Wu Chang entered the elevator and pressed the highest floor button, 99. While waiting for the elevator to rise, he searched for the memories of the original owner of the body. Anthem Company was originally an ordinary arms company in the Federation, but fifteen years ago, shortly after the current chairman Schultz took over, he began drastic reforms. By increasing investment in scientific research funds, introducing a large number of talents, and changing the company's promotion management system, Anthem Company soared to the sky. In just three years, it became the largest arms company in the Federation, leading by a cliff for twelve consecutive years. Of course, this is the official statement of Anthem Company. Regarding the rise of Anthem Company, the most widely spread conspiracy theory is that Anthem Company cooperated with the Federation to dismantle an alien spaceship and obtained alien black technology from it, which made the technology advance by leaps and bounds. But no matter what the reason is, the status of Anthem Company is unquestionable, especially in the city of Weldo where its headquarters is located. It is no exaggeration to say that it is the local emperor of Weldo. At the gathering of the upper class in Weldo City, the representatives of Anthem Company were not present. Not to mention picking up chopsticks, even the insulation cover on the plate was not allowed. The existence of the Anthem Company has brought a huge amount of tax revenue to the city of Weld, turning Weld from a small transparent city in the Federation into a giant city second only to the capital, New York City. At the same time, it has also brought special troubles to the city of Weld.
Disqualified monsters. These monsters do not know where they came from or why they were formed. They will appear inexplicably, attack and devour all living things they see, and imitate their behaviors based on the memories of the living things they devour. In addition, each disqualified monster has different special abilities, which are very tricky and difficult for ordinary armed forces to deal with. Disqualified monsters only appear in Weld and around the large branches of the Anthem Company distributed in the Federation, making people more convinced of the conspiracy theory of alien spacecraft. The emergence of disqualified monsters has accelerated the decline of traditional arms, making the high-tech arms manufactured by the Anthem Company the first choice for the military and individuals. As the biggest beneficiary, the relationship between the Anthem Company and the disqualified monsters is problematic, and even a fool can see it. People's suspicion of the Anthem Company has never stopped, but their suspicion is worthless. Because the umbrella behind Anthem is too big and too strong. Five years ago, under the leadership of Anthem's biggest competitor, the Federal Firearms Association, a grand crusade against Anthem was launched. Environmental organizations suspected that Anthem discharged toxic waste, leading to the formation of disqualified monsters; animal protection organizations suspected that Anthem used a large number of animals for live experiments, destroying the ecology; The Blue Party accused Anthem of suspected racial discrimination and not hiring enough minorities; sexual minority groups expressed reconsideration, saying that sexual minorities in the company were not taken seriously, and asked the company to build at least five more toilets. Cooperate with the illegal propaganda reported by the Federal Firearms Association; the industry union said that Anthem severely exploited employees, and the antitrust investigation initiated by the Trade Commission required Anthem to split its business. For a while, all heroes sent representatives to gather in Wildo City to participate in the event. The scene was more lively than the siege of Guangmingding by the six major factions. During that time, the eyes of the entire federation and even the world were fixed on Wildo City, wanting to see how Anthem would end. The result was beyond everyone's expectations. The anti-Anthem Alliance, composed of six factions, no, more than a dozen organizations, gathered in Wildo City and held a joint press conference the second day. A disqualified monster attacked the hotel where the representatives were staying, and all the representatives who attended the press conference were killed. The Anthem Company held a press conference overnight to express condolences for the tragedy and claimed that it needed to increase its efforts to develop a stronger automatic weapon system. Only with powerful firepower can the people of the Federation be protected from the threat of disqualified monsters.
The Anthem Company's brutal counterattack shattered the three views of all the spectators, but soon they knew that the three views were shattered a little too early. People thought that even if the Anthem Company was not eliminated for such evil deeds, it would be slightly punished to appease the emotions of all parties. However, the follow-up of the incident was that there was no follow-up. The incident was left unresolved. Seven days later, under the guidance of the media, everyone's attention turned to the thousands of bottles of baby oil stored in a celebrity's mansion. Since then, no one dared to mess with the Anthem Company. Ding. When Wu Chang recalled the memories in his mind, the elevator had stopped at the 99th floor. At the elevator door, there was a corridor about 20 meters long. There were more than a dozen offices on both sides of the corridor, with 20 to 30 young and beautiful girls sitting inside. They were all secretaries of the chairman, some responsible for work, some responsible for schedule arrangements, and some responsible for daily life. None of them were just pretty faces, all of them came from top federal universities, including assistants who were only responsible for private life at certain times. All assistants who could sit on this floor enjoyed the treatment of level 6 employees at least, which was why they were scrambling to get in here. As for why Schultz had to select top talents even for his private life assistants, there was only one reason. According to what he said when he was a child, he felt sick when talking to idiots. This was not just a simple description of his preferences. Every time Schultz talked to the comedian governor on the phone, he would vomit. At the end of the corridor, there was a door. Except for the offices prepared for secretaries and assistants at the elevator entrance, the entire 99th floor was the chairman's office. The person Wu Chang was going to meet was the chairman of the Anthem Company, who had raised the Anthem Company to its current status and was one of the richest and most influential people in the Federation. "Chairman of the Anthem Company: Schultz" Looking at the name next to the door, Wu Chang took a deep breath and adjusted his expression, making him appear less calm, but nervous, restrained and uneasy like the original owner of the body. Wu Chang stood at the door of the office, with a bitter expression that seemed to be crying and laughing on his face, and looked up at the camera at the door of the chairman's office. Ding. Accompanied by the sound of certification, the office door opened. Wu Chang bowed slightly and walked into the office with the sound of his footsteps. Schultz chose such a large office not for simple material enjoyment, but to decorate his office magnificently, like a palace. On the contrary, the layout of the office is very simple, and 90% of the space inside is filled with one thing, that is, books. Countless bookshelves are neatly placed in the office, as if this is not the chairman's office, but a large private library. There are tens of thousands of books stored here, and new books are delivered here every week. Wu Chang's original body owner often secretly doubted in his heart, so many books, will Schultz really read it? I'm afraid he is just like him, just treating books as a kind of furniture or decoration, and buying them is just seeing them.
