C23

"Everyone knows that ever since our program went offline … Ah no no no, ever since Miss Emma was sentenced to prison and not stay active in the entertainment circle, Moloch's' Robot Theater 'had completely taken over the Access Rate throne that was on the same program. Especially the famous celebrity Miss Beta whom he personally groomed — of course, she is just a Bionic Human — her popularity has always been high, and recently, it has become so popular that it has turned purple … "

Director Andy laughed awkwardly and interrupted me: "Mr Latimer, I'm afraid you aren't too concerned about their recent developments?"

"What is it? Is Miss Beta no longer red? " I was a little shocked, indeed, ever since I saw the miserable state of Ms Mistie committing suicide, I had an inexplicable fear of the Access Chair.

"Ah no, she just changed her name. She's called Tomoko now, hmm, Miss Moro Tomoko. We know that she was originally shaped according to the characteristics of Japanese geisha, so the official name is also Japanese. "

"Oh, so that's how it is. Then, the fictitious name 'Moro' is synonymous with 'Moloch'?" I think that name is better than something called Beta.

"Mm, you can say so."

"It's much better than calling them Beta or Gamma," the editor said. She had always been a fan of the Bionic Human.

"Tomoko doesn't have it? "But robots have a much higher intelligence than humans?" I teased.

She explained, "No, 'Tomoko' shouldn't be understood in this way. It meant that Miss Moro was different from the other Bionic Human, and possessed an intelligence very similar to a human. It was able to simulate the behavior and emotions of a human, allowing her to have an affinity with him. This is true intelligence, and the speed of mathematical calculations cannot be called intelligence, it can only reflect the level of the hardware. "

"Alright, it seems that this Miss Tomoko might have a human software — Soul!" I couldn't help but shake my head. I didn't really believe in this. "Therefore, my suggestion is that you all listen carefully!" I felt very proud.

Everyone listened attentively, and hoped that I would give a good idea that would shake the world: "If we want the program to regain the extremely high level Access Rate, it's very simple. We just need the current popular Miss Tomoko to join our program!"

However, my voice had long since faded away, but there was still no response. I had to confirm once again if everyone was stunned by my idea. "What do you think? This is the easiest and most direct way, the moment the Miss Tomoko joins the program, a large amount of access to the Robot Theater will be transferred to our program. "

Director Andy coughed: "Hehe, Mr Latimer, your thoughts seem to be too simple and straightforward. It is impossible for Moloch to let Miss Tomoko join our program. Moreover, it is just a robot, how much time would it take? She has so much time, she can't experience life. "

"I don't mean for her to join as a person who uses Time Capsule s, but as a live broadcaster."

"Live broadcaster? Is it like your identity? "

"Yeah, do a live broadcast of the program with me. I don't think you would object to the fact that whether a program is good or not is in direct proportion to whether its host is good or not. "

"Of course, I don't deny it. If what you said is true, this will obviously improve our Access Rate. But that is unrealistic, Moloch would never agree to that. "

"Hehe, this is the cleverness of my idea," I leaned back in my chair, and used the fingers of my left hand to tap on the table non-stop. "We need the Balance Bureau to appear, and ask them to allow Moloch to send the Miss Tomoko onto our program. What do you think? "

This time, everyone was silent again. However, unlike before, everyone was deep in thought.

Zhang Xuan clapped his hands: "I always thought that Mr Latimer was a conservative person, but I never thought that he could also come up with such a insightful idea! I think that it is worth a try, but it is very difficult to invite her to the Miss Tomoko, after all, she is the opponent's trump card. If they want to supervise our programs, they don't have to send Miss Tomoko, right? In fact, wouldn't it be better to intentionally send an ugly and troublesome person? "

"We can discuss this practice with Balance Bureau and object, even if …" I thought, "Even though the government has weakened and the world is controlled by two super corporations, the 'Balance Bureau' still has a certain amount of authority. If I can persuade them, I'm afraid Moloch would not dare dissuade the Miss Tomoko from coming out right? Just as Mr Eloi said, Balance Bureau have always been very balanced. "

Seeing that the crowd was still not agreeing with me, I expressed my determination, "Once we agree on the Balance Bureau, I can act as a negotiator and communicate with the Miss Tomoko!"

