But no one cared about Chen Ming brought in by He Gu.
After all, not everyone recognizes Chen Ming's face, even if he is disguised.
At the same time, most of the people who knew Chen Ming thought that Chen Ming would definitely give priority to meeting Bai Quan after arriving at the headquarters. No one expected that He Gu would dare to bring someone into the lecture hall.
So at least for the time being, when Chen Ming entered the lecture hall, he didn't feel that anyone was looking at him.
Chen Ming moved a little closer to He Gu and asked in a low voice, "What is this lecture hall doing now?"
"Of course the lecture hall is for holding conferences and giving presentations."
He Gu's attention seemed to be on other people. He subconsciously replied before he realized Chen Ming's consciousness and explained, "It's aimed at the conference in the Beinu Star Region."
"We have sent such a large fleet, and there will be new reinforcements later, so the rear will definitely have to make timely adjustments."
"Adjust what?"
"You have to know that the Beniu Star Region is a star region, and our army is going there to control the entire star region. One star region can fully support an entire army."
"This is an opportunity to expand the Fourteenth Legion's military strength, but it is also a place where problems can arise."
Chen Ming probably understood what He Gu meant.
The Beniu star field is too far away from the headquarters of the 14th Legion, but an army supported by a star field can completely break away from the headquarters and become independent.
Therefore, the 14th Legion must pay considerable attention to guarding against splitting, and must never allow the separated part to become a new independent legion.
“Worried about division?”
He Gu nodded slightly and said, "Yes, but that's not all."
"You can see that the Fourteenth Legion is now very powerful. We are the most powerful in the entire empire. If the higher-ups want to split our legion, Bei Niu is the best opportunity."
"So we must be prepared to deal with this possibility. Even if the higher-ups really want to split our army into two, we must do something to minimize the impact."
"This report meeting is to announce the management policy of the Beniu Star Region discussed by the top leaders of the Legion."
"It's probably about setting up a rotation mechanism for the management of the headquarters and the Beinu branch. You should understand the reason."
Of course Chen Ming understood.
The situation of the management after the Beniu star field is absolutely that the top-level Fourteenth Legion has full coverage, with the Fourteenth Legion occupying most of the senior levels, and a small number of Beniu natives remaining.
The middle and lower levels are a mixture of the legions and the Beniu natives.
This means that if the management in the Beniu star field does not rotate, there is a high probability that Beniu will be controlled by the same group of people during the process of the Legion's control of Beniu.
There will definitely be big problems.
Therefore, when Beiniu was completely controlled, most of the forces of the 14th Legion digested and infiltrated Beiniu completely.
This is something that must be done before ensuring that the two separated star regions will never become independent.
He Gu did not confirm Chen Ming's thoughts with him, because he knew that Chen Ming would definitely be able to guess it.
"In addition to what I just said, all that remains is to announce a few new internal management regulations applicable to the current situation."
Management regulations?
Chen Ming was just about to ask what the management regulations were.
He Gu had already gestured to Chen Ming to sit down at the seat next to him where the sign of the Psychic Research Institute department was placed.
The people from the Psychic Research Institute were even seated at the front of the entire lecture hall.
After all, this department is considered one of the most important civilian departments in the legion.
Other research departments that can compete with the Psionic Research Institute are the Ship and Weapon Design Institutes.
Of course, the research department is important, but it is irrelevant when it comes to the movements of the legion.
Therefore, when the Legion arranged the location of the Psychic Research Institute, it placed it relatively forward but also relatively close to the side.
It is equivalent to being in a corner of the lecture hall and is unlikely to attract the attention of others.
"What regulations?"
"You'll know in a moment."
He Gu sat on the chair and closed his eyes to rest. It seemed that it would take some time before the meeting began.
But Chen Ming still had several questions to ask.
What he wanted to ask most was what He Gu meant.
Why did He Gu bring him to this lecture hall to attend this conference? Normally, even if he wanted to come, He Gu would first take Chen Ming to Bai Quan's side, and then Bai Quan would bring him here and sit in the seats of Bai Quan's faction.
The Psychic Research Institute that He Gu belongs to has nothing to do with any factions, so there is no need to bring him here.
There must be some reason why He Gu did this.
But He Gu was sleeping now, so Chen Ming had nothing to say.
I might as well take this opportunity to look around.
It’s okay if you don’t watch it, but just take a look.
Chen Ming saw the front entrance of the lecture hall, and Bai Quan’s old boss just walked in and was about to take a seat.
Just as Chen Ming looked at his old boss, his old boss's gaze also passed over him.
Chen was sure that his old boss also saw him, because his gaze paused on him for a moment before moving away and slid smoothly across He Gu.
