It's normal to develop some black technology in the future, right?

Chapter 366 Alpha's Offensive
Liu Chengqiang has been unemployed since he retired from the position of Secretary-General of WP (Worker's Party of Singapore) in Singapore due to his age. Apart from appearing in court to testify in the WP lawsuit and gaining some attention from the local media in Singapore, he no longer has any real influence.

He was naturally unwilling at first, but as he grew older and his network within WP declined and things went wrong, he had no way to make use of his remaining energy.

For Liu Chengqiang, the WP has gone from having no seats in Parliament to having 9 seats now. He is already satisfied.

It took six generations for the King of Qin to conquer the world. It will not be possible for one generation to shake the position of PAP (People's Action Party) in Singapore.

Liu Chengqiang has completely started living 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 times of the morning are gone.

As the former secretary-general of WP, he is still able to enjoy certain privileges even after retirement. He does not live in a HDB flat or with his children, but instead lives in the Admiralty Village built by the Singapore government.

This place was renovated not long ago. In addition to the excellent greening of the entire community, there are also community farms, terraces and community activity centers. It even includes a full-fledged retirement community with senior entertainment centers, medical care and commercial facilities.

After seeing this stuff, when you look at the so-called health and wellness towns built by various insurance companies in China, you will think they are all bullshit.

Obviously, as a benchmark retirement community in Lion City, Admiralty Village is not open to ordinary people. It requires an application system, and those who can live here must either have status themselves or have children with status.

On this day, Liu Chengqiang came to the community activity center after farming as usual, intending to find someone to play chess with to pass the time.

But after walking into the community activity center, he found something wrong. There was no usual sound of ping-pong balls crackling, only voices, and the discussions were obviously very intense.

Liu Chengqiang pushed the door open and walked in. He found that the old men gathered in a circle and turned to him. "Old Liu is here, come quickly."

"Sit down, sit down, sit down. You WP guys are going to be amazing this time."

"Your plan this time hits the target at its weakest point, and it goes directly to Temasek and GIC."

"You are really bold to even bring this up."

"I guess Mr. Li can't sit still any longer."

"He will definitely be unable to sit still. This is clearly an attempt to undermine his position."

"Lao Liu, come on, tell us what's going on. How come the WP is so bold as to propose such a bill this time?"

The old men talked at once, trying to get some gossip from the former WP leader. Most importantly, they wanted to know what gave WP the confidence 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 can I answer you?

I wonder what happened.”

After saying this, his chess friend handed him a copy of today's Lianhe Zaobao. The front-page headline was finally no longer about the progress of Light Armor Aerospace. Instead, what caught Liu Chengqiang's eye was a face he was very familiar with - Berian.

The title next to it reads:

"The biggest opposition* WP leader Berrian is trying to shake PAP's control over Temasek"

In this report, Lianhe Zaobao's reporter described in detail the management regulations that Berian recently submitted to Congress, and conducted an in-depth analysis of the contents of the management regulations.

After reading it, Liu Chengqiang was slow to react. He was wondering where Berian got the courage from.

Although Liu Chengqiang is a former leader of WP, he is very self-aware. In an interview, he stated:

“WP’s goal 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 come up with a complete alternative policy or approach. Such a request is too high and unrealistic.

All we can do now is to look at the PAP's policies and point out what is wrong. If possible, suggest some improvements and put forward some different philosophies and ideas from the policy approach. Supporters cannot unrealistically ask WP to come up with a whole set of alternatives."

Simply put, Liu Chengqiang never thought of shaking the position of the PAP. It is precisely because he has such self-knowledge that he can have a good end after retirement and receive preferential treatment.

Some of WP’s high-ranking officials who lack self-awareness have never received such preferential treatment. Many of them have been imprisoned after various scandals were exposed.

"Old Zhao, is WP going to get serious this time?"

"Old Zhao, you are really brave. You dare to discuss this kind of problem openly."

Most of the old guys who can live here have some knowledge.

No one thinks that this regulation can be passed by the Parliament controlled by the PAP, but the fact that this issue has been put on the table and sparked public discussion and attention is bold enough.

They even believe that this incident has the same symbolic significance as when WP won its first parliamentary seat, symbolizing that PAP's absolute rule over Lion City is further shaken.

“I don’t know. I’ve been retired for so many years. How can I know what WP is thinking now?

I have no idea what these young people are thinking and doing now." Liu Chengqiang waved his hand, "If you want to die, don't drag me along."

He was sure that soon some dirt on Berian would be exposed. At best he would resign, at worst he would be thrown into jail. There would be no other outcome.

Liu Chengqiang really didn't know where Belian got the courage from.

He believes in an old Chinese saying: Secrecy leads to success, while disclosure leads to failure.

Even if WP really wants to do this, it must be sure to launch a surprise attack on PAP, rather than proposing a proposal that is doomed to fail and thus provoke PAP and the Lee family.

It is important to note here that in Lion City’s parliamentary system, both the cabinet and members of parliament have the power to submit bills.

But power belongs to power, and actual operations belong to actual operations.

Lawmakers have this power, but between 1965 and 2010, they introduced only two bills, and neither of them was passed.

