Rebirth 09: Synthetic Male God

Chapter 978 The First Transaction

The next day, Zhou Rui, Che Qian and Marcus conducted another memory infusion experiment.

The experimental subject was still Che Qian, and the content was "Three Hundred Children's Songs".

The effect was still significant, and Che Qian did not have any adverse conditions. The only sequelae was that some melodies would always ring unconsciously in his mind, but it returned to normal after a few hours.

Afterwards, Zhou Rui granted Marcus and Che Qian access to the laboratory in Factory No. 6 through Xiao Wan. He also arranged a dormitory in the Wanhu base for Marcus, which he could live in or not, whichever was more convenient for him.

In addition, Zhou Rui also inspected the work left before going to Hangzhou in Factory No. 5, namely the 10,000-ton "titanium alloy integrated die-casting" equipment.

He has already given the design work in full, and the engineers have made good progress during his absence.

It has not yet reached the stage of direct mass production, but it has been basically completed and is being debugged.

After inspection, Zhou Rui put forward more than ten suggestions for improvement and asked them to continue to improve.

The mass production of the Xingtian fighter should begin this year. By then, in conjunction with the "Lingxiao" platform that is about to begin construction, the basic foundation of the orbital mothership will be in place.

The only pity is that the International Space Station is no longer in orbit, and its only audience is missing.

It's lonely up there. Space has become a one-man show without even a supporting actor.

In the earliest plan, Zhou Ruiting was looking forward to the expressions of astronauts from various countries when the orbital mothership flew past the door of the International Space Station.

By the way, speaking of the twelve astronauts, they have all been transferred to the space sanatorium in Wu City. From now on, they are in a semi-free state, and people from their respective countries can visit them freely.

People cannot be taken away unless there is complete medical certainty that the astronauts have no health problems, which will probably take another month.

The only special thing is the awakened "anti-M fighter" Ms. Suni, who is seeking protection.

Her family was definitely not interested in this. The fruits had already been harvested, and there was no need to leave a troublesome matter that was bound to lead to disputes. Finally, after discussing with her companions, Suni decided to return to Russia with Makarov. She thought she would be safe there.

There is another small matter, that is, Zhou Rui received a report from Gan Yuan, and Kaiming Mingneng had to withdraw many of the long-standing lawsuits in North America (in brackets - mainly old lawsuits that had caused trouble in the early years).

Some came from the official business departments of Country M, and some came from individual consumers who were provoked. Overnight, they all seemed to have come to their senses and gave up their lawsuits.

Zhou Rui knew what was going on as soon as he heard it. He thought it was the forces behind "Omar" showing their goodwill.
It is estimated that Omar will contact him soon. After all, he only has 20 days left in his term. Some things will be different in 20 days.
So Zhou Rui contacted the organization to discuss the matter.

And Zhou Rui's guess was correct, Omar's news came faster than expected.

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It was an international call, and the caller's apparent identity was Kai Ming Neng's attorney in North America.

This person is quite capable. Although he has not helped Kaiming Intelligence win many lawsuits under the high pressure from North American officials, he is familiar with the judicial environment there and has many connections.

Zhou Rui did not leave contact information with Omar at the time. In an occasion like a summit, the signal sent by this behavior was too obvious.

However, if we say that we cannot contact Zhou Rui in this way, we would be underestimating the abilities of Omar and the people behind him.

So after making an appointment through Gan Yuan, Zhou Rui received a call from the barrister, but the voice on the other end was "Omar".

"Mr. Zhou, how are you doing recently? I heard that NASA received a huge rescue bill. It seems that your previous performance in Hangzhou cost a lot."

The voices on the other end sounded very familiar, and it seemed like a common practice to start off with a small talk.

In the office, Zhou Rui sat in his boss chair:

"Every kilogram of material sent into space costs tens of thousands of yuan. Humanitarian rescue is for astronauts, but not for the perpetrators. Will Mr. Omar pay attention to this matter? Are you going to help me ask for it?"

Omar smiled and said, "Even if I ask for it for you, it won't be paid during your term, and I'm afraid the next president won't recognize it."

"It's okay. I can wait. If I want it back, I will put it into the 'True History Foundation' I founded. This foundation has been spending money like water recently and there just happens to be a lot of gaps. This is also a public welfare cause, isn't it?"

Omar thought to himself, you are really good at this. You take money from the West and dig up its roots.
But this has nothing to do with him, he came here for more important things.

"So, what do you think about the matter we discussed last time, Mr. Zhou? I think you have noticed the initial goodwill."

This is also why he contacted Zhou Rui using the "big lawyer's" phone number, in case someone was busy and didn't feel it at all.

Zhou Rui stood up and paced around the office. There were a few people sitting in the reception area with serious faces. One of them was holding a black leather suitcase.

Seeing Zhou Rui coming, the other party opened the suitcase and took out a document.

Zhou Rui took it and said, "Five places. The treatment will be held in Hong Kong. It will be conducted in secret and will not be open to the public."

