Chapter 985

A large number of people attended Mo Lisi's wedding, including not only members of the Lansi family, but also the bride's parents, relatives, and friends, as well as Mo Lisi's own friends.

Mo Lisi is now the general manager of the Golden Port Casino, and he is fully responsible for the entire operation of the casino.

Due to a series of reasons such as the war, the Golden Casino has not yet officially opened; Lansi has set the opening date for after the war ends.

Currently, because of the "war tax," people do not have much money in their pockets, even though wages are constantly increasing—

It must be mentioned here that the rate of wage increases over the past two years has been extremely fast; almost the vast majority of enterprises have met the "standard" of increasing wages every six months, and the amount of the increase is not small.

This is the most intuitive manifestation of rapid economic growth.

During the depression of the previous few years, it was common to see companies that did not raise wages for two or three years.

If you don't do it, there are always people willing to do it.

Moreover, these people are not only willing to do it, but they are also willing to take the initiative to lower their salary requirements and work their fingers to the bone.

In the past, when capitalists wanted workers to work overtime voluntarily, they would immediately be visited by union leaders, who would accuse them of exploiting and oppressing the workers.

But at that time, it was normal to work twelve, or even thirteen or fourteen hours a day, while only being paid for ten or eleven hours.

With the economic downturn and a large number of factories going bankrupt, federal workers had been earning wages of thirty-something dollars for at least five or six years.

But look at it now: the economy is on the upswing, and because of the war, federal goods are being dumped into half the world, and there are also a large number of military equipment orders.

Millions of laborers have been drafted to the battlefield, creating a labor shortage in factories, and they have all begun to raise prices to recruit workers.

It is said that the wages of some workers in Golden Port City have already risen to about fifty-two, three, four, or five dollars this year; in places like New Jincheng, the average wage of automobile factory workers has already exceeded sixty dollars.

As for some engineers and the like, their incomes have all broken the hundred-dollar mark, and are over a hundred, or even two hundred.

Current wages are like a retaliatory increase, making up for everything lost in those years in one go.

But this does not mean that people have more money in their hands than before; after the war broke out, nationwide taxation began, and the tax rate is not low. Most people's wages have increased, but the money they have left to spend freely has actually decreased.

Therefore, the Golden Casino is not in a hurry to open now; having the Golden Port Casino is enough.

So in Golden Port City, in terms of casinos, Mo Lisi is definitely the top person in this industry.

He has gotten to know many friends, including those who specialize in casino financial work, which is to say, loan shark companies.

There are also some other suppliers, such as gambling equipment suppliers.

In large casinos, gambling equipment can be said to be consumables; sometimes some guests will feel that a certain deck of cards is not very friendly to them, and they will request a change of cards.

The dealer will place the poker cards currently in use on the table, show them to everyone to ensure that there are no extra or missing cards, and then tear them up in front of everyone and throw them into a shredder to be completely destroyed.

If they encounter guests with a bad temper who request a change of cards every time they lose, the casino will certainly cooperate.

Do not think that encountering such guests will cause the casino to lose money; in fact, during the process of their gambling, the "table tax rate" they pay is enough to support them in changing more poker cards.

The Golden Port Casino can consume thousands of pieces of various gambling equipment every day; this money might not be considered a large sum for Lansi, Mo Lisi, or even any rich person.

But for those small businesses, if they can get a part of it, they don't even need all of it, it is already enough to bring them very generous profits!

So Mo Lisi has broad social connections; Lansi used to think that Enio was a good hand at outreach, but now it seems Mo Lisi is no worse.

After all, he has been dealing with all kinds of people in casinos since he was a child, so how could he not know how to interact with people?

"Mr. Lansi!"

Lansi turned around and looked at the two gentlemen walking toward him; these two gentlemen looked different from most of the other people at the scene at first glance.

They carried a kind of arrogant reserve, which is a feeling hard to describe; in short, it made people feel that they were out of place with most of these people.

Lansi patted Barbara on the back of her hand; the latter rolled her eyes at him, but still politely greeted the two gentlemen by lifting her skirt, and then took the initiative to leave.

"I hope I didn't disturb you!" The guy walking in front was thirty-seven or thirty-eight years old, his face and hair were meticulously groomed, and he must have had very good grooming habits.

The middle class is like this; in the pursuit of so-called "high-quality life," they are definitely at the forefront, even more so than the rich in high society.

The reason he said this was because Barbara was not Patricia; she was a female star. They might not know what Patricia looked like, but they knew Barbara.

He did not know the relationship between Lansi and Barbara, and there might have been some misunderstanding; Lansi did not correct this misunderstanding for them.

It was not that he did it on purpose, but that he felt it didn't matter.

"No." Lansi answered concisely.

