"The company has always had a strong control over the Ludong Province region. On the Ludong Peninsula east of the company, no survivor forces are allowed to have any awakeners above level 5. Unless they are peripheral forces affiliated with the company, no forces above the micro level are allowed to exist in the company's control area.
The company has always maintained strict control over genetic drugs above level five. At least in the past few years, I can confirm that no genetic drugs above level five have escaped to the eastern region. Under the company's suppression, all survivor strongholds in the east have essentially become inexpensive sources of raw materials for the company.
Having said that, Yu Jingren pointed his finger directly at the edge of Qindao's core area.
He continued, "Before the beast tide broke out, there were two survivor strongholds around this area. One belonged to a small-time force called the Blackthorn Company, and the other belonged to a small-time force called the Brotherhood.
The Blackthorn Company had one Level 4, and the Brotherhood had two Level 4s. This was the typical strength configuration of the survivor strongholds in the eastern region. The strongest person in a stronghold was usually only Level 4, and there were even some Level 3s.
It was from here that Chen Yan and his group began their escape from the beast tide. According to intelligence data compiled over the years, there were approximately 130 survivor strongholds, large and small, in the eastern region.
Some of these survivor strongholds will gradually disappear, while new strongholds will emerge in others. Although their numbers fluctuate constantly, they will always remain around 130, with the difference between increases and decreases never exceeding five.
Yu Jingren looked at the other five directors again and continued with a serious expression, "Although the company's intelligence capabilities cannot fully understand the situation of all these survivors' bases, the situation of Chen Yan and his team is very special. Normally, the company should not be unaware of their existence.
The overall strength of the Blackthorn Company was clearly inferior to that of Chen Yan and his team. This sudden outbreak of the beast tide had nearly wiped out all the survivors' strongholds in the area. At least thirty strongholds were completely destroyed by the beast tide, and only one in ten survivors managed to detect the beast tide and escape.
But Chen Yan and his team, so far, have all managed to escape successfully without a single one left behind. Isn't this success rate a bit too high? Too high to be logical? I have reason to believe that Chen Yan and his team didn't just flee in a hurry after discovering the beast tide. They... must have been prepared in advance!
Yan Xiao frowned and said, "From what you said, you suspect that Hao Hongsheng's death is related to Chen Yan and his group?"
Yu Jingren said in a deep voice, "That's right! Even if our intelligence system can't understand every detail of all the survivor bases in the eastern region, it's still no problem to grasp the general direction. I can confirm that there are no Level 5 Awakeners in the eastern region.
Hao Hongsheng's base was responsible for guarding the company's eastern frontier. While it was called a guard, its primary mission was simply to guard the company's gates and provide convenience for the company's outlying caravans. Since there weren't even any Level 5 survivors in the eastern region, there naturally wasn't anyone who could threaten Hao Hongsheng.
I don't have any evidence linking Chen Yan and his group to Hao Hongsheng's death, but besides Chen Yan and his group, I can't think of anyone else in the Eastern Region who has the ability to kill Hao Hongsheng. Furthermore, not long after Hao Hongsheng's death, Chen Yan and his group arrived at the company..."
Yan Xiao didn't comment immediately. After unconsciously tapping the table with one hand for a while, he suddenly said, "Shouzhong, what do you think about this?"
Supervisory Minister Wei Shouzhong was called out and said without hesitation, "Chen Yan and his team have not violated any rules in the past two months at the company. After breaking through the fifth level of awakening, all team members have completed their registration as official members today.
I'm not sure about other things, but judging by their adherence to company rules, Chen Yan and his team are relatively well-behaved. As for Hao Hongsheng's death... I remember Jing Ren once saying that, ultimately, the problem stemmed from Li Jie and Huang Hui's fierce competition for the position of Production Director, and they were resorting to unscrupulous tactics.
Not only did the two of them form cliques within the company, but they also extended this competition to many aspects of the company's operations. On the day Hao Hongsheng was in trouble, the caravan that entered Hao Hongsheng's base was Zhu Benren's caravan. Coincidentally, Zhu Benren and Hao Hongsheng were Li Jie and Huang Hui's men, respectively.
What is certain at this point is that Hao Hongsheng harbored strong malice towards the Zhu Benren caravan. This was because the Zhu Benren caravan carried a large quantity of armored crab shells, which were sufficient to offset a shortage of crab shells in the production department. According to our supervisory department's investigation, Li Jie bears full responsibility for the massive shortage of crab shells.
Wei Shouzhong did not express his opinion directly, but simply stated the detailed facts he knew.
Yan Xiao was so lost in thought that the conference room suddenly became quiet.
After several minutes, Yan Xiao spoke again, "The dispute between Li Jie and Huang Hui over the director position has indeed begun to affect the company's daily operations. Both of them have acted beyond the boundaries, but Li Jie's actions are even more excessive.
Power is blinding. The more intense and fierce the fight, the more hopeless it becomes. Having reached this point, whoever backs down will lose everything. Once the winner ascends to power, they will undoubtedly suppress the loser in every possible way.
Although I like to see the people below me are competitive, what I like even more is that they can use this competitive spirit to make the company stronger, rather than scheming against each other and dragging the company into the quagmire of internal friction.
Overall, the recent rivalry between Li Jie and Huang Hui has left me disappointed. I haven't seen any sense of a sense of the bigger picture from either of them. Regardless of which of them takes the production director position, I find it hard to feel comfortable with it.
Vice Chairman Zhuang Pengfei, who had always seemed to have a low presence, suddenly spoke up, "Chairman, all the heads of our seven departments, excluding the directors, must have at least a ninth-level awakening level. And the deal Chen Yan promised, if successful, would inevitably deplete the company's inventory of ninth-level potions."
Whether Li Jie, Huang Hui, or someone else is chosen as the new production director, we probably won't be able to provide ninth-level potions. So... why not just let Chen Yan try to be the production director? At least if Chen Yan is the director, we won't have to provide potions."
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