Life was very plain.
Ever since Guo Yi finished discussing the twenty-year plan with Elder Zhou and the others, and Gao Linlin submitted her report, life had been very plain.
Because after the report was submitted, there was no follow-up from the higher-ups; he did not know whether they were quietly preparing or had given up.
Anyway, ever since that day, Guo Yi basically spent all his time in various experiments.
No one disturbed him, and no other trivial matters interfered with him, leaving him free to research as he pleased.
Whenever he asked for any materials, they were delivered at the first possible moment.
Whatever he wanted to eat, a dedicated chef would go and learn how to make it.
Of course, he still had to pay for these things...
Occasionally, when he felt depressed or the like, he could also drag Ostrich and the others along to play Gundam simulation battles to relax.
Anyway, he was relaxed, but as for Ostrich and the others...
What did that have to do with him?
The bad part was that he could only become a manual worker, with no one to discuss the mysteries of the human body with him.
Another thing was that he had to start a class and nag from time to time.
As for everyone at the factory, they worked as they should, studied as they should, and grew accustomed to being electrocuted.
Everything moved forward in an orderly manner, with no one knowing.
If not for the continuous stream of supplies flowing into this place, they would have thought they were completely isolated from the world and forgotten by the higher-ups.
A month later.
Peng City.
A man with a slight beer belly and an abnormally sincere-looking smile knocked on the door of a warehouse.
"Hello, we are from Wujiang Technology Co., Ltd.
Are you here for the interview?"
A thin, frail man with a receding hairline and thick glasses opened the door.
"Manager Wang, hello, we are from the Investment Office under the Internal Economic Control Department.
You can just call me Old Chang.
This is Xiao Zhang, my team member."
Old Chang, meaning the man with a slight beer belly, shook Manager Wang's hand warmly with a full face of smiles: "We came to talk to you about something."
"The Investment Office?"
Manager Wang gasped, startled for a moment, and then hesitantly invited them in: "My place is a bit messy, please forgive me."
"It's nothing, it's nothing, you're too polite."
Old Chang didn't change his expression, smiling as he followed behind Manager Wang.
As for Xiao Zhang, he couldn't help but twitch the corner of his eye.
A small warehouse of less than twenty square meters.
The lighting was passable, but the desk and the floor were covered with various mechanical parts and sundries.
The only place that could be considered clean was the spot on the desk occupied by a remote-controlled helicopter.
"Excuse me, I'd like to ask, are you two looking for me?"
Manager Wang deeply doubted whether the two people in front of him had found the wrong place.
To put it nicely, he was the head of a technology company; to put it bluntly, he was the boss, technician, and worker of a small workshop all rolled into one.
His only three employees had tendered their resignations to him yesterday.
As for him now, he only had this warehouse borrowed from his uncle and the items inside it.
No people, no money, no products.
A true "three-nothings" person.
"No, Manager Wang, we are precisely looking for you."
Old Chang held him up with praise: "Your Wujiang Technology Co., Ltd. has a very promising future, which is why we came here~"
"This..."
Manager Wang looked at Old Chang's smile and listened to his words, always feeling a bit awkward, so he simply said: "What business do you have here?
Director Chang, if you have something to say, just spit it out!"
"Alright, Manager Wang is a straightforward man." Old Chang's face straightened as he gave a thumbs up: "Well, Old Chang here is a few years older than you, so I'll pull rank and call you younger brother Wang.
You can just call me Brother Chang."
"This~ Director Chang..."
"Sigh, just call me Brother Chang, everyone doesn't need to be so distant."
Old Chang smiled as he interrupted Manager Wang's words, directly and forcibly narrowing the distance between the two parties.
Manager Wang could only bite the bullet and say: "Brother Chang, just say it straight, what is the matter?"
"Well, we want to invest in you!"
"Crash~"
Hearing Old Chang's words, Manager Wang couldn't help but stand up.
Investment?
Investment!
Someone was actually investing in his three-nothings company?
Was this auditory hallucination, or had the other party lost their mind?
"Director Chang..."
"Call me Brother Chang."
"..."
Manager Wang rubbed his hands together and confirmed once more: "Brother Chang, did you just say you want to invest in my company?"
"Yes."
