#391 - Chapter 391 There is another plan
"That's good!" Seeing Dongfang Chen's confidence, Zhang Yuankui didn't say more.
With the matter settled, the two of them went their separate ways.
After Niu Xingwang informed the various resettlement camps of the new decision, they agreed as expected.
Being able to supervise the people and receive income from communication fees turned a bad thing into a good thing for them.
"Sorry to keep you waiting," Zhang Yuankui said upon returning to the meeting room.
"Guild Master Tiansha, what have you decided?" the head of the investigation team asked.
"It's like this, I don't think you can take over this business," Zhang Yuankui said.
"What do you mean?" the head asked.
"The communication service relies on the base stations we have laid out in the resettlement camps, but these base stations are all built inside the Mercenary Guild. Tell me, can you take these base stations away? There's also the issue that these base stations need electricity, and coincidentally, we supply the electricity ourselves. Even if you take these base stations, you won't be able to use them," Zhang Yuankui explained.
These were all practical problems that they couldn't avoid.
"You're right," the head nodded.
"So, does Guild Master Tiansha mean you're going to shut down these base stations?" the head asked after thinking for a moment.
In his opinion, if they couldn't be nationalized, they could only be shut down.
The council would never accept a communication network being controlled by a private organization.
"That's not the case. I have another proposal, you might as well listen," Zhang Yuankui said.
"Please speak."
"I can transfer the highest administrative rights to you."
Note that Zhang Yuankui said "transfer" here, not "enable."
There is a fundamental difference between the two.
Transferring authority means that the Mercenary Guild will lose control of the communication network, while enabling authority does not.
In fact, for Dongfang Chen, the highest administrative right is Xiaolin.
The so-called highest administrative right of the communication network is, in his opinion, just an ordinary administrator.
So there is no essential difference between transferring and enabling.
But this sentence sounded completely different to the ears of the investigation team.
"What? You're willing to hand over the highest administrative rights?" the head was a little surprised.
"It's nothing. For us, the purpose of building the base stations was just for convenient communication. As for who has the administrative rights, it doesn't really matter. It's just that..." Zhang Yuankui paused deliberately.
"Just what?" the head asked eagerly.
"It's just that the base stations and server rooms need electricity, and specialized personnel are needed for maintenance. You know what I mean, right?" Zhang Yuankui looked at the head and smiled.
"Understood. Actually, before the virus outbreak, we operated the same way. You can completely act as a hardware contractor, providing equipment and technical support, with us paying for the hardware and related maintenance costs," the head explained.
"That would be great," Zhang Yuankui smiled.
"Since Guild Master Tiansha agrees, I will draft a contract as soon as possible to finalize the matter."
"Okay."
"Then we'll leave first. Happy cooperation!" The head stood up and extended his right hand.
"Happy cooperation!" Zhang Yuankui also extended his hand.
… …
At the same time, Ling Tian and his master and the other 5 people, after a day of frantic travel, finally returned to Kurtak.
Because the train's power relied on coal, they were all covered in coal dust, as if they had just crawled out of a mine.
"We're back, we're finally back!" Ling Tian shouted.
"What are you yelling about?" the master scolded.
Losing an arm and a leg wasn't embarrassing enough.
The 5 people were too anxious to return and didn't notice that in one of the train carriages, a mechanical spider about 10 centimeters long crawled out. It jumped off the train and disappeared into the night.
It was from that night that a series of strange events began to occur in Kurtak's biological laboratory, and no one knew what was going on.
… …
October 23, 2055 AD, early morning.
Yundu City Train Station.
A train emitting thick black smoke slowly entered the station.
This train came from the country of Eloth, and their purpose was to transport gasoline.
Yan Zhengping, along with Tian Huamao, the Director of the Energy Department, Liu Feiying, the Director of the Military and Political Department, and Chen Guanxuan, the Director of the Finance Department, had been waiting here for a long time.
They needed to complete the handover on-site.
The people from the Energy Department were responsible for inspecting the quality of the gasoline, the people from the Military and Political Department were responsible for warehousing, and the Finance Department was responsible for bookkeeping.
What frustrated them was that they could only look at it and keep records, but they couldn't take it away.
After the people from the three departments finished their work, Yan Zhengping completed the handover with them, and the gasoline was temporarily left in the Southwest Military Region.
In addition, 6 ultrasonic emitters and 10,000 sets of combat uniforms were already prepared.
When the staff from Eloth saw that the ultrasonic emitters, worth 2 million crystal cores, were so small, they almost went crazy.
"Are you sure you didn't make a mistake? This thing is an ultrasonic emitter?" one of the staff members babbled.
There was real-time translation next to him, so there were no communication problems.
"Yes. Don't look at how small it is, I guarantee that as long as you put it in the base, not a single zombie animal will appear. If it doesn't work, I'll compensate you double," Yan Zhengping said.
"Okay, hopefully it works," the staff member had no choice but to accept it.
