"From now on, don't call me Brother Hu, call me Chairman." The suggestion was agreed upon by everyone, and Du Ge looked very proud. He waved his hand and said, "From now on, let's call ourselves Charity Limited Company and operate everything according to the company model."
"Alright, Chairman Qi." Gou Kun quickly adapted to the change.
"And don't call me Huang Mao anymore, call me Manager Song." Huang Mao thought for a moment and said, "Gou Ge, you can call yourself Manager Guo."
So my surname is Qi?
At this moment, Du Ge finally learned his own surname. He thought for a moment and said, "Gou Kun, find a way to get a printer and print some business cards with our positions on them. It doesn't have to be fancy, just convenient for us to do business outside. From now on, you will be the manager of the marketing department, Huang Mao will be the manager of the business department, the other two outside will be in charge of the logistics department and the personnel department. Let them choose what they want to do."
"No problem, Brother Hu." Gou Kun agreed, but quickly realized, "No, Chairman Qi."
"What about me? Brother Hu, can you arrange a position for me too?" Watching everyone play house and establish a company, Yao Tong internally mocked, but still approached with a smile on his face, trying his best to integrate into Du Ge's team.
"You?" Du Ge glanced at him and said, "For now, you can be the captain of the security team."
"Thank you, Brother Hu." Yao Tong smiled. He didn't care about the position as long as he could be with them.
"... Brother Hu, aren't we doing charity? Isn't it a bit excessive to charge them at this time?" Gou Kun hesitated for a moment.
"That's right, Brother Hu. The world is in chaos. Even if we have money, it's useless!" Huang Mao said.
"What charging? What money? I said we are doing charity, so we are doing charity." Du Ge glared at them and said, "I want the people's hearts, the people's hearts. I want them to remember my kindness, to know that I have changed for the better, that I am a good person, a great philanthropist. Do you understand?"
"Brother Hu," Gou Kun said.
"Call me Chairman." Du Ge said.
"Chairman Qi, I don't quite understand. We don't want money, but we want to do charity. How can we make them buy things? Are we giving them credit?" Gou Kun was completely confused.
"Bartering is also a form of buying and selling." Du Ge said impatiently, "Let them exchange things, even if they don't have anything, they can sing and dance. In short, now that the company is established, we must have inflow and outflow, that's called inventory management. I don't care about their little things. What I want is to cultivate their habit of trading. In the future, when we expand our territory, it won't be called seizing territory, it will be called expanding operations, acquisitions, mergers, anything but seizing resources..."
"Call it procurement." Gou Kun said.
"That's right, call it procurement." Du Ge was delighted and patted Gou Kun's shoulder, "You really deserve to be the manager of my marketing department. Your brain is sharp. When the company grows bigger, I'll give you a raise."
"Thank you, Brother Hu." Gou Kun grinned, "No, thank you for Chairman Qi's guidance."
"Brother Hu, I think the name of our company is not very good." Huang Mao said, "Charity Limited, it sounds like we are limited in doing charity. It makes our company look stingy."
"You have a point." Du Ge's eyes lit up, "Then let's call it Charity Unlimited Company. If we do charity, there should be no limits..."
"..." Yao Tong listened to their conversation in astonishment, lowered his head to hide his amused expression. These idiots are so naive. If you can really make the company successful, I'll eat shit standing on my head.
Du Ge looked at Yao Tong and asked sternly, "Did you just laugh at me?"
"No, Brother Hu." Yao Tong pinched his thigh hard and said, "I am happy for the establishment of our company, yes, happy."
"You are the Heavenly Demon, possessing a child's body. You don't understand anything. You may think that what I'm doing is childish, like playing around." Du Ge laughed disdainfully and shook his head, "But let me tell you, there are rules in the world, and a company must have its own rules. Once the rules are established, things will get done. Kid, learn from Brother Hu. The world is chaotic! Learn Brother Hu's ways, and when you return to the Heavenly Demon Realm, you can also make a name for yourself."
"Yes, Brother Hu, I will learn from you." Yao Tong repeatedly nodded, but his expression showed that he didn't take Du Ge's teachings to heart.
...
About twenty minutes later.
Huang Mao came back and told Du Ge that everyone had gathered. Du Ge then walked out with Yao Tong.
More than four hundred people, organized by families, stood in formation on the open space.
