Chapter 366 Alpha’s Offensive
Liu Chengqiang has been idle since he resigned from the position of secretary-general of WP (Worker's Party of Singapore) in Singapore due to his age. Except for appearing in court to testify in the WP lawsuit and gaining a certain amount of local media attention in Lion City, he has not done anything else. any real influence.
Naturally, he was not willing to do this at first, but as he got older and his network of contacts within WP also faded away, something happened one after another. No matter how unwilling he was, he would not be able to use his remaining energy.
WP has gone from having no seats in Congress to now having 9 seats. For Liu Chengqiang, he is already satisfied.
It would take the King of Qin six generations to conquer Liuhe, and it would take more than one generation to shake the status of PAP (People's Action Party) in the Lion City.
Liu Chengqiang has completely lived a retired life. Every morning he goes to the community farm to grow vegetables, and then goes to the community activity center to chat with a group of old men. The good time in the morning is over.
As the former secretary-general of WP, he was able to enjoy certain preferential treatment even though he retired. He did not live in a HDB flat, nor did he live with his children. Instead, he lived in the Admiralty Village officially built by the Lion City.
This place has just been repaired not long ago. In addition to the excellent greening, the entire community also has community farms, terraces and community activity centers. It even includes a senior entertainment center, medical care and commercial facilities.
After seeing this thing and then looking at the so-called health care towns built by various insurance companies in Laos and China, you will think that they are nothing.
Obviously, as a benchmark retirement community in the Lion City, Admiralty Village is not accessible to ordinary people. It adopts an application system. Those who can live here must either have status themselves or their children have status.
On this day, Liu Chengqiang came to the community activity center after planting the land as usual, intending to find someone to play chess to kill time.
But when he walked into the community activity center, he realized something was wrong. There was no sound of the usual crackling of table tennis balls, only the sound of people, and the discussion was obviously very intense.
Liu Chengqiang opened the door and walked in. He found the old men gathered in a circle, and then they all turned to him, "Old Liu is here, come quickly."
"Sit, sit, sit, you WP are doing great this time."
"Your plan this time is a big deal. It goes directly towards Temasek and GIC."
"You are so bold, you dare to mention this."
"Old Li probably can't sit still."
"He definitely can't sit still. This is obviously trying to undermine him."
"Old Liu, come and tell us what's going on. Why is WP so bold to propose such a bill this time?"
The old men are all talking, trying to get some gossip from the former leader of WP. The most important thing is to find out where WP dares to touch Temasek.
Liu Chengqiang was still confused and had no idea what was going on, "I don't even know what you are talking about! How should I answer you?
I still want to know what happened. ”
After saying that, his usual chess friend handed him a copy of today's "Lianhe Zaobao". The headline on the front page was finally no longer about the progress of light armor aerospace. What came into view was a face that Liu Chengqiang was very familiar with - Bellian. .
The title next to it clearly reads:
"Berrian, the leader who is the biggest opponent of *WP, is trying to shake PAP's control of Temasek"
In this report, a reporter from Lianhe Zaobao described in detail the management regulations that Berrian recently submitted to Congress, and conducted an in-depth analysis of the contents of the regulations.
After reading it, Liu Chengqiang didn't react for a long time. He was wondering where Berrian got the courage.
Although Liu Chengqiang is the former leader of WP, he is very self-aware. In the interview, his position was:
“The purpose of WP at this stage is not to replace PAP, and WP does not have the ability to replace PAP at this stage, so the public should not ask WP to propose a complete alternative policy or guideline. Such a request is too high and unrealistic.
All we can do now is look at PAP's policies and point out what's wrong. If possible, make some suggestions for improvement, and also propose some philosophies and concepts that are different from the policy guidelines. Supporters cannot unrealistically demand that WP come up with a full set of alternatives. ”
To put it simply, Liu Chengqiang has never thought about shaking PAP's status. It is precisely because he is so self-aware that he can have a good death and receive preferential treatment after retirement.
Some high-level executives at WP who are not self-aware are far from receiving such preferential treatment. Many of them have been found out about various black materials and imprisoned.
"Old Zhao, is WP serious about it this time?"
"Old Zhao, you are so brave, you dare to discuss this kind of issue openly."
Most of the old men who can live here have some knowledge.
No one thinks that this regulation can be approved by the PAP-controlled Congress, but it is bold enough just to put this issue on the table and trigger public discussion and attention.
They even believe that this event is as symbolic as when WP won its first parliamentary seat, symbolizing that PAP's absolute rule over the Lion City is further shaken.
“I don’t know, I have been retired for so many years, how can I know what WP thinks now.
I have no idea what these young people think and do now. "Liu Chengqiang waved his hand, trying not to hold me back.
He was confident that some dirty information about Balian would be exposed soon, and he could resign on his own initiative, or go to jail in the worst case. There would be no second outcome.
Liu Chengqiang really didn't know where Berrian got the courage.
He believes in an old Chinese saying: Things are accomplished through secrets, and failure is revealed through words.
Even if WP really wants to do this, it must be sure to launch a surprise attack on PAP instead of provoking a proposal that is destined to fail to stimulate PAP and the Li family.
It needs to be mentioned here that in the Lion City’s parliamentary setup, both the cabinet and members have the power to submit bills.
But power belongs to power, and practice belongs to practice.
Members have this power, but between 1965 and 2010, they only introduced two bills, and neither bill was passed.
