Hidden Moth-Chapter 591 - 340: Yesterday’s Promise and Escaping the Cause (Part 3)
Hu Weidong had promised Mei Lin in advance that he would cooperate with her during the discussion on the leak incident at this meeting, but now he is proposing an exchange of conditions.
This implies that, in Hu Weidong's mind, the cooperation he reached with Mei Lin comes with preconditions. Johnson's actions just now and Mei Lin's reaction have already undermined the basis of that promise.
It's like an old customer saying to a shopkeeper, since their relationship is so good, could he get a 20% discount on purchases. The shopkeeper agrees, but the customer then stabs the shopkeeper in the back... can the shopkeeper still offer a discount?
This is no longer a matter of giving a discount!
Perhaps in Mei Lin's view, as long as Hu Weidong promises her something, he must deliver, regardless of how she suppresses and tests him afterward, Hu Weidong has to fulfill the promise.
However, she didn't expect that Hu Weidong's promise has implicit preconditions, or rather, she has botched it this time.
The venue fell into an eerie silence again, until Hu Weidong spoke: "As per usual, if no one expresses their stance by this time, it means abstention."
Arthur nodded without saying anything, indicating his abstention, and another ordinary elder also subsequently abstained.
Mei Lin took a deep breath and said, "I abstain!" Fabre paused for a moment, then also declared his abstention.
Twelve people participated in the vote, eight agreed, and four abstained, and the proposal passed. Johnson not only got a beating and was thrown out, but was also immediately stripped of his elder status.
As for the nomination of a new elder and the final decision, Arthur announced that it would be discussed in the next meeting.
Next, they finally proceeded to the main agenda of this meeting, which was the recent large-scale leak incident in the Xiao Alliance. The background of this issue is somewhat complex, and its nature has yet to be fully determined.
Since the beginning of this year, the Xiao Alliance has also started implementing a modern information management system. This is clearly in emulation of the Magic Sect, but it was more than a year late because they first needed to refer to Magic Sect's implementation experience.
According to the Magic Sect's experience, the first step is to develop an information management system, then input all member information and contact details, followed by dynamic tracking and management.
Information management has hierarchical permissions.
Ordinary disciples can only submit an inquiry request to confirm the identity of a specific individual. For example, if Zhang San encounters Li Si, and Li Si claims to be a disciple of the Observing Body Sect, Zhang San can apply to the Ancestral Hall Information Office to confirm if there really is a person named Li Si in the Observing Body Sect.
A steward-level has the right to access all disciples' data within their own sect.
An elder-level has the right to access data for all disciples across the sect.
He Kao handles registered information of all Magic Sect disciples (excluding elders) and has quasi-elder permissions.
The Ancestral Hall disseminates various notifications through this information system. Some messages reach the steward level, some reach high-tier cultivators, and some are conveyed to all Magic Sect disciples.
The information conveyed to all Magic Sect disciples is essentially an announcement.
Based on the above framework, the Xiao Alliance also developed its own internal information management system, with Mei Lin as the project manager. It is currently in the trial run phase, having only completed preliminary data entry work, and has not yet enabled information query permissions.
Once the system is officially operational, Supreme Council elders will have the right to access all member data of the Xiao Alliance. But currently, only Arthur and Mei Lin have this permission.
A few days ago, during system testing, a major blunder occurred.
The latest announcement from the Ancestral Hall, seen by the Xiao Alliance's upper echelons of course, was specifically discussed by the Supreme Meeting, which believed the information should be locked down and not disclosed to ordinary members of the Xiao Alliance.
The Magic Sect's Ancestral Hall does not have contact information for Xiao Alliance members, so the announcement cannot be sent to them. Even if someone hears related rumors and comes to inquire, the higher-ups will have a unified rhetoric, claiming it is a trap by the Magic Sect. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶
The specific content of the announcement is provisionally set to be accessible only by the Supreme Council elders.
However, when the staff input the Ancestral Hall's announcement into the information repository, because its title ended with the word "announcement," the system automatically recognized it as a notification to be sent to all members and thus automatically disseminated it to everyone...
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