of it being ineffective.

But no matter what, once he did this, he would likely not be able to get his hands on the money that had been transferred overseas.

As for how much...

Compared to that money, his own assets were just a drop in the bucket.

It could even be said that it was more than the recent "Yuanhua Case" that made headlines.

During Old Xu's investigation, if the other party had noticed, if they didn't have some real skills, the two of them might have been executed at Yellow Mud Hillock a month ago.

"Starting today, in addition to Lou Xiaohu, each person in the existing security team will be assigned a military dog, and they will be transferred to become internal inspectors. The positions at the entrance will be handled by 20 engineers who have finished pulling the cables and have nothing else to do, and they will also be assigned military dogs."

"Okay."

"Wait, don't leave yet."

Xu Fei summoned a semi-transparent page and found the military camp on the small map in the middle.

Due to the unbelievably fast construction speed of the modules, the internal structure was completed, but the appearance was left to be gradually improved in the future.

But this didn't affect some of the functions that the modules came with.

For example:

Engineers stationed in the camp could repair buildings.

Military dogs stationed in the camp could detect spies hidden in the buildings.

Spies stationed in the camp...

Xu Fei subconsciously thought that they could detect the military dogs hiding inside.

Until last night when he started planning against Zeng Dahe.

His original intention was to create a spy disguised as Zeng Dahe's mistress.

But unexpectedly, the base prompted that it was ineffective against their own camp.

After trying multiple times, it seemed that all Chinese people belonged to their own camp.

Later, he thought that spies would manage finances, so he planned to let them infiltrate the "camp" and help him calculate the true cost of the toy factory.

He never expected that as soon as he entered the camp, the base would display a prompt.

[The spy has stolen a technology for you.]

Camp:

Unit 1: Engineer.

Unit 2: Military dog.

Unit 3: Spy.

Unit 4: Inactive.

Unit 5: Inactive.

Unit 6: Navy SEALs.

SEALs: You can consume 100,000 energy to create 14 Navy SEALs, along with identification, relevant technical certifications, and their mechanical driving and superb combat skills.

Due to the confidentiality agreement, you need to recruit an additional member and provide compensation approved by the Navy SEALs, otherwise this construction will fail and the energy will be refunded.

Seeing this, Xu Fei's first thought was: Did I steal my own technology?

The second thought: Are the subsequent units becoming cheaper and being sold in bulk?

The third thought: Why are all the Navy SEALs foreigners if Chinese people belong to their own camp? Have they been turned?

And now: Since we belong to a foreign enterprise, is it normal to have more than ten foreigners guarding the gate?

However, entry required procedures.

Xu Fei checked the detailed introduction of Unit 6 and found that he had to go to North America first and then create the Navy SEALs. He had to apply for a passport and visa before letting them come to guard the toy factory.

Calculating carefully.

Flying to North America would cost at least 80,000 RMB.

Going there and back, and bringing back 14 people, would cost 130,000 RMB.

The recruitment cost for this batch of security personnel was indeed too high.

"Forget it, Dama, you go and do your job."

"What's the matter? Why are you so indecisive?"

"To recruit Navy SEALs, if you want to get a passport and visa, you have to go to North America."

"You don't need to go to North America. You can go to South Bangzi, or Japan, or Indonesia to get the documents."

"Why?"

"There is a North American base over there. If you give them the secret code at their door, you will definitely be able to recruit suitable SEALs."

"???"

After Xu Fei recovered from his daze, he glanced at him irritably and said, "30 a day, including meals and accommodation? I'm afraid I'll be shot full of holes."

"It's true. If you go to the Arctic, you might be able to recruit polar bears. If you go to the Antarctic, you might be able to recruit penguins."

"It's getting more and more absurd."

"Trust me, there's no mistake. How about we leave today and go to Japan to give it a try?"

"No, it's too chaotic overseas. I'll only go abroad once I have warships and fighter jets."

"I've never seen such a cowardly commander."

"Heh, starting today, you're in charge of cleaning all the toilets in the toy factory."

"......"

At this moment, Xu Fei's phone rang.

Looking at the number, it was the engineer "Boris" who was far away in North America.

"Factory Director, we have taken over the North American Tower, but we have discovered a very serious problem."

"What is it?"

"Have you heard of CNN?"

"No."

"It is one of the largest television stations in North America."

"Okay."

"The North American Tower company used to be one of its subsidiaries, but later became independent. CNN still holds shares and is the largest shareholder."

"And then?"

"The largest shareholder, who is also the legal representative arranged by CNN, was killed by the 'Bain' company."

"......"