In essence, in the Congress that is highly controlled by the PAP, WP members’ power to propose bills is only a nominal power.
At the presidential palace, PAP executives held secret discussions to discuss how to deal with this unexpected situation. Yes, in their view, it is a complete emergency that WP would suddenly propose such a bill.
This made PAP executives feel that the situation was getting out of control.
"Do we need to do something about Balian now?"
"Don't worry, the last thing you should do is let Lianhe Zaobao report this matter, only to report it first and then expose the scandal of Perriand. This will only make everyone think this is a deliberate manipulation by PAP."< br>
"Yes, I think so too. I will wait until the bill is rejected at the third reading and public opinion subsides before targeting Balian."
To be established, the Lion City Bill needs to go through three readings. The first reading is when members make the bill public in Congress, including reading the title and explaining the reasons for submitting the legislation.
The second reading is when members debate and express their opinions on the content of the bill.
The third reading is a vote, and it will officially become law after it is passed.
"How dare Berrian? He is so bold. He is so bold and dares to propose such a bill."
"The first task we need to do is to get Lianhe Zaobao to stop reporting on this matter. In addition, other media must also threaten them so that they cannot report this bill in a big way."
Lianhe Zaobao is owned by Lion City Newspapers, which in turn is owned by Temasek.
Yes, Temasek deeply controls companies large and small in key industries in the Lion City.
"Where's the South China Morning Post?"
"They can't give it the main page, otherwise they won't be able to survive in the Lion City."
The South China Morning Post is a bit better. The major shareholder behind it is Alibaba. Because of this, the South China Morning Post can often get the secrets of Lao Zhong.
"Anyway, let Joseph inform these people that no one can report the news."
However, among the top executives of this group of PAP, there are quite a few who have seen each other with the green eye symbol.
The thought that flashes through the minds of these people is: "Can't pass the third reading? What will you do if you pass the third reading?"
Obviously, it is just a bill and cannot reach Lee Hsien Loong. But when the bill passes the third reading, Lee Hsien Loong will no longer be able to sit still.
This is to force him to hand over the power of Temasek Holdings and GIC, and completely remove the surname Li from Li Jiapo.
Will he really give up?
Chen Yuanguang has not taken care of Alpha since he trained him. He just asked Alpha to send him a report on a monthly basis.
He could only learn about Alpha's progress in Southeast Asia from reports. The first report made him feel surprised.
Alpha actually knows how to attract investment, and he does it very well.
Alpha cooperates with Adidas and cooperates with some physical enterprises to use artificial intelligence to empower these physical enterprises. This is not surprising and does not exceed Chen Yuanguang's expectations.
He knows very well that there are many small artificial intelligence-related entrepreneurial teams in Silicon Valley, and they are all targeting B-side artificial intelligence.
Even Silicon Valley venture capital prefers entrepreneurial teams working on B-side artificial intelligence.
Because in the eyes of venture capital investors, the C-end AI giants are all trying to take advantage of them, but you can’t take advantage of them.
On the contrary, B-side artificial intelligence requires sufficient understanding of the industry to solve specific problems. Instead, it is an opportunity for entrepreneurial teams.
After learning that Alpha did not go out of Malaysia and wanted to use Alpha's B-side artificial intelligence, the only cooperation model was to build a factory in Johor Bahru. All entrepreneurial teams in Silicon Valley who had seen Adidas' Johor Bahru factory breathed a sigh of relief.
If Alpha expands, they will have nothing to play with.
What Chen Yuanguang did not expect was that Alpha would help Johor Bahru attract investment in this way. Not only did it attract investment, it also penetrated all levels of bureaucracy in the entire state of Johor, Malaysia.
In just one year, Alpha has actually controlled more than 70% of the bureaucrats in Johor through coercion and inducement.
Princess Amina is the flagship of Alpha Technology.
Alfa has effectively taken control of Johor through an organization called Matrix and a reputation for helping Johor Bahru attract investment, as well as Amina's support.
What made Chen Yuanguang even more unexpected was that Alpha chose not to expand to other states in Malaysia, but to choose the Lion City as its next expansion point.
Instead of going north, you start going south.
The content of the report made Chen Yuanguang a little confused. The artificial intelligence was too intelligent, and it used the information gap to engage in conspiracy.
He knew Alpha's complete plan. The management regulations were just an introduction, and the consequences of this introduction were great turmoil in the Lion City.
If the handover of power in Johor is a silent manipulation, then the Lion City is a set of methods that are openly used to kill PAP according to the rules of the Lion City game.
After Chen Yuanguang read it, he was wondering whether Li Xianlong would directly flip the table, and how Alpha would respond if he flipped the table.
The Lion City is not the Lion City of the Lee family. Faced with such a situation, Lee Hsien Loong, who is not a lover of power, can really tolerate the devouring of his power by unknown forces, or will he choose not to put on the mask that he has finally put on and reveal his power? His true appearance.
The past operations can be said to be within the existing framework of the Lion City. In essence, they are still an offensive launched by taking advantage of information. But if the opponent flips the table, what kind of measures will Alpha, as an artificial intelligence, take to deal with it? This makes Chen Yuanguang even more curious. .
"Jiajia, are you worried about artificial intelligence replacing humans?" Chen Yuanguang asked.
Lin Jia was not sure why Chen Yuanguang suddenly asked this.
(End of chapter)