I was reborn without dreams

Chapter 185 Not a single item resembles something from the mortal world.

The buzz surrounding Lu Weiguo, an even more outstanding figure than Lao Chen, continued. His daughter and son-in-law, who were traveling in Thailand at the time, were shot twelve times by Russians on the streets of Bangkok.

This news caused quite a stir in Thailand, but it didn't make a ripple in China, not even warranting a travel warning.

However, everyone in the industry is discussing what Lao Lu did wrong, and there has been no news about it since.

Just when people thought that was about it, Argentina lost 0-1 to England, while Lu Weiguo's youngest son was defeated by two Albanians in Zurich, also being shot twelve times at close range.

He's a bit better than his brother-in-law and sister.

If you want to spend money abroad, you need to have the channels and the ability to actually spend it.

It just so happens that Zhang Da'an had a lot of money during the World Cup.

"International scams are really rampant now, with all sorts of fraudulent emails being sent back and forth. There's even an organization called 'Long Live Normanov' that sent me death threats and demanded ransom."

After France's 0-0 draw with Uruguay, Zhang Da'an posted a blog entry on "Jinbang Blog" at 10 p.m., mainly to blur out the images in the email.

"Speaking of which, who is this Lu Yuwen? How does she have any connection with Russians? And she's asking me for ransom. That's going too far."

"Her husband was also quite unlucky; he was walking perfectly fine when he suddenly died."

This blog post is practically a direct, over-the-top attack.

But that was nothing. Zhang Da'an also sent a wreath to Lu Weiguo to mourn the loss of his two sons, one daughter, and one son-in-law.

If the internet's exaggerated claims are just a mystery, then Zhang Da'an leading a group to Lu Wei's home and laughing heartily in front of all his relatives and friends is simply inhuman...

"Hahahahahaha..."

Lu Weiguo, who had left his original residence and chosen to hold the funeral in a remote place in Hexi, never expected that Zhang Da'an would find this place.

There were police cars everywhere outside, after all, Zhang Da'an had brought too many people, a full four hundred.

The entire Lu family compound was surrounded by a large crowd. Unlike the mournful atmosphere inside the courtyard, the outside was filled with joy and celebration.

"Losing three sons in his later years, it's so tragic, Lao Lu."

You are not welcome here.

Snapped!
Zhang Da'an raised his hand and slapped the man across the face, knocking him to the ground. He then stepped on the man's head, saying, "Who the hell are you to Lu Weiguo? Nephew? Thinking you can inherit the Lu family's resources since your old man has no descendants? Don't dream, bro. Let's talk about it after you've lived through this year."

"Zhang An! You beast! You beast..."

“Suckling suckling suckling…”

Faced with Lu Weiguo's hysteria, Zhang Da'an wagged his finger, "Old Lu, you're so capable, aren't you? What's wrong? You're supposed to be all-powerful, able to find out my flight schedule, but you can't find out that one of your sons died in Birmingham and the other in Zurich?"

"You beast! You beast..."

"What's the rush?"

Looking at the simply decorated mourning hall, Zhang Da'an picked up an incense stick, lit it casually, and ignored the fear and anger of the people around him. After placing it on the incense table, he turned to an old woman and said, "You must be Lao Lu's wife. I am Zhang An."

The old woman gritted her teeth and glared at Zhang Da'an: "I won't let you get away with this—"

"So if you won't let me go, you mean you'll let go of the bastard child that Lao Lu is raising in Lin'an? Is that right, Lao Lu? You're really something, at your age, you still have twenty or thirty kids on the side, quite impressive. But don't worry, these days 'happy funerals' are all the rage, two sons and a daughter, three funerals in a row, and if that's not enough, you can keep going. Did you think you were hiding it well, that raising the bastard child in Lin'an and Taihu Lake would be fine? Disloyal!"

Zhang Da'an pointed at Lu Weiguo with his finger, "He's too unfaithful to his marriage. He needs to be criticized, seriously criticized!"

"Please...please let me go! I...I'll kneel down before you!"

When Zhang Da'an mentioned the word "bastard," Lu Weiguo completely broke down. In his heart, the "bastard" in Lin'an was the eldest son, and all these years had passed peacefully.

I never imagined that Zhang Da'an would be so despicable, even bringing up his eldest son who took his mother's surname.

Moreover, the eldest son already has a daughter who will soon be starting elementary school.

"Let you go? Old Lu, what makes you think that?"

