Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 207: Current Situation of Mercenaries

After walking out of the door, Zeng Jianguo deliberately turned back to look at the direction of the gate, as if he was afraid that someone would follow him out. After watching for a while, he saw that no one came out, so he quickened his pace and caught up with Lu Shaohua, saying as he walked: "Xiaohua, I want to ask you something, and I hope you can answer me truthfully."

"Haha! Grandpa Zeng, just ask." Lu Shaohua said with confusion.

"Well, then I'll ask you this." After a pause, Zeng Jianguo continued. "You disappeared for more than a month some time ago. Did you go to the Soviet Union?"

Lu Shaohua stopped walking and looked at Zeng Jianguo thoughtfully. From Zeng Jianguo's tone, it was not difficult to guess that he had successfully avoided people's sight by running to Japan and then transferring to the Soviet Union, otherwise Zeng Jianguo would not have asked this question.

Now even if people knew that he had been to the Soviet Union, Lu Shaohua was not afraid, because he had already got what he wanted, and if people knew about it, it would no longer hinder his plan. He answered truthfully: "Yes, I did go to the Soviet Union during the month I disappeared."

"Haha! Good boy, you know how to look at me." After saying that, Zeng Jianguo pondered for a moment, his expression became serious, and he asked, "So it seems that the military technology you have is also from the Soviet Union?"

It is undeniable that Lu Shaohua used five types of military technologies to exchange for five conditions, and the first of these five conditions was related to the Soviet Union. In addition, Lu Shaohua went to the Soviet Union for a month, so it is no wonder that the military technology came from the Soviet Union.

"Yes, I bought it from the Soviet military." Lu Shaohua said without hiding anything.

Even if people knew that his military technology was bought from the Soviet Union, so what? Lu Shaohua could buy military technology from the Soviet Union, but others might not be able to do so. Being able to get closer to the "general" step by step was the result of Chen Guobang's three years of hard work. If there were no connections built up over the past three years, and someone spoke in front of the "general", Chen Guobang would not have been able to get to this level at all. So even if the country knew that the military technology came from the Soviet Union, it would not be so easy for them to send people to buy military technology from the general.

"I guessed right." Zeng Jianguo seemed to be talking to himself. Yes, he guessed right. When he was negotiating the terms in the hall just now, Zeng Jianguo was thinking about this question. After thinking about it, he concluded that Lu Shaohua's military technology came from the Soviet Union. "Haha! Let me ask you one last question."

"Oh? You always say that." For some reason, Lu Shaohua had a very good impression of Zeng Jianguo. He would choose to answer some questions that he could answer. After all, Zeng Jianguo and the Weng family were old friends. With this relationship, as long as it was not a secret, he didn't mind letting Zeng Jianguo know. Besides, there were only benefits and no harm in having a good relationship with Zeng Jianguo.

"Haha! If you find this question difficult, you don't have to answer it. I'm just curious." Zeng Jianguo laughed and paused for a while, as if giving Lu Shaohua some time to react. "Well, oh! I want to ask you, you were able to buy those things from the Soviet Union. Did you plan to do this a long time ago?"

Although Zeng Jianguo's words were not very clear, Lu Shaohua could still understand the deeper meaning. He was simply asking Lu Shaohua indirectly whether the Soviet Union's plan had been planned and implemented a long time ago.

Lu Shaohua's heart skipped a beat, and his expression changed slightly, but it quickly faded away. According to Zeng Jianguo, Chen Guobang's trip to the Soviet Union in 88 should have been noticed by people with discerning eyes. He exhaled and said lightly, "Yes, the plan was already started three years ago."

Even if you don't say it, people will know it. If it's already known, is there any need to hide it? Now that the plan has been formed, Lu Shaohua is no longer afraid of anything. He is more confident than anyone else.

As the saying goes, the speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously. This sentence scared Zeng Jianguo greatly. Although he guessed that Lu Shao had started planning this three years ago, he still couldn't help being a little shocked when he heard the real answer come out of Lu Shaohua's mouth.

"Could he have predicted the future?" This was Zeng Jianguo's first reaction. He really couldn't think of any other reason to explain why Lu Shaohua could predict what would happen three years later three years ago.

Unconsciously, Lu Shaohua rose to a higher position in Zeng Jianguo's heart. Yes, a man who is only in his teens, not only has a net worth of over 100 billion US dollars, but also has a lot of industries. Not to mention these, he can also get the world's top military technology. Everything is shocking.

Combined with Lu Shaohua's usual words and deeds, Zeng Jianguo's evaluation of him in his heart is that he is careful, intelligent, calm, and not afraid of power. Zeng Jianguo had discovered other aspects long ago, but he only discovered today that he was not afraid of power. Commander Lin is a senior military official, and Lu Shaohua dared to speak to him in that tone. Isn't this not fearing power or what?

However, Zeng Jianguo did not know this. People often say that the people should not fight against the officials. If Lu Shaohua did not have someone to rely on, he would not dare to speak to Commander Lin like that. After all, it is very easy for a senior official to kill an ordinary person.

