It was his first time attending a formal meeting, and Yan Jue was still a little nervous.
However, once the meeting began and people from various departments discussed how to handle the overseas live broadcast and domestic preparations, the solemn meeting scene he had imagined suddenly changed. Every time someone expressed their point of view and others offered well-reasoned rebuttals or agreement, he imagined he had stumbled into a large-scale debate over the meaning of words.
Even Pan Wencheng, who was always kind and smiling, almost got into an argument with someone and became red in the face.
The filters of the bosses were shattered, and Yan Jue became more and more helpless as he listened. Anyway, it was not his turn as an outsider to express his opinions on decision-making. He just had to wait for the bosses to finish their discussion and then execute their orders. So he simply let himself go and concentrated on thinking about Noel's biography.
Although I didn't have time to ask 91 in detail, judging from the biography, there should be no external forces from other worlds in the continent of Atlantis, and the accident was purely due to a natural disaster.
This is a bit difficult.
A major natural disaster, no matter where it occurred, was a calamity beyond human control. Even if it could be countered, it would cost countless lives. Merfolk, a magical race that could only rely on their own strength and could not summon external forces, were practically helpless in the face of disaster. Even sacrificing their entire race would be futile.
Likewise, humans have no way to make disasters disappear. All they have are some protective preparations before a disaster strikes, and self-rescue measures after it strikes.
Yan Jue's eyes lit up.
There are still nine years before the disaster, so he can definitely work towards this goal.
The disaster of Atlantis was not without warning, and the mermaid race was not completely unaware of the disaster that would occur many years later. Noel's father suddenly wanted to build a land base. Wasn't it because he foresaw the changes on the seabed that he planned to do so?
Unfortunately, the disaster was the collapse of the seabed, which was a completely earth-shattering change. It was impossible for the land to escape unscathed. Noel's father had good foresight, but he misjudged the direction and severity of the natural disaster. But no matter what, being on land was better than being in the sea.
Perhaps he should suggest that the authorities replace all the supplies traded with Noel's father with earthquake-resistant ones? Should the blueprints be changed as well? Speaking of which, where has Noel's father built the base now...
"Um?"
Yan Jue was halfway through his thoughts when he suddenly heard someone calling his name. He quickly came back to his senses and looked towards the voice, pretending to be calm and replied, "Go ahead."
The person who called him was the person in charge of this meeting and also the Minister of Propaganda. After all, no matter which step of the future plan was to avoid this aspect, so the Minister directly participated in this meeting, without having to pass on the message again in the middle.
At this moment, he was smiling, his eyes filled with strange kindness as he looked at Yan Jue and asked, "With regard to the publicity work we just mentioned, would you be willing to help out and be an interview subject?"
Just now? He had no idea what was said just now.
Yan Jue was extremely panicked, and because of his guilty conscience, he didn't dare to meet the minister's gaze, thus missing his expression. He didn't show it on his face, but nodded earnestly, "Of course, I'm willing to cooperate fully."
It was just a promotional interview, supposedly to show him how to use his spiritual energy after cultivating, and some of his own insights. As the current number one cultivator, it would be unreasonable for him to be unwilling to help with such a small favor. It was just an interview, nothing special.
"Well, he's a good kid." The Propaganda Minister smiled meaningfully and turned to the attendees, saying, "Let's continue."
Yan Jue didn't dare to be distracted this time and listened carefully.
After the meeting, Yan Jue stood up and walked to Pan Wencheng, and asked quietly, "Director Pan, is there anything I can do for you later? I have something I want to ask you about Noel."
Pan Wencheng frowned upon hearing this and said helplessly, "I have to go to the next meeting right after I leave here. We just discussed the general direction. The details that each department is responsible for still need to be discussed. I'm afraid I won't have time these two days..."
He was really busy, but he also wanted to help Yan Jue, so he had to pull Zhou Taotao out from behind him: "Is the matter urgent? Apart from those very confidential matters, Taotao knows most of the others. Why don't you ask him first? If you can't solve it, send me a message and I'll get back to you when I have time."
He also wanted to recommend other people with similar positions to Yan Jue, but at his level, everyone was equally busy recently and he didn't want to trouble others.
Yan Jue knew the current situation was troublesome and tense, so he couldn't rely on Pan Wencheng for answers. In fact, he didn't even want to delay Zhou Taotao. But before he could finish his words, Pan Wencheng hurried away, forcing Zhou Taotao to stay with him.
