Cyberpunk: Legends of Life

Arasaka Tower.

Counterintelligence Department on the 33rd floor.

The entire department was silent, and the employees sat in their office seats, peeking at the situation at the front desk with great curiosity.

I saw a group of high-level company executives in high-end suits and uniforms standing together, as if waiting for something.

Standing in the center of the crowd was Kandy, member of Arasaka Tower's board of directors.

Next to her stood not only Arthur Jenkins, the Minister of Counterintelligence, but also Susan Abernathy, a director-level executive.

Also.

The main persons in charge of the personnel department and the public relations department came to the scene one after another, standing at the front desk and chatting and laughing.

The staff of the counterintelligence department were quite puzzled and didn't know what happened today, but seeing such a luxurious lineup, they knew that things were not simple.

At this time, the attention of the entire department was focused on the group of senior executives of the company, and the staff in the office area chatted quietly in private.

The short-haired girl pretended to be typing on the keyboard, the aperture of the prosthetic eye rotated, and started an intelligence group chat.

"Did something important happen last night? Why did all the bosses come to the counterintelligence department this morning, and all the middle-level officials from the department went into Boss Tang's office to talk."

"I didn't hear about it last night. It's just that the top management of Arasaka Tower has changed a while ago. It is said that it was replaced by the prince."

"Really, but a few days ago, I heard from colleagues in the financial department that they asked for approval of large-scale project funds, and the approver has not changed."

"The prince has just arrived in Night City, and he hasn't had a good time yet. He will definitely not come to Arakasaka Tower to report for a while. Now this person has been transferred to the co-managing director."

"There is such a thing, but does it have anything to do with what happened this morning?"

Sister Fengfeng smoothed her curly hair, and asked patiently.

"It's such a big battle today, have you seen Boss Tang?"

All the sisters: "No."

Sister Fengfeng asked again: "Boss Tang has been sitting in the office since he came this morning, and he hasn't shown up until now. Haven't you produced anything yet?"

"You mean, Boss Tang is the one who is responsible for this matter. Could it be that he has been promoted?"

Sister Fengfeng nodded slightly: "In all likelihood, it is indeed a capable lone wolf. Anyone would like to use it. The reputation of Boss Tang not being a gangster has spread throughout the barren tower. It is impossible for the prince to use it. I don’t know, this is an early win over.”

Everyone agrees with this statement. Everyone in the ministry knows Tang Yu's deeds all the way to the top. In just over two years, he has climbed to this step today, which is indeed one in a million.

Now if you go one step further, you will undoubtedly be at the ministerial level.

Another female colleague in a short skirt and uniform asked doubtfully, "But Lao Zhan didn't move, so where did Boss Tang get promoted?"

This kind of high-level personnel information can't give a definite answer until the moment the dust hits the ground.

Sister Fengfeng shrugged helplessly: "I'll find out later."

at the front desk.

Susan Ebernath was full of smiles. Seeing Jenkins' proud appearance, she chatted and laughed with the people around her, and kept praising Tang Yu's ability, and she felt a little disgusted in her heart.

'Heh, it's as if you were promoted, and the people you promoted have all climbed up to the same height as you, and they still have the face to joke. '

She held back her true thoughts and said with a fake smile: "Mr. Jenkins, I have to say that you are really lucky, it seems that after you arrived at Arasaka Tower in Night City, everyone who has dealt with you has improved a lot. "

Jenkins' smile gradually froze, his words clearly implying his incompetence.

Back then, he and Susan Abernathy worked together at the Arasaka headquarters in Kyoto, and together they went to the Arasaka Tower in the night city to serve as ministerial senior officials.

Two years later, Susan Abernathy is already the director, and Tang Yu, whom he personally brought up, is about to be promoted to a senior ministerial level, but he is still standing still.

When everyone heard Susan Abernathy's wonderful praise, they all nodded in praise, and for some reason followed, praising Jenkins as a lucky person.

Susan Abernathy continued to attack, and asked the person in charge of the personnel department next to him jokingly: "Mr. Jenkins is such a capable talent, you who are doing personnel work, don't ignore it, and fight for it from the higher-ups."

The person in charge of the personnel department grinned and said yes again and again.

Jenkins forced a smile and said: "Director Abernathy is right, we are sitting in this position, we should not cherish our own feathers too much, we must contribute to the company to support a few more talents, and do a good job of educating and guiding our subordinates before they make mistakes. .”

"In fact, Director Abernathy should thank Tang Yu more. During the time you were at home on vacation, Tang managed the special operations department in an orderly manner."

Susan Abernathy heard the sarcasm in his words, and used the topic to mock her that even if she served as a director-level executive, the promoted person overturned and was implicated, causing her to have to 'vacate'.

As for the so-called Tang Yu's well-managed management, it is even more nonsense to make fun of. He hasn't even been to the report.

manage?

