Chapter 350: Popularity and Ambition

Young talents, good talents and beautiful jades.

It was rare for someone to receive such praise from the old man in front of him.

It had been a long time since a new generation of Chosen One had won such praise from him. If word got out, it might become popular again.

You know, the last person who was praised like this was Su Biluo, the current guardian of Urobuchi, who was known as the “Tianyuan White Wall”.

Lu Yingyue smiled slightly: “I always feel that ‘talented and beautiful’ is not a good word now. When I praised him like this last time, his face turned pale.”

“It’s always a good thing to have successors.”

The old man sighed: “Tong Shan, Wen Wen, Lou Yanyue, Zhou Yu, Chen Haiqiu… Now there is another chief craftsman. You have been in charge of this area for many years, and the results are really remarkable.”

“It’s just luck. What does the young man’s achievement have to do with me?” Lu Yingyue didn’t care. “Children who have experienced hardship grow fast. They look tall among short people. How can they compare with the talented people in Central City?”

She paused and sighed softly, “It’s the same in Haizhou, it’s remote and weak. But she was shouting with all her might, so her voice sounded a little louder.

Everyone thinks too highly of me.”

“Whether you think highly of it or not, this is the fact.”

The old man said: “Now the two parties are fighting each other like fire and water. At this juncture, you do have room to make a small investment to gain a big return. But don’t forget that the truth will come out one day, and human patience is ultimately limited.

If you still plan to waver between the two sides and wait for the price to rise, I am afraid that neither side will be able to accommodate you in the end. “

“I know.”

Lu Yingyue nodded and did not refute, “I understand, if I continue like this, I will probably end up in a bad situation, but if I don’t take a risk, I will just be dominated by others and taken away at will.

Is this something I can choose, sir?”

The old man was silent.

“Haizhou is located in a remote area with few products. After the Sea Burning Day eleven years ago, agriculture has completely stopped growing. Now everything depends on imports from various states. Prices are high and fluctuating. Since the Great Depression, the industry has also been in a slump. We had hoped that the Coast Group would make a comeback, but just when it started to grow, it was suppressed and divided up…

Disasters are becoming more frequent, and life is becoming more difficult.”

Lu Yingyue said slowly: “How many people work hard and risk their lives but are still deeply in debt. They suffer day and night and see no hope.

But there are still some people sitting on top, eating until they are full, but they are not willing to leave even a little bit of oil to the ants, cattle and horses below.

If it weren’t for the remnants of shipping trade, we would have been unable to make ends meet. If things continue like this, in a few years, we might not even be able to pay the spiritual tax.”

Lu Yingyue asked, “Sir, do we have any choice?”

In the silence, the old man said nothing more, but nodded slowly: “Since you have made up your mind, it seems that there is no need for an old man like me to talk nonsense anymore.

I’m afraid you won’t like this compromise solution either.”

The four families went to great lengths to ask him to come forward, and all they wanted was to make money together. But if Lv Yingyue was willing to compromise and use this opportunity to seek personal gain or a position, she would have probably taken advantage of this storm to get rid of the burden and jumped ship. How could she have persisted until now?
However, the situation in Haizhou has deteriorated over a long period of time. How difficult would it be to revive it overnight?

“Have you thought it through?” the old man asked.

“It’s really not my style to be hesitant and timid. Some things have to be done first.”

Lu Yingyue replied sternly: “Besides, what you pick up is not as good as what you beg for. If you can’t prove your worth, even if you join the team, you will be used as cannon fodder and pawns, right?”

The old man said nothing and just looked at her quietly.

There was no soul-stirring power or chilling coldness in those dark pupils; at best, they were just a few white spots formed by the wear and tear of time.

“It’s just that Lu Yingyue——”

He asked solemnly: “You have done so much, and why?”

“I just don’t want to let Mr. Tao’s sacrifice go to waste.”

Lu Yingyue answered decisively: “My current success may be due to some tricks, but the rest is all due to Mr. Tao’s legacy. If he hadn’t worked hard for decades, connecting all parties with his old body, and uniting the scattered families and cities into one, how could I have the momentum I have today?
Before his death, Lord Tao handed Haizhou to me. How can I let it fall apart again? “

Having said this, she paused for a moment and laughed at herself: “If I had to say anything else… it’s just that I’m unwilling to accept it.”

Lu Yingyue lowered her eyes and looked down at her own reflection in the teacup. In the blurry and hazy state, even she felt strange and different from the past.

“A wild kid like me who lives on food and wants to survive has suffered enough from living under someone else’s roof since childhood. In order to get ahead, I will always do whatever it takes.

As a result, after so many years of life and death, I managed to fight for a small position by chance, but when I looked back, I found that except myself, there was not even a single relative or friend left.

Those who were stronger than me, more likable than me, more noble and upright than me…all of them are dead, and I am the only one who is still alive today, and the reason is simply because I am lucky, that’s all.

