Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 329 A Major Decision

The breakthrough in the CPU chip, the brain of the computer, is undoubtedly great news for Lu Shaohua. Of course, it is good news for Lu Shaohua, but it is bad news for the American manufacturers who now dominate the computer market, because they have one more competitor, and a strong one at that.

Fortunately, Phoenix Group's computer research project has not yet been known to the outside world, let alone the American manufacturers. If they knew, Lu Shaohua could not guarantee that they would not nip the bud in the bud.

The competition in the business world is far more cruel than one might imagine. Lu Shaohua asked to keep the secret because he was afraid that the computer would be attacked by the outside world before it was developed. Obviously, the confidentiality measures taken by Lu Shaohua were successful. Now more than a year has passed, and except for a few people who know this secret, no one else has received any information at all.

Taking a deep breath to suppress the excitement in his heart, Lu Shaohua suddenly stood up and walked outside. For some reason, Lu Shaohua had developed a habit. No matter how excited or irritated he was, he liked to go outside and look up at the sky, letting the boundless blue sky relax his mind.

It is almost September, the time of transition from autumn to winter. The sky in the south is still as blue as usual, and the clouds are still white as usual, slowly drifting away in the opposite direction under the bleak autumn wind.

The city of Hong Kong is located on the equator of the earth, and the temperature is hot. Even though it is approaching winter, there are still no cold nights. On the contrary, Lu Shaohua, wearing a short-sleeved shirt, standing in the small garden of the villa, can still feel comfortable when the autumn breeze blows through him.

The autumn wind took away the fallen leaves, and at the same time took away Lu Shaohua's excitement, making Lu Shaohua calm down quickly. However, there was a clearly visible smile on his face, showing that he was in an extremely good mood at the moment.

Closing his eyes and feeling the whistling sound of the autumn wind, Lu Shaohua entered into a wonderful feeling. When he opened his eyes again, the smile on his face disappeared. He turned around, raised his steps, and walked into the villa without looking back.

Now that his mood had calmed down, Lu Shaohua should start to worry about other things. After all, the computer project was extremely important to him, but he also attached great importance to other things, especially his own personal safety.

Long before he decided to give his spare bulletproof car to Xiang Huaqiang, Lu Shaohua began planning for his future car. Only now has the plan been officially finalized, which is to build a high-performance car that is bulletproof and explosion-proof. In order to meet the standards of bulletproof and riot prevention, he has to work hard on steel.

Picking up the receiver, a call was made to the Tiger Roar Mercenary Group base in Africa. What was different from the past was that the person who answered the phone had changed. It was Xie Jianwei, because he was now one of the leaders of the Tiger Roar Mercenary Group.

When talking about the Tiger Roar Mercenary Group, we have to mention what happened a few months ago. Since Lu Shaohua decided to establish an intelligence network and then handed over the entire intelligence network to Li Zhijie for management, Xie Jianwei, who was originally a deputy leader, was promoted to the head of the group, and the original deputy leader position was taken over by a comrade-in-arms of Chen Guobang.

Originally, Chen Guobang planned to let his comrade take over Li Zhijie's position as the chief commander, but Lu Shaohua took into consideration that the chief commander was exposed to too many secrets and a newcomer would not be able to understand them well, so he temporarily appointed him as the deputy chief to manage the Tiger Roar Mercenary Group.

There has always been a forbidden area of ​​the mercenary group at the African base. No one can enter that forbidden area except the head of the group and a few other people. This forbidden area was exactly the secret base that Lu Shaohua asked Li Zhijie to build at that time. It was also the place where those Soviet military and industrial talents gathered.

Today, the Tiger Roar Mercenary Group and the secret base are on the right track, and Lu Shaohua also intends to separate the Tiger Roar Mercenary Group and the base, with one person managing each side. It was precisely because Lu Shaohua had such an intention that he promoted Xie Jianwei to the position of head of the group, concurrently managing the secret base and the Tiger Roar Mercenary Group.

The concurrent management is only temporary. According to Lu Shaohua's idea, after a period of time, Xie Jianwei will retire as the leader of the Tiger Roar Mercenary Group and manage the secret base full-time, and the Tiger Roar Mercenary Group will be managed by Chen Guobang's comrade. Before that, Chen Guobang's comrade must obtain Lu Shaohua's full management. This is a necessary prerequisite, otherwise Lu Shaohua will not let him manage the entire Tiger Roar Mercenary Group.

Lu Shaohua had already made up his mind about everything and had his own plan. Now it all depended on whether his comrade Chen Guobang could pass his test.

As the saying goes, a thousand thoughts come to mind in a split second. After connecting with Xie Jianwei on the phone, Lu Shaohua first asked about the situation over there, and Xie Jianwei answered truthfully. When asked about Chen Guobang's comrade-in-arms, who is now the deputy leader of the Tiger Roar Mercenary Group, Xie Jianwei answered Lu Shaohua like this.