"Good, good, good!" The Director Andy clapped his hands, "I can ask the Mr Eloi to arrange whatever he says on the Balance Bureau side. Latimer, since you are so confident, then if you are required to take action, don't shrink back down, okay? "

I vigorously nodded my head. I felt that this matter was rather challenging, and furthermore, I was very interested in whether this Moro had a normal "humanity" or not. Of course, from my current perspective, that was impossible.

To my surprise, after just three days, the Mr Eloi had already arranged for a three-way discussion meeting with me, the Balance Bureau Committee and the Miss Tomoko's manager to discuss whether or not to let the Miss Tomoko participate in and supervise the performance of the Daydream Theater.

It was clear that the balance and harmony of the situation was still giving face to the Eloi, or perhaps Moloch herself valued this "cooperation" greatly, and thought that it would be beneficial for them.

I came to the meeting place early, which was normal, because I was the one who needed it. The next to arrive was the Committee Member Cai of the Balance Bureau. It is difficult for me to describe his appearance and personality, because all of his characteristics seem to be on an absolute average.

"Hello, Mr Latimer!" He seemed to be very passionate, and he held my hand in a very ancient manner. It was clear that the government's inexperience did not dampen the enthusiasm for his work, "I think that Miss Jiang will be here soon. If we can reach a conclusion to this collaboration, it will definitely be a very good thing for Eloi and Moloch."

"Oh, oh," I said perfunctorily, because I had heard that these people from Balance Bureau were good at wasting their time, and often talked for a day without deciding anything, "What I want to ask is, what attitude does Committee Member Cai have towards this collaboration, if anything,? You are a middleman and a member of the government, so your attitude is important. "

"Hehe, but the Miss Jiang hasn't arrived yet. If I express my opinion to you first, wouldn't it be very fair to her? Even a little bit... Men and women are different? " This time, I was a little convinced of the rumours that this seemingly ordinary person was clearly not easy to deal with.

"I know that your task is to maintain the balance between the two super companies. On the other hand, it is to consider the constraints proposed by both sides and choose those that are compatible with both sides as well as with social ideology." I went straight to the point, hoping to let him know that I wasn't an ignorant, gullible fellow. "So you'll take my opinion seriously?"

"Of course, I will seriously consider everyone's opinions. But the decision wasn't made by me, it was made by my senior leadership based on a lot of factors, you know that, right? " His words made me stop trying to do anything. It was simply watertight and flawless!

While we were silent, the Miss Jiang arrived as promised – I think that if she didn't come in time, I would be at a loss for words due to the embarrassment, but it was obvious that the Committee Member Cai was very used to this kind of situation where no one talked. He was drinking his coffee leisurely.

"I think this person is the person in charge of the Daydream Theater, Mr Latimer, right?" Her tone was hard. At first glance, I didn't think it was easy to deal with.

"Oh, no. To be exact, I am just the live broadcast host of the program. The Mr Eloi has asked for me to be in charge of this negotiation."

"Mr Eloi?" She seemed to not dare believe that the reason I reported the name "Mr Eloi" from the very beginning was to intimidate the other party, "Very good. I am Miss Tomoko's manager, Jiang Xiaowei. You can call me Xiao Jiang. "

"Hehe, let's just call it Miss Jiang."

"Do as you please, Mr Latimer."

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little awkward, the Committee Member Cai invited us to sit down and also served us coffee: "I am the Committee Member Cai from Balance Bureau, and am in charge of coordinating the negotiations between your two families. There's no time to lose. Why don't we let everyone talk about their requests first? "

"Hehe, I don't have any requests." Miss Jiang took a sip of her coffee and said.

After pausing for a moment, I felt that, as the requesting party, I should still lower my head a little. "Miss Jiang, I think you have already seen our request. To be specific, because the Dreamy Cloud Martial School will be reopening soon, according to the rules, we have to request for the Balance Bureau to be passed … "

"Don't say any polite words!" Miss Jiang waved her hand, revealing an expression as if everyone in the world owed her, "In short, you want Miss Tomoko to be your program's host, right?"

"Well, that's true," I said, taking a deep breath. You know, according to the Balance Bureau's rules, if any major event happens to either side of the two large enterprises, the other side will have the power to conduct investigations and conduct follow-up supervision. "

"Don't even try to make any pretentious remarks!" Presumably, she had completely understood my intentions, "Your goal is very simple and direct, so that the Miss Tomoko, who is extremely popular right now, can join the program and increase the number of Access Rate in the program, right?"

"This seems to be... Isn't it a by-product? " I explained.

