Chapter 39: Hard-working performances
"Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to extend my sincere greetings to all the guests who are here today for the hearing, which I think is special, because this hearing is being conducted live on television and in conjunction with it. This is the first of its kind in the world and is of extraordinary historical significance. ”
On the rostrum, a middle-aged white man with a polite tone and gold-rimmed glasses pulled the venue into a serious atmosphere in a calm tone.
Then, there is a series of character introductions.
In the front row, there are financial experts from Wall Street, former senior officers of the U.S. Army, public health experts from the bandit, lawyers from baguettes, and even a well-known science fiction writer.
Susan and the others sat in a position like a dock, waiting tormentedly before they could speak.
"The experts in the venue and everyone who watched this hearing will give the meeting impartiality, and now I declare that the meeting on the 'Ambrera security crisis incident a few months ago' has officially begun!" After the chairman of the meeting read it out, he began to explain the previous Raccoon Market crisis to some people who did not know the truth.
Combining the evidence provided by the umbrella company with the information they investigated, and then retouching it, a five-minute video was played.
The content of the video is not much different from Duncan's desire to clear the umbrella relationship, but it is told in a strange tone, which makes people instinctively feel that something is wrong after watching it.
In particular, at the end, "The Umbrella Corporation provides hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to the victims out of humanitarian reasons." When reading hundreds of millions of dollars, the female narrator's voice was obviously a few decibels, full of malice.
As soon as the video was played, the camera suspended by the robotic arm approached the Umbrella team, as if to film the empty expressions on each of their faces.
Fortunately, the people who participated in the meeting under the umbrella were professional, and Susan had no waves on her face, because she had already made up her mind to resign, and whether the umbrella did not fall down had little to do with her, the runaway party, as long as she followed the process.
After the video was played, the chairman on the stage looked down at the manuscript paper and said: "As a multinational giant enterprise, Ambrera has an important responsibility that cannot be shirked. In the case of Raccoon City, we see Ambrera's sense of responsibility as a multinational giant company, and also see Ambrella's desperate desire to make up for the loss of life. So, the first question of the meeting was: 'Security'!
I now give the floor to Mr. Rowell Leonard. ”
From this sentence onwards, the style of the hearing began to deviate.
Rowell Leonard, who appeared to speak, is a public health expert, because he only has an expert name and a string of academic achievements behind him, and he has no public office, so this expert can speak freely.
As soon as he spoke, he directly gave everyone a hammer on the head.
“How dare you! (How dare you!) The slightly bloated health expert stood up, pointed at Susan, and fired, "What a terrible and irresponsible thing it is for Ambrera to possess extremely dangerous biological weapons and not only research them privately, but also to cause leaks!" Not only did you not declare to the joint, but you also did not invite the soldiers of various countries to provide security guarantees to the research institute and conduct research indiscriminately, you dare to do so! ……”
Didi!
Susan's phone on the table vibrated slightly, and the red queen gave an action prompt: interrupting the speech, clarifying that the T virus is not a biological weapon, and reiterating the people-oriented position of the umbrella company, asking everyone to check the comparison between the virus research institute and the research institutes in other countries on the official website.
Knowing what to do, Susan pressed the microphone and tried to interrupt the health expert's spittle.
The button was pressed, but the sound was not transmitted through the loudspeaker, and no matter how much it was called, there was no way to activate the microphone connection.
Even the surrounding cameras were not on the side of the shooting umbrella, and all fell on the expressive face of the health expert.
After a few failed attempts, a new prompt pops up on your phone: Keep silent.
The red queen has already come to the analysis results, almost everyone is targeting them, they will continue to remain silent if they can't speak, and wait until the speech stage to refute, they can't reach the speech stage, and they can't speak!
It's really possible!
"Umbrella representative, please answer the question: Does Ambrera possess chemical and biological weapons?"
Half an hour after the health experts were spitting around, the representative of the belt gave a summary and asked the corresponding questions.
"Ahem......" Susan pressed the button on the microphone and coughed tentatively, this time her voice successfully resounded through the loudspeaker throughout the conference hall, "The T-virus is not a biological weapon, we have translated the results of our research into ......"
"Then why is the T-virus dead, and it has serious consequences in Raccoon City!" The representative did not give Susan a chance to continue speaking, and raised her voice several times to interrupt her speech.
Choked Susan looked at the phone screen and replied, "The T-virus is not highly pathogenic after treatment, and the Raccoon City incident ......"
"It's not highly pathogenic, which means it's still harmful to the human body, right?"
"Yes...... But any ......"
"Okay! Biological and chemical weapons with high pathogenicity are still harmful to the human body even after being handled, what is the purpose of the Umbrella Company's independent research on such dangerous biological and chemical weapons? The representative slapped the wooden table, stared at Susan with small eyes, and his words could not be described sharply, but could only be said to be outrageous.
Even Susan, who was forced to be so desperate that she was so angry that she clenched her teeth.
Even the red queen was silenced, and the people who made the rules did not follow the rules, which made it seem that the artificial intelligence that obeyed the rules was stupid.
Everyone at the scene was pretending to be crazy and stupid, even if they saw that the people in the umbrella team were raising their hands and asking to speak, and even the director of the propaganda department asked the staff to check whether the sound equipment was running normally.
The last group of people held their breath, but they couldn't lose their image and make some "rude" behaviors, which would inevitably be maliciously smeared.
Anyway, they stay in this chamber, left and right, their speech will be interrupted, their hands will be ignored, and they will be blamed for leaving, as if they can only silently bear the nonsense of these people.
"The meeting is suspended, please Mr. Donald turn off the microphone."
While a group of people were performing excitedly, the chairman who was sitting on the throne suddenly spoke, interrupting the financial experts who were casting spells.
Outside the conference hall, there was a sudden sound of a dense shutter, the door was pushed open, and several middle-aged American congressmen suddenly broke into the conference hall surrounded by a young man, followed by a large group of media reporters like wild bees and butterflies.
Duncan walked into the conference hall with steady steps, scanning everyone in the venue, and the momentum emanating from his body made some of the people in the venue feel breathless.
"Sorry, I'm late!"
The smiles of the group of people in the audience who watched the joke disappeared, and when they saw Duncan again, their mood was like a roller coaster from the top of the clouds suddenly fell to the bottom, and the whole person became fluttery because of panic, and the swallowing movements were very difficult.