Chapter 394: Money Tree

Xu Mo's answer was exactly what the soldier had expected, and also exactly what the senior military official he had just spoken with had expected.

Obviously he bought an aircraft carrier, yet he insisted on saying it was picked up, and went through such elaborate layers of reporting that brought them here; this clearly meant he intended to hand it over.

What impressed the soldier was that Xu Mo spent a huge sum to acquire the carrier yet only intended to quietly hand it over to the nation, never thinking of using it to boost his fame or to cement his name in history.

Such magnanimity is not something ordinary people possess.

In that brief moment just now, Xu Mo's background had already been thoroughly investigated.

The records are spotless, his background is clean, and recently he has been devoted to combating crime—a truly patriotic, law‑abiding young man.

As for the source of the money Xu Mo used to buy the carrier, they also clarified it: the funds came entirely from Digital Currency and the stock market. Xu Mo habitually trades coins and stocks, buying low, selling high, executing precise all‑in bets, and each time makes a windfall; his wealth expanded rapidly, accumulated bit by bit, eventually providing enough to purchase a carrier.

A carrier costs well over ten billion, which sounds frightening, but in fact many wealthy individuals have net worth sufficient to buy one.

Xu Mo happens to be such a rich man; he poured everything into buying the carrier.

Of course, the details uncovered were fabricated by the System for Xu Mo; before any investigation, the System had already forged everything. In reality Xu Mo never traded coins or stocks, and he himself doesn't even know he did.

System Rewards are always airtight; no matter how deeply one probes, no flaw can be found.

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"The higher‑ups have instructed that you may leave now, but before you do each of you must sign an agreement that today's matter must not be disclosed, or you will bear the consequences," the soldier said.

He immediately sent someone to fetch several freshly printed agreements.

The agreement essentially required everyone not to reveal anything seen or heard today; it is classified, intended to protect Xu Mo, the patriotic individual.

The 'picking up' of a carrier can't stand scrutiny; once leaked, someone would quickly uncover that the carrier wasn't picked up but bought by a man named Xu Mo.

People fear fame and pigs fear getting fat; for Xu Mo this may not be a good thing, and his reluctance to disclose that he bought the carrier likely stems from that concern.

Precisely because of that, the senior military official chose to conceal it for Xu Mo; since Xu Mo doesn't want it public, they keep it private.

Of course they would not shortchange Xu Mo, the patriotic man willing to empty his fortune to buy a carrier and hand it to the nation.

Corresponding rewards will certainly not be absent.

After the few signed the agreement, they left under the watchful eyes of the soldiers.

On the yacht.

Everyone except Xu Mo and the four women wore puzzled, bewildered expressions.

That can't be right; it actually just passed like that?

Logically, shouldn't the soldiers have taken Xu Mo back for review and a thorough interrogation?

What kind of operation is just letting him go!

You have to realize this is a carrier, not some trivial thing like a wallet or phone; it's a major matter!

Is it really okay to release someone without fully investigating such a matter?

The few thought while intermittently glancing at Xu Mo twice.

What they didn't know is that Xu Mo wasn't taken for review because the matter had already been completely clarified during that brief interval.

'Picking up' a carrier was merely Xu Mo's excuse.

The carrier was never picked up, so there's nothing suspicious about it.

Plainly put, it's just a patriotic individual who refuses to reveal his name, spent a fortune to buy a carrier, tried to donate it anonymously, and got discovered.

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The next day.

Xu Mo, because his left foot entered the Police Station first, was awarded the First Level Hero Model title, received a reward of 80,000, and was promoted to Deputy Captain of Criminal Investigation Team.

The uninformed officers were all bewildered by this.

What's going on?

How did they suddenly grant this highest police honor?

Although Xu Mo repeatedly cracks Major Cases, it's still odd for the reward to be so sudden!

Han Fei and the Bureau Chief knew the truth, but they said nothing; after all, they had signed the agreement, so the matter could not be mentioned.

In their view, Xu Mo's contributions merit more than just the First Level Hero Model title.

That's a carrier!

Xu Mo 'picked up' a carrier and handed it over!

What Han Fei and the Bureau Chief don't know is that the 'carrier' Xu Mo obtained isn't an ordinary one but a Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier.

This carrier fills the nation's gap in Nuclear-powered carriers.

The carrier is also highly worthy of study and exploration.

With this carrier for research, the upcoming 005, 006, 007…00n models will all be nuclear-powered; before long, Conventional-powered carriers will become a thing of the past.

When that happens… Conventional-powered carriers? Who wants those!

The reward for Xu Mo, of course, is more than just the First Level Hero Model title.

Not long after Xu Mo received the First Level Hero Model Medal, someone came to the police station to find him and sign a Share Transfer Agreement.

Looking at the PetroChina Share Transfer Agreement before him, Xu Mo pinched his own thigh.

Happiness arrived so fast it was like a tornado, leaving Xu Mo stunned.

He increasingly felt that his earlier decision to donate the carrier was correct; a carrier is useless to him—he can't use it, can't sell it, and even where to dock it is a huge problem, truly a hassle.

But with that donation, the trouble vanished and the money came back!

A one‑percent dry share of PetroChina barely counts as a retail investor, yet that's still something.

That one‑percent dry share yields an astronomical annual dividend—this isn't even a share, it's a Money Tree, a money‑printing machine! Moreover it's extremely stable; with that one percent, saying one will never worry for generations isn't an exaggeration.

"Mr Xu, please review the contract; if there's no problem, sign," the man in a suit handed Xu Mo a pen, his words full of respect.

Xu Mo skimmed the contract and then, with great nonchalance, signed his name.

"By the way, Mr Xu, shares cannot be transferred for free; you need to pay one yuan to purchase them, as stated in the contract. Please transfer one yuan to this account," the man gave Xu Mo an account.

"Good!", Xu Mo readily agreed, spent one dollar to buy a Money Tree—worth it!

Then he took out his phone and transferred one dollar to that account: "It's settled."

"All right, sir, the contract in duplicate; this copy is yours, please keep it safe."

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