Chapter 198: Two and a half years, Kano International, changes

The time came to 1995.

Two and a half years had passed since Louis went into seclusion.

During these two and a half years, the changes in the outside world were not insignificant. First was the United States; the benefits of having exhausted the Soviet Union were beginning to manifest at this moment.

In these four or five years, the hegemony of the United States began to spread across the globe. The name of world hegemon was renowned worldwide, relying on military force, kidnapping with oil and gold, and its economy ascended to number one in the world.

Under these circumstances, even though welfare had been cut, in the face of the dividends of having the number one economy, the lower classes showed a certain rebound and were no longer as destitute as they were when welfare was first cut.

Especially after harvesting Japan, a large number of jobs appeared. For a time, the United States presented an image of prosperity, like flowers in bloom.

The radiance of the world's lighthouse shone upon the whole world, attracting the yearning of a large number of immigrants.

The cake had grown larger, and the domestic capitalists naturally ate until their mouths were oily, achieving all-around development.

Orlando.

David, in a black formal suit, tidied his tie and then walked out of the house.

Compared to two and a half years ago, their home had been expanded, resembling a private villa, with a swimming pool, observation deck, and garden—everything one could want.

Arriving at the private garage, Emma, dressed in black with long hair draped over her shoulders, looking spirited, was holding her phone, not knowing what she was doing.

"Emma, we should go. By the way, you did call Watching Jiali, right?" David asked as he sat in the driver's seat and fastened his seatbelt.

"Mm, I called her. Watching Jiali is already out waiting," Emma replied in a flat tone, closing the forum.

Compared to two and a half years ago, Emma's features had become a bit more refined, and she completely lacked the large pores and declining looks common among Western women; she still appeared youthful and beautiful.

"Oh, good, then let's set off now."

David smiled and started the vehicle, unbothered by his daughter's flat tone.

In these two years, his daughter had been rated excellent at school every year and had even represented students on stage as the student body president multiple times—an undoubted top student.

And she had already received her admission letter from MIT.

In terms of character, there were also no problems at all. When she was student body president, she united her classmates, organized various activities, and often took classmates to volunteer—an undoubted excellent student.

As for his daughter's tone, David attributed it to the rebelliousness of adolescence, as well as her longing for and dissatisfaction with Louis.

After all, that kid Louis... tsk!

While driving, David gritted his teeth, his thoughts drifting a bit.

Ever since that kid Louis said he had something to do and had to leave for a while two and a half years ago, he had simply disappeared. If he hadn't called to ask, he would have been truly anxious.

Most of the time over these two and a half years, he was nowhere to be seen, probably busy with those supernatural matters of his, only showing his face during the New Year.

However, in these two and a half years, he had also seen one side of Louis clearly.

This kid turned out not to be perfect after all.

For instance, in terms of women, he was a scumbag.

Besides his own daughter, Watching Jiali nearby was one, there were two more at school, and he heard that Hailey, whom he brought back before, also seemed to have a relationship with him. The most critical thing was that they actually all knew each other!

When he discovered this, he was completely stunned. Four women, one man? And they all had different personalities; it didn't look like they could coexist peacefully.

What kind of game was this?

Were young people today already this wild?

Hiss, it seemed about right; the current era was indeed quite wild.

After thinking about it a few times, he decided to forget it and not worry about it.

In his heart, Louis was like his own son. The pig he raised had rooted up a few more cabbages; he was actually quite happy about it, especially since the girls were all willing.

This undoubtedly proved Louis's charm.

As for the relationship between Emma and Louis...

After all, he was no longer a person of this era; there were some things he couldn't control. As long as he could confirm that Louis's character was that of a good child, he didn't want to worry about the rest.

However, he was still a bit worried—not about his daughter; he believed in Louis's character and ability.

He was worried about Louis.

His own daughter was fine; she was a good girl with a good personality, but what about the other three girls?

Was he sure they wouldn't have a dispute over feelings and chop him up one day?

"Sigh, Louis, oh Louis, being too greedy is not good."

David muttered to himself.

Emma glanced at her foolish old father and rolled her eyes.

Screech—

The vehicle stopped.

A woman with an outstanding temperament stood on the side of the street. She wore a black dress, carried a pair of sunglasses, and her black hair hung down behind her shoulders like a waterfall. Her figure was tall and well-proportioned, and her delicate skin seemed to shimmer with a faint glow under the sunlight, looking extremely beautiful.

"Watching Jiali, get in the car."

"Okay, Uncle David."

Click.

Watching Jiali got into the car and put away her sunglasses, revealing her fair, delicate face and those dark, cold eyes underneath.

If Emma had a somewhat petite feel, belonging to a dark, contrasting gothic style, then Watching Jiali was the cold, mature style, especially when that expressionless face was paired with those dark eyes; this feeling was even stronger.

Emma glanced at Watching Jiali without speaking, just leaning to the side. Ever since the Patricia haunted house incident was stirred up, their relationship had become somewhat subtle.

The vehicle traveled through the streets.

High-rise buildings, clean streets, vehicles passing through, pedestrians in a hurry.

David drove all the way to the city center.

