Players Invade Cyberpunk-Chapter 776 - 249: Law? We Don’t Care About Laws

Don't blame me, those things just now weren't my doing.

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Producing fake medicine...

When Gloria reported this application to Lin Miao the next day, Lin Miao thought the players downstairs must be up to something again.

Like brewing some starch paste, working all night on a few batches of Power Pills to sell to those fools in the Animal Gang or something.

But he took a closer look.

Wow.

It's not so much fake medicine as it is illegal real medicine, completely ignoring patent laws. You guys are really gutsy.

No company, no matter the chaos by the year 2076, would dare touch this, why?

This is flipping the table, undermining the foundations of enterprises, whoever dares to do this will become the enemy of all World Corporations.

Players dare to think, but Lin Miao doesn't dare to act that way.

He looked at Gloria, waving the application form in his hand and asked,

"What do you think?"

"...I think it's best to send it back."

Gloria also understood the severity of this matter, her expression was extremely serious.

"This risk is simply too huge, we can't control it."

Although Gloria didn't know the players were using real pharmaceutical technology to produce here, it makes no difference.

Just the low-cost medicine alone is enough to make people fight you at all costs.

This is aimed directly at wiping out whole family lines, much more severe than the methods Lin Miao used to mess with those food companies before.

She quite liked these seemingly disorder-free guys, even though outsiders see them as lunatics who kill families over a disagreement, Gloria knew these people all had kind hearts.

But Gloria couldn't mess around like the players.

"..."

Yet Lin Miao had a different idea from Gloria.

What's in his hand is Horizon Corporation?

Wrong.

What he holds has never been a corporation. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

But a profit group centered around the player community.

Players are not corporate employees, nor are they soldiers or mercenaries, but civilians.

Everything they do is only out of interest alone.

If they wish, they could transfer from the combat department to the medical department tomorrow.

Forget if this gaming account will get ruined, whether the player is suited for this line, Lin Miao has never interfered with players' career choices.

And this profit group is growing larger, attracting more and more regular Night City people in, growing linearly.

Plus, Lin Miao forcefully owns 80% of all player corporation shares, taking eight-tenths of the players' profits.

You might call this dividends, but Lin Miao prefers to call it—tax.

Only one type of organization collects tax downwards.

This organization under Lin Miao's hand does not operate based on a market economy, but by precise calculations of Lin Miao along with internal and external market demands, distributing production volumes to major producers and analyzing industrial gaps, investing the profit parts back into production to maximize productivity.

Players and their companies hardly engage in basic industrial production, at most, newcomers take tasks to dig treasure chests in trash hills, those are done by people Lin Miao hired.

Recycling steel, water purification, chemical production, farming, or automated assembly line factories are either automated production lines, hired workers, or Dragon Field reformed criminals...

And all orders exchanged internally in Horizon Corporation do not calculate profit.

Production is not for profit, but for needs.

Determining production and distribution from supply and demand, keeping the production line always full to meet demand, without overloading causing waste, it isn't producing for capital appreciation, nor will artificially create product scarcity.

That's why Lin Miao would never let Horizon Corporation go public.

He's using the chicken to lay eggs, no way he'll let the egg be stolen by the chicken.

The pharmaceutical production is an unavoidable segment in establishing this organization for comprehensive internal circulation.

Regardless of willingness, it will offend everyone, just a matter of time.

'If I could find a way to control these medicines not circulating externally...'

'Taiping Continent definitely not possible...'

'Big Sur has military technology people watching...'

'Raw material production is troublesome, not easy to hide'

'Perhaps...'

'If I buy company medical insurance for my employees, what's it to you?'

Lin Miao had the embryo of a plan, still a considerable distance from truly implementing it, but it's only a matter of time.

Now it's inconvenient to say it because ERO's current business doesn't include pharmaceutical production, he needs to at least register a pharmaceutical company for convenience.

With determination inside, Lin Miao put the document aside.

"Let's put this aside for now, I'll talk to them later."

"Meanwhile, Gloria, please prepare some construction materials, then register a construction materials company, we might engage in quite a lot of material exchanges with Dog Town in the future, no need to use secret channels, we go the legitimate route."

"Eh!?"

Gloria's eyes were full of surprise

"Transporting large quantities of construction materials in and out of Dog Town?"

She knew many people rushed into Dog Town lately, but construction materials aren't as easily dealt with as people

"But Dog Town's gates are guarded by the Netherworld Dog, will they agree to let our materials in?"

She heard about Dog Town's fame, without permission, even NCPD can't get past the gates and only gather dust there.

Gloria apparently hadn't realized the players stirred up a huge mess the first day they rushed into Dog Town.

"This is what I need to resolve now."

Lin Miao smiled, took his coat from the chair, and put it on in front of Gloria.

"I've arranged with Hansen to meet tonight at the Gem Cyan Hotel."

"Who? Hansen!"

Gloria's eyes, already wide, grew even wider now.

"You're going alone?"

"No way! What if Hansen wants to harm you? There's no need to take this risk, if you meet, let Hansen leave Dog Town and talk to us!"

Normally obedient Gloria out of the blue objected to the boss's absurd actions, even boldly stood in front of Lin Miao, showing a determined stance to stop him unless he use authority to force her to move.

Who is Hansen?

The Tiger Claw Gang, Cleaner's fierce reputation is nothing compared to him.

These gangs combined wouldn't necessarily overpower the Netherworld Dog, growing up in Night City, Gloria knew how dangerous Hansen is.

Years ago the guy rolled tanks into Santo Domingo.

Lin Miao said helplessly

"He wouldn't dare harm me."

"What if? We can't afford this risk!"

Gloria didn't even dare to imagine if the next day rumors spread in Night City about Lin Miao getting shot in Dog Town, the effects would be massive.

She and Lucy might go crazy.

The players might even retaliate by bloodshed in Dog Town or the entire Night City.

Lin Miao tapped his head: "There's no what-if, my head is like iron, not that easy to kill, we even have our people in there, I'll arrange some experts to accompany."

"Then I..."

Gloria gritted her teeth, after a hint of disappointment in her gaze, spoke

"At least bring along Miss Lucy and Mann to ensure your safety."

"I will inform her."

Lin Miao knew this matter wouldn't end quickly, instead, to prevent Gloria losing sleep he simply said

"If you're worried, arrange for some people to treat the guards at Dog Town's gate to barbecue, make a big buzz, then I'd surely be much safer."

"Hmm..."