Industrial Committee

After hitting one wall after another, Han Yang understood.

Unfortunately, he did not know any executives at equipment manufacturing companies, so he could not even pull strings through connections. As for throwing money at the problem, he did not have enough to make that work.

"Do I really have to slowly save up until I have tens of millions, then go straight for a CPU production line? But that's far too slow. It'll take years."

Han Yang did not want to wait.

"Boss, you should ask somewhere else. Our factory definitely can't do it. Hey, hey, General Manager Lu, I'm coming, I'm coming. All right, Boss Han, let's leave it at that. Goodbye."

Before the call ended, Han Yang heard some noise from the salesperson's phone. Someone seemed to be urging him to log in quickly and hurry to Tianmu Star or something.

Tianmu Star?

Han Yang froze for a moment, then suddenly remembered something.

Tianmu Star was a somewhat famous planet in the game Cosmic Warfare. It seemed to have been developed and occupied by some player gang, though Han Yang did not know the specifics.

I'm just a power-leveler. Why would I need to know so much about what happens in games?

"Could that General Manager Lu also be a Cosmic Warfare enthusiast? Enthusiastic enough to make his salespeople play games with him?"

As Han Yang pondered this, he casually had the robot open the Cosmic Warfare player forum and began searching for information on Tianmu Star.

Gradually, Han Yang got the picture.

Tianmu Star had originally belonged to the Tianmu Gang. But its protection period had recently ended, allowing the planet to be freely contested. Another powerful gang, the Wulei Gang, had organized its members to seize Tianmu Star.

During this period, the Tianmu Gang and Wulei Gang had fought fiercely over Tianmu Star, and the planet had changed hands dozens of times.

Tomorrow night at midnight, the protection period would begin counting down again. Whichever gang occupied Tianmu Star at that moment would own it for the next year.

At present, Tianmu Star was in the hands of the Tianmu Gang. However, someone on the forum claimed to have heard rumors that the Wulei Gang had gathered a group of top players and would launch its final assault after the siege battle opened at six tomorrow evening, determined to capture the planet before midnight.

The Tianmu Gang was also preparing for battle, remaining on high alert as it readied its defenses.

After searching more carefully, Han Yang found that the Tianmu Gang's leader seemed to be a rich second-generation heir in real life, whose family apparently ran an equipment manufacturing plant...

With further searching, although he still did not find the gang leader's name, he confirmed his surname: Lü.

Thinking of the "General Manager Lu" he had heard over the phone earlier, an idea surfaced in Han Yang's mind.

He swallowed his pride, shamelessly called that salesperson again.

The call connected, and the voice on the other end sounded somewhat helpless. "Boss Han, what is it this time...?"

"I'm not calling to discuss business today."

Han Yang cut in first. "I heard that General Manager Lu at your company also plays Cosmic Warfare?"

"You heard about that too?"

The salesperson said, "You bet. General Manager Lu is even a gang leader. There's been a lot going on in the game lately, so even I have to play with him."

"Is it about the battle for Tianmu Star?"

"Boss Han plays too?"

"Heh, of course."

Han Yang changed the subject. "I heard the Wulei Gang is launching its final assault at six tomorrow. Can General Manager Lu hold Tianmu Star?"

"Sigh, I don't think the odds are good."

"General Manager Lu cares a lot about this?"

"Of course. You don't know General Manager Lu. He's been staying up all night over this game lately, completely ignoring company matters. The chairman has gotten furious several times, but it hasn't done any good. I heard he's been flying all over the world lately, trying to invite several famous gaming experts to help operate accounts, but the other side has hired people too. It's hard to handle."

"Has General Manager Lu heard of Revival Game Studio? I heard that studio has a lot of experts."

"General Manager Lu contacted that studio, but I heard they turned him down."

He contacted me?

Han Yang thought carefully and immediately remembered. A few days ago, someone had approached him with an offer of five hundred thousand, asking his studio to provide two hundred experts to operate two hundred accounts for six hours.

How could Han Yang possibly produce two hundred experts? With his computing power, fifty accounts at once was already the limit for such high-difficulty operations. Besides, he could not run his business that way, delaying other orders for this one and ruining his reputation.

Han Yang had rejected it immediately.

Thinking back on it now, the person who had approached him had actually been General Manager Lu?

"That Revival Game Studio is pretty famous in the game, and they've got quite the attitude too. They didn't give General Manager Lu any face at all. Sigh, if we could get that studio to cooperate, General Manager Lu wouldn't be so troubled."

Han Yang immediately said, "Perfect. I'm very close with the owner of Revival Game Studio. How about I contact him for General Manager Lu? Don't worry, we've been through life and death together. If I handle it, there definitely won't be a problem."

Han Yang made sweeping promises without the slightest hesitation.

"Really? You're that close with the studio owner?"

The salesperson sounded thrilled, then seemed to remember something and immediately lowered his voice. "If you can settle things over there, General Manager Lu will be happy. If he steps in to coordinate it, your order will definitely be no problem too."

Han Yang chuckled. "I'll still need you to act as the go-between. If this works out, I'll have another token of appreciation for you."

It was an outright promise of benefits. Sure enough, the salesperson grew even more enthusiastic. "All right, wait a moment. I'll go find General Manager Lu."

On the top floor of the Lü Equipment Manufacturing Group headquarters, in a spacious office, Lü Yangsheng frowned tightly as he rapidly operated the game one-handed while making calls.

"Have you settled things with Sad Abandoned Love? What? He wants a hundred thousand? Tell him to go to hell. With his skill level, he dares ask for a hundred thousand?! Does he think I'm some sucker?"

"What about Prodigal? It's settled? Good, finalize the contract immediately."

"How many people are we still short? One hundred and six? The battle starts tomorrow. Hurry up and contact people!"

After hanging up, Lü Yangsheng's brow remained tightly furrowed.

On the surface, this was only a game, but behind it lay a contest of pride between him and Old Sun, as well as the question of who could leave a good impression on Lord Morpheus.

Morpheus was a member of the Earth Industrial Committee, one of the few Ita in the committee!

Who did not know that the handful of Ita on the Earth Industrial Committee were the ones truly in charge?

It was rare for Lord Morpheus to be interested in Cosmic Warfare as well. His game account was even about to use Tianmu Star as a base for a series of missions, frequently traveling in and out of Tianmu Star.

Whoever occupied Tianmu Star would have more opportunities to interact with Lord Morpheus, wouldn't they?

Under such circumstances, how could Lü Yangsheng possibly give up Tianmu Star?

Unfortunately, Revival Game Studio refused to take the order. If they could provide two hundred people, Lü Yangsheng would have been willing to spend even more money.

He had even paid people to investigate that studio's address, yet they could not find it. Otherwise, he really would have taken a group of people to find them in real life.