"The construction of the follow-up factory, as well as the shift in focus that the head of the regiment said, can we start now? Waters opened the file he was holding, which listed the data he had compiled himself, "It's too long to build from scratch." And the installation and commissioning of various machines, until the subsequent combination into a complete production line, officially start the production of products, which takes time, is something we cannot afford to wait for. This is currently a stable client that we can trust in the dark world and trade with each other. After spending a little money, I got more detailed information about the industry. ”

Deyra flipped through a few pages. Most of the customers in the document are also engaged in machinery manufacturing, from precision instruments to heavy industrial parts. All of them in the empire are small-scale industries, and they can barely compete for a sip of profit in the competition. It may be better to describe it as half-dead, but now the companies in the empire that can really be done have the shadow of other big forces behind them. No matter how bad it is, they also have strong start-up capital, and even if they lose money year after year in the early stage, they can support it until the day when they really make money.

Most of the remaining industries began to die slowly from the beginning of their establishment, as if they had been poisoned by chronic poison, death was a predictable result, and the difference was only the number of years in the period. In order to survive, they can only be reduced to the simplest tools of manufacture. Do the simplest work, and the benefits are deducted layer by layer, just so that they don't die too quickly.

"During this time, we ostensibly made a lot of money in the dark world, but part of the reason was that the batch of goods we pulled back from the retrain was a buffer. I don't think we're going to have much better life after this time. Like you said, a dozen or so of our factories aren't huge. "And right now, we're also strapped for liquidity. In order to establish a stable cooperative relationship, some of the customer's money has not yet reached our pocket, but only paid a small part of the deposit. That's just enough for our shipping and raw material costs. To buy such a complete plant outright, we don't have enough money. And even if they are bought, the necessary renovation of these factories in the later stage, the reorganization of production lines, etc., will require a lot of money. ”

"Although if you do it according to your idea, you can indeed shorten the whole cycle by dozens of times. Dyer was a little excited.

"What we lack most now is time, which can reduce most of the waiting and preparation cycles to a certain extent. And the necessary technical personnel, now we do not have our own specialization direction, only ordinary applicable technical personnel. And these people are all invited for a price. In basic manufacturing, after we have gained a firm foothold and made a lot of money, we are slowly moving towards the middle and high-end. At that time, even if it was a core technology, we could rely on money to throw it out. Waters laughed, "I think that's the general line of our development." ”

Dya nodded and smiled wryly, "I don't deny your idea, but that would require too much money." You know where we are now. The expansion of the industry can only be done slowly, and according to your ideas, the capital will definitely not be able to support it. ”

Waters shook his head: "Deputy Chief, I understand what you mean, just rely on ourselves, and then the funds will definitely not be able to flow." But we might as well take a different route now, for example, by partnering with other companies. ”

"Cooperation?" Dyer really understood Waters' thoughts at this moment, and she didn't know how to answer for a moment.

Seeing Delya's hesitation, Waters hurriedly continued his words: "Yes, it's cooperation. Of course, it's not as simple as supplying each other with accessories, and that's what we're doing now, and at best it's just a normal business deal. We take risks together, we share technology, we expand sales together, and we earn benefits together, which is this kind of cooperation. In this way, we can get the state we want to achieve in a very short time, and have more energy to do other things, such as specializing in high-tech. ”

Then, at a certain time in time, we can choose to break away. So if we really carry out this kind of plan, between light and dark, we have to prepare for both. Like parasites in nature, allow me to use such a metaphor. Even if most of those companies are half-dead, they still have some nourishment. Even if they only have a shell left, they can still use it. We're here to help them get a new lease of life, and we're also laying eggs in their bodies to become a breeding ground for our reserves. When the time comes, everything will be labeled as our own. At that time, all that needs to be done may be a lot of blood on your hands. ”

"But don't feel guilty. Waters concluded, "None of the companies, or individuals, that are written down in the documents are good people. Of course, our own side is not beautiful. It's all people who are in the dark world, and this kind of thing is very common. It's just that in this common thing, we are the wicked of the wicked. ”

"Can be considered. Dyar touched her forehead and glanced at Waters a few more times.

