Apocalypse: I Have One More Keyword Than Others-Chapter 96 - 0 Charity Unlimited Company_1

Chapter 96: 096 Charity Unlimited Company_1

Chapter 96: 096 Charity Unlimited Company_1

“From now on, don’t call me Brother Hu anymore, call me Chairman,” Duge felt quite proud as his suggestion was approved by everyone. With a wave of his hand, he declared, “From now on, we’ll go by the name Charity Limited Company and operate like a corporation.”

“Alright, Chairman Qi,” Gu Kun adapted very quickly.

“And don’t call me Blonde anymore; call me Manager Song,” Blonde thought for a bit and said, “And Dog Brother, that’s Manager Gou.”

So my last name was Qi?

At that moment, Duge finally understood his surname. He thought for a while, “Gu Kun, find a way to get a printer and make some business cards, print our positions on them. It’s okay if it’s rudimentary, as long as it’s convenient when we go out to discuss business. From now on, you are the Marketing Manager, Blonde is the Sales Manager, the other two outside, one is from Logistics, the other is from HR; let them choose what they want to do.”

“No problem, Brother Hu,” Gu Kun replied, but quickly corrected himself, “No, I mean, Chairman Qi.”

“What about me? Brother Hu, give me a position too!” Watching the others childishly set up a company, Yao Tong internally ridiculed them but still shamelessly approached, striving to integrate into Duge’s team.

“You?” Duge glanced at him, “For now, just be the head of the company’s security team.”

“Thank you, Brother Hu,” Yao Tong’s face showed a smile. He didn’t care what position he got, as long as he could hang out with them.

“Now that we’ve set up the company, we’re not just underworld figures anymore. We have to change the way we’ve done things,” Duge said, “We can’t distribute resources as carelessly as before; we have to make them buy it, get the buying and selling going.”

“…” Gu Kun was taken aback for a moment, “Brother Hu, weren’t we doing charitable work? Isn’t it a bit too much to shake them down at a time like this?”

“Exactly, Brother Hu, the world’s in chaos, there’s no use for money now!” Blonde said.

“What shake down? What money? I said we’re doing charitable work, so we’re doing charitable work,” Duge glared at them, “What I want is people’s goodwill, goodwill! I want them to remember my kindness, to know that I’ve turned over a new leaf and become a good person, a great benefactor. Don’t you understand?”

“Brother Hu,” Gu Kun said.

“Call me Chairman,” Duge said.

“Chairman Qi, I don’t quite understand. We don’t want money, yet we want to do charity, so how do we make them buy? On credit?” Gu Kun was completely confused.

“Bartering is also trade,” Duge said with an iron-like firmness, “Have them exchange goods. If they have nothing, even singing or dancing will do. In a nutshell, now that the company’s established, there must be inflow and outflow, that’s called inventory turnover. I don’t care about their trifles; what I want is to cultivate their habits of trade and commerce. When we go out to seize territory, it’s not called seizing territory anymore, it’s called expanding business, acquisitions, mergers, you name it. Grabbing resources can’t be called grabbing either…”

“Call it procurement,” Gu Kun said.

“Exactly, call it procurement,” Duge was delighted and patted Gu Kun on the shoulder, “You’re truly deserving of being my Marketing Manager; your mind is sharp. Once the company grows bigger, I’ll give you a raise.”

“Thank you, Brother Hu,” Gu Kun chuckled, “No, thank you, Chairman, for your cultivation.”

“Brother Hu, I think the name of our company isn’t very good,” Blonde said, “Charity Limited, doing charity but limited? Doesn’t it make our company seem stingy?”

“You have a point,” Duge’s eyes lit up, “Then let’s call it Charity Unlimited Company, doing charity should be without limits…”

“…” Yao Tong looked on with bewilderment at their conversation, bowing his head to hide his amused expression, thinking these fools were digging themselves into a hole. If you guys can actually get this company off the ground, I’ll eat shit while doing a handstand.

Duge glanced at Yao Tong and declared, “Good, after we go out, we’ll announce this. Gu Kun, you prepare the supplies; Blonde, you gather the people outside. We don’t have many resources left, and with the Heavenly Demon having appeared, we have to hurry up with this,”

The two of them split up to make preparations.

Duge turned to Yao Tong, his eyes narrowed, asking, “Were you laughing at me just now?”

“No, Brother Hu,” Yao Tong pinched his thigh hard, “I was just happy about our company being established. Yes, happy.”

“You’re the Heavenly Demon. The person you’ve taken over is just a kid, not knowing anything. You might think what I’m doing is childish, like it’s all a game,” Duge snorted with a laugh, shaking his head, “But I’m telling you, the underworld has its rules, and a company has its own rules. Set the rules in place, and things get done. Kid, you’d better learn well from Brother Hu, the world’s in chaos! Master these ways of mine, and when you return to the Heavenly Demon Realm, you can also hold up your own sky”

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“Yes, Brother Hu is right,” Yao Tong repeatedly agreed, but his perfunctory expression clearly didn’t take Duge’s teachings to heart.

