In Luoyang City, Jiang Xu changed into a casual suit after finishing a manuscript. He called for a deputy chief editor in his office and handed the manuscript to him. "Arrange for this manuscript to be sent out tomorrow morning."
"Which edition is it?" The deputy chief editor asked. Hope Media had a total of three deputy chief editors. Ji Yi was originally in charge of arranging the manuscripts, but now that Ji Yi had gone to the front lines, someone else was assisting Jiang Xu in completing it.
Jiang Xu said, "The first edition."
The deputy chief editor casually scanned through the manuscript and was surprised to find the words "Wang Clan", "failed to share information", "caused the Pyro Company to suffer heavy losses," and so on.
He took a closer look and realized his chief editor's condemnation of the Wang Clan had escalated.
The news he had received was infuriating. Someone anonymously reported that the Wang Clan had discovered the expeditionary army had left Mt. Daniu a day in advance. It was obvious that the disappearance of these troops would pose a threat to the Pyro Company. However, the Wang Clan did not inform the Pyro Company about this.
However, the next day, news of the Pyro Company being ambushed by the expeditionary army arrived. They had lost two of their main forces in a row, and the 3rd Division had been reduced to a useless logistics unit. This was all very bad news.
Although the Pyro Company's failure in this battle was partly due to their greed for credit, if the Wang Clan had informed the Pyro Company of the disappearance of the expeditionary army a day earlier, how could the Pyro Company possibly have misjudged the situation?
It was not that the Wang Clan had any obligation to share information, but that the Wang Clan still wanted the enemy to wear down their competitors when they were facing foreign enemies. Such an attitude was too disappointing.
For nearly half a month, Jiang Xu had been personally writing the manuscript. Every day, he would announce to the public everything he knew and confirmed. Then he would shout from afar in hopes that the Wang Clan would unite in this war.
Gradually, the entire Barrier Alliance began to have a strong opinion of the Wang Clan. As one of the opinion leaders, Jiang Xu was very influential in society.
The deputy chief editor said, "Chief Editor, a group of people from the Wang Clan has arrived in Luoyang City. They want to meet you?"
"Who are they?" Jiang Xu asked.
"He's here to negotiate, right? I checked the resume of the leader. He's one of the famous military officers in charge of diplomacy in the Wang Clan," the deputy editor-in-chief explained.
"Forget about the diplomatic stuff." Jiang Xu said, "They just want Hope Media to stop reporting on the Wang Clan. Don't bother with them. Just reply to them and tell them that I'm going to teach at Qinghe University, so I don't have time."
"But …" The deputy editor-in-chief wanted to say something but hesitated. In this day and age, was there really no need to worry about the thoughts of the consortium?
Jiang Xu said to him with a smile, "Don't worry, I can handle it. Alright, I still have classes at Qinghe University, so let's not talk about this for now. "
With that, Jiang Xu drove all the way to Qinghe University, leaving the Wang Clan's diplomatic team behind.
But when he arrived at Qinghe University, the Wang Clan's diplomatic team was already waiting at the school entrance. A middle-aged man in a suit said to Jiang Xu with a smile, "Hello, Chief Editor. I'm Wang Zhuaizheng from the Wang Clan."
Jiang Xu looked at him and smiled. "It looks like everyone has to meet up."
"Mhm, we'll have to meet up sooner or later," Wang Zhuaizheng said politely.
At this moment, more and more students were gathering at the school entrance. Jiang Xu was already a well-known figure in the school. When everyone learned that the Wang Clan had stopped Jiang Xu at the school entrance, some students even ran out of the school with metal poles in hand, saying they wanted to protect Teacher Jiang.
Jiang Xu waved at the students and gestured for them to calm down. He looked at Wang Zhuaizheng and said, "May I know why the Wang Clan's diplomatic team has come to Luoyang City?"
"Can we talk in private?" Wang Zhuaizheng said, "We respect your foresight and reputation, Mr. Jiang. I hope you can give us a chance to explain."
Jiang Xu shook his head. "Forget it. If you want to talk, let's do it here."
Wang Zhuaizheng slowly scanned the faces of the students. He felt a little helpless. After all, how could he possibly talk about what he wanted to talk about in front of so many people?
Jiang Xu walked back into the school with his cane. "Go back. How can the truth be changed just because of someone? The truth is the truth. If the Wang Clan is also working hard for the unity of the Central Plains, Hope Media will also report it truthfully. I've been to Stronghold 61 before, and I've been very objective when reporting on the artificial intelligence. I've clearly stated the pros and cons. "
"But your report on the Wang Clan this time is obviously subjective," Wang Zhuaizheng said.
Jiang Xu turned around and looked at him. "I'm just stating the facts."
Wang Zhuaizheng looked at Jiang Xu's limping back. After the students gradually dispersed, an assistant asked, "What should we do next?"
"Let's go back." Wang Zhuaizheng sighed.
"Aren't we going to give it another try?" the assistant asked.
"The other party deliberately got the deputy managing editor to inform us of his itinerary and had us come to Qinghe University's entrance to wait for him. But this is exactly what he wants." Wang Zhuaizheng pondered and said, "Meeting with the Wang Clan in public is a move to avoid arousing suspicion. He's very firm on this and won't turn back."
At this moment, Jiang Xu was walking into the school. A student beside him suddenly asked, "Mr. Jiang, will you change your attitude because of the Wang Clan? After all, they're a consortium …."
Jiang Xu stopped in his tracks and repeated what he had said before, "Will the truth change because of someone? If it does, then it won't be the truth anymore. "
…
At Stronghold 61, the artificial intelligence building was not particularly eye-catching. From a distance, it looked no different from the other office buildings.
But when one took the elevator all the way down to the high-tech R&D center and saw the busy staff in dustproof suits, one could inexplicably feel the importance of this place.
At this moment, the staff in blue dustproof suits were loading the data into the server one by one to facilitate Zero's calculations and deductions.
Legend had it that before The Cataclysm, the entire world could already connect to the Internet. If artificial intelligence existed at that time, it would not have been so troublesome to manually input some data. Zero could have easily obtained it herself.
In the staff's opinion, there shouldn't be any "wall" that could stop Zero from invading. It had also been proven that Zero was extremely good at breaking through "walls."
Wang Shengzhi sat in a wheelchair and personally watched the staff get busy. At this moment, Yang Anjing took the elevator down and straightened the blanket on Wang Shengzhi's knees.
Wang Shengzhi handed a document to Yang Anjing. "Zero has found where the Kyung Clan has been hiding."
Yang Anjing took the document and glanced at it. "I'll make a trip to the Southwest. After getting rid of this, the Kyung Clan won't have anything to rely on anymore."
"Mhm." Wang Shengzhi nodded calmly. "At that time, they might be willing to sit down and have a peaceful talk."
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