"Here's a set of mechanical weapon data, and a price list." Fu Qingyang said.

"That's it?" Zhang Yuanqing was taken aback.

Fu Qingyang propped his elbows on the table and chuckled, "Of course, it's not that simple. I sent a collaboration proposal to headquarters in the name of Xiahou Aotian, hoping to provide the Five Elements Alliance with mechanical weapons, promising that within six months, four mechanical weapons would become standard equipment for the official stationed teams, and offering a 50% discount on the price."

"Once mechanical weapons are popularized, the strength of official grassroots members will be greatly enhanced, casualties in combat will be reduced, and the Five Elements Alliance's control will be improved. The ten old guys at headquarters have no reason to refuse. I also told them that four mechanical weapons are just the beginning, and there will be more functions and more types of mechanical weapons in the future. Do you know what that means?"

"Equipment iteration, a great transformation." Zhang Yuanqing spread his arms.

"Transformation is out of the question, but equipment iteration is very real." Fu Qingyang looked at him and explained.

"You may not know, the official once jointly established a research fund called the Intangible Cultural Heritage and Ancient Techniques with the Scholars and three other families. Among them, they wanted to use mechanical techniques to start an equipment iteration, improve the combat power of the middle and lower-level The Way of the Extraordinary, and narrow the gap between the Bright Five Elements Alliance and the Heavenly Punishment in a short period of time, or even reach parity."

"This is a very visionary strategy. Although the ten old guys at headquarters are annoying, they do have something. Unfortunately, mechanical techniques rely on technological accumulation, which cannot be solved with money. It's like advanced engines and high-performance chips, you can't build them if you can't build them. People have accumulated more than a hundred years of technology, why do you think you can catch up with just a dozen years?"

"Ancient cultivators accumulated thousands of years of mechanical technology, how can The Way of the Extraordinary, with only a hundred years of history, catch up?" Fu Qingyang talked eloquently, "Of course, the main reason why headquarters agreed so quickly is because I told them that Xiahou Aotian would send the same quotation to the Heavenly Punishment abroad in ten minutes."

With that said, he looked quietly at Zhang Yuanqing and said, "I'm done. Hurry up and go through the process."

Zhang Yuanqing bowed his head and worshiped, "Boss, you are wise!"

Fu Qingyang nodded in satisfaction.

"But boss, isn't half price too much of a loss?" Zhang Yuanqing was a college student after all, with good calculation skills. There were forty or fifty teams in Songhai alone, with hundreds of extraordinary individuals.

How many teams are there in the entire Five Elements Alliance? Can you imagine how much money would be lost if so many mechanical weapons were sold at half price? Moreover, the material costs were paid by Fu Qingyang. With such a huge amount of money, even the two guys named Ma would have to sell their belongings to raise the money.

"Half price is not a problem. We can earn it back from the maintenance fees. As long as we appropriately reduce the service life of the mechanical weapons and implant self-destruct devices that trigger upon unauthorized disassembly, the official can only seek our help for mechanical weapon maintenance." Fu Qingyang said, "I can even let them use it for free because free is the most expensive. As long as we increase the maintenance fee by several times, we can still make a fortune."

You're such a Tencent! Zhang Yuanqing complained inwardly.

"It's best to lower your head when slandering me." Fu Qingyang's eyes turned cold, prompting Zhang Yuanqing to clear his throat and say, "Then do you have enough funds? This is not a small amount. Oh, I forgot, you still have the Fu family behind you." Unexpectedly, Fu Qingyang shook his head slightly, "I don't plan to let the Fu family intervene. If that's the case, the decision-makers of our company will become the Fu family's council of elders."

"Ah, do you have so much cash?" Zhang Yuanqing was surprised.

If Fu Qingyang doesn't let the Fu family intervene, relying on Fu Qingyang's personal assets alone, he probably can't afford such a huge expense.

"No." Fu Qingyang shook his head, "So I asked you to bring Fu Xue in. Although her business has been sluggish in recent years, she has accumulated tens of billions in assets. Won't the money come then?"

After a pause, Fu Qingyang's mouth curved up, "When she invests all her assets in our company, she will have no way out. She will even do everything possible to raise money for the company's capital chain. Fu Xue has been a professional manager for the Fu family for more than ten years. She has a wide network of contacts and knows many wealthy people. Everyone will be willing to lend her money out of respect for the Fu family. We don't have to worry about funding."

"But I won't give her decision-making power, so she has to look at our faces. At that time, even if the Fu family doesn't agree with your marriage with Guan Ya, even if Guan Ya changes her mind and doesn't want to marry you, she will have to tie up her daughter and send her to the wedding room."

"You're so cunning! I mean, boss, you're so brilliant!" Zhang Yuanqing listened in a daze, deeply feeling that his social experience was too shallow and he didn't know how sinister people's hearts were.

