Lin Chen was a little surprised, was their endurance that low?
"Director Xu, what's their situation now?"
Xu Xiangyang said, "Out of their ten to twenty thousand people, five thousand died, many were injured, and many escaped. Now, I estimate there are less than five thousand people left."
"Now they are scattered and can't form any real threat."
"Mr. Lin, those drones—"
Lin Chen thought for a moment: "So many drones, it's not easy to bring them back. We have friendly countries over there, why don't you just sell half of them to them at a discount?"
"Keep the remaining three thousand in some warehouses they can lend us. We'll have a few people charge them and do some maintenance."
Xu Xiangyang said, "Mr. Lin, do you want to use these three thousand drones to deter those rebels?"
"This military exercise had a good effect."
"They shouldn't dare to act rashly again."
Lin Chen said in a deep voice, "They probably won't dare for now, but it's hard to say if they'll be incited by others in the future. It's still better to leave something there to facilitate quick action in the future."
"Okay, let's do it that way."
Xu Xiangyang said.
Lin Chen: "I'll still give you double for these. If you want more, you'll have to pay for them. Director Xu, have you developed the solid-state batteries yet?"
"Almost."
"Our laboratory made them a long time ago. The performance is just like you said. Now we're rushing to set up the production line."
"Mass production will have an impact on the financial market."
Xu Xiangyang said.
Lin Chen asked: "Director Xu, are you planning to make a killing in the futures market when the time comes?"
"Yes."
Solid-state batteries will have a huge impact on many industries such as energy, the traditional gasoline car market, the traditional liquid lithium-ion battery industry, and the energy storage industry.
There will be considerable risks and opportunities involved.
"Director Xu, I have a little bit of pocket money."
"I'm not very good at futures investment myself, can the country help me operate it to earn some extra money?"
Lin Chen asked.
Xu Xiangyang: "Mr. Lin, of course, there's no problem. I don't know how much capital you plan to invest?"
Lin Chen thought for a moment.
The probability of making money this time is very high, so he can be more aggressive.
"Director Xu, I'll invest 40 billion."
Lin Chen said.
Originally, he had over 300 million in his account, and later he earned another 100 million from the big shots, so now he has over 420 million in his account.
Leaving 20 million for emergencies should be enough.
"Forty billion?"
Xu Xiangyang was stunned.
Is this what Lin Chen calls pocket money?
"Director Xu, is there a problem?"
Xu Xiangyang took a deep breath and said: "Mr. Lin, there's no problem, but I hope you understand that there are risks in futures, if there are losses—"
Lin Chen said: "If it's a normal loss, I'll accept it."
"Okay, I'll give you an account number later, Mr. Lin. You can transfer the money to this account."
Xu Xiangyang said.
"Okay."
After hanging up the phone, Lin Chen went to Xu Mengyao and the others.
Lin Xiaoqian said with a giggle.
… …
Overnight, the storm of public opinion intensified.
Many media outlets joined in to criticize.
Of course, they didn't explicitly point out that it was Lin Chen, but just used terms like "certain people" or "certain so-called masters."
What was different from before was that the foreign countries were relatively calm.
Many foreign media outlets didn't make a sound now.
The public had discussions, but the voices of doubt weren't that high.
"Heh."
A mocking smile appeared on Lin Chen's face.
Some media outlets were hiding quite deeply.
Even if he didn't make a donation, with the National Security Bureau protecting him, these media outlets should know that he was definitely helping the country, or would help in the future.
Under these circumstances, they still jumped out to tear at him, not to say that there was definitely a big problem, but their stance was definitely skewed.
With the list, he could dig deeper when the time came.
His powerful hacking skills weren't just for show.
"Ding dong—"
The doorbell rang, and Lin Chen went to open the door.
Standing outside was Shen Qing.
"Auntie Qingqing!"
Lin Xiaoqian ran happily towards Shen Qing.
Shen Qing picked her up: "Qianqian, do you miss Auntie Qingqing? Auntie Qingqing misses you so, so much."
"Yes."
Lin Xiaoqian nodded repeatedly.
Xu Mengyao walked over and said with a smile: "Qingqing, you've worked hard, you've gotten a bit darker compared to before."
Shen Qing: "… …"
"Mengyao, I thank you."
"I'll definitely get my white skin back after a winter, hmph hmph."
Lin Chen: "Shen Qing, you haven't come for a while, have you been busy?"
Shen Qing nodded: "Now there are more people, and I'm flying around busy. I have to personally go and check on many places that I'm not comfortable with. But even though I'm very busy, it's also very fulfilling."
"This kind of life is what I want."
Shen Qing held Lin Xiaoqian and sat down on the sofa.
Lin Chen also sat down, and he asked: "Shen Qing, have you encountered any problems in your work?"
"Qianqian, Auntie Qingqing will talk to your dad about work first, and then play with you later, okay?"
Shen Qing asked.
Lin Xiaoqian nodded: "Okay, Auntie Qingqing, you have to be quick, okay?"
After speaking, Lin Xiaoqian ran to the balcony.
Shen Qing took out a notebook and said: "Boss, I'll give you a report on the foundation's situation—"
Xu Mengyao came with a cup of tea.
She sat down and listened as well.
There were naturally some problems with the foundation, but because it didn't absorb funds from the outside and the management was strict, relatively speaking, the foundation didn't have many problems.
Lin Chen said: "To sum it up, the main problem is that the foundation doesn't show a strong backing now."
"Some little devils are hard to deal with."
Shen Qing nodded: "Boss, you're right. Some places really have troublesome people in poor mountains and bad waters. Some village cadres in the villages are holding us up and asking for benefits."
"Local snakes are asking for even more benefits."
"We spend a lot of energy dealing with them."
Lin Chen said: "Now that we have a big operation, the chances of encountering this kind of thing will naturally increase. Once this is exposed, there will be fewer things like this in the future."
Shen Qing's eyes lit up.
"Boss, is it going to be exposed?"
"The core members who know the situation are really angry when they see those comments online that are blackening you."
Lin Chen said: "Wait a little longer."
Some guys are hiding deeply, we have to let them come out.
"Boss, are we still waiting?"
"A few of us are about to go crazy."
Shen Qing complained.
Xu Mengyao: "Qingqing, Lin Chen is holding back something bad, he wants to wait until all the public intellectuals and media with problems jump out. When the time comes, he'll clean them up batch by batch."
Shen Qing nodded.
"It's about what I guessed."
"Otherwise, there's no reason to put up with their nonsense."
Lin Chen said: "Wait until this afternoon or tomorrow, those who want to jump out should all jump out after so long. The rest probably won't jump out this time."
"Alright, you guys talk."
"I'll cook."
Shen Qing's eyes lit up: "It's been a long time since I've eaten it, Lin Chen, has the taste of the dishes you make gotten even better?"
"Not much better."
Lin Chen said.
His cooking skills had already reached the pinnacle of the mythical level. Now, he couldn't get any more cooking experience even if he cooked again.
He didn't know if he could improve in the future.
He had asked the system, but the system didn't say anything.
