Cyber ​​psychosis is my girlfriend

Luo Qi was like a salted fish at this time, lying softly on the sofa in the posture of Ge You, with a glass of juice beside him, lazily watching the holographic TV above the bar.

Melissa still hadn't squeezed him out... in terms of training, after all.

As long as Luo Qi is willing, he can apply for leave at any time, half a day or a few days, it is up to him to decide.Of course, all of this is on the premise that the training tasks have been overfulfilled.As a non-staff member, he may but is not required to remain on duty [-]/[-].

As long as there are not many cyber lunatics on the street today, Luo Qi will take Suzi to take a vacation.

On the TV is a middle-aged man with fat eyes and a hairline so high that he is almost bald. He wears a green shirt and tie with overalls that are bulging out of his belly. Luo Qi has not yet accepted this aesthetic beyond the times.

This is a program called "Business You and I Talk". The daily topic mainly focuses on money. It may be mixed with a lot of purposeful inducing content, but at least many aspects are pointed and straightforward enough.

Like today.

"Today we're going to talk about local defense giants, yes, military technology."

The host is called Josh Kavorkin, and his exaggerated and tense performances with dancing hands and raised eyebrows made his show quite popular.

He slumped down hard on the chair in front of the chair, and started pumping his fists.

The projection next to him began to play the logo and video data of military technology, matching his lines.

"At first glance, the performance of military technology is quite good. There are 50 employees worldwide, profits of hundreds of billions of dollars, and a total capital of nearly two trillion dollars..."

"But here we have to draw a question mark, do these staggering numbers come from reasonable competition ... or is it the result of political and business collusion with the New America (NUSA) behind the scenes?"

He stood up, walked to the front of the stage, and began a contagious speech, speaking with a unique voice.

"The boundaries between military technology and the federal government are constantly shifting—" He began to gesture with his palms one high and one low.

"CEO Donald Lundy was once the leader of the Pentagon. And Elizabeth Kress, who served as the former president of the company for nearly ten years, then transformed and became the president of the new United States."

"And now who replaced Kress as the new owner of the White House?"

The camera gave a close-up of Josh Cavorkin, and the eyes under the funny yellow frame began to cast a mysterious light.

"It's Rosalind Miles, the former CEO of Military Technology. Surprise or not? Surprise or not?"

He gestured with both hands to the officer's technology logo on the projection, and his voice gradually became high and excited.

"Among the products of military technology, more than [-]% of the orders come from New America, but New America is not just its largest customer. In fact, these orders are just hidden subsidies provided by the government behind the scenes."

"For less-savvy investors, this is an extremely dangerous red signal. Think about it, military technology is constantly sucking milk from Congress. One day, Washington will be sucked dry by it. At that time..."

"Oh!"

"As for my suggestion, throw it! Throw it as hard as you want, the more the better!"

Josh Kavokin waved his hand casually and said with great certainty.

As he said that, he began to perform funny movements, twisting and turning towards the projected and changing Arasaka logo.

"If you still want to wait and see after throwing money, then go buy some Arasaka, this is a big cash cow!"

"Okay folks - 'seize the moment, cross class', see you next time, Night City!"

Ad cuts in.

"Do you want to buy stocks?" V sat not far away, crossed his legs, and held a can of Coke in his hand.

"not at all."

Luo Qi arched in Suzi's arms happily, with an expression of consummation in life on his face.

"Then why are you looking at this?" V was curious and chatted.

"I was wondering how much Arasaka was charged for this program and channel."

Luo Qi knows that "Business You and Me Talk" is a so-called independent media, but no matter how independent it is, there must be capital behind it, but it has not been completely reduced to a tool for a certain company to promote its political position.

But now it seems that this Josh Cavorkin promotes Arasaka every day and encourages everyone to buy, and most of them are also getting benefits.

And this kind of program can already be regarded as objective, and some programs on other channels are simply unsightly.

For example, Channel 54 News.

Because he has multiple sources of information, many of which are even prior to the first-party information.

After listening to four news stories in a row and finding that they were all quite different from the actual situation, Luo Qi no longer planned to watch any bullshit news.

The tentacles of Arasaka and military technology, in addition to competing with each other in the mayor election, have also reached out to all walks of life.

Use the method of media propaganda to influence public opinion and the stock market, and then deal a blow to the other party's stock.

This operation is very familiar.

A simple but practical approach.

From the emergence of the concept of listed companies and stocks, people have used endless tricks on them, but the purpose has always been the same.