Across the ocean, Omar pondered
The number is a bit small, but the location is barely suitable.
He said, "Five is too few. My friends are in great demand."

Zhou Rui: "After all, this is the first time we cooperate, so we have to be cautious, both sides should be cautious."

"Seven would be a reasonable number."

Omar tried to bargain, but Zhou Rui was unmoved: "How about listening to my terms first?"

"Please say."

"I will give you five places in exchange for fifty places."

"What do you mean?" Zhou Rui looked at the list in his hand. Everyone on it is extremely important.

Among them, more than 30 were staff members of the Hidden M Front, and the oldest one had been imprisoned for eleven years.

Another dozen or so were scientists who were arrested without reason because they were gradually troubled by the increasingly fierce competition between the two sides.

For example, some people are engaged in important scientific research in some high-tech industries and their plans to return to China for development are blocked by some unfounded reasons.

Some are incarcerated, some are even in prison.

Zhou Rui wanted to exchange his five life extension quotas for fifty copies of Omar's "Special S Order".

This condition is the conclusion reached after in-depth communication with the organization.

Theoretically, if you take advantage of those people's desire to survive, you can exchange a lot of things, especially when the other party has no moral integrity.

But taking into account that Omar had 20 days left in his term, the price was ultimately set at fifty "Special S Orders".

For other things, even if the person in charge changes after 20 days, Zhou Rui can still trade, and he can even keep the price suspenseful every year, raising the price when he says to raise it and lowering the price when he says to lower it.

The only thing is that it becomes difficult to operate if someone changes people.

Because the next person to come up is not from the same interest group as the people behind Omar.

So after much consideration, everyone decided to make the deal before Omar left office.

"I believe Mr. Omar already had this arrangement. After all, signing various 'special orders' before the end of his term is your tradition. This behavior is not overly sensitive."

Omar was somewhat helpless: "But if dozens of people are Chinese, that's another matter."

The "Special Order" was indeed his biggest "power bargaining chip" before leaving office, and he was also using it himself, but. Originally he just wanted to be a middleman, and thought that the people behind the scenes would pay the price.
I even thought that Zhou Rui would exchange for some more direct benefits.

For example, policy support, scientific and technological secrets, or some privileges.
Omar's dark fingers gently rubbed the smooth cufflinks. This was a little habit he had when thinking, which could remind him of some good memories.

After a while, he thought he understood Zhou Rui's operation.

He thought it was reasonable that Zhou Rui wanted to use this transaction to exchange for interests in his own country.

In fact, in Zhou Rui's current position, he would not think about what to "change" internally.

Whatever he needs, he can just go and ask for it. What support can’t he get?

He simply gave the opportunity for this transaction to the organization and asked if there was anything the organization wanted.

Zhou Rui smiled and said, "As far as I know, Mr. Omar rarely used this thing in the past eight years, but in history, your leaders used it very frequently. Maybe you should learn from your predecessors."

According to the data he found, the person who used the "Special S Order" the most was Du*men, 1913 times. Even if we take the average, the average director of the World Police Department has used it more than 300 times.

Omar was very restrained in this regard before, with only a few dozen people. Maybe it's time to improve performance before the end of his term.

However, this would indeed exceed Omar's expectations. In order to avoid exposing these fifty "special orders", he actually had to sign at least two hundred copies to barely cover it up.
These fifty people were mixed in with a miscellaneous group of people, including of course those who were traded by Omar himself.

The only good news is that the charges for which these fifty people were "arrested" are themselves ambiguous and will not make Omar appear too "traitorous".

Whether it is the personnel on the hidden M front or those scientific researchers, most of them are controlled by "fabricating charges".

Of course, this kind of performance-oriented behavior will still bring some criticism.
In order to make this person feel that the money was worth it, Zhou Rui said leisurely:
"In addition, I only trust you in this matter, Mr. Omar. I will not care which five people come to receive the 'life extension treatment', nor will I care how you distribute them."

This means that Omar can figure out on his own how to realize the value of the "five places".

This is much higher than the value he could have exchanged for 50 "Special S Orders".
In a transaction, both parties feel they have made a profit.

So who loses?

Omar pondered for a long time.
Finally, he said, "Deal! I will sign the special order first, but I will leave after confirming your sincerity."

"You'll see."

If Zhou Rui breaks the contract, it will be easy to catch these people again as long as they have not left the country. Zhou Rui's treatment will also be implemented gradually. He will not release them or provide them with treatment.

Only the special S order is time-limited, and Omar has to sign it first.

It was the first transaction, and both parties were cautious.

Zhou Rui has not yet figured out the limits of their capabilities, and they have not yet established complete trust in Zhou Rui.

In the future, both sides may gradually become bolder.

Anyway, Zhou Rui will continue to raise prices.

The market economy tells us that monopoly can continuously squeeze the bottom line.

Zhou Rui smiled and said, "Then I'll wait for your good news."

Omar took a deep breath and said, "Keep an eye on the news. It will be quick."

(End of this chapter)