Chapter 277: 277 directors
Chapter 277 277 Directors
In a secluded and unknown castle, around a huge round table, a circle of wealthy people of different sizes sat. They are all wealthy businessmen who can be counted in this world, and each of them has so many properties that it makes one’s head go numb.
These people also have a common identity, that is, they are the directors of the Cyric Consortium, and they are actually shareholders of the Cyric Consortium.
They are all members of the Cyric Council, and they discuss decisions together and control the future development direction of Cyric.
However, at this moment, a woman's roaring voice was echoing in the hall: "Who... told you to do such a big thing against Datang Group?"
"Sofia! We didn't tell you about this. After all, you are not the person in charge of this." A fat man picked up the wine glass and explained disapprovingly.
The red-haired Sophia slapped the table and cursed with great dissatisfaction: "Idiot! Do you know how much power you have used? How many years will it take us to manage all this power!"
This time, even Cyric can be said to be exhausted. In order to deal with the Datang Group, Cyric almost used his own wealth to fight. For Cyric, who always seeks stability, this is definitely an unreliable adventure.
“Don’t worry, our plan to attack Datang Group is perfect, so there is no need for you to worry.” Although another thin old man was dissatisfied with Sophia’s yelling, he still smiled and tried to reassure her.
He is a smiling tiger, always smiling, but everyone who knows him in this room knows that even if the old man is smiling, he may not be thinking of anything good.
Sofia looked at him and threw out the information she had: "My worry? It's completely unnecessary? Do you know that the warships of the Datang Group sank 30 first-class sailing warships in the Yangmu Kingdom?"
Although the Poplar Kingdom keeps this kind of thing secretive, if you are willing to investigate, you can still find out the truth.
Datang Group only dispatched a few warships at that time and sank a large number of Yangmu Kingdom's sailing warships. This news had already made Sophia extremely vigilant.
The fat man immediately laughed. He was really proud of his arrangement, so he shook his head and said: "Of course I know, so this time we gathered 70 warships from the Kingdom of Tarun and headed north!"
In his opinion, 70 warships are already a huge force that can make waves on the sea, and there is no risk of failure at all.
Even the fleet of a maritime power cannot be said to be sure to destroy the enemy's 70 first-class sailing battleships at once!
Sofia looked around and asked everyone coldly: "Have you ever thought about... what if this fleet is wiped out?"
She had a telegraph machine and arranged for businessmen to send the news about Bunas to her as soon as possible - so, on her way here, she heard that Bunas's newspaper had published the content of the Nanyang Victory. .
Although she didn't want to believe that Bunas's fleet had really wiped out the Talon Kingdom's fleet, she felt that she should still be fully prepared to deal with it.
Several wealthy businessmen immediately exclaimed: "Impossible!"
Another director who planned this decisive battle to siege Datang Group finally spoke up and said confidently: "It doesn't matter, even if they annihilate Talen's fleet, we are already guaranteed victory on the way."
Sofia was still furious and emphasized: "You have mobilized the power of the six kingdoms of Gmelin, Talon, Shiron, Falak, Elm, and Mahogany, and you have also put all the secret connections in Sussus and the Kingdom of Dorne on the table. off the desktop!”
This time, these **** guys have used too much of Cyric's wealth, so much that no one can afford to fail.
Sophia felt extremely distressed when she thought of these costs, because these are the legacy of the hard work of Sirik’s older generation of directors over decades!
How much price did they pay to bury their secrets in these kingdoms, gain influence, and then be able to influence the decision-making of these kingdoms?
After this battle, regardless of whether they win or not, they will lose part of their influence - this is the price they must pay for launching a war!
The fat director glanced at Sophia and said coldly: "As long as we win..."
Sofia was still unwilling to give up. She stared at the fat director with her beautiful eyes and interrupted him sharply: "That will happen after the victory! Do you know what you are paying for now?"
The smiling tiger old man scolded Sophia dissatisfiedly and said: "Sofia! That's enough! You are just one of the members of the council! You are not our boss! Don't go too far!"
"You are touching my property! Shouldn't I question it?" Sophia sat back in her seat, adjusted her tone, and spoke again.
The fat man's expression turned grim, but he still suppressed his anger and showed off: "Recently, our arms business income has tripled! Cyric has never been as brilliant as it is today!"
