At the time, when he saw that the one summoned was Alfred Ashford, a textbook spoiled rich kid, Tang Xiao had been extremely displeased. You call this one carrying two?
A genius girl carrying a useless siscon and playboy? That's a terrible deal!
But there was nothing to be done. That summoning had actually been completely useless to Tang Xiao. Its only effect had been to throw out the name T-Veronica, making Cassio Tagge, the Galactic Republic commander who had already been on edge because of T-Virus bioweapons, even more suspicious and paranoid.
Fortunately, they had ultimately repelled the unprecedented invasion force of the Galactic Republic, and the Ashford siblings had been assigned to the Umbrella Pharmaceutical Group.
By now, the Mega-corporations of the Fourth Civilization had grown accustomed to Tang Xiao's way of appointing people. Every so often, he would awaken someone and directly place them in a high-ranking corporate position. Facts had proven that every one of these parachuted-in individuals was an extraordinarily gifted super genius.
The same was true for the Ashford siblings. Sherry Birkin calmly allocated a project team to them and allowed them to conduct their own research.
To the Umbrella Pharmaceutical Group under her command, this was merely a drop in the bucket. The group's true core strength still remained firmly under her control.
The Duchy of Dawn's financial authorities would naturally provide funding and investment for newly awakened people, supporting their independent research. For instance, Tang Xiao had directly allocated five billion in funding to Alexia Ashford, further expanding the team she had received from Sherry Birkin.
After that, if Alexia Ashford proved capable enough, she would naturally make that investment flourish on such a platform. And in reality, that would also strengthen the Umbrella Pharmaceutical Group.
Alexia Ashford's field of research was