Chapter 005: New Member
After hearing this, Nikolai felt a bit embarrassed, maybe he was a bit impulsive.
"Cough, in that case, let's first repair the water supply and electricity, then we'll make the subsequent modifications." Nikolai instructed and ran his finger along the edge of a small table.
"...After cleaning the floor, fill it with cement and cover it with tiles, also order some cheap sofas and lamps."
"The sofas and ordered items should be arranged here, this will be our rest area, they should go here..."
Kai nodded continuously as he followed Nikolai through the factory, who indicated his work to him.
"The kitchen will go here, divide it into two sections, kitchen and dining room, you must get everything economically, in quantity, with 40 people it will be enough," said Nikolai as he headed to the next place.
"On the second floor, first clear half of the space and get 20 iron bunk beds, and buy the cheapest sheets!"
"The public baths and toilets are located at the back of the studio, that is, located in that corner, the other opposite corner becomes a wardrobe." After saying everything, Kai nodded and left, fortunately, he has a strong memory.
...
A week later ~
The entire factory building looks the same from the outside, but the inside has been completely renovated.
Upon entering the floor, there is a resting area formed by ten two-seat office-type sofas, above the resting area there are ten lamps, although the light is not strong, it is enough.
Behind the resting area, there is a large dining room, with capacity for 40 people, next to a kitchen with several refrigerators.
Passing through the same glass door, you reach a huge space, where forty desks are arranged, around them rows of iron shelves and five water dispensers.
Behind the shelves, there is a locker of the same structure, the locker is already filled with things necessary for daily life.
After passing through the plastic wall again, he reached a room divided into three parts.
The north corner of the room is a bathhouse and a bathroom, and in the middle, there is a fitness area composed of simple fitness equipment, and on the other side, there is a wardrobe full of cheap clothes.
On the second floor, twenty bunk beds with silver iron frames occupied a small corner and the other spaces were still empty.
Another change is that a corridor was built on the way from the factory to the small adjoining office building, the black plastic sheet over and around the corridor is enough to block views from the sky and the surroundings.
The original office building has also undergone a simple transformation and has been transformed into an industrial-style residence with five rooms and two hallways.
In the basement of the office building, there is a divided room protected by two anti-theft doors that require fingerprints, passwords, and magnetic cards.
In the center of the divided room, there is a large bed measuring four meters by two meters, the large bed is a large white plastic sheet.
On the two walls of the room, there are shelves full of shelves, the shelves are full of various high-energy foods, some glucose for infusion, and first aid medicines and tools.
Hanging above the room, there are ten large LED spotlights that illuminate the entire room as if it were daylight.
At that moment, on the large bed in the room, Nikolai was falling asleep supported by several cushions.
After frantically eating calorie-rich foods, his body accumulated a lot of energy again.
He is preparing to create his second Clone!
...
On one side, Kai carefully closed the two anti-theft doors and pushed several shelves to hang bottles from the side corner.
The shelves are full of hanging glucose bottles.
Kai moved the needle and inserted it into his defined body, which was lying in shorts.
After a while, Nikolai was filled with more than ten infusion tubes.
This glucose is to prevent Nikolai from extracting his own energy due to a lack of energy during cloning, this can reduce the damage to his body.
Nikolai, who had fallen into a coma, began to slowly twist and a lump began to slowly protrude from him.
Kai nodded, took a textbook, and sat in a chair next to him, waiting.
...
If nothing happens, an hour later, it is estimated that his new partner will be born successfully.
Time passed, and the mass next to Nikolai successfully separated, a young man exactly like him appeared on the bed.
Kai smiled and approached Nikolai dressed in a medical gown.
After a while, Nikolai woke up quietly, he woke up and noticed the new cloned body next to him.
Nikolai stared at him and said, "Your name will be... Abel Petrov," said Nikolai after thinking for a bit.
He looked at Kai deciding to give them both his surname, this is their initiation ceremony, it is useless, but it makes it more special.
Abel's eyes opened in sync with Kai's memories and the hive mind, he turned to Nikolai and said.
"Thank you, boss."
After that, he got up and left, after putting on a medical gown, he returned and stood aside respectfully.
"Very well, our big family has a new member," said Nikolai as he looked at Kai and Abel with satisfaction.
With these two, he will be free from mundane tasks!
"Kai, keep ordering things for the base, Abel, tomorrow you will start learning about computing," said Nikolai.
"Yes, sir!" x2
Nikolai nodded with satisfaction, getting closer to being a great boss.
'Ahem, nonsense aside.'
The reason Abel can't start learning about computing is that Nikolai decided to destroy the old computer that had some viruses of unethical origin...
'Okay, I admit, I could remove them, but I don't want to take the risk!'