In essence, in a parliament that is highly controlled by the PAP, the power of WP MPs to propose bills is a nominal one.

At the presidential palace, the top leaders of the PAP held a secret discussion on how to deal with this emergency. Yes, in their view, the fact that the WP suddenly proposed such a bill was an emergency.

This made the PAP's top brass feel that the situation was getting out of control.

"Do we need to take some measures against Berian now?"

"No rush. The last thing you should do is let Lianhe Zaobao report this matter. Reporting this matter and then exposing the Berrian scandal will only make people think that this is a deliberate manipulation by the PAP."

"Yes, I think so too. We can target Berian after the bill is rejected at the third reading and public opinion dies down."

For a Lion City Bill to be passed, it needs to go through three readings. The first reading is when the MPs make the bill public in Parliament, including reading the title and explaining the reasons for submitting the legislation.

The second reading is when members of the Legislative Council debate and express their opinions on the content of the bill.

The third reading is the vote, and it will become law only after it is passed.

"How dare Berian? He is so bold. He is so bold that he dares to propose such a bill."

"The first thing we need to do is to get Lianhe Zaobao to stop reporting on this matter. Other media outlets also need to be threatened so that they can't report on this bill."

Lianhe Zaobao is affiliated to Singapura Press, which in turn is affiliated to Temasek.

That’s right, Temasek has deep control over companies large and small in various key industries in Singapore.

"What about the South China Morning Post?"

“They can’t give them main pages, or they won’t be able to survive in Singapore.”

The South China Morning Post is better because its major shareholder is Alibaba. Because of this, the South China Morning Post can often get the secrets of the Chinese people.

"Anyway, let Joseph inform these people that no one can make a big report on this news."

However, among the senior executives of PAP, there are many who have shown the green eyes sign when looking at each other.

The thought that flashed through these people's minds was: "Can't pass the third reading? What are you going to do if you pass the third reading?"

Obviously, it is just a bill and has not yet reached Lee Hsien Loong. But once the bill is passed in the third reading, Lee Hsien Loong will be unable to sit still.

This is to force him to hand over all power in Temasek Holdings and GIC, and to completely make Li Jiapo no longer be surnamed Li.

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 every month.

He could only learn about Alpha's progress in Southeast Asia from reports, and the initial reports gave him a feeling of surprise.

Alpha actually knows how to attract investment, and does a great job at it.

It is not surprising that Alpha cooperates with Adidas and some physical enterprises to use artificial intelligence to empower these physical enterprises. It does not surprise Chen Yuanguang.

He is well aware that there are a large number of small artificial intelligence-related startup teams in Silicon Valley, all of which are targeting B-side artificial intelligence.

Even Silicon Valley venture capitalists prefer startup teams that engage in B-side artificial intelligence.

Because in the eyes of venture capitalists, the C-end artificial intelligence giants are all competing, and you can't compete with the giants.

On the contrary, B-side artificial intelligence requires sufficient understanding of the industry to solve specific problems, which is an opportunity for entrepreneurial teams.

After learning that Alpha would not leave Malaysia and that the only way to utilize Alpha's B-side artificial intelligence was to build a factory in Johor Bahru, all the entrepreneurial teams in Silicon Valley who had seen Adidas' Johor Bahru factory breathed a sigh of relief.

If Alpha expands outward, they will be in trouble.

What Chen Yuanguang did not expect was that Alpha would help Johor Bahru attract investment in this way. Not only that, it was also infiltrating bureaucrats at all levels in the entire Johor state of Malaysia.

In just one year, Alpha has actually controlled more than 7% of the bureaucrats in Johor through coercion and inducement.

Princess Amina is the public face of Alpha Technology.

Alpha, through an organization called Matrix and its reputation for helping to attract investment to Johor Bahru, as well as Aminah's support, has effectively taken control of Johor.

What Chen Yuanguang could not have imagined was that Alpha chose not to expand to other states in Malaysia, but to choose Singapore as the next expansion point.

Instead of going north, you start going south.

The content of the report made Chen Yuanguang a little dazed. The intelligence level of this artificial intelligence was too high. It took advantage of the information gap to play a conspiracy.

He knew Alpha's complete plan. The management regulations were just a trigger, and the consequence of this trigger was great unrest in Lion City.

If the transfer of power in Johor was a subtle manipulation, then in Singapore it was an open and honest method to kill the PAP according to the rules of the game in Singapore.

After watching it, Chen Yuanguang wondered whether Li Xianlong would directly overturn the table, and if so, how Alpha would respond.

Lee Hsien Loong, who has been promoting in public opinion that Singapore is not the Lee family's Singapore, and who is not power-hungry himself, will really be able to tolerate the unknown forces devouring his power in such a situation. Will he choose to take off the mask he has put on with great difficulty and reveal his true face?

All past operations can be said to be within the existing framework of Lion City, and in essence they are still offensives launched using information advantages. However, if the opponent turns the table, what measures will Alpha, as an artificial intelligence, take to respond? This makes Chen Yuanguang even more curious.

"Jia Jia, are you worried about artificial intelligence replacing humans?" Chen Yuanguang asked.

Lin Jia wasn't quite sure why Chen Yuanguang suddenly asked this.

(End of this chapter)