Two in the afternoon.
In the dedicated general conference room on the second floor of the General Office building, staff from the General Affairs Division were helping personnel from the Second Patrol Division's Technical Office adjust the projection equipment, ensuring that everyone's signal appeared in the corresponding seat.
Zeng Shu personally supervised the work, while also learning how the people of Wanxuan prepared for meetings. When he came to work that day, he discovered that everyone around him had become warm and friendly. Even the people of Wanxuan regarded him with awe.
Such was the allure of power!
But Zeng Shu knew why he held this position, so he treated everyone with the same humility, courtesy, and fairness as always.
Time slowly passed. Once the Technical Office finished its checks and confirmed that none of the projection seats were out of order, its personnel withdrew to the adjoining room to await any summons.
The General Affairs Division staff began cleaning the conference room. With the help of the Dust-Cleansing Technique, they soon had the entire room gleaming like new. By then, it was already ten to three.
Yang Yuan suddenly appeared in the conference room. After an inspection revealed no problems, he instructed the Technical Office personnel to activate the Projection Signal.
The moment the signal came on, two figures rapidly solidified: Wang Xun of the Red Wind Sect, the bureau chief of Tide-Calming City, and Xu Bai of Tianyi Gate, the bureau chief of Peaceful South City. They clearly knew each other already and began chatting casually as soon as they appeared.
They had barely exchanged a few words when someone appeared in Screen North City's seat: Deputy Bureau Chief Qi Yan, the very same Qi Yan from the Mutual Aid Society. A bureau chief had yet to be