But he pretended he saw nothing.
Without any physical pause, he sat in the first row of the lecture hall surrounded by others.
And it is located in the middle of the three columns on the left, middle and right of the lecture hall, closer to the center.
Sitting with several admirals.
The other lieutenant generals that Chen Ming saw were basically sitting at the side.
Chen Ming looked at Bai Quan's old boss for a while and then looked away, without any special expression.
After waiting for about half an hour.
More than a hundred people arrived one after another, bringing the total number of people in the lecture hall to about five hundred.
When it was exactly nine o'clock in the morning, Earth time, the report meeting officially began.
He Gu also opened his eyes immediately.
An admiral walked onto the stage from the first row and began the meeting.
The conference is just a report meeting, all you have to do is listen.
Chen Ming simply pretended to do it, picked up the pen and paper prepared on the table in front of him, and started scribbling.
Of course, he was listening with his ears pricked up.
Even listened very carefully.
This report of the Fourteenth Legion will concern the Benyu star field, which is very close to the Galo star field.
Therefore, the Legion’s actions in this star field will inevitably have some impact on the branch in the Galo star field as well.
He had to listen.
The more he listened, the more Chen Ming's brows furrowed.
Because what was said at the conference was indeed the same as what He Gu had just briefly said.
It's about the management rotation system in the Benyu star field.
To put it in more detail, the headquarters must regularly station additional staff in the branch.
At the same time, some managers of the branch need to rotate with the headquarters to ensure that the branch maintains close contact with the headquarters at all times.
At first Chen Ming didn't think there was anything wrong, but as he listened further and connected it to several management regulations announced later, it seemed that something was wrong.
Because in addition to the personnel scheduling of the top management.
The management regulations also require that all military ranks and personnel changes above a certain position in the branch must be reviewed and approved by the headquarters, a new department established after receiving the order from the Empire to enter Beniu.
This regulation is used to limit the appointment authority of the branch. Specifically, it restricts officers at the colonel level and positions at battalion level and above.
At the same time, the branch's administrative management logs also need to be fully backed up and archived, and sent back to the headquarters regularly.
This sounds reasonable. The administrative log includes some things like reward and punishment systems, and the headquarters should indeed be informed of it.
The movement of high-level and above military supplies or large quantities of military supplies in the branch must be made known to the headquarters.
Chen Ming remembered that there was a list of this high-level registered military supplies.
He has seen it too.
It can only be said that any materials used by cruiser-level and above spacecraft can be considered high-end materials, and the headquarters only needs to know the direction of the materials. There is no need to write down clearly where each piece of material is used. It is enough to have a general inference and understanding of the situation of the branch.
It can be seen that the purpose of this report meeting is to make the branch be subject to the headquarters in all aspects.
There is no problem with these management regulations being applied to the Benyu star region.
Chen Ming had no objection either.
but.
All the content of the conference.
All the management regulations mentioned refer to the "branch" rather than the "Beniu branch".
That’s the biggest problem.
Although this conference was held because of Bei Niu, all regulations will be immediately applied to the Bei Niu branch.
However, the Gallo Branch is also a branch of the 14th Legion, and everything said in the entire conference will also apply to the Gallo Branch.
Let’s take the simplest example.
If there was such a regulation in our department before.
Then the branch will have managers from the headquarters who will become the management of Baiquan.
Everything Baiquan does will be influenced by the management of the headquarters.
The previous internal purge was likely to have come to nothing due to the influence of this person.
Although there is a loophole in this regulation, it allows the headquarters to send people from the same faction over.
But other conflicting factions within the headquarters will certainly not miss this opportunity to cause trouble.
If other factions infiltrate the management, there will definitely be big problems.
The 14th Legion has just moved in to Beiniu, and there are multiple factions competing at the same time, so it doesn't matter if they have more people.
But if other people were crammed into this small place as the Gallo branch, the situation would be completely different.
It’s scary to think about.
And there is another situation that may happen, and that is Chen Ming's position issue.
According to the current requirements, Bai Quan does not have the authority to directly give Chen Ming, a psychic, the same power as a captain-level officer. He must obtain permission from the headquarters.
And Chen Ming's psychic power is there. Before the headquarters showed full trust in the 14th Legion some time ago, there were many excuses and reasons why Bai Quan could not give enough authority to Chen Ming.
Of course, Chen Ming was later promoted to the same level of officer rank after joining the legion from an external tactical instructor, and was even promoted to the next level based on his research results. This was reviewed by the headquarters, so there is no problem with this.
Moreover, the current rules will not affect previous events. Chen Ming will be in whatever position he is supposed to be in.
