Chapter 989
Chapter 989 - 975 Transformation
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"The meeting is starting, the meeting is starting."
Each time, during their days on the Divine Boat, was when the group found themselves most bored.
The careers of professionals were accompanied by one war after another, but aboard this Divine Boat, they were offered a rare opportunity to rest.
It wasn’t that they couldn’t practice self-cultivation, but within the special confines of the Divine Kingdom, there were often special rules... Old stagers would tell you that any change made here could lead to unpredictable dangers.
Unless you just happened to follow a path similar to that of this deity, it was best not to try inhaling too much "contamination" in such an environment.
So, quite normally, many time-consuming but necessary "trivial matters" that were previously procrastinated were now concentrated and dealt with during this period.
Some were busy preparing reports, some practicing calligraphy, and a cat just wanted to sleep in the sun... then she was dragged by Lu Ping’an to the meeting.
𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦
"... Meow?"
"At this time, stop pretending to be a pet. No matter what you say, you are a founder and original shareholder, and must be present at the meeting."
"My presence is just a waste of time, meow, I fall asleep every time... Anyway, I always follow your vote, meow, you go and that’s enough!"
"Although what you say is very true... go back to sleep, some people sleep better when they hear someone talking. Also, if you go along, next time Chris makes you do extra training, I’ll intercede for you."
"That’s not enough, meow... Next time Zhi Xi cooks, you eat for me, meow, and if there are any delicacies, let me eat first, meow!"
"I’m not greedy, that’s easy to agree to. But every time I can’t dodge Zhi Xi’s concoction, eating two portions will really kill me... Alright, alright, I agree, don’t give the recording to Zhi Xi. Tsk, who did you learn this from."
After the shady "back-room" deal, Lu Ping’an finally gathered the five original shareholders of the Rebirth Club to hold the board meeting.
"Obviously, after we return, the situation we face will undergo a complete change, we need to prepare in advance..."
This exploration was entirely different from the previous ones.
Not involving any Rule-level big bosses, it remained as an "underling affair," never entering the observation of the upper echelons, nor could it become the focus of attention for those on lower levels... Oddly enough, it’s the low-to-mid-tier combat powers, who pay even more attention to the news and gossip about the high-level big bosses.
This time, especially the focus, Lord of the Blood Feast became the center of attention from the start, those key bounty targets one after another were must-kill "treasure boys"... Such ultimate bastards who sacrifice an entire city far outshine any serial killer in terms of notoriety.
And putting an end to two Rule-level lords of the Blood Feast, along with over twenty of their main members.
It’s fair to say that, apart from those super-stubborn hard nuts who had already banded together, Lu Ping’an took out a whole nest of the lower ranks in one swoop.
No matter how disadvantaged the followers of Dao Zhong might have been within the city, a lone Blood Feast Decree-level... causing trouble right there in the Ancient City was also a Blood Feast Decree-level, and if he were still alive, he wouldn’t necessarily be very special among them.
It can be plainly stated that this time, with such a large-scale mobilization of Divine Boats, the achievement of Lu Ping’an and his team was the greatest.
Especially as progress was slow to come on other fronts, his victory naturally received the most extensive media coverage.
"... Chances are, the news might have already gone back, and our families are on the news giving interviews..."
In fact, Lu Ping’an’s guess was reality, as Special Service Team Three was now swamped with reporters, with many of their families’ homes blockaded.
"... The bad news is that it’ll take us another month to return, God knows how distorted that news coverage will get, the good news is that we’ll be at least another month away from home. From what I understand of netizens... the enthusiastic audience, as long as no one keeps it alive, by next month no one will care who you are..."
What left Lu Ping’an somewhat helpless was that this time, there was likely to be someone stirring things up, and moreover, he couldn’t refuse that person.
"... If it were civilian hunters making great achievements, the situation would become very delicate, but we have an official background, and even an official commission, which can be entirely interpreted as an action taken by the authorities... In fact, we did indeed receive an official commission, so that statement is not incorrect."
If I could, I wouldn’t want this notoriety," Lu Ping’an said, preferring to have continued his development for a while longer.
