Chapter 818: Chapter 63 Questioning
“Teacher Jing, Happy New Year.”
“Oh, Director Xiang! How did you find ti to visit?”
“It’s the New Year, so I ca to see you, sir. Also, I’m no longer the Director. I’ve left the system. I’m now in business, started a company with soone…”
…
In that mont, Jeanne seed to fall into light. It was a torrent of emotions bursting from her “instinct,” which also brought forth a flood of mories.
The birth of Tumor Xiang Shan was facilitated by the advanced functional areas of Jeanne’s brain, preprocessing Xiang Shan’s mories, then importing the processed results into the lower functional areas using surgically implanted artificial neurons, while also injecting drugs into the lower functional areas to induce neuronal mutations.
All the mories obtained by Tumor Xiang Shan were actually preprocessed by Jeanne’s “senses.” She had at least encountered all of Tumor Xiang Shan’s mories once.
However, the suppression of the hippocampus by electronic devices ensured she wouldn’t have too deep an impression of it.
The birth of Tumor Xiang Shan bypassed this restriction.
And now, Jeanne was also stirred by the anger erupting from Tumor Xiang Shan’s heart… and the strands of other emotions under that anger, which also brought forth other mories.
…
“Hmm… This matter isn’t hard to handle. After all, I still have so face to save. How about this: next Wednesday or Thursday, make yourself available for a day. I’ll take you to have a al with my cousin. You probably know who he is, and you’ll have an idea of what to bring… Never mind, I’ll emphasize it. Just cater to his likes; don’t bring overly valuable things. It’s not a big deal. If you are overly generous, people will wonder if you plan to stab them in the back. Just show your intention.”
“Ah… how embarrassing…”
“No. We can skip these formalities between us. Skip it.”
The person leaned close to Xiang Shan, patting his shoulder, “We’re on the sa side.”
At the end, the person asked Xiang Shan a question: “Now you’ve got your platform set up. Starting this year, you’re ready to openly work on your own, right? There’s one question I’d like to ask you. Do you think the organization you’ve set up for your ideals should prioritize doing the right thing, or should it prioritize its survival?”
“Is it necessary to choose? Can’t we have both?”
“Unfortunately, you might not be able to have both. There’s no such easy deal in the world. Wanting both might end up with neither.”
“Then how should I choose?”
In that mont, Xiang Shan might have felt a tinge of panic.
“I can’t tell you the answer. Because throughout history, whether choosing the forr or the latter, there are precedents.” The person said with a sigh, “If so many sages haven’t solved the problem, how could there be a standard answer?”
An organization founded for an ideal, if too loyal to the ideal, might fall apart before achieving it. After all, the organization must first survive to have the opportunity to further realize its goals.
But if survival is pursued at all costs, the organization might stray further and further from its original goals.
“There surely must be a balance between these two. ‘Compromise’ and ‘having boundaries’ are principles you taught …”
To adhere to ideals and then vanish in the darkness.
To cross boundaries and beco the evil you oppose.
These are all cautionary tales.
“Go figure it out yourself.” The person waved with a smile, “But at least you’ve matured a bit. Back in thirty, you might not even think of seeking connections…”
………
“I sotis feel like everyone’s living in a world of indulgence… That guy David has developed a habit of collecting antiques. Even the old junk from the forr Red Alliance, he’s willing to spend big money on…”
“Jeanne” slowly stood up, “Xinyu boasts about being a child of a poor family, having nothing to talk about with those luxurious folks. But in reality? She even goes so far as to acquire tech company stocks aiming to ‘open up all this company’s products’, then openly ddles in operations—perhaps still under my na. She’s actually hinting to those investors that I’m involved. How extravagant is this hobby? She’s the only one in the world who can afford to play like that. What did I do… Just because the world believes I’m good at managing anything, her indiscriminately ddling could end up boosting stock prices instead…”
“Let think… what was Yog’s hobby again? Nia… Anyway, one is more willful than the next. More and more absurd. They think they’re just throwing out money…”
“Have they ever realized what supports those outrageous actions? Truly absurd. I’m one of them myself… In my spare ti, what kind of recklessness am I engaging in? Using donation agreents to have the Pope and patriarchs and the like co before the cara to listen to my rants…”
“Jeanne” walked step by step toward Li Zheyuan, “But… why is it that to enjoy the power and authority in your hands, you must trample on those weaker than yourself to achieve it?”
Li Zheyuan felt as if he fell into an icy cave. He scread, “Xiang… Xiang Shan… why… no, this is acting… you’re acting out my thoughts, aren’t you, I would never—ahhh!”
Xiang Shan grasped his head.
“Director Li… That unusual personnel change and slight financial discrepancies back in ’56 were just the beginning, right? I thought it was ‘just ordinary embezzlent,’ and because soone spoke up for you, I just lightly let it go under ‘record error’ and ‘docunt irregularities’—thinking back, you were playing big even back then…”
“Just because you didn’t dare tell you had a secret with your assistant… Wow, you didn’t even think going to the sidelines was my leniency in fostering wrongdoing? If you were a public servant or a manager in another company, what would happen once such a scandal was exposed…”
At this point, Li Zheyuan resigned to his fate, “Damn it… it has to be exposed! A normal person, discovering soone they know doing such things, would more or less help cover it up, right? Isn’t that how the world works? As long as we have a unified front… these things… these things…”
“And, it wasn’t like this in the beginning…” Li Zheyuan finally broke down crying, “At first, that guy surnad Zhao promised to help arrange the woman’s matter… As normal… as usual. He helped cover up, and I resolved so trivial issues for him…”
“But, the more I did… the more terrifying it beca…”
“However, in the end… in the end…”
“You will kill !”
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