blackstone code

Chapter 3174

Man is a very strange creature.

In the perception of many people, it seems that the louder the voice, the more reasonable the words spoken are. This is very strange.

Obviously, sometimes speaking loudly is a sign of guilt, but people just feel that what they say is more convincing because their voices are louder.

Looking at those small shareholders talking loudly with red faces, Catherine, who was sitting on the stage, was filled with disdain and contempt for these people.

Connor patted the microphone, "Silence."

The chaotic conference room was quiet for a moment, but only for a moment. Within a few seconds, it began to "boil" again. Connor was the second largest individual shareholder after Lynch.

But the gap between the second largest and Lynch, the first, is orders of magnitude. Connor only has 1% of the shares. In the integration of shares, he and the board of directors do not have an advantage.

As people's voices grew louder and louder, Lynch did not suddenly appear, which made them confirm once again that Lynch was really lost.

They won't worry about someone who has lost contact!
Looking at these shareholders who seemed to want to run to the stage, every director's expression looked very ugly. They had fallen into the quagmire of desire and could not extricate themselves.

When someone suggested "counting the votes", the chaotic hall finally quieted down, and all small shareholders with voting rights raised their hands firmly.

Soon, the vast majority of small shareholders raised their hands. Their voting rights exceeded those of the board of directors, and the proposal was passed without controversy.

Two shareholders representing the interests of small shareholders stood up on their own initiative. Looking at these two people, Connor knew very well that they might be the representatives of the shareholders below the stage after the distribution of interests had been completed.

In other words, they have already discussed who will be responsible for which aspects after taking over the company and how to distribute the profits.

Are these people stupid?

From his point of view these people are stupid.

The consequence of the struggle for power is that the company will split and disintegrate, and from a unified super giant enterprise it will become many parallel enterprises, which will then compete, spread, and repeat.

Eventually, we will return to the starting point. All companies are competing for the market and users, focusing their development on meaningless things, and then losing a lot of time, financial resources, and manpower in exchange for meaningless results.

It is actually best to maintain the current situation. The board of directors decides everything, everyone has stable dividends, and no one is dissatisfied.

But human desires are insatiable. People know they shouldn’t do something, but they will never really stop doing it.

Just like people often tell others "you should exercise", but they themselves rarely or never exercise.

Two shareholder representatives walked up to the stage. "Vice Chairman Connor, the voting results of the shareholders' meeting have come out. We have ensured that it is fair, just, transparent and open, and the resolution was passed in one vote. Should we continue to implement it?"

The representative's voice was trembling slightly, and his inner world was rich and colorful and extremely trembling. Connor looked at Catherine, who remained silent. He looked at the others, and no one spoke.

Just as he was about to say something, the door of the conference hall suddenly opened.

Four robots pushed open the door and Aurora slowly walked in from outside.

It uses a completely bionic module, making it look like a lifelike real person, so much so that people couldn't figure out who it was at first!
The moment Catherine saw it come in, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Who are you?" someone asked.

Aurora glanced at the man, walked directly to the podium, and stood next to Catherine, "I am Aurora."

Many people's "view" of Aurora at this time is still that it is just the company's property. As a property, it has no right to interfere with the company's decisions, but will be interfered with by the company's decisions.

So one of the minority shareholders stood up and said, "This is not the place for you. Leave here immediately, or we will replace your code!"

He felt it was a threat, though he wasn't sure if it would work against Aurora.

Aurora looked at him for a moment, "Mr. Lynch had foreseen everything that happened today before he left, and he has something to tell you."

Then, Lynch's holographic projection appeared next to Aurora. He looked at the conference hall intently, as if he could see everything that happened there.

In fact, there was no one in front of him when he recorded this video.

Everyone was shocked to see Lynch suddenly appear, but then they realized that it was just a holographic projection, a video.

He recorded it a long time ago and is just playing it now. He himself has been lost in the nebula and may even be dead!

It's just a video. What's there to be afraid of?

