Although they are Zhao Ye's direct employees, their salary is not much higher than that of other ordinary employees, and they receive the same training as all ordinary employees, receiving Lin's "literacy training".
Now seeing Zhao Ye take out the duel disk, he was suddenly surprised, eager, and confused.
What is the president doing?
The next moment, Zhao Ye pulled out a purple card from somewhere, and with a snap, a huge purple dragon materialized in front of their eyes. With two rumbling sounds, it flapped its wings and flew towards Wheel D, took out something from it, then flapped its wings again and flew to the second floor of the company, into Zhao Ye's laboratory.
They immediately opened their mouths and looked up at the sky, stunned.
Real...real image!?
The legend is true!
Our link company is awesome!
"Okay, I'm very satisfied with the car. You guys can install a normal engine later and study and debug the system."
"Yes!"
Zhao Ye took off his sunglasses and pinched his nose bridge with two fingers.
Even he felt a little tired after conducting such a high-intensity experiment.
But fortunately, everything is on the right track - the foundation of the perpetual motion machine has been built, and now the only thing left is practical application.
A new product, from experiment to achievement, and then from achievement to actual application
It takes time to commercialize and then promote and apply it on a large scale.
Fortunately, Zhaoye has already achieved some results.
He watched several employees study the car, stretched a little, and looked back.
I don't know when, Vivian has been waiting here.
Zhao Ye had naturally noticed her a long time ago.
"Vivian, what's going on?"
"Manager, please wipe your sweat first." Although it seemed that some things needed to be handled by Zhaoye personally, Vivian still helped Zhaoye take care of them first.
Zhao Ye took the towel from Vivian's hand with a smile, wiped his face, and gave it back to Vivian. Then he rubbed his face and asked again.
"Well... that's actually the case."
"Today, Company J sent us some announcements."
"Oh?" Zhao Ye became interested after hearing this. "Finally you're here. If you hadn't come, I would have forgotten about them. Let me hear what the [Minister] has done for me."
Vivian couldn't help but smile.
He is worthy of being their president, worthy of being the genius shining in Duel Alley!
[Wing] This kind of existence that people in the back alleys are afraid of can actually be teased by him.
"The Technical Management Bureau of J Company sent us a notice today, stating that starting today, Linkage Company is not allowed to sell any unregistered cards. Once this happens, all proceeds from the operation of new cards will be confiscated."
Zhaoye nodded.
"The Gambling Monitoring Bureau of J Company sent us an official document today, which stated that from today onwards, every time the Linked Company or any of its partners want to hold a competition, they must let any of J Company or the 11 Association's directly affiliated offices broadcast and supervise it.
Duel matches that are not broadcast or supervised will be deemed invalid. The relevant gambling results and funds will also be recovered by J Company. "
"Yeah." Zhao Ye continued to nod.
"In addition, J Company has recently issued a notice in the vicinity that starting from today, the rent within the Duel Alley will be doubled, and the rent for the previous month must also be calculated. It must be paid in full before tomorrow at the latest. If it cannot be paid in full, there will be corresponding penalties." Vivian said with a frown.
"Oh, Vivian, did you send anyone?" Zhao Ye gathered himself together, took the coffee from Vivian's other hand, put on sunglasses, took two sips, and calmed down.
"Just now, I asked Hei Tao and several people from the security department to escort the staff of my department to the Administration to pay the money."
"Perfect." Zhaoye snapped his fingers. "Anything else? Tell me all at once."
"That's all for now, but we don't rule out the possibility of other clauses, regulations and announcements..."
Zhao Ye shrugged, took two more sips, waved his hand, then pointed at the company, indicating Vivian to follow him.
Vivian has thought about the relevant matters. She concluded that although these three requirements will have an impact on the linked companies, there is actually no "real damage".
The first requirement is that in fact, before, Zhaoye would report every time it released a new card, otherwise Zhaoye would not have to wait for a while before releasing it every time.
