Tai Yu answered Ming Fan's question without hesitation:
"Leto is Bifur's trusted subordinate, a senior member of the Great Horn Fleet, and completely tied to Bifur. He's practically half his steward and an agent for part of his business... Did Madaruvir think of Bifur because of him?"
Tai Yu snapped his fingers. "Exactly. They say that after Ji Xiu and Da Xin merged, this man began attending senior meetings frequently. There are rumors within the laboratories that they might get swept up by the Great Horn Fleet someday."
"Whether they get swept up or not aside, if Leto is handling matters for the joint laboratory, then they really are here to do serious business."
Tai Yu found that strange. "The way you put it, Tabler sounds like he's neglecting his real work. The intelligence you gave me says Tabler also manages many of Bifur's industries... Compared with Leto, who's more important?"
Ming Fan replied, "Bifur's businesses can be divided into two parts. One is for 'building connections,' mostly overseen by Bifur himself before being handed to Tabler to operate. Profit and loss don't matter for that part; it only exists to 'make friends.' The other is genuine 'wealth accumulation.' Much of it is intertwined with Great Horn Fleet business, to the point that the two can barely be distinguished. Leto oversees this portion of the business empire. He's an operations talent."
Tai Yu understood a little. "Using public resources for private gain—looks like that happens everywhere in the universe."
Ming Fan nodded slightly. "Once an organization with such rigid hierarchies as the Great Horn Fleet develops that kind of problem, it inevitably grows through fission. The Great Horn Fleet's strength has clearly declined these days. The Red Silicon Star System has also hired them to fight Extraterritorial Species, but they