Blackstone Code
Chapter 543

A Hundred Billion Business a Year

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The study was filled with a unique fragrance, and Lin Qi and Wo Delike sat facing each other.

After Lin Qi said he would send Wo Delike a truckload of solid colors, their small talk finally ended and they began serious business.

"How's the situation on your end?" Lin Qi started by bringing up a topic to get to the point.

Wo Delike spread his hands. "The unrest is gradually subsiding. Apart from some trouble on the outskirts of the city, the entire city area has been cleared."

Wo Delike couldn't help but complain, "Your methods were too extreme, and we didn't anticipate some of the problems that would arise during the unrest."

"The bad news is that you've dumped some trouble on us that we didn't anticipate, but the good news is that this trouble might eventually have to be returned to you!"

The "unforeseen" trouble Wo Delike refers to is that the violent elements, who, during the great upheaval that spread from the heart of the Mengwu Province Mengwu Province to the entire Nagaril, did not return home and become docile Nagaril people again after the turmoil in Mengwu Province gradually subsided.

These people are different from other Nagaril People; the cage in their hearts has been opened, and the beast of desire has been released, never to be put back in.

They did so many things, such as assassinating the rich, robbing their property, and raping their wives and daughters. They can't go back to the past, and they dare not go back to the past. No one knows if the newly established rulers will find them, cut off their heads, and use their deaths to warn others.

Therefore, they cannot go back. Since they cannot go back, they can only move to other places.

As the unrest spread outwards, they became the first people to leave Mengwu Province, which was one of Lin Qi's lucky moments.

The high-pressure environment in a few areas and the more relaxed confrontational environment in other places led these people, who were beginning to take extreme actions and psychological steps, not to stay in their localities and stubbornly resist the new rulers. Instead, they chose to relocate and accumulate strength.

It is therefore conceivable that the places where the turmoil first broke out gradually returned to calm, and a large group of potentially dangerous rebels went to more distant places with the ripples of the unrest.

The later the unrest breaks out and the slower the cleanup, the more likely it is to become a gathering place for these people.

Having exhausted all other options, in some remote areas, these people were forced to gradually unite from scattered, disorganized resistance into a powerful force.

With the Youth Party seemingly supporting these individuals, they have already acquired the initial ability and strength to confront the new rulers.

"We had a discussion meeting before, and my military advisor advised me to expel them, not to eliminate them," Wo Delike said bluntly when discussing the issue.

If someone observes carefully, they will find that lies and deception often occur in the lower and middle classes of society; the poorer people are, the more adept they are at using lies.

Once people reach a certain level of success, they become less willing to lie. They may remain silent and not talk about things they don't want to say, but they will never speak against their conscience and lie.

Wo Delike is the same; when he talks about these things, he doesn't lie. He might rephrase "I hate you" as "I don't really like you," but he doesn't lie, and that's crucial.

When chatting with people at this level, comprehension becomes extremely important.

"The experts hired by the Board of Directors believe that excessive extermination of indigenous people will give us an indelible negative image, which is not conducive to our deep cultivation in the local area, but expulsion will not."

A hint of amusement appeared on his face. "Firstly, there are some surrounding areas. It's also possible that those people will be driven back to your side. At least a new round of high-pressure tactics hasn't formed over your area yet."

Lin Qi nodded almost imperceptibly twice, the movement was so small that it was more like a slight sway of his body than a nod.

Wo Delike is quite right. If the initial instigation of unrest was the high-pressure point of the first wave of trends, then the expulsions have now become the high-pressure point of the second wave.

Those rebels, like a flowing stream, will be driven away and run to the place of mortgage. Some of them will certainly return to their own territory, since there has not been any fierce fighting here.

The Hunting Squad didn't actually kill many people; leaving a few or a dozen corpses on a street was enough. It was just the terrifying atmosphere created by the Hunting Squad that made people feel scared.

The mere mention of the slogan "free shooting" is enough to make people cower at home, let alone go out into the streets to see if those people would actually do it.

The relatively mortgaged environment would attract those who were beginning to organize and resist, but Lin Qi wasn't too worried.