After a long breath, Zeng Jianguo patted Lu Shaohua on the shoulder and said, "I'll take you here, you can go back, but remember one thing, do everything with a clear conscience."

A smart person like Lu Shaohua would understand the meaning of this sentence! He nodded. "Don't worry, Grandpa Zeng. I know what to do."

"Um"

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A Rolls-Royce and a black Mercedes-Benz drove along Shennan Avenue towards Nanshan District one after another. Lu Shaohua, who was sitting in the car, was no longer in the mood to look at the scenery outside the car window. Instead, he closed his eyes and thought about everything that had just happened, especially Zeng Jianguo's last sentence.

"Yes! Just do whatever you want as long as you have a clear conscience." Lu Shaohua said to himself secretly.

After thinking for a while, Lu Shaohua stopped thinking about it and turned to the Soviet Union. Li Zhijie and Xie Jianwei had been in Africa for more than 20 days. News came just one week after they left. I remember that Lu Shaohua was still in the Soviet Union at that time. He didn't say much on the phone, just saying that he had found a better place to stay. He also left a phone number for contact and then hung up.

Lu Shaohua was very concerned about the development of the mercenary group. Half a month had passed since that phone call, and Lu Shaohua really wanted to know what the current situation was. "Brother Zhang, drive faster. I need to go back to the store to make a phone call."

"Okay!" Without any nonsense, Zhang Qingyun stepped on the accelerator hard, and the car sped away as fast as an arrow.

The people in the Mercedes-Benz behind were Yang Yang and Li Wusheng. When they saw the Rolls-Royce suddenly accelerate, they thought something had happened and quickly followed.

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Lu Shaohua has always been impatient. Since he thought of Li Zhijie and the others, he would call them immediately to ask. Without saying anything, as soon as he entered the fruit shop, Lu Shaohua walked to the phone, picked up the receiver and quickly dialed a number according to his memory.

'beep'……

'beep'……

There were two long noises.

"Hello? Who is this?" A deep voice came from the other end of the phone.

"It's me, Lu Shaohua. Who are you?" Lu Shaohua couldn't tell whether it was Xie Jianwei or Li Zhijie on the other end of the phone, so he had no choice but to ask.

"I'm Xie Jianwei, please wait a moment." After that, the phone fell silent.

Lu Shaohua, holding the receiver, shook his head with a wry smile. Xie Jianwei was like that. It seemed that it would be difficult for him to say more. After answering the phone, he left after saying a few words. He was probably going to call Li Zhijie.

As expected by Lu Shaohua, another voice came from the phone soon. This time, he knew it was Li Zhijie without asking. "It's me, Xiaohua."

"Hehe! I knew it was you. The day before yesterday, I called Brother Guobang and he said you had returned to China. Are you in Hong Kong or China now?" Li Zhijie on the other end of the phone muttered a lot.

"Well, I came back to Shenzhen this morning." After a while, Lu Shaohua asked again, "How is it going over there now? Are there any difficulties?"

"Well, I've only been here a short time, so there are definitely some difficulties, but it's much better than when I first arrived. I've adapted to the environment, and we're slowly recruiting people." Li Zhijie was not complaining to Lu Shaohua, but telling the truth. Africa is a place with harsh weather and other aspects of the environment, and it's not easy to adapt.

"It's good once you adapt. By the way, how many people have you recruited now?" After comforting him, Lu Shaohua asked another question he was eager to ask.

"Well, there aren't many people. We've only recruited over a hundred people so far." After a while, Li Zhijie's voice came from the other end of the phone again. "I've set a standard for recruiting people. We won't recruit people with poor physiques. It would be more troublesome to train them."

"You can handle the matter over there. I won't interfere. As long as it can grow stronger, that's fine." After thinking for a while, Lu Shaohua continued, "You called Brother Guobang. Did he say anything?"

"He didn't say anything, but there is something I want to tell you."

"Tell me, what's going on?" Lu Shaohua asked almost as Li Zhijie finished speaking.

"It's about the training plan. Two people died during training a few days ago, so I called Brother Guobang to ask for his opinion." Li Zhijie's voice came again.

Lu Shaohua fell into deep thought and did not speak for a long time. Someone died during the training? "Hey! Let's change the training method a little bit. Also, give some money to the family of the deceased, so as not to let other people down."

"Well, I've already given them the money, so there shouldn't be any problem."

"Okay then." Lu Shaohua's tone changed slightly, but only for a moment. Then, he said in a serious tone, "When these one hundred people are almost trained, you can start another plan. Build a secret base in the mercenary base. It has to be large. I will be useful in the future."

"Well, Brother Guobang has told me about this, and I am also preparing for it." Li Zhijie said.

"That's it. If you're short of money, just ask Brother Guobang." Lu Shaohua didn't say much and ended the call with this sentence.

"Okay, I'm hanging up."

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After hanging up the phone, Lu Shaohua couldn't calm down for a long time. Although to be a mercenary one must be mentally prepared to die at any time, dying during training still made Lu Shaohua a little bit unable to accept it.

He exhaled, shook his head, and didn't want to think about the mercenary group. What he had to do now was to wait for a reply from Zeng Jianguo. Was it a rejection or an agreement?

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