Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 201 Chairman’s Thoughts

The ideas in the chairman's mind are gradually taking shape.

He is quite familiar with Chen Ming's situation, at least for the past twenty years before he went dormant.

Born as an orphan, he was recruited by Sinda Company with excellent grades in college.

When I entered the company, I focused solely on my career, and I already had a good standard right after I graduated.

Then, as long as he can come back after being promoted to a higher level, he can be released for a few more years and work as a department head, no problem.

Although at this point something unexpected happened.

But if the accident didn't happen and Chen Ming came back safely, then if all goes well until retirement, it might be possible to become the general manager of a branch.

It's obvious that Chen Ming has invested a lot in his career.

Even after escaping from the space station until now, it can be seen that Chen Ming's focus has always been on his career.

Naturally, not much energy was invested in other aspects.

Therefore, the chairman suddenly felt that he could provide some help in these aspects and rely on these things to get closer to Chen Ming.

Chen Ming is now a psyker. He talks and laughs with the psionic bosses of the Psychic Association and the lieutenant general of the 14th Legion. Naturally, his status cannot be compared with before.

Therefore, the objects he chooses must be carefully considered.

And just now, he found the right person.

Cheng Xinghai is a lively young man with a beautiful face and a cute expression like the girl next door.

Although she is from the military and her personality seems different from that of ordinary girls, she should be fine.

Moreover, it can be seen from the chairman's previous speculation based on Bai Quan's performance and Chen Ming's current decision to hand over the sales rights of an important technology to Bai Quan that the relationship between Bai Quan and Chen Ming is definitely unusual.

But there seems to be no sign of getting closer for the time being, and Baiquan doesn't seem to have the intention he is thinking now.

So what the chairman wants to do is to mention this matter.

Of course, the premise is to investigate the feasibility first to avoid being kicked out by Bai Quan as Lao Deng.

So after everyone had seen what Wu An had brought and returned to the banquet area, the crowd gradually dispersed and went to socialize.

The chairman moved closer to Wu An, who took the initiative to stay alone.

Before Wu An considered whether to drive the chairman away manually and give him a clean place to stay, the chairman asked, "How old is Xiao Ming this year?"

"?"

Wu An glanced at the chairman with a question mark and asked, "You don't know your employees?"

The chairman simply pulled down his old face, suppressed his embarrassment, coughed and said, "Confirm."

Wu An didn't understand what the chairman was doing for a while, so he replied normally: "Let me think about it, I'm twenty-six."

"When he was dormant before, he was twenty-five in imaginary age and twenty-four in real age. The rest were all from dormancy."

"It's been almost a year now. When is his birthday? I don't know exactly."

The chairman has read Chen Ming's resume countless times, and of course he knows how old Chen Ming is. His questions are just to pave the way for what he is going to say next.

"He's twenty-six, so he's not too young, so has he ever mentioned... any ideas about things suitable for his age?"

"?"

Wu An suddenly understood what the chairman meant, and the look he looked at him gradually became strange.

But then he looked in the direction of Bai Quan, and at the same time thought about the situation of the past few days, and then recalled the past and said: "No, but he can't come into contact with the right people in his current environment, so... you You can try it.”

The chairman nodded slightly, chatted with Wu An about the living environment at the pirate space station, and then went to find Bai Quan.

Baiquan quickly noticed the chairman of Xinda Company who kept a certain distance from him but didn't get too close. He looked like he wanted to say something but couldn't say it well.

As the boss of the company where Chen Ming worked before, and who had previously cooperated with Chen Ming in the original rescue plan, Bai Quan still had an impression of him.

So Bai Quan said hello to the people around him and came to the chairman's side alone.

The chairman quickly raised his glass and said, "Lieutenant General Bai, we have met before."

Bai Quan was smiling at this time, but because Chen Ming gave him a big gift, there was no trace of the coldness in his expression.

"I remember, Chairman Xu of Xinda Company, we had talked about the annual spacecraft technology bidding. Is there anything wrong?"

The chairman's lips moved slightly, and he glanced at the other partners behind Bai Quan who were staring at him. He knew that he definitely couldn't slowly go around in circles with Bai Quan.

So after hesitating for a while, he finally chose a direct way to speak: "How old is the little girl from before?"

Bai Quan's smile instantly faded and he became alert.

Cheng Xinghai and Cheng Xinghe were both a generation younger than him, and he had always paid attention to their development.

And after someone came to him about Cheng Xinghe-related matters a few days ago, he also knew very well that the chairman suddenly asked what Cheng Xinghai was going to do.

The chairman also knew the reason why Bai Quan suddenly changed his attitude after hearing what he said, and quickly added in a low voice: "Chen Ming is twenty-six this year."

Bai Quan immediately understood what the chairman meant.