After watching Pan Wencheng leave, Zhou Taotao turned around and looked at Yan Jue with a sad look in his eyes: "You'd better have something important to do."
In the previous meeting, Zhou Taotao, with his deputy director level, naturally could not sit in the main seat of the meeting, so during the meeting, he sat behind Pan Wencheng as an accompanying staff member. It was not his turn to speak out and express his opinions on what the big guys at the table were discussing, but he could get first-hand information!
As for the next event that Pan Wencheng will attend, he will really have a say.
Now Pan Wencheng has assigned Yan Jue to be an intelligent question-answering machine. One can imagine how resentful he is.
"Firsthand information, dear, do you know how important this is? I could have participated in person, but ended up having to listen to the broadcast. Do you know how much information I'm going to miss from the broadcasted meeting minutes?"
"I didn't have time to stop it." Yan Jue touched his nose and argued with a guilty conscience: "Besides, Director Pan was able to keep you here, which means that the meeting will be almost the same with or without you..."
"Okay, okay, I apologize. Let's stop chatting. Since you're all staying here, let's go back and solve the problem on my end, okay?"
Yan Jue knew he was in the wrong, so he apologized decisively and calmed Zhou Taotao down. The two then returned to the Special Management Bureau.
"That's it?"
After hearing Yan Jue's question, Zhou Taotao gritted his teeth and said, "That's it? That's all?"
"This is very important," Yan Jue said seriously. "Nor's world was hit by natural disasters, which even directly threatened the safety of his family and tribe. And then he used magic potion to regenerate legs. How painful must that be. Moreover, the shrewd and ill-intentioned races on other continents are very likely to trick the simple-minded Nor into doing things. Can you bear to see such a scene?"
"Who was it that kept saying my baby was so cute and wanted to steal it? Now that I need your help, you're acting like this? Doesn't your conscience hurt?"
"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts so much. I sympathize with Noel's situation. But the problem is, the materials we traded with Noel's father are earthquake-resistant, and the base's blueprints are designed to be military-grade."
When Noel's father had negotiated with them, the other party, intent on winning over Yan Jue, Noel's otherworldly teacher, had offered a significant discount on the price, almost giving it away for free. The Chinese officials, having indirectly accepted this goodwill, naturally couldn't just take it for granted that they were taking advantage of an alien race.
For a friendly alien race from another world that can bring them infinite benefits, China must of course focus on making friends with them and do its best to gain their friendship, rather than trying to take advantage of them and push them further and further away.
But they didn't know what the other party needed, so they boldly guessed many possibilities based on the content of the transaction and gave the best building materials and drawings.
What's more, the mermaids' requirements are not high. For a very simple base that looks like an assembly toy, they must of course perform at the highest level.
All transaction contracts had to go through Yan Jue's hands, and the contents were naturally free for the other party to read. Pan Wencheng had even kindly given him a brief summary of the general items. As a result, Yan Jue, a naive person, flipped through the various building materials and introductions in the supplementary materials of the contract that he couldn't understand. After learning about the types of items from Pan Wencheng, he gave up resistance.
Anyway, as long as he knows the content of the transaction between the two parties, he will have a clear idea of it. He doesn't understand professional matters, but he believes that there will be no problem with the country.
Then, when the time came and he needed to have a more detailed understanding, he started to panic.
Zhou Taotao looked at Yan Jue, who was looking surprised. He glared at him and looked like he wanted to hit him. "If that's all you have, don't think I won't hit you just because you're a consultant."
Yan Jue's heart is naturally empty.
Who would have thought that a transaction contract that has nothing to do with the subject would come in handy here? Who would go through the motions of studying various terms in an unfamiliar field? Wouldn't they just skim over them and just have a basic concept?
He was in the wrong about this, and he didn't dare to argue. He just said, "How about you go back to the meeting? It should be starting soon, you can make it in time."
"Forget it." Zhou Taotao rolled his eyes.
Actually, he wasn't that angry. First, he understood Yan Jue's panic after reading Noel's biography. Given how much he cared about the cubs, his action was completely reasonable. Second, he had forgotten what questions Yan Jue wanted to ask in the office building. If he had asked more questions, things that could be explained in one sentence could be resolved in a minute, so there was no need to come back and waste time.
