Meng Chao had personally seen these problems in his previous life. In this life, he had been thinking about them, but he could not find an answer.
He had to admit that Lu Fanghui, the CEO of the largest mining corporation in Dragon City, had a vision that surpassed the times.
He had actually managed to predict the future dangers for Dragon City when they had just won the Monster War and the situation seemed to be going well.
But Meng Chao still keenly noticed the loophole in Lu Fanghui's logic.
"The Red Dragon Army can also develop its own powerful fighters," Meng Chao said.
"The Red Dragon Army has fighting soul technology and heroic spirit technology. As long as they have enough cultivation resources, they will definitely have ten times the number of powerful fighters they have today!"
"Fighting soul technology and heroic spirit technology have their own flaws. The former requires thousands of soldiers to work together to trigger brain waves to resonate with each other and ensure the creation and stability of the fighting soul," Lu Fanghui said.
Lu Fanghui said, "The training, gathering, mobility, and logistical support of hundreds and thousands of soldiers will definitely not be as flexible and efficient as a single expert. If some of the soldiers are killed by the enemy, it will affect their morale, and their fighting spirit will easily collapse.
"Heroic spirit users are one of the four great fighting occupations in Dragon City, so they're naturally very strong, but there's a limit to the number of heroic spirits, and the requirements to form them are very harsh. Not just any Tom, Dick, or Harry can turn into a heroic spirit after they die. Compared to martial artists, monster controllers, and machine masters, who can theoretically be used on a large scale, heroic spirit users are bound to be a minority occupation.
"Besides, the Red Dragon Army is too bloated, and it means that it has a very heavy burden. Every year, just the allowance for the disabled soldiers and the compensation for the soldiers who died in battle is already an astronomical figure. Most of the Red Dragon Army's cultivation resources are spent on this. If we exclude the expenditure from the normal squads, how much will be left for the fighting soul squads and heroic spirit users?
"Yes, the Red Dragon Army can definitely be ruthless and ignore the normal squads. Instead, they will focus all their resources on the fighting soul squad and heroic spirit users so that they can develop ten times the number of powerful fighters they have today. But if they do that, there will be no difference between the Red Dragon Army and the nine great mega corporations. The problems in the mega corporations today won't appear in the Red Dragon Army tomorrow, right? "
Meng Chao had nothing to say to that.
After being stunned for a long time, he could only say, "So, you also know that the nine great mega corporations have a lot of problems today?"
Lu Fanghui smiled.
His aura, which was as sharp as a razor, instantly disappeared without a trace.
"Of course I do. I know the problems and fatal flaws in the nine mega corporations better than you, since I'm involved in the situation."
Lu Fanghui said seriously and gently, "Back then, with the destruction of the Red Heart Society, the high-ranking disciples of the nine great gangs all returned to their respective homes dejectedly.
"We, who were deeply stimulated, seemed to have become completely different people. We cultivated, plundered, devoured, and evolved even more crazily and cruelly than our brothers and sisters. We did everything in our power to become stronger, sharpening our brains to climb higher!
"Today, many of us have become the best of the second generation of the Nine Great Cultivation families. We have taken over the core departments of our family businesses and boasted the power to shake the Nine Elite Cultivation Schools!
Meng Chao's eyes went wide, and he cried out in shock, "What?!"
"Didn't I tell you that the days I spent in Red Heart Society were the happiest and cleanest days of my life? Everything I saw, felt, and did in Red Heart Society gradually turned into a ball of fire in my heart. Even though Red Heart Society has long since disappeared and the aristocratic children with great power like us seem to have lost our edges due to life, the fire in our hearts has never been extinguished, and it will never be extinguished."
Lu Fanghui stared at Meng Chao and said sincerely, "Trust me, Meng Chao, you're not the only one who wants to save Dragon City. My friends and I have seen the problems in the nine great mega corporations, and we want to reform the nine great mega corporations so that Dragon City can be brand new.
"But …
"No matter what, we still have the old man above us.
"In the past, he was a Deity Realm superhuman who commanded the world and intimidated Dragon City. Our fathers still occupy the supreme throne, and the second generation doesn't have the final say in the Nine Elite Cultivation Schools.
"The old man and our brothers and sisters, as well as our brothers and sisters who haven't gone through the spiritual baptism of Red Heart Society, are all interest groups. They have deep roots, and their roots are intertwined with each other. They're like insects with a hundred legs, and they're hard to get rid of in one go.
"That's why we need more 'new blood' to join us and reform the Nine Elite Cultivation Schools and change Dragon City with us.
"Meng Chao, if our thoughts are the same, you should join Heavenly Dragon Club and stand on the side of the Nine Elite Cultivation Schools. You should stand on the side of the reformists among the Nine Elite Cultivation Schools.
"After all, the sturdiest fortress is always destroyed from within, isn't it?"
Meng Chao's impression of Lu Fanghui in the past was that he was a crystal expert and a smart businessman.
