The Witch's Taste

Chapter 358
The Rhine Business Alliance was not only indifferent to the raging of the living dead in the city, but even vaguely fueled the situation and tried to speed up the spread in order to obtain more experimental samples in the future.

Because on a financial level, elves themselves are also a type of resource.Considering the huge number of elves in the Federation, this resource is actually quite cheap, far less valuable than "some kind of life that cannot be killed".

Exchanging a large amount of cheap resources for rare and precious resources is a very cost-effective deal.

However, the elven nobles had different opinions on this.

Klublev was furious about this, claiming that "these financial street vampires are making money from disaster." However, these news were quickly blocked by social networks collectively, and only a few right-wing TV stations were willing to report it.

Bakht's remarks were relatively mild, and he simply pointed out that "at this time, all companies should stand with the suffering citizens of Galapasia." He was finally released after successfully passing the review. However, the comment area received a large number of comments from left-wingers. During the siege, most of the replies were, "Isn't the plague caused by your wanton discharge of industrial wastewater?", "Closing factories is the greatest respect for life," and so on.

Now, the situation has gradually become clearer.

These elven plutocrats once tried to reach a consensus to "put aside their prejudices and jointly kill the starship human race", but found that they couldn't do it in the first step, and the rest naturally disappeared.

In the chaotic public opinion situation, various rumors have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

Some people say that the industrial aristocracy plans to spread the plague throughout the Garcia sector in order to change it from a colonial planet to an industrial planet (after all, this happened once in Takamagahara); others say that it is a conspiracy of financial capitalists, They have been shorting Galapasia's assets for a long time, planning to make a fortune from the disaster... Evidence and clues are irrelevant here, and citizens are only willing to believe statements that conform to their own political stance.

The current chaos is so familiar that it is almost a replica of the early stage of the "Third Corporate War" many years ago, so many social activists have begun to publicly appeal, hoping that the plutocrats will put aside their disputes for the time being and work together to survive the current situation. Galapasia's Difficulties.

After finishing the appeal outside, I quickly packed up my belongings and prepared to immigrate and escape.

Are you kidding me?If a corporate war is really about to break out, how can the plutocrats care about the opinions of civilians, or even their life and death?It’s better to run away quickly!
Under this faint trend of approaching storm, the first wave of escapes gradually formed: the fares of interstellar long-range passenger ships suddenly soared by 185%, and a large number of citizens left Galapasia in panic and went to small villages and towns on the edge of desolation to seek refuge. .

What Chen Ziang and others have longed for, the precious opportunity to tap talents has finally arrived.

Damayat Thunderfire Company is the third arms manufacturer in the Federation after Klublev and Behet. Although more than 50% of the shares are controlled by Klublev, the nobles do not frequently intervene in this company. As a result, engineers from other races, including humans, are employed in the company.

Through Lao Qiu's matchmaking, Chen Ziang contacted a female engineer named Li Shanren, a 42-year-old female from the Shan ethnic group. She is currently the R&D director of Damayat Leihuoli and has independent project leadership experience.

"Nice to meet you, Ms. Li." In the cafe where they met, Chen Ziang stretched out his hand.

"I'm not married yet." Li Shanren replied, shaking his hand lightly.

"Ms. Li." Chen Zi'ang is now different from what he used to be. He will not be embarrassed by such trivial matters at all. He just calmly changes the subject and says, "I heard from Lao Qiu that you are usually a busy person and rarely go there. Participate in unnecessary social activities that are meaningless to you.”

"Since you are willing to attend the meeting, you have already guessed my purpose of coming, right?"

Li Shanren showed a somewhat surprised look and reached out to push up the frame of his glasses so that he could see the man in front of him more clearly:

"That's right, otherwise I wouldn't waste my time."

"In Galapasia today, the conflict between the old aristocrats and the new capitalists is irreconcilable, otherwise the plutocrats would not allow chaos to spread to this extent. Corporate wars may break out at any time, so we must find a way out as soon as possible."

"In this case, starship humans would be a good choice." Chen Ziang issued an invitation. "How do you say it?" Li Shanren asked seriously.

"Safety." Chen Ziang replied, "If a corporate war really breaks out, it may not be limited to the Garcia sector. The entire federation may be swept in."

"Although the overall strength of our starship humans is not as good as that of the Elf Plutocrats, it is better than being easily involved in wars. Therefore, it is the best choice for the human race to take refuge."

"But I have heard some rumors." Li Shanren suddenly said, "It is said that the current plague in the northern suburbs is spread by the starship humans behind the scenes."

"This is a very ridiculous rumor." Chen Ziang replied calmly, "First of all, the plague originated from sewage discharged from factories in the northern urban area. Although the district government did not give an official announcement, the media has basically reached a consensus. "

"Secondly, I understand what Miss Li is worried about. The Federation is hostile to starship humans, and there is no necessary logical connection between the Federation and the fact that the Federation may take action against starship humans. Do you think that if the Federation really has a war intention, the Milky Way Galaxy Apart from the human empire, who else can resist it?"

"But it's also possible that the Federation does intend to take action against you, but not now." Li Shanren said lightly.

"Of course." Chen Ziang said with a smile, "Who can say for sure what will happen in the future? Ms. Li should know that in federal communities where openly carrying guns is allowed, security officers will shoot innocent civilians more frequently. Once this happens, Once you have the power, others will naturally be wary of you."

"The reason why the Federation is hostile to us is precisely because we have enough strength to resist aggression. Staying weak and hoping to be ignored by the enemy is indeed an effective self-protection strategy, but only if you are lucky enough. , and we starship humans are more willing to stick together to protect ourselves and control our destiny in our own hands than to fight for luck, that's all."

"I understand." Li Shanren sighed and said, "I will think about it."

When negotiating with someone with a higher status, if the other party says "I will consider it", it is most likely just an excuse to refuse, because the other party can make the decision himself.

But according to Chen Ziang's observation, Miss Li Shanren seemed more hesitant, so he smiled and said:
"Just give me an answer after you think about it. Another question is, does Ms. Li know the people on this list?"

Li Shanren looked at the list pushed over. It was full of human engineers from major arms manufacturers, and several of them were even her subordinates.

After thinking for a while, she took out a pen from her bag and asked:

"you do not mind?"

"This is a copy." Chen Ziang replied.

"These are the people who have been underlined." Li Shanren underlined a few of their names. "If the conditions offered are generous enough, there should be a chance to persuade them."

"I personally don't think it's possible for the group of people who drew the circle. You can give it a try."

"I'm not familiar with the rest that haven't been marked, so I can't comment at will."

When Chen Ziang saw that she was willing to provide help in such detail, he knew that although she said "I will consider it", in fact, she was already unconsciously leaning towards the starship humans.

(End of this chapter)