Chapter 1512: Mainstay
It was not until the middle and late stages of the Monster War that the Dragon City civilization switched from strategic defense to strategic attack. The Red Dragon Army could finally free up its hands to implement a comprehensive reorganization and combat power upgrade plan.
Meng Chao privately learned that the core of the plan was to “dematerialize the Deity Realm warriors.”
Specifically, it was to create a team that did not have the support of Deity Realm warriors, especially Deity Realm warriors who did not have the backing of the nine mega corporations. They would still have strong combat power and be able to complete their missions independently like a real army instead of becoming a va.s.sal of Deity Realm warriors as if they were “servants” in ancient times.
Meanwhile, when it came to the choice of logistics suppliers and military contractors, the Red Dragon Army was also doing its best to get rid of the nine mega corporations’ influence, supporting its own small and medium-sized enterprises, and building an independent military industry chain.
With “Railway Gun” Long Feijun as the leader, the young and vigorous military officers would even shout the slogan, “Dragon City should be guarded by the Red Dragon Army, not the nine mega corporations!”
The Red Dragon Army’s att.i.tude toward the mega corporations was clear.
With that as the foundation, Superstar Company was selected as one of the most important first-batch logistics contractors after the Red Dragon Army was fully reorganized and upgraded.
Otherwise, just by virtue of Meng Chao’s fame and his relationship with Long Feijun, who was also a member of Battle G.o.d Palace and a disciple of Battle G.o.d Lei Zongchao, it would be impossible for his company to take on a large order. It would not be able to fulfill more than 50% of the Red Dragon Army’s required canned food and embark on the road to the top.
Similarly, when the Ultimate Style was widely spread in the Red Dragon Army and became the preferred martial arts school for many recruits and disabled veterans, the Red Dragon Army considered purchasing a large number of specialized Ultimate Style training cabins as military supplies.
Even though several training equipment manufacturers under the mega corporations’ management had launched products with high quality and low prices, the Red Dragon Army still could not make a decision.
That was until Meng Chao introduced Gu Dongcheng to Long Feijun.
At first, Gu Dongcheng was still a little uneasy.
He thought that his own company was just an unremarkable small workshop compared with those big factories.
Due to the lawsuits and the problem of vicious compet.i.tion, he could just barely survive.
He even thought about whether he should take out a loan to tackle the Red Dragon Army’s orders, upgrade his production equipment, and make his factory look brilliant so that it would not lag behind others in terms of momentum.
At that time, Meng Chao had already vaguely figured out the Red Dragon Army’s thoughts.
He told Gu Dongcheng, “Don’t worry. Just tell him the truth. Tell him about the grievances you’ve suffered all these years, the conflicts with your old boss, and the difficulties you’ve encountered in running the business.” He explained everything to the Red Dragon Army’d inspection group.
The more difficult it was to explain, and the more acute the conflicts with his old boss were, the more likely he would become a supplier of the Red Dragon Army.
What happened afterward was as Meng Chao had expected.
Gu Dongcheng did not prepare anything. His own factory, which was more like a garbage collection center than a small workshop, received an inspection group that mainly consisted of young military officers such as “Railway Gun” Long Feijun.
It was said that some of the inspection group members even disguised themselves as ordinary customers. They would secretly visit Gu Dongcheng on different days without alerting him.
They happened to meet a few representatives of his former employer, who came to Gu Dongcheng’s house again to negotiate an out-of-court settlement and a forced acquisition.
At that time, Gu Dongcheng had a fierce conflict with the representatives of his former employer.
The commotion was so big that even the secret police came to his house.
Before the secret police arrived, the members of the inspection group, who disguised themselves as ordinary customers, left silently.
It did not take long for Gu Dongcheng to become the designated supplier of the Red Dragon Army.
In the first year alone, the Red Dragon Army ordered a total of one thousand Ultimate Style training cabins from him.
As for the limited equipment, the lack of s.p.a.ce, the lack of funds and raw materials, the lack of production capacity, and etc…
With the Red Dragon Army’s strong support, that was no longer a problem.
This did not include the brand effect and the benefits of the lawsuit.
As a result, Gu Dongcheng and Superstar Company were firmly tied to the Red Dragon Army’s war chariot.
At that time, this matter was huge.
Meng Chao heard that several large cultivation equipment factories and many people were very unhappy.
However, it was a crucial moment for all the people of Dragon City to work together to fight against the monster civilization.
The glory and joy of a great victory overweighed a lot of contradictions.
When Meng Chao left Dragon City, Gu Dongcheng’s company was like a rocket that was spewing out plenty of smoke and flames. It was in the countdown stage of soaring into the sky.
Looking at Gu Dongcheng now, although he was dressed as plainly as before, his entire body was filled with an extremely confident and almost tangible aura.
His gaze was sharp, and his expression was resolute. In addition to his engineer temperament, which was immersed in technology, there was also an air of unswerving strength.
