[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-601":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Zombie Apocalypse: Creation",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1887380,2510,"Chapter 601: Opening up the Economy","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-601",601,"\u003Cp>The next day...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yuqi and Liuqian both stood before her desk, Xiaoyun was the one sitting in the main seat with a document on his desk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was to sign the document before him. One that she had been working on with Liuqian for five days now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are there any problems with it, boss?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liuqian quietly asked as Xiaoyun had been reading the document for twenty minutes in complete silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No... Let me just finish the whole thing first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After another twenty minutes had gone by, he closed the document before looking back at the two in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You two confirm this as the final draft?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both Yuqi and Liuqian nodded before Xiaoyun started flipping the document until he reached the halfway mark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t have any issue with this plan. But I do have a little concern of mine... I don’t think the government inventory should be open fully.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two waited for Xiaoyun to continue as he took out a pen from Yuqi’s desk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There have already been a few newspaper reports in the past two days of the salvage group having illegal gun ownership.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss, we already added a restriction on the sales of gunpowder and arms for civilian and foreign traders,\" Liuqian argued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But it sure would be easy to hide a company designing metal pipes for making gun barrels, wouldn’t it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them fell into silence. They did think of the potential risk of opening up, but it was just a necessary risk in their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shouldn’t that be the internal security’s job to oversee it?\" Yuqi finally came up with an argument.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They can’t always see everything. With the scale you guys are planning to do, it’s only going to accelerate these kinds of problems.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the two of them looked a little disappointed with the plan seemingly about to be rejected, Xiaoyun gave them hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, that’s only one side of the picture. This bill has way more benefits than the potential harm it can cause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current inventory system is indeed way too restrictive for private businesses to thrive and heavily discourages private investment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re say, sir...?\" Liuqian nervously asked, wanting a clearer answer from Xiaoyun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think this plan overall is great. It would be better if there were more preemptive measures, but those problems can be resolved later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing him flipping the document to the last page, both of their faces were immediately overjoyed as it only meant one thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m happy to be the person signing this into a bill. The settlement is in your two hands.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the signature named at the very bottom, they could finally let out a sigh of relief as their work wasn’t in vain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, sir. I won’t betray your trust!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not my trust. You’re responsible for the people’s trust. Everyone’s life is at stake here... You may go now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, sir!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Liuqian happily left the room with the document in hand, Xiaoyun leaned back to his seat as he let out a small relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Finally, this thing is done. Hopefully, everything goes as planned.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mhm. Why are you acting like you did something? Get out of my seat and let me go back to work.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, now you want to kill the donkey when its job is done? If I didn’t feel bad, I would have rewritten the whole thing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As if you can write a better one. Now move.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun reluctantly stood back up as Yuqi took back her seat, leaving him standing as she turned on her computer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m serious. If it weren’t for me wanting to save face for you, I would have made ten different changes on the spot right there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Like what?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she looked up to Xiaoyun’s face, his mind quickly came up with an improvement to the document earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"First, section 1.5, the investor of the stock is required to hold the stock for more than a week before being allowed for sale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then you look at section 3.6, it states that attempts at market manipulation are illegal. How do you define attempts?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Someone spreading misinformation, heavy-buying and selling, or overstockpiling a certain good or commodity to create a Pseudo-Monopoly or changes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What if it’s two ’independent’ individuals that appear to have no connections selling and buying to create volumes?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s a standard wash trade. It’s already illegal in section 2.3.\" Yuqi argued as she turned her attention back to the computer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, but if thousands. No, millions of people buying stock all at once. Can your system really tell who’s wash trading and who’s legitimate?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The question made Yuqi freeze for a second before she quickly snapped back to reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As long as companies are being created and getting money to expand their operation, it’s good enough for now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine. Just remember that I warned you. There’s going to be a lot of chaos when it opens fully.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mhm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing her shifting her attention back to work, Xiaoyun’s mind suddenly had a little idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahem, Yuqi... I almost forgot about something. You remember the meeting I had with Houqin yesterday, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah. What about it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How realistically would it be to raise the budget just a tiny little bit more? Like just one percent increase?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuqi stopped all of her work as she stared right back into Xiaoyun’s eyes, her face almost looked as if she was looking at an idiot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You serious? Didn’t I already give the army budget a raise?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, but you know. The military is an eating tiger that needs more money every day——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rawr! Do I look like someone made of money? Ask me one more time and I’m going to bite off your crotch like a literal tiger.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With her sharp fangs fully exposed and her nail claws raised, Xiaoyun took a step back before shaking his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Never mind.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the administrative building, the air was as hot as yesterday as Xiaoyun quickly rushed into his car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had one destination in mind. The place where he could get ’funding’ for the air force. Or at least some sort of benefits for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After driving for a few minutes, he finally arrived at a large factory—One that had a long, mysterious Russian word as a label.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could step out of the car, his phone suddenly started ringing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who’s the phone number...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Picking it up, the familiar accent from the other side instantly made him realize who it was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hello! Boss! W-We made a very good flying object. Do you want to come over and see?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course I do. I’m right outside.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stepping out of the car, Xiaoyun quickly began walking towards the entrance, and the other side sounded a little surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Already? We’re coming out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the phone call ended, Xiaoyun could see the three Russians standing right by the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey! Good morning! How are you all doing today?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are doing fine. Boss, you have to see the thing we have made. It’s going to blow your mind.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Really? Show the way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three of them quickly brought Xiaoyun into the factory, going past all the different assembly lines for various guns and even tank plates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After walking for five minutes straight, he finally arrived at the usual testing ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the... hell?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun quickly scrubbed his eyes before realizing the thing in front of him was real. Not just some fake printout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A very makeshift helicopter with what seemed to be scrapped car parts. It was extremely small, with one entrance for the pilot and a seat at the back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There wasn’t even enough space to stand in the helicopter, let alone carry more than one passenger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We made a flying thingy again!\" The first Russian declared that all three of their faces looked extremely proud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A helicopter.\" The second Russian added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can this actually fly?\" Xiaoyun curiously asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course it can. Joseph, you want to show him how it is done?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third Russian nodded as he entered the helicopter before he suddenly waved Xiaoyun to come along with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With only seconds to think, he entered it. Sitting in the only passenger seat right behind the driver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss, you have your seatbelt tied?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lift off!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the helicopter’s engine began to roar, the top propeller and the back propeller began to spin rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly and steadily, the helicopter lifted off the ground, going inch by inch until it fully levitated off the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How many times have you tested this?\" Xiaoyun curiously asked as he suddenly had a bad feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the third time I’m flying this! Oh my god, this thing is so fun to fly every time!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the wind getting stronger and stronger, Xiaoyun was getting a little scared as the helicopter frame suddenly started shaking like crazy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It almost felt like the entire thing could fall apart at any time. Yet Joseph was only flying the helicopter higher and higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Joseph! Come down! Too high!\" The second Russian yelled out loud as they reached almost to the factory’s chimney.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No such thing as too high, Ivan! The sky is the limit!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1532,"2026-06-10T06:59:53.365Z",1,"novelbin.me","16f20b53acb4b38a685a89298374c22d6160f977117a20797fe0988e1302f958","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-652","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-651",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]