Arasaka Tower.

Jungle Meeting Room.

The holographic projection on the conference table is playing the picture of the live press conference of the bilateral talks.

All the members of the board of directors sat in a row, frowning, or clasping their hands in front of them, silent, and the atmosphere was solemn and solemn.

"It's so unbelievable!"

The criticism of one board member was the first to break the silence of the entire jungle room.

Everyone turned their eyes to the director who spoke, and found that he had an angry face, as if he was extremely annoyed by Tang Yu's actions in the picture.

The signal sounded, and a new round of offensive began, and then someone asked: "Director Yamamoto, how do you say this, maybe Minister Tang has tried his best to talk about it, but he can't resist the military science and technology, so he has no choice but to make such a choice." ”

Director Yamamoto sneered twice and took the opportunity to speak: "How did Tang Yu promise the board of directors at the beginning? He's good, the bottom line of negotiation set by the board of directors for him really hasn't been kept, and if Arasaka publicly issued an apology statement at the beginning, he still needs to talk about something. ”

As soon as this remark came out, all the board members gloated and laughed.

The board's previous bottom-line negotiation clause may not include a voluntary public apology.

Director Takahashi added: "Although Director Yamamoto's words are a bit heavy, but this is indeed the truth, considering that Tang Yu's new director of public relations lacks negotiation ability, he privately decided to publicly issue an apology statement, the impact is too bad, he has been a senior executive in the company for so many years, don't you still understand that important matters must be reported?" ”

After Takahashi finished speaking, he quietly observed Michiko Arasaka's movements and found that she was not alarmed and didn't seem to care much about Tang Yu's reckless behavior.

In the eyes of everyone at the scene, Tang Yu committed a taboo in the workplace, and made a decision against the instructions of the company's board of directors without permission.

He publicly apologized on behalf of Arasaka Company, which had a very bad impact on the company's reputation, and the whole network was hotly pressed on Arasaka one-sidedly, and even the stock price of Arasaka Company was affected.

Director Yamamoto immediately took over the conversation and continued, "Still talking about the request for instructions? Some people are accustomed to smooth sailing, and it is easy to be self-righteous when they start doing things, and I am afraid that they have long forgotten the report for instructions. ”

He continued to add: "After all, no one can be perfect, since Tang Yu can't take the task, at least he must know how to grasp the proportions, poke out such a big basket, how troublesome it should be in the follow-up, I think this matter must be dealt with strictly." ”

"I agree with Director Yamamoto's opinion that since you have done something wrong, you should be held accountable and punished, and a while ago, in response to the failure of the attack, some relevant departments have made a deep reflection, and many department executives have expressed their willingness to admit responsibility and accept punishment. Just because some people have made meritorious contributions in the past, we can't downplay and perfunctory the past, and we can't make equal contributions to the past, so that other departments can see it. Another director expressed his opinion.

Seeing that the situation was favorable, Director Yamamoto asserted: "I do not agree with Tang Yu's decision to issue a public apology statement on behalf of Arasaka Company, because the impact on the reputation of Arasaka Company is too serious, and it is a serious act of ultra vires without the approval of the board of directors." ”

As soon as the words fell.

Several directors present agreed with Director Yamamoto's suggestion and did not recognize Tang Yu's public commitment at the press conference.

Director Conti interjected: "Director Yamamoto, it's okay for you to say that you don't agree with the decision to make a public apology, but it would be wrong to say that it is ultra vires, and the Public Relations Department has the authority to carry out external relations exchanges within the scope of its responsibilities, including making statements on behalf of the company." ”

"When you nominated Tang Yu as a negotiator, didn't it mean acquiescing in his autonomy in the negotiation process?"

Director Yamamoto paused, realizing that there was indeed no problem with what the other party said, so he shifted the focus and said, "Let's not talk about ultra vires, even if he has some autonomy, he should carefully consider the bad impact of a public apology." ”

When Michiko heard that everyone had set off a siege on Tang Yu again, this scene was completely beyond her expectations.

She wasn't worried about whether Tang Yu would be punished, as long as he was still doing things for the Arasaka family one day, he would have the value of one day.

At the heart of the question is why board members would collectively attack a new minister.

As a senior executive of the company, Tang Yu has climbed all the way to today, and he has indeed offended many people, but he has not been able to raise it as the focus of the collective attack of the board of directors.

Apparently.

Behind the board of directors besieging Tang Yu, there are higher-level people or forces targeting him.

Xiaomei Zhizi estimates that there is a high probability that her uncle Lai Xuan wants to pull out Tang Yu's thorn in the eye through a power struggle.

Involved in the game between Arasaka's father and son, Tang Yu's ability to protect himself as a company employee is indeed limited.

She felt that Tang Yu, a capable talent, was finally cornered under the power of the company, which was somewhat sad.

Xiaomei Chiko looked around at the group of people sitting on the board of directors, all of them were no different from wine bags and rice bags, none of them were really useful for doing practical things, and they had a good hand in forming gangs and climbing relationships.

She inexplicably felt some empathy for Tang Yu's experience.