In front of Gou Kun were piles of supplies, including mineral water, bread, ham sausages, steamed buns, biscuits, and more. Some of them even had price tags, indicating that they were scavenged from the community supermarket.
Everyone looked eagerly at the supplies in front of Gou Kun, and some children couldn't help but salivate.
The two people who were responsible for searching for the Heavenly Demon came to Du Ge and said in a low voice, "Brother Hu, we have verified it, but we didn't find the Heavenly Demon."
Du Ge looked at Yao Tong.
Yao Tong pretended to wipe his forehead and opened his personal interface. After scanning the numbers on it, he said, "Brother Hu, there are risks in possessing a body. It's possible that the Heavenly Demon's possession failed, or he is temporarily hiding and can't be found for a while. But we still need to be cautious. The more cunning a person is, the deeper they hide."
"Well, let's not worry about that now. We have more important things to deal with." Du Ge glanced at him, took two steps forward to the front of the square, coughed to attract everyone's attention, and then said, "I gathered everyone here today to discuss something. We all know what's happening outside. Cats, dogs, insects, they've all mutated. Going out is a death sentence. But we can't just stay here either. After all, our supplies are dwindling. With so many of us, we'll eventually run out of food. So, if we want to survive, we must stick together."
The people in the warehouse were visibly moved, and the younger, stronger ones changed color. Given Brother Hu's nature, it was likely he was going to send them out to find food.
"I know, I've done a lot of terrible things in the past, stolen your stuff, you hate me, fear me, wish I were dead." Du Ge looked at the crowd and shook his head, "But I don't think I was wrong. In such chaotic times, people would kill for a bite to eat. Without me, the villain, to keep things in check, there would be a second Brother Hu. How many of you could keep your food safe?"
As he spoke, he looked at the few women in the crowd with children, "Don't blame me for being blunt. Without me here, you would have been taken advantage of hundreds of times over. No one would care about you..."
The women's faces drained of color in an instant.
"In a world like this, we need people like me to keep the troublemakers in check, so they don't dare to act out." Du Ge sneered, "But now, I don't plan to continue as before. I don't want to be the villain anymore. As the saying goes, heroes emerge in troubled times. I, Brother Hu, am going to do great things from now on. I'm going to turn over a new leaf, be a hero, be a good person."
There was an uproar in the warehouse.
"I know you don't believe me, but I will prove my change through my actions." Du Ge said, "I've always understood that people like me are not popular. Before the chaos, you had families, jobs, various concerns, and didn't want to confront a scumbag like me.
But now, with food becoming scarcer, people would risk their lives for a bite to eat. We all have one head and two arms, who would be afraid when risking their lives?
I'm scared too, to be honest. These past few days, I haven't been able to sleep peacefully. I don't want to end up being stabbed in the back by you and killed.
So, I'm changing.
I want you to truly respect me, and more people to truly respect me. Only in this way can our territory expand. In this chaotic world, the more people we recruit, the easier it is to find resources and survive."
The crowd was in an uproar again.
People in the warehouse were discussing Du Ge's words like buzzing flies.
Du Ge couldn't hear their discussions, he gestured for them to quiet down, then continued, "I know what you're worried about. You're afraid I'm just saying nice things to trick you into going out to find resources. I can assure you here, I, Brother Hu, will personally lead the team to find resources. If I don't do this, may I be struck by lightning and die a terrible death."
There was another uproar.
This time, the people in the warehouse finally showed signs of being moved, realizing that the domineering Brother Hu might be serious this time.
Dog Kun and others also looked at Du Ge in surprise, seemingly not expecting him to say this.
"I'm a rough man, I don't understand those roundabout ways. I've managed to get to where I am now by sticking to two words - loyalty. Be ruthless to others, be ruthless to myself." Du Ge patted his chest, his eyes filled with murderous intent, "I said I want to be a good person, a hero, and I will do it. To be a hero, you have to charge into the fray. I will lead you to fight our way out."
He coughed, cleared his throat, rolled up his sleeves to cover his tattooed arm, trying to appear more refined, then said, "Ladies and gentlemen, a prodigal who returns is more precious than gold. I want to turn over a new leaf and be a good person. From now on, you can't call me Brother Hu anymore. I've just discussed with Dog Kun and others, and we've set up a company called Charity Unlimited.
The reason for naming the company this way is to tell others, and myself, that I want to be a good person, a great philanthropist. The change starts today, from now on we will follow the company's rules..."
(End of Chapter)