There's a saying that a strong fortress often crumbles from within, and the same is true for what we're facing.

"From the very beginning, our plan was to divide the indigenous people and create conflict. This is a perfect opportunity for us to filter them out..."

Lin Qi released his grip, casually flipping his wrist and making a few swipes. "Letting the natives deal with the natives is better than us doing it ourselves."

"The indigenous people know themselves better than we do. They know where the Resistance Organization are hiding and how to find them."

"To prove their worth, they will treat their fellow citizens even more ruthlessly than we have, especially considering that we have just crushed their Ruling Class by their own hands!"

These natives destroyed most of the ruling class, and whether to survive the upheaval or to gain coveted power, ambitious individuals would side with Federal Federal and help them fight against their own people.

Some Native Americans may hate the Federal people, but most of them hate their own.

Once Nagaril's economy is fully revitalized, this hatred will soon be overwhelmed by abundant material life and spiritual indoctrination, and Lin Qi is not worried about this at all.

But Wo Delike still had some concerns. "You haven't seen those resistance groups. They've already been equipped with some modern weapons. If we're going to let the natives fight the natives, we have to give those natives weapons, otherwise they won't be a match for the resistance groups."

"Have you ever considered that the weapons you give them to wipe out resistance groups might become the weapons used to kill you?"

"Too many weapons flowing into civilian hands is detrimental to the stability of the Nagaril region and could trigger a series of social problems, affecting many of our investments!"

"Don't forget, the vast majority of those involved in the recent unrest were the ordinary people you mentioned!"

This is also a mainstream view within the United Development Company: if we really let the indigenous people govern the indigenous people completely, we must give them appropriate weapons and power. If the Natives have too much power and strength, it is hard to say whether they will turn into stumbling blocks for the United Development Company.

Rather than the Native Americans' indifferent hatred and hostility, the United Development Company's Board of Directors preferred to personally take charge of eliminating the resistance groups. This would solve the problem without worrying about potential regional instability. The only negative impact might be that the mass killing of Native Americans could cause them to hate the Federal.

However, compared to profits, the senior management of the United Development Company didn't care at all!

They never hesitated to massacre the Indigenous People of the Federal, slaughtering a group of Natives who outnumbered Federal First Generation Immigrants to the point that a protected area had to be built for them, and no one felt any remorse.

Of course, the indigenous people themselves didn't have it either, and they were happy about it. The Federal gave them more tax exemptions, allowed them to open legal casinos, and allowed them to open brothels so that their wives, daughters, sisters, and even Old Marre legally entertain customers. Many of them even thanked the Federal Government for making them financially free.

It's like in last year's bodybuilding show, where a girl who was clearly going to lose would wipe away her tears and apologize to her family in the protected area whenever she was on the verge of elimination, because she didn't make it to the end.

But each time, she was lucky enough to advance and achieve a commendable second place!

Perhaps those people in the United Development Company are planning to establish a new protected area in Nagaril, who knows? They won't care about anything for money.

Lin Qi frowned. "Hatred and hostility will harm our interests. We all know that Nagaril's real wealth lies in its people, not in other minerals or anything like that."

With a population of 200 million, most of whom are young and middle-aged, the complex and difficult living environment makes it difficult for elderly people with poor health to live past fifty.

Even excluding the children, the entire Nagaril can provide at least 100 million cheap laborers. That's real wealth, true wealth! Wo Delike knew what Lin Qi was talking about, and he remained silent. Lin Qi continued, "Creating antagonism is the worst choice. I believe people are selfish and tend to choose what is in their own best interest."

"We can offer them more choices, a wide enough selection, so they can make their own decisions. On this point, you have to be on my side."

"That's a workforce of hundreds of millions, Wo Delike. Even if each person only generates a hundred dollars in profit for us each year, that's still a hundred billion dollars in revenue."

"If they relied solely on mining, they could dig the entire planet apart and still not make this much money in a year!"

"Furthermore, I will prove that my choice is correct, so even if you can't stand by my side, I need you to do your best to prevent some idiots from making the wrong decisions when the Board of Directors meets after the New Year!"

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