Chapter 138 The Fifth Meeting
Li Pan opened his eyes and stared blankly at the unfamiliar ceiling.
"Boss, you're awake,"
Shiranui Kiriko leaned over from the bed,
"You've been sweating a lot and your whole body is wet. Is it because the wound still feels uncomfortable?"
Li Pan slowly came back to his senses,
" ...No, it’s okay, I had a nightmare.”
The intelligent assistant checked itself and found that it was indeed okay. After all, he only received one shot, and modern medical treatment, or doctors in the Night City, are best at handling guns. hurt. Not only has the wound been restored and repaired by nanorobots, but the skin has even been grafted, and even the scar cannot be seen.
"Nightmare?"
Shiranui Kiriko leaned over and slapped his face with the career line that was wrapped in a formal suit and emerging from the collar, "
What are you dreaming about?"
Li Pan opened his mouth, but finally shook his head,
"... ...It’s nothing, I just dreamed about taking the exam, and there are still a lot of simulation questions that I haven’t done yet.”
“Wow, that’s really a nightmare.”
Kiriko Shiranui seemed to be recalling her school days, and she couldn’t help but tremble with empathy.
Li Pan looked at her, then looked at the other people aside expressionlessly,
"...What are you all doing here? Are you having a meeting?"
0791 Temporary workers are gathering! The apostles of the company gather together!
Spider Style Eighteen was so happy that he squeezed over and pushed Shiranui away,
"Boss Boss! You're awake! Haha, you don't know yet, but the Night City has been reduced to a pot of porridge! The Red Tengu has entered the scene! Throw two One nuclear bomb! Two! Hahaha! Now the whole city is on fire!" ...
Why are you so happy...
Aqi explained,
"Miss Eighteen contacted us and said that the cadres sent by the company on a business trip were all gone all night. Everyone was killed, and even you, the boss, were hit by nuclear explosions and gunfire.
Fortunately, the emergency team arrived in time and sent you to a private hospital to save your life.
However, the company door is locked, and we can't help you reset it. We came together to protect you."
Old Liu wiped his sweat, "Yes, yes, it's too chaotic and dangerous outside. There are explosions everywhere. It's safer to stay with you." Yamazaki Ayato couldn't help
but He asked,
"But it's too abnormal for so many people in the company to get into trouble together. Boss, is someone targeting the company? Is it another corporate war?"
Kotaro was dripping eye drops there,
"It's possible, but you didn't see it. , the Red Tengu is so outrageous, it directly hit the prison with a supersonic nuclear warhead, I almost went blind."
Ashiya Shiki frowned, "If the other party's target is our company, then if we get together like this, the other party will not throw another one. Will a nuclear bomb come down and kill us all?"
Old Liu was shocked, "Hey! Don't scare me! Do you have to use nuclear bombs to fight for territory these days?" "
Hey, I thank you for coming to visit me... Huh? Wait! Ah Qi, what did you just say! This is a private hospital! Isn’t it the Paradise Hotel! Damn it! I have to pay for it at my own expense! I can’t afford it! I can’t live here! I’m discharged!” Li Pan jumped up and was dying
. When he was sick, he sat up in shock, rushed out to go through the discharge procedures without saying a word, and then ran to the automatic service desk to scan his eyes and pull out the bill.
Well, la, because I’m older.
ICU emergency registration: 1500.00
Medical/surgical/nursing service fee: 15353.00
Emergency medical resources/ICU occupancy fee: 32234.00
ICU instrument maintenance fee: 7122.00
Operating room registration fee: 4910.00
Operating room service fee: 12969.00
Non-sterile medical and surgical supplies fee : 97632.00
Cardiopulmonary function test fee: 11375.00
Physical therapy fee: 10800.00
Ward room and board fee: 5352.00
Ward service fee: 4950.00
Medical supplies fee: 5128.00
Drug fee: 155218.00 Drug fee:
43213.00
Drug fee: 19351.00
...
Li Pan, "Ahhhhhh Ahh..."
Pulling down the last line, the total including tax is more than 1,429,000...
"Oh my God - Na -!!"
Li Pan squatted on the ground with his head in his hands.
All right. To put it bluntly, this time the Security Bureau was probably smart enough to think that going into a big fight to kill people in the company without giving General Manager Li Pan a shot would not be realistic enough.
Although the three-headed dog pretending to be an emergency team was paid for by the Security Bureau, they did not know that Li Pan had a medical insurance agreement with the Paradise Group, so they sent him to the ICU of a nearby private hospital for surgery.
The security bureau had dropped a nuclear bomb and still couldn't act to the end. Of course, it was impossible to reimburse Li Pan for medical expenses, so he had to pay for all hospitalization expenses out of his own pocket.
