The Chief Grand Elder thought for a moment and said, "The Azureans in the Corgi Star System must indeed be driven out as soon as possible. Only when that region is completely stable can we develop it. The eagerness of interstellar civilizations to expand their territories shows that resources are vital to every kind of civilization. If we Earthlings want to establish ourselves in the universe, we must occupy as many planets as possible. Therefore, the Federation's demand for antimatter will remain strong. Grand Elder Zhao Ming, you can inform Chairman Shen of this. We must increase investment in antimatter production. There's no need to worry about recovering the costs."
Zhao Ming nodded.
"I'll report this to the Boss."
None of the others found anything inappropriate about Zhao Ming's words.
Although Zhao Ming was a Grand Elder of the Earth Federation, he was also an employee of Phantom Immortal Technology. No one could deny that.
Perhaps in the past, some had felt that having Zhao Ming—a Phantom Immortal Technology employee and thus Shen Bing's subordinate—serve as a Grand Elder of the Federal Government elevated Shen Bing's standing while diminishing that of the government's Grand Elders.
Now, however, absolutely no one would think that way.
Everyone present knew that Shen Bing himself was actually rather reluctant to accept a Grand Elder's seat. Rather than saying the Earth Federation's Elders' Council had offered him the position as a reward for Phantom Immortal Technology's contributions, it was more accurate to say they wanted to use that seat to bind the company permanently to the Earth Federation's war chariot.
Although Shen Bing and Phantom Immortal Technology's employees were Earthlings, and would remain so in the future, surely that was still less reassuring than having them sit together in the same room?
Everyone understood why