"Two hundred thousand tons?"

Hearing this number, he changed slightly and Zu Guang's face. After a moment, he had returned to normal and still had a smile on his face.

In peacetime, 200,000 tons of food are actually not a big figure. High yield of rice seeds and large-scale intensive production make the rice and flour produced each year sufficient to maintain consumption. According to a UN survey data before the outbreak of the virus, about 1.3 billion tons of food are wasted every year around the world. In comparison of these figures, 200,000 tons are already very small.

However, data from peace years do not represent the present.

After the outbreak of the virus, in addition to the major bases and cities controlled by the military, the biggest source of food production was the wealthy consortium that was entrenched in various places and accumulated materials since the war. Out of force control and technical means, the military could not provide base construction components to the wealthy consortium. Although the groups began to collect talents before the war and built some closed farms in the form of ground, the grain output was not comparable to the military. Despite this, the output of the major groups was enough to maintain consumption. As they controlled various abandoned areas, the area of ​​arable land was further expanded. However, natural farming could not be compared with base production after all, and the harvest cycle determined the basic output.

Most of the arable land of the "Red Smoke" group is mainly used to grow tobacco. Although there is a large amount of food reserves, it is difficult to mobilize as much as 200,000 tons in a short period of time.

"I also need building materials. Mainly steel bars and special cement, as well as various casting modules and pipes

Su Hao didn't care about Zu Guang's attitude and continued: "In addition, there are medicines, bedding, various daily necessities and ore raw materials. I will make a special list for specific projects. Of course, the quantity is very large, and it must meet the consumption of at least 500,000 people. If you can provide an additional quantity, I am very welcome."

He Zuguang has been trying hard to control his emotions and make himself look calm. However, Su Hao's words still surprised him, and the smile on his face instantly faded.

“…It actually costs so much?”

Su Hao smiled faintly: "I have already said that the construction of the new Guiyang base has just begun. There is a blank space here. I need a huge amount of supplies and food, which is the foundation for solving the problem. Also, the things mentioned just now must be supplied as soon as possible. Especially in the first month, the first batch of supplies must reach 40% of the total amount."

He Zu Guang's face was a little gloomy. Obviously, this was not a piece of news that would make him happy.

He and Su Hao are both smart people. The vehicles requisitioned at the New Nanyang base and the goods stranded in the warehouse are just a pretext to narrow the distance between each other.

The wealthy consortiums that have been able to accumulate strength since the outbreak of the virus and have continued to this day have unique heads. The "Red Smoke" Group is no exception.

He Yang, who was killed by Su Hao in Xinnanyang, is one of the heirs of the "Red Smoke" group. In addition to the lost goods and the poor handling of the on-site, He Liqun was extremely severely punished after returning. At the high-level meeting held by the "Red Smoke" group, most members were angry and unanimously demanded a revenge against Su Hao and the 11th Independent Forces. In particular, He Yang's immediate relatives even took out a lot of resources and requested to send the group's best mercenaries to assassinate Su Hao.

Not everyone was blinded by hatred and anger, and most of the people's request for revenge was directly rejected by the group president. Under the guidance of several decision makers, the core of the conference quickly became an analysis of the current situation of the 11th Independent Forces and the discussion on the situation in the entire Southeast Third War Zone after the Battle of Hefei. The "Red Smoke" group sent a large number of personnel to collect Su Hao's intelligence and soon obtained videos of the military meeting.

The results of the analysis and research shocked the senior management of the "Red Smoke" group. They suddenly discovered that behind Su Hao, a young man, was the 74th Army and the Academy of Sciences. None of them were the giants that the group could provoke. Su Hao, from Chengdu, Kunming, from Lujiang to Xinnanyang, had a series of achievements that Su Hao had a good reputation. Especially when Su Hao posted at the Military Affairs Council meeting, he sneered at the scene of the vice chairman of the Military Affairs Council, which directly led to a stroke on the spot, which made the senior management of the group who watched the video stunned.

According to the original words of the president of "Red Yan" Group at that time, "If this guy was not a madman who was fearless and did things without regard for consequences, he would have been a strong man who was very scheming and had a long-standing plan for everything."

What happened next confirmed the words of the group president———The 11th Independent Force led a large number of refugees to leave Xinnanyang and go to Guizhou to build a base.

The matter is clear, but Su Hao is definitely not a ignorant idiot. His actions have been planned. From the beginning of uploading the opposition letter, he has been prepared for both: if Zhang Shengfei could return to the wrong path and completely terminate the Hefei battle plan, so many people would not have died. If the battle fails, Su Hao can take the opportunity to kill and plunder the city of Xinnanyang, take away the most important materials, and find another place to consolidate his power.

