Blackstone Code

"The people are almost due, so let's officially start the first board meeting of the joint development company. First of all, we should introduce ourselves so that others can get to know us, starting with me..."

The person who spoke was sitting in the chairman's seat. He looked to be in his sixties and his hair was already gray, but people here couldn't judge their age simply by their appearance.

The vast majority of people here have a good living environment, and have a social network that is difficult for ordinary people to reach. The pampered life allows them to avoid most of the factors that will make them aging, so each of them looks younger than theirs. Actual age is younger.

This old gentleman looks to be about sixty years old. It is possible that his actual age is almost seventy or more than seventy years old, but his physical skills are about the appearance of ordinary people around sixty years old.

Although money cannot make time stop for human beings, it can make time go a little slower to the maximum extent.

As this gentleman introduced himself, the most luxurious board of directors of the United Development Company was fully displayed in front of people.

If someone were to make a list like "Top Ten Consortiums in the Federation" or "Which are the most influential consortiums in the Federation", then the top ones would all appear here today.

People have known these things for a long time, and they have seen the list of the presidium of the board of directors when they paid for the shares of the joint development company, but at this moment when they really see these people with their own eyes, people are still very excited.

Some people are so excited that their lips are trembling and their eyelids are jumping uncontrollably. People's awe of capital and money has been carved into their bones by capitalists.

If members of the presidium extended their hands to other people at this time, I am afraid that many people would line up to shake their hands and look humble.

A personal self-introduction also gives people a more profound and three-dimensional impression of the board of directors of United Development Company.

Soon it was Lynch's turn. He stood up and faced everyone with a smile, "Chairmen and directors, some of us are meeting for the first time, and some of us are already familiar with each other. I am Lynch. Nice to meet you." Everyone……"

It's a very ordinary self-introduction, without much personal characteristics, but in such an occasion, what is needed is ordinary.

The maverick set is very useful for ordinary people at the bottom of society. They are immersed in the gray world and cannot break free. Only those maverick things can brighten their eyes and make their gray world more colorful.

But for the top class of society, which has long been colorful and colorful, being independent means being unsociable.

You can say crazy things, you can do crazy things, ridiculous things, and no one will condemn you because people know "we're the same kind of people".

But it is not good to be independent, it will make people exclude themselves from "us". Lynch is very aware of this, so his self-introduction is very ordinary, without any bright colors.

It took more than half an hour for everyone to introduce themselves. Some people may speak slower and have more things to say. In short, after half an hour, the last shareholder sat down excitedly and spoke first. The old man in his sixties spoke again.

The old man's name is "Geruno", you can call him "Mr. Geruno", his surname is "Duncan", Geruno Duncan, a name that sounds a bit awkward, it doesn't look like What an amazing person's name.

But its owner is indeed very different. The Duncan family belonged to the first batch of adventurers who immigrated to the Federation. As long as they were the first batch of adventurers and "died" without any problems, they are doing well now. For example Mr Patou's "Akiner Family".

The same goes for the Duncan family, except that their popularity among the people is not as high as others because they are very low-key.

They distributed the shares roughly fairly to each clan member, as well as various foundations at home and abroad, which made them seem to have nothing to offer, well-known representative figures.

But among the upper class circles, among the real high-level people, the Duncan family is the family that cannot be underestimated. They are very good at investing.

There have been three federal presidents in their family, and they are the largest landowners in the federation. They have close ties with the five major federal oil companies and have a lot of shares in the five major oil companies.

Most of the companies related to mining also have the shadow of their families. In short, no one except themselves knows how rich they are.

But people know one thing. Mr. Patu’s Xingmengdie Consortium, the consortium behind Mr. Wardrick, and even other large consortiums all have their people and their shares. This is why Mr. Geruno can represent the board of directors. Reason for statement by the Bureau.

Others do not have this qualification, whether it is Mr. Wardrick, who is relatively familiar with Lynch, or Mr. Pattu, who is already somewhat familiar with Lynch. If they speak on behalf of other chairmen, some people will definitely be unconvinced.

