The system invites me to be the boss

Chapter 176 There is no free lunch in the universe
Leaving the gathering area of ​​high-level desperate beasts, Jian Rui and Ma Chenggong flew all the way to the base smoothly. They were still more than ten kilometers away from the base, and several armed Tianqin employees stopped them.

The leader was Jian Rui's acquaintance Wu Jun. Seeing him come back on a big goose egg, Wu Jun's eyes immediately showed a sparkle.

"Boss Jian, what kind of aircraft is this that can fly so fast?"

"How is it?" After not seeing anyone for several months, Jian Rui felt that he had returned to real life, "Do you want one?"

"Yes I do!"

"Then go find more energy stones and ores," Jian Rui said with a smile, "Maybe I can mass-produce it in two months."

"Really?" Wu Jun was overjoyed, and almost hugged the spaceship and kissed him, "Then I must work hard. Recently we found a large energy mine, which is just a group of 7-star nests. Captain Li Xiong is bringing People beat it, and it is estimated that it will be taken down in a few days.

"Look over there, those two excavators were sent there."

Jian Rui and Ma Chenggong looked back, and sure enough, they saw two huge excavators flying slowly towards the distance at low altitude.

Below it, in addition to a dozen 5-star team members, there are dozens of flying transport vehicles, which are full of Tianqin employees.

Although they are all 1 or 2 stars, these people are all wearing uniform No. 1 alloy chain armor, equipped with energy transmitters, and they are sitting neatly. It looks like they are well-trained.

"Who is this?"

"These are all newcomers who came in last month," Wu Jun said, "They were all recruited from the army. Mr. Li thought that the desperate creatures nearby were not challenging, so he directly put them into the 4- and 5-star desperate beast gathering district."

This is a bit too harsh, right?

Jian Rui sweated for these new soldiers, did Li Tianqin get stimulated by something?

If there is a mistake, a group of people will be lost at once.

"It's okay," Wu Jun said with a smile, "There are high-level ones following, and besides your armor, they won't die so easily. Now our medicine and medical technology have improved a lot, and half of the missing arms and legs It will be able to recover in a month, and it will be alive and kicking again in a month.

"Not to mention that this method is really good, these guys upgrade much faster than we did back then!"

Seeing Wu Jun's envious expression, Jian Rui was speechless. What kind of people are these people who are envious of his lack of arms and legs.

A bit ideal, okay?
After saying goodbye to Wu Jun, Jian Rui returned to the base smoothly.

It's been nearly four months since I went out, and the entire base has completely changed its appearance.

On the outskirts of the black base, Tianqin employees built a large number of houses, and newcomers lined up everywhere were receiving training.

Some looked immature, and the youngest looked only thirteen or fourteen years old.

Most of them are young men with serious faces, who can tell that they have received several years of formal training.

None of these newcomers had chain armor or weapons on them, but they all carried a black box on their backs, which looked heavy.

The appearance of the Goose Egg Spaceship immediately attracted the attention of Tianqin's senior management. When he heard that Jian Rui was back, Li Tianqin immediately put down what he was doing and made a special trip to his office.

"If you don't come back, I will send someone to find you."

Jian Rui smiled and said, "Why, are you going to return my energy?"

Li Tianqin smiled lightly: "I have plenty of energy now, I'm afraid you will be too busy."

Hearing what he said, Jian Rui breathed a sigh of relief.

After going out this time, nearly [-] million energy has been spent. If you don't replenish it, even the upgrade will become a problem.

However, Li Tianqin did not continue to discuss this topic, but directly asked the main point: "What's the situation with the aircraft outside?"

"A nine-star spaceship," Jian Rui said, "but it's not worth seeing. It's outdated."

Ma Chenggong on one side is bleeding. I spent more than ten years saving energy to replace such a spaceship. How could you call it an obsolete product?

The aircraft on your human side are outdated, okay?

Li Tianqin was also inexplicably surprised by Jian Rui's remarks.

The 9-star spaceships are all obsolete products, it seems that Jian Rui has gained a lot this time!
After listening to Jian Rui's brief account of what happened this time, Li Tianqin's initially happy mood suddenly became serious.

First of all, Shu Qu left, and he didn't know when he would come back, or even if he could come back.