Nikolai could only briefly curse his predecessor.
'Sigh, I guess I can't blame him, he was just a teenager, ah...' thought Nikolai shaking his head, not considering the fact that he was also a teenager even in his previous life.
Kai and Abel's faces were filled with question marks when they saw him sigh, but they didn't ask, after all, if the boss wanted to tell them, he would have already done so.
Now he has to find a way to make money, he already spent almost 50,000 on factory repairs along with the possible feats that Kai will do in the coming days, he only has 200,000 dollars left!
'Sigh! This is not enough, at this rate we will be ruined!'
For him, being bankrupt does not only mean eating canned food once a day, but also handing over his life to the army, especially his bone marrow!
"No! I have to find a way!" Nikolai started to lose neurons and after thinking twice, he nodded with a slight smile.
But for Kai and Abel, it looked like a demon king planning his next attack on humanity, which is not entirely wrong...
How did those urban protagonists get their first batch of money? The answer is... The Internet!
That's right, those protagonists developed antivirus, saved the world, and won over the heroine, of course, there is no such thing in real life.
So the question is why don't we use this type of virus?
No matter how you look at it, this virus is more effective in making money than starting a company from scratch, whether it's Facebook, Twitter, or whatever, they will all take time to yield profits, of course, it can't be ruled out doing that in the future.
As for the virus, once the benefit is squeezed out, antivirus modules can be manufactured and sold to various major antivirus software companies.
Isn't that the best?
I can easily make money while sleeping!
Not only can we get black money for development abroad, but we can also get "clean money" for the development of antivirus software companies.
Which is simply killing two birds with one stone!
That's right, the plan is to create a virus that can sweep the world in a short time and make those who get infected with the virus buy untraceable cryptocurrencies.
Perfect! Absolutely perfect!
After thinking for a while, Nikolai saw a fatal flaw in his plan.
In his previous life, cryptocurrencies were developed by a group related to Satoshi Nakamoto, under Blockchain technology, in 2009, now we are in 2003, and I don't know if cryptocurrencies exist.
Nikolai thought about it, but he has some impressions of this type of technology in the news, although nothing official has been developed yet, it shouldn't be a problem to use this technology with some tricks, even if it can affect cryptocurrencies in the future, this has nothing to do with him.
The next day ~
Kai and Nikolai took separate paths, Kai went to buy more basic supplies for the base and Nikolai headed to an electronics store.
The reason he went out personally is that he is a bit bored in the factory, anyway, he wears a scarf and a hat all the time, plus different clothes, so no one finds anything unusual.
Soon, he approached the store, this is one of the largest electronics stores in Queens, yes, Queens, the reason for coming here? none, just to stretch his legs a bit and travel further, anyway, he is using an Electric Scooter that he bought for a few hundred dollars.
"Sir, welcome." Nikolai had just entered the computer area when he heard a familiar voice.
The owner of this voice is very beautiful, but Nokolai does not feel particularly happy about it.
The reason? because this is Mary Jane Watson, his classmate.
"She should be Peter Parker's girl in the movies, but I'm not sure about that..." Nikolai thought, Peter Parker really exists, but the boy is two years younger than him and Mary Jane, who are about to graduate, plus the boy's appearance is like Tom Holland from the MCU.
"I didn't expect her to be here..." Nikolai thought confirming his thought by looking at the name tag on the girl's chest.
"Hello, excuse me sir, what do you need?" Mary Jane asked respectfully.
"Bring me ten of those computers," Nikolai pointed to the $800 desktop computer in front of him.
"Alright sir, if you're sure you want ten units, I can request a more favorable price for you," Mary Jane said in a low voice.
This made Nikolai frown slightly.
"Well, it's the first time I've met a salesperson who takes the initiative to help customers save money," Nikolai said to Mary Jane jokingly.
"Being considerate of customers and satisfying them is the purpose of our service," Mary responded politely and contacted the manager.
After a few minutes, Mary Jane turned to him.
"Sir, the manager has responded, each computer can cost you $600, and ten computers sum up to $6,000," Mary Jane said, smiling tenderly.
"Mm..." Nikolai nodded with satisfaction.
"Thank you, this is the address and phone number, just have the manager call me before arriving," Nikolai was ready to leave after paying.
"Alright, thank you for coming!" Mary Jane nodded, a curious light shining in her eyes.
She had realized some time ago that this person was her classmate who had "disappeared" from school for over a month.
Although he covered himself quite well and only revealed a pair of eyes, his voice and his pause when he saw her were enough.
"I don't know what my mysteriously missing classmate is up to, but I feel it's not something good..." Mary Jane thought before dismissing those boring thoughts, it's not her problem.
After that, Mary Jane refocused on her work.