Chapter 129 New friends and old friends won’t let you get too bored…
The air in the car stagnated for a moment.
Even Haibara Ai felt the sudden tense atmosphere in the air. She looked up blankly at Lin Xi.
She saw Lin Xi's mouth corners flattened.
Ah, is Sister Lin angry?
Haibara Ai thought belatedly.
What did that sister say just now?
It seems that another friend of Sister Lin was mentioned and was treated rudely?
What rude treatment?
It was the first time she saw Lin Xi like this, and she couldn't help feeling a little nervous and a little curious, staring at her blankly.
But the girl reached out and ruffled her hair, and pinched her face.
Haibara Ai:!
Sister Lin is so annoying.
Pinch her face again!
The hair is messed up too!
The stagnant air began to flow again with Lin Xi's movements, and the tense atmosphere eased with her brisk voice:
"No wonder I didn't see Hiroki-chan. I thought he'd come with you."
"Don't be nervous. I just said, just do what you think is right."
"But, I remember what I told you before... no matter what you do, what is the most important thing?"
Sugishima Jun'e's grip on the steering wheel tightened unconsciously.
“‘You must protect yourself and not let yourself get hurt,’” she whispered. “‘Nothing is more important than your own body.’”
This is what Lin Xi told them before leaving.
"I'm glad you remember."
Lin Xi looked out the window and said nonchalantly.
Next to her, Huiyuan Ai had just straightened her messed up hair and came back to her senses after hearing this:
Is Sister Lin being sarcastic?
She was indeed angry just now.
Are you worried about your friends?
Well, I always feel that Sister Lin’s tone when interacting with them is more like that of a parent than that of friends of the same age.
She thought about it, moved closer to Lin Xi, and held her hand.
Lin Xi responded by holding her hand and crossing his legs.
"Since Hiroki received what you called 'impolite treatment,' I'm sure we'll be treated 'impolitely' this time as well, right?"
Sugishima Jun'e: "Ah, please don't worry."
"We went there as Hiroki's classmates. Schindler's company won't do anything to us. On the contrary, they will treat us well..."
Lin Xi propped up his head and sighed, "That's so boring."
"Oh, I thought there would be some fierce competition, but I didn't expect it to be just a game of flattery."
"I lost my expectations all of a sudden..."
Sugishima June:......
Ah ha ha, as expected of Miss Lin, this familiar, world-shaking statement...
"Well, it can actually be considered an undercurrent..."
Considering that there was a seven-year-old child in the car listening intently, Sugishima Jun'e said tactfully, "You won't be too bored."
After Thomas Schindler, the boss of Schindler's company, adopted Hiroki Sawada, he maintained a very delicate balance with Hiroki.
He knew that Hiroki was a computer genius and provided Hiroki with many resources, which enabled Hiroki to successfully develop a shocking "DNA tracking program" that could trace human ancestors through skin, blood and other information.
Later, with the full support of Thomas Schindler, Hiroki Sawada developed virtual reality technology that was at least ten years ahead of modern technology. He created a machine that connected human brain nerves with electrodes, allowing humans to move in a space simulated by a computer after entering a "sleep-like state."
Of course, Noah’s help was indispensable, although Thomas Schindler himself did not know of Noah’s existence and attributed all the credit to Hiroki Sawada’s genius brain.
Hiroki Sawada remembered what Lin Xi had once told him: until he gained enough power to ignore the opposing voices, the existence of advanced artificial intelligence like Noah, which would cause ethical concerns, could not be known to others.
In real life, Thomas Schindler was very generous to Hiroki Sawada and acted like a good adoptive father to others.
But in fact, Thomas Schindler has always wanted to control this genius, make him a cash cow for Schindler Company, and maintain Schindler Company's leading position in the IT industry.
This control permeates every aspect of Hiroki Sawada's life. From restricting his travels, controlling his relationships, to monitoring his daily activities, Thomas wants everything that happens to Hiroki to be under his control.
In general, Thomas Schindler hopes that Hiroki Sawada will not be able to meet his relatives and friends above, does not want him to contact the outside world, and hopes that he can only rely on him - Thomas Schindler himself - when encountering any problems.
If it weren't for Noah, this would have become a completely exploitative relationship.
But with Noah around, this surveillance and control become like child's play - surveillance can be faked, schedules can be disrupted, the bodyguards sent to monitor Hiroki can receive instructions to leave work early, and the itinerary report sent to Thomas Schindler's mobile phone may be a scam.
So... Hiroki Sawada was actually not affected at all, because the Internet is his free world, not the real world.
This has formed a delicate balance.
However, Lin Xi, this sudden appearance of a friend, will definitely attract Thomas Schindler's attention and vigilance.
Coupled with what Schindler recently learned...the delicate balance may soon be broken.
