Gu Tianqi: “Then let’s do it this way. I don’t need to go through all that trouble on my end. I’m already old, and if Jin Huai weren’t unwilling to take over for me, I would have handed my shares to him long ago. The younger people in the company have long since grown tired of us old fellows anyway. Now that I’m selling my shares, I can just take it as retiring and enjoying the rest of my life.”
Lu Zhengyang: “If I sell one third of my shares, I should be able to get around ten billion in cash.”
Lu Yan: “That should be enough for now. Let’s use this money to buy as much as we can and start stockpiling. If it’s not enough, we’ll slowly sell more of the shares in our hands, just like Dad said. If that still doesn’t work, we have one last option.”
Hearing this, everyone present except Lu Xi asked curiously, “What option?”
Lu Xi sighed. “Looks like you all wasted your time reading those novels last night. I remember recommending a novel called Zero Dollar Shopping Around the World. Didn’t you read it? There’s no need to guess what Yan Bao means by the last option. It must be zero dollar shopping.”
Lu Yan nodded. “That’s right. The early stages, just before and after the Apocalypse begins, are the best time for zero dollar shopping. But the most important thing is to make sure we aren’t discovered and to pay attention to our own safety. When zombies first appear in the early stages of the Apocalypse, they will probably just be low level zombies. As long as we cut off their heads, they won’t pose much of a threat. However, we can’t guarantee that there won’t be higher level zombies among them. So, starting today, whenever we have a break from stockpiling supplies, we also need to strengthen our physical training. At the very least, that way we’ll have the ability to deal with low level zombies and first and second level zombies.”
As soon as she finished speaking, Lu Zhengyang immediately said, “Should we hire a few coaches who are good fighters to come back and train us?”
Lu Xi and Lu Xiao nodded. “I think that’s a good idea.”
The others thought about it for a moment before nodding as well. “Sure.”
Lu Xiang: “Get me a skilled female personal trainer.”
Lu Zhengyang: “All right, I’ll take care of it.”
Lu Xiao: “Let me do it instead. I know people in this field, and no one will find it suspicious if I invite them over.”
Everyone nodded, settling another matter.
Lu Yan: “Now that we’ve solved the funding problem, it’s time to begin our journey of stockpiling supplies. Everyone should start gathering supplies while quietly bringing funds back into our accounts. We have to be extremely careful. Since there are so many of us, we can divide the work among ourselves. I think Second Brother and Dad can be responsible for stockpiling all kinds of daily necessities. I suggest renting an enormous warehouse so that we can purchase supplies and immediately put them into the space. After all, a supermarket can’t simply open for business the moment we decide to start one, so no one will become suspicious. If we need to store other supplies, we can also have them delivered to the warehouse.”
“Fifth Brother, you’ll be responsible for weapons and related supplies. Fourth Brother, you’ll handle all kinds of supplies for dealing with natural disasters. Jin Huai will be responsible for medical supplies, while Mom, Grandpa, and I will take care of food and drinks. Everyone should stockpile everything as soon as possible, just in case the Apocalypse arrives ahead of schedule.”
Lu Xi nodded in agreement. “Exactly. Yan Bao’s rebirth may have disrupted the circumstances of this life, so we should try our best to finish everything within two months and catch Lu Jiaoyang completely off guard before she is reborn.”
“All right.”
Everyone felt that Lu Yan’s arrangements and Lu Xi’s suggestion were extremely reasonable, and they all agreed wholeheartedly.
Each person would stockpile supplies in the areas they understood best, which would also make it less likely for others to become suspicious.
Moreover, everyone could enter and leave the space whenever they wanted. The only problem was that they could currently stay inside for only half an hour each day, but that did not affect their ability to stockpile and collect supplies.
They didn’t need to enter the space while gathering supplies anyway.
They could simply save that half hour each day for emergencies and use it to save their lives if necessary.
Seeing that no one had any objections, Lu Yan spoke again. “Now that we’ve arranged everything for stockpiling supplies, there’s one more thing we need to prepare for.”
This time, no one looked confused. Instead, everyone answered in unison, “The safe house!”
Lu Yan smiled. “That’s right. Having supplies alone isn’t enough. We also need a completely secure safe house. Otherwise, the supplies in our hands will only make us die sooner and faster when the time comes.”
Lu Zhengyang: “I’ll take care of the safe house this time. I guarantee I’ll build you a completely safe and reliable one.”
Lu Xi: “If there’s anything you don’t understand, Dad, you can ask me, or do more research and consult some security companies. We have to make sure it can withstand powerful winds, floods, extreme cold, extreme heat, attacks from people, and zombie attacks.”
Lu Zhengyang: “Don’t worry. Forget zombies, it’ll even be able to withstand firearms and ammunition. I guarantee it’ll be more secure than a bank vault.”
Lu Jiang: “We can definitely trust Dad with this.”
With Lu Jiang’s assurance, everyone felt much more at ease.
It wasn’t that they didn’t trust their father. Having another person give their approval simply made everyone feel more reassured and confident. It was really just a psychological effect.
“Besides everything we’ve discussed, does anyone have anything else to add?” Lu Zhengyang asked as he looked around at everyone.
Everyone shook their heads.
Lu Yan: “This is everything we can think of for now. There’s nothing else at the moment. If we think of anything later, we can add it then.”
“All right, let’s leave it at that for now.”
As he spoke, Lu Zhengyang glanced at the time on his watch. “I didn’t expect these few things to take the entire morning. It’s already after two in the afternoon. Come on, let’s go downstairs and eat first. We still have some time this afternoon, so everyone should hurry and split up to get started. If anyone thinks of something we didn’t mention earlier, send a message in the family group, something like, ‘Family meeting in five minutes.’ Then we can find an opportunity to enter the space and discuss it, so outsiders won’t overhear us. We also need to be careful with our wording when sending messages or making phone calls. It’s best to use code words instead of saying things directly. If necessary, just @ the person, then enter the space, discuss everything quickly, and come back out. We need to save as much time as possible.”
Once they split up to work, it would naturally be less convenient to discuss things than it was in the audiovisual room at home.
The audiovisual room in their home had extremely effective soundproofing. Although they lived in a huge villa and normally didn’t have to worry about disturbing the neighbors when watching movies, Lu Zhengyang had still spent a great deal of money on installing exceptionally powerful soundproofing when the house was renovated. No matter how loudly they shouted or yelled inside the audiovisual room, not a single sound could be heard outside. That was why they had chosen the audiovisual room for their family meeting.
They had already informed the housekeeper, so even though the meeting had gone past lunchtime, no one came in to disturb them.
“All right.”
Everyone agreed, then took one of the assigned shopping lists. Lu Zhengyang had already printed them out while they were discussing everything earlier.
For safety’s sake, Lu Zhengyang had also printed several extra copies and stored them in the space. Then he completely destroyed the list saved on the computer system.