Some matters have policies from above and countermeasures from below.
Some matters are executed to the death upon a single command.
As for this new regulation, those executives tacitly chose the second option.
They decided to always stand with the country and always love the country!
It was definitely not because they saw the first executive who asked a question step out of the meeting room doors, hand a pair of limited-edition purple-gold handcuffs to the personnel from the police and inspection departments, and then get dragged away...
Right in front of all the executives, the personnel from the police and inspection departments placed the handcuffs on that good brother, the two fierce generals lifted him by the left and right, and without saying a word, hoisted him up and dragged him away...
Dragged away...
Ah, they truly loved the country!
It was definitely not a guilty conscience...
Therefore, once these new regulations were made public, all these executives acted honestly and followed the new regulations at the very first moment.
Meanwhile, some peers who lacked the qualifications to attend the meeting originally thought that after these new regulations came out, these executives would hint, prompt, or instruct them to oppose together or do something.
As a result, there was not a single peep of movement?!
Some executives even announced the dissolution of their companies immediately after the new regulations came out.
Even if they had to lose money out of pocket, they had to dissolve at the first possible moment.
Without a single complaint, without a single shred of hesitation, and without a single ripple of movement...
Therefore, those with connections or cleverness also honestly carried out the new regulations.
Without saying a single word, they simply worked in silence...
Meanwhile, those who neither had connections nor considered themselves clever, or who wanted to achieve certain hidden goals, constantly picked out these new regulations line by line, sentence by sentence, and word by word to argue over them.
The result was that less than half a day after the new regulations came out, they sparked nationwide discussions.
There were those who supported them;
There were those who opposed them;
There were the orderly neutrals who were only responsible for quietly watching the show;
And there were the chaotic neutrals who repeatedly jumped back and forth, liking a topic today and casually forwarding it to someone with the exact opposite opinion.
Tomorrow, they would downvote something over there and start flaming people in someone else's name.
Naturally, there was also no shortage of malicious people participating in the discussions.
Those who understood their motives understood them, and for those who didn't, explaining was useless.
Therefore, for quite some time now, the melon-eating onlookers at home had it so good!
Either some celebrity's public persona completely collapsed, or some celebrity went into retirement.
Of course, aside from having gossip to consume, everyone's flaming techniques had also achieved a qualitative leap under the baptism of massive practical combat.
To summarize: centered on mother, with father as the radius, making a full circle around eighteen generations of ancestors.
Win, and both parents remain alive.
Lose, and the entire family tree ascends to heaven.
Extremely thrilling!
Therefore, when Elder Zhou found Guo Yi, he discovered that he was holed up in his own room while the entire room was projecting various domestic forums.
As for him, he was munching on melon seeds while reading all sorts of gossip...
"Are you this bored?"
Elder Zhou walked through the projections and sat down beside Guo Yi. "What's so interesting about these?
Are your Universal Treatment Pod project and longevity project all done?"
"Those don't matter whether they're done today or tomorrow.
Let's watch the commotion first. Don't you think the outside world is wildly interesting right now?" Guo Yi held a handful of melon seeds, cracking them while looking left and right. "Look, look right there~ This guy looks like a sissy on the surface, but he's actually being used as a cannon fodder..."
"..."
Elder Zhou looked at the excited Guo Yi and chuckled helplessly. "Alright, stop gossiping.
You aren't a melon-eating onlooker, why are you paying attention to these things meant to divert attention?
I came to find you—"
"Divert attention?" Guo Yi heard Elder Zhou's words and quickly interrupted. "The country brought this about?"
"Otherwise?" Elder Zhou looked at Guo Yi's thoroughly curious expression, knowing that without making things clear to him, they probably couldn't discuss anything else.
Thus, Elder Zhou also picked up a handful of melon seeds, cracking them as he calmly said, "Did you think nationwide discussions could be stirred up without the country nodding in agreement?
Not to mention, in less than half a day, it reached near-universal discussion and has maintained its popularity for so many days."
"!!!Y"
Guo Yi was so startled he forgot to crack his melon seeds. "Tell me, what's going on!"
"It's very simple." Elder Zhou explained casually to Guo Yi. "Didn't we submit the summary report of the twenty-year plan some time ago?
Ever since then, the country has been negotiating and making arrangements based on the summary document.
