"Did My Lord Russell leave this to you?!"
Andre instantly lost his judgment, and immediately stopped doubting. "Fine! Since it is My Lord Russell, I won't ask any more questions."
"Hmm."
William also knew that the best way to deal with Andre was to bring up his Grandpa.
Subsequently, he reminded him again: "Andre, money is not an issue. You must hire the best lawyers and get the military contractor business license as soon as possible."
"Only then can I have my own private army."
"Rest assured, kid, don't you trust me!"
Andre laughed, took out his phone, and left the office, preparing to rely on the connections he had accumulated to solve the problem William mentioned.
Afterward, only Halsey and William remained in the office.
Halsey, however, sat on the sofa without any hesitation, leaning against the soft back cushion, and asked William with a smile:
"Boss, is the next topic about my research?"
"That's right." William sat on the other end of the sofa, handed a stack of documents from the file bag to her, and said:
"I checked the list of items needed for the biological laboratory; see if there's anything missing."
"Okay."
Halsey took the documents and read them quickly, scanning ten lines at a glance, while muttering something to herself.
However, the voice was very soft, and William didn't pay attention.
Half a minute later, Halsey tossed the stack of documents aside and said, "Hmm, it's about right. If there were anything missing, you wouldn't understand even if I told you."
"Uh..." William's mouth twitched slightly. He composed himself before continuing:
"There aren't many private hospitals in Hafa City. The largest one is Dickson Hospital, located next to the city center park."
"Use your status to approach them and try to buy that hospital. Money is not an issue."
"Oh?" Halsey placed the tip of her left index finger on her lips, narrowed her eyes, and said, "Is it to cover your tracks?"
"This... yes." William nodded.
Before, he thought chatting with highly intelligent people was easy, but now he just felt that such people were a bit terrifying.
Foresighted, seeing through everything, and not the naive airhead she appeared to be on the surface.
This was William's assessment of Halsey.
At this moment...
Halsey braced her hands on the sofa, leaned her body toward William, and asked in a cold tone:
"Then, Boss, in order to create Super Soldiers like the Spartan, what is your bottom line?"
"Bottom line?" William paused.
"That's right." Halsey said in a deep voice, "When you proposed the Super Soldier project to me in the car, the general plan and steps were already listed in my mind."
As she spoke, Halsey sat back up properly, raised her left hand into a fist, and then extended her index finger, saying:
"The first point is to select the children with the best genes among humans, and they cannot be older than fourteen."
(She then extended her middle finger)
"The second point is to perform comprehensive transformation surgeries on the selected individuals, which must be carried out on the skeletal, muscular, and neural levels."
Speaking to this point, Halsey lowered her hand, stared intently into William's eyes, and said:
"Even though specific experiments and research haven't been conducted yet, I believe the mortality rate for the second point will exceed fifty percent."
"That is why I asked, what is your bottom line?"
"Heh." William chuckled softly and said, "My bottom line is that no matter what, I must create the Spartan. Does this answer satisfy you?"
Upon hearing this, Halsey instantly returned to an innocent smile and said, "So that means no bottom line~"
"I suppose so." William did not deny it.
In any case, he had to support Halsey in completing the spartan project.
To put it grandly, Spartan soldiers could secretly protect all of humanity, and even the safety of Earth.
To put it selfishly, the Spartan could save his life.
"That's great~"
Halsey was sitting on the sofa, kicking her snow-white legs as if out of excitement, and said with a squinting smile:
"I thought I would never be able to research with full freedom in this life. Just for this point alone, you are my boss! Mr. William."
"Uh..." William rubbed his temples, closed his eyes, and said helplessly, "It's William Russell, Russell..."
"Okay, Boss William~" Halsey still didn't change how she addressed him.
"Forget it." William gave up on trying to communicate normally with such a non-human, and continued with the serious topic:
"Go and make contact with Dickson Hospital tomorrow. Given your status, I assume it will be very easy to gain their attention."
"Remember, money is not an issue."
"Ah, ah, I got it." Halsey rubbed her ears.
"Also," William said again,
"I plan to build a huge secret facility directly beneath Hafa City for your research."
"As for Researchers and the like, you should know more than Andre and I do. It won't be too late to hire them after construction is finished."
"You... aren't you trusting me too much? I'm a bit embarrassed."
Hearing the grand plan William described, Halsey showed an unconfident expression for the first time. She even placed her dancing legs on the ground and held her hands between her legs, acting a bit fidgety.
Indeed.
From Halsey's perspective, William, for some unknown reason, seemed to have infinite trust in her.
Halsey was only nineteen years old, a genius with a small reputation in scientific circles.
But there were many geniuses, not just her.
Seeing her expression, William realized that he had a god's-eye view, knowing in advance that she had this ability.
"Hehe."
Immediately after, he chuckled, leaned forward slightly to look at Halsey, and encouraged her:
"Alright, as an old Chinese idiom says, don't belittle yourself."
Halsey looked at her slender hands and responded softly: "Hmm..."
They were silent for a moment before she returned to normal and asked:
"By the way, wouldn't building a huge facility under the provincial capital cause a stir?"
"It's fine." William waved his hand to explain:
"Canada is a federal country, and provinces are relatively independent."
"I plan to continuously donate construction funds to Hafa City to gain the city's favor and gradually gain control of the entire city."
"In the early stages, I will hire a Chinese Engineering Team to develop my own construction team. It can be completed in one to one and a half years."
"By then, my private army should be established, and the workers involved in the construction won't dare to leak it."
"Besides, I can pay them well, and those workers will be very willing to work for my company."
"After all, who would turn away money?"
"Hmm." Halsey agreed with this point. She knew the construction speed of the Chinese Engineering Team and volunteered:
"I am quite familiar with Halifax. Let me design the blueprint for this building."
"Is that so? That would be great."
William was just worrying about this, and Halsey's appearance perfectly filled the gap.
She is practically a jack-of-all-trades.
"By the way, have you thought about what to call this facility?" Halsey asked curiously again.
"Of course." William smiled slightly and said, "It is called the Hive."