Chapter 421: The Board's Trick
There are nearly 200 people on the Morning Star alone, plus the senior executives of "Daystar" such as Sheridan and Fielding in the industrial park, if it weren't for Zhou Ai, Claire and the cooking team who have been sorting out the ingredients since yesterday, today would have been even more busy in the morning, and it would be impossible to make these delicious meals at all, not to mention that there are 200 dumplings in the back. The crew drank the first glass of wine, not to God, not to the old man, not to mention the wise and martial captain, but the two girls in the back kitchen, and the comrades in the cooking class who had been busy all night and never met their eyes, without their hard work, where could they exchange for these rich meals on the table.
The second glass of wine was toasted by the guests from the ground, Sheridan, Fielding, and Ruskin, 80% of the ingredients on the table were from the food warehouse in the industrial park.
At this moment, Byron and Aros walked into the dining room from the outside, Churchill with a wound on his face, and one less person. Tang Fang felt strange, and after a few people sat down, he asked, "What about Stephen?" "Sheridan told him that the five of them went to visit the Morning Star, how do you know that there are five people when they go and four people come back, and as the landlord here, he is too lazy to care about the neurotic Stephen? Sue, but also had to make a show.
Byron's face changed slightly, and he did not answer. Aros sat down and punished himself for three cups without saying a word, Grant beckoned the guests to eat, Churchill squinted a pair of panda eyes in front of him, and whispered to him Stephen? Sue has already eaten in advance, and is now having a tryst with Sister Angel.
Tang Fang replied to him with a "it's strange to believe in you", Churchill smiled, filled a glass of wine for the captain, and had to go with him, since his body gained the ability to regenerate at high speed, he had never been afraid of anyone in the matter of fighting wine. Anyway, it was the Spring Festival, and there was nothing to do, so the comers did not refuse, and after a while, Churchill drank his old face crimson, his eyes were confused, and he swayed like a tumbler.
Seeing that Churchill was already 8 points drunk. Tang Fang had bad water in his stomach, and went to greet Sheridan and Ruskin, and he had the momentum of not getting a few people drunk and vowing not to give up.
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After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food, and before the dumplings were served, more than 200 people in the dining area were already half drunk, Sheridan swayed and talked nonsense with a wine glass, and Fielding slipped out of most of his body under the table. Ruskin hugged Nehmeia and cried and said, "Dad, I was wrong, I will never make your old man angry again." ”
The culprit looked at it and slapped the table with pleasure, he had wanted to do this a long time ago, but with the little amount of alcohol he had before the crossing, he was never indispensable to drill the corner of the table. Now that he had finally raised his eyebrows, the serf turned over and sang.
Grant complained that he hadn't done that before? Tang Fang said it was different. When I was in Crotan, I drank it all by myself, and I didn't feel refreshed. Sheridan and Fielding are the "rising stars" in front of them, and it's so funny to see them drunk and don't even recognize their parents, and they recognize their relatives in restaurants.
Nehmeyah said he had a bad stomach. If you don't do something lacking in virtue for a few days, you will feel uncomfortable, Tang Fang laughed at him that he had just recognized a godson, and he turned his elbow out so quickly, causing the old guy to blow his beard and stare at him. Half angry.
In fact, Tang Fang knew very well in his heart, he was just using the topic to play to vent the depression in his heart, because only in this way would he forget his troubles, forget the emotional problems between him and the two girls, but fortunately, they only came out to show their faces before the banquet, and never appeared again, which made him relieved at the same time, but he was a little panicked, but he didn't dare to go to the back kitchen to see the situation.
It's not that he doesn't have courage, it's not that he doesn't have responsibility, he's just afraid, afraid that if he doesn't handle it well, Claire will be sad, and even force Zhou Ai away. Either it is said that since ancient times, heroes have been sad about their daughters, and heroes are still like this, let alone ordinary people like him.
There are two kinds of dumplings: leeks, shrimp, eggs, and celery pork, Tang Fang ate a few each, and told Grant to greet everyone, and he said goodbye first and returned to the room to rest.
He didn't know how Claire and Zhou Ai got along after he left, and whether there would be any estrangement, but fortunately, it looked normal, as if nothing had happened, and the troubles and entanglements in his heart were just a dream bubble, a dream last night.
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The next day, Tang Fang went to the resource supply station early in the morning to check the progress of the SCV's repair of the pirate battleship, and cooperated with the scientific and technological data unlocked by the planetary command center to fine-tune and transform some functional modules of the pirate battleship in order to improve the combat performance of the battleship.
The third day is like this; The same is true on the fourth day.
It wasn't until the fifth day, near noon, that he received a message from Sheridan, saying that the quantum communication equipment between the industrial park and the headquarters of "Daystar Pharmaceutical" had been repaired and could be contacted.
In the past five days, 121 pirate warships have been repaired, of which more than 80 lightly injured warships have not only recovered from their injuries, but also improved their comprehensive combat effectiveness under the optimization plan of the ship's functional modules formulated by Emma. The remaining 40 or so seriously injured warships, due to the lack of sufficient spare parts and material support, have not been completely repaired, and it is definitely not possible to use them for expeditions, but if they are simply used to defend "Christel", there should be no big problem.
