I saw everything

Chapter 390 Stuck
the next day.

Just as dawn was breaking, Irwin received a notification from Vice President Evan Elliott.

Although he knew what had happened, Erwin didn't give himself away at all.

Irwin had actually investigated this Vice President Evan Elliott the night before. This guy was not the founder of New Eden Corporation, but a member of the management team sent by the largest investor to conduct financial oversight.

Therefore, this person was unaware that Neil suspected Erwin, which allowed him to escape unscathed.

Of course, Erwin wasn't that stupid. Although he could pin the deaths of Neil, Aaron, and Jude on the Seres, if another company executive died unexpectedly in a short period of time, it was likely that Amelika's intelligence department would be alerted.

Without saying a word, Erwin arrived at the conference room in the headquarters building.

Upon seeing him appear, David Turing nervously waved and gestured for Irwin to sit next to him.

Irwin did not refuse; after all, they were senior executives in the same department, so it was natural for them to sit together.

David whispered, "Irwin, something's happened to the boss."

"What? Boss? What happened to Neil?" Erwin feigned surprise.

“Yesterday evening, when he was driving home, his car went out of control and was run over by a large truck. He has already died.”

"..." Erwin's eyes were filled with disbelief, then he asked in a low voice, "Why didn't anyone notify me?"

"Sorry, I just found out too. It seems Jude from the HR department also had an accident. What a coincidence." Even David, who was rather oblivious to social niceties, sensed something was wrong.

“Something’s definitely not right…” Erwin glanced at the head of the table on the left side of the conference room.

At the head of the table on the left, Evan Elliott also noticed Irwin's scrutinizing gaze. He was inwardly cursing, "Fuck them, do these guys suspect my boss is behind this and that's why they killed Neil and the others?"

Since Erwin had erased his traces last night, and also modified the data on the computers and mobile phones of Neil, Jude, Aaron, and others.

Therefore, barring any unforeseen circumstances, Erwin will not be suspected.

As for hiring a private investigation team to investigate Erwin, Erwin naturally wouldn't leave any room for error. Before taking any action, he sent an email canceling the commission and sending the remaining payment to their account.

At the same time, all online materials from the communication process between the two parties were deleted.

As long as that private detective team doesn't want to cause trouble for themselves, they won't come out and report Erwin's affairs.

Of course, Erwin did not let his guard down. Instead, he monitored the private detective team's every move through the internet, and if they made any unusual moves, he would strike first.

In fact, he had already planned it out. Once the dust settled, Erwin would use the same method to wipe out the entire private detective team.

After all, only the dead can keep secrets completely.

As for how to make their entire team disappear, that's too easy.

Although Erwin has not yet completed the final step of his plan, the AI ​​program in his hands could easily hack into Amelika's airline system.

Then, through the dark web, place a big order with this team, get them on a plane, and then control the plane to cause an air crash.

It's important to know that passengers are very unlikely to survive in air crashes, especially when the accident occurs at high altitudes, with a survival rate of less than 0.01%. In any case, Boeing planes have been crashing every few days in recent years, so they probably don't mind taking the blame for Irwin.

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The atmosphere in the meeting room was very oppressive.

Once everyone had arrived.

Evan Elliott then feigned a cough: "Ahem... Colleagues, I am deeply saddened by the departure of Chairman Neil and Manager Jude. May God bless them."

Everyone pretended to pray as well.

Although many people suspect that it was the financial forces behind Evan Elliott who eliminated Chairman Neil and HR Manager Jude, those who can become senior executives in a company are generally not very stupid.

Even David Turing, a science and engineering man focused on research and development, remained silent at this moment.

After all, they knew very well that if the capital behind Evan Elliott dared to kill Neil and the others, then they must have a way to deal with everyone present.

Although many people had started the business with Neil, no one was willing to step forward at this time.

People leave and things cool down; that's just how reality is.

After a moment, Evan Elliott looked up, glanced at everyone's expressions, and felt increasingly frustrated.