"Let me introduce you; this is Dr. Aisen." The guy standing in front was the person in charge, or manager, of the research center of "Kangjian Medical" in Likai State.

At the same time, he was also the person in charge of a hospital in Golden Port City.

Kangjian Medical is one of the five major medical groups in the Federation, and they cover many industries.

Many people think that medical groups might just be engaged in hospitals and manufacturing drugs, but in fact, this is not the case.

Their subordinates are involved in chemistry, materials science, industry, education, and many other fields. If the military-industrial group is a visible, powerful, and invincible super-complex,

Then the medical group is a super giant hidden in the shadows that people in the Federation, and even the whole world, are very likely not to notice!

The entire field is under the control of these five medical groups.

Someone had previously sued them for monopolizing the federal medical industry, but Congress set up a special investigation team, and in the end, they did not find any actual monopolistic behavior.

Lansi contacted them because he wanted to cooperate with them to promote the faster development of human medical science and technology!

Lansi shook hands with Dr. Aisen; this was a very typical "scholar doctor." His hair was a bit gray, he looked tall and thin, and his eyes revealed a kind of indifference.

It was not indifference toward Lansi; he looked at everyone this way. He was indifferent to the human species!

In the laboratory, he had dissected too many humans, and had even killed quite a few humans directly or indirectly through certain "scientific rituals."

From his perspective, humans were just materials that could be used for research and experimentation.

A doctor or expert might express respect for materials in words, but it is very likely that it is not true respect.

"Bede told me that you are willing to fund some of my research projects."

Bede was the manager of the Likai State experimental center standing next to him.

Lansi nodded, "Yes..." He said, looking back at Mo Lisi, who was socializing in the crowd. "That guy over there, the groom, he previously suffered a very serious gunshot wound, and many of his internal organs were severely damaged."

"Doctors judged that his lifespan would be significantly reduced because of these injuries, and he might already be feeling the irreversible changes these injuries have brought him."

"He will cough frequently and be unable to catch his breath; these are all his problems."

Dr. Aisen nodded, "Yes, I have seen the file of this Mr. Mo Lisi; his situation is indeed very bad."

"So the purpose of your supporting my research is to help him obtain a better quality of life and extend his lifespan as much as possible?"

Lansi did not deny it; Dr. Aisen was an expert who was moving relatively fast in the field of organ transplantation.

In fact, Lansi did not need to sponsor him; Kangjian Medical alone would allocate a lot of funds to him every year for various research.

Many people think that medical expenses are expensive, and find it hard to accept spending two or three hundred dollars for a fracture.

This is because they have not seen the spending of those rich people on medical care; that is what is called "astonishing"!

Organ transplantation has always been one of the core directions of human body research, and every medical group is researching it.

Lansi nodded, "Yes." Dr. Aisen glanced at the experimental center manager beside him. After the two exchanged glances for a moment, he looked at Lansi again, "You know, my research is not lacking in funds."

"Many private equity funds allocate a large amount of money to me every year."

People who are afraid of death are the majority after all; many rich people never cherished their bodies when they were young, so their bodies are a mess now.

In some literary works, and even some mythological stories, blood and organs not only have mysterious colors, but are also a manifestation of health and youth.

Changing organs might be relatively difficult, but blood transfusion surgery is very easy, and some rich people have already undergone blood transfusion surgery.

Although there is no clear data to prove that their bodies became younger after blood transfusion, everyone said that they felt great!

This also fueled people's eager desire to change organs!

The meaning of Dr. Aisen saying this was to confirm again the words passed on by those people.

What Lansi wanted to sponsor him with was not money, but the materials he was in short supply of.

Currently, two or three hundred thousand people go missing in the Federation every year, disappearing completely; the most interesting thing is that there are men, women, old, and young.

Among them, young and beautiful women, and even younger boys and girls, often appear in cages in the basements of some masters' manors after they go missing, becoming a toy.

And those ordinary people, after they go missing, either appear on some farms or in mines, or they appear in these laboratories.

In the current black market in the Federation, the price of a living person is about twelve hundred to two thousand dollars, depending on their physical health.

If there are special requirements, such as being particularly thin, particularly fat, or suffering from some special disease, the price will increase.

This is a very secret and terrifying market; even Lansi, with his current status, reputation, and influence in the underground world, cannot touch this deepest darkness.

Because what is hidden behind this darkness is not just something as clean and superficial as gangs, but also things that people would not expect and that would make people feel fear.

For example, the masters.

Research on topics like organ transplantation is not about theory; they have already completed most of the theoretical things, and what remains is constant practice, finding and discovering problems from practice, and then solving them.

They have also done many experiments on animal organ transplantation; using animals for organ transplantation is mainly to verify some theoretical things.

When it comes to actual practice, it still has to be human-based.

They will recruit some people who volunteer to participate in the experiment, such as patients with severe end-stage organ failure.

