Chapter 545
“…” The director shot him a glare, then glanced at the statue of Zheng Fa beside him. Suddenly, he seemed to lose his irritation and even smiled sweetly, “This statue you bought is quite nice, very spiritual!”
“…”
Both of them were baffled by this sudden change. The director continued, “I wouldn’t say I’m a leader, more like a client!”
“...That’s even rarer than a leader!”
“A big client!” the director said cheerfully, “They said money is not an issue!”
“No spending limits!”
“They specifically sought us out!”
Mediterranean was taken aback. He held a cigarette, watching the director rush through the door, then leaned in closer to the young man and whispered, “Our director is getting old…”
“Ah?”
“He’s been targeted by scammers.”
The young man stared at Mediterranean for a long moment, suddenly realizing that this guy probably couldn’t find a job anywhere else.
But he also agreed that this so-called big client was likely a fake.
Mainly because their research institute wasn’t worthy of it!
Yet the director was still very excited, even personally overseeing a thorough cleaning of the entire institute. The staff had no choice but to tidy up, growing increasingly curious about who this client was.
By the time they finished cleaning, it was already afternoon. They all sat in the office, ears perked up.
The director even stood at the door, eagerly watching.
Suddenly, a cheerful voice rang out from the entrance: “Welcome! Welcome!”
Mediterranean looked up in shock and asked the young man, “Did you hear a car?”
“No.”
“No car at all… Are today’s scammers really this low-budget?”
Everyone in the room turned to look outside, and they saw the director leading two young figures into the room.
One of them looked exactly like the statue standing at the door.
As Zheng Fa walked in with Tang Lingwu, the young man’s mouth dropped open:
This time, they really had a divine client…
But this divine being probably didn’t understand technology very well.
(End of Chapter)
**Chapter 408: The Authenticity of the Divine Client**
Zheng Fa was indeed very wealthy now… or rather, he had money that he couldn’t spend.
The flagship products of Jiushan Grain Company, Jiushan No. 2 and Lingmai No. 1, had already spread nationwide.
The purchasing scene was a spectacle, with crowds and the sounds of drums and firecrackers…
The reasons behind this were complex.
The promotional effect of that documentary should not be underestimated. As Team Leader Yang knew, many online sellers of statues had started new businesses—
After all, amidst the myriad of divine lineages, a new face with the surname Zheng had emerged.
How to describe it?
Feudal but not superstitious.
After all, he was a true divine being.
But the main reason these two crops had exploded in sales was still their effectiveness.
Jiushan No. 1 rice had already shown significant nutritional advantages, but its reputation was overshadowed by yield issues.
Once Jiushan No. 2’s yield increased, its reputation naturally skyrocketed.
Lingmai No. 1 was in a similar situation.
Because the price was low, most people could afford it, so Zheng Fa had been limiting purchases—due to people hoarding grain.
Along with other fruits and vegetables, Jiushan Grain Company had become a veritable cash cow.
The problem was that the power behind the nursing home was too strong, so strong that they could obtain resources without needing money.
Most of the time, money wasn’t even necessary.
…
“So, you have so much money you don’t know what to do with it?” Old Bai said with a look of disdain, eyeing Zheng Fa. “Only here can you say that; otherwise, you’d get beaten up for it outside.”
Tang Lingwu, with a serious expression, surprisingly shot back at the old man, “That’s why Zheng Fa wants to spend money…”
Old Bai was momentarily taken aback.
“Actually, Team Leader Yang said… it’s unnecessary.”
Old Bai’s expression turned puzzled as he looked at Zheng Fa, who just smiled.
Tang Lingwu seemed to be standing up for Zheng Fa and added, “Zheng Fa told me that the conditions in Hongshan are limited now, and the spiritual energy is insufficient to support more people in cultivation.”
“Why not use this money to reward some researchers who can’t enter Hongshan?”
Upon hearing this, Old Bai’s gaze toward Zheng Fa shifted.
“No, that’s just Lingwu’s imagination. What I meant was… we can’t let people work for free, can we?”
“Having this money just sitting around isn’t useful.”
“Who knows, we might cultivate some talents needed by the nursing home in the future.”
“It’s like a reinvestment.”
“Since we’re in the spotlight now, it wouldn’t be good to keep relying on Team Leader Yang.”