As if not seeing Manager Wang's flustered appearance, Old Chang still smiled sincerely: "You heard right, we want to invest in you."
"Hoo~" Manager Wang took a few deep breaths, forced himself to calm down, and then asked: "May I ask why?"
"Because we are optimistic about you."
"..."
Optimistic my foot!
It wasn't as if he had never dealt with angel investors.
Those he had dealt with previously, one and all, ran faster than dogs after seeing the scale of his company and his products.
Who the hell would be optimistic about him!
"Brother Chang, you can see for yourself, my company is only this big..."
Manager Wang smiled bitterly as he said to Old Chang: "The day before yesterday, there were still three employees with me, but yesterday they all quit.
How did a company like mine with no money, no technology, and no products catch your eye..."
"Because we are optimistic about you."
"..."
"Brother Chang, let's talk business directly."
"Fine." Old Chang nodded: "Manager Wang, I have two options here.
First, we fully fund you; you are the apparent person in charge, holding 100% of the equity, and it has nothing to do with us.
Privately, you enter the system and draw a salary.
You don't need to worry about company management and development.
Second, an interest-free loan of 100 million, with a five-year repayment period; overtime will be calculated normally.
Additionally, we will provide you with some basic drone technologies.
Moreover, these technologies have not yet been patented, so you can apply for patents in the name of the company for both subsequent derivative technologies and the technologies we provide.
As for the shares, we take ninety percent, while you ostensibly hold 100% of the equity.
You are responsible for company management and such; we will only send personnel to conduct financial supervision."
After hearing Old Chang's two options, Manager Wang frowned and pondered.
First of all, in both options, he would act as a shield, and outwardly, today's events never happened.
As for the first option, it meant directly entering the system; he would only need to follow the established steps and could probably live a stable life smoothly.
However, this would be exchanging his dream for it...
Therefore, Manager Wang hesitated for less than ten seconds before giving Old Chang his answer: "Is there a third option?"
"Yes, that nothing ever happened today."
Manager Wang nodded: "Can I take a look at the technology you provide first?"
"No."
"Then I choose the second option."
Manager Wang let out a helpless, internal sigh: "Well then, can I take a look at the technology you provide right now?"
"Xiao Zhang."
"Snap~"
Xiao Zhang, who had been completely devoid of presence all along, opened the briefcase he had been holding the entire time, took out some documents from it, and handed them to Manager Wang: "The technology catalog and introduction are here."
Manager Wang took them and immediately began to read.
For a time, the only sound in the entire space was the "rustle" of Manager Wang turning pages.
After a long while, Manager Wang rubbed his brow and looked up to say: "Many of the technologies here are very mature and can be commercialized. Why choose me?"
"Because we are optimistic about you."
"..."
Manager Wang looked at the beaming Old Chang with a helpless expression, shook his head resignedly, and extended his palm, accepting his fate: "Pleasant cooperation, when will the funds arrive?"
"Within one minute after you sign."
Manager Wang looked at the duplicate agreement before him, read through it carefully, and finally signed his name.
"Alright, then I'll go back to report on my task."
Old Chang nodded to Manager Wang, who had finished signing and confirmed that the funds had arrived, stood up, and left with Xiao Zhang: "Manager Wang, stay, no need to see us out."
"Ah, then I won't see you off."
Manager Wang nodded with excited energy: "Now that I have money and technology, I'll hurry up and reorganize the team for R&D and production."
"Hmm."
Old Chang walked a few steps, suddenly stopped, and turned his head to say to Manager Wang, sounding partly like a suggestion and partly like an order: "Many things of our own are actually very good; you can pay more attention to them."
"Yeah..."
Manager Wang looked at Old Chang's back, always feeling that there were some secrets hidden inside that he was not allowed to know.
However, since he wasn't allowed to know, he simply wouldn't try to find out.
Now that he had money, and even better technology, recruiting people, changing venues, and digesting the technology were the most urgent matters!
As for whether he would fall into a trap...
What trap could be set for the boss of a three-nothings company?
Technology?
The higher-ups clearly had better ones!
A shield?
With that technology and the support of the higher-ups, even if you pushed a pig up there, it wouldn't be a problem.
Therefore, Manager Wang set off toward his dream with complete peace of mind: civilian drones, here I come!