Pokémon: Hoenen Rage

Chapter 118 Planning for the Development Zone (25)

After a few days, everything returned to normal.

Len resumed teaching, and several Pokémon also resumed methodical training. It seemed that the past few weeks were just an illusion that lasted for a long time.

Only the powerful Naki and Lila realized that some changes were happening to Rai and several Pokémon.

However, even they did not fully understand what such a change was.

To be precise, even Lai, who was a party involved, could not give a specific explanation.

However, it seemed that a door had been opened slightly, revealing a little light.

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This afternoon, when school was about to end.

Yahida, who has lost a lot of money, appears in Lai's office.

"Mr. Yahida, long time no see."

Lai took the initiative to say hello, and Wright on the side was about to pour tea, but he waved his hand and refused.

Seeing that the two seemed to be discussing something important, Wright exited the office with a wink and closed the door.

"Okay, Mr. Yahida, please sit down. What can I do?"

"Don't be too arrogant, Lai, that's what I'll call you. You can just call me Yashida."

"Okay, Yahida. Let me guess, are there any changes in the development area?"

Lai sat up straight, put away the documents on the table, and spoke calmly.

"Yes, as expected, the Alliance is only willing to provide a route from Kaina to the pioneering area."

Ahida carelessly leaned on the back of the sofa, speaking indignantly.

"This is not surprising, so what do you think? Let me guess, since you are here, you want to try my idea?"

Len stood up and walked to the other side of the coffee table to sit down.

Yahida took out a map that was much larger than that day, placed it on the coffee table, and signaled to Lai:
"Yes, if it weren't for your idea, I might have agreed to them, but now I want to give it a try."

On the map, each of the six points originally circled by Lai has been marked. Tianshui Island and the original site of the pioneering area are the most detailed, followed by Yinyu and Wudou, and finally the northwest islands and northern mountains, with only a few strokes.

Lai looked at it carefully and said:

"Your people are very efficient. Except for the two most important areas, everything else has been sorted out."

Yaxida pushed up her sunglasses, quite pleased with herself:
"Of course. As far as intelligence from various places is concerned, even a large company like Dewen is not as good as me."

Then, he sat up straight, took off his sunglasses, and his expression turned serious:
"However, the problem now is huge. If we work alone, the money is relatively easy to come by. I will think of a way and I can always make up half of it. The most troublesome part is whether the various places will allow us to do such dangerous things."

This was also a question that Lai often thought about during this period. He picked up a pencil and clicked on it:

"Let's not talk about martial arts for now. If it doesn't work, just look at my house. It's also on the waterway. It shouldn't be a big problem."

"I will talk to Naqi when I get back to Yinyu City, and I will put it on hold for now."

"There must be no problem here on Tianshui Island, and the same should be true for the original site of the development area you designed. And even if there is a problem there, it's not that it cannot be replaced. The place provided by the alliance itself is not a good place."

"The core problem lies in the northwest islands and northern mountains, right?"

Yashida nodded and said sincerely:
"Yes, these are the two places. Do you have any idea?"

His nails tapped on the table unconsciously, making a rhythmic "tap-tat" sound. Lai thought for a moment and said cautiously:
"I dare not say there is a way. But I can try it. Since the pioneering journey, let me take the first trip.

but"

Laila trailed off.

"But what? Just mention it."

Yashida looked very anxious.

"In the future development area, I need to have the same decision-making power as you."

Stopping the tapping, Len spoke slowly.

Without much thought, Ahida waved his hand:
"Hey, I thought you were talking about something. If I can really achieve such a career as you said, what's the harm?"

Lai didn't take his straightforwardness seriously. He waved his hand and continued:
"This does not mean that you and I will have complete dominance here. If there is really the development area I envision, we need to establish a voting mechanism belonging to the development leaders. Except in emergencies, voting rights need to be carried out. decision making."

"This? To be honest, I don't understand. Isn't the Battle Brain just the invited star trainer and battle facility manager?" Yahida was a little confused.

"No, that's not the case. If you really want to establish a foothold in one place, you need to give the pioneer leaders a sufficient sense of belonging, and the part of the decision-making power that can be used is an excellent source of this sense of belonging."

Lai patiently explained to him.

Yahida suddenly realized it, and then looked at Lai in shock:
"You don't mean to?"

Lai shook his head:

"I don't have such an idea. It is impossible for the development zone to have such huge strength. It is just to fight for some rights and interests in remote areas."

"To change a marginal area like the South China Sea Islands, we must start by changing the alliance."

"There's only so much we can do - without causing a disaster."

"The things in the future will be done by future people, and we don't need to worry about them, just like education."

"In addition, regarding the funding issue, my suggestion is to make full use of local resources. For example, if you want to locate it on our Pal Island, you can let the local people contribute and jointly prepare for the construction. It is also a win-win situation in itself. Materials and personnel are provided locally, and the cost will be very low. many."

"It makes sense, but we have nothing to do with each other in many places." Yaxida discovered the problem.

"Naqi and I were watching while walking, we must try it."

"Then, please."

"Okay, let's make the initial decision first. I will tell you when I leave in a while. I'm afraid this trip won't be short. We can contact you at any time. You can build slowly one place at a time.

Oh, speaking of which, the first phase of our Tianshui Island crash course is about to graduate, about a month from now. You are welcome to attend the graduation ceremony. "

"So fast, it's only been a few months?"

Ahida was very surprised, but she was relieved when she thought of Lai's amazing words and amazing actions.

Lai smiled: "Expedited, it doesn't mean it only takes these three months. If they are willing, the school will provide them with further study opportunities later, but if they change it to part-time work-study, they are all very old."

Having temporarily solved the biggest burden in her heart, Yaxida also breathed a sigh of relief and joked:

"Okay, I will definitely come then to see the level of your first batch of direct disciples of Principal Lai."

"You are always welcome, my students are indeed quite good."

When it comes to his students, Lay is not as humble as he is with himself.

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"Lai, why do you look so happy today? Is it because of that Yaxida?"

Standing next to Lai who was cooking with her teacup in her arms, Naki asked briskly.

After taking a sip of the tea, Lai said while cooking:

"Yes and no, I haven't said anything about what happened over there yet. I can only say that I have an idea. What makes me happier is that I have decided on the future route."

Hearing this, Naqi also became interested:

"Where are you going? Do you want to challenge a round of the Eight Avenues Pavilion, and then go to the Caiyou Tournament?"

Lai shook his head and took Naqi's hand in his busy schedule:

"No, do you still remember the six points I drew on Yahida's map that day? I called it a pioneering journey, and I want to walk it myself."

"Pioneering journey." Naqi thought silently, and then discovered the crux of the problem, "Walking it yourself?"

Lai pretended to be a matter of course and replied: "Yes, walk by yourself."

Seeing that Naqi's face had turned from sunny to gloomy in an instant, and was still turning into a thunderstorm, and the little hand in her hand was showing signs of being pulled out with force, Lai stopped teasing her, and squeezed Naqi's hand tightly with a little force. live.

"So, beautiful Miss Naqi, do you have the honor to invite you to accompany me for a while?"

As he spoke, a yellow calla lily flower was magically taken out of the pocket on the other side.

"I"

Just as he was about to answer, there was a heavy knocking outside the door.

"Brother Lai, something happened!"

(End of this chapter)