Listening to Wen Xiuzhi's persuasion, Xu Yan pursed his lips and thought quietly.

Now, Xu Yan is no longer the first brother when he first met Wen Xiu, he can think of that Wen Xiuzhi tried his best to persuade himself to accept apprentices, this would not be his personal meaning, and it was not even just the meaning of the Wen family - it could only be the will of the country to let the dignified deputy minister of intelligence fly thousands of kilometers to say this to him.

What good will it do to the country to bring out a group of cultivators by yourself?

After using his brain a little, Xu Yan immediately thought: he is too individual and naughty, and he is not a good object of control for the country. However, because of the approaching natural disaster, the country cannot do without itself, and there is no way to even hold accountable its own "defection", and this uncontrollable situation is too uncomfortable for the country.

The reason why oneself is important is because oneself as a cultivator is unique, and the state must rely on oneself. But if there are other cultivators, they will lose this monopoly position, and the state will be able to regain the initiative.

Xu Yan lowered his eyes and smiled secretly in his heart: "If you let Wen Xiuzhi know, there is a new cultivator in the Ming World who has come to the earth, I don't know him."

Xu Yan nodded slowly: "Brother Wen, you're right. This is a crisis for all of humanity, and it is not time for me to cherish myself. In order to resist natural disasters, even a little more strength is good. ”

Wen Xiuzhi was pleasantly surprised: "Yanzi, in this way, have you agreed to accept apprentices?"

"Yes, although my ability is limited, I am willing to do my best. ”

Xu Yan knew the intentions of the state, but he also knew that in fact, he was not the only monk on the earth. In addition to himself, there are also He Deqiang and Yan Tiansha, two cultivators from the Ming world, who have also come to the earth—since they can come to the earth, in the future, maybe there will be more Ming cultivators who will also arrive on the earth.

Therefore, his monopoly on the cultivation of the true practice has actually been broken, but the world still doesn't know the existence of Yan Tiansha and He Deqiang. But with Xu Yan's understanding of those two monks, He De** is easy to kill, and Yan Tiansha is arrogant and ruthless, and it is impossible for them to be willing to hide and be a commoner like Zhu Youxiang, who has a calm heart.

Since there are other monks in the world, and they can no longer guarantee a monopoly, it is not much point to hold on to their own exercises, but it is better to cooperate with the state and cultivate a group of monks who are close to themselves as Wen Xiuzhi said, which is of course to help the country, but it is indeed beneficial to himself.

I didn't expect things to go so smoothly, and I didn't even need to mention the prepared conditions to agree to it, Wen Xiuzhi was really overjoyed: "Yanzi, then do you have any requirements? ”

Xu Yan shook his head: "I don't have any requirements." It's just that, Brother Wen, you also have to be mentally prepared, not everyone can do it as a cultivator, and the qualification requirements are still very high. ”

Xu Yan told Wen Xiuzhi that in order to learn the art of cultivating the truth, there are still requirements for the qualifications and muscles of the cultivators, after all, this is the road that can go directly to the ascension to immortals, and it is not something that can be learned by catching a person on the street casually - not to mention "talented and intelligent previous life Huigen", at least it must be "bone essence and talent", right?

Xu Yan said very seriously, but Wen Xiuzhi was not worried at all: as long as Xu Yan was willing to teach, it would be fine. As for the qualifications and muscles, that is still a matter? In the large range of 1.3 billion people, let alone "born with wise roots", that is, if you are looking for someone with a long tail, the state can find ten or eight for him.

He said confidently: "No problem! Iwako, we will arrange for a group of people to come to Japan as soon as possible, and you will personally screen and select them when the time comes." You can rest assured, the selected ones are all elites, and they definitely meet your requirements!"

The two of them were talking, when there was a sound of footsteps and commotion outside, apparently someone was passing by Xu Yan's door. Hearing the young woman's cheerful words, Xu Yan guessed that most of them were artists from China. He suddenly remembered: "Brother Wen, are the artists you brought to perform this time all from our army's art troupe?"

"Naturally, there are actors in the army system, but most of them still hire entertainment entertainers in the society. People like Yang Qian, Ling Shanshan, Zhou Bihua, Hu Kailong, and Lin Tiantian are all first-line stars in China, but they are not from our army. ”

"I heard that the value and appearance fees of these celebrities are very high, so I am afraid it will cost a lot of money to invite so many people, right?"

"Hehe, if it's an ordinary commercial performance, it does cost a lot of money to invite these actors. But we are a public welfare performance to comfort the soldiers, and it is impossible to give too much money, just give a basic subsidy, and it will only be a few thousand yuan per person. ”

Xu Yan was surprised: "So few?

"Hehe, they won't come?

Wen Xiuzhi said with a smile: "Yanzi, you don't know, this time we sent troops to aid Japan, which is the most concerned news in China, and 1.3 billion Chinese people are paying attention to this matter." No matter how big or small, anything related to the advisory board will be in the news.