Zhang Da'an spread his hands, "Who do you think you are? In the entire Jiangkou Province, who dares to say they won't let you off the hook? This is simply lawless! Don't worry, Lao Lu, I will definitely report the situation to the relevant departments and tell them your ordeal in detail. Someone will definitely step forward to uphold justice!"

"Please, please, spare me! He's my only son..."

“Tsk tsk tsk tsk…”

Looking at Lu Weiguo crawling over on his knees, Zhang Da'an shook his head repeatedly, "Still so professional, you wiped out the existence of the other seven 'bastards' with just one sentence. What's wrong? Aren't the remaining seven your offspring, or are they the Calabash Brothers?"

Ignoring Lu Weiguo, Zhang Da'an looked around and calmly said, "Those who come to pay their respects today will all become my enemies from now on."

As soon as these words were spoken, two-thirds of the already not crowded space immediately dispersed.

The emptiness of the moment made the simple funeral hall even more gloomy and desolate.

"very good."

Zhang Da'an nodded. The people who remained were all members of the Lu family, purely relatives, and nothing more.

"Now, Lao Lu, tell me your communication channels with Hu Xianda. I'm in a hurry. We need to hurry before the 8th, don't make me wait until the match against Brazil. You need to understand, I was supposed to be watching this game live, now look how awkward this is."

"You're insane, you've gone mad, you..."

Lu Weiguo muttered this phrase repeatedly on the ground, clearly indicating a mental problem, as if he might lose his mind at any moment.

Lu Weiguo, whose mind had already collapsed, was only able to hold on by "cultivating his inner strength" over the years. But now, his physical mental breakdown could not be sustained by "cultivating his inner strength" alone.

I need some physical therapy.

puff!
Without warning, Zhang Da'an raised his foot and kicked Lu Weiguo directly in the head.

"explain!!!!!!"

Zhang Da'an, who had crouched down, grabbed Lu Weiguo's hair like a raging beast. His ferocious expression made the entire mourning hall seem to have fallen into an ice cave.

That purest, most primal animalistic instinct is erupting, like a tiger relentlessly chasing its prey, and it's impossible for it to give up at this moment.

There are no supernatural abilities in the real world, but at this moment, Zhang Da'an seemed to be shrouded in an "aura" in the eyes of everyone around him, suppressing everyone so that they could not move.

No one knew what had happened, but Zhang Da'an shed two tears when he left, which relieved the uncles outside who were worried that something had happened.

As long as Jiangning is at peace, then the whole country is at peace.

As for whether it's England, Switzerland, Thailand, Australia, or Japan, that's none of their business.

They don't have extraterritorial rights, what are they thinking?

Things have taken an unexpected turn for the worse. "Zhang An Education," which has always been cautious in its expansion, has surprisingly announced in a high-profile manner that it will start building branch schools in Huaiyin and Yandu ahead of schedule, and that enrollment will begin this summer.

In the past, "Zhang An Education" would first have training facilities that met internal standards, and only after passing internal inspection would it start training business.

Generally speaking, the number of students admitted is matched with the size of the internal standard training facilities.

This time, contrary to usual practice, "Zhang An Education" acquired a building in Huaiyin and Yandu respectively for renovation.

It seems that the two new Dongweigang Middle School branches will be established this year, which has made many parents in various places ecstatic. Some of them applied last year but failed. After repeating a year, their children have no confidence as the college entrance examination approaches.

Parents who are mentally prepared can only try to get their children to "take the exam again," but this time, they have to go to Xindongwei Port Middle School.

If you can't go to the current three campuses, going to the newly added campus doesn't seem to be a big problem.

After all, universities are expanding their enrollment, and so are tutoring institutions for students preparing for the college entrance exam. There's no reason why my child wouldn't be able to get into Xindongweigang Middle School even though it's adding a new campus.

"Isn't the one in Huaiyin Xindongweigang Middle School?!"

Some parents even called the consultation hotline and asked "Zhang An Education" customer service before they learned that the new schools in Huaiyin and Yandu were not the Xindongweigang Middle School branch schools.

"The planning for the Huaiyin campus is underway, but it won't be until next year. This year, our company is opening a vocational school in Huaiyin City."

"Vocational school? What's the use of a vocational school?"

"Hello, parent. The vocational school that our company runs in Huaiyin is not mainly for sending talents out to other places, but for internal needs."

"Oh? There's an internal need? Well...would it be convenient to ask and see how things go?"

"Hello, parent. Yes, you can ask me any questions you may have."