But now, that clearly was no longer possible.
"So, rather than letting the heat inconvenience our movements and disrupt our work, why not turn heat into traffic, and traffic into economic benefits... cough, I’m not saying to change your professions to internet celebrities selling goods online, but rather that our club can incorporate and commercialize. By seizing this opportunity, we can establish our brand and transform individual ’hunting’ activities into the company’s ’business’ operations. In this way, not only can the company, as a legal entity, shoulder the responsibility, but we can also share the profits while hiding behind this shell...."
Lu Ping’an, with experience in commerce from his previous life, explained the advantages and disadvantages of this approach using the simplest of terms.
To be precise, it was the "Rebirth Club (Company)" that killed the two Big Bosses of the Blood Feast, not Lu Ping’an personally. Thus, the company should be the one to bear the consequences.
Hence, the one "earning merit" was not an individual act of heroism by Lu Ping’an, but a "business operation" of the company. Lu Ping’an wouldn’t have to go around giving speeches with a big red flower on his chest. Instead, it would be more fitting to collect bounty and commission checks in the name of the company from the Official authorities.
Surely, this was a word game and a smoke screen, but when dealing with Official agencies, these "procedures" directly affect their attitude and approach toward you.
"...Under the current circumstances, we must transform to cope with all these changes...."
As the company’s scope of operations needed to change, it would naturally require a shareholders’ meeting. Although Lu Ping’an’s club was a "school-internal commercial organization," its core assets were Lu Ping’an’s Courtyard and the team he had pulled together, ultimately functioning as the wholly-owned parent company of the Lu family...
"...This time, redivide the shares again and establish the new scope of operations...."
Lu Ping’an could take the lion’s share, but to engage the core members, a significant portion of benefits must be distributed to them; only then would they be willing to follow through with him.
In the past framework, the core five-person team comprising of Lu Ping’an, Lei Shuiyun, Xia Qin, Chris (replaced by Lu’s fast talking), and Guan Xinxian, effectively allowed Lu Ping’an to wield absolute majority with Kitten’s two votes firmly in his hands; it was essentially his monarchy.
Essentially, at that time, Lu Ping’an ran a small team, where having a Captain and a Deputy Captain was enough; getting more detailed was just inviting trouble.
But now, the number of people directly and indirectly relying on Lu Ping’an for their livelihood had probably surpassed a hundred.
At this point, all Lu Ping’an could manage was what was before his eyes, and in this era where the strong reigned supreme, he had to dedicate most of his energy to self-improvement and fighting. Some matters were better handed over...
"What’s the new scope of business?"
At this internal meeting, Hua Xueyi, Xue En, and Miss Rou also attended. Although they were not part of the core team, they were at least mid-level backbones.
"In today’s world, which profession is the hottest, the most profitable?"
People pondered for a moment, but the answer was quite clear. They were already engaged in it.
This time, even the peripheral members with the lowest income were probably making enough to buy a house upon returning home.
"Explorer? Professional? But we already are... are you saying?"
"Yes, Explorers make money quickly and combat-capable professionals earn a lot, so, we will profit from them. We can provide military force, logistics, arms support, and sales. Whatever they need, we can sell, and not just that—we’ll deliver directly to the battlefield and offer custom orders, freshly prepared on demand!"
Lu Ping’an saw the situation very clearly; selling arms could bring in much more profit than being directly on the frontline.
This time, his abilities had already been revealed, and now that he could "do business," his network could fully expand, allowing him to gather intelligence, resources, and human resources.
"I, am a mobile base, a mobile factory, I could even be a mobile granary....."
Since his abilities were destined to be exposed, he might as well use the situation to his advantage, converting the spotlight into traffic for advertisements, and give his new company a good official promotion.
Lu Ping’an didn’t invite people over just to show off his abilities.
"...And you can become department managers in the new company, producers of arms and logistics, development and transportation experts, and so on. We need plenty of talents and resources. We can become a mobile logistics base, or rather, with us on the battlefield, there will be a stable financial and logistical system, and we will become the brightest star on the battlefield...."
— End of Chapter 989 —