Zheng Fa’s thoughts were actually quite simple:
He didn’t need money; he needed more talent and more technology.
Previously, it was manageable since their research field was small, mainly focused on talismans and agronomy.
But starting from the first fifty-year plan, it became a massive undertaking.
It could even be said that it was a national effort to support the Xuanwei Realm.
The demand for talent would undoubtedly grow stronger.
In Zheng Fa’s view, the core researchers in the future could naturally enter Hongshan for study and cultivation.
But those on the periphery were also reserve talents.
In the future, the money earned by the nursing home would likely be invested in educating talent and peripheral research.
“To be honest, this money isn’t enough…” Zheng Fa felt a bit poor at this moment, “Good thing it’s just for some design proposals.”
What Zheng Fa needed most now was actually the technology for resource collection and refinement.
The foundation of industrialization is a massive amount of resource consumption.
He hadn’t anticipated this when he first designed it.
Even the spiritual materials in Jiushan Realm were becoming scarce—external elixirs consumed a lot of spiritual materials, and now Zheng Fa had suddenly launched external elixir factories and shipyards, causing the previously stored spiritual materials in Jiushan Realm to deplete rapidly.
Plus, Zheng Fa had been expanding the education system, striving to increase the number of cultivators.
Sister Zhang’s accounts were already in the red.
When Sister Zhang patrolled the mortal realm, aside from managing accurate data, the most important task was… finding mines!
The spiritual plants in Jiushan Realm had long been taken by the Sun and Moon Bell and planted in the medicinal garden.
Among the remaining resources, the most valuable were a few spiritual mines.
Especially three special thunder-type spiritual mines, which Sister Zhang and Xiao Yuying estimated had a huge output and high value.
On the other hand, there were still many mineral resources on the land of the Hundred Immortals Alliance.
For example… Zheng Fa remembered that when the Great Freedom Demon Sect emerged, they had even blown up a spiritual stone mine!
That was all money!
Now, the most critical task in the first fifty-year plan had become how to develop the mineral resources in the mortal realm of Jiushan and the territory of the Hundred Immortals Alliance more quickly and efficiently.
What Zheng Fa could think of now was to utilize modern mining exploration, collection, and refining technology, combined with Madam Xuanhua’s methods of artifact refinement, to create new technologies that surpassed the efficiency of the Xuanwei Realm.
In Zheng Fa’s vision,
Modern design institutes would create designs, and the nursing home would select them, using existing external elixirs to produce experimental machines, with Madam Xuanhua leading the Tiangong Pavilion to replicate them in Jiushan Realm.
The goal was to provide those previous spiritual mines with a one-stop service they had never experienced before!
As for the initially envisioned shipbuilding and textile technologies… they were not the most important priorities and were even relatively simple.
However, spiritual mines were something modern society didn’t have, and the gap with non-spiritual ore was vast, making the technical difficulty evident.
After hearing Zheng Fa’s thoughts, Old Bai and the others suddenly fell silent.
They looked at Zheng Fa, their expressions somewhat complex.
If before they only had a vague feeling, now Zheng Fa’s stance clearly indicated one thing—
Zheng Fa had a foundation!
Otherwise, why would he be mining?
What use were shipyards and textile factories to the current Hongshan…?
“Is it… Jiushan Sect?”
Old Bai hesitated for a moment before he couldn’t help but ask.
He remembered that Zheng Fa had initially claimed to be a disciple of Jiushan Sect, which was a hidden sect.
At first, they had heard that Jiushan Sect was in some secret place, protected by formations, filled with hidden masters.
But this hidden world… was it a concealed realm?
Then… was Zheng Fa really the Zheng Fa they thought he was?
Zheng Fa met Old Bai and Tang Lingwu’s somewhat unfamiliar gazes.
He had been prepared for this, and by now, there was no need to hide many things.
Especially from Old Bai and Tang Lingwu.
“That world is called the Xuanwei Realm.”
Old Bai and the others listened intently.
“There are many powerful cultivators and strong sects there.”
“More importantly, aside from having spiritual energy, that world is exactly like this one.”
“The human body structure, material composition… can be said to be completely similar within the margin of error.”
“Just like Hongshan?”
Tang Mu’s eyes sparkled with excitement as he listened, being a cosmologist, he naturally sensed the strangeness in this.
“Exactly…”
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