I work as a mercenary in northern Myanmar.

Chapter 605 New Ceiling

Chen Chen originally thought that Xiaoyu's purpose of coming to Mengka was to explain to him the mission regarding Donny Davis. After arranging everything, she would leave in a hurry like every time before.

But what he didn't expect was that Xiaoyu had no intention of leaving at all.

After the two finished chatting, it was just time for dinner. Before Chen Chen could ask, Xiaoyu spoke up:
"Please arrange dinner for my entourage, and then we can have dinner together."

"Don't make it too grand, but bring your people."

"As for the location, let's go to Vientiane Hotel."

"Also, I will be staying in Mengka for the next few days. You don't have to go to Myitkyina for the time being. Just stay in Mengka with me."

".Accompany you?"

".accompany me!"

Xiaoyu glared at Chen Chen, then continued:

"You haven't been back to Pubei for a long time. You have to deal with the messy interpersonal relationships here."

"Don't think that you are done just because you have accomplished something. It is easy to build an empire, but it is difficult to keep it."

"As a warrior, and even as a commander, you are very strong."

“But as a CEO of a group, I don’t know how far you can go.”

"So, I have to give you an assessment on behalf of the organization first."

Hearing this, Chen Chen couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"What? If I fail the assessment, can you still replace me?"

"That's not the case."

Xiaoyu shook his head and continued:

"But we can obviously arrange some more powerful assistants for you to help you run this group. Our cooperation has come to this point, so we can at least give you this little priority, right?"

"Yes, of course, you are the major shareholder."

Chen Chen spread his hands and changed the subject:

"But why do I feel like this is just a random excuse you made up to stay in Mengka?"

".hehe."

Xiaoyu stopped talking, and Chen Chen continued:

"Look, you're anxious, aren't you?"

"Forget it, I won't force you."

"Tell me, who do you want to arrange to accompany you tonight?"

".Can you please shut your stinky mouth and don't force me to slap you in front of Shi Dakai and the others."

Xiaoyu stretched out his hand and made a gesture of strangling his neck, then said:

"Exclude all outsiders tonight, just a simple, um, family dinner."

"Think about who you should call. Don't call He Bangxiong, He Bupa, and others for now. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Understand."

Chen Chen nodded, sighed and said:

"It's a pity that Bao Qi hasn't come back yet, and it's a pity that Bai Gou died in Syria, otherwise we could have gathered here today."

"You just have to feel sorry for the white dog."

Xiaoyu shook his head and said:
"Bao Qi's plane took off from Hong Kong four hours ago. Someone is going to pick him up. He will be here in about an hour."

".You arranged this?"

Chen Chen asked in surprise.

"Who else but me?"

Xiaoyu raised her head modestly, but Chen Chen always felt that she was trying to take credit for it.

It’s like a little girl who secretly bought a 4090 for her boyfriend, and then looked at his surprised expression and said, “Who else but me?”

"Thank you."

Chen Chen said sincerely.

"Humph."

Xiaoyu didn't answer, but pushed the door open and walked out.

Chen Chen followed closely behind her. He first called Shi Dakai to ask him to make the arrangements, then quickly caught up with Xiaoyu and asked:
"It'll take another hour, where are we going now?"

"Shall I go to the company first?"

"Don't go, come with me."

Xiaoyu slowed down and walked towards the outside of the villa.

The villa area at this time was very different from the villa area that Dongfeng Group had just "occupied". Three of the planned family buildings had been built, special buildings for defense purposes had also been deployed in place, and even the port next to the Mekong River had been mostly built, and was completely connected to the inner harbor specially used for mooring assault boats as Chen Chen had expected.

The two walked along the road inside the villa area, or Mengka base, to the outside of the wall. Along the way, Chen Chen saw many faces with northern features that could be recognized at a glance standing on guard at the sentry posts.

Those people had never seen him as the "captain", but for some reason, whenever he walked past them, they would salute Chen Chen solemnly.

".To be honest, I feel a bit like a leader now."

"But the question is, how do they know me?"

"They don't know you, they know me, brother."

Xiaoyu looked at Chen Chen helplessly and amusedly, and explained:

"When you were not in Pubei, I worked longer hours in Mengka than Shi Dakai."

"These people were specially transferred here by Shi Dakai. They have been in charge of the security tasks here for some time."

"They don't know who I am or where I'm from, but they know my face."

"Or do you think I didn't do any work while I was in the rear?"

".I thought you were always with YN."

Chen Chen said with a little shame.

When he was in Syria, a large number of high-intensity and high-intensity combat missions almost occupied all his energy. He finally squeezed out some time, but most of it was spent on those "big things".

As for Xiaoyu's work, where she is and what she is doing, I really don't care.

Looking back now, it seems that every time I called Xiaoyu, I was just asking her for things or information.

He didn't even ask how much pressure she was under or how difficult the situation was.

Oh my god, it turns out that I am the scumbag?

Chen Chen decisively shut up and stopped talking. Xiaoyu glanced at him sideways, sighed and said:

"I know what you're thinking."

"But, that's not important."

"I'm not here to complain to you. I just want to take you out for a walk."

Having said this, Xiaoyu paused for a moment.

Then, she turned around and pointed at the base in the distance and asked:
"Take a look at your base and tell me, what do you see?"

".There is a problem with the setting of the machine gun post. Two crossfire settings overlap."

Chen Chen thought for a moment and answered seriously.

".You. Forget it."

"Think about it more deeply and then tell me."

This time, Chen Chen put away his joking intention.

After thinking for a few seconds, he said:
“A new order.”

"Yes, the new order."

Xiaoyu finally nodded, and she said with a hint of sarcasm:
"I thought you'd lost your brain after fighting in Syria. Seriously speaking, the completion of this base is the complete implementation of the new order in Pubei."