It seemed that his enterprise had developed quite well in the past year or so!
Meng Chao was pondering over Gu Dongcheng’s recent situation when he suddenly heard waves of exclamations from the crowd.
When he looked up, he noticed that the large screens on the skysc.r.a.pers around him showed the few monster hunters who had led the charge. They had already sniffed the unique scent of the heavenly materials, as well as earthly treasures, and found the secret warehouse where Giant-toothed Crocodile had barged into.
When the boxes of genetic potions that were piled up like mountains and the heavenly treasures that were emitting dazzling rays of light without being processed, were displayed in real-time through the cameras, everyone could not believe their eyes.
They blinked, squeezed, and rubbed their eyes.
Then, hundreds and thousands of blood vessels popped up around everyone’s eyes uncontrollably.
It was not that no one knew about the black market’s existence in the past.
Many middle and low-level superhumans had purchased gene potions from the black market at high prices.
However, Gao Chuang, or Giant-toothed Crocodile, had been very careful. He never brought these helpless and resentful consumers back to his lair. Instead, he carried out sporadic transactions on the streets and in the alleys.
Every time, the consumers would only see three to five boxes, or at most seven to eight boxes of genetic potions.
There was no fish in the clear water. With such a small amount, the missing items that had not been destroyed or had been secretly smuggled out by the staff could be explained away.
However, with such a huge amount of genetic potions filling an entire warehouse, they were all in short supply in the Supernatural Tower’s flagship store.
That was the reason for the inexplicable “defective products” and “smuggling.”
Just now, in the Supernatural Tower’s direct store, they had witnessed empty shelves as well as the cold faces of the staff.
Now, in the blink of an eye, they saw such a luxurious underground trade fair and a dazzling array of gene potions.
The visual impact of such a huge difference was too intense.
It was so strong that everyone was furious. They wanted nothing more than to gather their anger and turn it into a ball of golden flames that shot up to the sky, burning a hole in the dark night and creating a clear, bright scene.
The crowd surged again.
Many people squeezed forward desperately, wanting to rush into Xinhui Business Center to discover what was going on.
There were also people who looked at the pit full of gene reagents. Their Adam’s apple bobbed as they subconsciously moved forward.
More and more people were dragged into the wave. They pushed and shoved as they staggered, unable to control themselves.
The scene was about to go out of control.
Luckily, there were many leaders in the crowd who wore the Azure Alliance’s armband like Gu Dongcheng. They acted as the stabilizing needles.
“Calm down!” they shouted, allowing the angry crowd to quiet down and maintain order.
“Calm down! Think about how we fought against the overwhelming beast horde back then. Don’t act blindly, don’t attack rashly, and don’t act on your own!”
The members of the Azure alliance shouted in unison, “Now that we have irrefutable evidence, the truth is in our hands. It is our most powerful weapon!
“Don’t be impulsive and teach others a lesson. Believe that the Azure Alliance will always stand on the side of the citizens. For the benefit of the public, we will always use the right method to fight our enemies, including the monsters, to the end!”
More and more “blue armbands” emerged from the depths of the crowd.
They were used to swinging their sabers and hammers. Their strong arms were tightly wrapped around each other, forming an indestructible human chain.
They gritted their teeth, straightened their backs, and used the human chain to separate the chaotic crowd. They were like st.u.r.dy dams that not only stopped the flood, but also transformed the short, blind, and aimless flood into waves that were clearer and fiercer, acc.u.mulating enough power to reshape the earth.
Meng Chao recognized many old faces amongst the Blue Armbands.
They were all old acquaintances he had made in Broken Star Club, Battle G.o.d Palace, and Blue Home.
Compared with the descendants of the nine great cultivation families, they usually did not have much combat power, magnificent killing techniques, or amazing battle records.
In fact, there were even ordinary people who had not awakened their extraordinary powers amongst them.
However, most of them, who came from poor backgrounds, were what their neighbors called “the hope of the entire village.”
In their respective combat and work teams, they were also the leading soldiers, the mainstay of their position.
They even ate, lived, and died together with the soldiers. They were good companions who had saved each other’s lives countless times.
In contrast to the high and mighty Deity Realm warriors, these Blue Armbands, whose cultivation bases were no higher than the peak of the Earth Realm, had a more simple and unadorned affinity. They also had a sense of conviction that was worthy of being entrusted with life and death.
At a critical moment of life and death, would a Deity Realm warrior, who had a fortune of billions, willingly die for an ordinary woman in the slums?
No one knew the answer, or rather, everyone knew the answer.
However, the ordinary woman in the neighborhood could always trust the little guy who grew up under her nose. It seemed like it was just yesterday that she was dragging him by the nose, and he was eating the cakes she had made and playing games with her children. Even though he had grown up to be a big man, he would still stand up and stand in front of her and all her neighbors in the face of danger without hesitation.