Incredible Insight: Toy Factory Discovers Swarm Drones

Chapter 235 Nothing’s wrong? Something’s seriously wrong!Liu Jianguo felt his scalp tingle, and he could barely hold onto the contract in his hand.

”Are you still at it?”

His eyes, weathered by the trials of life, were locked onto Li Jiajun, who was on the phone. His ears were perked up like antennae, wishing he could automatically translate that gibberish.

Although he couldn’t understand Spanish, he could understand the tone.

Li Jiajun’s nonchalant, even lighthearted demeanor was all too familiar.

That was the standard warm-up routine this kid did every time he was about to cause trouble.

”It’s over, it’s over.”

Liu Jianguo’s heart skipped a beat. The joy he had felt just moments ago from confiscating the toy sky rocket technology was instantly washed away by an inexplicable panic.

Scenes involuntarily flooded his mind: South American jungles, drug lord shootouts, and all sorts of chaotic armed factions.

Could this kid have expanded his business all the way over there?

If that were really the case, this wouldn’t just be a standard prison sentence; it would be international level.

Moreover, what terrified Liu Jianguo the most was, when did this kid learn Spanish?

”This kid always manages to come up with new tricks.”

Just as Liu Jianguo was letting his imagination run wild, sweating as he clutched the bottle of quick-acting heart-saving pills in his hand...

”Vale, adiós.” (Okay, goodbye.)

Li Jiajun hung up the phone.

The expression on his face was relaxed, even containing a hint of comfort, just like someone who had just finished ordering takeout.

He casually shoved his phone into his pocket, turned around, and met Liu Jianguo’s eyes, which were filled with scrutiny, suspicion, and a touch of panic.

”Uncle Liu? What’s wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?”

Li Jiajun blinked, looking completely harmless.

Liu Jianguo took a deep breath, trying his best to look less nervous.

He was a veteran, and he knew that at a time like this, he couldn’t just confront him directly; he had to beat around the bush.

So, Liu Jianguo composed his expression, put his hands behind his back, and pretended to admire the warehouse ceiling, before shifting his gaze, seemingly casually, onto Li Jiajun.

”Little Li, whose call was that? Your business is quite extensive, reaching all the way abroad.”

Liu Jianguo immediately asked, feigning indifference.

This question was asked with great skill; it pointed out the sensitive topic of ”abroad” while sounding like casual chitchat, preventing the atmosphere from becoming too stiff.

The several Experts around, including Elder Qian, although still studying those blueprints, had also perked up their ears at this moment.

After all, this kid’s business capability was something everyone had witnessed; it was quite extensive and wild.

...

Li Jiajun didn’t think much of it when he heard this.

He shrugged and answered in a nonchalant tone: ”Oh, nothing much. A client from Venezuela wanted to use our network.”

This answer was simply too ordinary.

So ordinary that it was like saying the old man next door wanted to borrow some soy sauce.

However, these words, falling into Liu Jianguo’s ears, made him freeze for a moment.

”Use the network?”

Liu Jianguo repeated these three words, his brows slightly furrowing as his brain began to spin rapidly.

Network?

Not a missile?

Not a drone?

Nor some special alloy material?

Just a network?

Liu Jianguo’s first reaction was confusion, and his second reaction was... a sigh of relief.

An even bigger sigh of relief.

His heart, which had been hanging in his throat, finally settled back into his chest.

”Scared me to death, I thought it was another arms deal.”

He thought to himself.

”Probably just helping someone top up their phone credit or buy a data package.”

After all, in the eyes of someone his age, the term ”using the network” was usually associated with trivial daily matters like mooching Wi-Fi, topping up credit, or turning on a hotspot.

Besides, although the Li Family Toy Factory had now produced high-tech items like the sky rocket, at the end of the day, its main business was still selling toys.

Since it wasn’t selling arms, it wasn’t a big deal.

Even if it was helping a foreign client top up their phone credit, at most it was just illegal business operations; it didn’t count as a big deal, and certainly wouldn’t rise to the level of national security.

Thinking of this, Liu Jianguo completely relaxed.

He felt that he had been a bit oversensitive, what they called post-traumatic stress disorder.

He had been scared by this kid so many times that everyone looked like a terrorist, and everything sounded like a conspiracy to destroy the world.

”Hey, is that all?”

A smile returned to Liu Jianguo’s face, that kindly smile of an elder caring for a junior.

He waved his hand: ”Oh, then it’s nothing.”

He even wanted to tease Li Jiajun a bit, saying that this kid’s business was indeed quite diverse, even taking on phone credit top-up services.

