Resurrection Empire

Chapter 805 306: The Infected, Betrayed by the Times, Our Unspoken Understanding

But the sudden arrival of the shadow of corporate warfare heralded the possibility of a major change in the times.

Having received the news in advance through his own channels, Huo Donghua organized this gathering, particularly wanting to hear Ren Zhong's thoughts as the person involved, so he could readjust his life's trajectory.

Ren Zhong gladly attended the gathering.

Back in Liao Yuan County, he didn't like socializing, always feeling that excessive communication with strangers was a waste of life, a crime.

But after coming to this Second Prison truly because of "crime," he let go of everything outside and returned to his academic life, living still fulfillingly, but the pace of life unknowingly slowed down.

His interactions with these fellow inmates felt even better than interacting with the majority of people outside.

After a bland yet genuine dinner party, everyone moved to the large conference room in Huo Donghua's villa.

The arrangement of participants seemed somewhat intriguing, with criminals ranging from levels S to C.

Everyone Ren Zhong remembered well was present.

Just because of this, Ren Zhong saw through Huo Donghua's "facade."

A similar friendship selection indicates similar views secretly.

Thus, the incident of Huo Donghua taking the blame for his subordinate must not be as utilitarian as he claimed.

Even the fact that his subordinate had the idea of destroying raw materials likely came from Huo Donghua's covert guidance.

Just as his motive for killing the Wang family father and son was never personal vengeance.

By this reasoning, Hua Yuelan preferred to rot in the prison villa rather than hand over the key, thus letting the pearl be tarnished forever, was definitely not a simple matter of refusing to betray the principle of her childhood dream as she claimed.

Qian Wangshen building a large intelligent warfare corps single-handedly was absolutely not just because of a common desire to show off skills.

The three of Tang Tu, Mao Jin, and Wu You forming the smuggling system was not just for the purpose of making money.

Wang Qiao's reason for assassinating the County Governor was also not just due to personal resentment.

Dulei's excessive distribution of temporary wasteland person quotas was not simply for falsifying achievements.

Everyone here must have undergone psychological screenings, yet all successfully concealed, and are still alive.

The reason is very simple, they have been lying all their lives, even deceiving themselves.

This is a psychological defense technique that fits their survival philosophy.

It was hard, but they did it.

This is not coincidence, but inevitability.

On Source Star, there are over ten billion citizens, someone must feel that this system is wrong like Ren Zhong, quietly making their own efforts, just like the pioneers among the resistors of the Nameless City.

On Source Star, there must be more people who were exposed for failing to hide their true thoughts and then executed.

Resistors have always been failing, yet never giving up due to human instinct.

Everyone here is the essence left behind after the great waves wash away the sand.

They are difficult to "forgive," yet due to their talents and influence, they can live.

Behind everyone here lies interest exchange and balance, representing a trade balance between different forces and the Association.

Everyone here is not wrong.

It's the erroneous era that betrayed us.

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Huo Donghua, seated at the head of the conference room, stated clearly, "Mr. Ren, you should have already known the city's pilot corporate warfare in Yangsheng City in advance, right?"

Ren Zhong: "I found out about it about three weeks ago. Before I was arrested, I had been preparing in this regard."

Huo Donghua: "There have been many corporate wars in the past. Not only among the enterprises under Tanggu Group. The Nine Major Groups have had similar situations, employing various means, but the goal is to complete resource integration as quickly as possible. As far as I know, very few grassroots enterprises can get the news three weeks in advance. It's very rare."

Ren Zhong: "Tanggu Group's idea for resource integration came from the new management method I implemented in the pilot projects in Starfire Town and Chromium Carbon Town. As you understand, Tanggu Group wants me to control more resources to further verify the universality of my management method."

Former County Governor Dulei raised his hand, "Mr. Ren, you seem very confident? Do you plan to pour the abundant liquid capital you hold into it, hoping to quickly achieve victory with absolute equipment advantage?"

Ren Zhong smiled and shook his head, "No. This makes no sense. Using capital advantage can only control one county or one city, at most controlling a few cities. But as the scale of war continues to expand, the benefits brought by this seemingly solid capital will continue to diminish. Moreover, the Association will not allow me to use this cunning method, Source Star Military Industry will control the supply. I admit that my warriors currently have better equipment, but it's actually limited. But I don't care, I will let others see what my true advantage is under my management approach."

Qian Wangshen, most interested in the military, immediately asked: "What is it?"

Ren Zhong: "My confidence in victory comes from my people. From mentally enslaving and controlling them, which is the core of my management mechanism. Therefore, my warriors are different from others. They know that participating in the war can bring them a better life. After victory, they and their families can enjoy long-term benefits. As for other people's warriors, they are usually forced to risk their lives. The post-victory benefits exchange has nothing to do with them, only the enterprise owners benefit basically."

Finally, Ren Zhong spoke forcefully, "If there's no external interference, my Ren Group will definitely be the final winner. If Mr. Huo, you are inclined to start a business on your own, believe me, collaborating with me is your best choice. However, for now I can only assert verbally, two days later you will see the answer."