If he knew an old saying from the far East, he would exclaim: "I'm in a mess I can't clear my name even if I jump into the Yellow River!"

There's nothing we can do; the financial forces behind him seem to have profited the most from this incident.

It's worth noting that after three rounds of angel investment, Neil and his family's share of the company's stock has decreased from 85% initially to 16% currently.

The financial capital behind Evan Elliott currently holds 21.9% of the shares in New Eden Corporation, making it the largest shareholder.

If we bring in a few other angel investors, it would be easy to achieve a 51% relative controlling stake.

With the death of founder Neil, the management of New Eden Company will definitely be reshuffled. When raising investment, Neil signed A/B share agreements with various investors, but the premise was that Neil could manage the company well and guarantee to bring out a profitable product within the next two years.

Now that Neil is gone, there's no way to guarantee the continued implementation of the agreement.

Irwin knew Neil's family very well.

Neil's father, Derek Silver, is 78 years old and has been in poor health, so he is certainly unable to manage the company.

Neil's ex-wife, whom he separated from before starting his business, was also excluded.

Although his current wife and children have inheritance rights, she is just a small-time model with a high school diploma, and her child is not even ten years old. They are completely incapable of managing the company.

From these circumstances, we can deduce that the new management team of New Eden Company will definitely be taken over by a group of managers from angel investors.

Although this was not the outcome Erwin wanted, he had no other choice but to resort to this drastic measure.

After all, if he didn't take action to kill Neil and the others, his trip to Hong Kong to get the brain neuron repair drug wouldn't cause much trouble if it were exposed. However, if he used the project to do his own thing and that was exposed, he might not only be removed from his position as the chief technology officer of the R&D department, but it would also affect the progress of his project, which was something he could not tolerate.

Moreover, Irwin wasn't too worried about the emergence of the new management team.

Although physical elimination methods can no longer be used in the short term, Erwin can still dig up dirt on these people and then secretly incite them to fight among themselves.

As long as he stays in the R&D department, he can continue to leverage the company's resources to accelerate his projects.

If these guys are looking for trouble, Erwin will naturally use his backup plan, such as eliminating the mastermind behind the largest shareholder, leaving their team leaderless instantly. While this method has many drawbacks, it's undeniably an efficient way to resolve problems.

Although inwardly frustrated, Evan Elliott, the leader, tried his best to maintain his composure and, following the instructions of his behind-the-scenes boss, began to appease the former management team:

"Ladies and gentlemen, due to the unexpected passing of Chairman Neil and the lack of suitable management talent among his family members, I will become the acting CEO of New Eden Company as the representative of the largest shareholder. This is not just our idea; the other five major shareholders have also agreed to this decision."

Everyone was silent.

Evan Elliott continued, "At the same time, after discussion, our board of directors has decided to appoint Mr. Irwin Hansen as the company's vice president, while continuing to serve as the chief technology officer of the technology research and development department."

Irwin glanced at his colleagues and then nodded: "I accept the appointment."

Clap clap clap... Everyone immediately started clapping.

The executives secretly breathed a sigh of relief at the board's decision, as it at least indicated that the new CEO did not intend to make large-scale changes to the management team. Appointing Irwin as vice president was also intended to appease them.

Seeing that these guys finally cooperated, Evan Elliott secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Although he did have the idea of ​​carrying out a major purge of the original management, considering that many executives held a lot of original shares and that these managers had considerable influence in the company, it would definitely cause chaos in the company if they started to eliminate dissidents right away.

The board of directors asked him to stabilize the company, especially the technology research and development department, and not let these technical personnel be poached by other companies, otherwise all the money they had invested might go down the drain.

Therefore, Evan Elliott first stabilized the technical department led by Irwin, and other departments could be adjusted gradually later.

Once the company's product is developed, we'll consider discarding it after it's been used.

If the original team is kicked out before the product is even finished, then New Eden Company will truly become an empty shell.

