Decision
The Sequence Committee meeting was surprisingly broadcast online, marking the first time since the committee's inception.
However, Li Yingbo, who temporarily chaired the meeting, was unable to restrain these former committee members who were holding video cameras.
He was merely a temporary figurehead who chaired the meeting; he was not truly capable of sitting in the position of rotating chairman.
At this moment, Li Yingbo somewhat understood those powerless emperors of ancient dynasties; his current predicament was no different from that of those emperors.
Regardless of what Li Yingbo says or what resolution is passed, he needs to satisfy these former committee members; otherwise, the Sequence Committee will not be led by them.
The only saving grace was that the person being contacted at this moment seemed to be Ren Yisheng.
Ren Yisheng is also a key focus of their current discussion.
Li Yingbo felt that Ren Yisheng, presiding over the Sequence Committee, could resolve many issues. Not to mention suppressing the Sixth Sequence members, they at least had the confidence to fight back against the riots, and the petty villains of the Fifth Sequence wouldn't dare to even think about it.
This is the person Li Yingbo and others are currently trying to win over; they also hope that Ren Yisheng can break free from the rules and constraints of the old mansion.
Of course, many former committee members did not explicitly oppose it, but their current stance is that Ren Yisheng can come out, they should also be able to come out.
The matter is stuck here and difficult to resolve.
Li Yingbo and others wanted Ren Yisheng to come out, not for all the former committee members to follow suit.
The former committee members did not oppose Ren Yisheng, but they hoped that they could also participate and even exercise their power.
Li Yingbo felt this contradictory situation was absolutely terrible.
But when Ren Yisheng's voice came through the live video feed, mentioning that he could still return to the Old Age Mansion, many people began to feel that things were going to get very bad.
After much discussion, the person involved was even willing to return to the old mansion.
"Could you grant us permission to connect?"
Seeing that many former members of the sequence observation seats were starting to lose control, Li Yingbo had no choice but to make a request.
It's not a big deal for a former committee member to connect with an external party, but the fact that all the former committee members went to connect, completely ignoring the upcoming meeting, made Li Yingbo feel that there was more to the story than met the eye.
Ren Yisheng did indeed have many former committee members involved, and even shared similar interests with them, which is why the former committee members disregarded the rules of the sequence meeting.
If we weren't discussing Ren Yisheng right now, these people might have already left.
In a daze, Li Yingbo also began to grasp a feasible solution to the problem.
They can revise and improve upon the existing rules for the elderly, thereby ensuring that the order is stable and develops in a positive direction.
Li Yingbo asked for his opinion, and after thinking for a few seconds, Chang Kongluo asked again before reluctantly nodding.
After retrieving the visual equipment, Li Yingbo temporarily joined the live stream room where top celebrities gathered.
He lacked the equipment to project the message onto a large screen, but connecting an external speaker to allow the committee members to hear the message was not a problem.
"We only wanted to discuss academic matters!"
In the live stream, Ren Yisheng looked somewhat helpless and waved to Li Yingbo again.
When Li Yingbo turned the monitor and saw the familiar faces in the seating arrangement, Ren Yisheng finally understood why he had been nominated for discussion.
The top second-generation members of the Lineage, such as Chang Kong Yinghao, were seriously injured, while the relatively powerful Luo Hui team was almost wiped out. This team, which used to be on the fringes, started to gain a place in the hierarchy by relying on the Lineage.
Although this seat is temporary, it marks the beginning of their group gaining initial control of power.
If someone can stabilize the situation in one fell swoop, this temporary nature will be solidified, thereby gaining real power.
The bodies of many members of the Western Capital City Order Committee are still warm, but order must be maintained, which is why everyone is here.
Ren Yisheng understood many things after just a little thought.
But he couldn't walk the tightrope as Li Yingbo had suggested. He was no longer the person he was a few years ago, and he was well aware of how high the risks were for him regarding these seats.
This riot is not the end; it may just be the beginning of turmoil in the Scarlet Alliance State.
Beneath this riot lies an undercurrent that no Ren Yisheng could have foreseen.
Having been out of touch with current affairs for a long time, Ren Yisheng felt that his reactions were somewhat belated.
He switched the camera on the display device, then turned to the side and exchanged a few words with Zhang Xuezhou.
"Personally, I am willing to abide by the rules for old age. If in the future we have the ability to distinguish between genuine and fake old age and the remaining time of rationality, I would be very pleased that everyone can revise and improve these rules!"
After exchanging a few words with Zhang Xuezhou, Ren Yisheng's face returned to the live broadcast room.
He recounted his situation.
Ren Yisheng's account only concerned himself, but his statement made Chang Kongluo and the others look slightly unpleasant.
Without the involvement of the Mental Strengthening Chapter, whatever stance Ren Yisheng Ren Yisheng his own business, and the life or death of the other party is none of their concern.
However, if Ren Yisheng enters the Old Age Mansion while they do not, the matter becomes difficult. At least Chang Kongluo and the others believe that Ren Yisheng is unlikely to participate in the discussion or even lecture them on Mental Strengthening Chapter.
This is Luo Tianming's live stream, which means that Ren Yisheng and Luo Tianming have likely formed a united front, which will almost certainly block their space for promoting Mental Strengthening.
This will also require statements from Zhang Xuezhou and others who manufacture longevity elixirs.
The feeling of being manipulated in old age welled up in his heart again, and Chang Kongluo felt that things were going to be difficult.
Just a few words exchanged with Ren Yisheng in his live stream caused the alliance built by his many former committee members to collapse.
"Xiao Ren, you should know the treatment we receive at the Old Age Mansion. If things don't stabilize outside, living here will be like being slaughtered cattle," Zuo Lianguang cried out. "We've already faced death once. If this happens again, we won't even live to old age before we're poisoned!"
"This time it might be poison gas, next time it might be grenades, and the time after that it might be other deadly things," Li Qi agreed. "It's not that we don't want to go back to the Old Age Mansion, but our personal safety can no longer be guaranteed!"
"This term's Sequence Committee is utterly incompetent; they have no standing," Zhu Bufan said. "My good-for-nothing son also lost his life in this riot. If another one dies, I might as well stay out here for a few more years, at least to avoid them dying before me!"
"I'm merely stating my own views; you can decide your own course of action," Ren Yisheng said. "Of course, I personally find some of the current problems facing the Old Age Mansion difficult to bear, and these do indeed need to be addressed!"
If Ren Wuyang hadn't been so prescient as to enter the Twilight Mansion and seal off the many entrances, the Twilight Mansion might have already become a thing of the past.
While retirement homes have their place, if the safety of residents cannot be guaranteed, they become prisons where people can be slaughtered at will.
Ren Yisheng would occasionally chime in, which caused many former committee members to sometimes frown and sometimes nod in agreement.
Although Ren Yisheng was located in a medical center a hundred miles away and communicated via software, Li Yingbo, who was presiding over the series of meetings, discovered that Ren Yisheng had unknowingly guided the direction of the meetings and had become the person who actually influenced the decision-making process.