Inheritance of Two Trillion

Chapter 1237: Chapter 1198: A Mouthful of Old Blood_3

Zheng Honghu and Xu Youruo also somewhat shared this sentiment.

”No, tomorrow, everyone should just treat it as a regular remote meeting. Be present, and if the system encounters any issue, call the Headquarters’ administration and logistics immediately. If they can’t resolve it, just throw a fit. It’s their fault after all.”

Bai Xiaosheng sneered, ”The Headquarters mandates that remote meetings must use a specialized system. Using mobile video to participate doesn’t count, for it involves the confidentiality of trade secrets. Looking at it now, this regulation has really done us a big favor!”

Indeed, the group’s handbook explicitly stated that an official internal remote video system must be used.

However, was Bai Xiaosheng so certain that the system would malfunction?

”Our system, how could it possibly malfunction. The Headquarters employs a bunch of high-level programmers. Do you know how skilled they are? They are really top-notch!” Zheng Honghu emphasized.

How top-notch?

Better than Red Lotus?!

Bai Xiaosheng laughed without a word, ”In any case, I guarantee they won’t be able to hold a video conference for an entire week! After that, how will Shen Peishen deal with us, what should we do? Regarding the situation and countermeasures, I’ve thought of some, let me share them with you, so everyone can listen and see if there’s anything overlooked...”

Bai Xiaosheng then explained his thoughts.

Li Haofeng, Zheng Honghu, Xu Youruo listened, somewhat dumbstruck.

They say young people have agile minds, indeed!

They say young people lack depth in their scheming, maybe not!

This guy, Bai Xiaosheng, no wonder he’s so valued by Elder Xia, indeed cunning and shrewd.

Under Bai Xiaosheng’s ”inspiration,” they all started speaking out, truly benefiting from pooled wisdom...

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Shen Peisheng and his team would never have imagined that before they even made a move, the others were already considering their countermeasures.

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The next day, afternoon.

Zhenbei Group Greater China Region Headquarters, the second conference room.

Five Senior Affairs Officers sat in a row at the front, in their designated seats.

Shen Peisheng sat alone on the stage.

Behind him was a wall-sized screen; below him were his former peers, the Senior Affairs Officers, and further down, a hundred and twenty related Affairs Officers.

These were the elite officers remaining at the headquarters, holding positions in various departments.

Actually, many of them normally wouldn’t have the qualifications to attend such meetings.

However, with many more formidable people already sent out with Bai Xiaosheng to conduct investigations, they had stepped up to fill in.

You could see that some were quite excited.

But their excitement was far less than Shen Peisheng’s.

Shen Peisheng, with his hand on the long table in front of him, was filled with emotion. For decades, he had always been sitting below, looking up at the person on the stage.

Many times, he had wondered what it would be like if he sat in that position.

Now, it had finally come true!

As long as he dealt with those last four problems, he would have time to secure his position!

The losses in his loyal followers could be recovered!

And for those Senior Affairs Officers below that he saw as threats, he would have time to slowly eliminate them.

”I could still work for another ten years! By then, I might even aim for an even higher position!”

Shen Peisheng felt as though he had rejuvenated by decades, his heart bursting with inexhaustible energy.

Fang Beijun sat below, also filled with complex emotions as he looked at Shen Peisheng.

Had it not been for his transfer to the Headquarters, even if Shen Peisheng hadn’t become the president, Fang Beijun would have to respectfully address him as Sir Shen.

And now, even though Shen Peisheng was the acting president, he still had to engage with Fang Beijun on equal terms!

In the world of corporate competition, the accomplished lead the way!

Why is power so intoxicating, so earnestly sought after?

Because it equals the playing field, overcoming any gaps as extensive as age and experience, among all else!

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Time slowly ticked by.

Zhenbei Group’s Greater China Region Headquarters’ technical and logistics teams are rushing to calibrate devices and arrange papers and pens.

The meeting, originally scheduled for three o’clock, saw the leaders arriving twenty minutes early, which really put the support personnel through the wringer.