The calm before the storm, the pretense of peace before falling out... ahem, maybe this is the situation that Miss Lin would like?
Jun'e Sugishima thought so as she held the steering wheel.
"We're almost there," she said. "Schindler's company is holding a new product exhibition. If you, Miss Lin, and Miss Xiao are interested, Hongshu and I will take you on a tour later..."
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"A friend of Hiroki's? From Japan? No wonder I've never heard of him before."
Thomas Schindler was a tall, blue-eyed man with a high nose bridge, deep eye sockets, a sinister look in his eyes.
He prefers black suits and is neatly dressed, but he holds a lit cigar in his mouth, giving him a strong smell of tobacco - perhaps because his favorite movie is "The Godfather" and his most admired idol is the second-generation Godfather, so he is pretending to have Sicilian ancestry.
Now he was leaning on the sofa, his face gloomy because of the sudden event that was beyond his control.
If there was any similarity between him and his idol, apart from their deliberate appearance and love of tobacco, it was their strong desire to control things that fell within their own domain.
He - Thomas Schindler, is smart, cunning, ruthless, and enjoys the pleasure of power and the joy of manipulating the fate of others. He is well aware of his own character and is proud of it.
Now, his adopted son has friends that he doesn't know, and they have come all the way from his hometown to the United States specifically to find his friends. This inevitably makes the extremely controlling company boss feel threatened by the invasion of his territory.
"Yes. According to the information we have found, this young lady named Lin Xi is not related to her sister by blood. She is just familiar with the parents of this young lady named Huiyuan Ai, so she was entrusted to Miss Lin Xi's care."
"Miss Linxi and Master Hongshu seem to be old friends who met in Japan. They haven't seen each other for a long time. According to the records on Master Hongshu's computer, there has been no correspondence or emails between them in recent years."
"There was only one email not long ago from Miss Lin to Master Hongshu, asking if he had time to meet. It was to celebrate Master Hongshu's successful master's degree from MIT this year."
"Why didn't you let me review this email before sending it to Hiroki?" Thomas Schindler asked in a deep voice. The pressure in his tone made the reporter tremble.
"Uh, well, maybe the person checking the Young Master's emails was careless and let the Young Master see this email directly..."
A bunch of idiots...
Thomas rubbed his brows with a headache.
His luck seems to have become particularly bad recently. Various accidents always happen when he wants to do things. It has reached the point where even drinking cold water gets stuck in his teeth. It seems as if the whole world is against him.
The people he assigned to monitor Hiroki had been making mistakes recently, and they were all mistakes that shouldn't have been made and were caused by carelessness;
The last time he took Hiroki to visit the Schindler family's collection, Hiroki learned about something that was absolutely out of his control, causing the relationship between him and Hiroki to become extremely tense;
Hiroki's friends came to the United States to see Hiroki, but he didn't know about this until the plane landed and he was almost downstairs of his company.
He just hoped that the new product exhibition currently being held by Schindler Company and the new product launch to be held later would go smoothly.
Seeing that the boss's face seemed to become even gloomier, the reporter quickly bent his back even lower.
He is just a worker.
Forget about the bonus, he just hopes to keep his job...
"Forget it. You come with me. Friends from far away come to see Hongshu, and as a father, I have to entertain them anyway."
As he spoke, Thomas Schindler stood up, picked up his coat from the hanger at the door, put it on, walked out of his office and headed for the elevator.
The reporter breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat off his forehead, and hurried to catch up with him, closing the door behind him.
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At the same time, at the downstairs door of Schindler Company.
Lin Xi took out a dark brown coat and put it on, then took out a jacket suitable for Haibara Ai from her bag and put it on her, then she walked into the glass door with confidence.
Jun'e Sugishima, who was standing by, was also prepared and put on her coat.
As expected, as soon as they entered the door, a gust of cold wind blew towards them. Even though they had prepared in advance, the sudden drop in temperature still made Xiao Ai shiver.
Just across the door, it really is winter on one side and summer on the other...
Huihara Ai held Lin Xi's hand tightly.
Schindler Company is very grand, with a bright interior and a strong sense of technology. The simple and streamlined modern design is everywhere.
As soon as they came in, someone came to greet them:
"Hello, are you here to attend our company's new product exhibition? Please follow me, this way... Eh?"
The young female receptionist felt a nudge on her elbow.
She turned her head and was startled to see her department boss standing behind her.
Her boss signaled her to leave with his eyes.
Then he turned to Lin Xi and his group and said in a rather formal, distant and polite tone:
"My three distinguished guests, welcome to Schindler & Co. Master Hiroki's studio is on the 27th floor, next to the boss's office."
"Friends have come from afar, and I am sorry for not welcoming you. Please follow me up."
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