He really didn't have this idea at first, but the chairman suddenly mentioned it, and then he thought about it again, and it seemed that... it wasn't impossible.

Bai Quan returned to his normal smiling appearance and whispered: "Nineteen."

At the same time, he gave the chairman a look that they would chat later, and then returned to the person he was chatting with just now as if nothing was wrong.

The chairman understood the situation and went elsewhere with the wine glass in hand.

Wu An, who was next to him, paid close attention to the chairman's situation the whole time after the chairman came over to ask him questions.

When the chairman left Bai Quan, Chen Ming's communication code was already displayed on the terminal in Wu An's hand.

But he was still thinking.

After thinking for a while, he finally turned off the terminal and said to himself: "The age difference is a little big, but it's not impossible."

The second half of the banquet was basically for the participants to talk about business matters.

And after the banquet is over.

The chairman received an invitation from Baiquan and went to his residence.

When the chairman arrived, besides Bai Quan, Wu An was already sitting here.

The three of them gathered around the coffee table in Baiquan's residence in silence, feeling a little embarrassed for a moment.

Because they don't know what to say.

They have obviously dealt with all kinds of complicated things, and they all have similar experiences even if they are extremely troublesome things.

But what they want to discuss now is really something that none of the three of them know how to talk about.

In the end, it was the oldest chairman who took the lead to put Chen Ming’s resume on the coffee table, pushed it to Bai Quan, and asked, “What do you think?”

Bai Quan picked up this identity resume that he was already very familiar with and read it for a long time, and finally managed to hold back a sentence: "I think it's okay."

Then the two of them looked at Wu An together.

Wu An spread his hands and asked, "What are you looking at me doing?"

Bai Quan immediately said: "You are his spiritual guide and his elder. Why don't you help him worry about some things? You are already twenty-six."

"Does he know that I am his elder?"

"Psychic elders are also elders. I have heard that after he gave up the company's path, you have been guiding him to take the path of a psyker. Don't you worry about this kind of thing?"

Wu An said with a helpless expression: "But I sleep every few years and have never been married. How can I worry about him? It's good if he doesn't worry about me."

"And aren't you already married? You should have experience in this kind of thing."

Bai Quan immediately defended: "I am an orphan like Chen Ming. My marriage was arranged by the person who brought me up all the way. I have no experience at all, so I found you."

After Bai Quan finished speaking, his eyes turned to the chairman, who was the oldest and even his son was almost the same age as them.

The chairman waved his hand quickly and said, "Don't look at me. I'm not very good here. My son still doesn't have a good relationship with me. Mr. Wu An, you know that too."

The three of them were silent for a long time.

Wu An suddenly coughed twice and said, "How about we change our thinking and think about the value of this matter to all parties."

"First of all, for me, I am very happy to see Chen Ming grow up. There is no problem with that."

"Yes." Bai Quan nodded and said, "No problem, everyone knows what you think."

"Then for you Bai Quan, you can bring Chen Ming and your Fourteenth Legion closer through this matter, which is definitely good for you, right?"

"No problem."

"So for Chairman Xu, as the person who first put forward this opinion, if Chen Ming successfully accepts the result, then as...a matchmaker, you can ease Chen Ming's somewhat awkward relationship with Xinda Company, right? ?”

"Yes."

The chairman acknowledged Wu An's words and his thoughts.

Wu An paused for a moment and asked, "What about Chen Ming? Is it good for him?"

The chairman asked: "Is it a benefit to have a family and start a business?"

Wu An had thought about this matter when the chairman asked him to ask questions, and quickly said: "Starting a family and starting a business may be what many people want, but I didn't see his thoughts from Chen Ming. "

"But I feel like he's not resisting. He simply has no idea for the time being. He wants to do his own business."

"If there is enough value, if I mention it to him, he may still agree."

"It's a good thing to be reluctant."

Bai Quan thought for a while and said: "If this thing can really come true, no matter how it is done, Chen Ming will be directly included in our fourteenth legion."

"The resources of our Fourteenth Legion can be invested more in him and treat him as one of our own."

"In addition...there are some hidden benefits."

"It is Chen Ming's current situation that makes those at the top a little worried. They are worried that Chen Ming will give up his relationship with the empire."

Wu An immediately denied: "Chen Ming will not give up. He has been trying to find ways to promote trade with the empire through you and me. Even if he goes out, he just doesn't want to be restricted by the rules within the empire."

Bai Quan shook his head slightly and said, "You know it won't happen, but the people above won't think so."

"Although Chen Ming is not yet capable of leaving the empire, the higher-ups will definitely restrict him before he really has the ability to survive independently of the empire."

"Unless there are more people in the empire who can make him keep his mind in the empire, such as you, Wu An, and a few of his friends."

"If this thing can be done, and the relationship network of the Fourteenth Legion will care about Chen Ming and keep him in close contact with the empire, it will be less likely that something we don't want to see will happen in the future."