Here stood a building, and on top of the building hung a brightly shining, colorful light sign—Kano International.

Below this building, men and women with heads held high and in suits and leather shoes were entering and exiting. More than a dozen security guards holding electric batons were stationed at the entrance, their expressions serious, their eyes looking sharply ahead.

In front of the building, there were two long lines of people waiting to enter to find work.

They were all people without high academic qualifications who wanted to apply for the basic positions released by Kano International.

David and Emma got out and bypassed the line, walking straight ahead.

"Hey? Why are they cutting in line?"

"Don't move recklessly, let's see if they get kicked out."

"Hehe, last time two black people wanted to cut in line, and they were fiercely jabbed with electric batons. They don't care about your skin color."

"Tsk, isn't it just racial discrimination? Why don't they jab those white people with electric batons..."

"Do you believe I'll beat you up?"

"..."

Under the scrutinizing gaze of everyone, David just showed his credentials and took the people inside.

The security guard even bowed to David, looking very respectful.

"It's over, is that a company executive?"

"My voice shouldn't have been loud just now, right?"

"..."

David was destined not to hear their voices.

He was now taking his daughter and Watching Jiali up in the elevator.

"Kano International, established just these two years, is an international company focusing on real estate, prison labor, textiles and clothing, mineral resource development, import and export, etc., and is now marching into the fields of biomedicine and the internet."

"If it weren't for Louis's connection, even if I sold my factory, I probably wouldn't get such good treatment."

David sighed.

Kano International was established by the Kano family after they were whitewashed, integrating all the original Kano family's assets and the assets of various major families obtained from Michael. It was now a top-five capital in Florida.

It was still lacking some foundation and accumulation to become a major capitalist, such as becoming a leader in a certain industry or mastering a large number of livelihood positions, becoming a "too big to fail" enterprise.

It was still lacking quite a bit, but it could be considered ranked.

And the one in Orlando was the largest branch of Kano International, with its headquarters in Miami.

David served as a high-level executive in a department here and held a small amount of shares, with a relatively high status. As he said, if it weren't for Louis's connection, his few factories that could barely be considered capitalist enterprises wouldn't have achieved such good treatment.

"Watching Jiali, you must have a good interview when you go. Although there is Louis's face, your academic qualifications are not high after all; this is a weakness."

"I know, Uncle David."

Watching Jiali did not refute, just replied calmly.

David turned to lecture Emma again, "And Emma, don't be careless either. It's fine for you to come here for an internship, but why do you have to go to the grassroots? Don't you know it's very tiring? Can't you come to Dad's department?"

Emma shook her head, "Dad, you know, I'm very helpful. This internship is just to experience life, not to come here to make money."

David nodded, feeling both gratified and distressed.

"Fine, you are all grown up, I won't say much more, just think it through yourself."

Soon.

The elevator reached the thirteenth floor.

After David made arrangements for the two, he returned directly to his department. Although his department was not too important, there was still a lot of work, and he had to deal with many factory matters; it wasn't that leisurely.

Watching Jiali and Emma looked at each other and returned directly to the elevator, swiping their ID cards.

"Beep!"

"Verification passed, laboratory access card."

"Access to the twentieth floor and above has been opened."

The elevator rose sharply to the twentieth floor and above.

Click.

Coming into view were white laboratories separated from each other, and the ground was entirely made of special alloys. If Kano International didn't have its own mineral resource business, such a large-scale alloy would be impossible to achieve.

In the corridor, personnel in white coats walked in a hurry, and there were also miscellaneous personnel pushing small carts. The things they were pushing were also very different: corpses, blood plasma, plants, animals...

Among them were even some strange creatures: sharks that were huge but separated, mutant wolves, mutant pigs, and piranhas with sharp teeth and fierce nature...

And besides these, the most eye-catching were those defense personnel, each expressionless, with knotted muscles, and all personnel were at least 1.9 meters tall.

They held live ammunition in their hands, and one could vaguely see the bullets in the magazines shimmering with silver light, and on their chests hung peach wood cross pendants.

The most special among them were those rarer personnel wrapped in a layer of pitch-black armor. These personnel did not participate in patrols and all guarded in front of the square-shaped laboratories, standing motionless like robots.

Strangely, they looked at Emma and Watching Jiali as if they didn't see them, with no reaction at all.

Walking into a laboratory.

A researcher immediately walked over, "Miss Watching Jiali, the experimental subject has been waiting for you for a long time, hurry over."

Arriving at the center of the laboratory, an old man saw Watching Jiali come and immediately started the experiment.

Watching Jiali was there to hold the line.

Accompanied by the flashing of electric light.

The liposuction leech, which had changed greatly in the center, began to squirm violently, its body gradually shrinking.

Fifteen minutes later.

"Good! That's it!"

"The 6,151st experiment, success!"

"Oh oh oh!"

"Yes!"

"That's great!"

Everyone in the laboratory cheered.

The prototype of this laboratory was a group in the Rebirth underground base. Later, because mutant creatures like the liposuction leech were beneficial to the medical industry, they were transferred to the newly established Kano International.

After two and a half years, it was finally a success.

The old man was excited; he could finally return to the base.

