Cyberpunk: Legends of Life

Chapter 205
Arasaka Tower.

Jungle meeting room.

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

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

"It's so outrageous!"

A criticism from a board member was the first to break the silence of the jungle conference room.

Everyone turned their attention to the director who spoke, and found that his face was angry, 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 someone followed suit and asked: "Director Yamamoto, how do you say this, maybe Minister Tang has tried his best to talk about it, but he can't hold back the military technology side, so he has no choice but to make such a choice."

Director Yamamoto sneered twice, and continued down the trend: "How did Tang Yu promise the board of directors at the beginning? He is good. The bottom line for negotiation set by the board of directors for him is really not kept. He needs to talk about something."

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

The bottom-line negotiation clauses previously set by the board of directors may not include voluntary and public apologies.

Director Takahashi added insinuatingly: "Although what Director Yamamoto said is a bit heavy, it is true. Considering that Tang Yu's new public relations minister lacks negotiating ability, he can privately decide to issue a public apology statement. The influence is too bad, he has been in the company for so many years, doesn't he understand that important matters must be reported?"

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

In the eyes of everyone at the scene, Tang Yu violated a taboo in the workplace and made a decision in violation of the instructions of the company's board of directors, ranging from internal processing to immediate dismissal.

He made a public apology on behalf of Arasaka Company, which had a very bad impact on the company's reputation. The heated discussions on the Internet overwhelmingly focused on Arasaka, and even the stock price of Arasaka Company was affected. .

Director Yamamoto immediately took up the conversation and continued: "Are you still talking about requesting reports? Some people are used to things going smoothly, and they tend to be self-righteous when doing things. I'm afraid they have already forgotten about requesting reports."

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 measure it. How troublesome it will be to end up with such a big basket. I think this matter must be strict deal with."

"I agree with Director Yamamoto's opinion. Since you have done something wrong, you should be held accountable and punished. A while ago, some relevant departments made deep reflections on the failure of the attack, and many high-level officials expressed their willingness to accept responsibility and accept punishment. If a person has meritorious service in the past, it should be understated and perfunctory, and if merits and demerits can not be equally discussed, let other departments think about it.” Another director expressed his opinion.

Director Yamamoto saw that the situation was favorable, so he asserted loudly: "I disagree with Tang Yu's decision to issue a public apology statement on behalf of Arasaka Company. The impact on Arasaka Company's reputation is too serious. Without the approval of the board of directors, the ultra vires is very serious."

The voice just fell.

Several directors present all 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 disagree with the decision to apologize publicly, but it's wrong to say that you exceed your authority. The public relations department has the right to carry out external relations exchanges within the scope of its duties, including Statement on behalf of the company."

"When you elected Tang Yu as a negotiator, didn't you acquiesce in his autonomy in the negotiation process?"

Director Yamamoto paused, realizing that what the other party said was indeed correct, so he shifted his focus and said, "Leaving aside the matter of exceeding his authority, even if he has a certain degree of autonomy, he should carefully consider the adverse effects of a public apology."

Xiao Michiko heard that everyone set off a siege against Tang Yu again, and this scene was completely beyond her expectations.

She is not worried about whether Tang Yu will be punished, as long as he is still working for the Arasaka family for a day, there is a day's worth of existence.

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

Tang Yu has climbed all the way as the company's top executives to this day, and he has indeed offended many people, but he can't be the focus of the collective attack of the board of directors.

Obviously.

Behind the siege of Tang Yu by the board of directors, there are still higher-level people or forces eyeing him.

Xiao Michiko estimated that there is a high probability that her uncle Lai Xuan wants to get rid of Tang Yu's thorn in his side through a power struggle.

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

She felt that Tang Yu, such a capable talent, was finally forced to have nowhere to go under the pressure of the company's power, which was somewhat sad.

Xiao Michiko 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 in doing practical things, and they were quite good at forming gangs and building relationships.

She has some empathy for Tang Yu's experience.

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

As a person who mediates between two giant companies, the final outcome is often broken.

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

She has dealt with military technology for many years and knows their temper and methods well.