Although he differs from Shuqu in some concepts, there are not many people who have come from the earliest era, and without Shuqu's control, it is very detrimental to Tianqin if the Awakened Association is chaired by Arthur .

No need to think too much, Arthur will definitely join forces with the Sam Company, the Gods Group and the Yamaguchi Group, and even coerce the Odyss Company to join their alliance.

In this way, the world of the Earth Awakeners will be divided into two factions.

One is a huge alliance headed by the Awakened Association, followed by the other four companies, and the other is the Tianqin Group, which is fighting alone.

How familiar is this situation.

Although he is not afraid, flies and mice are also very annoying. The key is to consider some possibilities in the future, and they cannot be wiped out yet.

Of course, most of Jian Rui's companies are still on Tianqin's side, but Li Tianqin knows that Jian Rui will give priority to selling equipment to Tianqin at a low price.

But whether a company can be strong, whether it can face the provocation and oppression of its opponents, and gain a firm foothold in a desperate situation depends on equipment alone.

The number and level of employees are fundamental.

Without high-level employees, no matter how good the equipment is, it will be useless or bad, and it will only be equivalent to delivering food to people.

The second is the wreckage of the alien spaceship mentioned by Jian Rui, and the desperate passage that can lead to other places.

This is not only related to the safety of the desperate situation on the earth, but also related to Tianqin's strategic deployment.

The desperate passage must be controlled.

The entire map of the Earth's desperate situation is already known. It looks huge, but according to the expected mining speed, Li Tianqin knows that the resources in this desperate situation will soon be consumed.

It is only a matter of time to continue exploring outwards through the passage to find new desperate situations and obtain more desperate resources.

"How long will it take to mass-produce the spaceship you're talking about?"

"I can't say for sure," Jian Rui said, "It may be a few months, it may be a few years, the key is the material."

"What materials do you need?"

"I can't say, there are a lot anyway," Jian Rui said, "So I suggest you send some people to find new materials, and then send them to me for research and analysis. In this way, our efficiency will be higher."

"Okay," Li Tianqin agreed very simply, "Tomorrow I will let Li Xiong select people to be responsible for this matter.

"Also, let me tell you that the energy Tianqin owes you has been paid off, and the new order has also been paid in advance."

Is there such a good thing?

Jian Rui didn't believe it. Is this Li Tianqin's style?
"You have also seen it," Li Tianqin continued, "As of today, the number of employees of Tianqin has exceeded 110 million, and most of them still do not have equipment, so you have to hurry up."

"Just giving energy won't work. Do you have the materials?"

"You have to ask Zhou Xinyao about this," Li Tianqin said, "But as far as I know, she has been purchasing materials during this period, and your warehouse has run out of storage.

"But your ore refining speed is too slow, you must improve this time when you come back."

Jian Rui frowned slightly, ore extraction has always been a difficult problem.

Earth's technology is simply not feasible in a desperate situation. Now all ore extraction relies on large-scale flame-throwing devices.But this method consumes a lot of energy, not to mention the high cost, the key is that it is inefficient.

He originally thought that Li Tianqin would find a way to solve this problem, but now it seems that he has no choice but to wait for him to find a way.

But it doesn't matter, it's not scary to have problems, and you can find a way to solve them if you have problems.

What I'm afraid of is that I don't know where the problem is, and it will be a headache.

After discussing future development strategies with Li Tianqin, Jian Rui couldn't wait to find Zhou Xinyao to check the gains during this period.

I haven't seen her for a few months, and Zhou Xinyao is almost 6 stars.

Wang Yu's speed is not slow, and he will be a 5-star soon. The key is that he is relatively free during this time, and all his thoughts are on upgrading.

Needless to say, the joy of the three meeting each other.

When Jian Rui was not around, the two of them were worried every day, for fear of hearing bad news one day.

But now that Jian Rui is back, the two seem to have found their backbone.

"Let's go to the warehouse first," Zhou Xinyao said, "We are already worrying about what will happen if you don't come back."

Following Zhou Xinyao to the warehouse, the moment they opened the door, Jian Rui and Ma Chenggong's eyes widened at the same time. They saw that the warehouse with more than one hundred square meters was full of energy stones.

"How much is this?"

"This one is about 1 million points," Zhou Xinyao said, "There are 29 more like this. These are net profits after excluding the acquisition of ore and materials."