After all, the war broke out. As an arms group, how could they not profit from it? Six countries purchased large quantities of arms, and the consortium's income naturally increased. Adding to the profits from the railways and other sources, it was evidently a matter of course that during the war their profits swelled to twice what they had been before.
"But two months later, your goalkeeper will lose the market of 11 kingdoms! No, you will even lose the market of 20 kingdoms!" Sofia clenched her fists, thinking of these idiots taking her family's wealth for gambling, She was furious.
“These are all your assumptions!” Another person was dissatisfied with Sophia’s speech and shouted sharply.
"What if? Your stupidity will pay the price sooner or later!" Sophia stood up, said a harsh word, turned around and left the hall.
"You..." Several people stood up very dissatisfied, as if they wanted to regain their place.
"I don't have time to argue with you here! Goodbye!" Sophia opened the gorgeous door without looking back and walked out of the hall.
"Hmph! I knew she should be kicked out of the council!" The fat man said with a cold expression: "When we win, we will cut off her shares!"
"Women, they are all short-sighted animals. You can't count on them..." The old man smiled to appease the fat man, but did not refute the fat man's words.
The other ugly woman complained jealously. "In addition to being good-looking and able to seduce men, what else can she do... Look at her condescending look. Isn't she a great slut?"
As she walked in the corridor, Sophia complained to the maid who was following her: "These people are idiots. Sooner or later, I will lose all my money if I stay with them."
The maid walked behind her and confirmed: "Master, what do you mean?"
"Prepare another plan!" Sophia was silent for a few seconds, and then ordered in a low voice: "Be careful of these idiots..."
The maid lowered her head slightly: "Yes!"
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On the eastern front of the Kingdom of Leyte, in the headquarters of the Gemelin Kingdom’s troops, which had retreated several kilometers and barely stabilized their position, the general of the Gemelin Kingdom paced back and forth worriedly.
Beside him, the person in charge from Cyric spoke to comfort the general and the surrounding officers: "The enemy's strength should be superior. We can only stand firm and wait for reinforcements to arrive, waiting for the forces from the rear to arrive."
As the person in charge spoke, he looked at his trusted confidant, the tall Chumluo: "In addition, as long as we hold on for a few days, pressure from other directions will force these troops to retreat. By then, our victory will be within reach!”
The general of the Gemelin Kingdom, who had heard about the fame of the Beiling Iron Army, was still a little worried and said, "But, how can we hold on for a few days? I'm worried that the troops from Beiling will defeat our flanks..."
"Don't worry! Whatever method they used to stop us, we will use whatever method to deal with them now!" The person in charge of Cyric, who finally thought of a way, said proudly.
"Huh?" The Gemelin general was stunned, and then looked at the person in charge of Cyric.
The person in charge immediately told his own plan: "Before I retreated, I captured nearby farmers and built a trench like the ones they dug on the border! They certainly didn't expect that we would use their tactics to attack Deal with them!"
“Let your troops rely on this trench for defense, and wait for the artillery from the rear to reach the front line, and we will have a chance of victory!” The person in charge of Cyric felt that they would be sure of victory when the 130 mm caliber heavy artillery arrived at the front line.
After thinking about it, the general of the Gemelin Kingdom, who had no better way, could only nod his head and agreed to this method: "It's... also a way."
Seeing that the general was still a little worried, Chumluo comforted him and said: "We have 130-caliber artillery support, and we have been fighting for so many days. In their hurry, they will definitely not be able to gather so many artillery." , we can definitely last longer!”
“I hope that’s the case!” The Gemelin general was still worried, but his face looked much better than before, and he said in a long voice.
Soon, after completing their retreat, the troops of the Kingdom of Gemelin relied on the hastily constructed trench defense line to withstand the troops of the Kingdom of Wright.
The troops of the Kingdom of Wright did not rush to attack. Instead, they stopped and waited in place for a day. It was not until all follow-up troops arrived that they set up their positions on both wings and launched several tentative attacks.
Then, in the northern part of the war zone, Redman, the commander of the troops from North Ridge, decided to take the lead in launching a general offensive and break through the trench defense lines of the Gemelin Kingdom troops!
(End of this chapter)