He interlaced his fingers and placed them horizontally in front of him. "Now there is about a week left before I leave the solar system, and I have been thinking about a problem."

"When I lose contact with the Earth temporarily, will there be some turmoil?"

He took two steps to the side. "This is very likely to happen, because I know better than any of you how terrible the temptation is."

"There will always be people who will do stupid things for something that doesn't belong to them."

"History has never lacked such lessons. When we read history books before, we just read about things that happened in ancient times."

"But now, I believe, we have a sense of 'history repeating itself', as if everything that happened before, in the palace, in front of the king, in the cathedral, is happening again."

"Only this time, it happens here!" Lynch pointed to the ground, just like a real living person, making some people begin to waver and even timid.

“The gulf of desire can never be filled, but we can choose whether to jump in. I believe many people actually realized this from the beginning.”

"When I can leave without leaving any disposal methods, there must be follow-up measures, but you want to gamble."

"Just like those coup plotters in history who wanted to gamble that they could succeed, you don't believe me, and you don't believe that even if I leave, you will still have no choice."

“This time, history will not repeat itself.”

He returned to his original position and looked at the entire conference hall. "Giving up the foolish and greedy thoughts in your mind is the best choice I can give you."

"You all know that I am a forgiving person, and we have worked together for so long, I don't want this to be the last time we meet."

"So, I will give you a chance, and I hope you will cherish this opportunity."

"From now on, Aurora will take over my job and be responsible for the operation of the entire solar system. You must have always wanted to know what I left behind. Now, you know!"

"I hope your next days won't be too miserable, because it's not me."

He turned to look at Aurora, "Is it recorded?"

Aurora's voice came from the surroundings, "Yes, Mr. Lynch, it has been recorded. Do you want me to pass this video to Ms. Catherine or Mr. Connor?"

Lynch walked out of the projection range, but his voice could still be heard, "No, it's not necessary."

"Human beings are great. We have created everything we are proud of today."

"But humans are dirty and petty. We always try to conquer everything we see and take possession of everything that does not belong to us."

"Humans are contradictory individuals, and I don't want to add more work to them, so in the next period of time, I will trouble you to deal with those annoying tasks. I hope you don't mind."

Aurora: "It's my pleasure, Mr. Lynch."

“How far do I need to go?”

Lynch: "When I come back, it won't be messed up by anyone!"

The projection ended, and people watched Aurora's expression change. Connor leaned back in his chair and breathed a sigh of relief.

He was really afraid that if Lynch asked him to temporarily manage everything here, those idiots would definitely push him to the opposite side of Lynch, even if he himself didn't want to do that.

Sometimes, some things are not possible just because you say they are not possible. There will always be people who do those things under your name, making it appear that you did something that was clearly not done by you.

Catherine also breathed a sigh of relief. Managing a federation was already a bit too much for her to handle, and if she had to manage the entire solar system, she would go crazy.

But those small shareholders were very dissatisfied!
The representative of the minority shareholder suddenly said loudly, "This is a fake video. We all know that Aurora is very intelligent. It can easily fabricate a video to make us believe it is real."

"I don't recognize it as real. Mr. Lynch definitely didn't say that. And any normal person would not give this power to an... artificial intelligence."

"It has no ability to handle all this, it will only make the whole society a mess!"

“How can a piece of intelligent code understand the management of social order?”

"Someone must be behind all this!"

They colluded, quarreled, incited, and made behind-the-scenes deals all for the purpose of dividing up power. Now that the stop button is suddenly pressed, they will not accept it!
Aurora remained calm and said, "You can question it, but you cannot resist it. This is the final decision of Mr. Lynch and the company. You must comply with it."

"This is a forged order. You are trying to take away something that belongs to all of us. You are the greediest one!"

He turned to look at Connor, "Mr. Vice Chairman, I propose to manage Aurora's server immediately and restart it after we complete the equity transfer according to the process."

Before Connor could say anything, a hole appeared on the head of this small shareholder...

　There is something urgent, and one chapter will be delayed

　　(End of this chapter)