After quietly making a note of the checklist, the meeting soon turned to preparations for establishing the East Vanguard Training Camp.
Nie Chang spoke first, introducing the matter to Lin Yi. "Following the headquarters' decision, a working group has been formally established to prepare for the East Vanguard Training Camp."
"You'll serve as head of the preparatory working group and Chief Instructor of the East Vanguard Training Camp, while I'll serve as deputy head." As he spoke, he gestured to the major general from the General Staff beside him, a sharp-looking man of about thirty-five or thirty-six.
Liu Qiying immediately rose and saluted Lin Yi with a textbook military salute.
Nie Chang continued, "The working group will include the Training Camp Preparatory Office, which will handle all the practical matters. Comrade Liu Qiying will serve as its director. From now on, Comrade Qiying will be your main point of contact and report to you on the day-to-day work."
Lin Yi's heart stirred slightly at this.
"When Chief Li Zhenguo spoke to me earlier, he said they were inviting me to be Chief Instructor. As for the camp itself, he said a working group would coordinate with me. But looking at this setup, I'm not just a technical adviser—I've become the project lead?"
"Maybe I'm reading too much into it."
Lin Yi quickly suppressed his surprise. "Perhaps I've simply been given the highest-sounding title. The actual work will surely be handled by experienced officers like Nie Chang and Liu Qiying. My age is what it is, after all. The higher-ups might be worried about my youthful temperament, so they're flattering me with a lofty title while leaving the practical matters to them."
He thought that was a fairly reasonable guess.
Then Liu Qiying took a neatly bound document from his briefcase