Otherwise, Chen Ming would not have been able to get the Spiritual Enlightenment Nerve and the several thousand contribution points that He Gu sent him.
Just thinking about it, Chen Ming remembered what Bai Quan had done before at the Galo branch that was not in compliance with current management regulations.
If these regulations are really implemented...
Although the people in the front row did not make any changes in their movements, they certainly would not show it even if they had some thoughts in their minds.
But the expressions on the faces of those who were sitting a little further back were quite ugly.
On the contrary, some people sitting in other seats were staring at their old boss with an amused look. It was obvious that they also knew what the regulations were about this time.
At this time, He Gu also turned his head slightly and glanced at Chen Ming.
He saw Chen Ming's serious expression, so he knew that Chen Ming had understood the importance of this conference.
In fact, when He Gu knew that this conference was going to be held, he had already roughly guessed what would happen.
The 14th Legion had no branches before, and Baiquan’s branch is considered a new attempt by the legion.
And this attempt now appears to have been clearly successful.
Even if the Bei Niu incident didn't happen, once Baiquan expanded the Jialuo branch, the headquarters would also introduce corresponding rules.
So it is only a matter of time before the contents of this conference appear.
This conference is not only aimed at Bei Niu, but also Bai Quan and his faction.
He Gu felt that Chen Ming needed to know about this matter.
But Bai Quan couldn't come, and the time just now was not enough for Bai Quan to arrange Chen Ming into the lecture hall.
Only if he applied for an additional position in advance could Chen Ming get the news first, and that news had not been processed by anyone else.
First-hand information allows people to think and analyze without being interfered with by anyone.
Although Chen Ming and Bai Quan would know about this sooner or later given their relationship, the fact that he brought Chen Ming here in advance showed his attitude.
He wanted to make peace with Chen Ming.
He is willing to invest with Chen Ming.
He hoped that Chen Ming would be able to temporarily join the Psychic Research Institute at the request of his goodwill.
Because he really needs Chen Ming's spiritual power to do things, especially things related to the mechanical race.
As the legacy of another civilization, the mechanical race itself possesses a large number of psychic-related equipment and devices, and even mechanized psychic creatures have appeared recently.
They are inseparable from psychic power, so their Psychic Power Research Institute certainly has a research room dedicated to studying the psychic properties of the mechanical race and the psychic weapons of the mechanical race.
The Mechanic War is about to begin.
The benefits of Chen Ming, a psychic who can control the mechanical race, to the war are obvious.
Of course, this does not mean that Chen Ming is no longer capable in his own research institute, but that they can promote the research results more quickly.
And their Psychic Research Institute is supported by the entire legion.
The resources he has are not on the same level as Chen Ming's.
If Chen Ming’s research institute needs something, it still needs to apply for it, and it all depends on Bai Quan’s methods.
Although it does have some support from the Legion, it is definitely not as good as the Psionic Research Institute, which is itself a storage place for large amounts of psychic supplies.
Even if Chen Ming does not want to join the Psychic Research Institute, and only wants to cooperate temporarily, it will be of great benefit to both parties.
So He Gu’s idea was to temporarily move Chen Ming, or even Chen Ming’s entire Supernatural Research Institute, to the Psychic Research Institute, at least during the war between the Empire and the Mechanical Race.
Of course, his own behavior does have some problems.
After all, the Institute of Psychic Energy itself is absolutely neutral and does not participate in any factional struggles, whether it is the rules of the Institute of Psychic Energy or the rules of the Legion.
However, it is impossible for the Corps and the Institute to completely prohibit all researchers from having any contact with people from any faction.
Even researchers within the institute often cannot be without affiliation and will always be close to people from certain factions.
For example, He Gu is actually close to Lou Wei.
Before, Lou Wei asked He Gu to help determine Chen Ming's psychic condition, and he came over immediately.
But this did not affect his watching the show later, nor did it affect his friendship with Chen Ming, who had a conflict with Lou Wei.
At the same time, it did not affect his ability to continue working in the research institute without any problems after the fall of Lou Wei's faction.
The XIV Legion was a huge legion.
A legion that controls a star region.
The relationships within the entire legion are inherently complex.
In any case, more than ten years have passed since the Legion was rebuilt, a full generation.
It is impossible to completely prohibit people from the completely neutral department of the Institute of Psychic Energy from interacting with people from other factions.
Of course, the participation of the people below is their own, but the rules absolutely prohibit the use of the institute’s resources.
What He Gu is doing now is just to kindly help a lost soldier to go to the lecture hall to attend a lecture.
If you really look into it, he does have excuses and reasons.