And because Li Pan has developed the habit of enduring minor illnesses on his own and paying back the company for serious illnesses, he has never spent any money on private medical insurance of any kind, so there is no upper limit to his bill.
In addition, tonight, there is a battle all over the Night City, corpses are everywhere, and people are calling Cao Nima everywhere. The ambulance soldier has been shot. The service fees of private hospitals have soared, and they are rising in the face of the wind.
So that’s it.
Fortunately, Li Pan just beat up 081007 and received a million dollar apology. Otherwise, I really can’t afford the money...
No, that’s not right.
It should be said the other way around.
These days, hospitals decide what kind of medical services and what grade of medicines to use based on how much cash the patient has in his account.
Well, after all, the hospital is not a place for charity. Everyone is here to make money.
So after a wave of accurate settlement, Li Pan's personal account balance was transferred to the hospital, and there was less than 50,000 yuan left. If he hadn't woken up in time, this little money would have paid for the hospitalization fee, and a full-body examination package would have been just right. Wait until dawn to squeeze him dry and throw him out...
"Ah——! Why——! How did this world become like this! Damn it——!!!"
Li Pan really couldn't hold himself any longer. . The defense is broken.
In fact, 80 million has been spent. One million for a life is really not expensive, but just woke up from the unrealistic and desperate dream of Penglai, and suddenly he was stabbed in the back by the hospital bill. Li Pan I really can't bear it anymore.
ah! So desperate! So desperate!
Why is there no way out anywhere!
Why doesn't anyone in the world give him a way to survive?
"Oh my god!!!!"
A group of temporary workers hid at the door and watched the boss kneeling on the ground holding the self-service machine and going crazy.
Spider-like. Eighteen ran over from the ceiling,
"Boss, 01 asked you to have a meeting."
Li Pan sighed, wiped his face and stood up,
"Okay, have a meeting, have a meeting, have a meeting, have a meeting, have a meeting!"
So Li Pan sighed. Follow the others and leave the hospital in the company's car. He turned to look at the scene outside the floating car.
The city of night is burning.
The raging fire has ignited the suburbs in all directions, spreading around the Central Ring Road like a huge incinerator.
In fact, this scene is really not something that the mob can bring about. After all, everyone's initial demand is just to turn on the air conditioner. They just want to burn a trash can. Isn't it mean to light up the entire suburb? It's just because they can't live with themselves. .
The one who attacked was a three-headed dog.
Licensed Three-Headed Dogs used Hellfire, a white phosphorus bomb fired from a precision-guided rocket launcher, on the city to dissuade and clear out rioting crowds.
Well, after all, whoever called the 'Red Tengu' dropped all the nuclear bombs, and there were two of them. The nature of today's riot has changed.
It was not a riot
but a
rebellion against the order of the committee.
is the enemy.
Can’t you still understand what makes the profit-seeking, selfish and shameless capitalists from all over the world unite and even cede their own interests to provide basic citizen welfare and establish this committee?
Yes, it's to collect debts, but there's more.
Seriously, is it possible that the name of this committee is not written clearly enough to make it clear
that it is to protect the safety of personal life and property from infringement? ! !
Therefore, the mobilization of nuclear bombs violated the objections of the Security Committee.
Not because a nuke or two is a big deal.
It's because an out-of-control nuclear war will damage the committee's property! Do you know how many centuries the radiation dust from these inferior warheads will remain on the surface of the earth? The earth has depreciated!
Oh, it doesn't matter if it's serious, it's the latest technology, clean and pollution-free.
What? The nuclear bomb was obviously dropped by the Security Bureau?
Well, the security bureau also said that it was thrown down by the Red Tengu. Who do you believe?
In short, the weapon permissions are unlocked, and the three-headed dog no longer needs to be kept.
In the second half, the veterans entered the field and the war carnival began.
In fact, there is nothing to party about, just the daily routine of cleaning up garbage on Border Earth.
Facing the rain of fire dropped by rocket launchers, heavy artillery and howitzers, heavily equipped land combat SMS equipped with high-pressure flamethrowers began to clear the scene.
The ultra-high-temperature flames instantly reduced the screaming and fleeing crowd to ashes. The air was filled with a strong smell of corpses, and the smoke covered the sky, as if it was going to burn all the garbage in the Night City.
Armed groups like the Whirlpool Gang were immediately named.
Who knows how to grow mushrooms? Various metallic hydrogen bombs and metallic nitrogen bombs were carried by the military supersonic stealth drone platform, and suppressed with a wave of precise firepower. The warhead was so accurate that it directly hit the head of the leader of the Whirlpool Gang. The violent explosion swept everything, and instantly destroyed the group. destroy.
