East Asia Power Group Building.
This building, located at the estuary of the Huangpu River, guarded not only this city, but also the prosperity of the entire Pan-Asian region. This was the most expensive area in the entire Yangtze River Delta city group, and it was also the pagoda that countless people living in the Yangtze River Delta city group yearned for.
However, no one would have thought that in the past 100 years, an invisible hand had quietly reached here, trying to usurp the achievements left by the great man a century ago. Even the chairman of the board was stamped with its mark.
Although that person had paid the price of death, the trouble left behind was far from over.
Standing in the garage, Captain Xing glanced sideways and glanced at the board members of East Asia Power not far away. He then lowered his voice and whispered to his subordinates next to him.
"I will talk to Academician Lu in a while."
Shi Jin was slightly taken aback and asked, "Isn't it better to let Wang Peng go? They seem to be old acquaintances. "
Xing Bian said concisely, "It is because of their friendship that I am worried that he won't know what to say and what not to say."
What's more, he was still reporting to the headquarters.
Although Shi Jin gave him the green light to a certain extent, and his resume was impeccable, he still had to go through the process.
Especially the 30-day induction training, the burden would not be lighter than the work of the task force. To be honest, he was even a little worried about whether this antique from the 21st century could handle it.
Shi Jin nodded, expressing his understanding, and stood silently by the side.
Almost at the same time, a man wearing gold-rimmed glasses not far away glanced in the direction of the two without a trace.
During this period of time, the people of the Security Bureau had been handling cases in the building, so he knew the identities of the two.
However, understanding was one thing. As an ordinary person, it was impossible to say that he didn't feel any psychological pressure when dealing with people like them.
After all, perfect people only lived in fairy tales, or stories for ordinary people. To be able to climb to his current position, there was no "stain" on his resume …
People who believed this were too stupid.
Just as he was trying to figure out what the two of them were up to, the folding door of the parking lot slowly opened.
The howling cold wind poured in through the door of the parking lot. The coldness from high up caused many people to squint their eyes.
At this time, a car suspended in the air drove in from the open garage door and steadily stopped in the parking space.
A robot bodyguard dressed in formal clothes, who looked unremarkable except for his red pupils, got out of the passenger seat and opened the door of the back seat. Then, Lu Zhou, who was dressed in casual clothes, got out of the car calmly.
Seeing the person getting off the car, the group of board members and the executives of East Asia Energy waiting on the side immediately rushed toward him.
"Hello, Academician Lu. I am a member of the Investment Strategy Committee of the Board of Directors and one of the managing directors. You can call me Zhong Ziyu or Mr. Zhong."
"Hello, Mr. Zhong."
After shaking hands with Mr. Zhong, Lu Zhou then glanced at the other directors and executives next to him.
Except for Manager Morinaga, it was the first time he had seen the others. There were expectations, doubts, apprehensions, and deep hostility in their eyes.
The situation here seemed to be deeper than he had imagined.
Thinking of this, Lu Zhou couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
When the controllable fusion project was first ignited, it wasn't like this. Although that old man Yuan was very hostile to him and his bureaucratic style was indeed problematic, the original intention of the two was the same, which was to ignite the flame of controllable fusion and let the people living on this land embrace a better future.
As for those debates, they were only at the academic level. Even if it involved some interests, it was only to fight for more academic resources.
At the last moment of the ignition project, that old man Yuan abandoned his prejudice and stood on the same line as him.
It was precisely because of everyone's unity that they achieved a great victory.
To be honest, looking at these people in front of him, Lu Zhou, who had just woken up, was actually a little disappointed.
Seriously, is there really any hope of building the elevator to space?
And the light of the second-generation controllable fusion that he had been waiting for a century …
Zhong Ziyu didn't read the disappointment on Lu Zhou's face, so he spoke respectfully.
He spoke respectfully, "The board meeting is about to begin, please come with me."
Lu Zhou nodded and didn't speak. He followed him and walked in the direction of the elevator.
At the entrance of the elevator at the intersection, he found that the two people standing next to him had been looking at him.
The two exchanged some information. The man seemed to want to come up and say something to him, but maybe because there were too many people next to him, he didn't say anything. He just reached out and gently pushed out a translucent holographic business card.
Lu Zhou took the business card and glanced at it. He didn't say anything and just nodded to him.
Understanding Lu Zhou's meaning, the man responded to him with an understanding look, then continued to stand there.
