Chen Yu waved to the militiamen, who understood and immediately retreated to a more peripheral area for guard duty.
Only Chen Yu, Lin Lele, and Sophia remained at the scene.
"Ms. Sophia, I heard that your company suffered an unprecedented attack during the global blackout a few days before the extreme cold disaster. Is that true?" Chen Yu narrowed his eyes and stared intently at Sophia.
Upon hearing this, Sophia's expression changed slightly, and she said with a solemn look, "Yes, that attack was too bizarre. Many of the weapons and equipment that our company was about to deliver to the military mysteriously disappeared during that attack."
At this point, Sofia said with a wry smile, "If it weren't for this extreme cold disaster, we wouldn't know how to explain it to the military."
"What conclusions do you have about this?" Chen Yu stared sharply at Sophia, trying to catch any possible clues or concealments from her expression.
Sophia sighed, seemingly weighing the weight of her words: "We conducted numerous internal investigations, but the clues were extremely scarce, almost nonexistent. Due to the massive power outage, all surveillance systems failed completely that night, as if an invisible force was manipulating things from the shadows. However, according to the staff present at the time, this matter was... was..."
"What is it?" Chen Yu pressed, his tone carrying an unquestionable authority, his eyes sharp as a hawk's, as if trying to see through Sophia's soul.
“They all insist it was done by aliens.” Sofia couldn’t help but chuckle as she said this, because she herself found the claim absurd, even comical. But the facts were undeniable: the disappearance of those weapons and equipment did indeed seem to be the work of some supernatural force, making it impossible not to think in that direction.
Suddenly, Sophia seemed to remember something and said to Chen Yu, "Mr. Chen, I remember you and Ms. Lin were also at our company that night. Were you not injured?"
Hearing this, Lin Lele felt a chill, but she quickly composed herself. To hide her unease, she said in a deep voice, "What Ms. Lin? Call me Commander, or Secretary Lin!"
Chen Yu gently patted Lin Lele's shoulder, signaling her to calm down, while giving Sophia a reassuring smile. He knew that at this sensitive moment, any slight emotional fluctuation could trigger unnecessary suspicion.
“Ms. Sophia, thank you for your concern. The situation that night was indeed somewhat complicated, but we were fortunate enough to escape direct impact. As for the missing weapons and equipment, although I didn’t witness it firsthand, it sounds like something very serious,” Chen Yu replied, sounding as if he had just survived a close call.
"Mr. Chen, I'm so sorry, all the equipment you stored in our warehouse was looted in that attack, and we still haven't recovered it," Sophia said apologetically, her eyes revealing a hint of helplessness and self-blame.
Chen Yu waved his hand, feigning magnanimity, and said, "There's no need to take it too seriously, Ms. Sophia. I only had the right to own those weapons and equipment, not the right to use them; they were just for my personal collection. Besides, after the extreme cold disaster struck, even if those weapons and equipment hadn't been looted by the 'aliens,' I wouldn't have been able to visit them again, would I?"
Upon hearing this, Sophia gave an awkward smile, clearly amused by Chen Yu's humor, but she quickly regained her serious expression.
“Mr. Chen, although those weapons and equipment cannot be recovered, our XX Military Industry Group is willing to take full responsibility and provide you with a new batch of equipment to make up for our mistake.” Sophia’s words were tinged with sincerity.
"Your company can still produce weapons and equipment under such conditions?" Chen Yu asked in surprise.
Upon hearing this, Sophia said somewhat embarrassedly, "Isn't this still relying on Mr. Chen's support? After the Tianyu New Lun branch base is established, you must give priority to helping our XX Military Industry Group resume production."
Upon hearing this, Chen Yu breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "Of course, of course."
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After seeing Sophia off, Chen Yu fell into deep thought. Judging from Sophia's tone and expression, she didn't seem to be lying.
Before the extreme cold disaster struck, he had seen interviews on television with employees of the military industrial group, who did indeed claim that the events at the XX military industrial group were done by aliens.
Was they doing this to shirk responsibility for their negligence, or for some other reason?
He didn't know if the staff members who accompanied him and Lin Lele on their test drive of the F-35B that night were still alive; he was genuinely afraid they would reveal the truth.
Thinking of this, Chen Yu called over a militia leader and whispered a few words in his ear.
Upon hearing this, the other party solemnly saluted Chen Yu and then went to carry out the task assigned by Chen Yu.
New London City truly lives up to its reputation as an international metropolis; they quickly accepted the proposal to build a "Tianyu Base branch" locally.
The more economically developed a region is, the more sophisticated and self-interested the people become. When faced with hunger and cold, national righteousness and national sentiment are nothing!
Whoever feeds and clothes them is their boss.
Therefore, the construction of the Tianyu branch base in this city was quickly promoted, and everyone worked extremely hard, wishing they could devote all their strength to this great project, just to gain the appreciation of the base leaders.
Chen Yu was extremely pleased with this; he liked this kind of pragmatic public.
The biggest challenge in building each branch base is not infrastructure construction, but the restoration of industrial production.
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