"Oh, Edward, my good friend! I knew that you wouldn't forget to share the benefits with me.
Don't worry, flattery and protecting my food are what I'm best at. Otherwise, why would people call me the Hound of Wall Street? "This time, Charlie promised his best friend excitedly.
At the same time, Zhang Lisheng had already left New York City and drove the Explorer to the suburban road.
Due to the construction of the new New York Harbor, the newly expanded road appeared to be very spacious. The young man unknowingly stepped on the accelerator and soon, Mutteslow appeared in front of him.
About one-tenth of the nine square kilometers of saline-alkali land had been turned into a neatly planned factory. Every day, hundreds and thousands of trucks would drive in here with livestock that were waiting to be slaughtered, contributing about 300,000 dollars of net profit to Zhang Lisheng.
Turning into the noisy branch road that led directly to the factory, the Explorer drove to the sentry box in front of the gate and stopped. The window rolled down and the young man asked, "Good afternoon, have the people from the National Farmers Union arrived yet?"
Even though the LS Slaughterhouse adopted a self-service operation, it still hired hundreds of employees to support the normal operation since it had reached such a scale.
After the number of employees in the factory exceeded ten, Zhang Lisheng no longer had the mood to remember the names of those new employees. However, as the big boss of the company, his face was something that every employee in the LS Group would definitely remember.
"No, Mr. Zhang. They haven't arrived yet. Do you need me to inform your secretary to urge them?" The young security guard was a little nervous as it was his first time communicating with the company's legendary young boss.
"There's no need for that. Help me drive the car into the factory, I'll walk around outside."
Even though the new LS Slaughterhouse was a company that monopolized the market and could operate on its own without Zhang Lisheng's personal management, he had been in charge of a big company for a long time. Even if it was just a whim instruction, it would still naturally show a full authority when he spoke in front of his employees.
"Yes, Mr. Zhang." The security guard hurriedly nodded at the boss who opened the door and got off the car. After greeting his colleagues who were looking around and pretending to be on high alert, he helped Zhang Lisheng to drive the car into the factory.
At this time, the young man had already walked along the coast to the new New York Harbor that was still under construction.
Visually, the new New York Harbor and the new LS Slaughterhouse seemed to be next to each other, but in reality, it would take more than ten minutes to walk by foot.
Fortunately, the original wasteland and wilderness had been flattened. Zhang Lisheng arrived at the periphery of the harbor construction site without much effort. He saw that the shoal had been dug into a deep harbor with the help of advanced heavy machinery.
The vast coastline was covered by concrete blocks with steel bars as the framework. It seemed that after more than half a year of intensive construction, the port had begun to take shape.
Apart from the young people who were looking around, there were also tens of American citizens who were sparsely scattered outside the fence of the warning signs of the construction site.
Whenever the government wanted to build a large-scale public project, there would always be citizens who thought that it was destroying the city's original style or natural environment. They would hold up signs and demonstrate in their free time.
When they saw Zhang Lisheng walking over from afar, they felt that he was extraordinary. Some of the demonstrators even stood up and waved the signs in their hands as they shouted, "Nature is ecology …"
"Destroying the environment is like wasting wealth …"
"We are a part of nature …" and other slogans to demonstrate to him.
When they saw the young man's face clearly, some of them laughed at themselves and sat back on the ground while laughing.
Some of them advocated to the young man, "Young man, we only have one Earth. It's impossible for the government to destroy the environment willfully like this …" It was apparent that they wanted to pull him into the crowd of demonstrators.
Unfortunately, as the invisible biggest beneficiary of the construction of the new New York Harbor, Zhang Lisheng would definitely not associate himself with the demonstrators who opposed the construction of the new harbor.
As though he did not hear the persuasion of the demonstrators, he looked at the hundreds of cranes on the construction site that looked like they were doing a jigsaw puzzle, filling the gap in the harbor that had already taken shape bit by bit. A look of amazement crept upon his face.
"It's spectacular, isn't it, young man?" When the young wizard was lamenting the greatness of modern technology in his heart, an old voice suddenly resonated from behind him.
Zhang Lisheng was stunned and turned around in confusion. He saw an old man with sparse but neatly combed hair behind him looking at the busy harbor construction site from afar with a reminiscing look on his face. "When I was young, it would take at least three to four years to build a large harbor.
Now that there are more and more 'machine monsters' on the construction site, it can be completed in a year at most … "
Zhang Lisheng smiled politely at this old man who inexplicably tried to strike up a conversation with him but did not answer anything.
"Do you know? After this beach is built into the new New York Harbor, the old man pointed at the direction of the LS factory and continued to say," There's going to be a brand new military base built over there … "Upon hearing this, Zhang Lisheng could not help but be stunned.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Lisheng could not help but be stunned. At this moment, a dark green jeep that sped over stopped beside the old man and interrupted him.