All the details were finalized a few days ago, and action was taken immediately.
As for the signal that the action had begun, it was this nationwide discussion about the entertainment industry."
"???"
Guo Yi was completely baffled by Elder Zhou's words. "What do entertainment industry matters have to do with our actions?"
"We didn't want those melon-eating onlookers discussing matters like enterprise transformation or equipment upgrades, so we let the entertainment industry step out to attract attention.
That way, those enterprises could quietly undergo their transformations or equipment upgrades.
As for those people who would still pay attention to and investigate those enterprises during such times, the Special Operations Bureau will take care of them...
And didn't you say manpower wasn't enough?
We can also use this opportunity to trim down the entertainment industry so that just any Tom, Dick, or Harry doesn't run off to chase starlight dreams."
"As expected, people who play tactical games are pitch-black to the core!"
Upon hearing Elder Zhou's reply, Guo Yi also understood the current situation.
Simply put, some enterprises were so massive that even the slightest movement might attract the attention of the melon-eating onlookers.
If it were merely discussions among a small minority of onlookers, that would be fine, but the real fear was triggering large-scale discussions or even drawing the scrutiny of "interested parties."
By then, if it could be suppressed, fine; if it couldn't, it would become a massive headache.
Therefore, to prevent accidents, they simply tossed out some irrelevant matters for the entire populace to discuss.
This way, they didn't have to worry about the melon-eating onlookers discussing things that shouldn't be discussed.
They could even squeeze out excess human resources from the entertainment industry.
It truly killed multiple birds with one stone...
"Wait, Elder Zhou, how do you know about this?"
"I've done similar things in the past, just not on this scale..."
Guo Yi looked at Elder Zhou's nonchalant expression, and his heart could only remark: This is so rabbit-like!
"Alright, the gossip is over, let's talk business!"
Subsequently, Elder Zhou brought up a public notice from who knows which obscure forum section: The theme of this year's Wan Family Military Exhibition is: Infantry.
Currently, multiple enterprises have stated that they will display the latest experimental individual infantry equipment—Exoskeleton Armor—at the exhibition...
"A month from now, our domestic city of Shuangshui will host the Wan Family Military Exhibition.
I want to ask if you have any simpler, lower-tech, and reasonable exoskeleton armor on hand that can be sold."
Elder Zhou sighed and looked at Guo Yi gloomily. "Originally, we had an exoskeleton project team.
However, ever since your Qiongqi Armor was sent to their project team, they all went off to research and develop your Qiongqi Series.
The original exoskeleton project has already been halted..."
Guo Yi spread his hands. "Blame me then... Not interested, don't want to do it..."
"The factory is out of money, and I fought hard to secure this external order.
The people above originally intended to muddle through it; after all, the other families at most only have a single experimental prototype."
Hearing Guo Yi's words, Elder Zhou nodded calmly, speaking as if to himself, "Sigh, since you don't want to take the order, we'll just have to suffer for a year.
Once those enterprises finish their transformations, stabilize, and their funds return, we'll go into full production then..."
"Wait, we're out of money?"
Guo Yi looked at Elder Zhou in astonishment. "It's only been about a month, didn't we have a 5 billion fund before?"
"A nuclear-powered aircraft carrier with electromagnetic catapults costs a minimum of 50 billion to build.
How much do you think your Space Battleship requires?"
"..."
Fine, he had dug a pit and buried himself once again.
When arranging the production plan earlier, the Space Battleship was originally intended to be built at a slower pace.
However, Guo Yi didn't want to wait.
Anyway, as long as Guo Yi spoke up, materials, venues, manpower, and everything else would be supported by the upper levels at the very first moment.
Except for money...
Therefore, Guo Yi directly dropped the hammer: eleven Gundams and one Gundam space mothership manufactured simultaneously.
The result was precisely this...
In one month, the 5 billion in funds had been nearly consumed...
Because of this, Guo Yi gritted his teeth and said directly to Elder Zhou, "Apart from the production cost, I want all the net profit from whatever gets sold!"
As for Elder Zhou, upon hearing Guo Yi's words, his face turned utterly eccentric, wearing a smile that wasn't quite a smile. "Very well."
Thanks to the tycoon "Feng Yunyi" for the tip!
Thank you very much!