Well, probably because this world lacks fantasy species like dragons, Suanni, and Baxia. Human beings really spend too much energy and use too much technology on how to kill their own kind efficiently, quickly and accurately.
So the air-conditioned riot in the Night City ended quickly.
As if swept by a summer storm.
The rest of the time is left to the fully automatic sweeping robot.
The float truck arrived at the company, and when Li Pan walked into the conference room with an expressionless face, he came to his senses and realized that he was wearing a hospital gown. The coldness was sizzling under his body, and he didn't know where the formal clothes had gone.
Uh, a nuclear bomb? I hope Xiao Hei can withstand it.
When he reached the door of the conference room and was about to enter, Li Pan thought for a moment and returned to the office to type a report, reporting that Warehouse No. 42 had been rioted and robbed. In order to prevent the monster from getting out of control, he had no choice but to seal the '讙wine' with his stomach. /dragon's blood'.
The fax machine quickly replied, approving Li Pan's monster sealing mission and rewarding him with a silver key, finally paying off his debt to 0113.
Well, if I get kicked out this time, I hope 0113 can help me out.
Then the landline phone dinged, urging him to write the report later and get online for the meeting as soon as possible. A group of general managers were waiting.
So Li Pan turned off the lights and went online.
"0791 Subsidiary, the fifth manager meeting. Report on the project 'TheM-ACAS68'. 0791, report the situation." There was no sadness or joy in
01's voice, without a trace of fluctuation, but there were longing figures sitting around the round table. It was packed, and it was obvious that more than a dozen managers were attending the meeting, and there might be some observers. Obviously, the company is not unresponsive to the death of four official 007s at once.
Li Pan was a little numb now and felt dizzy. He felt that the anesthetic had not worn off yet, so he slowly repeated the facts.
Well, the fact is that the four 007s did not take the initiative to report to the company, formed cliques and formed small groups, looked down upon the rich struggle experience of local temporary workers, went away without telling him, acted in secret, and ordered the assets of the technical department to He blocked and concealed it, and refused to communicate any information.
As the acting manager of the company, he, Li Pan, did not care about this position. Out of a pure sense of responsibility and public welfare, he acquiesced in the actions of the 007s. But I didn't expect that the bigger they got, the more they went too far, which actually led to the company's warehouse being robbed and causing immeasurable property losses to Monster Company!
As an acting manager, Li Pan was so angry that he took the initiative to go to 081007 Theory and asked them how they could go to the top of their lives just for the sake of the position of general manager, for a little bit of personal well-being, for a promotion and a raise in salary, and so neglecting the company. interests and the overall situation.
As a result, 081007 also had a fight with him, causing the two of them to be robbed and stabbed by thieves. It was like a snipe and a clam fighting for the fisherman's benefit. When two tigers fight, one of them will be injured. A fire at the city gate affects the fish in the pond... 01 Bang Bang
knocks The stage,
"Stop talking nonsense! Then!"
Li Pan,
"Then I was sent to the hospital for treatment. As soon as I heard you call 01, I got up from the bed to report before my injury was healed! By the way,
this is already a war. Are you in good condition? It's a work-related injury! Who paid me for the surgery?"
01 ignored him,
"What do you say?"
After a moment of silence, General Manager 081, who was stared at by everyone, said,
"My people don't have anything. I remember. All his memories after he came here have been erased."
General Manager 0113 chuckled.
"Is it related to the reset of the upper spiritual level of QVN? The gateway can't do it, at least it's the level of the Security Bureau. Haha, it seems that we went a little too far last time. Someone gave us authorization and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to retaliate. "
0544 General Manager held back his anger,
"But my man is dead! Just like 01044, dead! This is what 'TheM-ACAS68' did!
0791! Do you really have nothing to say!"
Li Pan Spreading his hands,
"What do I think? They didn't even come to the office and didn't attend the morning meeting. I don't even know where they died. What can I say? Okay, then I'll just say, please." Listen.
People who want to die will die."
General manager 0544 shouted sternly,
"You lied! My people left the gap before they died and sent part of the report back to me!
In order to avoid being followed by the collector, they first Time closed the company and sent someone to inform you of the secret meeting, but you did not attend, so you organized it first to investigate the collector's site. So
they would be ambushed, and their whereabouts must have been leaked..."
Li Pan He was furious, "What the hell! What a sour fart! Damn, I got hit by a cruiser!"
0544 was stunned by the yell, "You, why are you scolding people..."
Li Pan scolded angrily, "The one you're scolding is you. What a mindless piece of trash! A duplicitous hermit! What a bullshit notice! Oh! You sent an unregistered apostle to my office without any advance notice! You did it without even saying a word! Not at all! I mentioned something about a meeting, who the hell knows what it is about!
