Chapter 603: The Dilemma of the Chaebol Group

Once upon a time, Tilan had a fantasy filter for this kind of high-end banquet, just like ordinary people would imagine how big the house the emperor lived in was and how wide the bedroom was. But in fact, the emperor's bedroom was not bigger than that of ordinary people, and even high-end banquets would be more casual, not like a rehearsal for a performance.

After arriving at the agreed place, Tilan got out of the car, looked up, and saw the familiar building and sign, and her mood was slightly subtle.

This is the 'Four Winds Hotel', which is where she and her companions used to work. I remember that there was an accident that made Shui Yanqing autistic for a long time.

Entering the hotel, the lobby had already been cleared at this moment, and the greeting staff who had been waiting for a long time stepped forward quickly to welcome the arrival of the singing girl.

"Lord Pulin has arrived and is now in the banquet hall. Do you need me to lead the way for you?"

Tilan nodded slightly, then glanced at the people who followed, asked some of them to stay in the lobby, and then took the rest of them to the elevator.

The simple black dresses, gray goggles covering the eyes, mechanical swords on the waist, and pistols hidden inside the dresses, these members who followed Heshia Tilan were no longer the young men they were a few years ago. Now they were well-trained and their strength was comparable to that of the members of the Tribunal.

For ordinary people, these all-Sequence 6 elite Transcendents had a strong aura and oppressive force. Even the stare of their eyes was enough to make Transcendents below Sequence 3 feel terrified. The girl in the center of the group of people seemed much more quiet and weak. Her white and slender fingers and figure showed that she did not have much fighting power.

The hotel staff who was responsible for leading the way in the elevator was thinking about various things in his mind until a "ding" sound came from the elevator, and then the elevator door opened, waking him up from his fantasy.

"Please go this way." He continued to lead the way in front and took the group to the luxurious banquet hall on this floor.

Passing through the short empty corridor, waves of soothing music and human voices could be heard. When the group arrived in front of the gate, Tilan stopped and whispered a few words to the two people behind her. The group of people who followed stayed outside the banquet hall, and she only took the two people into the banquet.

The lights here were bright. The seven-story glazed tower chandelier on the ceiling was said to be specially carved by a famous master. There were also many paintings by artists hanging on the side walls of the hall, but Tilan was no longer surprised by these things. She swept her eyes across the venue and immediately saw Pulin, the only one in the venue wearing a fiery red dress.

Pulin is now 160 cm tall, and with the thick-soled high heels she wore, she has a bit of the temperament of a "little queen". The reason why she uses "small" is probably because her face shape and figure look young.

Tilan walked over, and many guests wanted to say hello to the girl, but she just nodded slightly and did not stop.

Pulin, who was talking to someone else, noticed something and turned around. Seeing the girl approaching, her fiery red eyes blinked, and then a faint smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

"You're here." Both of them were singers, and they didn't need too complicated language communication. Sometimes, just looking at each other, they could roughly understand what the other wanted to express.

"Well, good evening." Tilan took the wine glass on the tray of the waiter beside her and raised it slightly.

"You too." Then Pulin pointed Tilan in a direction. In a corner of the banquet, three middle-aged men in formal wear were standing together and chatting.

Soon, at the reminder of the deputy beside them, the three turned around and saw Tilan standing with Pulin, so they walked over quickly.

"Welcome Miss Tilan to the party we are hosting. Please relax tonight and don't be too restrained." Then one of them clapped his hands, and the music on the scene changed to a song with a classical and soft style, affectionate and lingering. They thought Tilan should like this style of music.

Tilan just nodded slightly, and then someone came to lead Tilan to a quieter corner of the banquet hall, where there was a seat and a small round table reserved for her.

Not long after Tilan sat down, a waiter brought two bottles of special drinks with different flavors, as well as snacks in jade porcelain plates.

Just like that, after Tilan drank a little and sat for a while, one of the three people slowly came over and sat in the seat opposite Tilan.

"This should be the first time we meet, Miss Tilan, please allow me to introduce myself. I am Ankla Filura, the chief of the 'Queen Bee Business Alliance', and also the president of the giant enterprise 'Nest Tree Group'." He combed his straight black short hair, had deep blue eyes, and wore silver-framed glasses, with a meticulous temperament. The 'Queen Bee Business

Alliance' is one of the ten largest human chaebols in the central star field, while the 'Nest Tree Group' is a behemoth in the fields of building materials, real estate, and home design. It has many large companies under its command, distributed in the upstream and downstream of the entire industry.

"Hello, I'm Heshia Tilan." No need to add other titles, just the name of the singer is enough to represent a lot.

Then there were polite compliments. The other party talked about when she first heard Tilan's song, then talked about her student days, and then talked about the changes in the Federation over the years.

As the atmosphere was no longer so unfamiliar and tense, the other party gradually turned the topic to the point, testing Tilan's tone and attitude.

