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Chapter 222: Weakened Version Mecha (Please Subscribe, Add to Favorites, Request Monthly Tickets)

Chapter 222: Chapter 222: Weakened Version Mecha (Please Subscribe, Add to Favorites, Request Monthly Tickets)

"What do you mean? What evidence do you have? Don’t come any closer!"

Upon seeing the two police officers, Philip was first taken aback, then he began to retreat in emotion.

All the board members present looked at the two police officers who had suddenly burst in with some surprise.

In the end, Philip was still taken away by the two officers, and the entire meeting room fell into an oppressive silence.

Since the establishment of the Nolanka Group, there had never been a precedent of a director being taken away by the police.

Those seated here were all old ministers of the Nolanka family; if they made a mistake, at most they would be dismissed or fined, but most of the time, they left ’with dignity.’

This was also the reason why Philip made no attempt to conceal his embezzlement of company assets—because there was no ’precedent’ of sending a director to court for such an incident in the Nolanka Group.

He Ao looked at the directors sitting in front of the office desk, smiled,

"Philip probably told you that I had a small ’car accident’ the night before last, but he probably didn’t tell you that the accident was caused by some ’little fireworks’ that exploded in my car."

The implicit message of these words was, if someone breaks the rules, they can’t blame me for abiding by the law.

Before Vian’s time, no member of the Nolanka family had ever been ’assassinated.’

When they heard He Ao say these words, the expressions on the faces of those present varied, most showing ’surprise,’ as if they were just learning about this incident.

But He Ao was well aware that aside from a few young people who truly had yet to adapt to the board’s style, the rest were old foxes. On the very night of the accident, they had mostly already figured out what had happened; they simply turned a deaf ear because it did not concern their interests.

He Ao did not intend to entangle with them further, he leaned back in his chair, one hand resting on the conference table, "I have expressed my opinion. If you gentlemen are in a hurry to liquidate, you can sell your shares back to me, and afterwards, Danny will contact you to discuss the price. Is there anything else?"

Everyone remained silent, as if weighing something in their minds.

"If there’s nothing else, let’s call it a day for today’s meeting."

He Ao knocked on the table, turned the chair around, and gazed through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows at the side of the meeting room as if deep in thought.

The other directors looked at each other, and upon realizing that He Ao indeed had no intention of speaking further, they started to gather their belongings and left one by one.

The events of the day had been too sudden and too significant; they needed time to process.

Soon, with the sound of footsteps, the conference room gradually became noisy and then little by little quiet.

He Ao sent a message to Danny, then turned his head to find someone still sitting beside him.

"Lian?"

He Ao looked at the bespectacled young man still sitting in his chair with puzzlement, "Is there something you need?"

Lian was about the same age as Vian, and had been Vian’s playmate as a child. After Vian’s parents died, he became engrossed in mechanics, and their communication gradually decreased.

Lian came from a single-parent family and was very talented in his studies. He used to be an associate professor at the Federal Industrial University in Ains, the capital of the Federation. A few years ago, his father passed away due to illness, so he came back to take over his father’s shares and joined the group.

Among the old foxes of the board, Lian was considered one of the more naive ones, and of course, he was also one of those inclined to support Vian.

"Was it really Philip who planned your murder?"

Lian looked at He Ao, asking with some confusion.

"We’ll have to see what the investigation reveals."

He Ao shook his head, neither confirming nor denying.

Philip was indeed the most likely person to have plotted Vian’s murder, and since Chief Jelang had arrested Philip on suspicion of ’conspiracy to commit murder,’ he must have found some clue.

He Ao did trust the police chief’s investigative skills, which were indeed strong.

The Chief likely started his investigation the moment ’Vian’ had the car accident, of course, if Vian had truly died, and Philip took control, his investigation might very well have come to nothing.

However, He Ao did not fully trust Chief Jelang’s investigative prowess; even if Jelang had not found evidence of Philip ’conspiring to commit murder,’ the embezzlement of company assets alone was enough to send Philip to jail.

