Overturned Tower

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Sacred Blood Island was the first to break the unspoken rules—perhaps because Maria's death had stimulated them, and Sacred Blood Island finally decided to take action.

From three months ago, all their elf directors had a motion vote.Starting from next month, other sky islands will start to follow suit one after another.

Last month, the elf directors of Happy Island also chose to return to their positions.

At that time, there were human directors who did not respond, and actively communicated with those elf directors who hadn't spoken for a long time—even discussed enthusiastically with them, and showed their work results with confidence.And Sai Lun and the other elf directors did chat with him gently, listening to him say something like "If you want me to say, Chairman, you are too gentle with them", "There is no need to spend their working hours The compression is so short, if you really want to do it like this, you have to shrink it bit by bit, and those salary slaves will be grateful to Dade," the complacent and stupid words.

Based on his own analysis, the director proposed amendments to Chairman Sai Lun's proposal a few months ago.

The director said: "These salary slaves usually work six days a week, eight hours a day, plus two to six hours of overtime, and one day off every month. This is in the seven empty islands. It was the best treatment ever.

"Not only have you squeezed the work week down to three and a half days, you've also recently stopped them from working overtime. That means their effective working hours have dropped to 28 hours, which has actually dropped to a third in one go. Not only It is unnecessary, and the value of such ampoule biomedical insurance and the membership of the diagnosis and treatment plan you promised before will also decrease accordingly.

"If you ask me, you might as well reduce the working hours to four or five days, then extend the eight hours to twelve hours, and limit overtime to six hours a day. Then they will still be grateful to you, The extra period of time can just be used to increase their desire to shop. We can recover their wages in this way, and the value of medical insurance will be highlighted when their deposits remain low... ..."

He talked endlessly to Chairman Sai Lun for a long time.

This is the latest young director who joined the board of directors in January.

He is the former head of the human resources department of Tianen Group, and he is only 41 years old this year.

He hadn't realized that these elf directors were different from other "human bosses".Instead, he habitually wants to show off his abilities and achievements, and by the way, give his boss a subtle and clever pat on the horse.

——After all, in the past, although these elf directors arrived, they were almost silent.He didn't even have a chance to flatter if he wanted to.

Directors who are smarter, or who have their own intelligence channels, chose to remain silent at the very beginning.

Eventually, the young director realized the problem himself in less than 10 minutes—but it was too late.

The last resolution that day was to remove this human director who was not fast enough in vision, comprehension and reaction from the board of directors.

With Sai Lun himself avoiding suspicion and choosing to abstain, only nine people passed the resolution.

None of the elf directors thought there was anything wrong with that.

Of course, the other elf directors also have doubts about these proposals of Sai Lun...but even if they want to object, they must be asked.

——A newly promoted human director, do you want to teach the chairman how to do things?

So this young human director was kicked out after only four board meetings.

The newly appointed directors this month have obviously received guidance from their seniors.Although it was also his first time to participate in the board of directors, the chairman did not allow him to introduce himself, so he really didn't say a word.

And until the dissolution, Chairman Sai Lun did not let him introduce himself.Her gentle, mother-like eyes didn't even stay on him for a few seconds.

Today, the human directors of Tianen Group can finally confirm one thing.

——Times are about to change drastically.

New rules are about to come into effect, old traditions will be discarded... the world will become completely different from before.

And as the board meeting ended, Sai Lun also opened his eyes and gracefully brushed his hair behind his ears.

She was sitting on the edge of Russell's bed at the moment.

Behind her, delphinium is hugging her neck, kneeling on the bed.

Delphinium also opened its eyes at the same time, and unplugged the data cable connected to Sai Lun's body and to his waist.

In the past few months, she has watched the board of directors by sharing Sai Lun's vision.

"Why is this over? Don't you mention it?"

Delphinium patted the chairman's chest unceremoniously, watching it tremble there, his hands flapping like a cat scratching a wall.

Sai Lun reached out and grabbed Delphinium's hand, turned around and asked in doubt, "What are you talking about?"

"Didn't you want me to go on a business trip? If [Russell] is counted, all the executive and deputy directors of the Executive Department and the Special Executive Department will leave the island—isn't this a big deal?"

"...No, you don't understand. There is no need to mention such things."

Sai Lun understood what Delphinium meant.

She chuckled. "I'll just mention one thing... and no one will question it. They'll just start reading comprehension on my unconventional decision."

"What reading comprehension?"

"It's very simple..."

Sai Lun made a pleasant and elegant voice, she turned around and hugged the delphinium and rolled down on the bed.

She squinted her eyes, and her tone suddenly changed to that of Russell: "It is Tianen Group that is going to attack the Fuji Society."

"Is what you just said true?"

"of course it's true."

