America: Starting with Daily Intelligence

"Mad, I always knew those rich folks have black hearts."

Zorro was also infuriated but had seen this sort of thing many times before, "I've taken on quite a few similar missions before, but they were mostly just ordinary people with no background. You, however, are different. Who in their right mind would provoke you? Don't they know you have arms at your disposal?"

Hadn't they carefully researched and considered the background of the General Sect Leader before harboring such thoughts?

"They probably really don't know what I do. If they did, they wouldn't dare bother me." Allen Zhang scoffed coldly, uninterested in the matter.

The people within Blitz Oil Company weren't united as one, but those led by the major shareholder basically wanted to force acquisitions at low prices.

They had done many similar things before; the company's business practices were quite unscrupulous. To put it bluntly, since the 1960s, Blitz Oil Company's founders started their business relying on malicious competition and dirty tactics. They were no different from robbers.

The intelligence also revealed that the founder initially was a tire shop owner. Upon seeing his neighbor striking oil, he used some underhanded methods to coerce the neighbor into a forced buy-out, earning his first pot of gold. Afterward, he spent money to bribe politicians, growing bigger and bigger.

Whoever they set their eyes on, if there was a deal they couldn't handle, they would spend money to find someone to fix the problem; if trouble came knocking, they would resort to bribery.

After all, this has become a tradition of the land—resolving things by swaying public opinion, and if that doesn't work, resorting to assassination.

In the past century, President Lincoln met with outlandish fate; then President Kennedy met a similar outlandish fate. Malicious competition, which not even presidents could avoid, not to mention in the business world linked to oil resources!

Without some real power, you truly can't hold on to what you have.

Changing the subject, he said, "But what I'm going to handle now isn't this issue, it's the follow-up to the acquisition of Pike Company. Although Pike Company's competitors have taken down Pike's boss, now that I've taken over this company and its assets, I definitely have to continue competing with them! These people can serve as important witnesses and evidence."

"Then what are we waiting for?" Zorro stood up immediately.

Allen Zhang tossed the car keys to him, telling him to drive while he himself reset the passwords of the seaside villa, locked all doors and windows, and afterward planned to have Blitz strengthen the anti-theft door system by programming when he had time.

They got into the Jeep and hurried to the suburbs.

On the other side, Bailey and Melvin also drove a van, with several Beggar Gang Disciples and five or six scavengers on board, heading to the suburbs.

On the road, the lead scavenger Maji was still fervently extolling the General Sect Leader, bootlicking: "I've long heard of Mr. Jin's reputation, greatly admiring and looking up to his way of doing things. Mr. Jin's self-made success is simply an example for street scavengers! I've wanted to lead people over to join him for a long time."

"Is that so? Why didn't you come earlier?" Bailey asked.

"Previously, we were mainly scavenging in the Seventh District. Zone 5 here is somewhat unfamiliar to us, a bit strange. This time, it's a determined effort to create a great venture with Mr. Jin!" Maji explained.

Bailey and Melvin exchanged glances, saying nothing.

"Where are we going to work now? Aren't we supposed to be picking up cans in the city?" Maji, seeing the vehicle leaving the city and heading towards the suburbs, was somewhat puzzled.

"Mr. Jin values newcomers very much, so when we have newcomers joining the team, we generally take them to the secret base for a tour, to familiarize them with the workflow," Bailey began to spin a tale on the fly.

"I see, such a rigorous work atmosphere! I can't wait to meet Mr. Jin." Although Maji said so, he was clearly distracted and didn't expect to be selected immediately after bringing people over.

He couldn't help but curse inwardly, are you that desperate for people at Lori Louis 19? Shouldn't there be several rounds of assessment before being selected into the core circle?

They just thought of blending in to avoid the limelight for a couple of days, how come they're visiting the secret base right off the bat?

Wouldn't they say that the vagrant team isn't formal!

"You will meet our boss soon," Bailey said meaningfully, no longer bothering with him, and continued to focus on driving.

Maji's team also failed to sense anything amiss.