According to the customs of the Federation, a major case like this typically had a two-month investigation period. After the investigation was concluded and there was sufficient evidence, the Kaye City local prosecutor’s office would then bring a lawsuit.

According to the Federation’s Bail Act provisions, during this pre-trial period, it is generally possible for suspects to pay for their release on bail.

However, the requirements for bail vary from place to place.

The federal law stipulates that suspects who have committed major offenses and are very likely to flee after being bailed out, or who may pose a serious threat to public safety, cannot be bailed out.

When it comes down to the implementation stage at the local level, judges generally have discretionary power.

In Dawn City, as long as you pay, you can be released on bail, just that the bigger the case, the higher the bail.

Kaye City, on the other hand, tends to be more conservative, and suspects charged with crimes such as ’murder,’ ’defrauding a huge amount,’ or ’embezzlement of a huge amount of property’ are generally not granted bail.

As it happened, Philip ticked two of those boxes.

So he would be detained until the court trial and then directly transferred to prison.

Of course, Philip could also attempt to bribe the judge,

but... well... if the problem escalates to the point of needing money to solve it, He Ao should be invincible in Kaye City now.

In fact, Philip had a good plan. If Vian had died, then all the problems he was facing now would not be problems. Even if Vian survived, he would have enough time to extricate himself and run away. If all else failed, he could still use the ’usual practice’ of giving Nolanka Group executives a dignified way out to buy himself some time.

But he hadn’t accounted for He Ao releasing a false death notice first, then catching him off guard with his ruthless methods, leaving him no time to react.

Lian gazed at He Ao’s profile, realizing he could no longer keep up with the pace of this childhood friend. He sighed softly and slowly stood up.

He preferred dealing with science and truth after all. Truth, no matter what, does not change. It is there, waiting for you to unveil it. You may take the wrong path, but it will never change its essence.

Human hearts, however, always change quickly.

"By the way," He Ao called out as Lian stood up, "are you now in charge of the Industrial Development Department?"

"Yes."

Lian nodded slightly, looking at He Ao with curiosity.

"See if you can simplify this item for mass production."

He Ao raised his wristband and sent him a set of blueprints.

This was the blueprint of the Adam 1 model after it was simplified in most of its structure. It didn’t really look much like the Adam 1 anymore, but the approach to solving many key issues was the same.

However, Vian wasn’t skilled in industrial mass production. After all, he never looked at the price when buying materials, resulting in products that most people couldn’t afford.

But the essence of industrialization is to reduce costs, and raw materials must also be sturdy and durable, so it’s better to leave it to people who specialize in mass production.

Lian opened the blueprints He Ao had sent him with curiosity, and then he was stunned, staring at them for a good ten minutes before finally looking at He Ao with some surprise, "Did you design this?"

"Yes," He Ao nodded, "Is it possible to mass-produce it?"

"We could change some structural materials; the materials you’ve designed are too expensive to support mass production. For example, this S25 type titanium alloy wire, these alloy wires developed by Yiwis Space System Company are highly strong and tough, though they perform well, the cost is too high,"

Lian excitedly explained to He Ao, "we could replace it with our own developed high-strength, high-toughness pearlite steel wire. This wire can achieve 95% of the performance of the S25 type titanium alloy wire, but the cost is only 60%, and we can produce it ourselves, which could further reduce the cost."

He Ao stood up, leaned in closer, and pointed to a part of the structural diagram projected by Lian’s smart wristband,

"If the performance is reduced by 5%, the structure here will need to be modified..."

"It’s like this?! Can it be done like this?! Vian, you’re a genius, how did you come up with this..."

"It’s actually not that difficult..."

The two of them talked more and more animatedly, even getting Secretary Elena to bring paper and a drafting ruler, and they started to draw structural diagrams directly on the work desk.

This fervent discussion continued until the old butler Danny gently knocked on the office door,

"Master Vian, I have gathered some information about the Church of the God of Chaos and a Believer of the God of Chaos named Chaos."