However.

Just as his voice trailed off, and he was preparing to turn around to signal everyone to pack up and retreat.

A hand suddenly reached out.

And firmly pressed onto his shoulder.

Liu Jianguo was stunned and instinctively turned his head back.

He saw the taciturn man in black who had been following behind him all along suddenly step forward, pressing down on his shoulder, his voice low but extremely piercing: ”Director Liu, this is a big deal!”

Liu Jianguo was a bit confused by this sudden turn of events.

He looked at this man in black, his eyes full of confusion.

This man in black was a colleague from the Special Front that Liu Jianguo had brought this time, though he wasn’t sure why he had insisted on coming along.

Throughout the journey, this person had been like a shadow, not speaking, not expressing opinions, and even when he saw those shocking technologies just now, he hadn’t shouted or yelled like the other Experts.

Liu Jianguo had almost forgotten about him.

He had even once thought that he was sent by the higher-ups to monitor their work discipline.

But now, this person had suddenly jumped out, and as soon as he spoke, he said it was a big deal.

”Xiao Zhang?”

Liu Jianguo looked at him, somewhat bewildered: ”What big deal? Isn’t it just a network? How big of a deal can topping up phone credit be?”

He felt speechless, thinking that these intelligence people must also be just as oversensitive as he was.

However, this intelligence officer known as Xiao Zhang did not pay any attention to Liu Jianguo’s confusion.

He didn’t even glance at Liu Jianguo.

His gaze sharply crossed over Liu Jianguo’s shoulder, locking firmly onto Li Jiajun.

That look was no longer that of a bystander, but the extreme alertness and sharpness of a hunter spotting prey.

The atmosphere in the warehouse instantly became somewhat frozen due to this sudden turn of events.

The soldiers who were moving things stopped their actions, and Elder Qian also took off his reading glasses and looked over.

Only Li Jiajun remained standing there, holding his phone, looking over with an innocent face, as if he had no idea what had happened.

This intelligence officer took a deep breath, seemingly suppressing some kind of shock in his heart.

He turned his head to look at Liu Jianguo, his eyes extremely serious, even containing a hint of helplessness at looking at a layman.

He stretched out his finger, pointed in Li Jiajun’s direction, and said word by word: ”Director Liu, didn’t you understand? He said he was using their network!”

Liu Jianguo blinked, still not reacting: ”Yeah, I know. What’s the problem with that?”

The intelligence officer’s mouth twitched, seemingly feeling speechless at this leader’s slowness.

He emphasized his tone:

”No, think about it. A toy factory, where would it get a network that it could provide to a sovereign state?”

As soon as these words came out, Liu Jianguo froze completely.

His brain went ”buzz,” instantly crashing.

”A toy factory...”

”Providing to a sovereign state...”

These words swirled and collided wildly in his mind.

His previous logical error was that he had subconsciously treated the client as some ordinary individual and the network as an ordinary internet service.

However, the intelligence officer’s words reminded him.

The other party mentioned Venezuela!

That is a country!

And a country that has recently been at the center of a storm!

If it were just an ordinary individual user, topping up phone credit really wouldn’t be anything.

But if it is a country that wants to use this kid’s network...

What does that mean?

It means that in Li Jiajun’s hands, he possesses some kind of communication method capable of covering an entire country, or even spanning half the globe!

But...

How is this possible?

He is just a toy maker!

Even if he created the sky rocket, that is a physical product.

Where would he get something invisible and intangible like a network?

Did he lay fiber optics in that Venezuela place?

Or did he build base stations over there?

That’s nonsense!

Liu Jianguo stared blankly at the intelligence officer, then turned his head to look at Li Jiajun, who looked calm, as if he were just listening to someone else tell a story.

He felt like his brain wasn’t enough.

”No... Xiao Zhang.”

Liu Jianguo swallowed his saliva, his voice a bit dry: ”Are you... overthinking it?”

”Although this kid is a bit weird, he only messes around with machinery and materials.”

”Network stuff is the business of telecom operators.”

”As a toy factory director, what kind of network could he have to provide to others? Is he generating electricity with love?”

Liu Jianguo tried to use common sense to refute this absurd inference.

However, the intelligence officer was not swayed by his words.

On the contrary, his expression became even more solemn.

He did not directly answer Liu Jianguo’s question, but instead asked a question back, and this question directly raised the level of the issue to a height that made Liu Jianguo’s scalp tingle.

”Director Liu.”

The intelligence officer stared intently at Li Jiajun, his tone ghostly as he said: ”Have you been following the news from South America lately?”