Chapter 90 Chapter 90 Blackmail
On the way, Qin Yu gave her a brief account. This welcome party was temporarily initiated by the acting president. Military and political families gathered together, probably to explore the background of her base.
Lu Chen also sent a message to Su Qing, saying that everything was under control and asked her to rest assured.
When they arrived at the door of the conference room, they opened it and went in. Everyone in the room looked over. Su Qing calmly walked to the empty seat next to Lu Chen and sat down, while Qin Yu went to Commander Qin.
The people in the conference room sat in four groups around the long table. Commander Qin and his military men sat in the main seats. On the left sat a group of middle-aged people in simple clothes. Although Su Qing didn't know them, he could guess from their clothes that they were from the Ministry of Political Affairs. On the right sat Lu Chen and Li Yi, who were quite solitary. Opposite Commander Qin sat a group of men and women in rich clothes, who were probably from aristocratic families.
"We waited for so long just for a woman. You made so many of us wait. What kind of status do you have to have such a big face?" Someone from the aristocratic family mocked.
Su Qing looked over and saw the person speaking was a young man dressed in fancy clothes with a slicked-back hair. She bowed and said, "Sorry, I'm Chief Lu's secretary. I was just checking the supplies our chief had brought, so I'm late."
Lu Chen raised his eyebrows and looked at Su Qing. When did she become his secretary?
Su Qing winked at him. When she was out, her identity was given by herself, so she always had to arrange a reasonable identity for herself.
When everyone heard Su Qing mention supplies, they secretly looked at the three people from the Dawn Base with different expressions.
This is the purpose of their sitting here today. They heard that the Dawn Base is a newly rising force with abundant supplies. There is nothing they can't come up with. Moreover, the Dawn Base now has a new injection developed by Professor Gu, a master of Chinese medicine, to resist the zombie virus.
This is the most precious thing at the moment.
"Ahem... Chief Lu, on behalf of the capital, I welcome you all." Sun Zhiyong sat in his seat with a smile on his face. "I think I should say, welcome home."
"What does the president mean by this?" someone from the aristocratic family asked.
"Oh? There are still people who don't know? Chief Lu is the grandson of our former president and the son of Minister Lu." Sun Zhiyong said, looking at Lu Chen's father. "The Dawn Base is now famous far and wide. I heard that there are abundant supplies there, and the people live a stable and comfortable life. They maintain the order before the apocalypse. This is all due to Chief Lu's good leadership. Minister Lu is so lucky to have such a young and promising son who is dedicated to serving the people."
Lu Chen's father, Lu Huai, listened to Sun Zhiyong's praise and just nodded and smiled without responding.
"President, you're joking. Our Dawn Base is where it is today thanks to everyone's hard work. How dare I take all the credit? Besides, some of these things are just rumors. Resources are hard to come by these days, and every bit we use is gone. Our Dawn Base, having survived the extreme cold, is now struggling."
At this point, Lu Chen gave a wry smile, "A few days ago, our base experienced a zombie siege, and we suffered heavy losses. Commander Qin happened to come here, and we heard that the capital city has abundant resources, so we came all the way here to seek help from the capital city."
"Chief Lu, you're being so modest. The capital city is currently burdened with a population of over a hundred million, and supplies are extremely scarce. I heard that your Dawn Base can farm and produce its own food and clothing. The ability to grow crops alone is probably unique in the world," someone from the Ministry of Political Affairs sarcastically said. "Chief Lu, don't think you can keep this a secret by not saying anything. There's no such thing as an impenetrable wall."
Su Qing, who was listening quietly at the side, was stunned. These people knew more than she expected...
The two sides exchanged a lot of nonsense, constantly probing into each other's backgrounds. Su Qing was so confused that she felt sleepy. The official language of these upper-class people was indeed beyond the understanding of an ordinary person like her.
More than an hour passed without any useful conversation.
At this moment, someone from the noble family couldn't wait any longer and suddenly asked, "I heard that the Dawn Base has developed a drug to resist the zombie virus?"
Lu Chen nodded and replied calmly, "Yes, but this injection has just been developed, so its effect is not very significant. There is not much clinical data on human trials yet, and its safety is not high."
“What’s the probability of it working?”
"If injected right after someone is infected with the zombie virus, there's about a 40% chance of blocking the virus."
Forty percent! Everyone present was shocked after hearing Lu Chen's words. To be honest, this number has exceeded many people's psychological expectations.
The capital gathers the best talents in the country and they have the best resources, but so many people have been researching for almost two years and haven't come up with anything.
The situation abroad is unclear due to lack of information, but in China, the medicine from the Dawn Base is unique! Its value is self-evident.
Then the minds of those present began to become active.
"Since you have so many resources, Chief Lu, you should share them. We are all Chinese citizens, and sharing resources for the sake of our country is our obligation. Now that our country is suffering from the zombie virus, and you have developed a medicine, you should quickly bring it out to save people from this dire situation."
Very good, Su Qing understood what was said. She originally thought that these people would at most force them to give up huge profits, but she never expected that they would use moral kidnapping and iron fist to try to get it for free.
Su Qing had never thought of monopolizing anything, but she was asked to give it to these people for free. She didn't need to guess to know that these medicines would never be used on ordinary people.
A cold glint flashed across Lu Chen's narrow eyes. He said expressionlessly, "If you want the potion, then show your sincerity."