Besides, I already told you all about it when I killed him! I’m trying to save your face by not mentioning this! You’re secretly poking fun at me here! Right!"
Seeing Li Pan turning to glare, General Manager 0213 quickly raised his hand to speak,
"Ahem, I testify about this. 0791 is not wrong. It was 0213007 who secretly arranged for temporary workers to smuggle in because they used illegal clones. The company's technology was leaked, so we kept it confidential. We only informed the technical department but did not report it..."
0544 turned around and flipped through the information, "Ugh..."
Li Pan, "You saw it, you blind trash! What's in your head? It’s all water, right! Do your homework before speaking and don’t be embarrassed!”
0544 gritted his teeth, “That’s not a reason! Even if you are illegal immigrants, as long as you are a temporary worker of the company, you will have a formal nameplate and a file! You can check Now you know why you want to kill him..."
Li Pan continued to use Dragon Roar,
"Oh, be a good boy - be a good boy! I met a 250-year-old apostle who was not logged in and I didn't know him, squatting on me in the office. Why don't you just kill him! You have to find a fish tank for him and raise him, right?
I have to tie up my hands and feet to avoid misunderstandings! Do I still have to listen to what he has to say? Do I still have to? Listen to his thoughts, listen to his ideas, listen to his dreams, right! He
still wears formal clothes? He still has his nameplate? He still has his files? It’s my
first day in the company! What I encountered was someone who ran away wearing a formal suit with a nameplate and files. Monster!
You sent such a bastard to my office to sit on my chair and use my tea cup! You have the nerve to ask me what I mean! Ah! What do you mean by your special code! hold head high! "
0113, " Still using your teacup? That's really too much.0544. "
0213, "Yeah, yeah. Using a tea cup is too much 0544. "
0544, "Wha, no, this, this is not sent by me..."
01 impatiently knocked on the table, "Okay, I understand this matter, don't deviate from the topic.
This time Li Pan rushed to say, "
Everyone has seen it!" The evil pen just said it himself! Regardless of who did it, if 007 was ambushed this time, someone must have leaked his whereabouts! I came up and beat the temporary worker to death! I don’t know their whereabouts at all! It shows that no matter who did it! It definitely wasn't me!
Besides, we have something to say! Catching monsters is a matter of narrow escape, and 01044 death is nothing new. That’s why elites from various companies are sent to support, right? What's there to complain about when a few people die? They will die because they are weak!
Oh, the war has just begun, and 0544 is so excited to blame me! There's going to be a conflict! Let’s create a split! I think it's all a conspiracy!
Only 0544007 has a secret connection with him! Maybe the intelligence leak was his own fault!
Let me tell you, 0544001 is an undercover agent colluding with collectors!
0544 was furious, "You fart! " "
Li Pan," Haha! Little Heizi must have been caught by me! You are so angry! "
0544 stood up, "You are looking for death..."
0113 said, "Okay, 0791, don't make random assumptions without evidence, 0544 you should also exercise some restraint. "
Li Pan took advantage of the situation and sat down,
"0113 You are reasonable, unlike some people who just spit out shit. I can't control what he eats every day, but he actually wants to crawl along the network cable and hit me. , oh, I’m so scared! "
0544 stood alone, gritted his teeth, and had to hold back,
"0674, why don't you speak! The people you sent must also be dead! "
General Manager 0674 looked at him,
"The situation is unclear now, and there is no evidence. And 0791 is right. The project has just started. It's just a few people who died. There is a lot to say. "
0544 was stunned, and slowly sat down under the cold gazes of the general managers. "
...Yes, I lost my temper. 0544007 and I have been friends for many years, and I couldn't control my emotions for a moment..."
Li Pan snorted coldly, "Oh! Is it enough to just make a gaffe? Then I have been wronged by you, do I have to lose my composure? If you lose your composure, go get a mental evaluation as soon as possible. Don't affect the company's work and the mood of your colleagues! "
0544 took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and lowered his head and said, "... Hug, I'm sorry, my words were inappropriate this time..."
Li Pan waved his hand, "Hey, okay, I'm a very generous person, for everyone's sake. They all work hard for the company. As long as you apologize, I can ignore the small ones. As long as you help me pay the medical expenses..." At this time, the radio placed in the center of the table made a buzzing sound. Everyone joined
in
. Silence, Li Pan had to swallow his words.
After the radio was finished, General Manager 01 began to translate,
"'TheM-ACAS68' mission continues, 0791, you are responsible for recovering the remains of employees, investigating the cause of death, and dealing with the injuries caused by 0213007 Technology leaks. Others braced themselves and took it seriously.
The opponents this time are not just monsters and collectors, but the committee members hiding behind the scenes may also be involved.
All, prepare for all-out war. The meeting adjourned. ”
(End of chapter)