Only the base was the true scientific research center; demons, evil spirits, and alien monsters could only be studied there.

And here?

It was just a place to study some mutant creatures.

It was not a place where truly ambitious scientific researchers should stay!

"Very good, everyone's bonus this year will be doubled, ten internal points will be added, and an extra month of annual leave will be added. Everyone go back and relax."

Yassen Kano, who appeared at some point, said loudly.

The joy of all the personnel became even more obvious.

The bonus was one aspect, but the most important thing was those ten internal points. Inside Kano International, the real hard currency was points. Whether it was exchanging for US dollars or positions, it was all possible; beauties, weapons, strengthening agents (witchcraft potions), etc., were also fine.

It could be said that it was an alternative wish-granting point!

One could imagine how generous this reward was.

At this time, Yassen came to Emma and the others, and after greeting each other.

"Emma, put these away first."

"Okay."

Emma pinched a finger technique, her internal Qi circulated, and she pointed into the air.

"Collect!"

In the middle of the laboratory, a mysterious black brocade bag suddenly appeared. Opening the bag's mouth, a suction force that they couldn't feel appeared, and the liposuction leeches in the dozens of glass covers in the laboratory all flew into it at once, not one left.

And the bag didn't look like it had expanded, as if it had another space, which was quite magical.

Yassen looked at this scene with envy, mysterious power.

This was mysterious power.

No matter how many times he saw it, he still felt shocked.

Unfortunately, he was old, and cultivation was difficult. Up to now, he hadn't even developed a sense of Qi, only feeling that his body was a bit stronger.

It was probably difficult to possess this kind of power in the future.

Never mind, he would just focus on managing the family business.

Now that the aftermath of the liposuction leech had been erased, the family had a trump card that could stand in the medical field, and they could finally officially step into the biomedical industry.

Yassen, who had many thoughts flash through his mind, took back his gaze and looked at the two, saying, "Little Louis is probably going to come out of seclusion again. This time he shouldn't be in seclusion. The other two children have already gone over. Aren't you going?"

Watching Jiali: "After I finish here, I'll go over in a while."

Emma smiled and shook the bag, "My task is completed, I can go over now."

Saying that, she also glanced at Watching Jiali.

She walked out with a victorious smile.

Watching Jiali snorted, closed her eyes, released her telekinesis, and began to monitor and suppress the entire building.

She didn't come here for an interview.

Although the Kano International building was not as dangerous as the Rebirth underground base, the defensive power here was also weaker. If those mutant creatures really went chaotic, it would be terrible, so only she, the human weapon of mass destruction, could come to guard it.

Over the years, she had also dealt with many messes, such as those piranhas that were extremely fierce after mutation, which were caught by company personnel in Victoria Lake, which was being converted into a water park.

After being brought back, because of some "saintly" people, they almost flowed out along the pipes. It was only by her cutting off all the pipes that she managed to turn the tide.

Yassen shook his head; he didn't want to comment on the infighting between these girls. It was just a pity for little Louis.

But it wasn't a pity either; who told him not to be restrained and insist on provoking so many.

Yassen took the experimental report and walked toward his office. Next, he would unite with the Eater Company located on Wall Street to officially enter the biomedical industry.

It was no longer the small-time playing of before!

The Eater Company had developed extremely well in these two years and had become an international venture capital company with quite a reputation, possessing a large amount of cash flow. Cooperating with them would greatly increase the success rate.

Moreover, the boss behind the scenes was little Louis, so it was more trustworthy.

"The gateway of biomedicine can finally be opened, but is the internet industry really okay? It pitted a large group of people in the past two years."

Yassen muttered to himself as he walked into the office and began to call Jordan.

Rebirth Prison.

Over the past two and a half years, this prison had also changed quite a bit. The overall area was twice as large as before, but a large area of farmland was still left around it, filled with crops and straw.

There were many more facilities inside the prison, and correspondingly, the number of criminals had also increased a lot.

In fact, although the United States had reached its peak in these years, the side effects brought about were not few, such as the relaxation of laws, the increase in immigration, and the rapid increase in drug groups and violent groups, etc.

Leading to some chaos in social security and a surge in the crime rate.

However, this was good for the prison; a large amount of funds poured in, and the talent also became more abundant, making it extremely convenient to use.

Inside the prison.

Within an area wrapped in electric wire mesh.

A blood-colored giant dog, wrapped in a bloody aura with fangs and giant claws, was lying on the ground taking a nap. Around it, dense security personnel were stationed.

And at the elevator below this area.

Maria, in a black and white outfit, and Madison, in a gray tracksuit, stood waiting.

At this time, Maria looked to have changed quite a bit compared to two and a half years ago; her figure was better, and her cheeks were a bit more refined, especially those eyes, which were extremely spirited.

She looked to have a bit of gentleness, but vaguely had some inexplicable crazy temperament, the two temperaments overlapping together like a distortion.

And Madison next to her was much simpler.

One word—hot!

Her figure was curvy, with flaming red lips, long golden hair fluttering, and a smile on her face that seemed cynical; one look and you knew she liked to play.

A standard popular American girl.

And now, both of them were waiting in silence.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 199 =====