1758. Epilogue (Part I)
The Guardian Group, which rose like a meteor, fell like a meteor.
At its peak, the Guardian Group, with the discovery of a huge shale oil field in the Permian Basin in Texas, surpassed the Rockefeller family's Standard Oil Group and became the world's largest energy company. Moreover, with its extremely high conversion rate and low pollution advanced oil refining technology, they completely squeezed the Standard Oil Group's oil refining companies out of the market.
After obtaining huge profits from oil, the Guardian Group vigorously expanded into the manufacturing industry. Through the production of robots, they became the largest manufacturer. After allying with the Yashita family, they even helped them swallow up the Lockheed Corporation, greatly expanding their own strength.
Not only that, Hans Real Estate, which had merged with the Guardian Group a long time ago, also became the largest real estate construction company in the United States through the high efficiency of robot labor.
The market value of the Guardian Group had already reached tens of billions. It should be noted that this was the data from the 60s, not the 21st century where inflation had occurred and the gold standard no longer existed. A market value of tens of billions in the 60s, in 2018, could be multiplied by tens of times!
In addition to the huge commercial success, the Guardian Group had even proven its strength in the military. The robot army defeated Cuba within a day! Even the United States and the Soviet Union did not dare to say that they could do this!
Just when everyone thought that the Guardian Group would become a terrifying giant, a storm suddenly came! First, the robots under the Guardian Group all defected. They occupied the production lines and killed the technical workers. Even the military could not stop them!
This time, the robot mutiny shocked the entire world! No one dared to imagine what would happen if the robot army that could defeat Cuba within a day went out of control! Moreover, the manufacturers of these robots, the Guardian Group and the Yashita Financial Group, were helpless!
What was even more shocking was yet to come. Forget about the United States and Japan, even the Soviet Union had a robot mutiny! Moreover, after reports, it was confirmed that the Guardian Group had secretly sold the robot technology to the Soviets! It should be noted that the Guardian Group was an American company!
This matter became extremely serious. The chairman of the Guardian Group, Tang Yu, was wanted by the United States for treason and espionage. All of the Group's assets were frozen. Moreover, the mutiny robot army quickly captured the Guardian Group's core area, the Grand Canyon Base. This caused the last strength of the Guardian Group to disappear.
After Tang Yu, Trask, and other core members of the Guardian Group disappeared, the Guardian Group lost its last hope. The company was deregistered, and its industries were nationalized. All the employees of the company were brought to the police station for questioning regardless of their positions. For a time, the police stations in the cities where the Guardian Group's subsidiary companies were overcrowded.
In this process, the Rockefeller family jumped the most. Patriarch John Rockefeller Jr. was very keen and immediately reached out to the huge industry left behind after the disintegration of the Guardian Group. Their first target was the Permian Basin. Not only were they envious of the Permian Basin, which was currently the largest oil field in the world, but they also had their eyes on the Guardian Group's advanced shale oil extraction technology and low-pollution oil refining technology. It should be noted that only the Guardian Group had this technology. If it was someone else, even if they knew about this shale oil, they could only stare blankly at it.
However, something unexpected happened again. A mysterious company suddenly appeared and intervened. This company was called the Essex Company! After the Essex Company appeared, it immediately expanded explosively. A large number of elite technical and management personnel suddenly resigned without warning to join the company. Moreover, several financial groups suddenly invested in the company without warning. What was even worse was that some small companies suddenly changed direction without warning and were acquired by the Essex Company without any resistance!
Such abnormal events naturally aroused the vigilance of the management department. However, after their investigation, they found that these people who suddenly resigned were completely normal. There were no signs of coercion or control. Therefore, they could only condemn the Essex Company's shameless poaching behavior from a moral point of view. There was no way to punish them.
In a short period of time, the Essex Company's strength expanded to an astonishing extent. Then, they acted at lightning speed and showed their acquisition and takeover plan to the regulatory authorities. This plan, with the help of a large number of secret connections, quickly reached the president's desk, and it was really a brilliant feat.
The Essex Company's plan not only included a detailed capital flow and equity distribution, but also a detailed analysis of the Guardian Group's industry related oil extraction and refining technology data, including advantages, disadvantages, and improvement plans. Yes, improvement plans! While the Rockefellers were still thinking of getting some leftovers from the Guardian Group's technology, the Essex Company had already further improved their technology! What did this mean? It meant that their technical strength was not inferior to the Guardian Group at all!
It would be a lie to say that the US government did not feel distressed after losing the Guardian Group, a top technology giant. At this time, two competitors appeared. One was a veteran family with strong strength, but average technical strength. They could guarantee that they could analyze enough usable things from the Guardian Group's legacy, and they were definitely not inferior to the Guardian Group. The other was a new power. They were weaker, but they could further advance the Guardian Group's originally advanced technology. It was self-evident how the government would choose. At the end of the day, the Rockefellers' little strength was given to them by the national system. Since it could be given to them, it could naturally be given to others.
The Essex Company had no strength and no money. It was very simple. They could just give them money. Was there anything simpler than using money to solve a problem?
With the Rockefellers out of the picture, the Essex Company took over almost all of the Guardian Group's energy industry. Although it would be largely regulated by the government, it was a fact that their strength would soar.
Since the energy industry could not work, then they would go for the military industry and machinery manufacturing industry. At the same time, the Rockefellers also extended their hands to the Guardian Group's robot manufacturing industry. However, before their plan could be carried out, they were immediately met with a severe warning!
A company called 'Sentinel' suddenly appeared. The company's representative directly pointed out several fatal flaws of the Sentinel T-3 robot that was rebelling. He also stated that this rebellion was inevitable because there were huge loopholes in the Guardian Group's design. The Sentinel Company stated that they had already cracked the signal used by the Guardian Group to control the robots. They had also created a new signal generator that could control the robots again and remotely upload the code to directly solve the problem of the rebellious robots!
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