This discussion lasted for about an hour, and Xin Jie finally managed to convince Ding Meng after much persuasion. Ding Meng currently had a total of 450 billion star coins in his private stash, and he reluctantly took out 440 billion star coins.
Xin Jie stared at him. "What's the point of keeping 10 billion star coins?
To lay eggs? "
Ding Meng mumbled, "I'm keeping some money for self-defense."
These words almost made everyone faint from laughter. Did you, Ding Meng, need money for self-defense?
"I'll inject 200 billion into your company!" Ji Chenxue suddenly said.
Xin Jie turned his head and said, "It seems like Ji Zong has an idea?"
Ji Chenxue smiled. "Don't misunderstand. I'm quite optimistic about Ding Meng's company. I'm willing to invest some money to become a small shareholder. Does anyone have any objections?
As for the operation, it's better for Mrs. Ding to handle it personally. "
Her words were directed at Lan Bing, making it clear that she had no intention of interfering in the company's affairs. However, it was impossible to say that she didn't have any ideas. She couldn't return to the Empire for the time being, and the Beidou Group's marriage with the Apocalypse Group might seem huge, but the Empire's financial groups still couldn't compare to the large financial groups in the Federation. If they developed well in the future, they would undoubtedly be her backing.
Lan Bing also smiled. "Ji Zong is too kind. Whether or not we can develop is still unknown. It's inevitable that we'll be ostracized."
It was easy for Ding Meng to establish a company, but if he wanted to develop it into a large financial group, he would have to ask the big brothers like Shenghao and Xinghong if they agreed.
Ji Chenxue smiled again. "Actually, it's quite easy to develop. This year is a good opportunity."
Xin Jie said, "What opportunity?"
Ji Chenxue said, "This year is the 50th anniversary of the Interstellar Combat League. Everyone should know about the Interstellar Combat Carnival, right?"
Not only did he know about it, but he had also heard about it many times. The Star War League was an entertainment show jointly organized by the Federation and the empire. Although it was an entertainment show, every five years, there would be a carnival, which was the Fengyun Gathering of origin ability users.
For those true experts, they disdained to participate in this kind of entertainment. However, the Carnival was held better and better each year. By the fifth Carnival, it was unprecedentedly grand and attracted many experts from the Federal Empire to participate. It was officially renamed the Fengyun Conference.
The Feng Yun Meet reached its peak in the eighth session because it implemented a prize pool system. This prize pool was very interesting. It was based on the accumulated fees from the viewership ratings, sponsors, offline activities, and so on. The prize pool's prize pool was undoubtedly an astronomical figure. It would give out rewards according to your results.
The eighth season's prize pool had accumulated a generous reward of 5.6 billion RMB. The champion of that season was won by a guy with the ID "National Adonis", and the champion's prize was 1.8 billion RMB.
This sum of money was just a drop in the ocean for a real rich financial group. However, for an individual, it was a considerable amount of wealth. At the very least, you could buy a lot of rare cultivation resources on the dark net.
Secondly, the officials would give out mysterious gifts. The eighth Carnival's gift was said to be a strange stone from outer space, which had a very good healing effect. For top experts, this was something that couldn't be bought with money.
In fact, the real attraction of the Feng Yun Meet was its inclusiveness. Top experts could show off their best skills here, and at the same time, they could also see the results of other experts' cultivation over the years. Even if ordinary experts couldn't enter the hall of fame, they would still have a considerable return. There were all kinds of middle and lower level participants. There were all kinds of entertainment stars, eye-catching, and advertising effects. The economic benefits were indescribable.
Due to the success of the eighth Feng Yun Meet, the ninth Carnival's prize pool had directly exceeded 20 billion RMB, and the number of mysterious gifts had also increased to three. In fact, it was quite a coincidence that the ninth Carnival was held just as Ding Meng was fighting on Thousand Sails Planet. At that time, all the experts of the Sheng Hao Starry Rainbow Group were participating, and there weren't any real experts participating. Otherwise, Ding Meng would have been dealt with by the Sheng Hao Corporation.
When the ninth Feng Yun Meet was held, even the frontline war zones in the Fertile Chalk System had a tacit agreement to stop fighting for a month. This was because the Swallowing Frogman Kingdom was interested in watching this event, and they also hoped to gather information about the experts of the Federal Empire from the participants of the Feng Yun Meet. In short, this was an event where everyone was celebrating, and its significance was extraordinary.
This year happened to be the tenth Feng Yun Meet, and it was very memorable. Based on the scale of previous Feng Yun Meets, this one would definitely be unprecedentedly grand. If one wanted to make money from this event, this was the most direct way to make money.
Ji Chenxue smiled. "If everyone here participates, I estimate that you will get a large share of the tens of billions of RMB reward."
"I want to participate!"
Jun Ling was the first to raise her hand. She had been training for several years, or more accurately, her hands had been itching for several years. She was extremely bored and had long wanted to fight.
"I want to participate too …"
"Me too …"
"I have to go …"
Elephant, Little Arrow, Four-eyed Hairy, and the others rushed to raise their hands.
"There are so many rewards, even I am tempted."
Ding Meng smiled. The Feng Yun Meet had a very good mechanism. The arena was in a special server provided by the International Space Network, and the participants could choose to show their real faces. For those rookies or celebrities who wanted to become famous, this was undoubtedly a huge opportunity to show their faces.