"What kind of vocational school is it? What do they mainly do?" "Electronic product repair and after-sales service, as well as general accounting positions. The business of other companies under our boss's name is growing very fast, so the two vocational schools that were originally scheduled to start at the end of the year have been brought forward to June. We plan to start recruiting students after the high school entrance examination."

"Will I be able to register then?"

"Hello parents, there has been no notification yet regarding enrollment. The documents currently being sent out by the company still recommend enrollment, but there is no publicly available enrollment channel."

What does "recommendation for registration" mean?

"Many of our company's 'Mathematics Division' instructors, including Level 2 and Level 1 instructors, were formerly teachers at middle schools in Huaiyin. They are responsible for the relevant recommendation and registration matters."

"Isn't it against the rules to not be able to register directly?"

"I'm not sure about that; that's the company's current announcement. But if you're interested, you can find more details on our company's official website. Currently, enrollment in Huaiyin is already over 60% complete, and we might fill all the places before the high school entrance exam."

"No way? They're full before the high school entrance exam?! What if someone gets into high school? Are they going to skip high school and go to a vocational school instead?"

"I'm not entirely sure about that either. The company hasn't notified us, so I can't just give you a casual answer."

"..."

In a short period of time, tens of thousands of similar phone and online inquiries have been received, mainly due to a rumor circulating that the two newly added vocational schools are not simple and can guarantee job placement.

Of course, if you were assigned to some remote corner, no one would be interested. But once the "recommendation application" was announced, everyone knew that it was actually a combination of "internal training" and "internal recommendation".

Keen observers also noticed something amiss on the official website of "Zhang An Education": a series of "secondary vocational schools" were added to the newly added school categories.

Originally, there were only two schools: "Zhang'an Food Secondary Vocational School" and "Zhang'an Electromechanical Secondary Vocational School." One school was located in Taihu City, and the other in Wudu City. Of course, this is within the greater city area.

To narrow it down further, these are "Jiyang City Zhang'an Food Vocational School" and "Shazhou City Zhang'an Electromechanical Vocational School," which are confirmed to open in September.

Before the "Zhang'an College" brand series was rolled out, "Zhang'an Secondary Vocational School" began its promotion first.

However, this also meets the staffing needs. The two companies, "Zhang An Food" and "Zhang An Health", are expected to have a total shortage of about 400 to 700 people for positions such as front-line sales, warehouse management, after-sales service, reception specialists, operators, packers, and mechanics.

The main reason is that Zhang Da'an went berserk this time, directly tripling the production capacity expansion that was originally supposed to be done step by step. In other words, he is about to start releasing the conversion efficiency of his reputation as a "three-time champion".

The real beneficiaries aren't "Zhang'an Foods" and "Zhang'an Health." The Chengdong District now has the qualification to guarantee power supply, and the reason is simple: "Zhang'an Electronics" has set up a small industrial park here.

Given the current market demand for "Top Star" phones, the number of front-line assembly workers will exceed one thousand, and in reality, it will be far more than one thousand, because the number of people rotating through production line training alone exceeds two thousand, all for the upcoming launch of the phones.

Previously quite conservative "Zhang An Electronics" and its affiliated companies have become more aggressive, not to the point of hiring, but by spending heavily on the supply chain, from polymer materials to IC design.

Originally, there was no strong positive drive within the company, but a notice was issued within the "Zhang An Industrial Alliance" saying that the boss had offended someone and needed to take care of the enemy as soon as possible, so it was necessary to speed up and expand the scale and speed of research and development.

Old Fangtou, being well-informed, mentioned it briefly at a company executive meeting, but of course, he didn't say that Zhang Da'an had taken care of anyone, especially not personally.

It was only at this moment that Fang Daqiao, who was approaching fifty, began to sense the youthful energy in his boss.

That's fucking high firepower.

Many people hoped that Zhang Da'an would calm down, including Old Chen.

He was completely numb right now. Just a day ago, he almost believed that Zhang Da'an would stop short of causing trouble. It turns out he really was going to back down before the 8th.

"No... Mr. Zhang, you've put Jiangkou Province in a very passive position. There are people in Yuzhang arguing with us, and it's not fair to say we're in the wrong. But now someone is stirring up trouble, deliberately obscuring some shady news. You... should be careful."

"When I left Wuxing Village, I was always alone. Old Chen, how many people do I have now?"

Zhang Da'an waved his hand, "No matter how powerful they are, they can't cover up the whole sky. This time I'm going to fight them. I want to see just how much wealth they have."