Anyway, his purpose has nothing to do with any faction. He just wants Chen Ming to work in the Psychic Research Institute.
No matter how severe the punishment is, it would be at most a salary deduction.
But for psychics, salary deductions mean nothing.
That's why He Gu made such a choice.
Brought Chen Ming here.
The presentation is still ongoing.
The admiral above continued to speak, and his speech became more and more in-depth and complicated.
However, Chen Ming had studied with Bai Quan for a long time and could understand some professional terms.
So after listening to the following words, Chen Ming found that there was still a chance of turning around.
Because the Legion's intention is to use the Beniu star field as a pilot for this management regulation, and then gradually expand its scope of application.
Just like what He Gu said at the beginning.
These regulations are not targeted at anyone, but are a preventive measure.
But the Legion’s point is that if you can change a few words and solve the possible problems with Baiquan, why not do it?
Although it is reasonable to allow small places to pilot and test the rationality of the regulations first, Beiniu should not be allowed to start first.
But special situations require special responses.
After all, this conference was convened because of Bei Niu, so it must start with Bei Niu.
And there are indeed special circumstances now.
Because Gallo is the front line.
How is it possible to let the front line pilot the experiment for the rear?
So generally speaking, the limitations of these legions will only gradually become apparent after the fleets that go out from the legions take control of Beinu.
It will not have much impact on Baiquan for the time being.
No matter how you look at it, Bai Quan is now the vanguard of the 14th Legion's war with the Mechanical Clan, so it is impossible to really let Bai Quan down.
The reconnaissance before the war and the confrontation in the early stages of the war all relied on Gallo's branch as a fulcrum.
Therefore, at least on the surface, the consensus among everyone in the legion was to support Baiquan, and all internal dissenting voices were suppressed.
However, Chen Ming also believed that there would always be people who would do something out of hostility towards Bai Quan and him.
If the pilot program of this management regulation is effective, it will be used in Gallo sooner or later.
He has to go ask Baiquan.
The presentation will be concluded shortly.
Chen Ming stood up and followed He Gu.
He Gu took Chen Ming away as usual without saying anything.
Anyway, now that he has brought the person here, what he needs to do is done.
Chen Ming and Bai Quan are both smart people and will quickly understand the purpose of his actions without any further explanation.
Soon, He Gu took Chen Ming to a parking lot near the building where the conference was held.
Of course, it is called a parking lot, but it can actually also be used to park shuttle boats.
He Gu took Chen Ming to a shuttle, opened the hatch and motioned Chen Ming to get on.
The shuttle is bright white in color and has a streamlined appearance. It has decorative tail fins extending on both sides, and the style is very nice.
"Is this your shuttle?"
“No, it’s from the research institute.”
He Gu patted the shuttle's hull and said, "It really looks good."
Chen Ming looked at the shuttle twice before walking in.
He Gu followed closely and got into the cab, driving the shuttle and taking Chen Ming out of the city.
It was delivered to a military base some distance away from the city.
Landed inside the military base.
As the shuttle's hatch opened, Chen Ming saw Bai Quan already waiting at the door.
He Gu, who was in the cockpit, turned to Chen Ming and said, "We've arrived. Let's get off the boat. I'll have to prepare a new instrument for you to detect psychic properties. I'll contact you later."
"By the way, I've also sent you the address of the Psychic Research Institute. Come and visit us when you have time."
Chen Ming waved to He Gu.
Got off the shuttle.
The shuttle turned around and disappeared into the military base.
Chen Ming also walked up to Bai Quan and said, "Long time no see."
"It has been a while indeed."
Bai Quan looked at Chen Ming for a while and said, "Let's go."
Chen Ming followed and asked habitually: "Where are you going?"
"This is the teaching park. I am currently learning the key points of commanding the mechanical race from someone here."
"There's actually a place like this in a military base, and you want to learn it?"
"Of course there are such places. Not everything is taught in school. People who graduate from school come here to learn more before going to the battlefield."
"As for me, I'm used to fighting against Afterglow before. I have to learn some techniques to fight against the mechanical people here, and change my previous habits of fighting against Afterglow."
Bai Quan quickly took Chen Ming to the teaching campus.
Chen Ming was quite sharp and noticed that there were indeed quite a few young faces in the classroom in the distance, as well as some older people who were listening to lectures given by officers who were younger than them.
However, the two did not stay here for long, but went all the way to the dormitory building and entered Baiquan's dormitory.
After the dormitory door was closed, Baiquan said: "Okay, now we can talk about what was discussed in the meeting. I guess it should be related to the branch."
“It’s true.”
(End of this chapter)