Chapter 544: How to Earn Money Translator: Timothy Editor: GlobeGlotter
Ye Mo held Ning Qingxue, sensing her faint aroma as the fire in his heart burned. He kissed her, forgetting to mention the storage ring.
Wearing the ring, which she thought was an engagement ring, Ning Qingxue lost herself in Ye Mo’s arms. How could she resist his kiss? Forgetting the open door, she kissed him back, feeling as if her body were soft jelly.
One of Ye Mo’s hands reached inside her clothes, grasping her breast.
Suddenly, frantic footsteps roused them. Ye Ling, seeing the unlocked door, knew her brother had stopped cultivating. She charged in.
She saw her brother embracing Qingxue, and noticing Ye Mo’s hand, blushed. “Brother, you’re really bad! You didn’t even close the door.”
Ning Qingxue, recovering, remembered where they were. She quickly left Ye Mo’s arms and straightened her clothes, too embarrassed to speak to Ye Ling.
Ye Mo smiled awkwardly. “Ye Ling, you’re back! How is Beijing?”
Ye Ling immediately forgot the incident and talked about Beijing. Ye Mo learned that, though Ye Zifeng had settled into the Ye family, he was too inexperienced. Within Beijing’s complex power factions, the Ye family fared worse than before. Many dared not act overtly for Ye Mo’s sake, but without his reputation, the Ye family under Ye Zifeng might have been sidelined.
“Brother, Second Brother said the Ye family is far from its former state. He plans to come to Luo Yue, but Grandpa said he can’t yet. Grandpa said the Americans are interested in Luo Yue and told you to be careful, Brother. Even if Luo Yue stabilizes, it’s best not to move the Flowing Snake factories,” Ye Ling said.
Ye Mo nodded. Old ginger was indeed the spiciest. Ye Beirong always thought ahead.
Many knew the Americans’ plans for Luo Yue. It was obvious; they wanted it but hadn’t acted yet.
Ye Mo frowned. If he stalled, the Americans would realize he knew their intentions. Would they then try to destroy Luo Yue?
He looked at Ning Qingxue and Ye Ling and smiled. What did he have to fear? He would handle it.
Considering the situation, Ye Mo gathered everyone to discuss countermeasures. Short on time, he needed a quick plan.
After hearing Ye Mo, they knew not to rush. Luo Yue was newly built; even a normal country couldn’t become militarily strong so quickly.
“Martial Brother, I’ve reviewed the data. I’m confident I can invent a new type of intercontinental nuclear bomb within a year. But we lack technical staff. With more, we could research faster,” Ye Xing said.
“Then let’s hire worldwide. More money will attract people,” Ye Ling said.
Xu Yuehua shook her head. “Though we earn much, with rising military expenses and construction costs, we’re barely making it. We already hired many when we arrived. Otherwise, we couldn’t have built our defenses so rapidly. Hiring more might bankrupt us.”
Xu Yuehua didn’t mention that without Ye Mo’s recent $10 billion, Luo Yue might have already gone bankrupt.
Ye Mo fell silent. His Immortal Hospital earned much per patient, but there were too few. And on Earth, he couldn’t properly sell his face-preserving pills.
Hearing Xu Yuehua, Ye Xing nodded. “Sister Yuehua is right. If we get money, I suggest investing in our naval power, including motherships. We need ship factories and large docks. Luo Yue is surrounded by sea on three sides; we must have naval power.”
It all came down to money. Ye Mo sighed. How could he earn vast wealth quickly?
“If only we had Russia’s largest diamond mine—about 1 trillion carats! In USD, it would fill this island,” Ye Ling said.
Ning Qingxue subconsciously looked at her ring, wondering when Ye Mo would marry her.
“How much money?” Ye Mo asked.
“If all were high-quality, about $10,000 trillion, but that’s impossible. If diamonds were easily mined, they’d all be gone,” Xu Yuehua said.
Ye Mo thought, ‘It’s hard for others, not for me.’ At stage 5, he could move through earth, using his spirit sense to find diamonds.
His flying sword could handle diamond’s toughness. He’d made one for Ning Qingxue. The only challenge was that, at stage 5, using his spirit sense while moving through earth would be hard. Earth forming diamonds would be very hard. He couldn’t rely solely on his chi.
Silence fell.
After a while, Ye Mo slammed the table. “Sister Yuehua, immediately spread the word that we’re recruiting technical staff. Their salaries will be multiple times their current salaries, especially military technology staff. Ye Xing, get them to work on our military projects.
Also, buy large amounts of weapons—cannons, bullets, planes, and construction lines. I’ll handle the money.”
Ye Mo decided to make charms—earth travel runes—to traverse the earth easily.
He didn’t expect to find 200 million kilograms of diamonds, but even 1 ton would be a huge harvest. With more equipment and production lines, Ye Xing’s inventions would come out much faster.
Though most countries controlled their best scientists, some didn’t. If he couldn’t get enough scientists, he would abduct them, like the Black Sun Empire.
The US hadn’t found the Black Sun’s base yet. When they did, wouldn’t the abducted scientists fall under their control? That would be dangerous.
He couldn’t let that happen. He had to go to the Bai Lin Sea immediately, find the Black Sun Empire before the US, so Ye Mo quickly left Luo Yue, leaving the earth mobility charms and diamonds aside.