However, the participants could also choose to remain anonymous and change their appearance to participate with a completely new identity. The participants' information was encrypted, and the server was personally designed by the famous master Lin Kejia to ensure fairness and privacy.
Little Rascal said, "Ding Meng, there is no problem for you to participate, but before that, you still have to make a trip to the capital of Holy Splendor."
Ding Meng understood what she meant. The reason for the Divine Light Necklace's automatic energy injection must be investigated clearly.
Xin Jie explained, "Now we have to split up into several groups. Everyone, do your best!"
The first group was naturally led by Little Rascal, Xiao Ai, and Four-eyed Hairy, Meng Yan, and the others. This would definitely be sent back to the V12 base, and the matter of the Black Handprint and the Hidden Front would naturally need to be investigated by them.
The second group was led by Lan Bing, and the location of the new company was set in the Azure System's Blue Pole Star City. Because the headquarters of Shenghao Xinghong and the other big shots were in the capital, they wanted to avoid competition as much as possible. At the same time, Lan Bing had to represent Ding Meng to meet with the Du family and try her best to persuade Liang Yiran to join them. With the backing of the military and the Red Moon Group, at least Shenghao Xinghong would not dare to act recklessly in the open.
The third group was led by Jun Ling. This group of steel women and alloy men headed to the outer space planet Beidou with no other purpose than to rope in Long Feiyu and the other interstellar traders. They would beat up anyone who was not convinced, including the Hubolles family on Planet Beidou. Jun Ling, Elephant, Little Arrow, Little Leopard, and Qinqin were enough to sweep through half the sky.
The fourth group was led by Liang Yi, accompanied by Lu Qing, Su Lingyue, and Water Droplet. The purpose of this trip was to search for all kinds of heavenly treasures in the Devouring World. With the friendship between Ding Meng and the Immortal Yuan Queen, the Devouring World would probably not interfere. Moreover, with the return of Xue Yue Mountain, Leng Yin would definitely be very happy. In addition, with Zhen Zhuoyue's knowledge, their new company would definitely sell good goods from the Devouring World in the future. This would definitely be unique in the Federation.
The fifth group was led by Dai Yi. They were also heading to Blue Pole Star City. This trip was to recruit people. At the very least, the major research institutes, factories, and design buildings had to be set up. Only then would authoritative experts like Ding Wenhe and Yao Manrou be of use.
The last group was naturally led by Ding Meng. Their destination was the capital city, Saint Splendor City. With Ding Meng and Ji Chenxue's current identities, they would not be able to cause much trouble if they went there. However, with Eisendale leading the way, it would be different. The Rainbow Family had heard too much about Ding Meng over the years. As the sect master, Eisendale's grandfather really hoped that Ding Meng could visit as Eisendale's boyfriend.
After these discussions were decided, the marshal began to arrange for the starships to help with the transportation.
After most of the people left, only Ding Meng, Xin Jie, Ji Chenxue, Eisendale, and the others were left in the courtyard.
"I should have gone with you, but the Black Handprint has been making a lot of moves recently. I could only choose to go to the Empire to lie low for a while," Xin Jie explained.
Ding Meng was curious. "They can actually force you to lie low?"
Xin Jie's expression was a little heavy. "You don't understand the world of red hackers. The Fifth Lord is both good and evil. We have fought many times on various major platforms. I feel that their influence is not below that of the Hidden Front. Back then, in order to find out about you, I also promised to visit the Qu family as a reward for Miss Qu."
Ding Meng asked, "How is Miss Qu now?"
Xin Jie frowned and said, "Based on the information I have, Chancellor Wen Yang is about to restart the battle plan against the Fertile Chalk Star System in the second half of the year. The Congress is impeaching many veteran generals led by Ross. At the same time, the Congress has made an exception to promote a young military general led by Miss Qu. Miss Qu is currently a lieutenant general. She controls a large number of troops and has great power. In the next three months, she will return to the frontlines to command the battle."
Ding Meng smiled bitterly. "What is Wen Yang thinking?"
Xin Jie faced Ji Chenxue. "Miss Ji, you might not be too happy to hear what I have to say next."
Ji Chenxue smiled. "Go ahead!"
Xin Jie said in a low voice, "There is no news of Zhong Yalin. Your bodyguard, Tong Tian, has been severely injured and is now imprisoned in the Ji family's dungeon. The Beidou Group announced the marriage between Ji Chenyu and Chancellor Wen Yang three days ago, but this news was not announced on the public channel. Furthermore, the date of the engagement ceremony has not been set. Given your current situation, my personal advice is that you should not return to the Empire for the time being. The time is not ripe yet. Why don't you travel around the Federation for a while and make your next move when things take a turn for the better?"
"Xin Jie, thank you for telling me this."
Ji Chenxue was still smiling. "I am indeed very disappointed in the Congregations. However, I will personally take back the debt they owe me one day …"
She paused again and looked at Ding Meng and Eisendale. "However, I will still have to rely on Mr. Ding Meng and your wife's help."
Eisendale actually did not have a good impression of Ji Chenxue. This was because Ji Chenxue was so beautiful that even women would be jealous of him. Along the way, she was accompanied by Ding Meng. Any man would inevitably be attracted to her. However, Ji Chenxue was the successor of Star General Miu and a true warrior of Divine Light. He was not like her, who had only recently joined the family, so she could not say much.
However, she thought that Ji Chenxue was a great threat. Unexpectedly, Ding Meng's gaze was fixed on her waist.
Eisendale immediately jumped far away. "You want my handbag again?
No way! "