Seeing Wu An suddenly frowning, Bai Quan said again: "Wu An, Chen Ming is different from you. Your psychic ability limits you from leaving the empire in this life."

"Even if you run to a pirate space station in the edge star field, everyone knows that there is no possibility of you leaving."

"But he is really capable of going out on his own, so the way the empire treats him may be different." Wu An's expression changed several times in succession, as if he was thinking of some things in the past.

Although the atmosphere of the three people chatting just now was a bit awkward, now that he was thinking about other things, it made him even more uncomfortable.

He even felt that he might as well continue the discussion in the awkward atmosphere just now.

Wu An suddenly breathed out and said: "Hide this matter for now, just put the options in front of Chen Ming and see what he chooses."

"I will not force him to make a decision. He has to make his own path."

At this moment, the chairman who had been drinking tea silently next to him suddenly said: "What about Miss Cheng Xinghai's thoughts? Are you a little too quick? They don't know each other yet."

"You'll get to know each other soon."

Bai Quan has already decided on the candidate for Chen Ming's actual combat test, so he can say this with confidence.

"Furthermore, Cheng Xinghai's family members died on the front line in the past few years, so now I can make the decision for her in this regard."

"Her background and abilities left her with few options."

"As long as Chen Ming agrees, I will do her ideological work."

"However, I also agree with Wu An's idea. Let them contact them themselves in the first place. We will see the situation later. Take your time."

"Anyway, it still depends on Chen Ming's attitude in the end. Forcing him will definitely be useless."

The three of them briefly chatted about their arrangements for this matter and then separated.

after one day.

At this time, Chen Ming, who was still on the pirate space station and didn't know anything, got a lift from Baiquan from his boss and returned to the Gallo Star Territory by relying on the Star Gate.

It happened that Chen Ming was free these two days, so he came directly to pick him up.

By the way, I plan to report to the boss, the investor, on the recent temporary base and development situation.

After meeting his boss, he had to think about where he would go next.

Should we continue to follow the pioneering team on the brilliant side to the next temporary stronghold, or simply find a place to remotely command the afterglows to continue their work.

While Chen Ming was thinking about it, the spaceship the boss was on had landed at the dock of the space station that was not open to the public.

The boss has also stepped off the spaceship.

But when the boss saw Chen Ming, the smile on his face suddenly froze.

A surge of spiritual energy swept past Chen Ming's side in an instant, and then a powerful spiritual power directly enveloped Chen Ming.

"boss?"

Amid Chen Ming's confusion, the boss frowned and immediately came to Chen Ming quickly, put his hand on his shoulder and said, "You seem to have something dirty on your body. Do you need me to help you solve it?"

"what?"

Chen Ming was stunned for a moment and then reacted.

It should be that the hive mind network of the machine race and the Zerg race he constructed was discovered by the boss.

The boss's psychic energy itself seems to act on consciousness and spirit, and it seems normal to be aware of it.

Moreover, the boss only knew that he had controlled the machine race, but did not know that he had constructed a hive mind network.

At first I probably thought there was something wrong with his psychic ability.

So Chen Ming quickly explained: "It's okay, this is a derivative effect of my spiritual power."

"After I took control of the machine race, the machine race's consciousness connected to my spiritual energy and actively built a network. It does no harm to me."

"But you have more than one network on you."

"Forehead……"

Seeing that he could no longer hide it, Chen Ming thought for a while and simply displayed the photos and videos of the queen in the biological spacecraft on the terminal, and then handed the terminal to the boss.

They also conveniently blocked the monitoring of the internal dock where they were currently located to prevent information about the biological spaceship and the Zerg from leaking out.

The boss looked at the photos and videos on the terminal for a long time, and finally said to Chen Ming with a hint of incomprehension in his expression: "Your psychic power..."

Chen Ming spread his hands and said: "The biological spaceship is also a spaceship. The spaceship is controlled by me, and the things on it are no exception."

"The Thorn Zerg are also hive minds like the Machine Tribe, and then...that's it."

Although Chen Ming explained, the boss still frowned slightly and scanned Chen Ming through his spiritual power. It took a while before his mental power gradually dissipated.

Then his eyes were fixed on the highest point next to him, and he said: "Are there Zerg on your body and on the boat?"

"There's a part so I can do something."

Chen Ming pulled up his sleeves, revealing a bracelet made of fragments of the queen's body tissue on his wrist.

Then, relying on the transformation of spiritual energy, the pitch-black biological armor was instantly condensed from the wrist.

Chen Ming casually waved his fist a few times, and his smooth and smooth movements made an obvious sound of breaking through the air.

Chen Ming conveniently made another electromagnetic javelin and shot his arm.