Standing on the elevator with Lu Zhou, apart from Ling, who was always by his side, Zhong Ziyu was the only one.
Zhong Ziyu glanced at the robot standing next to him. He took a deep breath and lowered his voice.
"Is that a robot next to you?"
Lu Zhou: "Yes, what's wrong?"
"Nothing … It's just that after such a thing happened, I personally suggest that you be careful." Zhong Ziyu showed a wry smile on his face. He lowered his voice and continued, "There are rumors that the death of Chairman Liu … is related to the robot."
Lu Zhou: "I will be careful."
Seeing that Lu Zhou didn't take his warning to heart at all, Zhong Ziyu sighed in his heart and said nothing more. He didn't understand the old popsicle's confidence, but he had already done what he needed to do.
As for the rest, he didn't care …
…
The meeting soon began.
In the spacious conference room, the conference table was full of people.
What was different from the previous board meetings was that no one was a holographic image at this meeting.
After hearing that Academician Lu was coming to the board of directors, even the board members who were on vacation on the Moon rushed back to the Yangtze River Delta city group.
Not only because this meeting would be related to the future of East Asia Power, but also because Liu Zhengxing's position was vacant.
In addition to discussing the development direction of East Asia Power in the next year, this meeting would also elect a chairman who represented the overall interests of the entire board of directors.
As an energy giant in the entire Pan-Asian region, it was self-evident how important the position of the chairman was.
And according to the information they collected, Lu Zhou was not a person who was keen on power.
Otherwise, after completing the controllable fusion project, he wouldn't have resigned from his position as chief designer and went to work in the thankless aerospace industry.
Although the scale of the aerospace industry had reached an immeasurable number, in the era when it was extremely difficult to send a few lucky people to Mars, the title of chief consultant of the Lunar Orbit Committee couldn't be compared to the position of the leader in the field of controllable nuclear fusion.
In this case, they still had a high chance of competing for the position of chairman.
Back then, Lu Zhou didn't care about this "small worldly profit". Compared to today, 100 years later, he would be even less interested in it, right?
In order to win over Lu Zhou, many people really put in a lot of effort and prepared a proposal to tempt Lu Zhou and his 7% equity to stand on their side.
For example, promising to increase scientific research investment, donating to the Freezing Human Rights Protection Foundation …
In any case, the checks that were issued were not from their own money. For a behemoth like East Asia Power, this amount of money was just a drop in the bucket.
At the beginning of the meeting, it was barely orderly, but in less than half an hour, it was already very noisy.
They seemed to be accustomed to the situation in front of them. The expressions on the faces of the several managing directors sitting there were not very ugly. They either quietly watched them compete for the position of chairman or called their own agencies to report the situation on the spot.
Unlike other directors, these managing directors were appointed by the organization. Although they could participate in the election of chairman, it was almost impossible for them to be elected.
Although their shareholding ratio was relatively large, they were not monolithic. Especially in a place like East Asia Power, where the interests of all parties were entangled, the situation here was particularly complicated. If a representative sent by a large organization showed the intention of running, it would inevitably be strongly opposed by the representatives sent by other organizations.
Other small shareholders would also unite together to protect their own interests and obstruct their election.
Therefore, in the board of directors of Pan-Asia Power, it had become a tacit understanding that the managing directors did not participate in the election of chairman. They only divided the positions of the committee members.
This tacit understanding had been maintained for half a century, and if there were no accidents, it would continue to be maintained.
Looking at the chaos at the conference table, Lu Zhou endured it for a while, but he finally couldn't sit still.
His index finger tapped heavily on the table. He raised his voice and interrupted the noise at the conference table.
"I've been listening to you guys arguing for a long time, let me say a few words."
The noise instantly quieted down a bit.
When they heard Lu Zhou suddenly speak, many people subconsciously quieted down.
This tacit silence was not entirely out of respect. In fact, to a large extent, it was because of surprise, and because of surprise, they forgot their words for a while.
Lu Zhou had no expression on his face. He put his hands on the conference table and stood up from his seat.
"To be honest, this is the most disappointing day since I came to this era, but I don't want to tell you why I'm disappointed.
"I originally had no interest in the position of chairman because a long time ago, I usually troubled others with similar things.
"But now, I've changed my mind."
Looking around the silent conference table, Lu Zhou continued in an unquestionable tone.
"I'll sit in the position of chairman.
"The proposal is the second generation of controllable fusion. There is no plan, no campaign platform.
"Vote as you see fit!"
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