Volume 6: Mecha Contest Chapter 300 Anderson Consortium
Everyone present, including Qin Zhao himself, knew that this was a losing deal.
Eighty-seven million credit points, this amount of money is enough to hire a whole team of experienced senior hunters. To exchange for an intern who has only received basic training, no one would believe it if I told them.
"Or... I will complete the conditions of the internship contract first and then come to your hunting group... This way... I shouldn't have to pay the penalty..." Qin Zhao lowered his head and stammered softly.
"Then you are too naive."
The person who spoke was Ivan. There were three empty 500ml bottles of liquor on his table, but his face looked normal, not even tipsy... On the other hand, Layton had only drunk two bottles of beer, but his face was already red.
"Do you think the Polaris Consortium will let you get rid of this contract so easily? Perhaps the difficulty of the first few missions will not be too high, which will give you a glimmer of hope of getting out, but you will definitely not be able to complete the last mission. Moreover, with the records of the previous missions, your penalty will increase even higher... The calculation formula they set is problematic. Even if you complete the lowest-level missions, after completing four missions, the penalty in the contract will increase to about 350 million."
Ivan calmly reported such an astronomical figure - not only did the alcohol fail to paralyze his nerves, but it made his thinking more agile.
"No hunter can afford to pay such a penalty. Even for a consortium-level hunting group, the deposit when registering is only 300 million... That's why Hound said that this contract is a contract of selling one's body... Unless you die, you will have to work for the North Star Hunting Group for the rest of your life."
"Never underestimate the bottom line of these beasts—" Hound took over the conversation and said, "If you choose to compromise, there will be only one outcome: you will never be able to complete this internship contract, and you will never be able to become a regular employee. The North Star Hunting Group will no longer assign you any exploration missions, and you will not be able to leave the North Star Hunting Group... You can't even think about changing careers. You can only be assigned to the logistics department with the title of intern, doing the heaviest work and receiving the lowest salary..."
The hound glanced at Qin Zhao, paused, and continued, "Besides, you are still a young girl with a pretty face. You also have to face the bullying of your superiors and even those formal hunters... Don't blame me for speaking harshly. This is reality, a cruel reality."
"...Old dog, that's enough, stop talking." Ke Lan said. He looked at Qin Zhao with some worry - to his surprise, the girl did not cry, but just clenched the chopsticks in her hand tightly.
"I just can't stand what those big hunting groups do. Damn it, every one of them is a bunch of vampires." The Hound said angrily, "Even if you risk your life to complete the last difficult exploration mission...believe it or not, they have at least twenty more ways to force you to renew the contract with even more stringent conditions!"
"To be honest, this matter is not easy to handle..." Ke Lan shook her head with some regret. "The key is that this contract is legal. If things get out of hand, we will be the one at a disadvantage. As of now, the best solution is to pay the penalty for Qin Zhao... or give up recruiting Qin Zhao."
As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Zhao's eyes suddenly dimmed.
"However, there is another way..." Ke Lan changed the subject, "The penalty must be paid, but it does not necessarily have to be paid with our money. In other words, let the Polaris Consortium take the initiative to cancel the contract... If I remember correctly, the controller behind the Polaris Consortium is the Anderson Consortium, right?"
"Why, you want to take over the Anderson Group?" The Hound raised his eyebrows. "Although the Anderson Group is only a second-rate group, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse. For us, it is still a behemoth... I feel that this matter is not easy to handle."
The Hound did not mention the Soma Group behind Zofia. He knew that with Ke Lan's personality, she would never ask Zofia for help in such a matter... Besides, Zofia's current identity is only the heir of the Soma Group, not the actual controller. It may be no problem to ask her to help pay the penalty, but if the resources of the Soma Group are to be used to target the Anderson Group, there will surely be many voices of opposition within her family.
The reason why Zofia required them to rank among the top five in the hunting group rankings within three months was to consolidate her position in the family... If this incident created a new enemy for the Soma Group, then they would be completely doing more harm than good.
They can only rely on themselves.
"None of these big conglomerates have a clean background... Besides, we are not going to bring down the entire Anderson Conglomerate. We just want the Polaris Hunting Group to abandon an unreasonable contract... Who knows, maybe the Anderson Conglomerate will stand on our side." Ke Lan tapped the table lightly with the big end of the chopsticks and said slowly.
Just now, Ke Lan had used a portable device to check the information that the Anderson Consortium had made public.
Like the Soma Group, the Anderson Group is run by the Anderson Family, which has the same name as the Group. The head of the Anderson Family, Orano Anderson, is 68 years old. He has three sons and four daughters. The eldest son is 45 years old, and the youngest daughter is just 18 years old. Orano has not designated any of his children as his successor. Except for his youngest daughter who is still studying business management at university, the other children all hold important positions within the Group...
This means that the brothers and sisters of the Anderson family are in a competitive relationship with each other.
In the face of huge wealth and power, blood ties are just empty words...
The Polaris Hunting Group should belong to the force controlled by one of them.
There’s an old saying that goes, “The enemy of my enemy is my friend”… Even if they’re not friends, they can at least be “temporary allies.”
A smart heir would naturally be wary of outside forces trying to interfere in such a competition, but if he is a guy who has always been at a disadvantage and suppressed by other candidates, then he naturally won’t care about such things... What's more, Ke Lan himself has no great interest in the Anderson family's wealth. He just wants to make the Polaris Consortium suffer a loss.
It is easy to get tired of exploring ruins intensively all the time. It is actually quite nice to play a few strategy games with intrigue occasionally to change your mood.
Well, first of all, he must find a suitable target...
Although he didn't say these words directly, Zofia, who was sitting next to him, understood his thoughts instantly and asked softly, "There will be a cocktail party tomorrow night. People from the Anderson family will also be there. Do you want to go with me?"
"Of course, this is a rare contact opportunity." Ke Lan nodded quickly. Sofia's assist was really crucial.
"But... besides me, there will be many people from the Soma family participating... some of them have been keeping an eye on you."
