Umbrella's Advance

After acquiring Marvel, William realized that Halsey's purchase of the hospital for 200 million back then...

Was truly wasteful!

Thinking about the cost of the Sparta Mjolnir Armor and making a simple conversion to this world, one set was equivalent to the price of a Zeus-class missile destroyer...

He finally understood.

200 million?

Heh.

That was just Halsey's 'appetizer'.

"Our boss doesn't wish to be disturbed."

"I'm sorry, I just wanted to ask if he needed any service."

"Hmm?" Hearing the argument, William stopped gazing out the window and turned around, looking through the gaps blocked by the USS.

It was a hot-bodied waitress arguing with the leading USS.

The leading USS had a resolute face, a stern demeanor, and was shorter than the other USS.

But this seemingly ordinary bodyguard was actually William's strongest pull from the system, 'Grim Reaper' Hunk.

Andre had also noticed Hunk's unique qualities and appointed him as the captain of William's personal bodyguards.

Hunk, ever dutiful, blocked the waitress as she approached.

This led to the scene that just unfolded.

Upon seeing William turn around, the waitress immediately became enthusiastic:

"Sir, do you need any service, like hot coffee or anything?"

"..."

Hearing this, William turned back without a second thought and waved his hand.

The four USS immediately understood and stepped forward simultaneously. Hunk, in his usual emotionless tone, said:

"Miss, our boss doesn't need anything like that. Please leave."

"This... alright." The waitress showed a look of disappointment and turned to leave.

William, resting his right elbow on the armrest and propping his chin with his fist, looked out the window, fully aware of what the waitress was thinking.

A nobody becoming a somebody.

Originally, William had indirectly learned through that Marvel bunch that James Cameron was looking for investors in Washington D.C., so he planned to stop by and discuss things with the director.

However, after the recent incident, he decided to move up his schedule for purchasing a private jet and building a private airport in Halifax.

Besides being bothered, personal safety was paramount.

Umbrella was only famous in Halifax City for now; if he continued traveling like this, his life might be in danger.

Fortunately, Umbrella had its own engineering team. Transforming the land he had acquired on a large scale to build a massive private military base would only take 'minutes'.

Afterward, William, Hunk, and the others boarded a flight to Washington and met with the already renowned director, Cameron.

William knew how formidable this director was.

In his original world, Avatar alone had changed the landscape of Hollywood and the entire film industry.

The box office profits were astronomical, not even counting the series of related revenues.

Moreover, Cameron at this time was not yet a top director; he had only filmed the masterpiece True Lies, and after that, no investors dared to employ him again.

The reason was that large-scale productions were too expensive.

Despite guaranteed box office numbers and critical acclaim, investors didn't receive as much profit.

They respected Cameron but were afraid to use him.

But William wasn't afraid.

He wasn't short of a few hundred million; he could invest exclusively.

However, after contacting Cameron, William learned that the director wasn't preparing for the so-called Avatar but wanted to film the sequel to Starship Troopers.

Through their conversation, William discovered that Starship Troopers had no sequel in this world.

Unlike his original world, where sequels became progressively worse, ruining a good reputation.

He had no objections to this.

Especially since Cameron had the title of 'King of Sequels'.

In his original world, Aliens 2 and Terminator 2 had pushed their respective series to their peak.

However, William had his own requirement: the original cast must star.

Money was not an issue.

Most importantly, William really liked the protagonist Johnny Rico and the deceased Dizzy Flores, and the romance between the two of them.

Apart from resurrecting Dizzy Flores, William did not interfere with the script at all, giving Cameron extreme creative freedom.

After finalizing Starship Troopers 2 with Cameron, he was not ready to return to Canada yet, as he had a lot of things to handle in America.

First, he contacted Wang Zhaofeng, asking him to build a military base in the shortest possible time, requiring a runway and hangar capable of large transport aircraft taking off and landing.

The personnel capacity required was not hundreds, but at least over ten thousand.

There was also the construction of The Hive, and the schedule for building containment facilities in the no-man's-land also needed to be expedited.

As for government permits, William again handed them over to Frank, that lawyer.

Andre continued to fulfill his duties as Captain, training the UBCS and USS as usual, ensuring the two units had synergy.

At the same time, the scope for searching for soldiers was expanded from one province to the entire North American continent.

Priority was given to retired soldiers with family difficulties and high combat power. Those who passed the tests would be recruited into the UBCS, and finally promoted to the USS after regular assessments.

After staying in Washington for a few days to relax, William, protected by Hunk and other USS members, traveled to Hartford City in Connecticut on the East Coast of America.

They were not here for tourism, as this was home to Colt, an old American arms company.

William, of course, would not rashly acquire Colt.

It was unrealistic to annex a company that had existed since the 19th century.

However, a small arms company in Ontario, Canada, named Dimaco, had coincidentally been acquired by Colt.

And William's target was precisely that Dimaco.

The senior executives of Colt were initially unwilling to transfer ownership, as their ambition was to secure the order for the standard rifle of the Canadian army.

But...

Alas, the price William offered was too tempting.

Given the configuration of Canada's sixty thousand troops and the nature of the country, the annual rifle order would cap at around ten million. Furthermore, Colt had only spent a little over a hundred million when acquiring Dimaco.

William, however, offered a price of 250 million, directly hitting the greed of these capitalists.

With ready cash on the table, wouldn't refusing it be defying heaven's will?

Therefore, after several days of negotiation, and the senior management of Colt's feigned reluctance, William successfully obtained full ownership of Dimaco.

William, of course, was not idle with his money...

Well, sort of. It's free money, so why not spend it? It would be reset in four months anyway.

One of the main reasons for acquiring Dimaco was to allow Halsey to utilize her 'universal solvent' abilities.

With existing factories and equipment, the USS could be the first to be equipped with optical camouflage suits, and standardized weapons could be designed for the Umbrella armed forces.

William believed that Halsey could definitely produce the weapons and equipment from the Halo series.

Although William could not yet acquire high-end technological arms companies like Lockheed Martin, he could make large-scale investments after some time.

He could vaguely see the C-130, F-22, and F-35 waving at him.