Ji Jue began to sweat.
Come to think of it, Coast and Heavenly Gate did indeed have a partnership, and they would certainly have plenty of dealings in the future—having moved past its most primitive "handicraft workshop" stage, Coast, now firmly established in the Wilderness, would inevitably need to further expand along its original track if it wanted to grow stronger.
A small amount of military industry could only serve as bargaining chips; in the end, it could never be brought into the light.
And the simplest way to develop was to follow behind Tide Sound Military Industry, picking up every track they had discarded and refining them at once.
Thus, beyond Small Three-Wheelers, generators, and tractors, they would inevitably need to develop more products, more domains, and more sales channels.
Then, leveraging Coast's own advantages and the vast supply of cheap labor in the Wilderness, they could counterattack the city's market!
And to achieve that, they needed people.
A great many people.
Besides assembly line workers and the workhorses modified in underground workshops, technical talent was indispensable as well. But if someone truly possessed technical expertise, how could they possibly end up in the wilderness outside the city?
Education, experience, environment—none of those were things available outside the city. They could only find a way to get them from inside the city.
After all, Yan Jian was getting on in years. He was taking more and more supplements, losing more and more hair, and his energy was gradually no longer as abundant.
At an age when he was practically about to be optimized out, if he really went back to the front lines and worked day and night like a young man, sooner or later he would drop dead at his workstation with a snap.
Besides, Ji Jue truly