Chapter 80 All is good
"Achoo!"
"Ah, why are you sneezing again? I'm dead, it's all your fault."
"Sorry sorry, but I thought of something happy."
Looking at Lappland's blaming gaze, Li Lin, after sneezing, still couldn't stop the smile from appearing on his face.
How could he not smile? Mayer, that bastard bottomless pit, was actually about to be filled up. Eden, that environmental protection company, actually, inexplicably, bought ten thousand square kilometers of land from Rem Billiton, and the price was unexpectedly cheap; Li Lin and his little buddies were all stunned.
In Li Lin's impression, land, this thing, was something to fight for every inch, not yielding a single cent. People bleeding and breaking heads over an inch of land were commonplace. But Terra's Rem Billiton clearly broke this pattern, or rather, they almost jumped up and down signing a series of land contracts. Nearly ten thousand square kilometers of fertile land was handed over to Eden practically for free, and as if that wasn't enough, they even asked if Eden wanted more.
Li Lin was truly stunned; there were actually countries in this day and age that didn't value their own land at all. This made Li Lin, from an era where every inch of land was contested, feel a bit strange.
This is national territory, one's own country's land, is it really okay to buy and sell it like this?
Li Lin really wanted to ask this, but Rem Billiton's answer was: of course, it's okay.
Three days; sometimes you can't even receive a package in three days, yet here, the land sale was completed.
All outposts on the ten thousand square kilometers of territory had Rem Billiton's flags taken down and replaced with Eden Company's logo. To put it bluntly, even if Eden established a country now, people would probably come to congratulate and establish diplomatic relations. This made Li Lin both surprised and overjoyed.
Surprised that the countries of this world had no bottom line whatsoever; family, country, organization seemed like a joke in the face of profit. And overjoyed that Mayer, that unlucky fellow, finally had a place to put down her enormous experimental site. Yesterday, Mayer reported to Li Lin: thousands of expansion vehicles originating from the White Tower's industrial agency were preparing to head to Rem Billiton; after demarcating the entire area, they could fully enjoy the fun of research.
Although Li Lin was really curious why Mayer was so happy researching and entertaining herself alone, Mayer was someone who ran a workshop; it was very normal for Li Lin not to understand. He didn't think too much about it, nor did he ask much. Anyway, Eden Company was one hundred percent controlled by him; however much it earned was his. Mayer also had a stubborn donkey temperament , wouldn't walk when led, but would retreat when hit. The mutual benefit relationship between the two was very clear, and they instead became the best partners. A banner of a world-renowned alliance was thus erected on the mountain top originally belonging to Rem Billiton. From then on, that area would become a very simple and easy-to-understand transportation hub and core zone.
Those mountain tops weren't Catastrophe-prone areas; the probability of encountering a large-scale Catastrophe was very small. Even if there was a large-scale Catastrophe, it wouldn't be a big problem given Eden's construction speed. Inside, there were Eden's complete production lines and warehouses, and Mayer herself was stationed there.
It could be said that Eden Company's future headquarters would be located in the Andorre region upon the Seven Mountains. Plus, the surrounding areas were also very close, making business no problem.
Li Lin felt this was simply great news, no news could be better than this.
From now on, Li Lin could completely declare that, relying on the two pillar products of infrastructure and medical care, Eden Company had officially entered a stage of balanced income and expenditure. As a non-listed company, to actually achieve a balance of income and expenditure under the leadership of the money-swallowing beast Mayer, Li Lin was truly moved to tears.
If not for feeling he had some connection to Mayer, thus gritting his teeth to keep Eden running, Li Lin really felt he might one day just kick Mayer out and run away himself. This debt was really unbearable; casually hundreds of millions, even billions, who could withstand that? But fortunately, he finally saw the light at the end of the tunnel; the smile on Li Lin's face hadn't subsided recently. Amidst Lappland's screams, he tricked her once again.
"Forget it, not playing anymore. Always feel you've been strange lately…"
Lappland looked at the 'You Died' displayed on the screen, pursed her lips somewhat annoyed, wagged her tail, sat on the sofa, and started grooming her tail.
Lupo people value the grooming of their tails quite a bit; although some people don't pay that much special attention, Lappland was clearly one who did. She and Texas both chose the same model of fur-combing machine. Seemed to be some brand, able to clean all curled and tangled fur into a small box.
Li Lin looked at Lappland squatting on the sofa with her legs crossed, continuously grooming her fur with the machine like petting a cat, and an image of someone came to his mind. In his impression, she also seemed to be a Lupo. But compared to Texas and Lappland, that person didn't seem to have much of a habit of grooming fur. And among the commonly seen furs in the dormitory, her figure didn't seem to be present. This strange phenomenon, only now, watching Lappland grooming her own fur, constantly tidying the curls on it, did Li Lin recall.
"Speaking of which, Sora doesn't seem to comb her fur much."
"Her? Ah, indeed."
Using the fur smoother to comb her own tail, Lappland recalled Sora's appearance and nodded somewhat uncertainly.
"Seems like I really haven't seen her combing it. And to be honest, I think her scent is also very strange, doesn't seem like a Lupo's scent."
Lappland nodded somewhat strangely, the expression on her face also a bit subtle. But before she could continue saying anything further, she heard the sound of a key turning in the lock at the door, and Sora's energetic greeting.
"Yo~ I'm back~ Eh? Only you two? Where's Senior Texas?"
"Went out to deliver a package. What were you up to, dressed like that?"
"Attending some hearings, putting on a show, and such… Here, a souvenir. And a warm hug~"
"Thanks. Been doing okay lately?"
"Mm. Although there's still a lot of public opinion, my condition is very good, thanks~"
Sora bounced over happily, gave a very natural hug, then started talking about the other person's topic on her own.
This calm appearance made Lappland, who was beside them, tilt her head with a suspicious look, looking somewhat strangely at the two who didn't seem to feel anything improper about their actions just now. Wondering when, during her absence, the relationship between these two had become so good.