【Crescent City Branch, Secret Conference Room】

Zhao Yiming stood alone in front of the huge holographic screen, the walls and floor of the room were pitch black, and only the cold blue light of the screen illuminated him vividly.

The screen is now split into six pieces, but the reflection is not a real person, but an abstract image.

A king with majestic eyes.

A queen with a beautiful and cold countenance.

A chariot towering like a tower.

The bishop was full of sorrow.

A knight with eyes as sharp as a blade.

A soldier with a resolute and unyielding expression.

In front of the six huge holographic images, Zhao Yiming seemed to be just a tiny ant, and he needed to look up to them just by looking at them.

Silence pervades the surroundings with a sense of oppression, time seems to stand still, and every second is infinitely extended.

At this time, a deep voice sounded, and the soldier took the lead in speaking: "Zhao, Crescent City has been very lively recently. ”

Zhao Yiming replied: "I'm tired of the directors, the recent matter has subsided." ”

The soldier's voice became heavy: "We don't like this kind of bustle. ”

Zhao Yiming's fingers twitched unconsciously.

Knight: "Don't talk about the dead ones, it doesn't matter. But what do you think is good for us when it's all over the city like this? ”

Zhao Yiming: "I am finalizing this matter, and I will give you a satisfactory answer at that time." ”

Bishop: "The intelligence guys say you sent a person who had nothing to do with the matter to turn himself in. ”

Zhao Yiming: "Yes." ”

"Explain why." The Empress ordered.

Zhao Yiming: "The company's information security team analyzed the source code of the virus, and in its language composition, I saw a very familiar logic and I knew who wrote it, but I didn't want the people from the Public Security Bureau to trouble her." ”

Queen: "She's your man?" ”

Zhao Yiming: "No. Worked together before, was a hacker, and later left the company for some personal reasons. ”

The voice of the chariot came without any emotion: "You should know the principle - if you have strength but can't use it for the company, then dispose of it as soon as possible." ”

Zhao Yiming: "I keep this principle in mind. But I hope to keep her because it will be useful later. ”

Soldier: "Zhao, you have too many ideas, and the most important thing now is the change of the upper court next year, not your careful thoughts." ”

The bishop added, "Crescent City was supposed to be the company's dominant city, but among the eight current ruling councilors, 3 are clearly in favor of the Iron and Blood Alliance, 1 is in favor of the Blackdomain Group, and only 2 are in favor of us. ”

"There are only two people left who are swinging, and it will be extremely fatal for us to lose any of them. And you're still doing those irrelevant things here. ”

Zhao Yiming pursed his dry lips, his eyes shook a little, as if he was struggling with something.

After a moment of hesitation, he said in a deep voice, "Pardon my offense, distinguished directors. I believe that the reason for this situation is that the headquarters has made strategic mistakes in various decisions in Crescent City before. ”

"We've been trying to get over the top of Crescent City, as well as the social elites in the conglomerates."

"This strategy is effective in other cities, but as everyone knows, Crescent City has a very special environment, this is the capital of mercenaries, and the mercenary group permeates the entire social class, controlling all aspects of Crescent City."

"Any top-down decree, if the mercenaries of the city do not cooperate, the matter will not be done, and even if it is forced, it will have an extremely high cost."

"Before I took office in Crescent City, the Iron-Blooded Consortium had been deeply involved in the mercenary world for decades, and now the king of mercenaries, Zhou Hannian, and countless medium and large mercenary groups, were all supported by them."

"Iron and blood control the mercenary group in the middle, which can affect all aspects of social life, and can prompt the authorities to issue decrees in their favor."

"With all due respect, directors, Crescent City is no longer the company's advantageous area, and we are slowly losing the competition here."

The queen said in an unquestionable tone: "After speaking, don't talk about the past." ”

Zhao Yiming: "My idea is very simple, the old pattern dominated by the iron-blooded alliance must be broken, and Crescent City needs a new mercenary king. ”

Bishop: "The most promising mercenary rookie in recent years is the New Moon Seven Stars, I remember that there is one of your own people in there, and you plan to support him?" ”

Zhao Yiming: "Although that guy has a bit of strength, his essence is a gentleman, he is nothing without his father, and he will not be promising." ”

Queen: "Which one are you going to support, Mo Xue?" ”

Zhao Yiming: "Edge." ”

Queen: "Hmm. ”

Bishop: "The Edge is very close to the Iron Blood, and their head of the group started with the backs of Odiana and Dress, two intermediaries who work closely with the Iron Blood, how do you interfere?" ”

Zhao Yiming: "The middleman is the middleman, and the mercenary is the mercenary, the two are closely related, but they are independent of each other. The Edge is still small, and Iron Will hasn't even looked at them yet, and that's where the time comes for us to step in. ”

Queen: "Sounds like you're confident. ”

Zhao Yiming: "It can be seen from the action of crushing the toothed tiger on the edge that Su Mo is a person who attaches great importance to his companions. In that case, I will send him a companion along the water, and this person will become our capital to control him in the future. ”

Bishop: "You just said that the hacker is not your person, and she will listen to you?" ”

Zhao Yiming: "She won't, but I have a way to turn her into a chess piece buried in the edge, I just need a suitable opportunity." ”

Queen: "What if this opportunity never happens?" ”

Zhao Yiming: "Then I'll create an opportunity, everything has been arranged." ”

The room fell silent, and the directors seemed to be done with questions.

Zhao Yiming's nerves, which had been tense, were finally slightly relaxed in this silence.

Then the king, who had not spoken all along, began to speak.

His voice was very flat, but it was precisely because of this flatness that he revealed his supreme majesty: "Xiao Zhao, I remember that we played a few games of chess together more than ten years ago, and your chess skills left a deep impression on me. ”

"Ordinary people look at the next step, but you are a strategizing chess player, and you can see a hundred moves in the next step."

Zhao Yiming bowed his head to show humility, and his beating heart seemed to become hot.

King: "But it seems, only a hundred steps can be seen." ”

In an instant, Zhao Yiming's pupils dilated violently, and the whole person froze there like a statue.

The avatars on the holographic screen began to go off one after another, and the directors went offline one by one.

The changing light and shadow were intertwined on Zhao Yiming's face, restless and chaotic.

In the end, only the magnificent and majestic head of the king remained on the screen.

The king said slowly: "Xiao Zhao, next year your branch Jiang will retire, and you haven't been back to the headquarters for a long time to catch up with me, I'll wait for you to come back and play a good game of chess with me." ”

Zhao Yiming's scattered eyes rekindled flames, and he bowed heavily to the king in front of him, until the hologram disappeared, and he still stood there hunched.

(End of chapter)