"Boss..."
"This is an order, take off your gear right away. Here's ten million, the password is six eights. Take this money and go home. If your family wants to live in Peng City, then take them there. If not, buy some things with this money to make our home on Heaven-Filling Heroic Spirit Island more like a home. Oh, and your son should call me Uncle in the future. How about this? I'll make him my godson." Ye Hao smiled.
"Boss." Ye Lang was so moved by Ye Hao's words that his eyes turned a bit red.
Like Li Yi and the others, he was originally one of God's people. At that time, they were homeless, drifting everywhere, with nothing but missions, day after day, without a day of peace.
But after joining Ye Hao, Ye Hao was not only extremely good to them but also gave them a chance to live a respectable life under the sun. Every day, they simply looked after the Wealth Island base or supervised some engineering work, very leisurely.
Now that Ye Hao knew he had a son, he immediately gave him ten million to set up a warm home. He even wanted to take his son as a godson. This was a blessing he had accumulated from his past life!
Becoming Ye Hao's godson! This is an opportunity that others wouldn't even dare to dream of.
"A home that doesn't feel like home—how can your wife trust you to accompany her for a lifetime? Go home, make it a bit warmer." Ye Hao patted Ye Lang's shoulder and said.
Thank you... these two words brewed in Ye Lang's heart for a long time. In the end, he didn't say them because he knew Ye Hao didn't like his brothers being too polite. Once there's politeness, there's distance. So he silently shed two grateful tears, then took off his gear in front of Ye Hao and happily ran home.
Fei Gou and the others were also moved as they watched Ye Hao. With a leader like him, what else could they wish for in this life?
Ye Hao also smiled as he watched Ye Lang's retreating figure, but then he suddenly thought of his own parents. Where were those expectant eyes? Alas... Ye Hao could only sigh helplessly. In his heart, he thought, even if his parents didn't have money, a house, or a car now, it wouldn't matter, as long as they were alive and healthy.
Everything they didn't have, Ye Hao could create for them. Even if they wanted to travel in space, Ye Hao would do everything in his power to build a spaceship that would allow them to roam the cosmos. This was Ye Hao's longing for his parents' presence.
Feeling sentimental for a bit, Ye Hao turned to Qin Xiweng and said, "Xi Wen, arrange for some delicious food and drinks. Tonight, we're not stopping until we're drunk with the brothers."
"Understood." Qin Xiweng nodded. To others, he was the esteemed President Qin, but in front of Ye Hao, he was just a little brother, a Wealth Island president willing to remain a little brother.
Then Li Yi smiled as he introduced some members of the Wealth Battle Team to Ye Hao, and eventually, Ye Hao gave them a pay raise. Now, each of them would receive twenty thousand in cash every month. Although Li Xiang wanted to stop Ye Hao, he remembered Ye Hao saying, "Without a warm home, who would want to follow men like us who are never home 31 days a month?" And so, he wisely kept quiet.
Everything can be saved, but not emotional ties or friendship money.
The raise made everyone very happy and grateful to Ye Hao.
Ye Hao and Li Yi, along with others, entered the underground base.
As they entered the place that could move up and down, Fei Gou pressed several buttons, and they descended as if they were in an elevator.
About fifty meters down, everyone looked to the back. Behind them was the sea, with fish swimming around.
Nangong Tianmi and others were shocked at the sight. There was such a deep base on Wealth Island, and it was under the sea?
Seeing everyone's expressions, Fei Gou laughed and said, "This is specially designed with high-strength glass by Brother Zhang Hua for us at Heaven-Filling Heroic Spirit Island. The cost for this place alone is over 400 million."
Hearing this, Nangong Tianmi finally understood why Ye Hao dared to invest a hundred billion in old Shanghai districts. The Wealth Island was indeed extravagant with money! Just the glass cost four hundred million...
In reality, he didn't understand this glass. It could withstand all kinds of violence; it was resistant to high and low temperatures, wouldn't mold or darken, nor warp.
Wealth Island aimed for long-term development, so Zhang Hua's designs were meant to be useful for at least fifty years.
Otherwise, using ordinary steel or stainless steel now would mean they'd corrode over time, and they would need to reinvest heavily to build another underground base when that happens.
"The price isn't important; confidentiality, security, and durability are," Ye Hao laughed.
Everyone nodded in agreement at Ye Hao's words.
At this moment, Qin Xiweng realized he had underestimated Li Yi and the others. He had no idea about the development of this underground base. Although he had records of the developments on Heaven-Filling Heroic Spirit Island and Wealth Island, he wasn't an expert and couldn't understand them.
"Boss, we're here." After descending about seventy meters, Fei Gou led everyone into an underground research base.
This base was for researching large items and was off-limits to outsiders not part of the inner circle of the Wealth Island.
Everything developed on Heaven-Filling Heroic Spirit Island was assembled here into finished products.
Even if someone were to steal one or two parts from Heaven-Filling Heroic Spirit Island, they wouldn't be of much use since they were only parts of a larger item.
However, it's different 70 meters down Wealth Island; everything here is a genuine composite product.
Like when Ye Hao previously instructed Zhang Hua and Li Yi to purchase lots of oil drilling machine parts, which were now being assembled.
The workers below were focused on their tasks. Their expressions showed they were unaware of being in the base tens of meters under Wealth Island. They came here through proper channels, not through deceit.
Their employers promised them that working here for a year was better than working three years outside, which is why they were serious about their work, treating it as if being requisitioned for some development work by the military.
Seeing this, Ye Hao praised, "Very good, it's progressing even faster than I imagined."
"All thanks to President Qin's leadership," Li Yi and Zhang Hua laughed.
Qin Xiweng shook his hand with a bitter smile. "It's really not my leadership, but the perseverance of the two brothers. Compared to you, I am inferior."
"President Qin, you're too kind," Zhang Hua laughed, waving his hand, and then said, "Let's enter another secret chamber, inside are the real goods."(To be continued. If you like this work, please go to Qidian.com to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)