GBP Chapter 127 : Chapter 127
Chapter 127 : Chapter 127
Chapter 127: One Decoy, Three Real Strongholds!
Song Jianmin sounded utterly dazed as he explained it.
His wife was even more bewildered listening to him.
“What did you just say??”
Only then did Song Jianmin seem to snap a little more fully awake.
He scratched hard at his scalp, then began explaining to his wife what had happened.
That morning, after he arrived at the factory, the factory’s so-called “Supervisory Team” immediately began investigating him.
They told him to confess his crimes honestly, and even tried to lead him into specifics, asking which project he had skimmed money from and exactly how much he had taken.
After all, many steel factories received subsidies from the Department of Resources.
In the end, they even dragged his wife and son into it.
The general meaning was that if he confessed, he would get a certain sentence, but his wife and son would be left alone.
If he refused to confess, then not only would he still be sentenced in the end, but his wife and child would also get dragged into trouble.
Song Jianmin had been in the middle of a fierce internal struggle when a group from the law enforcement team suddenly burst in from outside!
They rushed straight over and pinned down all the factory leadership, including the Supervisory Team.
After that, people from the Tax Department came in carrying the account books. Once they confirmed who on the Supervisory Team had been in charge of the matter, they arrested everyone on the spot.
Then they sent people to arrest the head of the Supervisory Team and the factory director.
A few people stayed behind to question Song Jianmin.
After asking him questions for a little over ten minutes, they simply told him to go home.
Even while explaining it now, Song Jianmin still looked stunned the whole way through.
Neither of them could understand how Jinhua Steel Factory had suddenly collapsed so completely!
That kind of thunderous enforcement method—those people had obviously gotten hold of the account books before they started arresting people. Otherwise, they could never have pinned everyone down the moment they came in.
“So does that mean you won’t have to go to prison after all? The factory director will go instead?”
His wife asked in disbelief.
Song Jianmin shook his head and sat down on a stool, still seeming unable to believe it himself.
“I hope so.”
The two of them sat there in anxious suspense for nearly two hours.
They barely managed to force down a little lunch.
Then suddenly, someone knocked at the door.
Both of them jumped in fright.
Song Jianmin took a deep breath. A blessing was not a disaster, and a disaster could not be avoided.
He went over and pulled the door open.
Standing outside was a neatly dressed middle-aged man.
With a warm smile, the man asked, “May I ask if this is the home of Song Jianmin and Tao Ling?”
“Yes... and you are?”
Song Jianmin asked in confusion.
The middle-aged man smiled and took out a business card.
“Hello, my name is Wang Li. I’m the administrative supervisor of Zhang Steelworks.”
“Zhang Steelworks??”
Song Jianmin took Wang Li’s card in shock.
How could someone in the steel industry not know Zhang Steelworks? It was a newly established military-industrial-grade enterprise.
It had already become the pillar industry of the Zhang Group.
“Quick, Supervisor Wang, please come in!”
His wife was quicker to react. She immediately pushed her husband aside and invited the man into the house.
Song Jianmin also hurriedly came back to himself and rushed around moving stools and pouring water.
Supervisor Wang smiled and said, “The two of you, please, no need to bustle about. I came here on business, and it’s all rather sudden, so I’ll just speak plainly.”
“I hope you won’t take offense.”
Song Jianmin nodded. “Please go ahead.”
“Your son is friends with my young master. Jinhua Steel Factory has now been turned upside down by the investigation.”
“Our Zhang Steelworks also happens to be in need of outstanding talent right now.”
“The two of you have each worked in the steel industry for twenty years, and you’ve both held mid-level management positions.”
“My young master specifically sent me to recruit the two of you into positions at Zhang Steelworks.”
Supervisor Wang was naturally a seasoned operator. One glance was enough for him to tell that the couple still knew nothing about their son’s situation.
So he did not beat around the bush. He got straight to the point.
Song Jianmin and his wife stood there like statues.
“Supervisor Wang, are you sure you haven’t mistaken us? My son’s name is Song Chuhe! The friend of your young master is...”
Song Jianmin reminded him in disbelief.
“Yes, that’s right. Song Chuhe!”
Supervisor Wang nodded and confirmed it.
“The Golden Scale High School student, right? The one who was just expelled from Golden Scale High School and joined the Abyss-Suppressing Army today.”
“Joined the Abyss-Suppressing Army!?”
Song Jianmin and his wife blurted it out in unison.
“That’s right. He was personally invited by the commander of the border camp,” Supervisor Wang said with a smile.
The two of them could not recover for a very long time.
Everything that had happened today was simply too dreamlike.
Jinhua had been investigated. He did not have to go to prison. Their son had been personally selected by a commander to enlist. And Zhang Steelworks had come to invite them to work there.