Passing through the huge bookshelf area, he came to Schultz's real office. In the open office space, a circle of people sat around the huge round desk. They are all the top rich people in the federation and the big customers of the Anthem Company. They were just having a quarterly procurement meeting. At the innermost side of the desk, the middle-aged man sitting upright with a serious face was Schultz. Schultz frowned when he saw Wu Chang for the first time. "Straighten your back." Wu Chang straightened his back honestly after hearing this. Even the military honor guard came and praised him for his standard military posture. This was the way the original owner of the body tested Schultz. Every time he felt that he had done something wrong, he would deliberately hunch over to see Schultz. If the other party asked him to straighten his back and looked dejected, it meant that the other party was not very angry. On the contrary, it meant that he had really made trouble. Looking at Wu Chang's funny appearance, everyone in the meeting had a stern face, recalling the sad things they had encountered recently, and dared not laugh out loud. If it were any level 8 employee, they would not look down on the other party so much, because any level 8 employee was promoted from a level 1 or level 6 employee, and everyone had both ability and skills. Except Wu Chang. Because he was a relative, he was Schultz's cousin in his hometown. Relying on the friendship they grew up together, this waste was parachuted into the level 8 department manager and took away the important fully automatic defense system department. For a long time, the promotion mechanism of Shengge Company has symbolized absolute efficiency and absolute fairness, and Wu Chang is the biggest stain in this mechanism. When Wu Chang arrived, the meeting was already coming to an end, and everyone in the room gradually left. A thin, bald man wearing glasses walked up to Wu Chang and said in a tone of advice to his juniors: "Manager Sean, compared to other managers, I actually like dealing with you very much. I hope to see you again at the next quarterly meeting." The person who spoke was named Moretz, a big shot in the financial and media circles. Among the people present, his wealth ranked in the top three. More importantly, he lived in the city of Weld, and was one of the easiest and most high-quality customers. Moretz continued: "I shouldn't have told you this. Schultz has his own ideas, and I shouldn't interfere. But I'm an investor. When I see a stock with potential, I always want to invest." "Sometimes, when we do business, especially in the arms business, we can't have too high a moral standard. The fully automatic defense system is related to public safety. The current Weld City is too peaceful, and it's difficult to get new orders, but you can think of a way." "I suggest you go and see how Manager Farrell does it. As the department manager we are most optimistic about now, he jumped from a third-level employee to a fifth-level employee by selling defense insurance and bulletproof backpacks to schools. That is a rare success story." After everyone left, only Schultz and Wu Chang were left in the office. The atmosphere was a little solemn. Schultz was organizing his words, and Wu Chang was sneaking glances around, looking for useful information. His eyes swept across the center of the huge round table and saw a number in the center of the table. "34".
