Chen Family Banquet, an Old Acquaintance Beneath the Mask!

"Brother Su, we've completed all but the last step of the procedures, but getting an audience with Mayor Chen will probably take some time. This is going to be difficult!"

Standing before Su Mo, Sun Quan set down the permit covered in stamps, with only one blank space remaining.

By afternoon, with the Trading Point and personal connections paving the way, the procedures for the Trading Permit had proceeded smoothly to the final step.

But at this point, the others could no longer continue.

Under Tian Yuan Territory's current administrative system, every document application and matter was divided into five levels, from one to five.

Levels four and five could be expedited, and an audience with the mayor could be arranged within two days at the latest.

Levels one through three, however, received no such treatment. They had to wait until the mayor had time before an audience notice would be issued.

As luck would have it, the Trading Permit was classified as level three and had not reached the category of urgent affairs.

"What? You submitted the application?"

"We did, but there's been no response from Mayor Chen's side at all." Sun Quan shook his head and was just about to continue.

Suddenly, hurried knocking came from outside the laboratory.

After receiving permission to enter, Zhang Da came in from outside with an excited look on his face, his forehead covered in sweat.

"There's news! The Chen Family Banquet is being held tonight, and Carefree Good Workshop received an invitation too."

"They said... they said it's to commend the enterprises that performed well during the summer harvest. Twelve enterprises were invited in total, and our Carefree Good Workshop is among them."

"Perfect. Bring the Trading Permit with us and have Mayor Chen process it on the spot. Then we