It was the same when he read the meeting minutes. He just felt a little regretful that he didn't hear about the plans that were constantly rejected during the meeting. You know, after becoming the deputy director and having endless meetings, that was one of his important sources of happiness.
Now that he couldn't hear it, it wasn't a big deal. He'd had plenty of meetings before and after the announcement of the spiritual energy revival, so he'd just considered it a way to slack off.
"I've read Noel's biography, and you're just planning on sending him some building materials?"
Yan Jue was very self-aware and humbly asked for advice: "Brother Zhou, you are a professional, please tell me."
When the Special Management Bureau was still a science, Zhou Taotao relied on his personal strength to climb to the position of captain of the first team, which shows his strong knowledge and ability.
"Don't just read the first half; the last few sentences are the key."
Zhou Taotao also showed considerable concern for the three cubs. If a livestream hadn't suddenly interrupted him, he might have been groaning with Yan Jue. Now that he had time to analyze the biography, he naturally took it very seriously.
"Natural disasters are unstoppable. Similarly, how do you know your current efforts to transport building materials will be effective? What if the disaster is even more terrible than a major earthquake, and the land is shattered into tiny pieces? We don't know the size of Atlantis. If that happens, building a strong base will be useless."
After hearing Zhou Taotao's words, Yan Jue's original hope was completely gone. "Then the last few sentences you said are the key points. Are you referring to Noel going to other continents for training?"
"certainly."
Zhou Taotao analyzed: "Natural disasters are inevitable and cannot be changed. Similarly, Noel's survival after struggling to survive and successfully transforming his fish tail into legs was also inevitable."
"It's not that you're working in the wrong direction. We're helping them build a base now. We're not saving Noel, but his family and tribe. Their importance to Noel goes without saying. If his parents or the high priest can survive, Noel's leg growth might be delayed a lot."
"So, after all, Noel has to regenerate his legs?" Yan Jue was puzzled. "If his parents or the high priest survived, with a backbone, Noel wouldn't have to go to other continents, right?"
"Don't be too concerned and think carefully about the content of the biography." Zhou Taotao sighed.
"The seawater is polluted, and the mermaids' survival is already a problem. If they rely on themselves without any external help, and the mermaids don't have any external help, how long will it take for the seawater to recover? What will they eat and drink in the meantime?"
"Going to other continents to seek supplies is the only way to survive. Even if all the leaders of the mermaid tribe are alive, they can't conjure food and drink out of thin air. They can't survive by relying solely on spiritual power."
After Yan Jue realized what was happening, he fell silent.
The disaster that Atlantis encountered was completely forcing the mermaid race to communicate with other continents.
From what I'd heard from Noel, it wasn't hard to piece together that Atlantis was a natural paradise exclusively for the mermaids. Other land races came here purely to seek refuge or to pursue a life of seclusion and asceticism.
Moreover, the mermaids live happily in the sea, so why would they want to build on land? They have no legs, and other than hiring outsiders, they have no way to build on their own. Only idiots would push for such a thankless task.
But a natural disaster, Noel will serve as a bridge, connecting Atlantis and other continents.
"During post-disaster reconstruction, even with magical assistance, a large number of outsiders will set foot in Atlantis. With people, corresponding accommodation, food and clothing will also follow. Over time, entertainment facilities will also appear."
Zhou Taotao said calmly, "Reconstruction is a very long process. Even if Noel tries his best to stop it and establishes various rules, Atlantis will become more prosperous than before."
"Mermaids will remain the dominant power in the sea, but their weaknesses also mean that other forces will inevitably emerge on land."
The reason for this is the mermaid race's inability to transform their tails into legs. If Noel were to rely solely on his own words, the scenario he described was the best possible scenario after weighing all the factors.
The author has something to say:
It will be finished when it reaches about 400,000 words.
The original outline had the ending being that after the resurgence of spiritual energy was made public, China would begin a nationwide cultivation mode, and everything would be back on track and developing steadily. It was pretty much the same as the script.
After all, the story is endless. As long as Yan Jue is alive, the game will not be untied, and the children will be sent to kindergarten continuously. In order to see with his own eyes whether the children will break the biography content in the future and live better and better, Yan Jue will also work hard to practice and increase his lifespan.
After sorting out the outline, I decided to keep the ending unchanged.
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