Chapter 360: Chapter 295 Planning (Seeking Subscriptions!)_1 Intelligence, currency, membership fees. ’Black Prison’ currently only has these three areas of business, but, of course, these aren’t all. New businesses may be added in the future, such as treasure hunting, security, weapons, and so on. However, they aren’t needed right now—slow and steady it is. He plans to make ’Black Prison’ a comprehensive force, the main feature of which is that all of its operations will be related to violence and ’slightly’ illegal activities. In other words, it’s a ’department’ specifically for the dirty and tiring deeds. The major Industry Alliances are another potent force under him in the future. The Industrial Alliance’s strength may not surpass ’Black Prison,’ but its financial strength definitely outstrips it by several streets. However, the alliance is relatively loose and will only form beneficial alliances within the industry. They can cross regions and countries but will not cross industries or fully integrate for fear of being too conspicuous unless there’s a day when no individual or power in the world can scare him. However, the establishment of the Industry Alliance is not necessary. As long as it’s continuously strengthened and expanded post-establishment, it will naturally form. Members can help each other if needed; the form is flexible, there are no fixed rules, and it’s just a concept for now. That’s not all, banking, finance, and the currency industry will form the third power he controls if he ventures into them in the future. The last one is himself. Probably the ’smallest’ force. He needs a public identity and the size of the business depends on future situations. Tang Qing is no longer that concerned about the personal wealth he publicly holds, everything is his anyway. He wants to be a big-time player behind the scenes, not the one standing on the peak and under the scrutiny of everyone like a monkey. Every time he goes out or strolls around, he wants to be like an ordinary person—simple and not the focus of attention or snapped by cameras relentlessly. He wants to enjoy life while controlling the world’s movements—nothing more. "By the way, Tang Yi, have the fighters take them to the teleportation node, they might be needed there." Tang Qing instructed. "Yes, Commander." Tang Yi immediately agreed. It’s not that weapons are needed in Africa. The fighters, if they want to kill, don’t require much from weapons. With their superior control and calculating abilities, it’s basically one peanut taking down one enemy without wasting a single bullet. And the difference between using pistols and other guns, rifles, or sniper rifles doesn’t matter. Additionally, Africa is full of arms dealers—weapons aren’t a primary concern. What needs to be teleported over are various auxiliary equipment and backup equipment. He also wants to establish a surveillance network there. The usage of a large number of eavesdropping and tracking devices is inevitable, as well as logistics and other needs. They can’t be directly transported from domestic, so they must rely on teleportation. Later, a Black Prison branch can also be set up there to manage local affairs. To be precise, the power of management lies with the Command Room, while the fighters there are just executers. This ensures that emergencies can be dealt with at any time, and our interests there can be kept secure. As for that account-opening headquarters over there, he currently doesn’t have much interest in finding out who the backer is. Having such strength on a worldwide scale is not very common already, besides, they aren’t opposing each other, so there’s no need to be so serious anymore. Seeing that there’s nothing to do, Tang Qing left the Command Room and started to check out the gifts given by Liu Qian. How to explain this to his uncle? Tang Qing was troubled. They had already gone to sleep when he came back just now, and he couldn’t hide it from his knowledgeable uncle. Curse it. Forget it. He’ll hide all of them. It’s inappropriate to display or bring them out as it draws attention, no matter their value. For example, the watch given by Mu Jian, honestly, it’s goddamn ugly. He doesn’t like antiques. Wearing this watch is even worse than wearing a digital watch. As for being low? Ha. If anyone dares to insult him to his face, he’ll make sure they can’t even afford a ’low’ life. That’s how it is—it’s simple. In a world of capital, capital has the final say, trends? Capital is the trend. Tang Qing then stuffed all the valuable gifts under his bed. These things are all carefully selected by others. He didn’t plan to give them away, but when he has a bigger house in the future, he’ll display them. Regardless of their value, they’re all tokens of goodwill and should be kept as a memory for later reminiscence. He busied himself for a while. After replacing the bed board, Tang Qing dusted off his hands with satisfaction, giving a nod of approval. Job well done. He solved a ’worry’ again. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢 Tang Qing was inexplicably in a good mood, so he cheerfully took out a large book on traditional Chinese painting and started to copy the work. He had just established something that might be terrifying in the future. He needed to cultivate his artistic taste and divert his attention. Two hours later. A portrayal of Wang Mian’s ink plum blossom emerged, and it looked pretty decent. However, this was someone else’s painting. By the look of it, he had somewhat mastered showing half-assed competence, but how boring it was to paint others’ paintings. Couldn’t he create some himself? Then, Tang Qing embarked on a self-taught creative journey. This masterpiece was thrown into the garbage can after completion—it was simply unbearable to see... ... April 24th. Sunday. Liu Qian took Chai Ren to tour around the attractions sites around Qingyan City. They initially wanted to invite Tang Qing, but he declined. It was the weekend, and he had been around the city before. He had his own activities and wasn’t interested in accompanying a second generation rich kid on a tour. He didn’t like doing pointless things. Once the Mining Tyrant issue is resolved, their relationship will become increasingly close and won’t need these activities to foster ties. Chai Ren didn’t think it was a big deal. He didn’t need a lackey—he needed friends. Therefore, he looked at Tang Qing with veiled respect. Meanwhile, the plan for Chai Ren to gift a house also started. Liu Qian had been planning for a while, everything was in place, it was just the addition of one more house—there was no problem. Tang Qing also heard about Liu Qian’s plan last night—it was a lottery event that everyone ’loves to see.’ The two families wouldn’t buy lottery tickets for no reason, and they wouldn’t just win the lottery for no reason. Hence, after discussion, Tang Qing also became a part of the plan. All he had to do was to bring both families to the sales office, Liu Qian had arranged for everything else. After breakfast. Tang Qing called his mother. Even though he just woke up, Tang’s parents were likely already at the store. "Tangtang, it’s early in the morning, what’s up?" Mother Tang’s voice was booming as ever, the joy in her tone impossible to hide. Business had been fantastic since they opened the shop a month ago. They’d been raking in profits day by day for almost a month, after deducting all costs and taxes, they’d earned a total of over one hundred thousand—it was a dream come true for them, and they couldn’t wipe the smiles off their faces. "Mom, let’s go house hunting today." Tang Qing said. "Today? It’s Sunday, the shop is busy." Mother Tang hesitated. "No problem, how busy could the shop possibly be? The property developer has a promotion going on today, the last day of the event. I have a discount card, and we could save tens of thousands. Can you earn that in a day?" Tang Qing persuaded. "Tens of thousands? That’s a lot." Hearing this, Mother Tang immediately got restless. "Trust me, it’s more than that. Hurry up and pack, I will come to pick you later." Tang Qing continued. "Okay, then. You should also go get your mother-in-law. We’ll all go take a look together. They did well in business this month too and are also planning to buy a house. I’ll call her now, you go pick her up. I’ll prepare some down payment." Mother Tang sounded a bit anxious. That was tens of thousands of savings after all. "Alright, sure." PS: The next Chapter will be around twelve, votes appreciated!