Evan Elliott then announced that, with the exception of the late HR manager Jude, other department heads would not be reassigned for the time being, in order to ensure the company's continued operation.

Those present understood the unspoken meaning behind Evan Elliott's words.

That means if someone's department is poorly managed, then the temporary suspension of job adjustments might turn into a suspension lasting for days or weeks.

This is also a veiled warning to the management team, telling them to behave themselves.

After the meeting.

The original management team members also greeted Erwin, as if they wanted to promote him as the spokesperson for the old team.

Erwin chose to accept this.

After all, if he doesn't accept it, and the old management team is purged by Evan Elliott, he will be left to fend for himself.

He now only hopes to buy time, to delay until the part of the project where he secretly planted his seed is completed, so that he can proceed with his plans freely.

On the way back to the R&D base.

David asked somewhat sadly, "Irwin, would you like to go to Neil's house together tonight?"

"Yes, they must be very sad! Alas! Indeed, every pore of capitalism is filled with filthy blood." Erwin sighed, feigning grief and indignation.

David was somewhat angry: "Yes! Neil didn't fight them either, I don't understand why they would do this?"

"Who knows? We're just workers and technicians, let's not get too involved and just pretend we don't know!" Erwin didn't continue, but offered a few words of comfort.

Because he knew that the more he said, the more mistakes he would make.

Although David wasn't particularly cunning, Erwin didn't want to take any risks, so he guided David to define the matter.

David nodded. "I know."

The two returned to the research base.

In his office, Erwin suddenly felt a little dizzy. He quickly opened a drawer, took out a bottle of medicine, poured out a pill, and swallowed it.

After taking the medicine, he sat pale-faced on the sofa, staring blankly out the window into the distance.

'The side effects of that drug? Time is running out! God! Give me a little more time! I only need two years…'

Erwin's chest heaved slightly, and it took him a while to calm down. Then he opened his laptop and looked at the development progress of each sub-project.

"It's too slow, still too slow, especially the brain information transfer device and the human brain-inspired thinking program; their progress has severely slowed down the entire project."

Irwin also found these two key sub-projects challenging, especially the brain information transfer device. Since he was not a researcher in this field, he was currently only learning the technology on his own and incorporating its development into the project.

However, the technical level of the company's researchers is not high enough to realize his vision in a short period of time.

Faced with this situation, Erwin rubbed his temples, pondering how to solve the problem.

If he had a large amount of capital at his disposal, he could have easily spent money to poach the technical teams from other related companies in Beilian. However, he did not have that capital, otherwise he would not be living under someone else's roof.

To access New Eden's funds, it was necessary to persuade Evan Elliott and his board of directors. Although these guys weren't very technically savvy, their financial power was immense, and they could easily consult with the relevant technical personnel.

This is also a major reason why Erwin dared not casually propose poaching players.

It's important to know that large financial investment institutions and investors all have professional risk assessment departments.

For projects that require a large amount of funds, the other party will definitely conduct a risk assessment. Only after the assessment is completed and they feel there are no major problems will they allow the project to proceed.

Erwin himself had something to hide, so naturally he was unwilling to expose his intentions to the magnifying glass of these capitalist forces.

After much thought, he still couldn't come up with a good solution.

At this moment, he suddenly became very jealous of Jiang Miao, the founder of the Hailufeng Group, because the other party could control the capital of a large conglomerate, providing him with abundant resources for various research projects.

But Erwin's net worth is only tens of millions of dollars.

Tens of millions of US dollars is indeed an astronomical sum of money for ordinary people.

However, for many research projects, tens of millions of US dollars are not enough to cover the initial funding.

Even a skilled cook can't cook without rice!

Erwin is becoming increasingly anxious, as his health is failing and the side effects of long-term, high-dose use of brain neuron repair drugs are beginning to appear.

If he cannot complete his vision in a short time, then the outcome awaiting him will be to die with regrets.

(End of this chapter)