[Earth Era, February 26, 2010]
[Western Calendar, Friday.]
[Xia Calendar, Gengyin year, first month, thirteenth day. Auspicious for praying for blessings, travel, moving the household hearth, setting up a bed, and breaking ground.]
The meeting was scheduled for ten that morning.
The night before, Jonathan had sent a private car to bring Qin Siyang, Li Tianming, and Qian Wendao to the State Government.
The three of them had rested there overnight.
But they were so excited that all three woke up early.
Before seven, they were already sitting in the conference room, rehearsing for the umpteenth time.
At nine thirty, Jonathan and the State Government representatives, Chen Zhongming and the City Hall representatives, and Pan Youguang and the district government representatives all arrived.
They would not be taking part in the meeting itself. Jonathan simply wanted to show how seriously he took this matter.
Qin Siyang and the others were deeply grateful, because Jonathan's presence also lent them authority. It would help keep any overly arrogant attendees from speaking out of turn during the discussion.
At nine forty, the meeting channel opened, and people began requesting access to the video conference.
These were all people Li Tianming had screened and confirmed were genuinely interested in the Vine Heart and had the means to compete for it.
Li Tianming had sent them the meeting time and link.
The computer controlling admission to the meeting was the laptop in front of Li Tianming.
Each time he admitted someone, he carefully crossed their details off the spreadsheet on his tablet.
Watching Li Tianming work with such meticulous care, Qin Siyang admired him inwardly. He truly lived up to his reputation as a heavyweight in scientific research.
As the meeting's moderator, Qian Wendao controlled the conference room's screen display.
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