"Dear Sir, I have received Volume One of The Original Treatise. After reading it, I was deeply impressed..." The next 2,000 words of reading comprehension and literary appreciation have been omitted.
"However, I do have a few small suggestions that I hope to discuss with you..." The next 5,000 words of comments, attached research materials, and outlines have been omitted.
"Additionally, in Chapters Five and Six, you systematically explained the opposing relationship between class conflict and nationalism. I've attached a few small studies of my own, which I've organized into three pieces: On Organizational Structure, Militia Training Manual, and A Strategy for Surveying Public Sentiment. They could be published as supplements to The Original Treatise. Of course, if that would cause trouble, they could be distributed as pamphlets instead. I'll leave that matter to you and your secretarial team to discuss."
As far as Yu Lian knew, Mr. Qi's secretarial staff was now divided into three groups: the capable writing secretaries and editorial assistants he'd employed back when he was a writer and university professor; the professional campaign consultants he'd hired from his hometown after formally deciding to run for governor of the New Shenzhou Sector; and, finally, the "returning overseas elites" brought back by Tian Jiyuze, Seldy Stock, and the other members of the Celestial Domain Students' Association.
Put simply, the first two groups were there for errands and campaigning. The last group was Mr. Qi's true core team of secretaries, though their average age was only a little over twenty-five.
There was also a student named Yang Mingzhao among these young people. He'd joined the secretarial team as an intern. Naturally, everyone knew he was a third-generation disciple of the Spirit Research Society, and they assumed Yu Lian had sent Mr. Qi and the others a bodyguard. The