Military technology has been eyeing the fat of Night City for too long.

After the reunification of New America, its strength has been increasing day by day, bringing fertile development space for military technology.

In contrast, the Arasaka Company lacked a solid rear.

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

Military Technology is not afraid to fight Arasaka, and even made full preparations for this day.

If they can win the fourth corporate war, they will be confident and sure to win the fifth.

In Xiao Michiko's view, it is inevitable for Tang Yu to compromise with military technology. A full-scale war may not break out, but the expansion of local conflicts will have an equally serious impact on Arasaka.

A large amount of materials installed in Arasaka Tower, Night City, needs to be transported by sea, and then transported to all parts of North America by land transportation.

If the sea and land transportation lines are constantly being harassed by military technology, then the Night City Arasaka Tower will be in chaos within half a month.

Xiao Michiko frowned, even though she knew the stakes, she couldn't say anything good for Tang Yu.

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

The second is because she is in the sensitive period of the power transfer of the Arasaka family. Whether Lai Xuan can finally take charge of Arasaka is very important to her. Maintaining Tang Yu means openly confronting the hawks.

Xiao Michiko sighed helplessly in her heart, perhaps giving up the power and status given by Saburo and giving up the confrontation with Lai Xuan is the best way out.

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

soon.

The members of the board of directors reached a consensus to deny Arasaka's apology statement, continue to remain silent on the issue of the attack, attribute all the problems and responsibilities to Tang Yu, and judge that he abused his power and seriously damaged the company's reputation and interests.

Director Yamamoto was very satisfied with the results of the discussion, and pretended to be enlightened: "The bad diplomatic impact this time is not all caused by Tang Yu's negligence of duty. After all, something went wrong with the attack, and the relevant departments should also accept responsibility and admit punishment. .”

None of the board members objected.

Director Yamamoto suddenly thought of something: "Didn't Tang Yu go back to the Arasaka Tower? Let him remotely connect into the conference room to see if he has anything else to explain, and you can also consider reducing the punishment as appropriate."

The secretary of the meeting immediately contacted the front desk of the public relations department and reported to the board of directors after receiving a reply.

"Minister Tang has indeed led the team back to the Arakasa Tower, but he is not in the public relations department, and it is not known where he has gone for the time being."

Director Takahashi showed displeasure on his face, and asked scoldingly: "Contact him directly, and you can miss such an important meeting. Doesn't he understand the serious mistake he made?"

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

"Hehe, ridiculous." Takahashi sneered twice, this was the first time he encountered this in the Board of Directors of Arasaka Tower.

It would be no problem for Arasaka to contact any of the employees, after all, all the people who joined Arasaka had received more or less implants from Arasaka.

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

If you want to find out where Tang Yu is in the huge Arasaka Tower, you can only use video surveillance.

Takahashi beckoned back, and ordered his personal bodyguard to go to the security department to get the monitoring and search where Tang Yu went.

soon.

The private bodyguard got the result, and Hui reported: "Tang Yu from the security monitoring side took the public elevator and went to the top floor of the Arasaka Tower."

The top floor?

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

Saburo Arasaka's office.

No one has entered this office since the Arasaka Tower was rebuilt, and the directors only know that every top floor of the Arasaka Tower in the world is an office tailored for Sir Arasaka Saburo.

Such a high-secret office cannot be detected by public surveillance. It only knows that the public elevator has ascended to the highest floor, and all surveillance authority has been lost.

How did Tang Yu go to the highest level of Arasaka Tower?

The members of the board of directors looked at each other in blank dismay, and before they could react, they received an important instruction.

The apertures of their prosthetic eyes rotated, and each checked the content of this instruction from a higher existence.

"Order the board of directors of Arasaka Tower, Night City, to immediately issue an apology statement publicly, so as to prevent any possibility of escalating conflicts with military technology and minimize the impact of the situation."

【Approved by: Saburo Arasaka】

The audience fell silent again.

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

Yamamoto was speechless for a moment, and looked around, and the directors who had been supporting him also kept silent, leaving him alone at a loss.

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