#241 - Chapter 241 Analysis of Huatong Chamber of Commerce

"Councilor Yan said that the mysterious person could provide a kind of ultrasonic transmitter that could drive away zombie animals. At that time, as you know, zombie rats came out day and night, were huge in number, and were not easy to hunt. This ultrasonic transmitter can be said to be the only effective solution. However, the price is very high, 10,000 crystal cores per unit," He Jinghui said.

Bai Liji didn't know about these things, as he didn't preside over that meeting.

"At that time, the Secret Research Department under the Military and Political Department specially sent people out to hunt zombies in order to study the characteristics of crystal cores. In the end, 3 soldiers were infected before they obtained 5 crystal cores. It can be seen how much of a price it would take to obtain 10,000 crystal cores," He Jinghui said.

After being infected with the virus, there is no cure, and it has the same meaning as sacrifice.

"According to the statistical data at that time, the total demand for ultrasonic transmitters was about 600 units. That would be a budget of 6 million crystal cores. At that time, neither the council nor the military regions could come up with this sum of crystal cores. In the end, Councilor Yan, on behalf of the council, borrowed this sum of crystal cores from Huatong Chamber of Commerce."

"However, Huatong Chamber of Commerce was not doing it for free. They hoped that the council could issue an announcement in an official capacity to acknowledge their legitimacy."

"Bang!"

Bai Liji slammed the table upon hearing this.

He Jinghui was caught off guard by Bai Liji's sudden rage. He didn't understand why the Speaker suddenly brought up this matter again, and was still so angry.

"Speaker, what's wrong?" He Jinghui asked.

"Oh, it's nothing. I'm angry with myself for not knowing why I made such a decision at the time," Bai Liji explained, he couldn't say he was unaware.

"Alright! Huatong Chamber of Commerce took advantage of that opportunity to formally enter the national spotlight. Since then, the super economic strength and research and development strength they have shown have reached an incredible level," He Jinghui added.

"Did you send someone to test the ultrasonic transmitter you mentioned just now? Are there any problems?" Bai Liji asked.

"This…" He Jinghui was ashamed.

"What's wrong?" Bai Liji frowned and asked.

"At that time, after I got the goods, I took one, and as far as I know, the Military and Political Department also took two, and you… you seemed to have taken one as well," He Jinghui said.

He didn't understand what was wrong with Bai Liji today. He clearly knew everything, yet he still asked himself. Moreover, he had already reported the investigation results at that time.

"What were the investigation results?" Bai Liji asked.

"Speaker, you were the one who arranged this matter at the time, don't you remember?" He Jinghui finally couldn't help but ask.

"I'm asking you!" Bai Liji emphasized.

"Yes! The results of the investigation at that time were fruitless. From the appearance, it was indeed a transmitter. But the strange thing is that the outer shell was integrally formed, without any traces of splicing, and could not be disassembled. Helpless, we used violent disassembly methods. By the time it was disassembled, all the components inside were already damaged."

"Even more strange is that as long as this ultrasonic transmitter is buried in the ground, it will disappear without a trace in an instant. We wanted to observe its working principle up close, but we couldn't achieve it," He Jinghui said.

Bai Liji's brows furrowed deeply.

The more secretive it is, the more it shows that there are secrets inside.

"At that time, we were also worried that Huatong Chamber of Commerce might have other purposes behind doing this. So, we specially established a special team to conduct an in-depth investigation. From the investigation results, the president of Huatong Chamber of Commerce is just an ordinary real estate businessman, and the employees under him are all ordinary people recruited in Binjiang. In the entire chamber of commerce, except for the president's secretary, there is not a single highly educated person. This is completely inconsistent with the technological strength they have shown. Therefore, we concluded that behind this Huatong Chamber of Commerce, there must be an even bigger hand secretly manipulating everything," He Jinghui said.

Bai Liji nodded. He also believed that only in this way could the rapid rise of Huatong Chamber of Commerce be explained.

"By the way, Speaker, I have another guess," He Jinghui added.

"Oh? Speak," Bai Liji said.

"I was thinking, could the person behind Huatong Chamber of Commerce be that mysterious person?" He Jinghui said.

"On this point, your guess coincides with mine. However, there is also a problem here. How did this mysterious person manage to solve the problems and technologies that so many of our Chinese scientists have not been able to figure out? Obviously, this is not something that one person can do," Bai Liji said.

"Are you saying that behind this, it might not be a person, but a mysterious organization?" He Jinghui asked.

"It's very possible. It's just that I don't know which side this organization is on, and whether it will pose a threat to China," Bai Liji said.

"Up to now, the mysterious person has revealed news several times, and they have all been beneficial to China. And on the surface, both Huatong Chamber of Commerce and the Mercenary Guild are actively participating in local construction. Judging from these situations, I think they should be on China's side," He Jinghui analyzed.

"The reasoning is correct. However, even if they are on China's side, there are many different situations. It would be good if they were on the side of the council or on the side of the people, but if they are only on the side of individual interest groups, then it would not be a good thing," Bai Liji said.