hsntnovel Chapter 53: On the Eve of the Auction
Chapter 53: On the Eve of the Auction
Time flies like an arrow; in the blink of an eye, a month and a half has passed since that grand military live broadcast.
Although so much time has passed, discussions about that live broadcast have not stopped.
There's no way around it, this past month and a half has been incredibly complicated, bringing both immense joy and frustration.
The joy comes not only from our growing confidence, but also from the economic recovery and the improvement in various industries.
The reason for their unhappiness is quite simple: the higher-ups actually took the initiative to negotiate and make concessions despite having an overwhelming advantage!
Although it was precisely because our own country made concessions through negotiations that we achieved a relatively stable international situation, allowing the economy to begin to recover and various industries to show signs of improvement, we still have new weapons and equipment, giving us an absolute advantage!
Once the fighting starts, we can settle our scores from over two hundred years ago all at once!
We could even use the Classic of Mountains and Seas to expand our territory and add more ethnic minorities who are skilled in singing and dancing!
All that patience and hard work in the past was for this day, wasn't it?
Why not fight?
Why negotiate?
Why is it that we are the ones making concessions?
If we don't have new weapons and equipment, we'll just keep making concessions and holding back. If we have new weapons and equipment, why would we still make concessions and hold back? Wouldn't all this new weaponry have been developed for nothing?
What's the difference between these behaviors and being a complete coward?
What's even more infuriating is that our own concessions and negotiations have led to us being forced to engage in mutual attacks with all sorts of demons and monsters in international wars of words, instead of achieving a clean victory.
However, these matters will be temporarily concluded today.
Because right now there's something fresher and more juicy to gossip about: watching extravagant displays and seeing people who are incredibly wealthy!
"Arrogance" refers to the pomp and circumstance of the welcoming ceremony at that technology company.
Tomorrow is the day that technology company is holding a so-called technology exchange meeting, which is actually a technology auction.
Today is the day those attendees arrive at a certain international airport at Southeast University.
To welcome those people, the technology company not only sent a private plane to pick them up, but also borrowed the Xuan Nu unmanned aerial vehicle to escort them throughout the journey, and even started a live broadcast.
The international airport was not only temporarily under control, but also filled with fully armed police officers of all types.
Inside the airport, not only was a fleet of luxury cars led by professional butlers waiting, but there were also two ceremonial Zhenyue mechs specially used for welcoming guests and a Tiger Ben powered armor honor guard standing there.
In addition, starting at 8:30 a.m., the road from the airport to the resort was completely closed, and various fully armed police officers were stationed at each intersection.
Meanwhile, in order not to disrupt the lives and travel of local residents, local authorities also directly ordered a paid work stoppage, production halt, but continued learning for one day.
Such a grand welcoming ceremony, coupled with the mecha honor guard, naturally attracted many onlookers.
Add to that those who are incredibly wealthy, and this story becomes even more captivating.
Because for those people, "rich enough to rival a country" is not an adjective, but a noun!
There is a publicly stated hard requirement to participate in the technology auction: you must have 100 billion international dollars in a designated bank account.
100 billion! And it's international currency, and it's in cash!
Let alone how many companies and organizations have assets of less than 100 billion, even some countries' GDP doesn't reach that much, let alone 100 billion in cash.
Now, 100 billion is just the threshold for participating in technology auctions; the higher ones, heaven knows how much money they've raised.
Therefore, "rich enough to rival a nation" is not just an adjective for those people; it means that they can actually use money to bring down some countries.
Therefore, everyone is eager to know what kind of person or company could come up with so much cash.
They are even more curious to know if such people or companies exist in their own country, and how many there are.
The technology company was also very considerate, thoughtfully posting the nationality, company, and corresponding domestic and international market share of each attendee.
As a result, over time, more and more people gathered in the live stream room to hurl insults and genuinely curse the family trees of the attendees.
"Old Li, why waste manpower and resources on such a big fuss?"
Looking at the dense and continuous stream of friendly greetings in the live broadcast room, Guo Yi shook his head and said with disdain, "Given the nature of those people outside, even if they knew that it was these people who cut off their upward mobility, controlled their food, clothing, housing, life, aging, sickness, and death, and wrote down everything about them from birth to death, they would at most just hold a few protests and shout a few words."
They can't resist at all, and they might not even try.
At this point, Guo Yi couldn't help but sneer, "As one netizen aptly put it, if an egg is broken from the inside, it's a new life; if it's broken from the outside, it's food."
And those people were either food or food scraps.
"A large forest has all kinds of birds; what if some don't want to be food?"
Li Mu shook his head slightly and said with sharp eyes, "One or two may not amount to much in this era, but we must believe that a single spark can start a prairie fire."
Besides, it's not like a small spark can't be fueled by others, is it?
We can have colors too, and they'll be extra bright!
Before Guo Yi could refute, Li Mu changed the subject: "However, that was not our core objective; it was just something we did incidentally."
Our core objective is to gradually break down those people's information cocoons, letting them know who has cut off their upward mobility and who controls their basic needs, including food, clothing, shelter, and the cycle of life.
Only by breaking their information cocoon will they take the initiative to seek out differences, discover gaps, and compare strengths and weaknesses.
When the time comes, the sparks will keep coming out, and we'll know where to burn and to whom.
Only in this way can we better distinguish who joined with their own resources, who can be united, who can be won over, who is a fence-sitter, and who should be completely eliminated.
Only in this way can we avoid ending up like some other companies, doing only half the work, wasting all our previous efforts, and losing everything in the process.
"I'm afraid of getting myself into trouble."
"If you're going to get burned, then so be it. True gold fears no fire."
"..."
Guo Yi shrugged and casually changed the subject: "Anyway, I'll just lie here and wait for you guys to carry me."
"Getting back to the point, you're not here for idle chatter, are you? So, what's up?"
Hehe~
When it came to serious matters, Li Mu immediately changed his tune, smiling obsequiously as he discussed with Guo Yi, "Chief Engineer Guo, it's like this..."
"..."
As time passed, the welcoming ceremony gradually came to an end.