"Professor Gu originally worked for our capital, and we were the ones who sent people to rescue him. What he developed should belong to the capital!"
Li Yi couldn't bear to listen any longer and raised his voice, "Hey, that's not the case. We were the ones who risked our lives to rescue Professor Gu and his team from the research institute. We also braved the dangers and searched for experimental equipment and various items for Professor Gu. We also constantly searched for samples for him to study. That's why we have achieved what we have today."
"And you... you failed to rescue him initially, but you gave up on Professor Gu's life long ago."
"You... As family members of government officials, how can you be so selfish!"
"Business is business, and matters are separate. Your family doesn't want to eat? Stop trying to build relationships!"
Someone from the Ministry of Administration stood up and slammed the table. "Don't refuse a toast and then drink a forfeit. If you want to leave here unscathed, I advise you to compromise."
Li Yi sneered, "What are you doing? You can't convince us, so you resort to force and try to rob us? Come on, kill us. Someone in our base will destroy all the data, and you won't get a single bit."
"On the land of China, everything you own should belong to the Chinese government."
"Don't be ridiculous. It's the end of the world, and you're still trying to do this? We at the Dawn Base Capital have no control over this." Li Yi leaned back, looking down on the person who was speaking.
"Commander Li, Minister Lu, what are these young people in your family doing? How dare you cause division?"
"This is serious. How can you accuse someone without any evidence?" Li Song glared at the person who spoke.
Lu Huai frowned and shook his head, sighing, "Alas, the child has grown up and has his own ideas. Besides, business is business, and you really shouldn't use your power to oppress others..."
Seeing them like this, someone else stood up and said, "If you want independence, don't blame us for being ruthless and unifying you with nuclear weapons!" The Ministry of Government has a nuclear weapons launch base that it cheated from the military. If this ungrateful Dawn Base really wants to be independent and compete with the capital, they can suppress it with force.
"What? We at the Dawn Base are no longer Chinese citizens now? How dare you use nuclear weapons on ordinary people in your own country?" Li Yi replied sarcastically.
Su Qing, who was watching the show silently, was also happy when she heard about nuclear weapons. She was familiar with nuclear peace!
Su Qing gently tugged at the hem of Lu Chen's clothes. Seeing him turn his head, she moved closer to him and whispered, "My nuclear bomb is almost moldy. Should I take it out and air it out? It's really a waste of time to keep going back and forth with them."
The girl in front of him blinked her eyes brightly. As she approached, a faint fragrance lingered in his nose, which made Lu Chen feel a little uncomfortable. He coughed lightly and said, "Whatever you want."
Su Qing had long lost her patience with these meaningless conversations. With a flip of her hand, the small nuclear bomb appeared in her hand. She gently placed the object on the table and said playfully, "In that case, we don't mind sending you all away first."
Everyone looked at Su Qing in confusion. They were a little slow to react when they saw her placing an object on the table.
Someone from the military exclaimed, "It's a nuclear bomb!"
Some people were frightened by the scream and stood up, and those from the aristocratic families retreated with horror on their faces.
"We just want to make a deal, to exchange resources. Even if the deal doesn't go through, we still have righteousness. But you insist on threatening us." Having said this, Su Qing raised his hand and took the nuclear bomb in his hand, "Then we have no choice but to perish together."
Seeing this, Sun Zhiyong narrowed his eyes and signaled the people around him to calm down. He looked at the thing in Su Qing's hand, not knowing whether it was real or not, but not daring to underestimate it. He smiled and said, "What are you doing? Why are you talking about fighting and killing when things are going well? We are all for the future of China. Everything can be discussed. Why don't you put down the thing in your hand first?"
Seeing this, Su Qing threw the nuclear bomb on the table and sat back in her seat.
The hearts of everyone in the room trembled with her movements, and everyone's eyes were focused on the nuclear bomb. After a while, when they saw that the nuclear bomb did not move at all, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Aside from the military, everyone else secretly glared at Su Qing. This little girl was so reckless! How could she just throw a nuclear bomb around like that? Anyway, where did this thing come from? I didn't see any of them holding bags. Could it have just appeared out of thin air?
Some people were already looking at the military. Could nuclear bombs be easily acquired? These people must be colluding with the military!
Feeling the glares from everyone, Su Qing shrugged indifferently. She knew very well that the nuclear bomb in her hand was very durable. It had blocked bullets without even a scratch, so it would be no problem to throw it a few times.
Sun Zhiyong wiped the sweat from his forehead and forced himself to look away from the nuclear bomb to look at Lu Chen. "Since you want to do business, it's not reasonable to take it for free. Chief Lu, how many potions do you have? What price are you going to offer?"
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Su Qing, who was already on the plane back to the city, checked the money in his backpack for the 426th time.
Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, one hundred thousand, millions, tens of millions, hundreds of millions... She has never had so much small change in her two lifetimes combined, even if she adds the game coins she used to play games!
She looked up at Lu Chen, who was sitting opposite her, dozing lightly with his head lowered. She felt immense admiration for him. With Lu Chen's flurry of activity, he had managed to squeeze a lot out of the Ministry of Government and the aristocratic families, selling off the hundreds of remaining potions from the first batch that had already been eliminated for a hefty price.
They were facing the top figures in China. Su Qing was completely in awe of them for extorting money to such an extent. She knew that these things would only be divided up by these upper-class people and would never be used by ordinary people, so she felt no guilt at all.
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