Behind him was the support of Xu Renjie and Wang Qinian, and the military headquarters did not declare the 11th Independent Force as a rebel from beginning to end. This is a delicate balance. The military headquarters may not have the power to deal with Su Hao for the time being, or because of the relationship between the Academy of Sciences, they want to obtain more research results from Wang Qinian. Of course, it may also be the containment effect played by Xu Renjie in the middle. After all, it is not a peaceful time, and the military headquarters has far less control over the southwest than the north. Su Hao's performance at the meeting was very much about the appetite of the subordinate officers and soldiers. Dealing with him at this time will only arouse disgust and be unfavorable to the entire battle situation. Especially from the overall perspective, if the construction of the new Guiyang base can be completed, the benefits to biological warfare will be self-evident. Of course, the premise is that the military headquarters will not provide any form of help, and all resources must be collected by Su Hao.

The president of "Red Smoke" Group is a businessman, and he can only look at the problem from the perspective of business interests.

This is a venture capital investment. Of course, the target is Su Hao, and the new Guiyang base city under construction.

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If you fail, there will be many disadvantages. Most importantly, those guys in the military who are full of hatred for Su Hao will regard the group as a new target of revenge.

He Zuguang's true identity is the vice president of the group. This time he came here to try the front station to find out Su Hao's words, explore the possibility of bilateral cooperation, and determine the specific amount of profits.

He was very happy that Su Hao could understand his intentions. However, Su Hao needed too much, so many things that He Zuguang was afraid.

The so-called "VC" certainly has undeterminable factors. However, with the shrewdness of businessmen, they will never invest money without absolute certainty. What they spend is not straw paper, but real money. Especially before making a decision, they will carefully calculate the gains and losses of interests and be careful to confirm how much they will lose and how much they get?

He Zuguang lowered his head slightly, held his chin with his right hand, and slowly rubbed his cheek that had just been scraped and was a little bit piercing. He slowly pinched and used this contemplative appearance to conceal his inner entanglement. A few minutes later, when He Zuguang straightened up and his palms left his cheek, he had regained his smile expression.

However, compared to before, his smile faded a little, and no matter how he looked at it, he felt forced.

"General Su, we are businessmen."

He Zuguang made a conclusion about his identity. With his indispensable politeness, his tone and attitude showed that he had lost the patience to continue talking: "I have to admit that you are an excellent general. However, there are not only soldiers in this world, but also civilians, merchants, doctors and scholars... The virus has destroyed the civilized world, but cannot completely destroy the original social structure. At least, we still adhere to the same professional principles as in the past."

Su Hao stared at He Zu Guang. He looked around the people standing next to each other, smiled meaningfully, and said, "Businessman is pursuing profits, is this what you want to tell me?"

The ridicule and sarcasm did not have any effect on Zu Guang. His tone was still serious and his attitude was still intimate: "General, we can understand what you did when you were in the New Nanyang base. Look, we did not complain and never said anything about it. But it is best to end this matter, and we also guarantee that similar incidents will not happen in the future. The "Red Smoke" Group has shown its greatest sincerity in cooperation. However, as the selected partner... General Su, I am bluntly, your appetite is too big."

“If you have to wait until the time is right and you don’t take action before seeing the actual benefits, it’s too late.

Su Hao's attitude was still calm, and although his tone was cold and sharp, he had no accusation.

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When he set out, the "Red Smoke" Group studied Su Hao's identity background in detail. In addition to Xu Renjie and Wang Qinian, Su Hao can be said to be poor and deserted. Due to geographical restrictions, the Academy of Sciences could not provide him with large-scale material assistance. Although the New Chengdu has sufficient materials and has advantages in geographical advantages, it must give priority to ensuring the supply of the 74th Army.

The 11th Independent Force had only more than 20,000 people, and the total number of defeated officers joined from the Hefei front was only 30,000. However, there were as many as 300,000 refugees gathered near New Guiyang. With such a huge group, even if New Chengdu wants to support Su Hao, it can only satisfy some, not all.

"Investing in things like vision and timing are all about things."

Su Hao's expression was relaxed. He lit a cigarette and looked at He Zuguang, who was sitting opposite him through the rising smoke.

"Building a new base requires a lot of resources. At present, I cannot produce neither food nor raw materials. However, this situation is only temporary. The help I need is limited to the early stage of the base construction. Once this time limit is exceeded, the so-called "support" will have no meaning."

He said nothing with Zu Guang. He frowned, repeatedly thought about Su Hao's words, constantly comparing them from the perspective of interests and efforts.

Su Hao did not lie, he was honest and had no concealment. But the more he did this, the more he felt worried he and Zu Guang———Su Hao needed too much materials.

It is undeniable that the future benefits of aiding a general who holds real power in the base city will definitely be extremely generous. The only way to occupy absolute commercial control in the city is to become the most stable basis for the entire "Red Smoke" group. But the problem is that Su Hao has a very bad relationship with the military headquarters, and those big figures may have regarded him as a potential rebel leader. Once the new Guiyang is built, the military headquarters will definitely take measures. It is nothing more than replacing Su Hao, the commander of the commander of the newcomer, or mobilizing troops to carry out comprehensive encirclement and suppression. Regardless of the result of the battle, the "Red Smoke" group's profits in the city will definitely suffer losses.