Apart from me and those you have seen, there are so many young talents and outstanding people who have disappeared into obscurity before they could even show their talents.

But those ugly people can rely on their family background and means to live in the palaces and temples, enjoy the central city, and call the wind and rain…”

Lu Yingyue raised her head and no longer concealed her determination: “Instead of letting them continue to do whatever they want and work for nothing, I would like to ask:
——Why can’t I do anything about this world?”

“…”

From that resolute gaze, the old man’s expression changed slightly, but he was not angry, but more like surprise and emotion. After a long time, he sighed: “For his own selfishness, he used the public’s support to stir up the overall situation. Should I say ‘wolf ambition’?”

“How different are humans from animals?” Lu Yingyue was unmoved and asked, “If I were a wolf, I should be a wolf raised by the Federation. How can I blame it for biting so hard?
Isn’t it the mighty Tian Yuan that made me, a tiger and wolf who used others to seek personal gain, so powerful? “

The old man said indifferently: “What if I don’t allow it?”

Lu Yingyue raised her hand, rolled up her gray hair and smiled: “Then please chop off my head and give it to Lord Tao, and give an explanation to the Federation and Haizhou.

only……”

She asked curiously, “Is it really me that you want to kill?”

For a moment, the entire lounge seemed to be frozen. No, not only the lounge, but the invisible force flowed, covering the entire building, the huge Federal Security Agency, causing countless people to look up in shock, but no one dared to approach or cross the line.

When the old man lowered his eyes and looked down, everything in the world seemed to appear in his palm.

Everything is so fragile and small as dust.

Just one thought…

It is enough to completely eradicate this evil that is plotting to disrupt the federation.

But after that moment, everything seemed to disappear like the breeze, including the invisible guillotine.

“I didn’t expect that besides his fierce ambitions, he was also a cunning person…”

The old man sighed, “Why didn’t I find out earlier?”

Lu Yingyue laughed: “Isn’t it because of my ambition and cunning mind that I, a person who is not presentable, was chosen by you?”

“You really weren’t so annoying back then, and you didn’t have the guts to keep talking to me.”

The old man shook his head, picked up the cup in front of him, hesitated for a moment, pinched his nose with a sad face, poured the medicine in the cup into his mouth, put down the cup, grimaced in bitterness, fumbled with his hands for a long time, and found that the candy jar in front of him was empty.

Then, he saw Lu Yingyue extending her hand.

A mint candy in the palm of your hand.

Lu Yingyue said, “I brought it from Haizhou before I set out. Whether it works or not, it’s all my gratitude. Would you like to try it?”

“Bribe? That’s all?”

The old man curled his lips in disdain, picked it up, unwrapped it, and put it in his mouth, chewing it habitually with a crunching sound. Soon, he gasped because it was so sour.

Distorted face.

Just know that there is no good sugar!

I didn’t expect Lu Yingyue to bring any serious gifts, but I’m really old and about to develop Parkinson’s disease.

“Then let’s fight.”

The Minister of Federal Security, an unshakable figure among the nine cabinet members of all time, and a living sage who single-handedly maintains the order of the Three Divisions of the Universe, said so.

We talked, took the medicine, and ate the candy.

There’s no need to waste each other’s time anymore.

“Now that things have come to this, since no one wants to back down, there has to be a loser…”

He slowly propped himself up, and finally looked back at Lu Yingyue, full of curiosity: “But, can you win?”

“who knows?”

Lu Yingyue shrugged, calm and unconcerned.

Even if the barefoot person loses, he will just continue to live barefoot.

But the same cannot be said for people who wear shoes…

Before leaving, she smiled for the last time:
“Anyway, the one who lost the most was definitely not me.”

At that moment, at the end of the silence, the audience’s excited shouts and cheers could be heard again on the TV.

At the very end of the press conference, after regrouping and returning to the military industry track, Coast Automotive, after stabbing many competitors and making them anxious, the factory director Ji Jue struck while the iron was hot and announced to everyone.

This year, Coast Auto Factory will respond to the invitation and send a professional team to officially participate in the heavyweight event starting in the middle of this month –

——Extreme Rally in the Wild Sea!

This large-scale rally, held every three years and sponsored by Universal Heavy Industries, has participants from major federal automakers and military industries. It is one of the most anticipated rally honors and is regarded as the ultimate test of all off-road vehicles.

In half a month, we traveled from the northern wasteland state to the southern sea state, from the snowy town of Heihe in the far north of the federation, and then to Chaocheng, the southernmost city in the federation.

The extremely cold Huangzhou, the mountains of Kunwu, the yellow sand-filled Longyuan, the muddy and swampy Haizhou…

Spanning the entire federation, this is more than 5,960 kilometers of wilderness galloping.

The long journey, worthy of being called a journey from hell, is about to begin!
(End of this chapter)