This is not the first time these two old rivals have competed, or in other words, both of them wish that the other would go bankrupt immediately, and then quickly seize the market space and all resources under unfettered conditions, and immediately become a higher level of another level. Big behemoth.

The fourth corporate war is the only corporate war in half a century.

In fact, when people mention the term corporate war, they usually mean the fourth time.

It has upgraded the battle between companies to an all-field war that transcends countries, regions, nations, and cultures. It can be called the largest battle after World War II, and it even exceeds the scope of the Cold War.

Like the first three corporate wars, the fourth begins with megacorporations and competitors using their financial and military might to acquire a company and its resources.

At the beginning of 2021, IHAG (German: Internationale Handelsmarine Aktiengesellschaft, International Shipping Company), a large enterprise specializing in underwater shipping and technological research and development, went bankrupt.

CINO (French: Corporation Internationale Nauticale et Oceanique, International Nautical and Marine Company)

as well as,

OTEC (Ocean Technology & Energy Corporation, Ocean Technology & Energy Corporation)

Both wanted to acquire IHAG under their own name, so the two sides began a hostile contest.

For starters, both companies are locked in a super-typical first-round corporate war—stock market manipulation and economic warfare.

However, OTEC (pronounced for short: Otech) and CINO (pronounced for short: Sino) are evenly matched in terms of financial resources, and cannot acquire IHAG in a conventional way.As a result, the conflict gradually spiraled out of control, and the real outbreak of war was just around the corner.

In November 2021, OTEC dispatched a strike force to intercept CINO negotiators and prevent them from participating in takeover negotiations.As a courtesy, CINO's cyber hackers carried out an attack on the financial exchange, devaluing OTEC's stock.

The feud escalates from here, with neither company realizing that European Banking Combine is behind the scenes of a cockfight between the two companies - the financial institution's eventual plan to buy the assets of IHAG, OTEC and CINO, making Europe a A leading force in global seamanship and shipping.

These three are maritime and water conservancy companies with strong strength and foundation. Once they are in hand, the complete technology and industrial system will be no problem at all.

However, neither OTEC nor CINO realized this and were too busy fighting.

At the beginning, the strategy of both sides was to try to inflict losses on the other side in order to force the other side to give up the takeover attempt.But as the conflict continues, the rest of the world is increasingly aware of the potential for a global crisis --

Because the current global economy relies heavily on shipping and marine food, minerals, and energy production, in many countries and regions that lack certain resources, if they lose their import and export channels by sea, they will immediately face the future of economic structure collapse.

The year-long battle has reached a stalemate, with neither major corporation able to bring down the other.

So far, the nature of the fourth corporate war is no different from the previous three, both companies fighting for their own interests.

However, in 2077, whether young or old, what is everyone's impression of this war?

Two words.

"Arasaka" and "Military Technology".

Both OTEC and CINO employ a much larger supercorps—

OTEC hired Military Tech, a U.S.-based arms manufacturer and military force, at least at the time.Correspondingly, CINO hired Japan's Arasaka Corporation, which is the most influential large group in modern times, focusing on security, banking and manufacturing.

At first, neither Arasaka nor Military Technology wanted to start a direct war with the other party.

Although they are competitors in the world market, their contracts with CINO and OTEC only ensure that the two sides can check each other, so that they will not become a breakthrough point due to the imbalance of military power.

Instead, an Arasaka advisor working with the CINO commando was killed at the OTEC facility because she wasn't wearing the company uniform, indicating she was a non-combatant.Additionally, a military-tech ship was hit by Arasaka's automatic defense torpedo system as it was secretly delivering supplies to OTEC through CINO-controlled waters.

In February 2022, tensions escalated and governments around the world began seizing some of the more isolated overseas properties of OTEC, IHAG and CINO in the form of "protective detention", which led to confrontations between OTEC, CINO and various governments.

These greedy skirmishes were the last straw.

On February 2022th, 2, the European Union Bank realized that their manipulation of OTEC and CINO was completely out of control due to the mixture of Arasaka and military technology.The financial institution begins to push for peace talks, but Arasaka and Military Technology, who are on the front line, object.

On February 2, both OTEC and CINO suspended their security contracts.

On the 27th, OTEC and CINO Marines signed a peace agreement.

So far, the conflict between the two maritime and water conservancy companies has come to an end.

But Arasaka and Miltech's role in this conflict continues, going beyond their contractual obligations in security, supply and consulting.

Years of contradictions and frictions have continued a new war.

It has nothing to do with the contract, but the fight between Arasaka and Military Technology, the old enemies.

On March 3, Arasaka tested the newly completed "Soul Slayer 6" and implanted it in the on-board smart line processor of a military technology executive.