"He is more suitable to manage the Tiger Roar Mercenary Group than me."

Lu Shaohua smiled at Xie Jianwei's evaluation and said nothing. If Chen Guobang's comrade was not suitable for managing the mercenary group, Lu Shaohua would not have asked Chen Guobang to find him to go to Africa to take over as deputy leader.

But whether it is suitable for management at the moment is another matter. The important thing is that the Tiger Roar Mercenary Group must be managed by someone he trusts, otherwise the Tiger Roar Mercenary Group, his own private armed force that Lu Shaohua has built up with great difficulty, will cease to exist.

"I'm not afraid to tell you that 'he' is still in the probation period, and I'm still a little worried." Lu Shaohua told the truth to Xie Jianwei on the phone.

Xie Jianwei was not a fool. On the contrary, he was very smart and understood it immediately. He said calmly and seriously, "I will pay attention to it."

"Please pay more attention to that." Xie Jianwei's answers were always so concise. Lu Shaohua had long been accustomed to it. He smiled and changed the subject. "I called you today to ask the talents at the base over there to study steel. I want to build a bulletproof and explosion-proof car."

Having been in contact with the secret base for so long and having come from a special forces unit, Xie Jianwei naturally understood what Lu Shaohua wanted, and said, "I'll go and arrange it later."

"Yeah." Lu Shaohua responded, and then asked, "How is the research on the aircraft going?"

The aircraft research being carried out in Africa has been going on for a long time, but Lu Shaohua had never paid attention to it. Now that he had finished his important tasks, he asked about it casually.

"The progress is not very smooth." After a pause, Xie Jianwei on the other end of the phone said, "But there is some progress in the research of long-range missiles."

'Long-range missile' is one of the several projects that Lu Shaohua has secretly confirmed. Once there is progress, Xie Jianwei will naturally report to Lu Shaohua.

"Yeah." Lu Shaohua's voice was neither happy nor sad, as if everything was within his expectations.

It takes time to research a scientific and technological project, which Lu Shaohua knows better than anyone else. However, the base has made great progress in a short period of time. This may seem incredible to outsiders, but Lu Shaohua takes it as a matter of course. It all depends on the foundation of the Soviet military and industrial talents. If they did not have a certain foundation, Lu Shaohua would not have recruited them to work for him.

After a pause, Lu Shaohua's calm voice reached Xie Jianwei's ears again through the phone. "Keep working hard. If you need anything, call me or call Brother Guobang."

"OK, I see."

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The call with Xie Jianwei ended with Lu Shaohua's final instructions and Xie Jianwei's response. Lu Shaohua put down the phone. He was not happy because of the good news from the base. On the contrary, he was terribly calm.

Come to think of it, the secret base has cost Lu Shaohua too much effort. The financial investment alone is nearly 100 billion US dollars. If so much has been invested and no results have been achieved, Lu Shaohua would feel that there is no need for the base to exist.

As his business expanded, Lu Shaohua also felt more and more pressure. There was the Phoenix Group in Hong Kong, the Bao'an production base in Shenzhen, the Tiger Roar Mercenaries and secret bases in Africa, and the disintegrated Soviet Union.

In the early days of the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Lu Shaohua's series of actions gained him considerable benefits, but that was only on the surface. There were some more important things that others did not know about, that is, resources. Yes, resources. Lu Shaohua asked Chen Guobang to go to the Soviet Union to build a huge network of relationships. The purpose was to recruit talents, purchase military technology, and also to monopolize resources.

So far, Lu Shaohua's three goals can be considered to have been achieved. He has already poached talents and placed them in a stable position. He has also acquired military technology and even the top technology, the technology of the aircraft carrier, which is the dominant technology at sea. So what about occupying resources? Has Lu Shaohua occupied the resources? The answer is obviously that he has.

The answer is that they occupied it, but occupying it is one thing, and getting it is another. The resources that Lu Shaohua occupied in the Soviet Union were nothing more than two types, one was natural gas, and the other was oil.

These two resources exist in the territory of the Soviet Union, and are not really in Lu Shaohua's hands. As the saying goes, a cooked duck may fly away, not to mention the resources in other people's territory. If the Soviet Union was not still in turmoil after its disintegration, it is not impossible that the resources occupied by Lu Shaohua changed hands overnight.

At present, several years have passed since the ten years of turmoil in the Soviet Union. As the Soviet Union, which was divided into more than a dozen countries after its disintegration, is gradually stabilizing, if Lu Shaohua does not get those occupied resources as soon as possible, it will be a bit difficult to get them when the situation is really stabilized.

Therefore, Lu Shaohua made an important decision in his mind regarding resource development, a decision to get the resources.

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