Devry's Comet Starship Manufacturing Company is an old starship manufacturer with a history of more than 300 years. During its glory days, it was once among the top 50 starship manufacturers in the dynasty. The Inspur-class battleship it produced is a classic of a generation, but unfortunately it was a classic from 100 years ago. Devry's Comet has been in decline in recent years. It has repeatedly failed in the bidding for dynasty starships and has long withdrawn from the competition for capital ships. It even has very few orders for heavy cruisers and light cruisers. It relies on the maintenance of capital ships and the acceptance of some Civilian orders are barely holding on.
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 your own promotion, it's worth taking some risks. He immediately said: "I'll take care of this little thing!"
Chu Jungui nodded, wrote down a few more names and handed them over, saying, "It's best to arrange for these people. I've listed the specific positions later."
Lin Xuansheng took a look at the list and saw that it was all people from the Lin family, many of whom 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 could be done, so everyone agreed.
Chu Jungui finally smiled, shook hands with Lin Xuansheng, and said, "Looking forward to future cooperation, General Lin."
Lin Xuansheng's words 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 a long time, so he left in a hurry. After he left, Lin Xi 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 head of the 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 also help those people."
Chu Jungui said with a smile: "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 did you suddenly want to acquire Devry's Comet?"
"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 still considered obsolete today. That’s why I wanted 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. 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 raise more 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 have ability, ideals and perseverance. Do we have to help as much as we can?" 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 several 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 we can be bold and confident. 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. .”
"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 it is not you or I who can decide who will be preserved. 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. , no longer care about the Lin family's affairs, 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 the spaceship to go to the frontier star field. This trip will be a preliminary inspection of Devry's Comet, and the agenda includes a visit to the headquarters and a visit to the factory. With Lin Xuansheng's coordination, such an itinerary was very easy to arrange. 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 him a big hug excitedly, and then tried to hug Lin Xi, but Lin Xi's hand seemed to move and tapped his chest. Li Ruobai was instantly paralyzed and froze. There was no way to move there.
Chu Jungui reached out and patted Li Ruobai, lifting her paralysis. Li Ruobai looked shocked and looked at Lin Xi with ghost eyes. In the past, even if he was worse than Lin Xi, the gap was limited. How could he be stopped by her one move?
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 to the hotel first and tell me about Devre's Comet on the way."
The three of them got into the speed car and rushed to the hotel. A delegation from the military will arrive later today, along with representatives from a dozen companies. Chu Jungui will join the delegation tomorrow morning to visit Comet Devre.