Doesn't this mean that the Special Operations Department has her but not her, and compares her to a useless person in charge.

She gritted her teeth, suppressed the anger in her heart, sniffed, and ignored Jenkins.

Conti, who has been silent for a long time, has long been familiar with the verbal attack between the principals of the two departments.

It is well known in Arasakata that the two real power departments are not in harmony. The struggle between the departments is also a kind of balanced management.

From her level, this kind of conflict is not only normal, but also necessary.

The Arakasaka Tower is now divided into three factions, each of which is inseparable from each other.

The man at the helm of the manor in the capital is using this method to control the situation, and no one can hide it from his eyes.

If the doves are too strong, the hawks need to be strengthened to suppress them.

Seven years after the reconstruction of Arasaka Tower in Night City, Arasaka Corporation was too soft on military technology, which was seeking stability.

just now.

Arasaka has regained its previous influence and has the strength to compete with military technology. Naturally, it will no longer adopt the dovish ruling method.

Conti sees this very clearly, and Director Michiko's weakness is temporary.

Even if Yoshinobu Arasaka took office in person, Michiko's position would not be shaken in the slightest.

In the long run, Michiko is most likely to work in Arasaka Tower in Night City for a long time, and betting on her is the investment in the future.

Everyone waited for a while.

A straight figure came from the office area, which quickly attracted the attention of the counterintelligence staff.

They all stopped their way of life and turned their eyes to Tang Yu, doubts were gradually replaced by conviction.

When seeing the high-level people welcoming Tang Yu, they can guess the outcome of the matter.

Tang Yu has indeed been promoted and is about to leave the Counter Intelligence Department to work in other departments.

The eyes of the backbone and staff in the ministry were full of surprises. Although Tang Yu had already seen Tang Yu's take-off momentum, he did not expect this moment to come so suddenly.

It's hard to talk about any inseparable feelings, after all, Tang Yu didn't stay in the ministry for a long time.

It's more of a pity that such a 'good' deputy minister left as soon as he said it.

After Tang Yu came back from the front line of the field, he didn't care about them, which made many people feel that the pressure of going to work was much less.

Now that Tang Yu has been promoted and left, if the new deputy minister who comes again is like Kate, he has to set them on fire again.

Seeing Tang Yu coming out of the office after packing up, Jenkins took the initiative to greet him and led him to introduce to everyone.

"This is Director Kandy, entrusted by the board of directors, to send you to take office."

The two simply shook hands.

Only then did Kandy smile: "Congratulations, I hope you will continue to work hard in your new position. Director Michiko has made a special statement and will take a good look at your performance."

In front of everyone, she expressed her intentions very bluntly, labeling Tang Yu as a dove, which sounded more like Michiko arranged for Tang Yu's promotion before being transferred.

Tang Yu smiled without saying a word. For him, this promotion is not as beautiful as it seems on the surface.

Several other director-level and minister-level senior executives, Tang Yu has met and known each other, and greeted each other a little.

Except for a few words of courtesy to his old boss, Arthur Jenkins, he behaved equally.

Tang Yu has already dealt with the work at hand just now, and if it needs to be followed up, it will be handed over to the relevant middle-level in the ministry.

Everyone walked to the public elevator and set off for other office floors.

Conti led a group of company executives, sent Tang Yu to the front desk of the public relations department, stopped, smiled and said some scenes, and then shook hands and said goodbye.

Susan Abernathy looked up at the department sign, smiled meaningfully, and left.

The person in charge of the personnel department confirmed the entry procedures with the front desk, everything was done properly, and everyone said goodbye to leave.

Until Arthur Jenkins, who was left behind at the end, he sighed with some emotion: "I didn't expect that we would be at the same level so soon. Knowing that you are not easy, you will definitely have a place in Arasaka Tower in the future."

Tang Yu seemed calm. It is a good thing for Jenkins that he, a lone wolf who is in the limelight, has left the counterintelligence department.

Arthur Jenkins has not seen any promotion trend for the time being, and Tang Yu got up too fast.

A leader who can't hold down a deputy is a taboo in any workplace.

Thanks to Tang Yu's usual performance that he was not interested in fighting for power and power, and did not engage in small tricks in private, which gave Jenkins a seven-point reassurance.

And the remaining three points were uneasy, and as Tang Yugao was promoted to the public relations department, he also sank back to his heart.

Tang Yu knew that after leaving the counterintelligence department, he would have fewer opportunities to deal with Jenkins, so he also said a few words of mutual encouragement.

Since everyone congratulates him on 'high promotion', then he is considered a high promotion.

After sending Jenkins away, Tang Yu walked into the public relations department.

The office layout here is roughly the same as that of the counterintelligence department, but the floor area is not much, and it is shared with the other two departments.

Under the respectful guidance of the front desk, Tang Yu walked into the newly furnished minister's office and activated the identification access control system.

