"Every time we attend a meeting, these girls and people like us are brought by the elders to look for suitable partners." "Of course, since Mr. Siegel is a rather old-fashioned conservative, there are no gardens or small rooms here for young people to expend their energy." Aslan's face turned red when he heard this. During some high-society balls or dinners, young men and women who secretly like each other will secretly go to a small room for in-depth communication. Aslan had encountered this kind of thing before. In a sense, he was "temporarily grounded" after he expressed his doubts about the matter to his father. Of course, he understood that his father meant that he could use the excuse of 'grounding' to refuse dinner invitations like this in the future, and he would bear the responsibility. But it was precisely because of this incident that Aslan now felt somewhat embarrassed when looking at these beautiful girls. Fortunately, Uncle Siegel is a very traditional person, so even though some of his subordinates may have such thoughts, they should also tell their children not to mess around in such occasions, right? "Aslan, you still reveal your emotions so easily?" John smiled at Aslan's embarrassed expression and immediately teased:

"Don't worry, because of Miss Speaker, the women who are willing to come here are all relatively independent women." "Haha, compared to coming here to eat us bait, those girls would probably prefer to show their talents to the Speaker and join SDS and become a member of it." "Just like Miss Ju back then, and also like Ms. Koko who is currently working in the business department." Aslan heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this, and looked at John curiously, then asked: "What about you, John?" "Me?" John was stunned for a moment, then raised his hand to lift his hair and made a handsome POSS: "Since I came here, I must challenge the highest difficulty!" "Besides, wouldn't it be appropriate for a vase like me to be placed in the Klein family's house?" "Lacus?" Aslan was startled, then asked in astonishment: "How could you have such a dangerous idea?" "Dangerous?" John looked at Aslan in surprise when he heard this, and then asked, "I'm a little surprised to hear you say this, Aslan. Aren't you and the Speaker a childhood friend?" "Chairman Sarah asked you to come here on his behalf, probably to continue the friendship between our fathers, right?" "Why do you say Miss Speaker is dangerous?" Aslan was somewhat silent after hearing this.. 0 He couldn't say that the Lux he knew was different from the Lux the other person knew, right? In John's impression, Lux might be the perfect career-oriented woman with strong abilities, superb skills, outstanding beauty, and a special personality. She is a perfect candidate for the opposite sex. But in Aslan's opinion... At the age of 16, he could give orders with a smile and execute traitors of the organization. At the age of 17, in order to ensure that a certain dangerous gas would not spread, he ordered without hesitation to use saturation artillery fire to wipe out the entire town and its residents from the face of the earth. After encountering all these things several times, Aslan suddenly wondered whether his father had forced Uncle Siegel and the children of the two families to meet in order to make him afraid of women. Aslan felt that a woman like Lacus was even more terrifying than his father, Patrick Sarah.

What scares him the most is that Lux, who does such a thing, is actually called the new generation of dove leader, and someone like his father is actually one of the representatives of the hawk faction. Aslan couldn't understand why John wanted to commit suicide so much, as his best friend in front of him actually wanted to pursue such a woman. Is a woman like Lux the type to fall in love with a man? Are you people too concerned about your appearance? "Aslan, why are you suddenly silent? Don't worry, if there is really a secret that cannot be told, believe me, I will definitely keep it secret." Faced with his friend's question, Aslan was not sure what to answer, so he could only change the subject: "It's not a secret. Maybe it's because we've known each other for so long that I don't have any thoughts about Lux." However, in reality, the two of them only met a dozen times. Apart from the times when they were in childhood and after they turned sixteen, Lux was always busy with her career. At least before she was 20 years old, Lux kept everything she did hidden from her father Siegel. It was for this reason that Aslan saw the 'real' side of the pink-haired woman during their brief few meetings. Although a ritual was set to prevent the secret from being leaked, Aslan's impression of the so-called moderate beauty was completely destroyed. If he really wants to find a partner, he would prefer someone who is a little tough, not very good-looking, but who speaks his mind. Rather than the 'gentle type' who looks gentle but is actually scarier than anyone else. "Because we've known each other for so long? I understand. It's just like my brother doesn't have any opinion about the maids at home, even though they are all very beautiful." John shook his head, seeming to agree with Aslan's words. In order to avoid a detour in the topic, Aslan immediately asked: "By the way, John, when does the department meeting start?" "Oh, you mean the meeting?" John was stunned for a moment, then looked at Aslan strangely and said: "What? Don't you know?" "What don't I know?" Aslan wondered. At this time, John said in a subtle tone: "The people in this hall are all 'nominal participants'. It was set up for social reasons and to provide a venue for the relatives of senior executives to meet." "You mean..." Aslan's eyes widened when he heard this. John nodded, and then said meaningfully: "The real department meeting has already started!" "Calculating the time, I'm afraid we have already reached the core stage!" Chapter 310 I hope someone is okay

