Wages Slashed by 1,000 Yuan

Fu Junlin's words had stirred up a monstrous uproar.

The Zhonghe Institute, naturally, had reacted the most strongly.

"Absolutely outrageous!!"

A Zhonghe Institute executive said through gritted teeth.

Fu Junlin had slapped the Zhonghe Institute across the face before the entire Federation. By establishing the War Preparedness Faction, he was openly challenging the Zhonghe Institute.

And he even dared to reach out and demand money from the Zhonghe Institute.

That was really pushing his luck!

Yet Fu Junlin's move was actually a strategic retreat disguised as an advance!

It looked as though he was demanding money from the Zhonghe Institute, blatantly overstepping.

But in reality, he had left the political authority in the Zhonghe Institute's hands, making it impossible for them to convict Fu Junlin or overreact on the grounds of stripping him of that authority.

Fu Junlin naturally knew that the Zhonghe Institute could not possibly disclose its tax revenues publicly. That was unrealistic.

Now that he had preserved their dignity and left the political authority in their hands, they had to provide him with military funding, because defending the nation's territory was exhausting...

And the Zhonghe Institute could only keep paying, because refusing would be indefensible.

It would truly provoke resentment among the people who supported the War Preparedness Faction, triggering a tax crisis. That would be another major disaster!

Fu Junlin might even use it as an excuse to push for tax reforms and challenge the Zhonghe Institute on taxation as well!

"Hehehe, hahahaha... Who would have thought that after all our years of painstaking efforts, we would leave such a huge loophole for a brat to exploit?"

One of the black screens in the conference hall chuckled.

Another black screen immediately spoke up.

"Calm yourselves. If he wants to establish the War Preparedness Faction, let him