Chapter 296
Chapter 296
By the time Qingqing took off her glasses, a crowd had surrounded her.
“You’re here to congratulate me, right? Right?”
Her voice was trembling by the final word.
She could box, but only by ordinary people’s standards.
If everyone in front of her came at her together, she was certain she would be pinned to the ground and thoroughly battered.
“Enough. Stop crowding her. If you’re going to fight, wait until I’ve finished.”
Zhang Bei wanted to watch the show too, but Meng Chuan was pressed for time and couldn’t indulge their nonsense.
In three hours, he had to catch a flight to the next country.
Holding several sheets of A4 paper, Meng Chuan began slowly.
“First, congratulations on completing our first film. I’ll notify you about the release.
“Second, thanks to you lot, the title has changed to Journey to the West: Double-Crossers.
“Finally, I won’t write a script for the next film. Do whatever you like.”
With that, he left. These people existed purely to drive him insane.
If he stayed longer, he might be unable to resist urging his boss to hit them.
Besides, the changes to the scenario weren’t entirely their fault.
One inhuman participant had been running wild too.
Ah, that meant Arthur this time, not Boss Zhang.
To keep the story exciting, Arthur had controlled the progression of the entire scenario.
Su Daji, Luo Hou, and the Dao Progenitor were all characters under his direct control.
He deserved at least fifty percent of the credit for the script turning into this mess.
Zhang Bei watched the furious Meng Chuan leave.
“I have an assignment. The spacecraft is almost finished. We need an employee for the first space trial.”
At that, the employees who had gathered around quietly backed away two steps.
A spacecraft?
A trial run?
Risk their lives?
Considering Boss Zhang’s character, there was no way this would be easy!
Their retreat gave Zhang Bei a headache.
One employee had to visit the Moon. Someone had to take responsibility.
But they had worked for him so long. Surely he couldn’t force them aboard.
After a little thought, a smile appeared on his lips.
People died for money as birds died for food. He refused to believe employees who had been with him this long could resist!
“Double your bonus. Any volunteers now?”
Qingqing stood aside, plainly there to enjoy the show.
The offer, however, had no effect whatsoever.
The amusement park’s profits were high now. Extremely high, in fact.
These employees received at least around ten thousand yuan in bonuses each month.
But ten thousand yuan to buy a life?
Who did he take them for?
Seeing them unmoved, Zhang Bei finally struggled to restrain his true nature.
“One hundred thousand. Final offer!”
Silence continued. The group even backed away another step.
At last, his true colors showed. “Right. Let’s play a game. Whoever loses goes to space!”
That settled it. Everyone went pale.
You Bai, standing nearby, actually sighed in relief.
No more panic. None at all.
It was only a game. With Li Yang’s luck, there was no way she would lose.
“Qingqing, you too.”
Qingqing, still enjoying the spectacle, stared in disbelief.
What was wrong with him?
Why drag her into an employee dispute?
“The bonus still stands. And I’ll give you a formula to lighten your skin.”
A killing blow!
Qingqing could disregard money. She could disregard Zhang Bei’s threats.
But she couldn’t disregard a skin-lightening product!
She had spent so long with this blackened face, trying countless methods.
By now, she had somehow become a little darker instead.
“You said it!”
“Don’t worry. It’ll definitely work!”
Qingqing took a deep breath and prepared to meet her doom.
“Fine. What game?”
Zhang Bei thought carefully. “Chef Li, fry some balls. Whoever gets the mustard one goes to space with me.”
He had to make this trip to the Moon too. Many things couldn’t proceed without his approval.
As for communications?
Forget it. The Laboratory was already as overworked as Meng Chuan.
Add space communications technology to the list, and who knew when it would be finished?
There was still a fine spectacle to enjoy tonight, though.
“That’s settled. Everyone to the Cafeteria!”
He led the employees inside, and Chef Li began shaping the balls by hand.
Almost every gaze fixed on his work.
They had to spot the mustard one. They absolutely must not eat it.
Zhang Bei sat alone to one side with his tablet and opened the link Heizi had sent.
It was nearly eight in the evening, and the Island was bustling.
Technicians checked and rechecked everything while countless mercenaries surrounded the satellite base.
Guan Guo sat at the command console, his expression grave.
The satellite’s data checks had revealed no problems.
But this was their first independently developed satellite. Anything could happen.
Finally, at eight o’clock, Guan Guo picked up the microphone and gave the order.
“All technicians withdraw. Satellite launch in one minute!”
“Work Group One withdrawing.”
“Work Group Two withdrawing.”
…
“Work Group Fifteen withdrawing.”
Once the last person had cleared the area, Guan Guo pressed a button on the console.
Zhang Bei moved the camera toward the satellite and went blank.
What?
That wasn’t what the blueprints had looked like!
The satellite resembled an enormous cross.
But beneath the cross hung two iron spheres.
The cross was Guan Guo’s design. Zhang Bei knew that perfectly well.
Those two giant balls, however, looked distinctly wrong!
As the mechanical countdown proceeded, a low rumble spread across the Island.
Blue flames propelled the entire satellite toward the sky.
The thrust from Nuclear Fusion kept it traveling at an almost constant speed.
Once Zhang Bei saw that the launch had succeeded, he called Guan Guo directly.
“I watched the launch. Good work.”
“Thank you, Boss!”
“Now explain those two giant balls.”
Guan Guo fell silent on the other end.
“Speak. What’s going on?”
“Ask Heizi. He added them.”
Faced with his boss’s threat, Guan Guo immediately sold out his teammate.
What else could he do? If he called it his own idea, his boss might snap him in half!
Zhang Bei narrowed his eyes. A bad feeling rose inside him.
He called Heizi next.
The moment the call connected, a clamor came through.
“Quick! Check whether this thing can connect! Brother Bei, what do you need?”
The Moutai had been buried again. He could speak with a little more confidence now.
“What are those two big balls on the satellite? You’d better explain clearly!”
Cold sweat poured down Heizi’s face as he held his laptop and watched the countdown.
“Brother Bei, we’re brothers, aren’t we?”
“Talk!”
Heizi swallowed. “There are four mecha inside. Professor Guan made a positioning device.”
“Hm?”