The top floor of the Twin Towers. The incandescent lights illuminated the entire hall, making it transparent. At the top of the hall, on a huge C-shaped round table, figures in suits and ties with solemn makeup were sitting at the round table representing equality, holding this meeting. As the Speaker, Lacus Klein sat in the center, and on her left was Tachibana Kirika, the Minister of Operations. On her right was the senior executive, Hugh Carlyle, who was in charge of the commercial department. This is a very old man with gray hair, a hooked nose, and cloudy but sharp eyes. His hair is meticulously groomed and his suit is exceptionally neat, like the business godfather who often appears on American TV shows. To the right of Hugh Carlyle, the position of the Minister of Intelligence was supposed to be vacant. The participants in the meeting were not surprised by this, because almost all SDS members, even the senior executives of the department, knew the identity of the Minister of Intelligence. Everyone knows that the Minister of Intelligence exists, but no one knows who that person is. Perhaps Luo Shu was the only one present who had the leisure to observe his surroundings. He saw Shim in the back row of the audience at the conference very early on. The man had a dangerous hairstyle, was wearing a professional outfit, and had changed his hair color to black. 20 And on her name tag, Luo Shu saw that it said "Logistics Department" The Minister of Intelligence hides his identity and stays in the dark, and there are actually very few ministers who are in the open. The Finance Department has always been directly under Lux, and the Research and Development Department currently has no unified voice. Minister Andrew Bartfield of the Logistics Department sat to Luo Shu's right. On the surface, he is a veteran who has nothing to do with Lux and has risen to his position entirely based on his own abilities. But Luo Shu knew very well that Andrew Bartfield, the man nicknamed 'Desert Tiger', came from the same world as Lux. He had been Siegel's right-hand man for a long time and had almost watched Lux ​​grow up. Seeing this unfamiliar situation with Lux, Luo Shu felt like laughing. As the last seat on the left, Luo Shu's secret management department looks inconspicuous. But no matter how inconspicuous it is, it is still on the C-shaped round table, and it is treated completely differently from the 'audience seats' below. "Then, let's start the third vote on the divestment resolution for the South American country of Barron." “The Ministry of Commerce agrees!” "Operations agrees." "The Secret Management Department abdicated." As a newcomer, Luo Shu usually abstained from voting in areas he was not familiar with. He was very clear that his "mission" this time was just to come to America and show up in front of many high-level officials. As for the rest, he actually had nothing to do with it. And what he wanted to do had actually been prepared by Lacus and Tachibana Kirika. So, he doesn't need to perform at all, just being there is enough.

To be honest, this feeling of being the mastermind is actually quite interesting. Especially when he already knew all the plans and was clear that the next plan was the key. "3 votes in favor, 1 abstention, the resolution passed." The staff who counted the votes quickly gave a resolution. Because the Finance Department is concurrently headed by Lux, the Research Department has no director, and the Intelligence Department is absent. The only ones who actually participated in the vote were the Operations Department, Logistics Department, Commerce Department, Secret Management Department, and Lux ​​as the Speaker. But as an issue reviewer, Lux basically does not vote. There are only four departments that actually vote. According to the rules, departments that were not present will automatically assume that their votes are invalid. If there are more than two votes among those present, or more than two votes in favor, the proposal will be deemed passed. As the Speaker, Lux retains a veto power. This voting mechanism seemed quite new to Luo Shu, who was playing it for the first time. Even if he abstained from voting, he still enjoyed voting. Soon, the staff reported the next topic: "The next topic is: Application for human experimentation with virtual reality technology." When the staff member finished speaking, the watches on the hands of all the participants lit up. Wearing professional receiving glasses, they can easily read the information about the topic. In an instant, exclamations rang out one after another. "is that a lie?" "What a joke!!" "How is it possible? How did this experiment pass the motion review?" The noisy atmosphere below did not affect the senior executives attending the round table at all. Lux looked at the document with regret, and sighed softly as if to say that she had already tried her best. And Tachibana Kirika sat there with a blank expression, like the iron-faced Bao Gong. Andrew yawned, as if he didn't care about such a small matter at all. On the contrary, Mr. Hugh Carlyle from the Ministry of Commerce had a serious look on his face, as if he was carefully studying the contents of the report. Luo Shu was just as serious as him, but what he was observing carefully was not the documents, but the reactions of the "audience" below. Although they are spectators, most of the people here are B-level personnel within SDS. People at this level are basically the ministers of local branches, regional commanders of action teams, or conference participants and true experts with certain authority to mobilize resources.

Luo Shu had to take advantage of this semi-annual department meeting to get to know these people better. Otherwise, if he needed to find someone to contact in the future but didn't know who they were, he would be in trouble. "Why would the Ministry of Research make such a request? Human experimentation? Virtual reality technology is not medicine... How can they get it approved under the United Nations law?" "And he required one million people to participate in the experiment. Is the Research Department crazy?" “Maybe not crazy, but the number of people in need should be quite large, otherwise they wouldn’t have proposed such an exaggerated number.” "So how many are you estimated to have?"