"Honestly, at first we all thought you were just scamming for funding, fishing for Investment, and making empty promises. We never expected you to be serious."
The first thing the guests who had come from afar said nearly made Lu PingAn lose his composure.
".Actually, you weren't wrong back then."
"Heh heh, you're joking again."
A year ago, Lu PingAn had not been qualified to meet the people before him. Half a year ago, Lu Mouren had only just earned a place at the negotiating table. But now, these high-ranking officials spoke to him with nothing but respect and admiration.
This respect did not come from status or position. It came because someone had truly fulfilled his promises and accomplished a miraculous feat that outsiders had not even dared imagine.
Back when Lu Mouren had sought Investment, he had promised to establish a City-State belonging to the East Country People on this land, seamlessly integrate them into the New Country, make the locals regard East Country culture as dominant, and gradually industrialize and modernize this world...
"Even within our own ranks, our private assessment was that it would be remarkable if you accomplished ten percent of it. Many even suspected that you were just trying to scam a round of funding and leave. Yet in less than a year, most of your promises have either already been fulfilled or are well on their way. It's truly incredible."
The speaker was from the special task force dispatched from Wanjing in the Eastern Kingdom. In a sense, they were Imperial Envoys.
"Haha, I didn't expect it either."
Lu PingAn laughed it off. He truly had not expected that, looking back, the promises he had made back then were now seven or eight tenths fulfilled.
If Lu PingAn had not kept delivering on