This program worked perfectly, and Arasaka dug out the information recorded in the soul imprint they captured, which led to military technology brazenly launching an attack on Arasaka in Night City.

Between the two supergroups, a three-month secret war started.

People called it, "Shadow War".

By the end of May 2022, the war has reached a fever pitch.

On June 6th, Arasaka attacked a military tech factory in Virginia, while military tech mercenaries massacred the employees of the Arasaka military factory in Yokohama.

By mid-July, military technology and Arasaka's mutual attacks have become commonplace, and the war is not limited to the earth.

Numerous attacks have also occurred in high and low Earth orbit, further disrupting space commerce.

And in cyberspace, which is one of the battlefields, everything seems to be getting worse.

The data is jumbled together almost randomly.

As those who came to know later, this also marked the beginning of "DataKrash" - the genius hacker Batemos's super virus "RABIDS" and the destruction of the old web.

In the late spring of 2022, the war has spread to space.

In the summer of 2022, Arasaka occupied the office of Military Technology in Los Angeles.

In response, Military Tech generously staged a riot in Arasaka's Paris branch - using electromagnetic interference, they injected an aerosol toxin into the building's air conditioning system.

It was a silent massacre.

In the late summer of 2022, a war-induced strike in Chicago turned into an outright war.

At the end of the battle, the local homeless states, Metacorp and Folk Nations, two of the famous seven states, signed a post-war agreement in the rebuilding city and dismantled the culprit Arasaka and military tech buildings.

At the same time, military technology released a biological virus on the other side of the ocean, causing countless deaths in Busan City. The citizens were evacuated by the South Korean government and then quarantined.It was once a large city with a population of 400 million, and it has disappeared from the map so completely since then.

By September 2022, Hong Kong has become a major battleground for military technology and Arasaka, which is left in ruins.

Elsewhere in the world, the war continued.

Six military science and technology scientists died suddenly when they were connected to the network. Their intelligence department suspected that Arasaka had developed a new usage of soul killers; in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro was razed to the ground by too intensive artillery fire and bombing; Submarines are playing the game of "hide and hide" in the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, and the routes are directly declared paralyzed...

Even the orbital launch pad of the Crystal Palace space station was attacked in late September.

On the 29th, the residents of O'Neil II declared independence, triggering the famous "Seven Hour War".The European Space Agency is literally stabbed in the back because almost all of their power is devoted to protecting ground facilities from war.While Miltech and Arasaka were eager to gain the support of an orbital organization not controlled by the European Space Agency, Lightspeed recognized O'Neill II's independent government.

The logic is simple.

One America, one Japan, who cares whether you live or die in Europe?

Chapter 180 The deceased imperial prince, Masayoshi Arasaka

The fourth corporate war has not stopped here, but countries around the world have finally made major decisions one after another.

In the late autumn of 2022, the governments of Southern California and the Republic of Texas, both controlled by the Free State, announced that they would nationalize all Arasaka and military technology facilities within their territories.A few days later, the European Economic Community announced that if hostilities in the territory of the two companies did not cease, they would do the same.And when the military tech showroom in Italy was attacked by Arasaka, the EEC threatened and started nationalizing all Arasaka and military tech facilities in Europe.Both megacorporations have protested this and said the attack was a "false flag operation", in short that it was an EEC play to provide the required pretext to seize the assets.

Encouraged by the actions taken by the European Economic Community, the Japanese government also attempted to nationalize Arasaka within its borders.Prime Minister Jiro Kikuchi attempted to seize control of Arasaka, but Saburo Arasaka used his influence in the country to successfully prevent this.Arasaka Saburo's rebellious son, Arasaka Yoshinobu, provided information to the Japanese government to help the Japanese government nationalize Arasaka's Japanese assets.

"Good guy, it turns out that Arasaka Yoshinobu is so ruthless. In order to fight against his father, he even gave away his own assets."

Luo Qi saw it and clicked his tongue.

I don't know if Saburo Arasaka was so angry that he spurted out a mouthful of old blood.

At this time, Yoshinobu Arasaka was still young, and started a gang in Japan called "Steel Dragon".Doing nothing all day is against the company, especially your own company.

Speaking of which, Yoshinobu Arasaka is still a "post-90s"——

1995年9月8日出生，2023年深秋的时候刚好过完生日，整整28岁的大小伙子。

But at this time, Arasaka Yoshinobu's half-brother was still alive and well.

He is the candidate for the successor of Saburo Arasaka, not the Ramonu Arasaka who is an "angry youth" outside all day long.