Chapter 467: The Day the Mansion Collapsed
After decades, if not most of a person's life, just to fight against his careerist father, and for most of these decades, he has been disguised as a not so obedient dog under his father.
Fight, fight, fight!
This is a simple word, but once it is done, it is extremely difficult, in order to break his father within the company, he has been thinking for a very long time, but the final outcome is still in vain, far from success.
On the way, he also faced many temptations that ordinary people could not refuse, as long as he chose to submit to his father, then he would be greeted with a luxurious life like a mountain of gold.
But he still refused unswervingly.
Even the night before he decided to come to Night City, he was ready not to burn the jade this time.
Anyway, by now, he has no way out.
He did burn out most of his life as he said, so now he said this sentence in front of his father, and he definitely had a clear conscience.
Arasaka Saburo stared at his own son indifferently, even if it was an illusory projection, but the sarcasm in his eyes became more and more obvious, lifelike as if it were a real person, and the slightly sarcastic tone was the same:
"Stupid, naïve, I never thought your IQ would be as childish as a child... You keep saying dedication, and you are willing to burn your life's ideals in your words, but who in the world will believe you? Who will follow you? ”
"Think about it, kid, there are only a few people in this world who have the same naïve ideas as you, in the past you formed a criminal gang, thinking that you had gathered a lot of like-minded people, but in the end, compared to the strength of the company, that number of people is just a mantis arm as a car... Are you going to do the same ridiculous things you did in the past? ”
Arasaka Raixuan clenched his fists again, his eyes showing anger that almost turned into substance.
He had to admit that his father was indeed a master of manipulation, always finding ways to provoke him easily.
Even he couldn't refute it, because the truth was exactly what his father said
- There are absolutely very few people in this world who can spend most of their lives just to bring down the company like him, and even those who can understand him are very few.
In the past, he formed an anti-corporate gang called "Steel Dragon" in Kyoto, and finally found some like-minded partners, thinking that he had the capital to fight against the company... But in the end, the end is death and betrayal.
How many people can be on the same front as him now?
Gather all these people together and get rid of the monsters that are beyond the norm, and they may not even be able to break through the door of the company building!
At this time, Lin Mo, who was sitting at the conference table, suddenly coughed a few times, instantly breaking the dull atmosphere of conversation between San Lang and Lai Xuan.
"Ahem, interrupt the conversation between the two of you a little, this old Mr. Biden, I think what you just said is quite fallacious, any group wants to reach a consensus is not achieved overnight, and it is the same if you want to find like-minded people, maybe it is not easy to establish consensus, but if it succeeds, then it will be difficult for any force to destroy them!"
Arasaka Saburo silently set his eyes on Lin Mo who was sitting next to him, his eyes were confused and puzzled at first, and then he quickly appeared to realize and understand.
"My son has been able to get to this point, it seems that God has chosen to stand on his side, and it is also indispensable for the help of your friend." He looked Lin Mo up and down, his expression slightly thoughtful.
"Lai Xuan's ability to get to where he is today is actually due to his personal efforts, I have helped a little at most, without me, he can still do what he is today." Lin Mo said calmly.
"As a friend, why are you leading my son to a dead end?" Saburo Arasaka asked sharply.
"The desperate road in your mouth is not the pinnacle in Lai Xuan's eyes." The corners of Lin Mo's mouth rose slightly.
Arasaka Saburo shook his head and turned his head to look at Lai Xuan, but the latter nodded without hesitation, agreeing with Lin Mo's statement.
Saburo sighed, and said as if perceiving everything:
"He should be very clear about his future fate, betraying the interests of the company, going against his relatives, maybe he can be proud for a while at first, but his future must be bleak, I can already imagine that when he is expelled from the company's board of directors in the future, he will beg for food on the street like a lost dog!"
