On October 7, Chen Chuan's second day after entering Zhongjing, Committee Member Xiao came to Zi Ying Pavilion early in the morning to pick him up.
This time, the National Security Affairs Department had dispatched a special car and a large security detail. Traffic controls had been imposed along the route beforehand to ensure there would be no more traffic jams.
When certain Zhongjing Affairs Officers, social elites, or executives from major companies passed through this stretch of road, their World Tokens displayed an official notice informing them who was riding in the car and what rank he held.
Only then did they learn that the convoy ahead carried the newly appointed Affairs Committee Member of the National Security Affairs Department.
Chen Chuan's article supporting the Skyline had caused an uproar in the provinces, and his résumé had even been made public there. Zhongjing's media, however, had been more restrained, focusing only on the matter itself without giving Chen Chuan a detailed introduction.
Thus, many middle- and lower-ranking Zhongjing officials and members of society had not yet connected him with that article. Now, they could not help asking around about his background and origins.
In Zhongjing, the most important thing was to figure out which circles people belonged to and whose people they were. Not to mention that he was so young yet already a high-ranking official in a powerful department like the National Security Affairs Department.
With the roads clear, the security convoy arrived at the National Security Affairs Department in less than half an hour.
The National Security Affairs Department stood at the western end of the Tianyuan Hall Government Affairs Institute. From afar, the entire Administration Building looked like a massive gray-white dam rising from the ground at a slight angle.
Three ramps extended outward nearly a