Seeing that everyone had accepted the setting of the Dark Council, Fang Yuan then said, "Alright, the meeting is about to begin. There is a button on the armrest of the council members' seats. Press and hold it to speak."
After speaking, Fang Yuan left, leaving everyone looking at each other in bewilderment.
A meeting?
Where were the others?
Just as doubts arose in their hearts, many beams of light suddenly burst from the front of the hall. After a series of light and shadow movements, the representatives discovered they seemed to have entered a meeting site.
In the center was a large oval conference table. Three council members sat at the round table, while the others were behind them.
Everyone was shocked, thinking they had been transported through space. It took a long time to realize that these were all illusions.
Holographic projection technology!
Fang Yuan had created these using the Kryptonian intelligent terminal he brought from the World of "The Flash." For now, there were only a few.
Where had the representatives of this era ever seen such a thing? Their eyes were nearly popping out of their heads.
Their awe of the Dark Council's power increased by several degrees.
There were a total of nine seats at the round table. The council members in those seats, including Moni Scana and the other two representing Morgan, all wore identical white smiley-face masks.
Only one person was different.
It was the person sitting in the head seat of the meeting. He was completely shrouded in darkness, except for his mask, which depicted a man with a black mustache and a pointed beard. Most notably, a terrifying, eerie smile hung on the mask.
It was the Guy Fawkes mask, the one worn by the protagonist in "V for Vendetta."
Fang Yuan thought it was cool, so he took it for his own use.
This World didn't have "V for Vendetta," but almost everyone could sense a feeling of disdain on the mask.
"This person... must be the leader of the Dark Council, right?" one representative whispered, immediately gaining everyone's agreement.
Sure enough, it was this person wearing the strange mask who spoke first.
"Today we welcome three new council members. Let me introduce myself first. I am Fox, the current Speaker of the Dark Council."
The Speaker of the Dark Council was an important character Fang Yuan had created to serve as the big villain for Vought.
For a big villain in the "X-Men" World, the name naturally had to be Fox.
Those who know, know.
Fox continued, "You can also call me by my title—the Black King!"
"Black King?"
"Isn't that...?"
The crowd buzzed with discussion; they had all heard this name before.
It originally belonged to Sebastian Shaw, and now it had been passed down to the founder of Vought, Fang Yuan.
"I know your questions," Fox's voice was calm and steady. "But the name Black King was stolen from me by Shaw when he struck out on his own."
"Shaw's plan to destroy the World was rejected in a resolution by the Dark Council, so he took the Hellfire Club and broke away from us."
"Although Shaw failed as expected, he took many of the Dark Council's technologies with him, which were subsequently all pocketed by Vought!"
Fox's words explained to everyone why Vought had suddenly emerged with so much advanced technology; it turned out it had all been pilfered from the Dark Council.
The representatives grew even more excited.
"However, Shaw's death and the establishment of Vought also made contributions, prompting the Awakened to be able to act normally before the World."
"But Vought's philosophy of mere peaceful coexistence does not align with the Dark Council's resolutions. The Dark Council has now decided to let its members rule the entire World from the shadows!"
"Therefore, the Dark Council has also absorbed several ordinary human council members to become rulers of the World alongside us."
"I wonder if any of the new members disagree?"
Hearing Fox's question, the Morgan representative immediately pressed the talk button—
"No! I... we strongly agree!"
Moni and the other representative also hurriedly chimed in.
Ruling the World? Was this a joke?
To ordinary people, it might sound a bit chuunibyou, but in the eyes of these conglomerate representatives, wasn't this just their daily routine?
Isn't that what the Freemasons do?
Now that the Awakened had appeared, the Freemasons were no longer keeping up with the times. The Dark Council was equivalent to a Freemasons with Awakened members; the representatives present were very much able to accept this.
Subsequently, Fox briefly explained the voting rules.
"Council members have the right to propose resolutions, but they can only be brought up for discussion if the Speaker agrees."
"One council member, one vote. The Speaker does not participate in voting but holds the power of veto."
"In the event of a tie, the Speaker can choose to support a certain resolution or temporarily table it."
The Morgan representative looked at the floor. Besides the Speaker, there were eight other council members, and three of them were on his side!
He was in high spirits. If it came to a vote, his side only needed one more council member to share their opinion. As long as the Speaker didn't intervene, they could at least avoid resolutions unfavorable to them!
"I just don't know if Black Mask is one of the council members. If he is, it'll be easy to handle." The Morgan representative was already sketching a beautiful future in his heart.
But in reality, except for the three of them, the other five so-called council members were just holographic projections... This was just a trap Fang Yuan had set for them, making these people mistakenly believe the situation was excellent. But the final voting results would still depend on Fang Yuan's whim.
The Morgan conglomerate, Moni, and the others thought the Dark Council was a massive underground organization, but besides their group, the Dark Council consisted of only Fang Yuan himself!
Then, Speaker Fox got down to business.
"Vought's momentum is growing stronger. It is necessary for us to contain them."
"So, today's discussion topic is: whether to open the resource library and establish a company like Vought to prevent them from becoming the sole dominant force?"
The Morgan representative, Moni Scana, and representatives of other forces immediately perked up. They couldn't restrain their excitement the moment they heard "like Vought."
The World had suffered under Vought for too long!
Currently, Vought was a single company reaping the dividends of advanced technology, which indeed drew too much unwanted attention.
Fang Yuan also knew this well, which was why he thought of finding a business competitor for Vought.
This would not only avoid restrictions like the Antitrust Law but also divert the attention of anti-Vought forces, making them focus on this new company and primarily use business means to compete rather than resorting to dirty tricks.
Of course, the most important thing was that no matter how they competed, both sides were companies controlled by Fang Yuan. Even if the business World was turned upside down, it wouldn't hinder him from making money.
It turned out that the Father of Vought was actually Vought's greatest threat!
This resolution was passed with a vote of 6 to 2, and then it moved into the specific implementation phase.
After a period of discussion, various matters for the new company were also determined. Only the Morgan representative could manage to interject a few words; the others didn't even know what the council members were discussing.
Finally, Fox made the final decision.
"The company name will be Augustus. Its main focus will be computers, information technology, and medicine. As for shares, each council member will individually have 2%, and can also subscribe for another 5%. This portion will be managed uniformly by the Dark Council, but you will be able to enjoy dividends. Does anyone object?"
This time, the resolution passed unanimously.
2% of the shares was already a lot for such a large conglomerate. Pony Ma only holds 8% of Tencent's shares.
Fang Yuan also knew he had to give them enough motivation and didn't mind giving up some profit. Anyway, he was after the forces themselves; once they were fattened up and slaughtered, the money would come back to him.
Besides the shares allocated above, there was still 44% of the shares unassigned, which obviously belonged to Fox.
But no one at the scene expressed any objection. Moreover, after the resolution passed, everyone's respect for Fox suddenly shot up. It was clear that the Black Emperor Aura had taken effect.
It seemed the other party first needed to tentatively recognize him as a leader for the Black Emperor Aura to work.
Fang Yuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Now, within both the pro-Vought and anti-Vought groups, he had become the boss.
So, this was the true value of the Black King!
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