Chapter 345 - 239: Summit (5)
If the company’s rating really did fall out of the top five because of him, he feared he would have to... commit seppuku to atone for his failure the moment he got back.
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After Kudou Gen’s elimination, the situation in the simulation seemed to stabilize considerably.
Jin Shanghe frowned as he orchestrated his strategy, remotely connected to the alliance network.
’That little girl may be young, but her methods are ruthless. She’s truly the daughter of the man who runs Liu’s Heavy Industries.’
’Her methods, while ruthless and decisive, are still relatively amateurish. But for some reason, a whole slew of small businesses are helping her...’
This was a scenario Jin Shanghe had never anticipated.
Without the interference of so many small companies, how could Liu Xuan have possibly been the first to obtain a major corporation license in the simulation!
Without so many small companies openly and secretly hindering General Biological while stealthily helping Liu Xuan’s Xuancao Organism, how could her company’s composite ranking possibly be number one!
Seeing a junior use such amateurish tactics to climb right over him, Jin Shanghe was fundamentally unwilling to accept it.
But the situation had already stabilized, and the corporate warfare segment of the simulation had become largely static.
After all, this wasn’t real corporate warfare. The influence factors of the Eastern Alliance and other Intercontinental Influences were unrealistically low.
Even someone as cunning and experienced as Jin Shanghe would find it difficult to significantly alter the situation now.
Now, the four remaining major corporations in the simulation had formed a stable, three-sided standoff.
Leading the pack, Xuancao Technology stood alone at the top. However, General Biological was no weaker than Xuancao Organism in certain sectors and could stand as its equal.
The remaining two, meanwhile, had formed a secret alliance to avoid being eliminated by the two leading companies working in tandem.
A deadlock like this would be incredibly difficult to break, not just in a simulation, but even in the real Asian Administrative Region.
Unless some major incident occurred—like the Si Clan making a fundamental mistake, such as allying with Europe—the outcome was more or less set in stone.
Although two hours remained, with an opportunity for ten more years of strategic planning in the final stage, there was no hope of the rankings changing.
’In that case, perhaps I should...’
A ruthless glint flashed in Jin Shanghe’s eyes. He immediately used the simulation’s special communication channel to issue a corporate announcement.
While private messaging was impossible, every competitor would be watching the corporate announcements.
[General Biological: I propose we support a small company to take Kudou Human Body Engineering Company’s major corporation seat.]
The moment Liu Xuan saw the announcement, she began to wonder, ’Is this another one of Jin Shanghe’s schemes?’
But she quickly understood. This wasn’t some secret scheme, but an overt one!
The distribution of gains within the simulation was already set—General Biological could place second at best. Given the circumstances, it was better to scheme for some real-world benefits.
For instance... taking down another major corporation!
They could use the Big Business Alliance’s own rules for pharmaceutical companies to prop up a small company, allowing its final score to completely surpass Kudou Human Body Engineering Company!
It’s a long road for a small company to become a major corporation. The top players, just as in the simulation, would cut off any opportunity for them to grow.
But taking down a major corporation, on the other hand, was sometimes not that complicated.
All they had to do was ensure Kudou Human Body Engineering Company’s final composite score dropped out of the top five. If that happened, the upstream supply chain quota they received would be pitifully small.
Without the support of an upstream supply chain, even a major corporation would suffer a devastating blow.
The production capacity for Kudou Human Body Engineering Company’s products would be severely restricted.
Its market, channels, and capital chain would all begin to fail.
Combined with the current turbulent environment, with a pack of wolves circling, Kudou Human Body Engineering Company would face utter annihilation!
The collapse of one major corporation would be a festival for its competitors!
The collapse of two major pharmaceutical companies, the Si Clan and Kudou, in such a short period would create a massive windfall of profits.
Even if Jin Shanghe’s scheme had failed to secure him first place today, causing him to miss out on the Si Clan’s inheritance, this would still allow General Biological to reach a new level.