These artists and stars, what they are most looking forward to is popularity, being able to participate in this kind of public welfare performance, being able to broadcast live across the country, not to mention the popularity of the great increase, and by the way, also creating a positive public image of patriotism and support for the army - such benefits are much more important than taking millions of appearance fees!

In the past few days, the phones of various entertainment companies have flooded our office, and nearly 1,000 artists have signed up! In order to grab a place to participate in the troupe, some people have found the relationship with the chief!

Saying that, Wen Xiuzhi smiled ambiguously: "Yanzi, you care so much about these things... Do you want to know anyone? Is it Yang Qian, or Lin Tiantian? Say it, Brother Wen will arrange it for you!"

Xu Yan shook his head and said with a smile: "Now, how can I have such thoughts! I just want to inquire about an acquaintance - this time, is Zhao Yanran here?"

"Zhao Yanran? uh, she didn't come. ”

Hearing this news, Xu Yan was a little surprised: Zhao Yanran is also a popular artist in China, her own conditions are not bad, and Wen Xiuzhi also knows her relationship with her, how could she not grab a place in the performance?

"Why didn't she come? Is it because she didn't receive the notice, or is she too busy to follow the show and can't spare time?"

Hearing Xu Yan's question, Wen Xiuzhi smiled bitterly, he really wanted to give Xu Yan a roll of his eyes-Lao Tzu is the dignified deputy minister of national intelligence, not the housekeeper who helps you take care of Xiaomi! Why do you want to ask me about your concubine? It is simply inexplicable that you ask me these questions.

But Wen Xiuzhi didn't dare to say "I don't know" - paper can't hold the fire, since Xu Yan cares about Zhao Yanran, then in the future, he will know the truth sooner or later. Wen Xiuzhi could not care about the life and death of that little star, but he didn't dare to deceive Xu Yan casually.

Wen Xiuzhi knows very well that Xu Yan's friendship and trust in him are not easy to come by, and he has been carefully maintaining them, and he will not easily lie to Xu Yan until he is forced to do so, so as not to destroy this difficult trust.

"Zhao Yanran... I've heard that she's been in a bit of trouble lately and didn't show up for this show. ”

"A little troublesome?" Xu Yan frowned: "What kind of trouble?"

Wen Xiuzhi groaned: "A few days ago, Bai Jianxing told me something - Bai Jianxing is Xiao Zhao's boss, I mentioned this person to you before, Yanzi, do you still have an impression? He told me that his artist Zhao Yanran got into trouble and was taken away by the Commission for Discipline Inspection, and asked me if I had a way to talk to the leaders of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, can you help communicate?"

At first, I really didn't take it very seriously: A little girl, what can she cause and how much trouble can she have? But later, I asked a friend of the Commission for Discipline Inspection to inquire about it, and it really shocked me! Zhao Yanran was really bold, and the trouble she caused was really not small! She was involved in several corruption cases of collusive bidding and insider trading in several large projects, and it was said that she had taken more than 10 million yuan in benefits from the construction contractor, but somehow it was leaked out and was reported. ”

"Zhao Yanran participated in corruption and took tens of millions of benefits?" Xu Yan couldn't believe his ears, he lost his voice and said: "Brother Wen, this shouldn't be wrong, right?"

Wen Xiuzhi shook his head: "My friend inquired very clearly, the matter is indeed true, the evidence is conclusive, Zhao Yanran really took the money." ”

"But... However, how can Zhao Yanran have this ability? She is not a leader, so why should people give her money?"

"Yanzi, you think exactly the same as the other discipline inspection committee. The Commission for Discipline Inspection also felt that with Xiao Zhao's identity and ability, she could not be the real mastermind of this corruption case, and there should be a big man behind it.

Xiao Zhao is not a public official, she accepted money from the engineering party, this nature is difficult to define, it may be bribery, it may also be fraud - but in any case, since she is involved in this heavyweight corruption case, she will definitely not be able to get out for a while, let alone go abroad to participate in this kind of positive energy performance. ”

Xu Yan took a deep breath, only feeling that the absurdity of the world was nothing more than this. After thinking for a while, he asked, "Zhao Yanran, what case is she involved in?" Brother Wen, tell me more specifically!"

"I have inquired with someone, and several cases are related to Haizhou City in Binjiang Province. There is the construction of Haizhou City's cultural square, the civil engineering project of Haizhou Power Plant, and Haizhou Highway - these projects are all large projects of more than one billion yuan... ”

Listening to Wen Xiuzhi's introduction, Xu Yan felt very familiar: "Haizhou Cultural Square, Haizhou Power Plant, Haizhou Highway, strange, I have never been to Haizhou, but these words, I seem to have heard someone say them-ah!" He came out of his voice: "Wu Renbao!"

He remembered that at that time, Zhao Yanran led Wu Renbao and his wife who was suffering from frailty to Jincheng to ask for his own treatment, and Wu Renbao had mentioned these projects to him.