Arasaka needs this hard-won peace, but Arasaka also needs a high-sounding face.

As a mediator between two giant companies, the end result is often shattered.

Michiko wanted to try to help Tang Yu, but found that she couldn't do it.

She has been dealing with military technology for many years and knows their temper and methods.

Military technology has been eyeing Night City for too long.

After the new America reunified, its strength increased day by day, bringing fertile space for the development of military science and technology.

In contrast, Arasaka lacks a solid and solid rear.

In order to consolidate the rear, Arasaka finally spent a lot of effort to subdue the political scene in Kyoto, and once again gained the opportunity to develop freely, seizing one of the few living soils in the world.

Military technology is not afraid of fighting with Arasaka, and even makes full preparations for this day.

If they can win the fourth corporate war, they will have the confidence and certainty to win the fifth.

In Komichiko's view, Tang Yu's compromise with military science and technology is inevitable, and a full-scale war may not break out, but the expansion of local conflicts will have an equally serious impact on Arasaka.

The Night City Arasaka Tower was equipped with a large number of supplies, which had to be transported by sea and then transported to all parts of North America by land transportation arteries.

If the sea and land transportation lines have been attacked by military technology, the Arasaka Tower in Night City will be in chaos in less than half a month.

Xiaomei Zhizi frowned, although she knew what was at stake, she couldn't help Tang Yu say half a good word.

One is because she can't make a final decision on the board of directors like before, and talking too much will only backfire and burn herself.

Second, because she is in a sensitive period of the Arasaka family's power transition, whether Lai Xuan can finally take charge of Arasaka is very critical to her, and maintaining Tang Yu means openly confronting the hawks.

Xiaomei Zhizi sighed helplessly in her heart, maybe giving up the power and status given by San Lang and giving up the confrontation with Lai Xuan is the best way out.

'Avoid it, this is what you taught me, I hope you can learn it too.' ’

Soon.

The board members reached a consensus to reject Arasaka's apology, continue to remain silent on the attack, and blame Tang Yu for the abuse, which seriously damaged the company's reputation and interests.

Director Yamamoto was very satisfied with the results of the discussion, and pretended to be open-minded and said: "This bad diplomatic impact is not all caused by Tang Yu's dereliction of duty, after all, the attack did go wrong, and the relevant departments should also accept responsibility." ”

None of the members of the Board of Directors objected.

Director Yamamoto suddenly thought of something: "Hasn't Tang Yu already returned to the Arasaka Tower?" Let him connect to the conference room remotely to see if he has anything else to explain, and may also consider mitigating punishment as appropriate. ”

The secretary of the meeting immediately contacted the front desk of the Public Relations Department, and after receiving a reply, immediately reported to the Board of Directors.

"Minister Tang has indeed led the team back to Arasaka Tower, but he is not in the Public Relations Department, and he is not sure where he has gone for the time being."

Director Takahashi looked displeased and asked, "If you contact him directly, you can miss such an important meeting, doesn't he understand the serious mistake he made?" ”

The secretary of the meeting replied nervously: "Minister Tang himself has been contacted, but he refuses all outreach. ”

"Hehe, ridiculous." Takahashi sneered twice, this was the first time he had encountered it in the board of directors of the Arasaka Tower.

Arasaka would have no problem contacting any of the staff, after all, all the people who joined Arasaka had received more or less Arasaka implants.

But Tang Yu is different, he has not received the basic cyber transformation until now, and he can't do it if he wants to force positioning.

The huge Arasaka Tower, if you want to find out where Tang Yu is, you can only use video surveillance.

Takahashi beckoned backwards and instructed his personal bodyguard to go to the security department to retrieve surveillance and search where Tang Yu had gone.

Soon.

The private bodyguard got the result and reported: "Tang Yu over there took the public elevator to the top floor of the Arasaka Tower. ”

The top floor?

Takahashi and the directors were obviously stunned, and everyone knew what kind of existence the top floor of the Arasaka Tower was.

Saburo-sama Arasaka's office.

This office has not been entered since the rebuilding of the Arasaka Tower, and the directors only know that the top floor of every Arasaka Tower in the world is a tailor-made office for Saburo Arasaka.

In such a high-level office, public surveillance cannot be detected, and only knowing that the public elevator rises to the highest floor, it loses all monitoring privileges.

How could Tang Yu go to the top of the Arasaka Tower?

The board members looked at each other, and before they could react, they received an important instruction.

Their righteous eyes turned, and each of them looked at the content of this instruction from a higher being.

"Order the Board of Directors of the Night City Arasaka Tower to immediately issue a public apology statement to prevent any possibility of escalating conflict with military technology and minimize the impact of the situation."

[Approver: Saburo Arasaka]

The audience fell silent again.

After reading the content of the instructions, Komichiko put away her gaze and asked with a pleasant smile: "Director Yamamoto, since you are so worried about the follow-up impact, I think it is quite appropriate for you, as a representative of the board of directors, to publicly issue an apology statement." ”

Yamamoto was speechless for a moment, looking around, and the directors who were originally helping were also silent, leaving him alone at a loss.

There will be a change later!

(End of chapter)