Shadow Well

"This is Ou Yunhai. He will be taking over as the head of the Commercial Department, a second-level department under the Manufacturing Center, and will be in charge of product operations for the Manufacturing Center."

"Nan Xing, he will be your deputy from now on."

Quite a few of the people present knew Ou Yunhai's identity.

That was why many of them were extremely surprised by Huang Yu's appointment.

Only Xilin and Nan Xing were unsurprised, because when Huang Yu established the Commercial Department under the Manufacturing Center yesterday, he had already discussed it with them.

Ou Yunhai was also somewhat at a loss. He had originally prepared himself to spend the rest of his life muddling along in an ordinary position in Huanyu Territory.

After all, his identity was special. He was both an enemy who had surrendered to Huanyu Territory and a former lord.

For someone like him, a normal lord might not keep him under strict guard, but neither should they give him the opportunity to come into contact with the territory's authority.

Yet now, Huang Yu had publicly appointed him as the head of a department with real authority.

This left Ou Yunhai with mixed feelings, along with a faint sense of being recognized that moved and invigorated him.

Who among the talented and ambitious would be willing to be buried in obscurity?

"Yunhai, welcome aboard."

Nan Xing spoke up to welcome Ou Yunhai. The others also applauded one after another. The head of a second-level department could be considered a senior administrator of Huanyu Territory.

Aside from the military department, which was somewhat special, his status was on par with that of the head of the Magic Pattern Research Institute, the dean of the Professional Training Base's academy, and the leader of the Crown of