"So you're saying, our company can send any Bionic Human, isn't that fine too?" She drummed the fingers of her right hand on the tabletop. "Mainly for supervision, anyway. Tomoko is not suitable, the programs that she has built into her body are mainly her acting and human emotions. "

"This is the most suitable place for Miss Tomoko!" Even I was amused by my own words. "I think Miss Jiang must have heard about our program before, right?"

"I'm sorry, I've never seen it before."

"…" I closed the door, "The purpose of our program is to show human nature, although the matter of the Ms Mistie was a bit... But it also shows the dark side of humanity. Since the Miss Tomoko has a human emotion module, I think her joining is the best. Do you think so, Committee Member Cai? "

My heart felt a little weak, and I could only let the people from the Balance Bureau come in and say a "fair word".

Committee Member Cai remained silent. He did not feel that it was funny, nor did he think that my words were reasonable. "We still have to consider this point in detail. Miss Jiang, do you have anything else? "

"Of course, since it's to supervise … I'd like to know more about some of the programs. "

"Oh?" After all, my words seemed to interest her. "What do you want to know?"

"I heard that the program has a core item called Time Capsule?"

"Yes, Time Capsule."

"Was it authorized by the Castari?"

"Yes, this is a high-tech item. It can change the flow of time."

"This is incredible," her eyes shone, "Such a high-grade item, how did you guys obtain it from the Castari?"

"What does that mean?"

"Since the core of the program is the Time Capsule, then I should know everything about this thing."

"Alright, of course this is obtained through legal means under the authorization of Castari."

"But Castari has never contacted us, has they?"

"It looks like it, but an organization can't just leave the real world, can it?"

"Then how did you contact the Castari? And that Dr Sun — I never thought that there would be Chinese people like me in the Castari! — — Is that Dr Sun a person from the Castari? "

"Of course, but he didn't help …"

"How do you usually contact the people with Castari?"

"This... I think only the Mr Eloi can contact them. "

"So you don't know?"

"I know it's effective."

"Also, what mechanism did the Time Capsule use to change time?"

"It's not to change time, but to change the flow of time."

"So," she threw up her hands, "what is the principle behind this?"

"Of course I can't understand such a high-level item."

"Any papers?" A manual or something? Also, such a high level item, will the people from the Castari come over to maintain it? "

"This …" He only wanted to get some information from me. According to me, Castari did not have any cooperation with Moloch, "I only know that after every use, Time Capsule would have to be sent back to Castari Headquarters to be recharged."

"It's a very magical thing," she seemed to see my impatience, "Other than the Time Capsule, I need to know more about connecting to the world."

"Access to the world? Aren't you all using Eloi's technology to broadcast the program? "

"Yes, but there are a lot of technical questions."

"Excuse me, but do these questions have anything to do with the supervision of the program?"

"Hur hur, aren't these questions about the program itself? Isn't that so, Committee Member Cai? "

Committee Member Cai was still trying to smooth things over. "Miss Jiang is right, before any cooperation, it is always good to know more information about both sides." Clearly, his words were not biased in the slightest.

I was silent for a moment. "I can't answer any of these questions because I'm not a technician. I'm just …"

"Then forget it!" She got up and wanted to leave, "As the broker of the Miss Tomoko, I have no sincerity at all to negotiate with an outsider from the petitioner's side!"

"Of course not!" I was a little angry, "As a live broadcast program, I understand everything about this program. I even understand the operating details of Eloi Film And Television Company. Of course, I have come into contact with people from the Castari to a certain degree as well. "

"Then?" She turned to look at me.

I am naturally not a fish in the sea: "The one who suggested this supervision to the company is me, and the 'person' I requested is not you, Miss Jiang, but Miss Tomoko. "So …"

The Committee Member Cai looked at me expressionlessly.

I continued, "That's why I have to invite Miss Moro Tomoko to personally come to negotiate. At that time, I will have a detailed discussion with her about the content of the supervision work."

The Committee Member Cai looked at Elder Jiang with an expressionless face.

She put on her sunglasses - I have no doubt that she has recorded everything in this conversation: "Very well, we will consider it. Committee Member Cai, if you have any news, we will inform you through the official channels. "

Committee Member Cai seemed to be satisfied with the first time they negotiated, he stood up and clapped: "Alright, since both sides have reached a preliminary agreement, then we will look forward to the next time we meet!"

Or don't see... I thought.