And it wasn’t just General Biological. United Pharmaceutical, Moore Potion, and Dawn Pharmacy—all three of them stood to make a fortune as well.
In less than a minute, the four parties reached a consensus.
[Sunshine Human Body Company: Agreed]
[Sail Technology: Agreed]
The two corporations issued their announcements.
Liu Xuan didn’t post an announcement, but her actions spoke for themselves.
Resources from Xuancao Technology began pouring into a small company called [Rotor Technology].
Seeing this, the other three parties—wishing to play it safe and avoid any further large-scale disruptions—instantly coordinated their actions.
None of the three parties wanted any more pointless maneuvering. They immediately aligned on the fine details, and all their resources began pouring into [Rotor Technology].
When this happened, the chairman of Rotor Pharmaceutical was completely stunned.
’What is happening?’
’I’ve been laying low for so long, avoiding all the conflicts, and I’ve barely managed to survive until now.’
’Why are riches suddenly falling from the sky?’
These four major corporations looked like they were about to give him a massive infusion of resources. Only a quarter of the way through the sixth stage, the simulated Rotor Technology was already approaching the minimum threshold for a major corporation.
Next, the four major corporations went through the application process for a major corporation license and jointly submitted a recommendation to the simulation’s Big Business Alliance.
With a joint recommendation from four major corporations, [Rotor Technology]’s path to promotion was clear.
And so, a strange scene unfolded.
A real-world small fry had, for some inexplicable reason, reached the summit in the simulation, vaulting into the ranks of the five major corporations.
The simulated [Rotor Technology] issued a corporate announcement.
[Rotor Technology: Did I just get promoted?]
This announcement was seen by all companies that hadn’t yet been eliminated.
At the same time, they also saw the news that Rotor Technology had obtained its major corporation license.
For a moment, everyone was stunned.
"What kind of bullshit luck did Rotor Pharmaceutical have to get the joint backing of four major corporations!"
"It couldn’t be because of Xiao Gu, could it? If I remember correctly, Xiao Gu from Rotor Pharmaceutical seems to be on very good terms with Lin Qi from United Pharmaceutical."
"I get it now! So these are the methods of the major corporations. They aren’t propping up Rotor Pharmaceutical to help them; they’re doing it to make Rotor Technology a major corporation in the simulation. This is a deliberate attack on Kudou Human Body Engineering Company! What a brilliant move. Originally, the only company to be wiped out was the Si Clan. Now, with what looks like a casual move, they’ve put another major corporation on the brink of collapse in a matter of moments..."
The leaders of these smaller companies may not have been as experienced or ruthless as those from the established corporations.
But there were smart people among them who had grasped the concept of ’exploiting the rules’.
The current stage had been set by the Big Business Alliance, and its rules were constructed by the Alliance’s permanent council members.
These were rules that no corporation could violate, with the sole exception of entities on the level of an Intercontinental Giant Corporation.
This was an opportunity to carve up the Si Clan’s assets, but it was also a risk.
This summit was too fair—so fair that even a major corporation could face annihilation with a single misstep.
Therefore, in such an environment, the first priority for any intelligent player was always self-preservation.
Take Moore Potion and Dawn Pharmacy, for example. Aside from leveraging the influence of their permanent council seats, they made almost no extraneous moves.
General Biological and Kudou Human Body Engineering Company, on the other hand, had each engaged in different high-risk maneuvers.
The former opened up a new competitive track in the fourth scoring category, fighting for a chance at first place but also increasing its risk.
Kudou Human Body Engineering Company, meanwhile, believed its comprehensive strength was unparalleled. It had made a secret deal with a permanent council member and focused solely on eliminating its biggest threat, United Pharmaceutical, offending Liu Xuan in the process.
Irreversibly offending a party with such great potential also increased its risk.
Then it happened to run into the risk factor that General Biological had imposed on everyone.
With multiple unexpected factors piling up, Kudou Human Body Engineering Company finally, and unexpectedly, crashed and burned.
One moment of carelessness led to a total loss. Annihilation was imminent.