…

About twenty minutes later.Huangmao returned and told Duge that everyone was gathered, and Duge led Yao Tong out.

More than four hundred people were organized by family units, neatly arrayed in a square formation on the open ground.

In front of Gu Kun was a pile of supplies—mineral water, bread, sausages, steamed buns, biscuits, and more, some with price tags still on them, presumably scavenged from the community’s little supermarket.

All eyes were glued to the supplies in front of Gu Kun, with children unable to stop salivating.

Previously tasked with scouting for the Heavenly Demon, two men approached Duge and whispered, “Brother Hu, we’ve verified everything and haven’t found the Heavenly Demon.”

Duge looked at Yao Tong.

Yao Tong pretended to wipe his forehead, opened his personal panel, glanced at the numbers, and said, “Brother Hu, possession by the Heavenly Demon carries risks; the intruder may have failed to possess successfully, or could be in hiding for now. It’s normal not to find them immediately, but we still need to be vigilant. The more cunning a person is, the deeper they hide.”

“Yeah, let’s not worry about that now, focusing on the task at hand is what’s important.” Duge gave him a look, took two steps forward, arrived in front of the formation, coughed to capture everyone’s attention, and then said, “I gathered everyone here today because there’s something I want to discuss. You are all aware of the situation outside—cats, dogs, insects, all mutated, going out means death. But staying put isn’t an option either, because, after all, supplies are dwindling. With so many of us, we will eventually run out. To survive, we must stand united.”

Emotions stirred among the people in the warehouse, and those who were young and strong changed color, inferring from Brother Hu’s track record that they would probably be asked to go out and search for food.

“I know, I’ve done a lot of messed-up things in the past, stolen your belongings; you hate me, fear me, and would love to see me dead,” Duge said as he looked at the crowd, shaking his head, “but I think what I did was not wrong. In these chaotic times, people will kill over a bit of food. Without me, the villain, to keep control, another Brother Hu would emerge; how many of you could protect your food?”

While speaking, his gaze shifted to a few women in the crowd holding children, “Don’t take offense to my bluntness, but without me keeping watch here, you would have probably been played with hundreds of times over by now. No one would care about you…”

The faces of those women paled in an instant.

“In a world like this, we need people like me, to suppress those thorns and keep them from acting out,” Duge sneered, “Now, though, I don’t plan on continuing as before. I don’t want to be the villain anymore. As the saying goes, in troubled times, heroes emerge. I, Brother Hu, from now on, am going to do something great. I’ll turn over a new leaf, become a hero, a good guy.”

There was an uproar!

The warehouse erupted into clamor.

“I know you don’t believe me, but I’ll show you my transformation through actions,” Duge said, “I’ve always understood that people like me don’t command respect. Before chaos struck, you had families, jobs, various concerns, and didn’t want to openly defy someone like me.

But now, with food becoming scarcer, people will fight to the death over a single bite. We all have one head and two arms. If it comes to a fight to the death, who’s afraid of whom?

I’m afraid too, to be honest. These past few days, I haven’t been sleeping well. I don’t want to end up with a knife in my back, killed by you folks.

So, I’m changing.

I want you to genuinely respect me and to win over more people’s genuine respect. Only in this way, our territory can grow and in these chaotic times, the more people we attract, the better we can find resources, and the better chance we have at survival.”

The buzzing grew louder!

The people in the warehouse resumed their discussions, buzzing like flies about what Duge had said.

Unable to hear their whispers, Duge gestured them to quiet down with a downward motion of his hand before continuing, “I know what you’re worried about. You think I’m just sweet-talking you, tricking you into going out to find resources. But I’ll lay my words on the line. I, Brother Hu, will personally lead a team to find resources. If I don’t live up to this, may heaven strike me with five thunders, and may I never die a good death.”

There was a commotion!

This time, people in the warehouse were truly moved, realizing that the domineering Brother Hu might really be serious this time.

Gu Kun and others also looked at Duge in surprise, seemingly not expecting him to say such a thing.

“I’m a crude man, not one for beating around the bush. The position I’ve reached now is based on two words—loyalty. Being ruthless to others, and even more so to oneself,” Duge patted his chest, exuding a murderous aura, “If I say I’m going to be the good guy, the hero, then I will make it happen. To be a hero means to charge into the fray. We must fight, and I will lead you all to carve out a path to survival.”

He cleared his throat with a cough, cleared his voice, and rolled down his sleeves to cover his tattooed arms, trying to appear more refined as he said, “Folks, a reformed prodigal son is worth more than gold. I want to turn a new leaf and be a good person, so from now on, you can’t call me Brother Hu. I just discussed with Gu Kun and others, and we have founded a company called Charity Unlimited Company.

The reason for such a name is to declare to others, and remind myself, that I intend to be a good person, a truly charitable person, from now on. The change starts today; moving forward, we will act according to the company’s rules…”