"Sai Lun" sighed: "This is the only way. Any group, association, organization...as long as it keeps pouring in new blood, it must carry out self-purification on a regular basis. Generally speaking, as long as the time is prolonged, Without the intervention of external forces, all organizations that do not have a major collapse in the basic market can complete self-purification.

"Put it in the aid society, it will eventually degenerate and even become stigmatized. But when it is stigmatized to a certain extent, a great man will emerge from it to remove those filthy parts. New students It may still be called Fujishe, or it may change its name, or the part that was cut off may be split off to take a new name. But in short, after it grows to a certain extent, it can be split to complete self-purification.

"Although I successfully fabricated the history of the Fuji Society, it is a truly new organization after all. It has no background and has not passed the test of time. The more beautiful its ideals, the more prone to disease. Of course, I also I believe that under my management, it will definitely be able to complete self-purification...

"...But, I don't have that much time."

Sai Lun said softly.

Her face melted and turned back to Russell.

He looked at the delphinium and said word by word: "I gave it a new mission. That is to expose the fact that 'resources are about to run out' to people."

Hearing this, Delphinium was startled.

She propped up her upper body on the bed with one hand: "Wait, won't this cause confusion?"

"Yes, that's why I said it at this time. Because soon, the out-of-control Fuji Society will bring more chaos... It can distract people's attention and reduce the shock of this news from the side.

"The more chaotic the period, the more people can accept some big news in a calm manner; in the calm and peaceful era, even a little bit of trouble, even if it's just a small news like an idol's private life, can become the 'big news' that everyone has been discussing for a long time. .”

"Are you... are you going to give up the Aid Society?"

"On the contrary," Russell's pupils seemed to reflect light, "I want to save it.

"The best way to prevent the Aid Society from degenerating is to let everyone know what it will look like and what disasters it will cause if it degenerates. In this way, the overseers are no longer you and me, but the public."

Hearing this, Delphinium frowned.

She was obviously still hesitant about this: "But...just because you left Happy Island, isn't it enough?"

"Yes."

The corner of Russell's mouth raised slightly, and he replied softly: "So I have prepared other things.

"The sheath has indeed disappeared. He may have gone to Chongguang Island or Yongquan Island.

"—that's an excellent excuse.

"I can use the name of 'barber' to send barbers, stranglers and bad people to Yongquan Island. And this will become a 'commission' proposed by 'Chairman Sai Lun' to the Fuji Society. The murderer who caused great chaos on the island, and regained the key information in his hands. At the same time, in the name of the barber, I will send missions to the stranglers and the inferiors, so that they can help the local "Relief Society" build a branch on Yongquan Island Ministry—they already dislike each other, which will hold them back for a long time and make them unable to come back for a while.

"At the same time, in the name of the board of directors, I transferred 'Russell and Delphinium' to Sogo Island. So on the bright side, the senior leaders of the Fuji Society only had malt wine and ice water.

"The reason why the malt wine is left is so that it will not be messed up too early; and the ice water is left so that the chaos can end at just the right time.

"When the time is right, Ale will be 'assassinated.' And Icewater will go downtown to investigate the matter...and so the Society will be virtually leaderless.

"Then we released some rumors, claiming that 'Russell' and 'Barber' both died in other empty islands. People will think that this is the company's action against the relief society.

"Under the tremendous pressure—or, under the pressure of corporations that don't really exist, that exist only in people's imagination—we can see ... who really wants to If you want to dedicate yourself to others, how much do you mix in just to take bribes, make money...even join the scum that is itself a betrayal."

Delphinium opened her eyes slightly upon hearing this.

"Are you going to... test people's hearts?"

Her expression became serious: "But, Russell. Don't forget...the human heart is the most vulnerable to the test. People who were originally ambiguous will also be truly depraved by the test."

"I know, I know both. This tactic is essentially phishing enforcement...but it's different, dear. We're running out of time."

Russell sighed: "I can't wait for the Fuji Society to complete a self-purification."

"... Shouldn't the resources last for seven to eighty years?"

"No, it's a monkey-faced eagle."

Russell shook his head, and replied: "He still entered Sogo Island through infiltration. Although he was suppressed by the genuine old-fashioned artificial intelligence in the local area, I don't know how long this suppression can last, and I don't know him in other places. Where there has been no successful infiltration.

"We can reach any corner through the 'door', but there are not enough 'eyes' to observe the world. In particular, the Tower of Babel is full of talents and elites - which also means that we know nothing about the bottom layer .

"That's why I need the relief society. We need the flowers that grow on the bottom, so that these seemingly weak flowers can unite and become a vine wall against the monkey-faced eagle.

"—In the final analysis, monkey-faced eagles must transmit files to control other people's minds. From the company's point of view, it is meaningless to order a ban. But perhaps the Trusted Society, which is trusted by people, can speak well at this time make.

