Psychics don't die from gunfire

Chapter 77 Meeting
[The market for Palose is close to saturation. Except for a few products, most sales have declined to varying degrees.]

[.The above is the preview of this quarter’s financial report. ]

In a tall conference room with simple decoration, a serious-looking man raised his index finger. The projections in front of him displayed visual data integration - but if you look closely, the "man" is not a physical entity, but a holographic projection.

It’s just that its image accuracy far exceeds that of most civilian equipment.

In front of the man, there were already quite a few people sitting in the conference room, and almost all of them appeared there in the form of holographic projections.

Among the senior management of Emerald Pharmaceuticals in Palose, including the head of the medical department, Miho Mori, the head of the public relations department, Burton, and the head of the marketing department, Gladys, there is one person who seems a little out of place.

Head of Security, Gabe.

Gabey was still wearing the same suit and tie as always. He sat upright and looked directly at the chairman of the conference room, who was the regional president of Emerald Pharmaceuticals' Plosser branch.

His attitude was serious.

But because of this, other people felt a little weird.

In recent years, Palose's market performance has not been very good, and the higher-ups are quite dissatisfied. Even a large part of the reason for the birth of the "Three-Phase Base Plan" is due to this - this is indeed a big deal, but it has nothing to do with Gaboy.

This guy is the head of the security department, not anything else.

No matter how poorly Parousse's market performance was, it couldn't be blamed on him - you couldn't ask him to bring the company's armed forces to people's homes to sell them medical insurance.

What's more, he is about to be transferred out of Palose!

[We have completed the preparatory work for the 'Three-Phase Base Plan' and will officially start in the next quarter]

[The next quarter's Plosser financial report will directly affect the head office's allocation of resources to us, so I hope——]

The regional president suddenly stopped talking and looked at Gaboyi with some confusion.

The other party suddenly stood up, and when the others turned their eyes to him, the other party's holographic projection flickered and disappeared. It turned out that he had directly disconnected the link and exited the meeting!

".What happened?"

The head of the marketing department, Gladys, who looked very young, asked in confusion, "Hey, does anyone know?"

"I don't know, huh?"

The head of the public relations department, Burton, spoke, but then, as if he had suddenly received some news, his expression changed slightly: "Wait, something happened, Dennis is dead!"

"Dennis? I remember him. Dennis Serra, the senior executive?"

Gladys recalled for a moment and suddenly realized, "No wonder Gabey was upset. How did he die? Who did it?"

"Well, according to the information I have, it is most likely the Enlightened One." Burton couldn't help laughing. "It's quite interesting. They were almost uprooted by Gabe last year, but they still dare to take action at this time."

"Don't say that." Gladys shrugged. "If we really 'uproot' them, we won't be able to deal with the anti-company people in Plosser on a regular basis. Or Burton, you are responsible for finding a better 'trash can'?"

"Hey, you're making things difficult for me."

"Speaking of which, how is the battle going on in Forged Light City? I heard that [Fubo Energy] is ready to dispatch their aerospace carrier 'Groden's Glory' to defeat the main force of the Enlightened in one fell swoop and completely establish the situation of the war——"

"The Enlightened Ones' matter is just a minor one after all. No matter how much those lunatics do, it won't affect the overall situation. What really deserves our attention is [Yenan], right? They haven't stopped their actions on the border for even a day."

The regional president coughed lightly: "——Everyone." "Ah, I'm off topic. My goodness." The head of marketing, Gladys, apologized.

The regional president nodded and looked at the woman on the other side.

"Mori Kiyomi, for the next season's 'Relaxation Patch', I need to further increase its addictiveness. Can you do that?"

"Easy Patch" is a popular product of Jade Pharmaceutical. It looks like a Band-Aid and when applied to exposed skin it will slightly adjust the body's hormone secretion within fifteen minutes, bringing a slight sense of pleasure and comfort.

It is cheap, mildly addictive, does not affect work, and can even improve work efficiency to a certain extent.

"Technically, it's not a big problem."

The head of the medical department, Mori Kiyomi, said cautiously: "But the addictive content of the Palose 'Easy Patch' is already below the industry standard - if you want to raise it further, it will exceed the scope of 'daily necessities' and be classified as an 'addictive drug', and will not be able to enjoy the current policy benefits."

"That's easy to say."

Gladys said without hesitation: "I will submit a certificate. This batch of 'Easy Stickers' is a special commemorative edition of Plosser. There is a time limit for their sale, and it will not affect the positioning of the entire product line."

"A memorial?"

The head of the public relations department, Burton, smiled and spread his hands: "I really like the name 'commemorative edition'. Then I will contact a group of new spokespersons, virtual anchors, super sports stars, and alien singers. There are a total of nine joint commemorative editions. What do you think?"

"Burton, your task is not only to assist in marketing, but also to control public opinion." The regional president reminded: "The recent demonstration in Rota was too loud and exceeded the goal of 'letting the public release their emotions'. Although it was resolved well in the end, you still need to pay attention to it in the future."

"Understood." Burton nodded immediately.

"Also, the government's new mayoral election is coming up soon, so we can start the preliminary publicity for our nominated candidate. Although anyone can take office, it is easier to use our own people."

"Yeah, that's right."

The regional president paused and looked at another person, a skinny man with many prosthetics inserted all over his body. "The Three-phase Base Project is about to be officially launched. The Enlightened One has appeared again at this time. I have a bad feeling."

"So from now on, your engineering department should try their best to cooperate with Gabey's actions."

He said calmly, "Some guys are more resilient than we thought. Even if we just cleaned the room, they would pop up again and attract attention. Moreover, it seems that there is more than one 'Enlightened One' recently, and a new local anti-corporate organization has been born."

The man sneered: "It seems that we have been showing mercy for too long, and someone wants to challenge the authority of Emerald Pharmaceuticals again."

"—it's time to grind them into scraps again."

He raised his right hand and looked around at everyone.

"Everyone, let's work hard for Palose, for the future of Emerald Pharmaceuticals, and for the future of all mankind."

The conference room was silent for a moment.

Then, everyone stood up together, bowed their heads slightly, and whispered, "This is our honor."

"Um……"

Seeing this, the regional president nodded with satisfaction. He tapped his index finger again, and the projection screen in front of him switched:
"Next, here is the analysis report on the newborn trends of Palosser this quarter..."

(End of this chapter)