If these people do not undergo organ transplantation, they will soon die, so they might as well take a gamble.

Besides that, they can only buy.

But now the gap in this area in the entire Federation is also huge; Dr. Aisen had applied for a long time before he was approved for six consumables, and then he used them all up in less than a month.

Then he applied again; the head office is very strict in this regard. After all, if any scandal were to be caused, it would be too terrible!

So they are very rigorous in dealing with these consumables.

Everyone is researching this topic; whoever can solve it first will be able to obtain huge prestige and status in the medical industry, and there are other scientists researching it; Dr. Aisen does not want to give up this opportunity.

Once he misses this research, it is very likely that he will not have any other opportunity to obtain various top medical achievements in his life.

So when Lansi said he could provide him with some consumables, he came.

Lansi had some small movements with his hands, "I have invested in some enterprises in Lapa. Lapa is currently in a civil war, and thousands of people die every day."

Dr. Aisen nodded while listening; although he lacked awe and respect for life, he still appropriately expressed some emotion at this time.

"My God, what a pity!"

Lansi also nodded in agreement, "Yes, dying like this because of some meaningless things is not as good as letting them make some contributions to the medical cause, don't you think?"

"Dr. Aisen?"

Dr. Aisen was suddenly moved; he looked at Lansi and then at the manager, who nodded slightly.

In fact, if it were just Lansi, he would definitely not be able to pry this plan open. Someone in Kangjian Medical contacted Congress, and they were also very supportive after hearing about this, which is why this development occurred.

After thinking slightly, Dr. Aisen said, "I cannot immediately determine whether this matter is feasible; I still have to go to Lapa for a field trip to see if the environment there is suitable for us to conduct research on these projects."

"No problem. Once you decide on the time, give me a call, and I will arrange for people to protect your safety throughout the process, allowing you to get closer to those cruel facts."

"From my perspective, giving these people some opportunities to survive is doing a good deed."

In the fighting, many people, whether they are government troops or those anti-government militants, eventually die in some corner or on a hospital bed because they cannot get timely help after being shot.

Lansi's idea is to establish an absolutely neutral hospital to provide free help to these wounded in Lapa.

On the one hand, it can be used to promote and strengthen people's favor for the Federation, and at the same time, it can also allow Dr. Aisen to have the opportunity to come into contact with more consumables.

Not just organ transplantation, but also research on the survival limits and time of the human body when organs are damaged and functions are limited.

These will all be valuable data, and it is difficult to do this in the Federation. After all, there won't be so many patients who meet their requirements appearing in hospitals every day, and who are willing to cooperate with the hospital to record data and do various research.

This is a good thing, actually!

The three were talking about some details when some louder sounds came from afar. Manager Bede ended their conversation, "It looks like Mr. Mo Lisi's wedding ceremony is about to begin."

Lansi looked back; it was indeed the case. He excused himself, "I am the witness today, so I have to leave first."

"If there are any problems, we will talk about them in detail later."

He said goodbye to the two and came to the front of the crowd.

Mo Lisi hugged him and talked in a low voice. When people saw Lansi, the originally noisy voices suddenly became much quieter.

After Lansi and Mo Lisi talked briefly, he took the initiative to walk to the podium and stand, "Welcome everyone for being able to come here today to attend Mo Lisi's wedding; there should be no one who doesn't know me."

People were very cooperative, and some were very excited, such as the relatives and friends of Mo Lisi's wife.

For them, this was no different from realizing their federal dream in another way!

Yes, their dream was realized at this moment, and everyone was so excited that they couldn't speak.

They didn't know how much income Mo Lisi had every year, but it must be a lot of wealth, so much that they couldn't count it.

They were fantasizing about what they could gain for themselves from this relationship in the future, and now they saw Lansi again; a beautiful life seemed to be beckoning to them.

"Mo Lisi asked me to be the witness; this is a very important role, and I don't know if I can play this role well."

"However, no matter who it is, doing anything, there is always a first time."

"Just like the first time we held our wife's hand, the first time we put a diamond ring on her, the first time we were intimate, the first time we became a father or mother, we have many firsts in our lives."

"For our lives, the first time often means the beginning of happiness: the first time we learn to walk, the first time we learn to run, the first time we learn to love!"

"I am very honored to witness the love of my good brother, Mo Lisi, and his wife on such a special day today."

"I hope they can go further in love and marriage!"

"Brother, you can come up; you asking me to say this is a bit of a torture for me; the eyes under the stage are too hot, making me sweat a little!"

He made a gesture of wiping sweat. Mo Lisi soon came to his side. After the two hugged, Lansi left from the side and returned to the first seat on the left in the front row to sit down.

Mo Lisi stood on the stage, thanking Lansi for his speech, and also thanking every relative and friend who could attend...