"What we need is not an army or a mercenary group. It is people's trust in us and execution. So I need the most radical means, and the purest, tested trust. Even if this test The cause itself is also created by me, but the 'heart' that people display in it is real.

"The world has been divided by dragons and crushed by corporations. People are scattered all over the world, and their 'consciousness' can no longer coalesce into groups.

"It takes them farther away from their dreams... as well, it makes them farther away from their hopes."

Russell stretched out his hand to the delphinium with clear eyes.

"If you still have doubts, just follow me, Flotie. You can watch me, supervise me...and remind me when I stray from the road."

"And before that, I will also take care of you, protect you, support you..."

The voice fell, and the two smiled at each other.

They are not only friends, colleagues, lovers, lovers... but also like-minded people.

Delphinium also put her hand in Russell's, as if she was swearing something, or rehearsing something:

"We are like-minded..."

"I will walk with you."

Chapter 5 Russell's gift

In order to prepare for this trip back to Sogo Island, Russell and Delphinium went out to do some shopping on Sunday.

Although he has no relatives to turn to on Sogo Island, Russell still has some friends and playmates.

Rather, with "Russell"'s character and talent, it's hard to be hated even if he doesn't pretend to be his character.

Looks are closer to "cute" and "beautiful" than handsome.However, Russell does not have that kind of hesitant and soft character, nor is he cowardly enough to make people feel disgusted, on the contrary, he is quite bold and straightforward in dealing with people and things.Compared with "delicate and beautiful boy", it feels closer to the feeling of "neutral beautiful girl with a free and easy personality".

Although the family conditions are not good, Alice has taught Russell from an early age not to be too stingy with others.

Even if he only has a pack of snacks, he can readily share it with his partners.Even if each of his partners has more than ten times more pocket money than him, Russell never asks the other party to buy this or that for him.

But with Russell's likability, when he is being fed, he will not push back hypocritically.

And his physical agility and academic performance are also top-notch.Except that his strength is really weak, so that he always needs help from others to help with lifting heavy objects... In other respects, Russell can always help others.He also has a good personality, he won't get angry even if he is joked about, and he can hang out with almost everyone.

So Russell's "friends" are quite complicated.

From the lecturer of Sogo University, the company dog ​​of Sogo Group, the bishop of the Cyber ​​Church... to the uncoded person who was wanted for killing his boss, the arms dealer who sold guns in the black area, and the leader of the underground gang, we can say what it is Anyone can have it.

"When I came to Happy Island, I didn't actually say goodbye to my friends."

While driving the floating car, Russell said to the delphinium sitting in the back with some nostalgia: "Because I'm worried that if I tell them, I might be stopped by them.

"Many of them know that I used to want to go to Shenzhi Heavy Industry. Some people want me to work with them... In their view, Happy Island is not a suitable destination for me. If they know, I choose Going to Happy Island is only because of Alice's last wish, not my own idea, I'm afraid they will directly stop me."

"But wouldn't that be too violent?"

Delphinium frowned: "That's your mother's last wish after all."

"Indeed."

Russell said helplessly: "But not all my friends like to be reasonable."

Soon, the floating car stopped at the middle floor of the "Happiness Building".Both Russell and Delphinium have their own garage here, where they store their floats separately.

No matter how professional security and surveillance are, there will always be omissions or bribes.If someone planted a bomb, planted a virus, or released a slow-release poison gas in the floating car, even a big shot might be easily assassinated.Therefore, when shopping in this kind of large commercial building, the floating cars that drive over are parked directly in a separate storage room-although for experts like Russell and Delphinium who can easily sneak into the matrix space, this level of The gap between security and non-existence is not very big.

But for most wealthy people, they would rather trust machines than security.

However, although Russell and Delphinium were allocated two rooms from the company, they actually only needed one car.

This new floating car was bought by Russell recently, and the previous delphinium one was given to her father.It was a public car approved with public funds from the executive department when Delphinium first started working, and she didn't actually pay for it.Although it can still be used, if it is based on the standard of multi-person travel, the space in the rear seat is a bit small-the specification of that car is "small", and theoretically only the rear seat can sit two people facing each other.Although there is a small table in the middle of the back seat, but if you are a little bigger, your knees can easily touch the table.

If you follow the less safe way of riding... the driver is sitting on a horizontal sofa anyway, and one or two people can squeeze in beside him.If you curl up your body in the back seat, you can probably take four small units.

But Russell lay on the bed and thought about it, and it seemed that this was not necessary.

The time they were almost killed by a dump truck before, it was because the delphinium's floating car couldn't accommodate too many people, so they changed to other modes of travel.

So Russell simply took out one-third of his savings and directly bought a car of the same model as Heiku.