Holding Back

In a luxurious room, a loud slap echoed.

"Now, do you understand the gap between you and Little Fei Fei?" Long Huijuan asked, looking at Long Taotian with her arms crossed.

Long Taotian lowered his head in shame, clenching his fists, feeling extremely unwilling.

"Hmph, you still refuse to face reality. If there's a next time, no one will be able to save you," Long Huijuan said before sitting down on the sofa.

Long Huijuan's phone rang. She glanced at the caller ID, tapped to answer, and turned on the speakerphone.

"Dad, what do you need me for?"

"Taotian's phone is unreachable, and even his location has disappeared. Can you find him? Ask him how the matter is progressing?"

Hearing his grandfather's voice, Long Taotian was about to speak, but Long Huijuan pointed at him, telling him to shut up.

"Taotian failed, and..." Long Huijuan explained the whole story clearly.

"This brat, a bastard is a bastard, daring to insult my Long Family," Long Dingkun's voice was filled with anger.

"Dad, I have a question for you."

"Ask."

"If Little Fei Fei's mother were Xu Xiya, with Little Fei Fei's capabilities, would he be qualified as a candidate for the next head of the Long Family?"

"This hypothetical question does not require an answer."

"Dad, don't talk about hypotheticals, please answer my question."

Long Dingkun took a deep breath and replied, "Yes."

Long Taotian looked shocked.

Long Huijuan's lips curved into a slight smile and she said, "Dad, since you acknowledge Little Fei Fei's abilities, then don't send anyone else to provoke him. If he were to cooperate with our Long Family's competitors in anger, it would become a nightmare for our Long Family. If you stop now, we can still cooperate with Little Fei Fei in the future. Whether you want to gain profit or incur losses is up to your decision."

Long Dingkun listened to his daughter's words and understood her reasoning. In his eyes, if it weren't for Long Fei's mother's past involvement in the nightclub and hostess industry, and if his mother had been born with a clean background, even from an ordinary family, he would have been willing to acknowledge Long Fei and his three elder sisters as part of the Long Family, and acknowledge them as his grandchildren.

Setting aside his mother's identity, he genuinely recognized Long Fei's abilities.

"Alright, then I'll go along with your plan. Long Fei, this bastard is now in your hands. I hope you can truly bring him over and let our Long Family profit."

"I'll talk to him if I have the chance. Just cancel the arranged marriage with the Shu Family first. If you want Long Fei to cooperate with us, this is the primary condition."

"Hmph, I'll consider it."

After the father and daughter discussed a few more matters, Long Dingkun hung up the phone.

"Now you understand, right? Your grandfather actually highly recognizes Little Fei Fei's abilities. I advise you not to think about revenge, and you can't get revenge anyway."

Long Taotian felt very unwilling, but he now understood that he was no match for Long Fei.

Several days later, Long Fei had people handle all of the Long Family's invested assets in the Philipp Kingdom and also received 3 billion from his aunt.

The Long Family's total investment in the Philipp Kingdom reached 15 billion Hanxia Nation currency.

Among the invested assets, several industries particularly interested Long Fei: chips, networking, and precision machine tools.

Long Fei possessed many advanced designs for chip technology, networking, and precision machine tools. He introduced technology that was 20 years ahead of the current world.

For example, with chips, many countries in this world were currently researching and developing quantum chips. Long Fei presented all the technology related to quantum chips, including the necessary equipment, providing all the design blueprints.

Once the quantum chips were successfully manufactured, Long Fei would use them to improve the software for the mass-produced MS and Gundam units he would develop later.

In terms of networking, Long Fei also presented technology that was 20 years ahead of the existing network ecosystem.

Precision machine tools would also feature technology 20 years ahead of the world, enabling the manufacturing of extremely precise parts, which were prepared for future mobile suits.

Long Fei had long considered starting these companies, but they required a lot of capital, and he was short on funds.

Originally, Long Fei had planned to wait another year or two before investing in these companies, but someone unexpectedly ran into him, allowing him to get a great deal.

As for why Long Fei only presented technology 20 years ahead of the world and not more advanced technology, such as 30 years or more?

The main reason was that current technology could not achieve it. Presenting technology 20 years ahead of the existing level was barely achievable with current manufacturing technology and materials.

If he directly presented technology 30 years ahead of the existing level, regardless of whether it could be manufactured, if the information leaked, various factions would either kidnap Long Fei or kill him, because such technology was enough to subvert the entire Earth Sphere and its colonies.

A month later, Long Fei stood in the manufacturing workshop, looking at the completed Strike, Duel, Red Frame, and Zeta Gundam units.

Li Xiucheng stood beside Long Fei.

"Old Fei, these Gundams are a bit different from the ones you built and developed before. Especially the Strike, Duel, and Red Frame, they don't use nuclear energy but batteries for power. I really don't know why you did this. If the first three Gundams were powered by nuclear energy, wouldn't they be able to fight for a longer time? Especially the Strike and Duel, their Phase Shift Armor consumes so much energy, wouldn't the batteries run out quickly?"

"Well, the reason I did this is that I had a concern. I once calculated that nuclear energy could be sealed off."

Li Xiucheng's eyes widened as he looked at Long Fei, saying disbelievingly, "Old Fei, how is that possible? Are you kidding me?"

Long Fei glanced at Li Xiucheng and asked, "If someone told you before that MS would replace fighter jets and become the main force on the battlefield, would you have believed it?"

Li Xiucheng was rendered speechless. Long Fei continued, "Although I often say not to compare me to those useless scientists, that's a large group of idiots. There are still a few scientists in this world with brilliant minds. I once designed a Neutron Jammer, and through my calculations, it can seal off most of the nuclear energy in the current world."

"The Minovsky Super Energy Thermonuclear Reactor will also be sealed off? No way. Although I'm not a scientist, I do have some research on nuclear energy. The Minovsky Super Energy Thermonuclear Reactor is even more advanced than current fusion power. Can that also be sealed off?"

"There's nearly a 50% chance that the Minovsky Super Energy Thermonuclear Reactor can be sealed off."

"So, Old Fei, the Gundams like Strike and Duel you developed are an emergency backup plan, right?"

"Yes, this is my contingency. I once thought that what I could develop, others might also be able to develop."

"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. Now we need to arrange for you and others to test these Gundams."