Devere Comet Starship Manufacturing Company is an old starship manufacturer with a history of more than 300 years. During its glory days, it was ranked among the top 50 starship manufacturers in the dynasty. The Inspur-class battleship it produced is a classic of its generation.
It's a pity that it is a classic 100 years ago. In recent years, Devry's Comet has been in decline. It has repeatedly failed in the bidding for dynasty starships and has long withdrawn from the competition for battleships. Even heavy cruise and light cruise orders are few and far between.
It can barely survive by doing maintenance on the battleships and accepting some civilian orders.
However, although the business situation is deteriorating, Devre's Comet still retains a bloated organization and a large number of personnel. Under the continuous vicious cycle, the company is on the verge of bankruptcy.
Such a company is still on the military's supplier list, which means that its mergers, acquisitions and reorganizations are not just its own business and must be reviewed and approved by the military, otherwise it will lose its supplier qualifications.
Similar companies are not uncommon, and Lin Xuansheng didn't know why Chu Jungui fell in love with this one. But compared with his promotion, it was worth taking some risks. He immediately said: "I'll take care of this little thing!
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Chu Jungui nodded, wrote down a few more names and handed them over, saying: "It's best to arrange for these people. I have listed the specific positions later."
Lin Xuansheng took a look at the list and saw that they were all members of the Lin family. Many of them he was familiar with. They were all down-to-earth and willing to work, and their positions were not high. The highest one was only a colonel. Although the personnel arrangement was cumbersome, it was also
It could be done, so everyone agreed.
Chu Jungui finally smiled, shook hands with Lin Xuansheng, and said, "Looking forward to future cooperation, General Lin."
The words "General Lin" made Lin Xuansheng smile. He enthusiastically held Chu Jungui's hand and said, "There will be rewards!"
Lin Xuansheng still had a military post and could not stay for long, so he left in a hurry. After he left, Lin Xicai said: "You are setting yourself up for trouble by helping the Lin family now, and his reputation is not good."
Chu Jun returned and said, "Why does he need such a good reputation? Being promoted to a general and becoming the Minister of Equipment Department is his end. If he has a good reputation and strong ability, can he still be a marshal? That's enough."
"There are many people in the Lin family who are more talented and more ethical than him. If we do have resources, we should help those people."
Chu Jungui smiled and said: "Then what are you doing with ethics? If you are really ethical, who will approve the acquisition of Devry's Comet and give us an order for a mobile base? That is, the order for frigates can be given to us, but we can't get this kind of order
You can get it anywhere, so what else do you want them to do?”
Lin Xi sighed softly. Chu Jungui would never refute her like this in the past. She suppressed the disappointment in her heart and asked, "Why do you suddenly want to acquire Comet Devre?"
"It's the best, but it doesn't have to be it. After acquiring Devry's Comet, you also got the design drawings of the Langtang-class battleship. Although Langtang was designed more than 100 years ago and is outdated in many aspects, it
The hull design is not outdated even now. That’s why I want to acquire it.”
"You want to start building a capital ship?" Lin Xi was surprised. Although the development of light years will reach this step sooner or later, this day comes too fast.
Chu Jun returned and said: "Politics is like a game of cards. Only a few people can play at the table. Others can only wait for the people at the card table to decide their own destiny. There is a threshold for wanting to play at the table. The heavy patrol is
The lowest threshold is that if you can produce heavy patrols, you are qualified to be on the table. Since we plan to be on the table, let’s increase our chips.”
Lin Xi hesitated to speak, and finally just said: "I can't give you any advice in this regard. No matter what you do, I will stand by your side. But..."
"Tell me, you were not like this before."
Looking at Chu Jungui's gentle face, Lin Xi sighed and expressed her thoughts: "There are many people in the Lin family who are capable, ideal and persistent. Should we also help if we can within our ability?"
Help them? I'm not asking you to do anything extra for the Lin family. For example, the list you gave Lin Xuansheng just now contains a few guys with very questionable character."
Chu Jungui smiled and said: "I know who you are talking about. Those two guys are indeed not good people, but they are very capable and not stupid. They still have the handle in our hands, so you can feel confident and bold
If you use them, you won’t give them a high position anyway. Some of the things we have to do next may not be so clean, so we can’t use people who are too principled.”
Lin Xi looked at Chu Jungui blankly and said, "You seem to have changed."
"Has it changed? Maybe. I never thought about changing anything before, so I can persist. But now, my first consideration is how to get something done and pull those who don't deserve it from their high positions.
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"I cannot agree. The justification of the ends is equally important as the justification of the means."
Chu Jungui did not argue and said: "So I can do some things. Just like now, what I can do for you is to try to preserve a little vitality for the Lin family. But who will be preserved is not something you or I can decide.
Yes, after all, our capabilities are limited."
"Like Uncle Xuan Shang?"
Chu Jungui hesitated for a moment, but decided to tell the truth: "Marshal Xuan Shang's character and ability are beyond words. Unfortunately, he is the current banner of the Lin family and must be brought down. Unless he can immediately sever ties with the Lin family.
, I don’t care about the Lin family anymore, otherwise I’m afraid I won’t be able to get a military position in a short time.”
Lin Xi only sighed and said nothing more.
At nightfall, Chu Jungui had finished handling all the matters here and arranged for a spaceship to go to the Frontier Star Territory. This trip would be a preliminary inspection of Comet Devre, and the schedule included a visit to the headquarters and a visit to the factory. With the coordination of Lin Xuansheng,
It was very easy to arrange such an itinerary. Neither Chu Jungui nor Lin Xi revealed their true identities and hid in the military delegation.
After 60 hours of jumping and flying, the starship finally arrived at its destination.
When Chu Jungui and Lin Xi walked out of the starship, Li Ruobai was already waiting outside. When he saw Chu Jungui, he immediately gave a big hug excitedly, and then he also tried to hug Lin Xi, but Lin Xi's hand seemed
After moving and tapping his chest, Li Ruobai was instantly paralyzed, frozen there and unable to move.
Chu Jungui stretched out his hand and patted Li Ruobai, lifting her paralysis towards Li Ruobai. Li Ruobai looked shocked and looked at Lin Xi with a ghostly look. In the past, even if he was worse than Lin Xi, the gap was limited, so how could he be fooled by her?
fall upon?
Chu Jungui smoothed things over and said, "Okay Ruobai, she has made great progress recently and you are no longer her opponent. Let's go, go to the hotel first, and tell me about Devre's Comet on the way."
The three of them got on the speed car and rushed to the hotel. The military delegation will arrive later today, along with representatives from more than a dozen companies. Chu Jungui will join the delegation tomorrow morning to visit Comet Devre.