Snowstorm: I'm Super Rich in the Apocalypse-Chapter 188 - Rich Now

Chapter 188: Chapter 188: Rich Now

Chapter 188 -188: Rich Now

After unloading the goods, Li Shukang said to Deputy Base Commander Wang and Secretary Wen, “Since you are both here, please witness this. How many contribution points should these supplies be exchanged for? I wouldn’t want outsiders to think I’m corrupting practices in favor of my own nephew and his wife.”

Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng also felt it was better this way. They were acting in an open and upright manner, and with these people present, they could actually benefit more.

At that moment, Deputy Base Commander Wang had some thoughts running through his mind. He turned to Lu Ruisheng and asked, “With all these energy resources, didn’t your uncle mention assigning you a better position?”

Li Shukang chuckled inwardly, thinking, ‘Old fox, trying to sow discord?’ Fortunately, he had already asked these two children, and they only wanted freedom and money, not caring about fame and power.

Lu Ruisheng was naturally on the same team as Li Shukang. He said, “My wife and I don’t care for official careers, so we made that clear to my uncle right from the start, which is why we chose the Scavenger position.”

Deputy Base Commander Wang’s heart sank a bit. He hadn’t expected them to choose such a profession; it seemed they were even more capable than he had thought. It was a pity, a real pity they weren’t siding with him.

All he could do was give a wry smile and say, “Young people have their ideas; impressive, indeed.”

Secretary Wen had hoped that after Deputy Base Commander Wang’s instigation, he could seize an opportunity, but that was it? No conflicts had arisen.

But he wasn’t ready to give up, so he said, “Old Li, you really keep things hidden deep. If I didn’t know better, I’d think you were guarding against us.”

Li Shukang laughed and replied, “Old Wen, you think too much. Why would I guard against you all? I was just unsure before—had I told you and then it fell through, what would become of my reputation? You all also know the dangers now. Honestly, I was on pins and needles knowing these two managed to bring everything back safely.”

Even Secretary Wen had to admit that was true. With so much stuff, how much fuel did those two vehicles need? How far had these two driven? How secure were the hiding spots for these goods? How did they move them?

There were too many unanswered questions, too many difficulties; thus, Li Shukang’s silence before wasn’t questionable.

Seeing these old foxes grappling in the open and in the shadows, Gu Pan went to the back, gave the house keys to Lu Xuerong, and then provided them with the address, telling them to head home first to rest. Luckily, there was electricity and water at the moment; they could go back, wash up, eat something, and they could ask neighbors Yang Jia and Chen Fengzhou if they had questions.

Lu Xuerong and the others knew that Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng still had important matters to discuss, so they agreed and went ahead.

Li Shukang and the others chatted a while longer, each with their own hidden agendas. Listening to them, Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng felt it was like burning CPU power, but thankfully, they were not involved in politics, or their brains would be overwhelmed.

After a while, Li Shukang and the group took the invoices and called Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng to his office with them.

Of course, when those two leaders wanted to leave, they were held back by Li Shukang, who really needed them as witnesses now.

Li Shukang didn’t lead everyone back to the office but went to the conference room instead, as it was a spacious place suitable for handling matters.

After they arrived at the conference room, the manager of the trading center also rushed over.

Also, the base’s Minister of Energy came, bringing his secretary, having just answered a phone call.

There were also two other leaders; Gu Pan didn’t know what positions they held, but they were related to the matter at hand.

Li Shukang, along with Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng, sat on one side of the conference table, with Qin Jun sitting next to them, and the trading center manager sat next to Qin Jun.

Deputy Base Commander Wang, Secretary Wen, and a few other leaders sat opposite them.

No one sat in the main seat; everyone still maintained their decorum.

After everyone had sat down, Li Shukang was the first to speak, “Everyone has seen the goods, and it’s getting late. I won’t talk nonsense, let’s confirm how to exchange them.”

Once Li Shukang finished speaking, everyone looked towards the trading center manager and the Energy Minister, those in charge of large resource exchanges.

Honestly, the base had never exchanged such items before, so there was nothing to refer to or measure against.

The Minister of Energy and the trading center manager, along with a few leaders, discussed for a bit then turned to Li Shukang and said, “Secretary Li, we might need to go out to discuss this separately.”

To this, Li Shukang had no objections, “That’s fine. The door to the small conference room next door is open. You can discuss there.”

Those few then went out.

Li Shukang’s secretary, very tactfully, poured tea for them.

Deputy Base Commander Wang and Secretary Wen occasionally asked Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng a few questions; they also wanted to understand these two better, hoping there might be a chance for collaboration.

After all, everyone knew they weren’t really Secretary Li’s nephew and niece-in-law. Sometimes interests could change a lot, and they wouldn’t give up such an opportunity.

Twenty minutes later, the Minister of Energy and his group came back.

After sitting down, the trading center manager took the lead and said, “Secretary Li, the value of these solar panels is immeasurable, but our base has rules and upper limits, so right now we can only offer them thirty thousand contribution points. However, other compensations can still be done.”

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Listening to this, Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng felt quite satisfied. This money could already set them up comfortably in the base for a long time. Although they were still ambitious people and would likely gather more resources in the future, having money was always good, as it raised their standard of living.

Then there was the fact that Gu Pan wasn’t sure what disasters might happen in the future—whether the base was truly safe or for how long? These were things they couldn’t guarantee.

After all, in her previous life, she had only lived through the apocalypse for a little over three years. What if there were even greater disasters later?

They might still need to relocate; thus, they needed more resources to exchange for gold, expand their space, and stockpile more supplies to face greater dangers and preserve more of humanity’s legacy.

Li Shukang looked at Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng, “What do you think?”

Gu Pan said, “What are the other compensations? We’d like to hear about them.”

The manager continued, “Here, we can offer a permanent residence right to a villa, free of utilities.”

Hearing this, Gu Pan’s eyes lit up—they really understood what she was thinking! She had been considering renting a villa if they had money, but now there was no need to rent one; they would own it outright.

She still pretended to think it over before saying, “Okay. We are also residents of the base, and we hope the base can do better. We believe in contributing more to the base, which is the most important thing. We will listen to your arrangements regarding benefits.”

Lu Ruisheng wanted to laugh as he clearly saw his wife’s lips curl at the corners, still throwing out all this nonsense, but indeed she was adorable.

Li Shukang nodded, particularly gratified, “Good, my niece-in-law is a person of great vision. Then, let’s settle it this way.”