The second requirement is about the income related to gambling. The linked company only cares about duels and only cares about duels. They don’t care about gambling at all, and Zhaoye has never received any money for this.
The third requirement is that the rent should increase. This is actually a very normal thing. With the growth of the Link Company, more and more people are coming to Duel Alley. J Company is not a philanthropist, so it is normal to charge a little more money.
But - when these three things are put together, the meaning becomes very clear.
J Company, or more precisely, someone inside J Company is targeting Link Company.
"Vivian, you should know clearly what the Wing is to the Nest and the Alley."
Vivian nodded.
She is no longer the little girl who knows nothing. During this period of time, she has come into contact with many people and even met "Yu" in the nest. Naturally, she has understood a lot of things.
In addition, she has lived under the control of "Wing" since she was a child, so she naturally has a more practical view on this: "Whether it is the nest or the back alley, in the final analysis, it is all Wing's [territory]. For us, J Company is the king of this District 10...Laws, taboos, as long as J Company wants, they can give orders at any time.
The people in the area can only accept it."
The [Wing] of the city is not a "big company" in the traditional sense. It is more like an "organization" that rules the world and the country in the cyberpunk worldview. It controls everything in the area including food, water, clothing, housing, transportation, etc. In the area managed by the Wing, they have absolute power.
Therefore, even if a minister cannot directly destroy the linked company openly, as long as he messes with some "small things" within their company, he can bring a lot of trouble to Zhao Ye.
"I've understood it a long time ago. As long as we're still in District 10, as long as we're still in the back alley, or even - as long as we're in the area ruled by [Wing], it's impossible to do it. It's absolutely impossible to spread real [Entertainment]." Zhao Ye took Vivian to the corridor on the second floor of the company, put his hands lightly on the window sill, and looked out the window at this huge cage.
When Vivian heard this, her eyes slowly widened.
What...what does it mean?
think?!
Her heart was pounding.
Although she didn't dare to think about it any further, she was not an idiot and could easily understand what Zhao Ye said!
"Vivian, you are the first person in the company to [know] this."
Vivian's heart was beating like a high-speed motor. She immediately said excitedly with a rosy face, "Yes, yes! Manager, I, I will, I will follow you forever as promised!"
She realized what Zhao Ye meant.
But she had heard Zhao Ye's words in a "dream" and she was willing to devote her whole life to them.
Even if the road ahead is filled with endless fear and obstacles!
She will also follow Zhaoye to the death!
"Don't tell anyone else." Zhao Ye was very calm, as if he was just chatting casually.
"Yes!" Vivian answered decisively, "Even if Lin asked me, I wouldn't tell her!"
"Then I'm relieved." Zhao Ye chuckled and said to her, "Okay, you will need to continue to pay attention to the next things."
"Boss, what do you mean?"
“You’ve taken advantage of your privilege so frequently and so obviously to cause trouble for me. Isn’t that, after all, a warning to me?
He neither dares to talk to me directly, nor does he send anyone to snatch the money from me. He neither backs down nor makes concessions, nor does he show his greed. He is hesitant and timid. Humph... ridiculous.
Is this the level of Meursault's boss?
You actually caused me trouble at the critical moment of my research..." Zhaoye clenched his fists, and was rarely angry.
Now is the stage of trying the [practical application] of the perpetual motion machine, which is also the most expensive stage and the one most likely to result in casualties!
This should have been the time when he was most focused, and he was even ready to put aside all his business work!
Even if it affects the company's revenue, or even the promotion of the cards, he would not care at all at this time. But at the critical moment of his research, they actually dared to occupy his thinking time, disrupting his research time and progress ideas!
"Vivian, come with me to my laboratory. I will give you access. If there are any actions that may be taken by J Company against us, please report them to me."
Before, Zhao Ye still took into consideration the huge background of J Company, but now that they have started to cause trouble for him, don't blame him for not giving him face!
He won't just let it go!
