Online, the debate between fossil fuels and Clean Energy continued, and showed signs of growing ever more heated.
Fossil fuels were gradually becoming a whipping boy everyone condemned, while vigorously promoting Clean Energy was becoming a universal consensus.
Well, "universal" did not include a certain small handful of people.
Shen Bing's Weibo post was picked up by major media outlets both at home and abroad, though their differing positions led to differing interpretations.
On one point, however, they were remarkably consistent: Phantom Immortal Technology was bound to make a major move in the energy sector, and soon.
No sooner had Shen Bing returned to Rongcheng than he received word that someone wanted to visit him.
The news had not come through his secretary. Someone had called him in a private capacity, and that someone was Secretary Jiang.
Of course, Secretary Jiang was not the one requesting the meeting; he had merely accompanied the visitors. The people who actually wanted to meet Shen Bing were Minister Chen of the Resources Department and the heads of the country's two oil giants.
Sun Lan was the chairman of Huaxia Petroleum, while Zhao Jun was the chairman of Huaxia Petrochemical.
The two had come together to Rongcheng to visit Shen Bing with one purpose: to seek cooperation in the energy sector.
"I've long heard that Mr. Shen is one of the outstanding figures of our time. Now that we've met, I can see you truly are a remarkable man," Sun Lan said with a broad smile.
Sitting beside him, Secretary Jiang coughed and glanced at Minister Chen, as if to say, Isn't this laying the flattery on a little thick?
Sun Lan seemed to realize that his praise had been too blatant, and hurriedly added, "Compared with you, Mr. Shen, that son of mine