Chapter 308 Where Does the Money Come From?
As soon as I walked out of the elevator, I heard Gu Enling laughing softly.
Obviously, he was also amused by his own thoughts just now.
It’s not his fault. In order to avoid blocking the road, Pei Zhiyi and the others moved to a corner.
The light from the elevator could not reach where they were, and when he looked outside, he saw the white light shining on their faces.
To say it wasn't weird would be a lie.
Especially, after he said this, he saw Pei Zhiyi glaring at him unhappily, which was even funnier.
In the end, it turned a horror movie into a comedy.
After laughing a few times, the expressions of several people became serious.
The corridor without any light seemed to lead to an unknown abyss.
In the end, Pei Zhiyi was not allowed to walk in front, but Lu Yanxu stood in front.
The air in the corridor, which had not been ventilated for a long time, was a bit turbid and smelled unpleasant. The only sound in the entire corridor was the footsteps of Pei Zhiyi and his friends.
A distance of several hundred meters only takes a few minutes.
Soon they saw a big gate.
Without being called out, Xiao Chi had already walked forward and was adjusting the telegraph signals with familiarity.
Shi Min looked around to see if there was a distribution box.
This kind of place, where there is absolutely no light at all and it is an abandoned laboratory, usually has its power cut off manually.
He walked towards a corner and pressed his finger to the side, revealing a hidden electrical switch.
Xiao Chi was also very fast. In the blink of an eye, he had opened the gate to create a small hole for people to enter and exit.
It was also pitch black inside, with no light at all.
When Shi Min made a move at this time, everyone heard a short beep, and then they could see with the naked eye that the originally dark corridor was instantly lit up by bright lights starting from the elevator.
In just two seconds, the white light strips on the ceiling freed everyone from the darkness.
Even the laboratory, which was originally dark, is now brightly lit.
Pei Zhiyi and the others' eyes took a few seconds to adjust before they looked into the laboratory normally.
Compared to the laboratory in the cave during the joint entrance examination, this laboratory is obviously larger and even visibly well-equipped.
Although the instruments inside look a bit old, they were the latest models back then.
The cost of the entire scientific research laboratory is extremely high.
An idea suddenly flashed through Pei Zhiyi's mind, how did they get so much money.
Ever since I learned about this organization, I've found that they have laboratories everywhere, even on different planets, and the manpower and material resources required are extremely huge.
Including the starship that attacked her before, so many modified starships, and so many mechas available for Beta to pilot, any one of them is an astronomical number.
This is definitely not the capital that can be accumulated through Bai Yao's mineral trading.
This kind of terrorist organization cannot have tax revenue like the federal government to support military expenses, public spending and other expenses.
There must be a stable income to ensure a continuous transfusion of funds.
Lu Yanxu stood beside Pei Zhiyi and felt his sleeve being pulled. He looked at her with lowered brows.
Pei Zhiyi scanned the vast space and asked, "Lu Yanxu, has the military investigated the income of Councillor Beta and his colleagues?"
Lu Yanxu glanced at her sideways and frowned: "No, what's wrong?"
Pei Zhiyi expressed her thoughts, and Lu Yanxu frowned even more tightly. Her thoughts were indeed right. They had completely ignored this point all along.
These expenses almost drained the cash flow of the Lu and Xiao families, and even cost Gu Enling all of her property and Shi Min's family connections.
I'm afraid that may not be enough.
Even the output of a planet may not be enough for these studies.
High-precision instruments are the most expensive.
"There shouldn't be too many manufacturers of this kind of experimental equipment." Pei Zhiyi pointed casually, "They can't have a complete industrial chain."
Even if we can produce and sell our own products, what about the raw materials? Where do they come from?
I'm not afraid of trouble, I'm afraid of not having an idea.
Lu Yanxu could understand what Pei Zhiyi meant.
Just like their family has many business partners, and so does Xiao Chi's family.
The federal government has antitrust laws. No matter how big a company is, it will never be exclusive, and there must always be some room for improvement.
Only a few companies have sophisticated experimental instruments.
All need to be filed.
"With so many labs, it's impossible for them to buy everything under different names." Lu Yanxu followed Pei Zhiyi's line of thought and said, "So we can focus on the buyers of these lab instruments."
"In the past ten years, the legal representative may be Beta's purchase records." Pei Zhiyi added.
They are well aware that this organization is completely sexist.
I will never use the names of Alpha or Omega.
"Let's take a look first." Seeing the entire laboratory opening towards them, Pei Zhiyi's attention quickly shifted to the current situation.
Several people formed groups and began to look around.
This room should be a place for recording various data. Basically all the useful information is gone, leaving only some useless forms and papers.
It's useless.
Pei Zhiyi finished looking through the last drawer in the corner where he was, then stood up and shook his head at Shi Min and the others.
Shi Min and Lu Yanxu both shook their heads.
After another minute, Xiao Chi still had no results.
Only Gu Enling was left, flipping through a small leather notebook. Seeing everyone standing up straight, she said without looking up, "I found a diary here. It doesn't have much data or information, but it mentions several failed experiments."
A few people came over and Gu Enling turned to the first page.
Stardate 4003, 7.1.
It was the 136th day of the experiment. I had no means of communication with the outside world, and the experiment had failed again. I couldn't help but use the most primitive method to record my feelings at the moment.
Even though I knew from the beginning that entering this experiment meant being separated from worldly pleasures, this kind of environment and daily failures still plunged me into deep frustration.
I was proud of myself. As a Beta, I managed to get into the academy which was only open to Alphas and some Omegas, with an acceptance rate of only 5%.
And they can further their studies and even improve their academic qualifications.
But now I really doubt whether I have the ability to change all this.
Can I change Beta's future as I originally thought?
I'm not sure.
Is Beta really inferior to Alpha?
This is the first diary. Just as Gu Enling said, there is indeed no record of any experimental information, but it is not meaningless either.
The person who wrote this diary, with just a few words, makes people feel his doubts about himself.
This date is informative.
Looking back 136 days, we can know that an experiment began during this time, and there will inevitably be some fragments about this experiment afterwards.
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