Being in the minister's office, Tang Yu has no troubles in his heart, because it is similar to the minister's office of the counterintelligence department.

The size and decoration of the ministerial office are clearly stipulated by the Arasaka Company, and individual adjustments can only be made within a limited range.

Tang Yu's minister's office occupies one-third of the office area of ​​the entire public relations department.

This is the treatment of the upper class. At this level, the treatment is a rigid standard. It is not like the low-level employees who can only work in small squares.

In the office, some of Tang Yu's personal belongings were moved over intact, including the long knife sent by the senior executives of the Tiger Claw Gang.

Tang Yu walked to the spacious office, sat on a new office chair, and called up his personal employment information.

【Tang Yu】

【Date and Time: 2077】

【Employee Number: NC77】

[Employee level: M10]

[Department position: Minister of Public Relations]

[Message reminder: Your new position has been generated and entered into the job system of Arasaka Company.]

Looking at the job information in front of him, Tang Yu couldn't help but feel a little helpless, and he could only lament that Arasaka Laixuan's actions were really fast enough.

This matter must not be caused by Xiao Michiko. The choice of chess pieces should not only be based on the person, but also the position of the chess pieces.

Although he was only a deputy minister before, he also held two important departments with real power and exerted a lot of energy.

Without these two powers, it would be much more difficult for Tang Yu to do a big job for Michiko or Saburo Arasaka.

The public relations department does not have its own field staff, and the affairs it is responsible for are more soft.

This is not conducive to Tang Yu's lone wolf characteristics, and the style of doing special things and doing things quickly is difficult to work.

After the two broke up in Kerry's villa, Lai Xuan adopted the method of "Ming Sheng dark tone" and began to gradually dispel Tang Yu's power.

On the bright side, Tang Yu's 'promotion' is true.

This promotion not only includes Arasaka's affirmation of his performance, but also includes the reward for running Saburo's personal business well.

Therefore, the outside world's view of Tang Yu's "Gaosheng" will become more and more firm, thinking that he is the favorite of the Arasaka family.

He first won the favor of Xiao Michiko, and got the double deputy ministers.

Then Saburo Arasaka respected him and boarded the ladder to a higher level.

Now that even Arasaka Yoshinobu arrived in Night City, he also wanted to win over this lone wolf.

Tang Yu's current situation can be said to have been pushed to the cusp of the storm, and it became a hot topic for everyone in the Arasaka Tower overnight.

He couldn't be more clear about Lai Xuan's thoughts. Compared with sending people to carry out assassination activities, this kind of overhead is more effective.

Tang Yu didn't care about these small actions. It doesn't matter which department he goes to. It's nothing more than doing the same thing in another place.

He has too many cards at hand. The company has some high-level authority in Saburo Arasaka's office. In private, there are Gloria's intelligence network, Mann's employment team, and good helpers V, Jack, and so on.

What really worried him was David who stayed in the Special Operations Department.

After being promoted to the public relations department, although he entrusted the work of the counterintelligence department and the special operations department, he still took this matter to heart.

The situation between Arasaka and Military Technology has been tense recently, and Arasaka responded to the recent attacks of Military Technology in a targeted manner.

The upper management decided to launch a new round of secret raids on the military technology transport convoy, led by the Special Operations Department. The request was to hit the opponent to a certain extent without revealing the details.

Susan Abernathy mobilized the Special Operations Department for this purpose, and many people were arranged to participate in this operation. David Martinez was on the list of operations.

Tang Yu believes that David's participation in this task is not low, whether she did it on purpose or not.

A newcomer who has just entered the job and has not yet undergone systematic military training, and rashly participates in formal armed conflicts has a very high chance of death.

He has mastered some of the details of this operation, basically led by Arasaka, who secretly organized multiple teams to launch the attack.

In order to cover up Arasaka's movements, gang members will also be used to connect with Night City middlemen and arrange mercenaries to participate.

The action components are more complicated. David participated in the company's actual combat operations for the first time. If he doesn't care about it, it is very likely that a small mistake will lead to irreparable consequences. His growth still needs to be taken step by step.

The only one who can support David in his cruel company career is Tang Yu.

And he could have a hunch that this action had something to do with his promotion to the Minister of Public Relations.

For such a big move, military technology will definitely suspect Arasaka.

At that time, the two sides will start negotiations. As the person in charge of public relations, he will inevitably face the anger of military technology on the front line.

Tang Yu must protect the interests of the Arasaka company, and be able to calm things down, otherwise more serious consequences await him.

Once the impression of outstanding ability is shattered, and the members of the Arasaka family lose the attention, those malicious eyes in the Arasaka Tower will become more malicious.

Tang Yu called out Gloria's contact information. This matter needs to be clearly communicated with Gloria, and Mann's team should be arranged to make comprehensive arrangements.

None tonight.