Life Game In Other World
Chapter 240: They share a close relationship only with Nolanka Group (Please favorite, subscribe, and vote for the monthly ticket)

Chapter 240: Chapter 240: They share a close relationship only with Nolanka Group (Please favorite, subscribe, and vote for the monthly ticket)

(A system bug with Little Lady, mistakenly sent a VIP message instead of the speech, reposting emmm)

"Everyone sitting here is either a director or a senior executive of the Nolanka Group, or an enlightened individual from Kaye City,"

Yalid, sitting in the seat of honor, smiled as he looked at everyone in the room.

The flames in the fireplace flickered, and the dancing light reflected on everyone’s cheeks.

Among them were elderly with white hair, and vigorous middle-aged men, many of whom hadn’t come at the call but had been tricked by some ’friends.’ Their gazes were all fixated on Yalid, as if waiting for him to provide a convincing explanation.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think Kaye City will become if Vian’s welfare measures continue?"

Yalid smiled at the crowd and suddenly threw out a question.

Everyone paused, but they all remained silent, with no one accommodating Yalid’s lead.

Yalid wasn’t surprised, he chuckled softly, "Many of you here rely on the Nolanka Group for survival. Your factories or businesses depend on being a part of Nolanka Group’s supporting industry or on the scraps thrown from Nolanka Group’s table. Your industries are tightly linked with the Nolanka Group."

He paused, then spread his hands, "The treatment of your workers is almost too pitiful to endure, but the reason you can still hire workers is because of the Nolanka Group’s big brother status in suppressing employee treatment. You rally around Nolanka Group, collectively lowering labor costs."

"And now? With Nolanka Group’s new policy, the various benefits offset, effectively increasing the salary of lower-level employees by 10%-15%. Do you have that much money to give your lower-level employees benefits? Or are you prepared to see your already thin profits cut down by a significant portion?"

He tossed a stack of documents onto the table. "If the Nolanka Group wants to continue expanding, what will you use to compete with the Nolanka Group? Rely on raising employee wages?"

His words immediately made many faces in the room look unsightly.

They were all factory owners who produced for the supporting industries that revolved around the Nolanka Group. When it came to hiring, they couldn’t compete with Nolanka Group and could only attract workers to stay by offering slightly better employee treatment than Nolanka Group.

This time, with the Nolanka Group significantly improving worker treatment, they only had two options.

One was to follow suit and raise wages, facing a situation of sharply reduced profits; the other was to abandon following, maintaining the original treatment, which would mean they might not be able to recruit enough workers and be eliminated in the competition.

Loss or death, this move was forcing them into a corner.

Seeing that his words had taken effect, Yalid shifted his tone and looked toward another group of people,

"Also sitting here are some of the directors of Nolanka Group. Many of you have worked your whole lives for Nolanka Group, diligently and painstakingly, only to end up being sidelined in your old age. Vian announced these welfare measures in the name of the board of directors, but did he ever seek the directors’ opinions?"

Yalid smiled, "And what’s more infuriating is that he has broken the long-standing rules of the Nolanka Group by sending Philip to the police station."

"Philip was the one who broke the rules first by attempting an assassination."

An elder in the inner circle retorted coldly.

"And were your children and nephews also taken away by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Kaye City Police because they broke the rules?"

Yalid leaned forward slightly, looking at the elders in the inner circle, "Gentlemen, is everything you leave behind so clean and without any problems?"

His voice was low, "How can you be sure that the next one won’t be... you?"

"Speak plainly what you want to say," a low, aged voice rang out from the crowd, the father of Jamie.

"I happen to have a method that could benefit everyone," Yalid stood up straight with a smile,

"That is to return everything back to how it began, with Nolanka Group continuing to be public and everyone continuing to make money."

"What exactly do you want to do?"

Upon hearing Yalid’s words, the expressions of some elders within the inner circle subtly changed.

"Vian himself is a genius inventor; he has developed an ultra-light Mecha that is now in preparations for mass production within the group,"

whispered Jamie’s father, "You cannot be certain whether he has more powerful Mecha at his disposal, and such things are not difficult to buy. The mercenary legion has always been under the control of the Nolanka family, and both the City Defense Army and municipal government have close relations with him, so we don’t have the power to change the situation."

"But I’ve heard," Yalid’s lips curled into a smile, "that tomorrow one of the City Defense Army’s armories will be robbed."

The crowd’s expressions changed at once.

"The City Defense Army won’t cooperate with us, and even if you have the capability to steal the armaments, you won’t evade their thorough pursuit—they have always been closely linked with the Nolankas."

said an elder among the crowd.

"In this world, nobody turns away from money. Please pay attention,"

Yalid said, gently wagging his finger, "The City Defense Army is close with the Nolanka Group, not the Nolanka family. They simply accept investment from the Nolanka Group, a tit-for-tat arrangement, with no regard for who controls the Nolanka Group."

He looked at the elders in the inner circle, "Right, directors?"

——

As the time approached dawn, not a single star could be seen in the sky, and even the bright moon hid behind clouds.

The air seemed to carry a faint mist.

He Ao stretched his hand out of the car window, feeling the moist air.

"Master Vian, the warplane will soon arrive."

The elderly caretaker in front said softly.

"Hmm."

He Ao withdrew his hand.

They were currently on their way to the military airport in Kaye City.

Lina had already returned to her residence, so now only He Ao and the elderly caretaker were in the car.

As they arrived at the military airport in Kaye City, a loud mechanical roar came from the sky.

He Ao pushed the car door open, tilting his head up to the sky.

A massive shadow appeared against the pitch-black night canvas, its shape elongated and shuttle-like with a perfectly streamlined body, all painted black.

If not for Vian’s superior physical condition and better vision than an ordinary person, He Ao might not have even captured the full silhouette of the shadow flying in the sky.

It blended seamlessly into the dark night sky as though it never existed.

This was the Federation’s A-23 model inter-city military transport warplane, armed with formidable maneuverability and stealthy 500mm laser cannons that could easily annihilate most low-level exotic beasts in the wilderness.

This was the aircraft the Federal Bureau of Investigation was using to escort Kyle.

Compared to an ordinary airship, it was evidently more powerful and reliable.

He Ao shifted his gaze away from the transport warplane and looked toward the brightly lit gate ahead, stepping forward at a measured pace.

The transport warplane above slowly descended, unfolding its landing gear.