Now that the quantum communication equipment has been repaired, it's time to meet with the people on the board of directors of Daystar Pharmaceuticals to discuss cooperation, to find out the origin of the phagosome samples, and to get them to provide some information about Babylon.
"Emma, make me a list of battleship accessories."
In the process of fighting Charman and the "Tai Sui" crusade, he lost a lot of combat units, and those people in "Daystar Pharmaceutical" should always compensate for something, and Zero is a good choice. Of course, it depends on their attitude towards cooperation, as for the accessories needed to repair the pirate battleship, in his eyes it is just some scraps.
Telling Sù Grant that he didn't have to bring himself food, Tang Fang entered a shuttle plane and flew straight to the industrial park of "Christel".
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In a short effort, the shuttle landed on the restored No. 1 tarmac, and under the effect of the push platform, quickly moved downward, and finally stopped in the hangar in Area B.
Sheridan and Fielding had been waiting for a long time, and after receiving Tang Fang. Without rushing to connect to the headquarters, he went to the back kitchen to have a meal first, and talked a little after the meal, until a correspondent entered the dining room and informed several members of the board of directors at the headquarters that they were ready, and then Sheridan led Tang Fang to an electronic conference room not far from the central control room.
The silver-grey walls were spotless. The energy-saving lamps on the roof of the room are criss-crossed, shining all over the room. The whole room is divided into two areas, the innermost is a triangular arrangement of conference tables, the left and right sides are arranged with holographic projection equipment, only the bottom row of 7 seats is reserved for the high-rise of the industrial park, and then behind is the remote control terminal of quantum communication equipment, and the display screen flashes up and down pulse signals and electronic grids from time to time.
"Brother Tang Fang, please take a seat." Sheridan relegated him to the center of the seven seats in the bottom row of the meeting area, and he turned around and walked to the rear control terminal. Enter the key to start the quantum teleportation communication equipment in the industrial park.
The lights on the roof of the room went out, and the whole room was plunged into darkness, except for the occasional beep of the equipment, and the flashing lights of various indicators and signal lights.
After 3 or 5 minutes, Sheridan and Fielding walked to Tang Fang from the rear and sat down on the left and right.
"Start?" Sheridan asked succinctly.
"Let's get started." Tang Fang turned his head to look at him, and in the darkness he could barely make out the outline of his face. There are also eyes that reflect the signal lights.
Sheridan pressed the button on the corner of the table, and the holographic projector array in front of him shot out rays of light one after another. Intertwined in mid-air, it forms a "curtain". The first to appear was an Asian man on the left who looked to be in his 70s and had a half-bald head, and after a slight pause, he glanced at Tang Fang's location, his expression looked a little surprised, he didn't expect to save the "Christiel" industrial park. The guy who also plans to cooperate with "Daystar Pharmaceutical" will be such a young man.
Sheridan and Fielding had already stood up from their seats to show their respect for the board members, but Tang Fang didn't move, only nodded slightly to the bald old man who appeared first, he felt that he was equal to these people. What's more, the Morningstar saved their industrial park, so there was really no need to show too much enthusiasm.
The bald old man was a little surprised, he couldn't see anything similar to flattery, jealousy, joy, and curiosity in Tang Fang's eyes, the expression of the young man diagonally opposite had always been very calm, and his eyes were calm like a lake without waves after the wind stopped, this was not like a greeting after two people with equal status met at all, plain as water.
"Brother Tang, this is one of the board members of our 'Daystar Pharmaceutical', Mr. Pan Jianyuan." Sheridan's expression was a little unnatural, all along, Tang Fang had never expressed arrogance and arrogance to them, which made him preconceived that young people were very talkative, and he never thought that he would be rude when meeting the board members of "Daystar Pharmaceutical", until this moment, he realized how naïve his thoughts were, and the young man beside him who revealed a mysterious aura was very calm, so calm that he didn't even save greetings, and only nodded slightly in response to the bald old man's gaze.
As if he hadn't heard his introduction, Tang Fang turned his attention to the second director, who was a middle-aged white man with a big belly, a suit that fit well and was clean, and the tailor didn't think much of it.
As with Pan Jianyuan, he still nodded slightly, which was regarded as a greeting, which couldn't help but show displeasure on the face of the white director who had just appeared, thinking that he was very crazy, very arrogant, and very self-aware. It is reasonable that the young man on the opposite side should stand up and speak, because he is young and has the desire for "Daystar Pharmaceutical", and showing due respect to the board members is the minimum courtesy, not like now, with a calm and steady face.
"This is Robin? Mr. Rupert. Sheridan continued. Although these words were said to Tang Fang, his eyes were fixed on the white director, and his face was a little apologetic.
Don ignoring Robin? Rupert looked at the third and fourth directors in turn, and his demeanor did not change in the slightest.