"I wonder what Miss Tilan thinks of the current situation in the Federation?"

"I don't quite understand it." The girl was not naive, so she would not easily reveal her true thoughts. She just said that she didn't understand the complicated situation in the upper echelons of the Federation.

Seeing that Tilan was not so easy to let go, the other party was not impatient, but slowly told the ups and downs in the Federation over the years.

"After Her Highness Aimuralin ended the civil war, many fields and industries saw opportunities again because many groups and clans had fallen in the past. In the decades after the war, production was restored and the economy was on the rise."

"This period of time is probably the history that everyone likes. Then came the era of the three Sunday-level singers, 'Hu Xun Hui Yin' Piruet, 'Cang Se Xin Zhu' Eladya, and 'Silver Key Inscription' Tishinasha. When they were in power, although the Federation was not as glorious as Her Highness Aimuralin's era, it at least maintained general fairness and stability within the Federation. All forces could find them as intermediaries or witnesses to prevent any party from not keeping their promises." "

After that, in the past hundred years, there was no generation of Sunday-level singers, and the various voices within the Federation gradually diverged and became difficult to unify. The economy slowly entered a period of stagnation, and there were no new breakthroughs in all walks of life, and conflicts accumulated more and more."

"Although some people say that we, as a vested interest group, are not qualified to say such things, I still have to say that if the entire environment continues to deteriorate, it will be difficult for us, as owners of large assets, to obtain positive returns."

"In the past, if you invested 100 yuan, you could get a return of about 30 yuan, but now if you invest 100 yuan, you may not even get a return of 3 yuan."

"People think that it is the giant companies that are doing evil and monopolizing, but the reality is that even if we are the helmsmen of the company, we cannot completely control this big ship."

"It is not just the officials of government agencies who are corrupt. The senior executives, middle-level managers, front-line salesmen, etc. of large companies all use various means to extract nutrition from the company. They are more bold and direct, and there are too many ways to cover up this behavior, which is more difficult to detect than the government agencies that strictly supervise them."

"They will falsify data for business indicators, deliberately block news that is unfavorable to themselves, report to their superiors, use the company's projects to complete their own personal treasury accumulation, and so on

." "The moral decline of the entire society has resulted in the breakdown of trust in all walks of life. Things that originally only cost 10 yuan now require an additional 10 yuan to develop complex supervision processes and hire special auditors to verify, etc."

"Investigation, design, production, promotion, sales, after-sales, every link has deception and untruthfulness, but the company has only a few owners. Even if each of them is a genius, they can still take care of them when the company is relatively small. Once the scale is expanded, various problems will inevitably arise."

"This will last for thirty years, until the building is about to collapse." He raised his glass and drank it with a sigh.

Tilan looked at the dance floor at the banquet, just listened quietly to the other party's story, and did not respond.

She would not speak like a child, in black and white, or simply say that justice defeats evil, and that as long as a certain enemy is defeated, a happy ending will come.

Human heart, morality, economy, civilization, these words seem to be far apart, but they are inextricably linked to each other.

It is difficult to imagine that in a country full of corruption and injustice, the economy can develop healthily and rapidly, and the entire civilization can stride forward. In other words, if a country maintains a fair and open atmosphere and maintains moral standards, such a country will also accumulate wealth quickly, because everyone can see the return of their efforts, so they will be more willing to participate in this wonderful world.

Tilan closed her eyes, then opened them, and picked up the wine glass on the table beside her.

"So, what do you want to do? Save this era that has fallen into darkness?"

The other party nodded slightly and shook his head: "Even if I am the president of a large chaebol group, I dare not say such big words. Reality is not a game. As long as you are the leader, the people below will execute the order unconditionally."

"They will have other ideas. They may be bribed by people from other companies. They may deal with it hastily to save trouble. They may not understand this strange order and then do their own thing."

"Capital pursues profit, and a group that is completely profit-seeking cannot use profit-seeking to control its subordinates, because employees will find it easier and more convenient to put the company's money into their own pockets." "

Therefore, even if a company is dedicated to making money, it will spend all kinds of energy to cultivate the so-called "corporate spirit" and "belief". Sometimes it is hard not to laugh. The larger the interest group, the more it needs things such as "spirit", "culture" and "trust" that do not involve interests to maintain the stability of the group."

"I know it's a bit hypocritical to say this, but I do hope that this era can be better. We have already enjoyed the best material conditions and resources in the world. Many things that ordinary people envy and yearn for are no longer fresh and satisfying to us."

"The success of career, the recognition of the world, the reputation handed down from generation to generation, those things that ordinary people think are very 'empty', we gradually value them."

"I hope Miss Heshia Tilan can look at us again and give us a chance to trust."

"Mr. Ankla, how many singers have you told this?" Tilan asked with her head tilted.

"Only you, but Pulin also knows the general situation. It was she who recommended you to us."