After seeing that there was not even a trace left on the armor, Chen Ming also broke the electromagnetic javelin into two sections with strength, dismantled it into the most basic materials and sent it away.

The boss suddenly became a little silent, because he suddenly couldn't understand the effect of Chen Ming's psychic power.

Even if Chen Ming's spiritual power has been improving, he should not directly evolve from affecting machines to affecting living things.

Chen Ming noticed the boss's silence and asked, "Boss, what's wrong with you?"

"It's nothing, I just suddenly feel like I'm a little old."

"?"

The boss quickly adjusted his mentality and said to Chen Ming as usual: "Forget it, it's okay. Let's go back. I haven't read last week's report yet."

"Row."

Although the boss seemed to understand, Chen Ming still felt that the boss looked at him strangely for some reason.

However, the boss didn't say much and just handed over the development data to Chen Ming every week as usual.

After chatting about what happened for more than a month.

Chen Ming left from the boss's side.

That night, Chen Ming got the news from Bai Quan that everything was ready.

The actual combat test he promised to help Chen Ming can start at any time.

Bai Quan and his boss returned to the Gallo Star Territory through the Star Gate during the day, so the time to notify him now is about the same.

So Chen Ming chatted with Bai Quan, sent a destroyer, and set off with a robot equipped with the Afterglow Core.

After flying in hyperspace for a night, the destroyer arrived at the station of the Fourteenth Legion, which was the station of the original star sector military.

Then he was stopped by a military patrol fleet in hyperspace.

However, the patrol team seemed to have received the news early and quickly released Chen Ming's spacecraft.

Bai Quan obviously also received the news and called: "You can park at the giant shipyard first, and then I will arrange a spaceship to send your things to the ground."

"Row."

Chen Ming followed Bai Quan's instructions and went to the giant shipyard after leaving hyperspace and entering the galaxy.

Chaofan had stayed here for some time before, so Chen Ming still had some impressions of the situation in the dock.

When Chen Ming came here this time, in addition to seeing that the development level of the entire station on the planet was significantly higher than before, he also found that the number of fleets stationed here seemed to be larger than before.

It seems that Bai Quan is right, the Fourteenth Legion does support his expansion of influence in the Gallo Star Territory.

Chen Ming paid a little attention and then didn't pay much attention.

He just controlled the robot and quickly boarded the spacecraft specially arranged by Baiquan and headed to the ground.

Went to a huge independent building under an ecological dome on this volcanic planet.

When Bai Quan saw the robot carrying the afterglow core in person, Bai Quan asked: "Just connect the core to the electronic device, right?"

"Yes."

After Bai Quan received the reply, he quickly connected the afterglow core controlled by Chen Ming to the only huge simulation device in the building.

This device was also successfully controlled by Chen Ming under the influence of the Yuhui individual.

Of course, the Fourteenth Legion was obviously not a fool. This independent building and its internal equipment were completely blocked from other buildings, without any physical connection, and did not give Chen Ming any chance to steal the chicken.

But Chen Ming didn't care. He said to Bai Quan who was holding the terminal: "I have no problem here. I can access this device like a normal user and can start at any time. What about my opponent?"

Bai Quan pushed up his glasses, covering his eyes, and said: "She is ready, but she is at our headquarters and uses the host to remotely connect to your extension, so there is no need to worry about delays."

"Row."

"I have input some of your psychic effects for you. Check to see if there are any errors or omissions. If there are any, just tell me and I will help you correct them."

Chen Ming looked at Bai Quan's settings on the system and said, "Yes."

"Set all ammunition for live ammunition and missile weapons to unlimited, reduce the cooling time of energy weapons by 99%, and set the radiation energy dissipation efficiency of the spacecraft to thirty times first."

"The command and communication delay is set to 0, and the enemy electronic warfare equipment interference is set to none. Oh, there is no electronic warfare, so there is no need to set it."

"I can fine-tune all spaceships and operate them myself."

"And the spacecraft under my control will not suffer any damage or decrease in combat readiness during non-combat operations, and there will be no equipment failure."

"Unmanned operation will not cause any error rate for pilots and combatants, nor will there be personnel injuries and low morale leading to a decrease in combat capabilities."

"In addition, when my spaceship is destroyed, as long as it remains about 80% intact, I can completely repair the spacecraft and return to the battlefield."

"I can also use my spiritual power to shape the smashed spaceship into a new one and return to the battle. Can I just create a new spaceship when I come up? For example, a heavy rain or something?"

"Oh, and also, I have so many afterglows on hand..."

"Cough cough..."

Bai Quan quickly interrupted Chen Ming and said: "We will only look at personal abilities this time, not other afterglows or anything like that. Your settings are almost there, let's start quickly."

"Tsk."

Although Chen Ming has not finished setting up the effects of his psychic energy, Bai Quan has already done this and he will not continue.

"Then let's get started."

(End of this chapter)