I am a demonic cultivator, not a capitalist with a conscience.

Chapter 203 Weren't you prepared all along? (26)

The existing factory products were listed out, and a group of people stared at the contents on the blackboard, lost in thought.

The factory's industrial structure is now relatively stable. Some of the external display equipment is produced in-house, while the rest is outsourced to Bandage Man, which is currently the main source of income.

The screws are deeply intertwined with Chen Yu's dream "My Factory". The technology involved in the calming herbal tea is very low, but because they have a long-term cooperation with Sangmu, they don't have to worry about sales.

Since there are no problems with the factory's operations, Mr. Chen's need for money shouldn't lie here.

Looking at the contents of the blackboard, Glasses thought for a moment and then said, "We previously speculated that President Chen must have reached a contract with a certain star lord, and the most likely candidate right now is the future star lord."

"Didn't the future Star Lord already perish?" Gong Jin asked, puzzled.

"It's hard to say. Of the three Star Lords of the past, present, and future, the Future Star Lord is the most enigmatic. His actions seem haphazard, but they are always proven correct in hindsight. No one can say for sure whether the Future Star Lord's demise was part of his plan."

“Indeed,” the tall, thin man nodded in agreement.

Recalling Chen Yu's various actions, Gong Jin nodded and said, "Yes, President Chen's behavior does indeed resemble that of the future Star Lord. It's possible that he is the incarnation of the future Star Lord. So, it's not that President Chen is deliberately being mysterious, but rather that this is the only way he can act."

"Yes. However, we are not sure if this is the truth, but for now, let's proceed with this speculation. The future Star Lord has already fallen, so many prophecies can only be conveyed in this veiled way. Moreover, our task is to understand President Chen's thoughts, and then realize President Chen's ambition to revitalize Tianyuan."

Luo Tong's few words instilled immense pressure, which was then fueled by the passion that followed.

What an exciting thing it would be to be able to revitalize Tianyuan together with the future Lord!

Luo Tong tapped the blackboard, drawing everyone's attention back, and continued, "Look here, we need to continue to think about President Chen's true intentions. President Chen only has two requirements: spend money, and spend money meaningfully."

"I understand that we shouldn't waste money. But why emphasize spending money in a meaningful way?"

"Um……"

While everyone was still pondering, the gatekeeper rushed in, followed by an unremarkable-looking young girl.

The other person sat down nervously as soon as they entered, then hurriedly took out the freshly printed documents from their pocket, gave one to each person, and said, "This is terrible, there's a big problem now!"

Noticing that everyone was looking at her, the little girl asked, puzzled, "Why are you all looking at me?"

"...Who are you? If it's an interview, can we wait a bit? We're in a meeting right now."

"I am Li Xiaotao!"

"Who?"

"The economic assistant of the Tianyuan Cultivator Committee! Director Luo, we've met before!"

Luo Tong stared at the other person for a long time before finally matching the name and identity, and then suddenly realized.

He quickly poured tea for the other party and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Assistant Li, I've been busy lately and didn't think of it at first."

Li Xiaotao sighed and said helplessly, "It's okay, what can I do? I have an average face. I'm never involved in employee benefits, but I'm always the one working overtime. The only person who remembers me, Senior Zhong, went to Changsheng Prefecture to collect his reward, so now I'm all alone."

"Um... Assistant Li, is there anything I can help you with?"

Li Xiaotao patted her face, cheered herself up, and then patted the documents in her hand, saying, "The people from the Tianyuan Cultivator Management Committee came looking for us."

The atmosphere changed instantly upon hearing this. Gong Jin crushed the cigarette in his mouth, while the pupils of Luo Tong and his group of four widened sharply. The grinding of teeth was quite eerie.

If the other party were here now, Li Xiaotao believed that the people here would tear him apart alive.

She still remembers the president's expression at the time; it was the president's good manners that he didn't kill the other person on the spot.

"Where is he now?" Gong Jin asked coldly.

Shivering from the cold, Li Xiaotao hunched her shoulders and said, "They left after they finished speaking. They came to deliver a rectification notice."

What needs to be rectified?

"It's related to Tianyuan Agricultural Machinery Factory. They said the factory's environmental protection standards are not met, so they came to deliver a rectification notice. Otherwise, they would ask the God of Wood De to shut down our factory."

With a livid face, Gong Jin picked up the notice, read it, and then crushed it into pieces, saying fiercely, "Damn it! Don't they have any idea why the environmental standards aren't met?!"

Luo Tong was furious after reading it.

Why did you come at the very moment when the factory was starting to do well?

Either they've taken the money, or they have something on them that they're planning to use against Tianyuan.

It's just bad!
The former Tianyuan Agricultural Machinery Factory was a transit center for spirit stones in the vicinity. Many external conglomerates gathered here and mined spirit stones around this location, a fact also recorded in "My Factory".

Later, the spirit stones disappeared, and the conglomerate left, but the slag left from mining the spirit stones still remained here.

Moreover, in the later stages of mining, in order to maximize the output of spirit stones, they began to mine violently, which led to the pollution of Tianyuan's groundwater, which has only recently begun to improve.

In addition, there are abandoned medicines, broken production lines, collapsed ground, and polluted air... These are all pollution left behind after the violent mining in the past, and even in the dream world of "My Factory", players will find it difficult to remove them.

You were involved in the violent mining back then, and now you're turning around and saying that later generations aren't environmentally conscious enough. Where do you really stand?

Suppressing his anger, Luo Tong carefully read through the notice, then sneered, "As expected, the former chairman said he had quotas that he could sell to us so we wouldn't have to shut down the factory for the time being. The quota is six million a month, and it didn't even reach our limit."

"It's not that simple," Gong Jin said, shaking his head and sighing.

He took out a cigarette from his pocket and was about to light it when he suddenly remembered that cigarettes also cause pollution, so he put it down.

Although I know that the impact of a single cigarette on the environment is negligible, I still feel guilty about smoking it now, so I'll just refrain from doing so.

After taking back the cigarette, Gong Jin continued, "Six million is just a test. If we agree, next month it will be seven million, eight million, and then it will keep increasing until the limit is reached."

"These bastards!"

The conference room was deathly silent, except for the constant rustling of pages turning.

While everyone was searching for a solution, Li Xiaotao wanted to leave, but stopped after seeing what everyone had listed on the blackboard and the shopping list next to it.

After carefully flipping through the pages, she found that it contained factory supplies that Principal Liu had previously sorted out. Some of the items were insignificant, but after seeing one particular item, she asked in confusion, "Didn't you already have these prepared?"

"what?"

(End of this chapter)