"This is Saroyan? Mr. Shelley. ”
"This is Doron? Mr. Mohammed. ”
"Caroline? Ms. Ruhr. ”
Sheridan's voice became a little hoarse, and fine beads of sweat overflowed from his sideburns, not to mention that the opposite side was just a phantom of the portrait depicted by the holographic projection device, but there seemed to be an invisible killing force shrouded in the narrow area between Tang Fang and the directors. At this moment, he suddenly realized that he still underestimated Tang Fang, if it was replaced by him, he would face these superior people on the board of directors. The big capitalists will definitely be cramped and uneasy, and they will be afraid, so as to show a certain degree of weakness. On the other hand, the Tang side brakes with static and responds to all changes with no change. After all, the chairman has not yet appeared, if he loses his momentum in front of Pan Jianyuan and Robin, then the next negotiations will inevitably be in a weak position.
This is called the ass decides the head, in layman's terms. It is to eat people with a short mouth, and take people with soft hands. The positions and salaries of people like Sheridan and Fielding depend on the decisions of the group's top management, and the group's top management has the final say on the board of directors. Rupert and these people, as long as they move their mouths, middle-level cadres like him have to roll up and get out, and in such a situation, there is no personal position at all.
Tang Fang was actually not what he thought. wanted to give the board of directors of "Daystar Pharmaceutical", but he just felt that he was not familiar with them. For those who are unfamiliar and have a superior status, the captain's consistent style is to leave them aside, everyone has pride, and he is no exception, and the fact that the board members of "Daystar Pharmaceutical" appeared one by one in batches made him very disgusted. The reason why they did this is not to put pressure on him, whether it is psychologically or momentum, in a vain attempt to create a favorable environment.
Tang Fang inevitably felt a little aggrieved. Even if the main purpose of his visit to "Spirit" is to visit Byron, and the cooperation with "Daystar Pharmaceutical" or something is just a temporary idea, but in the end, his own people and insect army have relieved the siege of "Christier" and kept the industrial park of "Daystar Pharmaceutical".
Also, what happened to the big capitalists? What if you have an identity, what if you have a status? When he was in the territory of the Monya Empire, the governor and the general killed a basket, and even the son of a duke was sent to hell by him. Not to mention that after coming to the Tianchao Star Region, the military and political leaders of the "Jakarta Pur" star system made him dizzy.
Now a few capitalists think that they have grabbed his pigtails and are playing pretend to be a game, which makes him feel funny and helpless, and he can barely nod and say hello to them, without turning around and leaving, this is already the most friendly attitude he can make, for a character who has to turn around and throw a brick to relieve his hatred after being bitten by a dog, he has done this, what do you want him to do?
Of course, Tang Fang knew very well in his heart that the five people on the opposite side were all authentic businessmen, and they would never affect the subsequent negotiations because of their rudeness, at most it was a symbolic expression of dissatisfaction in their hearts, a shrewd and successful businessman, in the face of interests and dignity, would not hesitate to choose the former, only by being ruthless to himself, in order to survive in this society full of deceit and conspiracy.
"Tang Fang, this is Mr. Nguyen Dinh Van ."
The 6th managing director is an Asian man, very young, looking in his 30s, with shoulder-length black hair, gathered at the back of his head to form a bunch of pigtails, and a pair of silver rings on his earlobes, which looks very felt, and what is even more bizarre is the man's attire, which is so casual that it can't be more casual, maple leaf saffron pants, green plaid short-sleeved shirt, and a yellow gray striped beach hat on the top of his head.
Pan Jianyuan, Saroyan? Shelley and the others were all dressed in suits and looked very formal, and the man surnamed Ruan was not only not very old, but even his dress was incompatible with the people present.
In fact, Tang Fang didn't care about this, what happened to the vest and pants, what happened to the red and green, even if he attended the meeting with his bare butt, others couldn't care, huh...... At least I can't take care of it.
He still nodded habitually, which was regarded as a greeting, but who knew that the other party looked him up and down with scrutinizing eyes, and said coldly: "You are the Tang Fang?" The words are very polite, and the eyes are also very sharp, compared with the other people who are introverted, the young director is like a sword out of the sheath, and the edge is exposed.
Pan Jianyuan, Saroyan and the others frowned slightly, but they didn't say anything, turning their eyes to Tang Fang to see how he responded.
The strange thing is that Tang Fang was unconscious, waving his right hand as if chasing a fly, and ignored these words at all.
The sweat on the foreheads of Sheridan and Fielding slowly flowed down in a line, and their lips were slightly pale, what did these people on the board of directors want to do? Is it creating momentum and coercion, or is it trying to test Tang's bottom line? Do you really think that he, like the heads of small businesses and small consortia in the past, will let them beat him?
From the angle from which the two of them stand, Tang Fang's position is like a raised rock in the center of the waterfall, and the six people on the board of directors are equivalent to the rushing river, riding the wind and waves.
Of course, this analogy is somewhat inappropriate, the rock is less angry, less angry, and not in line with Tang Fang's character. (To be continued......)
ps: Thank you for the official price of Master Huang Yizi, Luy, and Tianma Meteor Cannon for their tips.