The group's senior management is very good at making a decision. They saw Su Hao's current situation of lack of supplies, wanted to gain Su Hao's favor with partial support, and then entered the new Guiyang in front of others, occupying the best geographical position. In the face of the fait accompli, no matter whether the successor sent by the military headquarters admitted it or not, they could not change the fixed status of the "Red Smoke" group. Of course, if Su Hao loses power, he will need to pay extra funds to deal with the new commander after he loses power. But in terms of total, there is still a lot of money to make.

Just as Su Hao mentioned the "food" just now, the "Red Smoke" Group only plans to produce 500 to 1,000 tons. As the vice president of the Zuguang Group, the negotiation bottom line will be granted at most no more than 2,000 tons. This does not include other building materials, ores, bedding and medicines, etc.

Thinking of this, He Zuguang shook his head and sighed.

He spread his hands and said with regret: "General Su, I cannot meet your requirements. There are too many things you need, which is beyond my authority."

Su Hao nodded understandingly, with a calm expression: "The Hongyan Group is huge. Although I have requested a lot of supplies, for you, it is not completely impossible."

He Zuguang swallowed his throat hard, and his face became a little gloomy: "Twenty-hundred thousand tons of food, this is almost the harvest of the entire group in a year. If you take it out, then we..."

Su Hao interrupted him bluntly: "I suggest you better contact the group board of directors and listen to their opinions."

"They won't agree———"

He Zuguang shook his head and stood up from the chair. He looked cold and flatly rejected Su Hao's suggestion, without even a slight hesitation. He completely lost the interest in continuing the conversation.

"No one will agree to your suggestion. There are too many materials you ask for. This has left the scope of investment and is given for free. This is equivalent to handing over the entire group to you and letting it be slaughtered. Sorry, what I said may be a bit ugly, but the fact is that. General Su, please allow me to say unruly———You are so greedy."

Negotiations were no longer necessary, and the people from the "Red Smoke" group followed and walked out. They looked gloomy and cold, and they turned around from time to time and looked at Su Hao with resentment. It seemed that it was the most despicable and shameless villain in the world who took away all their property.

"Please wait."

Just as he Zuguang was about to leave the room, Su Hao called him and asked lightly: "Do you really not think about it anymore? This kind of cooperation is very good for you and is also a very rare opportunity for the "Red Smoke" Group. If you walk out of this room now... Haha, I promise, you will regret it."

He Zuguang stopped and turned around, looking very hesitant.

He didn't understand what was the confidence of Su Hao saying this? What was the basis?

Finally, I thought about the information I had mastered and the comprehensive evaluation of the prospects of the group's think tank on the new Guiyang base. I and Zu Guang once again confirmed that Su Hao was just bluffing.

With his usual calmness and indifference, he shook his head with Zu Guang, smiled self-deprecatingly, and walked out.

He was no longer as humble and kind as before, and his eyes and expressions were full of obvious disdain.

More than ten minutes later, the convoy of the "Hongyan" group slowly drove out from the construction site and quickly disappeared on the distant highway.

Huang He, who had already put on a brand new major uniform, walked over from the side, squinted his eyes, put one hand on his forehead, stared at the direction of the convoy leaving, and asked in a rather weird tone: "Why, the conversation has collapsed again?"

Su Hao smiled calmly: "There are many people in this world who think they are self-righteous and think they are very smart and can see through the essence through appearances. Haha, they are really stupid and nothing."

As he said that, Su Hao turned his gaze to the Yellow River and asked: "How is the arrangement on the refugee construction site? Is there any problem with the excavation speed at the underground level?"

“Everything is going according to the plan.”

Huang He replied, reminding: "I think that for those wealthy consortiums, we should reveal a little bit of the rewards we are going to take out. Hidden everything, no one will give us real support. Those guys are smart and don't see the real benefits. They never trust anyone."

Su Hao shook his head: "I need long-term collaborators, not short-sighted fools. Don't worry, not everyone is that stupid. I believe they will take action soon, and there will always be collaborators.

In Xinnanyang, more than a dozen wealthy consortiums were seized by Su Hao and requisitioned vehicles. In addition to the restrictions at that time, this approach can be said to be intentional. Su Hao's purpose was to attract the attention of the other party. The battle of Hefei was very active, and a series of problems caused by the fall of Xinnanyang would definitely attract the attention of the wealthy consortium. Although Su Hao did not like these guys, he had to rely on the power of the wealthy consortium at the beginning of the construction of the new base.

After leaving a "Red Smoke" group, there will be other people coming over.

This is a time when wisdom and strength are truly being tested. Su Hao will not put all the chips on the table, just look at whether the other party has the sincerity to cooperate? Can he guess his own cards?
Chapter completed!