Lin Mo smiled disappreciatively:
"Regarding your statement, Lai Xuan has already given the answer just now... He can make compromises under your eyes for so many years and still not change his will, what you call the end of the road, does he think he will take it to heart? ”
"But he still can't change anything, no one will blindly follow him, the company's board of directors can't allow him to do anything wrong, even if the Arasaka family is not there, the foundation I created can't decay in a day!" Saburo Arasaka's tone was slightly raised:
"It's like a whale falling in the deep sea, a feast of greedy desires, which will only give birth to another company that he hates!"
No one can go against the laws of this world, just like a sick body that is difficult to return cannot be cured all at once, destroying a company will inevitably have another company to occupy the vacated ecological niche.
In the eyes of Saburo Arasaka, everything Lai Xuan did was meaningless and ridiculous.
No one can refute this objective fact, and it is impossible for Saburo Arasaka to trust Xuan and his friends, no matter how stupid, not to understand this.
Lin Mo lowered his head and sighed faintly, and then quickly raised his head to look at San Lang, his tone was smooth and deep, as if he was telling a story:
"In the old legends, human beings once united to build the Tower of Babel leading to the kingdom of heaven, in a vain attempt to peek into the mysteries of heaven, that was the time when the human consensus was unprecedentedly united, even if it was as high as the gods, they had to look sideways, but in their eyes, the idea of human beings trying to peep into the kingdom of heaven was greedy, so they finally chose to use divine power to destroy the tower."
"And in this story, are you playing the gods, or are you the leader of the Tower of Babel? If the former, are you too defiling your identity as a deity as a deceased? ”
"If it's the latter, is the Arasaka Company you founded a tower of human consensus? Or is it a ruin of human desires? ”
The consensus of mankind attracted the attention of the gods of the heavenly firmament; The desires of mankind invite the destruction of the gods of the heavenly firmament.
As for why Lin Mo told this story, with the wisdom of Saburo Arasaka, he also figured it out at once.
"Interesting story, but it doesn't prove anything." Saburo Arasaka replied in a deep voice.
"Yes, this doesn't prove anything, all the rhetoric must ultimately speak with facts, and prove everything with reality." Lin Mo smiled and said:
"Our conversation tonight won't prove anything after all, just like what you said in old Biden, it's obviously a dead person, but you still have to come out with a shy face to preach, can't you be a mascot obediently? In fact, Lai Xuan and I released you just to see how the rumored big man, Saburo Arasaka, would react when he saw this scene tonight. ”
Arasaka Saburo's face suddenly became gloomy, and the displeasure in his heart was wantonly increasing.
Compared with Lai Xuan's previous passionate speech, Lin Mo's words were like a poisonous snake biting his heart, which always made him feel a sense of shame of being despised by others and treated as a plaything.
Arasaka Lai Xuan is just his child after all, no matter how willful he is, no matter how much he exceeds his bottom line, he is as stupid as a child in his eyes.
But Lin Mo is different, this little ghost of unknown origin who looks like he is still a minor, not only participated in the assassination of himself, but also assisted Lai Xuan to bring Arasaka Huazi to death...
Now the other party is mocking him without scruples, this feeling of being ridden on the head and has never been experienced since he founded the Arasaka company.
At this time, Lai Xuan on the side finally couldn't help laughing, and the laughter was both relief and sarcasm:
"Yes, father, you keep saying so much, don't you prove anything in the end? The prophecy in your mouth seems so ridiculous even now, you can't take the Arasaka company you are proud of, you can't bring hell, and the eternal life you pursue is just a plaything in our hands, you have calculated everything, but you can't count your own death! ”
Arasaka Saburo was silent, and could only pretend to be calm and watch Lai Xuan stand below him and talk eloquently.
He really couldn't do anything, not even refute Lai Xuan's words
- No amount of language can refute today's facts.
Even if he continued to insist on saying something, those remarks that he would not admit would only add to the laughter.
Seeing that his father finally stopped talking, Lai Xuan also looked unusually relaxed, and the corners of his mouth had a smile that he had never had before.