Since we're talking about this, Zhang Yuanqing, as one of the company's shareholders, took the opportunity to express some opinions, "The mechanical weapon manual is so important. Will someone within the official cause trouble, such as stealing the mechanical blueprint, or sending a spy to infiltrate our company to secretly learn the technology? Our company will definitely need a lot of scholars to develop and grow."

"That's why the White Tiger Guards I raised will come in handy. They will be the best security guards for the company." Fu Qingyang had obviously considered these issues.

"In terms of scholars, I have made two plans. One is to ask Li Chunfeng to find someone. He is from the scholar group in Wanbao House, and there is no shortage of scholars there. The second is to have Xiahou Aotian select reliable members from the Xiahou family."

"The Xiahou family probably wants to clean up their act now, will they still give us scholars?" Zhang Yuanqing said unhappily.

"That's Xiahou Aotian's own business. As long as he can withstand the pressure from the Xiahou family, the Xiahou family will naturally cooperate with us." Fu Qingyang said.

"Can Xiahou Aotian withstand it?" Zhang Yuanqing frowned.

"It's difficult, so I added three layers of insurance." Fu Qingyang was watertight, "Sign a contract with Xiahou Aotian. If he chooses to join the family, the power of the contract will kill him."

"Second, I not only made him empty his savings to pay for the materials, but also lent him 200 million in foreign debt."

"Third, I have transferred five Saints from the White Tiger Guards to be under his management along with the scholars, and call him leader. Xiahou Aotian is an extravagant and high-profile person who can't wait to show off in front of the whole world. In the past, he was alone in the Xiahou family and no one paid attention to him. His desires have never been satisfied. Now that he is here, it's like he's back home."

"Boss, you're so... brilliant!" Zhang Yuanqing bowed his head and worshiped.

"Who are you talking to?"

In the next factory building, Xiahou Aotian leaned lazily on the back of his chair, with his legs crossed. Five Saints stood behind him, like the boss of a gang.

Opposite him was a middle-aged man wearing black-rimmed glasses with the temperament of a university professor. The university professor, who should have been refined and cultured, was now so angry that his face was red. He pointed at Xiahou Aotian and scolded, "Xiahou Aotian, do you know what you have done? You have the mechanical technique manual, but you don't share it with the family and instead sell it to outsiders? The family has raised you for more than ten years. Is this how you repay the family!"

Xiahou Aotian was not afraid at all, "Sixth Uncle, my parents raised me, what does it have to do with the family? When I make money, I will naturally repay my parents. Don't talk nonsense here. Although you are my uncle, you are facing the future richest man in the country!"

"You, you, you..."

"Sixth Uncle, you are no longer worthy of sitting on an equal footing with me. I will only say a few words to my granduncle when he comes, and my ancestor will also say to me, 'Take a seat'."

The middle-aged man pointed at him, trembling all over, so angry that he couldn't speak. After a long time, he said with grief and indignation.

"You have become so inflated in just a few days?" The middle-aged man took a deep breath and said, "As long as you can share the mechanical technique with the family, the shares are negotiable."

"I signed a contract."

"The family will pay the penalty for breach of contract for you."

"I signed a pact."

"We will ask the ancestor to dissolve it."

Xiahou Aotian thought for a while and said, "The family's attitude is very good, but I refuse."

"Why?" the middle-aged professor asked angrily.

Xiahou Aotian raised his chin, "Tell him!"

The five Saints behind him shouted in unison, "Hello, Leader!"

"See, this is what the Xiahou family can't give me. You old things are all my elders and only know how to act old in front of me. This is my paradise." Xiahou Aotian opened his arms, like a devout believer embracing the glory of the Lord.

"Just because of this?" The middle-aged professor clutched his chest and retreated repeatedly, unable to accept this reason. He stared angrily at Xiahou Aotian for a few seconds, then turned and left.

He couldn't persuade this eccentric nephew. Let the old Patriarch handle it. Compared with those纨绔 juniors who like to make money and play with women, Xiahou Aotian's bad character is what makes the family elders the most headache.

What's the problem with纨绔? Who wasn't a纨绔 when they were young? They will slowly mature and become stable. Facing the纨绔 children, the elders will at most criticize and teach them, but facing Xiahou Aotian, the elders have to carry a bottle of nitroglycerin pills in their pockets.

"Sixth Uncle, walk slowly!" Xiahou Aotian suddenly shouted.

The middle-aged man turned his head coldly. Xiahou Aotian took out a document from the drawer, "This is the cooperation proposal I drafted. I certainly can't give it to the family, but after all, my surname is Xiahou, and I am willing to give the family some benefits. As long as the Xiahou family provides our company with transcendent-stage scholars, I can give the Xiahou family 5% of the shares, half from me and half from Fu Qingyang."

The middle-aged man's eyes lit up. He strode over, took the document from Xiahou Aotian's hand, and his tone softened a bit, "That's right. I will report it to the family. Wait for the news."