"Shi Dakai should have told you that all armed forces in Pubei are now disarming."

"For the Ho Bu Pa family alone, the disarmament rate has reached more than 30%." "If it were in the past, this would definitely be an unimaginable huge progress."

“But now, it’s really happening.”

"And the reason why it happened, to a large extent, is because of the completion of your base."

"The new order and new technology are impacting the huge 'militia market' in Pubei, and the 'militia organizations' of the old era are rapidly dying out."

"All warlords are transforming towards specialization. I can tell you that a large number of warlords, including He Bupa, He Bangxiong, and Peng Deren, are learning from you."

"Mongkha base is the most powerful military base in the entire northern Shan State region, but it is not the only one."

"In the future, such bases will be spread throughout Pubei and replace the scattered and loose militias to become the fulcrum of the security situation in each region."

"Can you imagine what this trend will eventually lead to if it continues?"

Xiaoyu's question made Chen Chen fall into deep thought. After a long time, he tentatively answered:
“Corporatization of military forces?”

"This is just one of the problems, not a critical one."

Xiaoyu shook his head and explained:
"So what if it's corporatized? So what if it's militarized? In fact, corporatization is easier to manage than militarization, because with an economic source and without having to rely on 'taxation' as the main means of income, conflicts between armed forces will become more cautious."

"The most important thing is that all the 'bosses' and all the 'big forces' in this land will eventually enter the capitalization stage."

“Once capitalization begins, a problem will be completely exposed.”

"Do you remember what we talked about the last time I took a walk with you?"

"Um, I said I wanted an air raid brigade, and you didn't give it to me."

Chen Chen scratched his head and replied.

".I really want to slap you in the face, is this all you remember?"

".No. I still remember you saying that my idea at the time was to quench thirst with poison."

"So we changed it and started to rely on trade routes to develop trade. Currently, most of the income of all forces has been decoupled from the casino and entertainment economy."

"Yes, that's it."

Xiaoyu nodded and continued:

"Now, the problem here is about to develop into the second stage."

“You used trade to destroy the original economic order, but a new economic order was not established.”

"You are still drinking poison to quench your thirst, but the concentration of the poison has decreased."

"Back to the question just now, once we enter the capitalization stage, the backward labor base here will become a huge contradiction."

"At the same time, the 'war gene' here cannot be easily eliminated, which means that the conflicts between warlords will evolve into conflicts between warlords and ordinary people."

"You broke a ceiling, but then built a relatively higher ceiling. So how are you going to break this ceiling?"

"I have no idea."

Chen Chen spread his hands and said frankly:

"You guys can't do anything about it, but I have a solution?"

".What are you insinuating?"

"I really don't."

Chen Chen shook his head helplessly:

"If your deduction is true, Pubei will eventually return to chaos."

"Then tell me, how can I stop this chaos?"

"I can't tell those people to stop cutting down the army and give ordinary people something to eat, okay?"

"Do you think anyone will listen to me? Do you think they will recognize this logic?"

"It's already been said that they are capitalists, and profit comes first. They can't support such a large number of people when there is no need to fight a war."

"---Wait a minute."

Chen Chen suddenly reacted.

"What on earth do you want to do?!"

"Haven't you already thought of that?"

Xiaoyu looked directly into Chen Chen's eyes and said:

"There can be many warlords in Pubei, but there can only be one company in the entire Pubei."

"This company can have many subsidiaries, but there can only be one chairman."

".This is impossible."

Chen Chen slowly shook his head and replied:

"The Wa people cannot accept this kind of future. If we want them to accept it, we have to fight."

“They’ll accept it.”

Xiaoyu did not hesitate at all, but said solemnly:
“You don’t need to think about how to do it because it’s not something you can decide.”

"All you have to do is follow the plan to kill Donny Davis and get the identity you deserve."

"I will arrange everything for you from now on."

".I see."

Chen Chen let out a long sigh and stopped.

He looked at the familiar face in front of him, and in a trance, he felt that this face was a little strange.

She has grown up too.

She is no longer the little girl with a big hole in her lung, who was still mumbling that she was a Chinese overseas in Thailand.

But, this is pretty good, right?

Perhaps the only bad thing is that it may take me more time to erase this little bit of strangeness.

Thinking of this, Chen Chen said:
"You act like a grown-up now."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiaoyu slapped Chen Chen in the face.

However, the slap did not fall on his face, but only on his uninjured shoulder.

Then, Xiaoyu said seriously:

"You are an adult now. You should speak and act more maturely in the future, understand?"

"Otherwise, if someone catches us, it will be a big problem!"

".hehe."

Chen Chen pursed his lips in disdain and said:

"You are the only one who can catch me."

"Let's go, we've said what we need to say, let's go back."

"it is good."

Xiaoyu nodded, and the two walked side by side towards the villa.

Just as they stepped into the wall, the roar of helicopter rotors suddenly came from the sky above their heads.

Chen Chen looked up and saw a small bird helicopter gently descending towards the helicopter pad in the base. Obviously, this was the "pick-up" helicopter that Xiaoyu mentioned.

He walked quickly towards the direction where the helicopter was landing and stood at the edge of the helipad before the helicopter came to a complete stop.

The helicopter door opened, and a person he hadn't seen for a long time finally appeared before him.

Bao Qi.

He was wearing a short-sleeved shirt, and one of his arms had completely disappeared, with even a large piece of his shoulder cut off, looking quite tragic.

However, there was an excited smile on his face.

He rushed towards Chen Chen and hugged him fiercely with one hand. Then, he stood up again and said to Chen Chen seriously:

"team leader."

"I can return to the team now!"

(End of this chapter)