In other words, during this period of time, a total of about 30 billion energy has been collected?

Not bad, Jian Rui suddenly felt that Li Tianqin was very interesting.

Ma Chenggong was really stunned this time.

In his life, he has seen a lot of things in the world, and he has also seen big local tyrants who spend money like water.

But like Jian Rui, he put 30 billion energy stones in such a simple warehouse so casually, without even a janitor, this is the first time he really saw it.

"Aren't you afraid of being robbed?"

"Snatch?" Wang Yu seemed a little strange, "I hope someone will come to snatch it, but the problem is not only that, but everyone is rushing to send energy stones here, and they are afraid that we will not accept them."

Ma Chenggong: ...

With so much energy put here, even in his hometown, there is no guarantee that no one will be distracted.

As a result, when I got here, I felt like I had a grudge against the energy stones, and rushed to give them to other people's homes.

Is the brain circuit of the earth people different from other races?
"Boss Jane," Ma Chenggong suddenly felt that the desperate situation on the earth is so good that he didn't want to leave, "I want to discuss something with you."

"Is it the settlement?" Jian Rui said, "This is simple, I will pay you right away."

"No," Ma Chenggong said, "You see, the weapon control system of my spaceship is also broken. It will take a lot of energy to go home and repair it..."

"It's okay." Jian Rui was very generous this time, "I will pay you."

"There's no need to pay for it," Ma Chenggong hastily declined, "I mean, I'll put it here and repair it slowly, and I'll go back after I fix it."

Jian Rui laughed inwardly, how could he not know what this guy was thinking?
Mostly because of the desperate resources of the earth, I want to take the opportunity to get some autumn wind here.

But this is definitely not possible. No one has extra resources, right?
But looking back, if we can take the opportunity to study Ma Chenggong's spaceship thoroughly, it will be of great help to the earth.

In this way, it is possible that in a short period of time, he can build a 9-star spaceship.

As long as a batch of enough 9-star spaceships and weapons are built first, will Tianqin be able to directly break through the gathering place of 8- and 9-star desperate beasts?

Compared to letting the horse successfully catch the autumn wind, he felt it was still very cost-effective.

And with Li Tianqin around, he felt that it was hard to say that Ma Chenggong couldn't get energy, and it would be good if he wasn't used as a tool.

"Wait a minute, I can't decide this matter."

"it is good."

Jian Rui went to find Li Tianqin specifically for this matter, and when he learned that Ma Chenggong was willing to stay and help, Li Tianqin naturally wished for it.

Tianqin lacks everything now, except for high-level combat power, so Tianqin can only operate in the periphery of the 6- and 7-star desperate beast territory.

But everyone knows that the deeper the impasse, the more resources there are.

And now it's not just Tianqin. It can be said that apart from the black buddy Odyssey, which is not so active, several other companies are frantically searching for resources, and no one is willing to slow down.

Desperation is no man's land. First come, first served is the default code of conduct. At this time, speed is the fight.

If Ma successfully joins, and Chi Zheng, who is about to reach the 9th star, then they can try to go deeper into the desperate situation to explore resources and occupy more and larger territories.

As for the remuneration, how much does Ma Chenggong want?

Millions or tens of millions are not within the scope of Li Tianqin's consideration.

So the two hit it off immediately, and in a few words, they laid a trap for Ma Chenggong that was neither too big nor too small, neither too loose nor too tight, so that he could work hard for Tianqin without letting him take away too many resources. .

"I've asked for instructions." After discussing with Li Tianqin, Jian Rui turned to find Ma Chenggong, "You can stay, but there are two conditions."

"What conditions?"

"You have to help us explore resources," Jian Rui said, "In addition, you don't need to repair your spaceship yourself, I will help you repair it for free, what do you think?"

"no problem."

It's just an excuse to repair the spaceship before leaving. If he can repair the spaceship, why would he go to work for others?

Now that he can stay and collect resources, Jian Rui also helps him repair the spaceship for free. He feels that he is really lucky this time.

He has done many things like prospecting for resources over the years, and it is not a troublesome thing at all.

Seeing Ma Chenggong happily looking for Li Tianqin, Jian Rui couldn't help shaking his head. This person has good ability and talent, but his brain is not very bright.

In this world, no, can there be a free lunch in this universe?
(End of this chapter)