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He programmed them to be like that as the perfect invitation for him to start explaining his diabolical plan. This makes them come across as even more impressed because of the cynicism they started off with. Of course their support is completely pre-programmed, but that's fine for Molluck. He's not picky about whether his ego-stroking is genuine or artificial. That's why none of them pointed out the obvious flaw in killing the factory's workers, and this whole insular, big-headed setup of Molluck's is why he's been stuck in the middle of no where instead of being given any real power.
I mean duh.
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Or perhaps Molluck doesn't know that they're not real investors. Rupturefarms was doing so badly that the investors gave it up as a lost cause and stopped visiting. Toast used petty cash to purchase the holographic equipment and forced some of the more talented muds to program the animatics.
That is why they were so vocally disapproving and yet ultimately celebratory; Molluck would have been suspicious if the meeting had panned out in any other way.