In the memory of Sean, the original owner of Wu Chang's body, similar numbers can often be seen. It is a countdown, but it is not absolutely decreasing. After each quarterly meeting, this number sometimes decreases more, and sometimes increases instead of decreasing. Sean was curious about the meaning of the number, but Schultz did not tell him what it meant. The two grew up together when they were young, and Sean knew Schultz's temper very well. If Schultz wanted him to know, Schultz would tell him without him asking. Schultz did not mention it actively, which meant that he did not want him to know. In Sean's memory, although there was no countdown meaning, the number decreased a lot this time. When Sean came over two days ago, the number was still 135. Unexpectedly, after the quarterly meeting, it was instantly shortened to 34 days. If the adjustment is made once a quarter, the number 34 indicates that a plan prepared by Schultz and others has been finalized and is entering the final countdown. "Sean." Schultz's voice interrupted Wu Chang's thinking. Wu Chang looked at Schultz, who continued: "I gave you a year, and during this year, I gave you a lot of authority and help, but your performance still doesn't even meet the minimum standard of an eighth-level employee." "Perhaps you are really not suitable for the company, I have prepared two paths for you. If you like your past life, I bought you a large farm and ranch, enough for you to grow or raise anything you like." "If you want to stay in the city, I can help you arrange a marriage, and then you can go into politics or eat, drink and have fun. It's up to you." "Go back and hand over some work, and tell me the answer on the weekend." If this wasn't in the dungeon, Wu Chang would kneel down on the spot and hug Schultz's thighs to call him godfather. But this was in the dungeon, and he still had to complete the main quest, so he did something Sean wouldn't do, defying Schultz's decision. "I want to try again." Schultz looked at Wu Chang and asked calmly, "Why?" Wu Chang closed his eyes, read the memory of the original owner of the body, and after a little artistic processing, he said: "Although I have always wanted to leave here, when you really asked me to leave just now, I felt unwilling again. I'm not sure if the life I liked before is what I really want, or if I like that kind of life just because it's easy." "I want to try it one last time and find the answer in my heart." Schultz rarely smiled, as if he saw his useless child finally put down his phone one day and took the initiative to pick up the textbook. Although the smile was fleeting, Wu Chang could be sure that the other party did smile. "Okay, I'll give you another half a month." Schultz didn't say what would happen if he didn't meet the standard after half a month, but both parties knew it very well. Wu Chang immediately promised: "I will try my best." Schultz picked up the book on the table, opened it to the page where the bookmark was inserted, and said:
"Go back to work." Wu Chang left the chairman's office, entered the elevator, and breathed a sigh of relief. As the manager of the department at the beginning, he thought it was another good start, but he faced the risk of layoffs right away. At least he got away with it. But next, he must get a large enough order as soon as possible. Back in the office, he sat in the office chair, flipping through the information while thinking about the current intelligence. There are two things he needs to deal with most at the moment, one is to keep his position, and the other is to deal with the Ironclad Regiment. If he doesn't complete enough orders in half a month, he will definitely be kicked out by Schultz. Speaking of Schultz, in Sean's memory, he is the representative of absolute rationality and a super academic master who can remember everything he sees. This time, Wu Chang found that Schultz is not only smart, but also capable. He could sense that Schultz's value was not inferior to Fei Guang's, but he could not figure out what special power Schultz had that could resist his 139-point inspiration perception. He vaguely felt that the copy of the Holy Song Company was not as simple as it seemed. The Holy Song Company was a copy that had just been entered and was on the verge of losing control, but Wu Chang's intuition told him that the difficulty of this copy would not be lower than that of the Silent Route. You know, there are remnants of evil gods in the Silent Route. The difficulty of the two copies is similar, but in the copy of the Holy Song Company, there may not be a local demigod like the Sea God to help him, and there is no ritual of the Kingdom of God on the ground to pick peaches for him and find Irene as an off-site support. The difficulty of the copy itself is a problem, and the trouble brought by the Iron Armor Group is not small at all. After the actions of Fei Guang and others before, Wu Chang can be 100% sure that the Iron Armor Group's goal in entering the copy is definitely not a job change. Unless they also deducted an eye of Lehman and had a prop similar to the poison of the mortal, which can strengthen the only hidden job change with power. Otherwise, what job change is worth their preparation? They would hunt down members of the four major organizations just for a disagreement. You know, before the action, Booker only expressed his unwillingness to leave the dungeon, but he did not say that he would definitely ruin the Iron Armored Corps. Just for the job change, the Iron Armored Corps' advantage in numbers and strength is enough to safely take the job change. To do this step can only mean that the benefits of what the Iron Armored Corps seeks far exceed offending the four major organizations. Where did they get the information and confidence from a second-rate cancer organization? It is obvious that it must be related to the mysterious force that hired Lei Hu. Wu Chang clenched his palms against each other and rubbed them slightly. Then what is the saying, the treasures of heaven and earth belong to those with virtue. Isn't this what happened? Speaking of the Iron Armored Corps, Wu Chang couldn't help but think of the information they sought on the bounty list. "Acquire three core confidential intelligence about the "Anthem Company", each worth 150,000 decayed silver coins. " The so-called three pieces of confidential intelligence, judging from the information in Sean's memory, should correspond to the three speculations of the outside world about the Anthem Company.
The manufacturing method of the Anthem Company's special weapons, the existence of the rumored super laboratory, and the Anthem Company's conspiracy to rule the world with the help of disqualified monsters. One piece of information is worth 150,000 decayed silver coins, which is enough to show the importance of the Iron Armored Corps to these three pieces of information. Perhaps, starting with these three pieces of information, he can find out what the Iron Armored Corps is planning. While he was thinking, the secretary walked into the office and said: "Manager Sean, there is an interview tomorrow, and the interviewer's resume has just been sent to you." Wu Chang nodded and said, "I see." It is the tradition of the Song Company for department managers to directly participate in interviews. He entered the office system of the Song Company, opened the interview resume, and after a few simple flips, his face became weird. He was thinking about how to investigate the secrets of the Iron Armored Corps, but he didn't expect these guys to come to him on their own initiative.