Day 1 of Week 35, Year 1305 of the New Century.
A medium-scale experimental project design proposal and its corresponding reservation application lay on the desk of Mr. Shi Wo, president of the Red Silicon Star System division of "Deep Blue World."
With "Deep Blue World" resources running tight lately, all related applications had been restricted and had to be personally reviewed by Shi Wo. This undoubtedly increased his workload, reduced efficiency, and brought conflicts into focus, leaving many issues with no room for maneuver.
The question was, why should he maneuver?
So what if there were conflicts? Without conflict, where would the profit come from?
He had already been kicked aside once. After finally gaining a foothold in this remote, turbulent star system, and with retirement age looming, shouldn't he seize the chance to make a few more gains before stepping down? Was he supposed to wait until his doorstep was deserted before regretting it?
Thus, Shi Wo was brimming with enthusiasm toward the project applications filling his office interface, and full of fighting spirit toward all the people lingering outside his office.
Hundreds upon thousands of project applications had first been processed by intelligent and human secretaries, pre-classified according to internal priority levels, before finally being presented to him.
The first thing that caught his eye was that medium-scale project application, specially marked—meaning that, no matter what, this reservation application held the highest priority.
Shi Wo was somewhat resistant to that, because it basically meant he would have a hard time skimming much profit from it.
With a stern face, he opened the relevant application documents and first examined the project design proposal... The signatures and seals at the end involved several core departments of the Red Silicon Star System and Star Ring City.
Then he confirmed that