Compared to his father, who was the creator of Sky Pillar Corporation, and his daughter, who was known as the Queen Bee, who showed off her abilities, Meng Chao did not have a strong presence. He was more like a person who was stuck between Lv Zhongqi and Lu Siya.
It was only on this day that Meng Chao sensed an ambition that burned like magma in Lu Fanghui.
This ambition was not as overbearing as Lu Siya's.
But after being tempered by time, he gained the strength to persevere and move people's hearts.
Lu Fanghui's words caused Meng Chao's imagination to run wild.
Regardless of whether what he said was true or not, the creators of the nine great mega corporations were all heavily injured during the fight against the monster mastermind. This was a fact that everyone knew.
After more than half a century of bloodshed and fighting, the first generation Deity Realm superhumans who had commanded the world in the past had gradually gone downhill.
Based on Meng Chao's memories from his previous life, the first generation Deity Realm superhumans had died along with Battle God Lei Zongchao during the end of the Monster War.
Even though the butterfly effect caused by Meng Chao's return to the past allowed them to survive.
But it was already certain that they would not be able to regain their peak strength.
The mega corporations needed absolute power to back them up.
The weakening of the creators would definitely cause chaos in the corporations.
Would it be possible for them to use this chance to destroy the "fortress" known as the nine great mega corporations from the inside?
"I need to think about it properly."
Meng Chao thought about it for a long time before he asked cautiously, "President Lu, can you give me some time?"
"Of course."
Lu Fanghui smiled faintly and put away his Heavenly Dragon Club membership card as if nothing had happened. "I'll stay in Hidden Fog for three days and investigate the distribution of the spirit ley lines. You're a smart person. I believe that before I finish my investigation and return to Sky Pillar Corporation, I'll definitely be able to make the right choice."
"Alright, I'll give you an answer within three days," Meng Chao said.
"President Lu, if there's nothing else …"
He originally wanted to say that if there was nothing else, he would leave first. He had an appointment with someone!
But when he thought about it carefully, he realized that the person he was asking out was Lu Fanghui's daughter.
Even though he was not asking Lu Fanghui's daughter to do something shameful, it was the middle of the night and he was in the wild.
But in the middle of the night, in the wilderness, it felt … weird.
"There's something."
To his surprise, Lu Fanghui said, "We were talking about work just now. Why don't we talk about personal matters now?"
"Personal matters?"
Meng Chao was a little stunned.
Why did he feel … even more awkward than when Lu Fanghui invited him to join Heavenly Dragon Club?
"Meng Chao, we can't just talk about business. Why are you treating me like an outsider?"
Lu Fanghui said with a smile. "Just now, I represented Sky Pillar Corporation and the Lu family to talk to you as President Lu. But now, I'm just representing myself as Uncle Lu to have a casual chat with you.
"No matter what, you're Siya's best friend. You've gone through thick and thin with her multiple times and risked your own safety to save her life. As a father, I admire you a lot, and I hope that you'll join Heavenly Dragon Club and help me.
"Forget it. If I put it that way, it seems to increase your psychological burden. Let's not talk about the Heavenly Dragon Club anymore. I promise you, even if you really refuse the kindness of my old man, or even … stand opposite the Heavenly Dragon Club, I, Lu, will never make things difficult for you.
"You don't know this, but Siya is a very unique child.
"From the moment she was born, she awakened to her grandfather's Spirit Sensor Bloodline.
"Her supernatural talent might have brought her great potential for cultivation, but it also made her sight, hearing, touch, smell, and even pain ten times more sensitive than a normal person's.
"Don't think that this is a good thing.
"To normal people, sonatas are pleasant to the ears, but to her, they sound like thunderous rock music.
"To normal people, a house is clean and tidy, but to her, it's filled with filth.
"Normal people can't smell the smells in the air. Blood, smoke, the smell of monsters, and the stench of burnt corpses fill her nostrils all day long, and it makes her dizzy.
"It's especially so for her sense of touch and pain. These two senses are overdeveloped, so even if she sleeps on the softest velvet, she feels like she's going through the torture of being rolled on a board of nails.
"Before her young brain matures to the point where it can handle a huge amount of information, this kind of torture will be repeated every day without end.
"I was worried that the child wouldn't live past seven years old.
"Even if she managed to grow up, her mind would be twisted due to the torture and pain, and she would turn into a monster.
"But she's much more stubborn and tenacious than I and everyone in the Lu family imagined.
"Not only did she overcome the curse of her talent and grow to this day, she even inherited her grandfather's bloodline almost perfectly and became the strongest person in the third generation of the Lu family!
"When I watched her stumble her way to this day, my heart ached for her, but I also felt gratified. In fact, I blamed myself a little. I felt that I wasn't a good father and that I didn't take good care of her.
"If I count those who don't have the right to acknowledge their ancestors and return to the family, I have a total of seventeen or eighteen children, but I've only ever felt this kind of guilt toward Siya. She's the child I love the most and value the most."
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