A fledgling mechanical weapon manufacturing company will inevitably need a lot of money. If you need both money and scholars, then 5% of the shares is obviously not cost-effective.

But if you only provide scholars, then 5% of the shares is a benefit.

After dismissing Sixth Uncle, Xiahou Aotian happily went to tighten screws.

United Federation, Vosk State. A freshly waxed red sports car sped along the outskirts. On both sides were large wheat fields, blue skies, and white clouds, the scenery as beautiful as a fairy tale.

The woman driving the car was also as beautiful as a poem, with a hint of devilish seductiveness.

A woman who couldn't tell her age, but had definitely reached the ripe peach stage, her delicate, slightly curly hair fluttered in the wind, wearing dark sunglasses, a high nose bridge, a sharp chin, and a delicately painted face.

A black suit skirt paired with a white shirt outlined the mature woman's exquisite figure.

Soon, the red sports car stopped outside a large manor. The woman in the car took off her sunglasses and glanced at the surveillance camera in front of the black, thorny iron gate.

A few seconds later, the iron gate slowly opened.

The red sports car drove in quickly. The manor covered a vast area, with its own shopping mall, bar, and even a school for the Fu family's direct descendants.

Adding up the collateral relatives, there were a total of fifty to sixty thousand people living in this large manor, which was like a small city.

The red sports car arrived outside a spire-topped castle-like building. The buildings in the manor were generally villas and high-rise buildings with exquisite styles. Only this castle seemed to be from the last century.

The people living inside were also the Fu family's elders from the last century. The council of elders was composed of the first, second, and third batches of The Way of the Extraordinary of the Fu family, and the youngest was also eighty years old.

These people formed the power center of the Fu family. As a well-known family among The Way of the Extraordinary, the Fu family had assets of several trillion Federal currency. The family had a large number of The Way of the Extraordinary, and even had two peak Overlords.

There were also many Overlords below Level 9, but before Fu Qingxuan rose to power, the Fu family had always had a regret, which was that they had never produced a demigod.

But now the Fu family's new regret is that they haven't produced a second demigod.

Fu Xue parked the car heavily, slammed the door shut with a loud bang, took off her sunglasses, and broke into the castle in a huff.

She went straight to the butler's office and glared at her distant cousin, "Fu Long, why did you sell the three listed companies I manage? You must give me a reasonable explanation."

Her distant cousin was wearing formal attire, his face serious and cold, like a battle-hardened officer.

Facing his cousin's question, he replied in a cold tone, "When has the decision of the council of elders needed to be explained to you?"

Fu Xue's fair and beautiful face twitched, and she suddenly chuckled, "Okay, I'm about to lose my job."

With that said, she pulled over a chair and sat opposite the butler like a rascal. She took out a lighter and a cigarette from her designer bag, put the cigarette to her bright red lips, and began to puff out smoke.

Beautiful women are pleasing to the eye no matter what they do, even smoking is full of charm.

But Fu Long, who never touched cigarettes or alcohol, frowned.

After a few seconds of stalemate, Fu Long sighed helplessly, "You're still as unreasonable as when you were a child."

"Speak!" Fu Xue glared at him, "Is the family planning to sell its assets and shift its focus to the country?"

She came here today for two purposes. One was to confirm the family's development focus and verify Fu Qingyang's words.

The second was to cause trouble.

She couldn't interfere with the development plan and could only submit, but why only sell the companies she managed?

Fu Xue had inquired. Only the three listed companies she managed had recently been sold. The companies managed by other cousins were still operating successfully.

Over the years, because Guan Ya was disappointing and divorced her husband, she had struggled alone, but was still gradually squeezed out of the power core by the family.

As the daughter of the former head of the family, a direct descendant, her situation could be described as miserable.

The elders were bullying her too much.

Fu Xue was a strong woman. She occasionally wanted to confide her suffering and grievances to someone, but she had been single for more than ten years. If she wanted to confide, no one would listen, so she could only make trouble.

"What's wrong with you?" Fu Long frowned and said, "The family wants to transfer its assets to the country, but selling your company is not because of this."

Fu Xue frowned her delicate eyebrows, "Then the elders are deliberately targeting me?"

Fu Long glanced at her, "You're not worthy!"

He said in a deep voice, "It's Fu Qingyang. He recently signed a big deal with the Five Elements Alliance, which made the elders see an opportunity and hope to expand in the country. So they sold the three companies you managed to raise money, but Fu Qingyang refused. He made a request that the family couldn't agree to."

"What request?"

"Fu Qingyang said to let his dad get out and he wants to be the head of the family." Fu Long warned, "The elders are furious because of this. You better not cause any more trouble, lest they transfer their anger to you."

Fu Xue bit her lip, "You're all bullying me!"

She took a deep breath. "What kind of deal did Fu Qingyang sign with the Five Elements Alliance that made the elders so important?"

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