Forget five hundred grand—the owner would sell his food processing plant without hesitation, even if he was only offered 300,000 US dollars.For Merlin's part, he wasn't jumping to a deal. Instead, he asked for further details and even asked the owner to take him on a tour around the plant. Behind the main building was an employee cafeteria and several warehouses. He naturally noticed that with just around three hundred workers around, a factory this vast could easily hide thousands.In addition, there were about fifteen tons of canned products waiting to be shipped to the transit hub before it was shipped out, and it was worth about 40,000 US dollars in the current market price.After a full tour around the food processing plant, Merlin told the owner, "Well, I've seen everything, but I must be honest—it's way more dilapidated than I expected."The cost of renovations, repairs, and upgrading will be at least several million dollars. I don't like to dilly-dally when doing busines
Knowing that the owner had worked as a civil servant before, Merlin was therefore sure he knew his French and would have no trouble communicating.The worker led him to the owner's office, knocked, and said something in the local dialect before the owner looked up and waved at them from behind the glass door.With that, the worker entered with Merlin, and Merlin didn't wait to ask in French, "You're the owner here? I'd like to buy out this food processing plant."The owner's eyes lit up immediately at his words.He knew that the Oskians were rich, especially the ones who came all the way here to invest their money.As for him, he had tried for years to sell his plant but to no avail. Therefore, an Oskian coming directly to his doorstep immediately reignited his will to bail and enjoy retirement.He got to his feet right then as he told Merlin, "Oh, welcome! Please, take a seat!"He quickly told his worker to leave as he passed Merlin a bottle of mineral water, grinning, "Well,
That was why this canning factory was ideal, overall speaking.When Merlin arrived at the entrance of the food processing company, he noticed that there wasn't even a security guard inside. It certainly looked huge on the outside, but it was also old and almost rundown.The front compound was an open space of about 3,000 to 4,000 square meters, with a worn-out Fiat, bicycles, and cheap motorcycles that were modified beyond recognition parked all over the place.To the right was a loading and storage area—a cargo platform for convenient unloading, along with a single windowless building. Merlin had a hunch that it must be used for cold storage and other raw materials. There was a truck parked in front of the cargo platform, and several loaders were carrying fresh seafood covered with ice from it and moving it into the cold storage at the back.The back of the cold storage was connected to the largest factory floor, which should be the main processing line. There was a similar ca
In order to acquire a suitable food processing plant as soon as possible, Merlin asked the AI module to run through the list of all such companies in Morocco, their status, and likelihood to meet their needs, based on their registered addresses and Horizon's satellite images.There was no question that one of the AI module's greatest strengths was its capacity for thought, so Merlin didn't have to guide it every step of the way.All he did was tell the AI module what he needed—food processing plants that were far away from densely populated areas, caught in the middle of a crisis, but also has enough land and buildings that could house thousands. The AI module instantly found five hits, each of which were located in relatively remote areas of Morocco. One of them was not far from Duca Mines, just about 100 kilometers away. It was only even more ideal that the plant was less than 50 kilometers away from the coastline. It definitely was the best choice as a temporary settlement for
Charlie smiled. "Well, here's the plan. While I head over to Duca Mines, you should start acquiring various enterprises… ideally, a food processing company in a remote location. Once that's done, send every employee on a paid acquisition. Tell them you're upgrading the production line or something."Once I'm done with Duca Mines, I will evacuate everyone in phases to those factories where they will live for a while. The first batch must arrive for all to see—just say that they are technicians who will upgrade the production line. As for the ones who come later, they will be given the guise of transporting equipment."A food processing company should have substantial raw food ingredients, processed foods, and everything in between, so it'd definitely be enough to feed thousands for a brief period before we get them out. Just buy more ingredients if you start to run short—no one will suspect anything when it's a food processing company purchasing raw ingredients."In addition, you hav
Seeing that the representative of Moore Trading had accepted the delay, Charlie turned to Merlin and asked, "What time is the deputy manager coming in tomorrow?"Merlin quickly checked and then told Charlie, "The managers work in two different shifts: from 8 am to 4 pm, or from 4 pm to midnight. He is currently working the shift from 4 pm to midnight and will be coming in at 3.30 pm tomorrow." "Okay." Charlie said, "That will be it for now. We'll be back tomorrow afternoon. Just remind him that he must not tell anyone we're here."Merlin immediately relayed those words in French to the deputy manager, still under Charlie's mind trick, and he naturally agreed to it.And with that, Charlie and Merlin left the management office and walked back to their hotel.-The next day, Merlin put his French to good use, quickly finding a local supplier to get a set of work overalls similar to the ones they used in Duca Mines.Then, he and Charlie put together a plan for taking the Duca Mines