novelraw Chapter 1267: Defense Headquarters
Chapter 1267: Defense Headquarters
Chapter 1267 - Ju Defense Headquarters
"Now we have a solution, let's try it first!"
Chen Fei pointed at Kraken who had volunteered.
In order to keep the contract, or more precisely, to retain the rare power of protection, Kraken must demonstrate his worth. He couldn't imagine that after Chen Fei and the others left, he would be blown into a pulp by an armed drone again.
"Would you like to sit at my place?"
Hana Gagel took the initiative to invite us here. This is not her territory and there are other people here, so some topics are difficult to talk about.
"Okay! Let's go!"
Chen Fei stood up immediately. He was the second largest shareholder of Ju Defense Company. In a sense, the place that Hana Boss invited him to could be considered his territory.
Now that you are here, you should at least take a look.
Sanhao Xuesen immediately packed up his "tea stall" and followed closely with Heseman Brown and others.
"Hey? I, I! Hey???"
Seeing that they were about to leave, the unprepared Kraken was about to say something, but he saw that the ten combat robots that had entered the house and started doing housework did not follow him, but stayed and closed the door on their own initiative.
Seeing the ten combat robots with rail combat rifles hanging on their backs turning around together, he was startled and seemed to finally react.
Chen Fei did not simply stay behind. These robots provided protection and surveillance, and also helped with some housework to prevent such a big house from becoming a garbage dump again due to bad living habits.
Hana BOSS drove an empty car behind the huge mobile base vehicle, maintaining a distance of more than ten meters throughout the journey. No other car on the road dared to squeeze in behind the mobile base vehicle because if an accident happened, it would easily become a meat sandwich.
Hana Gagel brought Chen Fei and others to the headquarters of Ju Defense Company in Chapala City. She did not treat them as outsiders and greeted them casually.
"Just sit wherever you want, get whatever you want to drink, and there are snacks as well."
Chen Fei is a shareholder of Ju Defense Company, and his subordinates are almost equivalent to Hana Boss's own people.
Seeing Chen Fei looking at the yard outside the window, Hana Gagel sat down in her chairman's chair and said, "There's nothing to see. It's still the same. Most people are doing field work. There are no more than ten people left at the headquarters, including me."
The headquarters of Ju Defense in Chapala City is not large. After all, it is a small military contractor and will not spend money on unnecessary things. Like its peers, it rents a yard of three to five thousand square meters in the suburbs and uses the same standardized templates for all designs.
People who have just arrived here must rely on house numbers and distinctive signs to find the place accurately, otherwise it is easy to lose the direction in this chessboard-like "maze".
Such a standard templated yard can accommodate 500 people for work, accommodation and meals, as well as provide the most basic storage and training space.
Equipment maintenance of small military contractors is often the responsibility of the combatants themselves. On the one hand, this saves labor costs, and on the other hand, it enables them to keep track of the status of the equipment at all times. It is normal for one person to have multiple skills, and the saved labor costs are the profits of the capitalist bosses. In this situation, everyone sees through it but does not speak out. No one will tell the truth, otherwise it will ruin their jobs and benefit no one.
“Are those people still obedient?”
Chen Fei withdrew his gaze from the empty yard.
There was no one outside, and there was no sign of the bustling scene that should be seen at the Ju Defense Company, which is well-known in the industry.
Of course, he is not asking casually. If the person does not obey, he will fire him and send him back to fend for himself. If he cannot find manpower, he will use robots controlled by AI "Adam". The main business of military contractors is nothing more than fighting and killing. The biggest problem restricting robots from entering the field of military contractors is not the authorization license from the sovereigns and the Global Joint Defense Committee, but the cost issue.
But for Chen Fei, the cost of the robot is absolutely cheap. If it is used in the field of military contracting, no one will be qualified to compete with him in terms of cost.
"The probation period is half a year, and those who are not competent will be eliminated naturally. You should leave a way out for your colleagues!" Hana is worthy of being the boss. She guessed the subtext that Chen Fei did not say at the first time.
The military contractor industry is indeed extremely competitive, but Chen Fei's fate was not competition, but cost slaughter.
But at least in the next three to five years, Hana Boss will not consider the expansion of Ju Defense Company and upgrading it to a medium-sized or even large military contractor. In addition to the lack of reliable middle-level management talents, internal personnel still need a long time to run-in, so there is no need to be so drastic and monopolize the entire industry pie.
Once others lose their livelihood, they will probably no longer abide by industry rules. Even Ju Defense Company will end up out of business.
"Okay! I'm just trying to help."
The combat robots in hand need to be counted in "ten thousand" units. If Chen Fei leaks some of them to the Ju Defense Company, it will indeed bring huge pressure to his peers.
"No use!"
Hana Gagel waved her hand and refused without hesitation.
If the entire military contractor industry is really disrupted and people are outraged, the defense company will lose its living space, which will be a total loss.
"If you need anything, just contact me. Many things are easy to do."
Chen Fei made a phone call gesture.
Just like before, several peers came together to exclude the Ju Defense Company, and their methods were somewhat dirty. As a result, several combat aircraft came to visit directly, but before anything could happen, some were cancelled, some were transferred, and one by one they all disappeared.
Although Chen Fei was a great help, Hana Gagel felt the deep malice behind the fear and dread of her peers. Although no one dared to target Ju Defense Company anymore, such a bad reputation inevitably had an impact on the business. Some high-risk businesses came to them on their own initiative, but some stable businesses with low profits rejected Ju Defense Company. This situation had never happened before.
Everything has two sides. No matter what you do, being domineering can only work temporarily. In the end, you still have to rely on the kingly way to last.
"sure!"
To Hana BOSS, Chen Fei's weapons are strategic-level nuclear weapons. Their greatest significance lies in deterrence rather than direct use.
“What’s the situation with the meat mushroom industry?”
In addition to the Ju Defense Company, Chen Fei is also Hana Boss's partner in the meat mushroom industry.
"There is something I must tell you. We have a few more shareholders, but don't worry, they are minority shareholders, and your and my equity will need to be diluted proportionally."
When it comes to business, Hana Gagel becomes serious. The cash flow brought by the meat mushroom industry far exceeds that of the Ju Defense Company, and there is no risk. The huge profits from the monopoly are unimaginable.
If she had not been so used to working in the military contracting industry and had already developed feelings for it, and had not had a group of loyal employees who were unlikely to follow the transformation, she would have wanted to close down the Ju Defense Company directly and focus entirely on the planting industry to make huge profits.