Actually, it was all because Shen Peishen had finally achieved his wish, was overjoyed in his heart, and held great expectations for his first time chairing a company-wide meeting, so he arrived early to look around and take a seat.

His presence meant that several Senior Affairs Officers also showed up.

Just think, when the leaders had arrived, how could the notified Affairs Officers not appear?

They even thought the meeting was starting early and were internally cursing the administration for being incompetent and neglectful for not informing them beforehand, as they hurried over.

Thus, this scene unfolded.

There were still fifteen minutes to go, but everyone had arrived, and the equipment was not yet properly set up!

The technical supervisor sitting at his station watched as the backdrop behind Shen Peishen remained without an image, covered in static, and became instantly frantic, quietly leaving his seat to go over.

”What’s going on, I tested it half an hour ago, there were no problems, why can’t it connect!” The technical supervisor, furious, questioned the two technicians fiddling with the equipment.

The two responsible technicians, with eyes full of helplessness and heads sweating profusely, kept trying.

”The hardware is fine, but it just won’t work, could it be infected with a virus?” One of the technicians tentatively asked.

”Cut the crap!”

The technical supervisor snapped, ”The headquarters has spent tens of millions on a firewall, what virus could breach it! Our cybersecurity expert is world-class, paid several million a year, do you think he’s just for show? Are you saying that some world-class tech genius suddenly felt like messing around, not causing trouble in some country, but playing a trick on us here? Like they have nothing better to do, just to meddle with our system? Stop wasting time, get it fixed!”

After scolding, the technical supervisor ran back to his seat.

The two technicians kept checking again and again, but the system just wouldn’t go online.

Finally, with no options left, they could only quarrel with the plugs, repeatedly plugging and unplugging.

”You’re utterly useless!”

The technical supervisor watched the seconds tick by and, truly impatient, ran over again to take charge himself.

Still, it was to no avail.

Seeing his two subordinates looking at him, the technical supervisor’s face couldn’t take it, and he angrily said, ”What are you looking at, go bring me the cybersecurity expert, motherf*cker, can’t you see, we’ve been hacked!”

Sitting on the presiding stage, Shen Peishen also finally noticed something was off, seeing that there were only two minutes left to the meeting, and the big screen behind him was still blank, when it should have displayed the portraits of Bai Xiaosheng and his three colleagues.

”What’s going on!” Shen Peishen finally frowned, looking towards the technical supervisor adjusting the equipment, and the group of technicians, even the cybersecurity expert employed by the headquarters had arrived.

”Could it be my first time hosting a remote video conference, and there’s a problem!” Shen Peishen immediately got a bit angry.

Whether the meeting could be held or not was of significant importance.

If Bai Xiaosheng and his three colleagues could not participate, then the resolutions made in this meeting would be invalid!

”Damn the corporate regulations, it’s time for a change!” Shen Peishen cursed internally.

However, according to the regulations, to amend them requires the consent of at least eight Senior Affairs Officers.

Now, this had become an unavoidable deadlock!

Shen Peishen was even more frustrated.

On the other side, the cybersecurity expert checking the system was sweating profusely from his forehead; he identified a virus in the system, but despite all efforts, the virus was as if it had intelligence, using myriad tricks, leaving him completely helpless.

”Is this some world-ranking troublemaker after me!”

The cybersecurity expert’s face turned pale.

Time ticked by, second by second, and the entire room’s gaze converged upon him, especially the angry look from acting president Shen Peishen, which was incredibly pressurizing.

Finally, the system seemed to respond!

The cybersecurity expert, not clear on which of his measures had worked, was suddenly full of surprise.

The big screen behind Shen Peishen not only had an image but also sound.

The sound was filled with childishness and humor—

”What’s daddy’s daddy called?

Daddy’s daddy is called Grandpa.

What’s daddy’s mommy called?

Daddy’s mommy is called Grandma.

What’s daddy’s brother called?

Daddy’s brother is called Uncle...”