Chapter 134 Memory and Time
In a room that was mainly white, with walls covered with various mathematical formulas and many symbols, the beauty opened her eyes.
Faust wakes up.
After a quick wash, Faust put on his uniform and looked at himself in the mirror.
Silver hair, beautiful face, perfect figure...lifeless eyes.
She stretched out her hand and gently touched the mirror, as if she wanted to touch herself in the mirror.
Faust thirsted for knowledge, thirsted for something that could satisfy her.
She is smart, she thinks quickly, and she can even easily understand things she has just come into contact with.
Things like "emotion cards", "card power" and even "seal cards" that took researchers in those departments a long time to figure out, she only needed one day of actual competition to figure them out.
She is a genuine genius.
but--
Even for a genius, there are always some difficult problems, and she always wants to explore more things to satisfy her never-ending curiosity.
So, out of curiosity, she chose to submit her resume to [Yi] and finally chose J Company.
Because she was very curious about how the singularity technology "lock" worked. Moreover, within J Company, because of the existence of this super useful singularity technology "lock", a lot of more secret knowledge and secrets were also blocked.
She was full of curiosity about these things.
Only recently—
She felt bored.
Although she joined J Company, saw many interesting things, and was favored by a "minister", what she had to do was not serious at all.
Most of the time, she was a "military advisor" responsible for giving advice to Justina. However, even so, Faust had no complaints and just did his job well in the company.
However, most of the time, Justina would not listen to her advice at all, or in other words, most of the time, Faust was just a tool for Justina to "show her talents."
Justinia would often stubbornly come up with an idea, and then ask her. If she didn't give a clear answer, or made a proposal that was contrary to Justinia's, she would veto it. Finally, Justinia would tell her "amazing plan"...
She became a tool for Justina to fulfill her "pleasure" and show her "majesty".
It is also because of this that Faust has become increasingly reluctant to explain things to others clearly recently.
She ruffled her hair gently.
Recently, she often saw herself talking to herself in her dreams. She knew that it should be the light that came after her.
Some of my inner thoughts.
Under the influence of the power of cards, this kind of thing is happening more and more frequently.
She washed her face again and started her work for the day.
Previously, in order to earn new profits, the emerging gambling department captured a group of people with obvious special feelings and forced them to engage in an "underground duel". The winner could write off the previous accounts, while the loser would only die.
Under this pressure, several people successfully used their emotions to create brand new cards. The cards were transported to the company by ordinary employees of the department and locked. On weekdays, Faust was responsible for supervision and statistics.
After a period of time and collection in various places, there were already 15 unregistered cards in the department.
As for their masters...
Naturally, they all died.
[Algila] from the emerging gambling department drew a powerful monster called [Blue-Eyes White Dragon], and his dueling talent is also very strong. Justina said that he could make it to the finals in the Duel Alley, and it was not just bragging. With his help, those who were brought into the underground duel naturally had no survivors.
Faust checked the cards one by one. There were golden marks and squares on each card, which looked like a protective cover for the card, but this was J Company's Singularity Technology [Lock].
Locks are very useful singularity technologies. They can be used to lock several diaries in a drawer or directly lock an area so that it cannot communicate with other areas. As long as it is a [concept] that can be locked, this singularity technology can bring benefits.
Whether it is thought or matter, there is nothing that cannot be locked.
but--
Because of this, the effectiveness of the "lock" is also different. A weaker brain "lock" can be broken directly as long as the person's thinking is slightly induced, while an even weaker one is more likely to break at the slightest touch.
If you want to keep your secrets secret, then you naturally have to use a more "expensive" [lock]. This is also one of the main ways for J Company to make money from other companies.
but.
Although the locks in front of her were high-end locks used within the company, if they were found outside, they could easily buy an entire building in Duel Alley. But in the final analysis, they were just small [locks] used to ensure the safety of items. The locks used by the company's senior executives, third-level and higher-level employees would definitely not be of this kind.