Not one of those things had they ever expected!
“So... what do the two of you think?” Supervisor Wang prompted them.
“Ah, we would be more than honored. We’re just afraid we might fail to live up to your trust.”
Supervisor Wang smiled.
“Don’t worry. We can discuss the details of your employment and adjust things as appropriate.”
As a supervisor, handling such matters was naturally not difficult for him. Even if Song Jianmin and his wife truly were not especially capable at the work, there would still be suitable positions for them.
And if their abilities were actually strong, then he really had stumbled upon treasure.
...
Inside the Abyss, Li Mu, Zhang Zhiwei, Lu Chenfeng, Xing Yang, Xing Guang, and Song Chuhe all had lunch together.
The group drank some wine during the meal.
All of these people were going to follow Li Mu to the border camp.
Li Mu obviously could not do everything alone. These were all going to be his right-hand men.
By the end of the meal, Song Chuhe was no longer so tense.
He also finally understood the full background behind the border camp affair.
That afternoon, Li Mu directly brought the group into headquarters.
Inside a meeting room at the command center, quite a few people were either seated or standing around. Some were old, some were young. Most of them were minor leaders from the Construction Department, the Transportation Department, and the Research Department.
They were currently drawing up the construction plan for the border camp.
The moment they saw Li Mu enter, everyone immediately stood at attention and saluted.
Many people in the Construction Department and Transportation Department were not soldiers and did not go onto the battlefield.
Ordinarily, even seeing an Upper Wolf Guard was rare for them.
Let alone serving under a Junior Tiger Marquis in person.
After saluting, the head of the Construction Department reported to Li Mu:
“Tiger Marquis Li, we are currently drawing up the border camp construction plan. Please issue your instructions.”
Li Mu nodded.
“It’s fine. I’m just here to sit in and listen. Go on.”
“Yes, sir!” the department head responded loudly, then motioned for everyone to continue.
The original plan had been for them to produce the final result by tomorrow, and then for Li Mu to come join the discussion.
They had not expected Li Mu to arrive ahead of schedule. It was obvious that he placed great importance on this matter, which left them under enormous pressure.
When the discussion resumed, everyone’s wording became much more restrained.
On the large screen at the front was the topographical map of the Vacuum Zone where the border defense camp would be built.
The Vacuum Zone’s shape looked like a drop of ink falling onto paper.
At the very center was a huge circular Vacuum Zone.
And around that circular Vacuum Zone were many thin branch-like extensions, their tips connected to smaller round Vacuum Zones, along with many little Vacuum Zones scattered around the surrounding area.
On the current construction plan, the large central Vacuum Zone naturally contained blueprints for barracks, warehouses, a Training Arena, and other buildings.
But in addition to that, the three relatively large smaller Vacuum Zones above it had also been marked for some defensive structures, including barracks and watchtowers.
Li Mu pointed at those areas and asked, “What are these?”
The head of Construction explained, “These are the forward outposts of the border defense camp. After our selection and survey work, these three places are the most suitable for establishing outposts.”
“If large numbers of monsters or enemies invade, these places can warn the camp at the first opportunity.”
Li Mu nodded in understanding.
The group kept listening.
Perhaps because Li Mu was present, some of the minor leaders wanted to curry favor with him.
Many of the proposals they raised were about making the camp sturdier and more functional. Some even began talking about building entertainment facilities for headquarters.
The more they talked, the greater the construction cost became, and the longer the project timeline stretched.
Li Mu’s brows had already begun to knit together.
At that moment, he noticed a trace of anxiety appear on Song Chuhe’s face, though he seemed hesitant to speak.
So Li Mu took the lead and stepped out of the room.
Naturally, Song Chuhe and the others followed him out.
Once they reached the corridor, Li Mu asked in puzzlement, “You’ve got something to say?”
Song Chuhe hesitated for a moment, but still said, “I’m not sure whether I should say it. It’s a pretty big issue...”
“Say it!” Li Mu gave him a reassuring look.
After thinking it over, Song Chuhe said,
“I actually always assumed this was a temporary border camp. Whether it’s monsters or those curry bastards, the camp could become a target at any time.”
“The more we invest in building it up, the harder it will be for us to abandon it.”
“Abandon it?”
Xing Yang repeated the phrase in confusion.
Song Chuhe nodded firmly.
“That’s right. I think the camp should be a place we can abandon at any time.”
“Instead, those three forward outposts can make proper use of the underground space.”
“Even a cunning rabbit has three burrows. There’s no need for us to turn the camp into a grave we must defend to the death.”
“So my personal suggestion is this: one decoy camp, three real strongholds.”