"Deputy Commander, please don't look at me like this. Waters waved his hand, "I'm more than twice your age and have been through so much. If I don't have any experience, then I have lived for so long. In the past, most of the forces I was in were ambitious, but had no foundation. Of course, this foundation includes a lot of things. This time, I think we do have all the foundations now. Then all that remains is to look at the ambition of the head of Kasia. ”

"I also believe that the regimental commander will be a wolf-like person. ”

"When we have the time and opportunity, the two of us can talk to him. ”

Soon after, Derya had just finished checking a batch of goods in her hand and was processing the next order, when there was a sound from the communication machine on the side.

"Hey, Delya, there's nothing important on your hands right now, is it?" said Kasia in a pained tone.

"What's wrong?" Dya asked, sensing that something was wrong with Kasia, "nothing important, and Waters and I happen to have something to go to you." ”

"That's right, I also have time here. It's just a bit of trouble, you guys need to come and pick me up. ”

When Dya and Waters set out, it was about nine o'clock. It took an hour and a half for the two of them to drive to the location that Kasia had said.

It is something left over from the transfer of the Manoma Center by the ruins of a building. As a completely abandoned area, the Empire has no plans to redevelop it. In terms of the size of the empire, the population it actually has now is far from saturated.

"Here!" said Dya and Waters, who had just gotten out of the car, heard Kasia's voice in front of them from a pile of construction debris.

A rusty steel plate was lifted up and moved to the side. Cassia was hiding under the steel plate, smiling and greeting Derya and Waters as they walked by.

"It's still pretty fast. He said.

"Who are you?" the two walked in, and Dya looked at Kasia, her gaze resting on the swollen legs. It's no longer an ordinary red and swollen state, and according to the memories of Kasia in Delea's head not long ago, her legs are now at least twice as large as before.

"Caused by errors in calculations and experiments. Kasia propped herself up with her hands, "Get in the car first, this is not the place to talk." ”

Waters wanted to go over and pick up Kasia, but Kasia didn't stop him. He threw the limousine on the way, fearing that the Webley team would catch up. He had come here with his hands to hold himself up, and for the first time his frightening weight had made him feel burdened, and his strength had been consumed a lot on the way.

Waters exerted, and his face flushed suddenly. Ever since he first met Kasia at Retrain, he had been speculating about the weight of his leader. Now that he actually started it, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it really exceeded his expectations.

In the end, it was Derya and Waters who carried Kasia into the car. The moment the limousine got on Cassia, it also sank a little harder.

"Fortunately, I didn't save money on the car at that time. Dya and Kasia sat in the back seat together, and Waters started the limousine. All three of them were surgeons, and the weight on the limousine was indeed very large.

"Something's wrong, it's not like someone else's injury. Derya pulled out her tactical knife at this point, and without alerting Kasia, she found the most swollen spot and slashed it.

Kasia's face moved at this time, such pain had not been felt for a long time. His legs became like this, but the nerves inside were more active, and it was the first time he had encountered them. The pain from the bones was all fed back into his brain, and he was a little unbearable.

Dark red blood flowed from the wound, the color was obviously wrong, with a thick fishy smell, filling the entire limousine. Dya had to open the windows a little to speed up the loss of the smell.

"It seems serious. Waters turned his head as well. After a short period of bleeding and swelling, Kasia's feet did subside a little, but it only worked for a short time, and the swelling of her legs could not disappear for a short time.

"Indeed, because of something, it has become like this. "I can't use it anymore, and the muscle fibers in it seem to have a problem." I need professional treatment, but I definitely can't go to the hospital, those places are not completely for me now. There should be professional doctors in the dark world, and I think you may know a few. Now just go straight there. ”

"That's right. Kasia continued, looking at Delya, "You said in the newsletter that you were looking for me, and now is the right time to talk." ”