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Chapter 138: 138

They had their doubts about Chen Chen’s final claim .

Ever since the dawn of mankind, there had been two things that countless men would willingly spend their whole lives pursuing .

One was power, the second was resources .

However, there was no such thing as definite power in the world . Therefore, the worship for power eventually took on the form of a “community” strength .

With the roots of early society taking shape, the concept of communal strength evolved until the concept of “authority” was birthed .

Resources, on the other hand, were indispensable for human beings to ensure both their survival and continuous reproduction in ancient times . This included animal pelts, stone tools, prey, and even women to a certain extent .

Under harsh conditions, you stand a chance to live a better life than others and reproduce if you obtain more resources .

As the structure of human society grew ever complex, the embodiment of resources slowly morphed into abstract subjects such as money . Still, its essence remained the same .

This was to say that authority and money were the two things that modern human society seek above all else .

With authority, one would be able to establish one’s position over millions . With money, one would be able to easily obtain things that regular people could only dream of .

Whether it was wealth or authority, upon reaching a certain stage, one would be able to be exposed to the corresponding circles and obtain secrets that regular people would never discover in their entire lifetimes .

These secrets concerned the security and interests of the political system and were only known to a selection of people for a certain period .

This included matters of politics, economy, military affairs, finances, technology, and many other information that the Federation could not risk disclosing .

Take finances for example . By knowing ahead of time of a failure of a certain project of a certain company, one should be able to determine that the company’s stock should experience a drop in a few days .

Or in the case of technology, by knowing of a successfully deployed product ahead of time, preparations could be made to anticipate the changes the new gadget could cause in the market .

Having access to these pieces of information offered a substantial advantage whether it was for profit accumulation or risk aversion .

From the perspective of the ones on top who were in charge of this confidential information, regular investors were merely livestock ripe for slaughter .

At this moment, what Chen Chen was doing was breaking the information to these royal families ahead of time . It was a secret that could not be obtained by any other parties in the Federation .

The moment AD-001 made its debut, it was the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor drugs or NMDA receptor antagonist drugs on the market . Perhaps it could be international pharmaceutical companies such as Novartis, Johnson & Johnson, Biogen, Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Roche, Merck, and so on…

More than two decades of patented technology and investments totaling above 600 billion U . S . dollars was going to turn into nothing but scrap papers .

When that happened, what sort of ground-breaking revolution was going to occur in the international pharmaceutical market?

There was a good reason Chen Chen chose to disclose this information . He was going to use the resources available to him to section out a network for himself .

Should they believe what he told them, they should know to act accordingly upon being approached by pharmaceutical markets for investment to avoid losing everything three years later .

It was not a big deal even if they chose to not pay mind to it . By the time everything unfolds three years later, these people present here should be able to verify the validity of the information they had received ahead of time . With that, it should boost the prestige of God’s Forbidden Zone when they disclose similar information again .

Soon enough, God’s Forbidden Zone would become a unique network for relaying useful information . This was the reason Chen Chen had disclosed insider’s information to them…

Back to the present .

Several days later, the first group of family members of the Disciple Council concluded their successful treatment . The flames of life had been reignited for this group of elder members averaging at above sixty-five-years-old as they had returned to their state thirty years ago .

They had experienced a similar recovery in terms of physical fitness as well . Their physical capabilities had returned to the state of their younger self . It was practically the same as regular thirty-year-old adults .

It was as if the passage of time had been reversed .

After escorting them to the plane one by one, Chen Chen recognized that this marked the end of the scouting phase for the eleven families .

Next up, he was going to have to prepare to welcome the head of family and core members of the respective families .

This was also a sign of the eleven families officially taking the side of God’s Forbidden Zone . There should be no signs of conflict for a short period to come .

Chen Chen was not too worried about the potential leak of the existence of God’s Forbidden Zone .

First of all, with Little X monitoring the Internet, it was extremely easy to spot any activities directed at him .

Secondly, so what if there was some minor leak somewhere along the lines? This was not some sort of terrorist organization after all . At most, the outside world would see it as several organizations providing mutual aid, similar to a freemasonry system . The entire world knew of the practice of freemasonry anyway, so what?

Besides, Chen Chen also had the relevant qualification certification for conducting clinical trials . No matter how you look at it, Blacklight was a perfectly legitimate biotechnology company . There was no way someone could say that qualification certification for clinical trials issued by Namibia was not standard enough .

As long as the deeper secrets remained hidden, nobody could threaten Chen Chen . The worst that could happen was some international criticism that could be easily silenced by enlisting the help of the navy .

Over the last few days, the movie Chen Chen shot had also officially passed North America and the Mainland’s screening process . They would be premiering across the two continents and it should take some time for the other continents .

However, the reception was a little controversial .

Deadly Crisis: A Shocking Scheme garnered a rating of 40% on the tomatometer on North America’s renowned film critic site, Rotten Tomatoes . This meant that out of all the professional critics reviewing it, sixty-percent of them gave it a net negative review .

The popcorn meter on the other hand was rated by audience voting . The average score for Chen Chen’s movie was 2 . 5 out of 5 .

As for IMDB, they gave the movie a rating of 6 . 0 which was a borderline passing mark .

“Getlost: I can’t believe this is a Hollywood movie . Apart from the all-star cast, acceptable cinematography, and the all-too-familiar car chase scene, its plot was complete garbage!”

“PSYCHO: Oh God, this movie is about an idiot who’s being hunted down by an even more idiotic force . It’s like both sides are competing to see who can be the bigger idiot . Voila, the idiot took the crown . Safe to say that this is the worst movie I’ve watched in my entire lifetime!”

“Kill: I think it’s alright . The female protagonist is hot, the scenes are explosive . With all these big-name cast, it was worth the ticket price!”

“Carpenter Qian: So, the story hasn’t even concluded right? Where did the villain come from? Was the director sleepwalking when he made the movie?”

“Douban Reviews: This here is a good old Hollywood classic, I’m going to give it five stars… What? This is shot by a Chinese man? Hehe, that explains why it’s so bad, I’ll give it a one-star to balance things out . ”

Most people went to the theaters for the all-star cast and ended up dumbfounded by the actual movie itself . In the first week, the total box office of Deadly Crisis: A Shocking Scheme was only 10 million U . S . dollars . 7 million in North America and 3 million in the Mainland .

“Looks like it’s a botched investment . ”

Chen Chen helplessly sighed upon reading the many criticisms on review sites . He added to the pile of comments himself:

“Chenchen: Dumb director . ”