Seeing that Zhang Da'an was determined to fight to the end, Old Chen became anxious and blurted out some things he couldn't say before: "They also do tungsten mining and processing, and all their customers are overseas; they also deal with rare earths, which are always shipped directly through Nandu Port, and when business is good, they are shipped directly through the Yangtze River. The people who do their accounting are all from Taihu City. Even if your business can swallow up all those messy international education businesses, it won't hurt you a single penny."

"Not necessarily."

In fact, Zhang Da'an's current size is still too small. In order to facilitate "large-scale operations", he has now reached the point where he has no choice but to expand even if he doesn't want to.

Only when its social influence is truly unleashed can it be said to have truly been put on the table.

Murder and arson are the actions of "bandits from Liangshan," not respectable in public, and are only meant as a deterrent.

But if deterrence and silence prevail, then strength must prevail.

Lu Weiguo, this "rising star," is nothing special, and Hu Xianda, this idle and down-on-his-luck fellow, is certainly not worth a second glance, but their families are a completely different story.

The year before Zhang Da'an flattered the "Science and Education Revitalizing the Nation Strategy," he had only managed to regain some substantial mining, processing, and export rights.

There are quotas for importing tungsten ore, but as for exports... there are none.

With the power of a nobody like Zhang Da'an, interfering in the development of national land resources is simply out of the question; there is absolutely no possibility of it.

Unless he takes the college entrance exam right now, uses Peking University as a stepping stone, and then plunges into the basic industrial sector, spending twenty years gradually becoming a "Zhao Gao" (a legendary figure known for his integrity and talent), then he can fight on equal footing.

Unfortunately not.

Then there's no other way but to become a pirate and rob cargo ships. Asymmetric warfare is great!

The first thing that popped into Coach Zhang's mind was "steal it from him," but he didn't say it this time, not wanting to scare Old Chen, this honest man, any further.

However, if we're talking about what good way there is to control the Hu family's core business right now, Chief Instructor Zhang really doesn't have any.

Just like basic scientific research, in industrial society, the most primitive businesses are often also the foundational industries, it just depends on who controls them.

No matter how much mineral and oil and gas resources the "Banana Republic" possesses, it's of little use to them; but if these resources were in the hands of "humanity's hope," then forget about direct commodity trade and harvesting, they could harvest whenever they wanted through the futures market alone.

Not only can the futures market be profitable, but the bond market can also be enriched.

Foreign exchange cannot buy scarce mineral resources, nor can it buy high-tech or advanced equipment. If we don't buy government bonds to protect our principal, we can't just keep it all in our savings.

The logic is the same.

The international community is powerless against wave after wave of "dollar tides," but this only fails to deeply undermine the core industries controlled by "human hope."

And as long as it continues to encroach, eventually posing a full threat, then forget about tides and your industrial power generation.

The current head coach Zhang is in a state of "no industrial power generation" and is still in the post-"Korean War" stage.

They dare to take a gamble and fight, but they just can't cross the "Pacific Ocean".

It's not that I don't want to, but that I don't have the actual ability.

"Mr. Zhang, regarding this matter, I'd like to make a personal statement to you. Let me clarify first, this is my personal statement."

"..."

Okay, it's your turn, Old Chen, to have something to say.

"Personally, I would definitely support outstanding local entrepreneurs like you. Besides, besides being an entrepreneur, you might also become an educator in the future, right? If we don't protect it, wouldn't all the hard work we've put into improving our social environment over the years be in vain?"

"So, Mr. Chen, from your 'personal' perspective, what good opinions and suggestions do you have?"

"Well, we need to participate in more organized activities. How can we make it bigger and stronger... As the saying goes, 'Two heads are better than one,' right?"

Old Chen also cited Coach Zhang's hometown as an example, "Take the metallurgical industry and textile industry in Shazhou City as examples, as well as the timber import and export processing industry, etc. Many hands make light work."

"Okay, I'll think about it."

Although Old Chen is absolutely right, Chief Instructor Zhang still wants to become the "Pirate King." In that case, it's not impossible to just rob the Hu family's cargo ships and sell them secondhand.

However, if someone actually did that, they'd probably get a bounty from the "world government."

Forget it, highway robbery is too technically difficult; fraud is much more feasible.

"I'm just stating my opinion. I won't bother you any longer, I'll be going now."

Old Chen didn't want to be in the same room with Zhang Da'an for even a second; it was terrifying.

But to say that Old Chen is afraid of Zhang Da'an...

Not at all. Old Chen wasn't afraid of Zhang Da'an as a person; what he was afraid of were the things that this lunatic Zhang Da'an had done.

None of them looked like they came from the living world.

(End of this chapter)