"Why do you trust me so much? I don't seem to have that much influence now."

"That's only now. In fact, we have done a very thorough investigation. Please believe that as the intelligence system of the top chaebol in the Central Star Region, although it is not enough to compare with the Tribunal, there are not many secrets in the Federation that we don't know."

"Alas... Sure enough, this is the nature of businessmen." Tilan shook her head. It seems that these guys are ready to bet on "rare goods at a high price" in advance.

The girl closed her eyes slightly, then opened them after a few seconds.

"I don't know what you want specifically, but you should also know that if the reform is not thorough, the result will only be a change of name but not substance, and it will soon return to the same state."

"I can't guarantee that your names will still be among the top ten chaebols in the federation in the future."

"If Miss Tilan doesn't trust us because of this, I think there is no need to worry." The other party raised his glass.

"You should have read a lot of history and know about the chaotic scenes at the end of dynasties. Why do you think the powerful families in those places would risk everything and join forces?"

"Because they have no other choice at this time. Staying where they are will only make things worse. In the end, they will be swallowed up by some warlord passing by."

"The more wealth you have, the more you will be coveted and spied on by countless people in a chaotic era, and you will be in great danger. Moreover, modern wealth is just a line of data in the banking system. When countries change, as long as the later ones make a slight policy change, these data can be erased and wiped out." "

Wealth only exists in an environment with perfect order. If there is no order, all wealth will be gone. Our consortium also has trillions of assets in the Western Star Region, but with the establishment of a new country, the separation of networks and channels, everything is gone. Even if the Federation retakes the Western Star Region in the future, those things will probably no longer belong to us."

"You see, these things that others envy are actually so fragile. They are very useful. In peacetime, they can call the shots. In wartime, as long as a soldier points a gun at your head, you will be willing to give everything." The other party said self-deprecatingly.

"If it were the Earth in the past, people could still escape to various safe countries, but in such a vast interstellar era, we have nowhere to escape. The warships that exceed the speed of light are enough to catch up with all losers."

"So we just hope to get a ticket to the next era from you. As for whether it can continue to prosper, it depends on the luck of future generations." He said some ancient oriental words.

Is the situation so bad? Tilan slowly sipped the glass of light red fruit wine and thought in his heart.

If there was a slight turnaround and hope, these big chaebols would not be so humble to bow their heads and pray. It can only be said that the current federation is increasingly developing in the direction of being out of control. As the participants who see the most clearly, they have already sensed the chill and the imminent danger.

It is estimated that they not only found me, but they must have also taken other methods to conceal and transfer assets. However, this is normal. No one would put all their eggs in one basket.

After thinking about it, Tilan drank the little fruit wine left in the cup, and then gently placed the empty cup on the glass table.

"You should be prepared to atone for your sins. This is probably a painful and necessary path." She stood up, waved goodbye to Pulin in the distance, and then turned to leave the hall.

As the singing girl left, the waiting group of star cluster members followed her out, and then the music in the banquet hall slowly stopped.

Ankla, who had been talking to Tilan for a long time, stood up and looked at Pulin with a little hesitation and hesitation, as if he wanted to get an answer from her.

"How stupid, Tilan means that you should be prepared to vomit blood. She will not let you go just because you surrender in advance." Pulin lifted her fiery red hair and blew a breath.

"Think carefully about what shameful things you have done over the years. While you still have money, pay them back and appease those little people you bullied. This way, she might be easier to talk to in the future." Pulin told the chaebol executives present.

"She is not as easy to talk to as she looks on the surface. She just doesn't have the opportunity to show her cold side. Or, if she wants the Federation to be clean and fair in the future, she must do a thorough cleanup like Amy Larin." After saying that, Pulin spread his hands.

"Because of love, she will be calmer and more rational, that's probably it."

"But she is just a second-tier singer of the new generation. Is she so 'crazy'?" A chaebol executive was a little dissatisfied, thinking that Tilan was too arrogant. She was not even at the Moon Level, but she dared to have such an attitude.

"Oh, you think so, that's no wonder." Pulin tilted his head to look, and then a fire flashed in his eyes, and the other party collapsed to the ground in fear.

"Do you believe it? Even if I haven't even reached the Moon Level, I can still penetrate your spiritual will with one glance. If it's her, it will be even easier. I guess even Ores's talent is not as strong as Tilan's."

"I am one of the few who can see this clearly in advance. If it weren't for your care for me, I wouldn't want to tell you this."

"Since you have asked me, you must respect the choice I give you, otherwise get out of here." She is not as good-tempered as Tilan, and she can't stand people jumping back and forth in front of her.

Although Pulin is not very experienced at present, she is the only trump card in the hands of the top ten chaebols that can fight against Orlais. If she speaks out to exclude someone, even if this person is a relative or senior executive of the chaebol group, he will not escape the fate of being dismissed and expelled.

At this point, the whole banquet hall fell silent.

(End of this chapter)