Internal Affairs

August 15th, 18 years old.

142 Juan Street, Darte Port.

This is the new headquarters of Homo sapiens Company, or rather, the public-facing headquarters.

After all, Calagua Island is just a small island, and it has research facilities and secret technology, making it inconvenient as the company's facade.

This is an 8-story building. Currently, the offices of Li Jinglan, Kang Nan, Fang Xincheng, Chen Jianxiong, and others have all been relocated here.

In the General Manager's office.

Li Jinglan held the procurement budget sheet in his hand, his expression displeased. The secretary standing beside him also looked unhappy.

"Mr. Li, Minister Fang has rejected it for the third time, saying our procurement budget is not clear enough and asking us to re-verify."

Li Jinglan frowned, then ordered, "I understand. Go and invite him to dinner at Starfish Restaurant tonight."

"Okay." The secretary quickly went out.

A moment later, the secretary knocked on the door with an embarrassed expression, followed by the stern-faced Fang Xincheng.

Seeing this, Li Jinglan narrowed his eyes, waved the secretary out to make tea, and then invited Fang Xincheng to sit down. "Xincheng, please sit."

"No need. I'm here on business," Fang Xincheng said directly.

A hint of displeasure flashed in Li Jinglan's eyes, but he quickly smiled and said, "Is it about today's procurement budget? I've looked it over, and there doesn't seem to be any problem, does there?"

"Windmill Building Materials' quote for the steel structure is 42% higher than the market price. The steel structures from these three building material wholesalers in Darte Port basically come from the same factory. Also, for the pond liner, why are we procuring a product from a Japanese company? I remember that the products from Chinese suppliers have similar performance but are quoted at only about 53%..."

Facing Fang Xincheng's rapid-fire questions, Li Jinglan maintained a smile on the surface, but his anger grew within.

Taking a deep breath, Li Jinglan said with a serious expression, "This is my dereliction of duty. I trusted the head of the Procurement Department too much."

He then picked up the desk phone and dialed the number of the head of the Procurement Department, scolding him severely over the phone.

"I have ordered the Procurement Department to reflect thoroughly and create another procurement budget."

"General Manager, if the Boss entrusts the Finance Department to me, I will definitely do my best. Forget about dinner tonight; I have to go to Calagua Island tomorrow."

After speaking, Fang Xincheng left directly.

A moment later, the head of the Procurement Department, Baru, ran up, looking flustered and uneasy.

Li Jinglan's face was very ugly. He retorted, "Are you an idiot? Do you think everyone else is dead? Doing such obvious things, do you not want to work here anymore?"

"I'm sorry, it's all my fault." Baru quickly apologized.

Li Jinglan said hatefully, "Do as I instructed. Do it cleanly this time. If Fang Xincheng finds anything again, pack your bags and leave. Understand?"

"Understood, understood." Baru nodded and bowed, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

"Get out!"

Watching Baru flee in panic, Li Jinglan stood up, loosened his tie, picked up the teacup, and took a large gulp of green tea.

He glanced at the budget sheet on the desk again, his expression becoming even more gloomy.

He cursed inwardly, 'With that meager salary, why are you risking your life? You refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit. It seems I need to find a way to get rid of this guy.'

In another office not far from Li Jinglan's office, Baffart, who loafed around all day, was inside.

Regarding Baffart, Li Qingye's apparent "dear relative's child," Li Jinglan naturally both appeased and guarded against him.

Although he held the position of assistant, he was essentially just a driver. All other work was handled by Li Jinglan's secretary.

At this moment, Baffart was reclining in his office chair, his feet propped on the desk, wearing headphones and fast asleep.

However, in reality, every move within the entire building was under Baffart's surveillance. The trick lay in the headphones he was wearing.

These headphones were an optical fiber connector, connected to an outlet that had been specially modified.

After the renovation was completed, Li Qingye had his subordinates secretly install an optical fiber internal network. These optical fiber lines were produced by genetically modified organisms.

The optical fiber lines were installed within the smallpox boards. The monitoring equipment was not pinhole cameras or listening devices, but two types of genetically engineered lichens.

This kind of organism can attach to the surfaces of many things, including metal, rock, ceramic, glass, wood, and plastic.

Its organizational structure is divided into two parts: the surface leaves and the root system. The color of the leaf surface can change with the environment, similar to a chameleon's camouflage. Moreover, the leaves are almost attached to the object's surface, making them difficult to remove.

The two genetically engineered lichens were named: [Plant Organism - Di Ting Lichen] and [Plant Organism - Guang Mu Lichen].

As long as the seeds are planted, these two lichens will automatically grow on the surface of the object, forming a circular covering about 5 centimeters in diameter. The root system can penetrate 5-20 centimeters into soil, rock, and wood, or expand through the air gaps of the object.

They are connected to the optical fiber through the root system and have a certain information storage capacity, about 2-3TB.

Among them, the [Plant Organism - Di Ting Lichen] variety has special pressure-sensitive substances on its leaves. Pressure-sensitive substances are essential for many animals with sensitive hearing, and can even allow auditory organs to hear infrasound and ultrasound.

The [Plant Organism - Guang Mu Lichen], on the other hand, has its leaf surface densely covered with highly sensitive photoreceptor cells, which can capture visible light and a portion of infrared rays in the surroundings.

Currently, these two lichens are densely distributed throughout the entire building, with at least four or five lichens in every room.

Through these lichens, Baffart can constantly monitor the entire building.

And what happened in the General Manager's office was naturally seen and heard by him.

Even Secretary Lyme, who shared an office with Baffart, didn't notice anything unusual, only seeing that he was sleeping.

But Baffart was currently reporting the day's events to the Information Section of the Internal Affairs Department on Calagua Island.

As for how he reported, Nature didn't use calls or texts, but another Optical fiber line.

Taking advantage of Homo sapiens Company's internal network setup, a secret Submarine Optical Fiber had already been laid between Darte Port and Calagua Island.

And Baffart was using this Submarine Optical Fiber to send the relevant Intelligence back to the Information Section after the Soldier program automatically screened key information.

Calagua Island.

Internal Affairs Department, Information Section.

Soldier 21, number 22, saw Baffart's report, copied a piece of Intelligence, and immediately reported it to Li Qingye.

"Boss, I have Intelligence to report." Soldier 21 (Skinny Monkey) walked into his study.

"Speak." Li Qingye didn't look up, continuing to flip through some academic materials.

Skinny Monkey reported rigidly, "Just now, Li Jinglan and Fang Xin Cheng, Baru, and Lime, the four of them, were in the General Manager's office because of budget matters..."

Through Skinny Monkey's verbatim report, Li Qingye understood the whole story. He showed no emotion: "Got it, you can go."

"Yes, Boss."

The next day, early in the morning.

Fang Xin Cheng rushed to Calagua Island.

Li Qingye listened to the financial report while eating breakfast.

"...Boss, Baru's work in the Procurement Department has been terrible. I've already had them readjust the procurement budget, and Manager Li agreed to this."

"Thank you for your hard work, Xin Cheng. Thank you for helping me Management the Finance Department well." Li Qingye said with a smile.

"It's all within my duties." Fang Xin Cheng was very humble.

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