Memory inheritor

Chapter 139 Contradictions

As the meeting entered a break, Tai Liqun leisurely got up and walked out of the meeting room.

Most of the other shareholders also left their seats; some went to the restroom, while others went to the adjacent lounge to smoke. A few others strolled to the large floor-to-ceiling windows, stretching their arms and backs.

Those who remained in their seats either spoke to those nearby or remained silent, looking down at the meeting agenda.

Dai Songquan sat upright in the main seat, and not a single shareholder came over to chat with him, nor did he take the initiative to speak to anyone.

Ji Yongsheng, Gu Shiming, and the others were right behind Dai Songquan, and they all understood what was going on.

These shareholders must have communicated and coordinated with each other before this meeting. Since their interests are largely aligned, they naturally need to project a unified stance.

The reason they were able to chat and laugh with President Dai while waiting before the meeting was because they were all people of some status and had to observe certain social etiquette.

Once the meeting began, everyone's differing stances led to a breakdown in communication, even among those who had initially adopted a wait-and-see attitude, such as General Manager Li and General Manager Liu.

Although they number in number, they represent a small percentage of shares, so it's not surprising that they're putting pressure on President Dai in this way.

After standing up, Wei Hongsi did not sit down, but looked around the meeting room.

Wu Wenjun, who was sitting next to him, gently patted him on the back: "Sit down and rest for a while. You'll be standing later."

Wei Hongsi sat down and asked, "President Wu, what was President Yu's role in the company before, sitting in the row on the right?"

"I don't know about that." Wu Wenjun shook his head. "When I joined the company, he had already stepped down from management."

Wei Hongsi's voice wasn't loud, but Jiang Kai, who was sitting on the other side of Wu Wenjun, still heard it.

He turned to the side and said, "President Yu was mainly in charge of marketing before, which is the predecessor of the application promotion center that I am in charge of now."

Among the company executives present, Jiang Kai is the oldest, the same age as Dai Songquan, and joined the company relatively early, so he is quite familiar with most of the former executives.

Wei Hongsi then asked, "What about President Hua, who is two seats away from him?"

Jiang Kai said, "Hua was previously the general manager of the Cognitive Research Center, so he was Gu's predecessor."

Wei Hongsi nodded slightly: "Thank you, President Jiang. I'll go and exchange ideas with the senior colleague."

Wu Wenjun was somewhat taken aback as he watched Wei Hongsi get up and walk towards President Hua. He turned to Jiang Kai and asked, "Isn't what he's doing a bit too obvious?"

Jiang Kai smiled and said, "If a young person greets and exchanges greetings with a senior, who can say he's wrong?"

Ji Yongsheng, Gu Shiming, and the others on Jiang Kai's other side were also somewhat surprised to see Wei Hongsi go to see President Hua. When Jiang Kai told them that Wei Hongsi was going to exchange ideas with a senior colleague, they all smiled.

Although they didn't know what Wei Hong was thinking, in the current situation, it would be a good thing for someone to stir things up.

It's inconvenient for the current senior executives to do this, but it doesn't matter to Wei Hongsi. As long as he doesn't cause any major trouble, and General Manager Dai says, "He's just a young man," who can really take him seriously?

Wei Hongsi walked up to President Hua, greeted him, briefly introduced himself, and then sat down next to him.

Mr. Hua was somewhat puzzled, but the other party claimed to be a junior from the Cognitive Research Center and came to ask him for work advice. His words and actions were polite, so he couldn't very well turn him away and could only give him a few perfunctory replies.

But once Wei Hongsi started talking, he went on and on, expanding on a small technical issue, and his points were quite substantial. So President Hua perked up and gave him some pointers.

Only after the shareholders who had come to use the facilities and were smoking returned to their seats did Wei Hongsi stand up and say, "Thank you for your guidance, Mr. Hua. I have benefited greatly from it. Please feel free to offer your corrections during my formal report later."

President Hua nodded perfunctorily and said, "Okay, okay."

Wei Hongsi thanked him again and walked towards his seat. As he passed President Yu, he leaned down and said, "President Yu, thank you!"

President Yu frowned and looked at Wei Hongsi, only to see that the young man had already returned to his seat.

The meeting room door closed, the attendees took their seats, and the room became quiet.

Dai Songquan announced the start of the third item on the agenda.

Wei Hongsi stepped onto the podium, bowed to the audience, and then began his report.

Due to the need for confidentiality regarding the case, the report could not mention whether it was about the Paradise GG case or the death of Li Yunxiang, so his report was modified and packaged.

The background analysis of this project has been revised to address a prevalent psychological issue in contemporary society, suggesting that some video content, especially the most popular short videos, subconsciously guides negative emotions and triggers many negative effects.

Then, based on this starting point, it is proposed that we need to construct assessment standards for negative emotions in video content and establish a comprehensive prevention and treatment system.

He also emphasized that this research targets national security applications and is of strategic significance for the company's long-term development.

At this point in the report, with only the project overview presented, Wei Hongsi had already noticed disdain or contempt on the faces of many former senior executives and shareholders.

The investors and shareholders, however, were mostly lost in thought. It was only because everyone's phones were temporarily confiscated during the meeting on this floor that some people were likely already using them.

Obviously, it doesn't matter to them what he reports, because the final result is that it will not be approved.

Wei Hongsi really didn't have a good solution for these people. Most of them had only a superficial understanding of technical matters, and perhaps they never intended to understand in the first place.

But we must find a way to get those former executives and shareholders to speak up.

Normally, those who listen to a report are allowed to offer their opinions after the report has ended. But Wei Hongsi strongly doubted that these shareholders would give him that opportunity.

If, like when they listened to the R&D budget for the second half of the year, they didn't express their opinion on the spot, and then simply rejected it during the final vote, it would be no different from hitting them with a club.

After completing the summary presentation, Wei Hongsi stepped down from the podium, approached Tai Liqun, and said, "President Tai, do you think the concept and positioning of my project are exceptionally good?"

Tai Liqun had been in the workplace for many years and had never encountered such a situation before. The project applicant had barely begun his presentation when he came down from the stage to solicit opinions, and he did so with such shamelessness.

His eyes held a hint of disdain as he replied dismissively, "It's alright."

Wei Hongsi smiled and nodded: "Thank you for your affirmation, Mr. Tai. With your support, my progress will be even smoother."

Tai Liqun almost laughed out of anger: "When did I say I supported you?"

Wei Hongsi asked in surprise, "Didn't you just say it was alright?"

"Not bad means I support you?"

"Does 'that's okay' mean 'it's not okay'?"