From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 337: Statement and Advertisement

Although Baron Bass had some doubts in his heart before, when he contacted Her Royal Highness Agnes who was far away in Saint-Saunière through the "trial service", the reaction of this special envoy of the Princess Party was exactly the same as that of the Regent's special envoy Perseus at that time.

Moreover, the current 'quantum entanglement communication' technology is a more advanced version that was modified by Saleh based on the technical experience of the Jeram people in this area.

Therefore, Baron BASF's experience was even better than Perseus' at that time.

"If this communication technology is rolled out, it will definitely change the world."

Baron BASF's expression was still somewhat fanatical after returning to the reception room.

"Mr. Amber, your company has developed this kind of technology, and you just want to use it to make money?"

"What else? To publicly promote the development of the world? I didn't expect the Baron to have such a broad mind. He really cares about all of humanity~"

Amber said somewhat unhappily:

"You have seen the situation of Atlas these days. We have so many people to feed. How can I feed them if I don't make more money?"

"Well, what I said just now was indeed a bit presumptuous, please ignore it, Mr. Amber."

After being ridiculed by Amber, BASF realized that what he had just said was a bit inappropriate, and he also calmed down from his previous frenzy.

He sorted out his thoughts and continued:
"Like I just said, no matter what package Perseus and his team choose, please give us the same service. The cost is negotiable."

"Are you sure?"

"Sure. Since Her Highness Agnes has given me full authority to contact you, she has naturally granted me the corresponding authority." Baron Basf replied confidently.

"Then, Lord Baron, can you answer a question for me? Is this a collaboration from the royal family of the Star Dragon Empire, or a private collaboration from Her Highness Agnes?"

"Of course it's the latter. If it was a royal collaboration, I wouldn't be the one to talk to you about it."

After hearing the other party's answer, Amber nodded and said, "Before we continue the discussion, there is one thing I must explain to you."

Then Amber repeated the same words she had said to Perseus.

After listening to this, Baron BASF fell into deep thought, just like the Regent's envoy.

Then he made almost the same suggestion as Perseus, hoping that Atlas could be more neutral, and they were willing to make some compensation in this regard.
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A few days later, envoys from the two major camps of the empire signed an agreement on comprehensive cooperation with Atlas in the communications business almost simultaneously.

According to the agreement, they will pay an additional fee in addition to the "package fee" in exchange for Atlas' "relative neutrality" in the war, so as to facilitate their better cooperation and minimize the impact of negative public opinion.

What Atlas needs to do is to issue a statement to the outside world to express their position in this war.

In fact, Amber and the others had prepared this statement a long time ago.

Long before the war escalated, the Public Relations Department had already completed the drafting of relevant announcements, and making Atlas Group's position known to the public was just one of the items in the plan.
Soon, through the unmanned communication relay nodes that had been fully deployed during this period, a video statement released by Atlas' "external propaganda director" Shi Koti quickly spread throughout the Federation and the Empire.

The content of the statement is divided into two parts.

The first part is an introduction to the Atlas Group, including its business scope, corporate culture, etc. It also emphasizes that this is a company established by many like-minded "peace lovers" in the Thousand Star Empire.

In the second part, it is stated that the Atlas Group will maintain a neutral position in the current war between the two major human forces.

In this part, the video statement also included a real scene from the front line. This specially selected video fully demonstrates the cruelty of war.

At the end of this section, Shikoti also specifically stated that Atlas' humanitarian aid team will go to various fronts in the near future to set up temporary refugee shelters to provide a temporary place for civilians displaced by the war.
Since Amber deliberately chose Shikoti, an elf from the Thousand Star Empire, to make the speech, the credibility of this statement was immediately raised.

Under Lilith's secret operation, this video statement quickly spread among the people before the officials of the Federation and the Star Dragon Empire could react.

When people saw that it was an elf speaking, their first reaction was that it was very novel, but after listening they felt that it was very reasonable.

After all, in the eyes of most civilians who have never been to the Thousand Star Empire, elves should be such a "peace-loving" race.

The effect of this round of video statements also met Amber's expectations, and successfully implanted the idea in the minds of most people who saw this statement that "Atlas is a company based in the Thousand Star Empire that pursues development and loves peace."

Two days after the video statement went viral, when people were discussing "Atlas" on the streets, a new corporate image promotional video began to spread rapidly on the Internet. The ad began with a fierce battlefield camera shot and a picture of a post-war city ruins, accompanied by a heavy prelude music. Many people were instantly worried when they saw the little girl walking alone on the street and the armed men who were obviously "enemies" in front of her.

Then, a calm male voice sounded as a voice-over:

“There are some tragedies that we cannot avoid nor forget.

It will be etched in your mind till you die.
How do you respond when this happens to you?

Escape? Or accept your fate? "

The question was asked just right, causing people who saw the ad to frown and think about it.

Now that the war has broken out, such a scene is actually not far away from them.

Although they have not yet been completely drawn into the war, no one can be sure that this will not happen to them.

At the same time, the picture changed again. A huge gymnasium filled with body bags appeared in the picture. The number of these body bags was so large that they were piled up into a small hill.

"Do you feel like you can't think of an answer, that you can't find a way out?"

When hearing this, many people who were deep in thought even nodded involuntarily.

Then, the dark scene changed again, from pitch black to a heavy truck loaded with supplies rushing out of the tunnel.

The background music naturally changed into a melody that gave people hope, and the male voice in the off-screen voice-over also became somewhat excited.

“But now, we have found a way out by working together.”

"When you are devastated by war, we will protect you."

Armed men with the Atlas logo appeared on the screen. Amid the hail of bullets, they protected the little girl who had just been walking alone in the ruins and retreated to a safe place.

What's interesting is that in the ad that the Empire saw, the people who opened fire on the Atlas troops and the little girl were unknown armed men who looked like the 'Federation Army'.

But in the federal advertisement, it is just the opposite.

"When you feel hungry and cold, we will provide you with the most basic protection and shelter."

The scene changed again to a large number of Atlas armed personnel putting away their weapons and distributing supplies to the people with the help of HCP.

“When chaos strikes, we bring order.”

This time, the advertisement showed a group of armed thugs attacking refugees. When a large number of grenades were about to fall into the crowd, several lasers exploded them in mid-air.

Then, a red-painted HCP appeared like a hero and landed in front of the refugees.

From the specially selected shooting angle, this HCP looked like a tall guardian, raising its heavy shield and activating its deflection field to block all incoming attacks.

“Stability, security, and a chance to get my life back.”

"who are we?"

“We are pioneers who are moving forward courageously.”

"We are Atlas."

When Atlas' distinctive logo appeared on the screen, many people finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But more people are still immersed in the pictures and voice-overs for a long time.

After this "corporate image promotional video" spread like a virus during this period of time, Lilith, who had been monitoring the public opinion on the Internet, finally couldn't contain her excitement and appeared in Amber's office and said excitedly:

"It's exploding! The popularity has exploded, Master!!!"

(End of this chapter)