Hearing Xu Yan suddenly call out the name of "Wu Renbao", Wen Xiuzhi glanced at him, but nodded: "Yes, the commander-in-chief in charge of the construction of these projects is Wu Renbao, deputy secretary of the Municipal Party Committee of Haizhou." Originally, the Commission for Discipline Inspection thought that Zhao Yanran was colluding with Wu Renbao and was Wu Renbao's white glove to collect money, but after checking, the money that Xiao Zhao accepted was still in her own hands and was not handed over to Wu Renbao.

It is so abnormal for a small actor to dare to take money and engage in corruption so unscrupulously! Therefore, the people of the Commission for Discipline Inspection are very suspicious that behind Zhao Yanran, there are other big people hiding to support her? So... ”

"Brother Wen, don't say it yet, let me think about it!"

Xu Yan leaned back on the sofa, and he slowly recalled the situation at that time.

Xu Yan remembered very well that on the way from the airport to Jincheng People's Hospital, Wu Renbao did tell him about the situation of these engineering projects, and asked himself to help him introduce the engineering team, but he was not interested in these things, so he ignored him at the time, but Zhao Yanran, who was present, was very interested in this matter, and she automatically asked Ying to take this matter down, and she let her go.

At that time, what did Zhao Yanran tell herself? She assured herself that she was very grateful for her trust, that she would not fail her trust, that she would handle things properly, and that she would never let herself down...

Xu Yan let out a long breath, he had come back to his senses: At that time, Wu Renbao spoke vaguely, and Xu Yan was also ignorant and couldn't understand. But now, after being reminded by Wen Xiuzhi, he has understood: the introduction fees of these projects are actually Wu Renbao's reward for saving his wife, and Zhao Yanran accepted this money, not to Wu Renbao, but to himself!

The so-called "big man" behind Zhao Yanran is actually herself!

It's just that Zhao Yanran didn't call to tell herself about such a big matter?

After thinking about it, Xu Yan also understood: after arriving in Japan, he has become a global figure, and his phone will definitely be monitored. Such a sensitive matter, Zhao Yanran was afraid that she would not dare to discuss it with herself on the phone. She probably thought that since she had already agreed, she didn't need to report it again, right?

Zhao Yanran made such a self-righteous death, Xu Yan was really angry and funny. He asked, "So, what did Zhao Yanran say on the side of the Commission for Discipline Inspection?"

Wen Xiuzhi shook his head: "In the Commission for Discipline Inspection, Xiao Zhao still has a very hard mouth, she bit it to death, this is the normal information introduction fee, it is the reward for her friends to introduce information to her, and she insists that she has no collusion with any leaders." Because she has a certain reputation, and the Commission for Discipline Inspection is more cautious in handling it, the matter is still under investigation, and there is no conclusion. ”

Xu Yan let out a meaningful "oh", and he glanced at Wen Xiu quietly, his eyes were very strange.

Wen Xiuzhi is such a smart person, of course he sees the strange taste of Xu Yan's eyes - Zhao Yanran had an accident, Wen Xiuzhi actually didn't make a move to catch people, with his friendship with Xu Yan, this seems to be not enough friends?

Wen Xiuzhi coughed dryly, but lowered his head to drink tea, pretending not to see Xu Yan's eyes.

In this matter, Wen Xiuzhi really has a hard time: with the strength of the Wen family, it is not impossible to settle this matter and save Zhao Yanran from it, but it will definitely have to pay a price.

If Zhao Yanran is really the woman whose reputation Xu Yan has determined, the Wen family will also admit this price. But the problem is that the relationship between Zhao Yanran and Xu Yan is just a night of dew, Xu Yan has never admitted that she is his own woman - in case someone is rescued, but Xu Yan does not admit this favor, wouldn't the Wen family become a big wrongdoer?

Well, if it was just a waste of favors, in order to befriend Xu Yan, Wen Xiuzhi gritted his teeth, and he thought he was unlucky, but he thought deeper: Wu Renbao, deputy secretary of Haizhou City, he is not an ordinary person, but a member of the Wu family!

For decades, the Wu family has always followed the Hong family, and the Hong family has always been on the wrong path with the Wen family.

Now, Zhao Yanran actually colluded with the people of the Wu family to make money, which can't help but make Wen Xiuzhi vigilant: Could it be that the Wu family—or the Hong family behind them—is trying to win over Xu Yan?

According to the news from the inquiry, Wu Renbao once personally flew to Jincheng to beg Xu Yan to help his wife treat her illness, and this matter was introduced to him by Zhao Yanran - is Zhao Yanran really stupid, or is she pretending to be confused?

As an artist of the Wen family's company, he actually ate inside and out, helping outsiders to pry the foot of the Wen family's general's wall, this kind of behavior is simply his own death! In this case, how could Wen Xiuzhi still rescue Zhao Yanran? He didn't take the opportunity to fall into the well and kicked Zhao Yanran to death, which can be regarded as Wen Sishao's mercy on Xu Yan's face!