The Federation is not a country that values ​​implicitness. If you don’t advocate for your own rights and interests, others will be even less likely to care about the interests of those who dare not even speak up to defend their own rights and interests. There will definitely be some conflicts, and Mr. Geruno can speak. , there is not so much trouble.

"I have seen the company's financial report for the last quarter of last year, and I have to say that we did well..." Mr. Geruno said and laughed. "Everything was within our plan. We found it in Nagaril." new opportunities.”

"New opportunities, new development, new future, but also new troubles." Mr. Geruno's speaking speed is not very fast. It seems that after people reach a certain age, their speaking speed will slow down.

In fact, it’s not that they can’t speak fast or that they can’t speak clearly, but that they are afraid that they will speak too fast and others will not understand, so they will slow down.

They may be worried that their expressions are not clear enough, but Lynch feels that they are more worried that others cannot keep up with their speaking speed. He has also been old, and he knows this very well.

"Some of the indigenous people are not very friendly to us. This happened before we developed Nagaril. There are always some ignorant people who think that their way is the best. We can't blame them, but they influence It's our business."

"Because of the unrest and the demonstrations, the company lost a lot of money. This is also one of the main topics of our board of directors this time, how to treat these indigenous people."

Lynch noticed that Mr. Geruno had been using the very derogatory word "indigenous" when talking about the Nagaril people. When he said these words, his tone was filled with a kind of uneasiness that was difficult to conceal. Arrogance, and a kind of contempt.

In fact, most of the main members of the big families who have continued from the founding of the Federation have a similar attitude, just like Mr. Patu's attitude towards the indigenous people. He also wants to clean up, which is not friendly at all.

This attitude actually stems from their "family glory." Anyone familiar with the history of the Federation knows that the development of the Federation is based on the continuous slaughter of the native indigenous people of the Federation.

The larger the family from that period, the more indigenous people were massacred. Now they don't publicize this to the outside world, but during the family's internal education process, they will inevitably instill in the children this kind of "glory of their ancestors" that they consider to be "the glory of their ancestors." things.

It is said to be somewhat ancient... In fact, the family that only lasts for a few generations even collects some special trophies, some of which come from parts of the well-known indigenous leaders, such as some scary-looking, dried large trophies. A thumb, or some eyeballs soaked in a jar.

Of course, these things are not the mainstream. What is mainstream are old photos, of gentlemen with mustaches, dignified appearances, wearing hats that symbolize civilization, holding civilized sticks, and stepping on the corpses of indigenous people.

These people were the first generation immigrants of the Federation. At that time, killing the natives was regarded as an honorable thing. These "glorious deeds" almost ran through the important stages of the growth of these big family members, and they would naturally show that kind of Arrogance and contempt for natives.

Not only the natives of the Federation, but all those they considered uncivilized were natives, and these people in Nagaril clearly fit the characteristics of all natives.

Mr. Geruno's voice did not pause because of Lynch's lightning-fast thoughts, "There are currently two opinions within the board of directors, one is a relatively relaxed approach, and the other is...", he said Glancing at those people who also have profound family backgrounds, "...be a little stricter and let those natives know what the rules are."

"The Joint Development Company does not belong to any one person, including all of us on the presidium, nor are we the owners of the company. This company belongs to everyone here, so we need to unify our opinions."

“I must tell you in advance here that once we have unified our opinions at the board meeting, then no one will be allowed to act against our collective will. We are a whole, and any divisive behavior should be strongly condemned! "

The atmosphere seemed to become heavy all of a sudden. On the surface, Mr. Geruno was saying something that seemed fair. In fact, people knew that the only people who could really express their opinions and be accepted by people were those on the presidium of the board of directors. people.

In other words, the opinions of ordinary people are not important, and there is no need for them to advocate any opinions. They only need to abide by the opinions of the bureau!

It feels a bit hurtful, but there is nothing to do, after all, the small arms and legs are not as good as those people's thick arms and thighs, and everyone can only cater to them.

Speaking of which, Mr. Geruno looked at Mr. Patu, "Mr. Patu, I heard that you have some opinions on this issue?"