He walked slowly to Lin Mo's side, stood in front of the table and stretched out his hand, holding the chip that contained Saburo Arasaka's data awareness.
"I'm afraid you haven't thought about it, father, the data consciousness that I painstakingly copied and the holy weapon of eternal life will only end up being reduced to a toy in my hands." Lai Xuan's smile was very bright.
He looked up at Saburo Arasaka, and just in time to notice that old Biden was also looking at him.
Then, with an inexplicable smile on his face, he removed the chip from the projection device.
Saburo Arasaka's virtual projection immediately disappeared from the conference table.
Immediately after another second or two, Lai Xuan put the chip back on the projection device, and the figure of Saburo Arasaka appeared again.
Then, with a smile on his face, he took the chip away again...
This cycle repeats, Arasaka Saburo's virtual projection appears and disappears on the conference table as if it has convulsions, and this feeling of disappearing and reappearing again is no less than picking up a drowning person from the pool and putting it back, gradually increasing the shame and pain in Arasaka's heart.
"Brother, don't go too far!" Arasaka Huazi, who was standing on the side, still couldn't get used to seeing this kind of picture after all, and couldn't help but scold.
Hearing this, the movements in Arasaka Laixuan's hands also stopped.
He silently gave Lin Mo a look, and the latter immediately understood the meaning of his eyes.
Sianweistan immediately activated, Lin Mo's figure disappeared in place for a while, and then when he reappeared, there was already a fainted woman on the chair next to him.
Seeing that his sister finally became quiet, Lai Xuan also took his eyes back.
It wasn't that he was relieved to listen to his sister's opinion just now.
In fact, he also felt that this kind of "falling into the well" behavior was not very good, but in order to make Arasaka Saburo recognize the facts and make this scene more "exciting", he had to do it.
"As I thought, you're as stupid and naïve as a child." Saburo Arasaka maintained his usual posture and stood with his hands on his hands, mocking indifferently.
Lai Xuan smiled lightly and said disappreciably:
"You're right, the dignified Lord Saburo Arasaka was actually played with by me, a naïve child, and summoned from time to time to take a look... I have to say that I am starting to like your Relic project a little bit, if I put your chip at the exhibition and provide it to anyone to play with, and then charge a little threshold fee, do you think the company will have an extra income project? Father. ”
Arasaka Saburo looked at him coldly, his hands clenched unconsciously, and replied coldly:
"If you don't dare to do this, everyone in the Arasaka company will not allow you to do this!"
"Yes, after all, this kind of practice that damages the image of the company's founder, those guys must be more anxious than you." Lai Xuan shook his head regretfully, but in the end he smiled sinisterly:
"But if I bring down the company, there will be no one to restrain me, father, and you may not be able to become a data consciousness star by then, and I can also receive a lot of threshold fees."
Saburo Arasaka looked at him with cold eyes, but he didn't say anything.
But at this moment, he did begin to regret a little why he left the data awareness chip.
This may be a good hole hand, but if the enemy gets his own data awareness chip, then what awaits him will be reduced to a plaything.
And this is also the reason why he only told the "chip information" to Hanako Arasaka, and even his personal bodyguard Goro Takemura never knew his hole card.
Without all certainty, Arasaka Saburo would not let Hanako take him out of the data consciousness pool, after all, the success rate of this operation was very high no matter how you look at it, but they didn't expect to kill Lin Mo halfway.
"Alright, father, let's stop our conversation, I hope you can recognize your current status and the cruel truth." Arasaka Lai Xuan said to Arasaka Saburo in a calm tone.
Only then did he appear extremely free, as if he had unloaded some burden.
"Goodbye, father, don't worry, I'll keep this chip of yours until the day the building collapses, and I'll let you see with your own eyes how the Arasaka company you founded is going to ruin!"
"I believe that only facts can really shut your mouth!"