As they watched Gu Weiyang depart amid a wash of colored light, everyone let out a soft sigh.
Olof was the first to speak. "Yu Jianyun, remember to let me know before you hold your meeting in Zone 1."
Yu Jianyun asked, "What are you planning to do?"
"Help fulfill Gu Weiyang's last wish."
At that, Yu Jianyun first glanced at Olof, then turned his gaze to Qin Siyang.
Qin Siyang gave no response.
Personally, he had no interest whatsoever in becoming Minister of Armaments.
Qin Siyang had made headway with the Military, the Merchants' Association, and the Mining Industry, already placing himself at the very pinnacle of power in the Safe Zone. On top of that, his sudden intervention today, leading everyone out of certain death, had raised his prestige to unprecedented heights.
Besides, Minister of Finance Chu Zhongxiong, Minister of Administration Tang Wangong, and Minister of Justice Sun Linshou were all close friends of his.
Adding the title of Minister of the Armaments Department would merely be icing on the cake.
So whether he took the position seemed to make little difference to his personal standing or future prospects.
Yet it would demand a tremendous amount of his time and energy.
He could easily imagine that becoming Minister of the Armaments Department would mean having to deal with the people of Zone 1.
Conflict would be inevitable, and a peaceful life would become a distant dream.
It would be asking for trouble, plain and simple.
No matter who tried to persuade him to take a post in the United Government, he would refuse outright.
But this had been Gu Weiyang's only dying wish.
A man who had devoted everything he had to the Safe Zone had left behind just that one sentence.
"I believe Qin Siyang is the