A man in the back seat who looked to be of the same age as the old man wearing a thick black leather jacket with a gloomy expression shouted in dissatisfaction, "Henry, what are you doing again? Why are you here in just a blink of an eye? We're here to survey the terrain, not …"
"Bob, I've already completed the survey work. My opinion is to place the base next to the new New York Harbor." The old man named Henry waved his hand unscrupulously in front of Zhang Lisheng.
It seemed like it was imperative to build a US military base near New York City so there was no need to keep it a secret anymore.
"There has never been a precedent of placing a military base next to a civilian port. However, since it's your suggestion, of course, you must have a good reason … Get in the car first.
We'll discuss this matter slowly. It's been a long time since I've been to New York so I'll treat you to a special steak at Dubeck's Restaurant first. "
"Steak again? Don't tell me that you can't get enough of beef …" Henry muttered and waved at Zhang Lisheng. "I'm leaving, young man. Goodbye." Then, he got into the jeep and left.
Zhang Lisheng did not know that he would actually meet the chief defense consultant and defense minister of the US who were selecting a site for the New York Inland Sea Military Base when he wandered around the new New York Harbor construction site on a whim.
However, when he recalled the supernatural realm's passage in the sea not far from New York, he instinctively chose to believe the old man's words and walked back to his own factory thoughtfully.
In the lobby of the first floor of the two-story standalone office building that he exclusively used, Zhang Lisheng met Edward and Charlie who were sitting on the sofa patiently waiting for him.
"Oh, Lawyer Edward, I can't believe you've already arrived. Why didn't you call me?"
"Before you officially appoint me as the LS Group's chief legal officer, I'll still charge you by the hour for my service. I'll earn as much as I can," Edward said humorously.
At this moment, his attitude towards Zhang Lisheng was already faintly different from before. He seemed to be closer and more respectful.
"Ha! You really know how to joke.
Mr. Charlie, it's been a few days since we last met. How are you? "
"I'm very good, Mr. Lisheng. I always feel very happy when I work for you." The short and fat Charlie jumped up like there was a spring under his butt with a smile on his face.
"I'm very happy to see you too. Let's go upstairs." Zhang Lisheng used his fingerprint and pupil to open the silver metal door that only he could open to the room on the second floor. Then, he ordered the newly hired secretary, "Maddie, bring us two cups of coffee and a cup of Coke."
Maddie, who had directly entered New York University with a loose academic system and had a lot of spare time to work for her master, had a completely different image from when she worked in a burger shop.
Wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses on her delicate and serious face, she replied, "Yes, Mr. Lisheng." Deftly, she ground and filtered two cups of fragrant black coffee before picking the coolest can of Coke from the refrigerator and pouring it into the glass.
Walking up to the second floor with the drinks, the girl could faintly hear from the stairs, "That's it, Lawyer Edward.
I suspect that there's an 80% chance that another military base in the US will be built outside New York City soon. Do you think they'll expropriate our factory's land? "
"This is really unbelievable, Mr. Lisheng. There's no precedent in the history of the US to build a military base in a super metropolis.
However, looking at the current anti-terrorism situation, this is not impossible. After the Hawaii incident, the government may take unprecedented strict protection measures for the densely populated and crowded cities.
However, please rest assured that there are coastal wastelands outside New York City so it's impossible for them to expropriate our land.
According to the factory's current profit calculation, the military will have to pay you at least one billion dollars for expropriating these nine square kilometers of saline-alkali land. This is definitely not worth it. "
"I'm relieved then." After listening to Edward's analysis, Zhang Lisheng breathed a sigh of relief. He took the Coke from his secretary and took a big gulp. "Thank you, Maddy. I have another task for you now. Go and draft a letter of appointment for Edward's lawyer as the chief legal officer with no equity but profit sharing."
"Yes, Mr. Lisheng!" Tina clenched her fists and said excitedly as she got rid of her identity as a waiter for the first time and accepted the young man's important task for the first time.
With the program file on the computer and the professional knowledge of a business secretary that the girl had deliberately studied, a decent letter of appointment was drafted very soon.
After reading the document carefully from the beginning to the end several times, Tina felt that there were no mistakes so she took a deep breath and went up to the second floor. Pretending to be natural, she handed the letter of appointment to Zhang Lisheng's hand.
The young man glanced through the document and nodded. "Let Lawyer Edward have a look."
The girl secretly breathed a sigh of relief and passed the letter of appointment to Edward.
When it was the lawyer's turn to look, he seemed to be very serious. However, due to the reason that the document was so standard that it could not be criticized, Edward still signed his name in the end.
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