Chapter Seventy-Two: Clash of Words (2nd Update)
Suiyan Mansion is located in Area B, close to the location of Area A.
This is a very subtle performance, proving that the seven families cooperate with the government and are estranged from each other - no matter which side has an incident, the other party can rush to the scene to coordinate as soon as possible, but in normal times, it is best for everyone to not interfere with the river water.
The edifice is in the shape of a pyramid, with no other buildings within a radius of two kilometers and no more than this building within a radius of five kilometers. It does not have direct access to the ceiling, nor does it allow other buildings to go straight to the ceiling next to it.
However, the building has a direct elevator that can directly reach the villa area of the seven families on the fifth floor from the third floor above ground. From the outside, it looks like an antenna on a pyramid that reaches the sky.
Eerie and solemn.
Suiyan Building has a total of six floors, and the section is regular octagonal. The Seven Great Families are located on the "Seven Sides" of them, and the location of the gate is considered a public area.
The exterior of the first floor of it is painted black, corresponding to the dark and damp environment on the ground of Linglong City.
The exterior walls of the second floor are painted gray with grit lines, corresponding to the foggy space on the second floor.
The exterior walls of the third floor are shaded by intricate lighting, and even sporadic screens are allowed to show various advertisements, most of which were shot by the Seven Family Businesses.
The fourth floor is blue, which reminds Wang An of the color he saw when he looked up at the ceiling when he was on the fourth floor above ground. Before the destruction, there used to be a lot of blue sky in this world, but now the inhabitants of the fourth floor above ground can only imagine the past by looking up at the blue sky and white clouds "depicted" on the ceiling.
Most of the people who really leave the city are businessmen and soldiers, and the vast majority of ordinary people may never see the endless blue sky for the rest of their lives.
The five-story faΓ§ade is white.
The sixth floor is made of glass, transparent, and you can vaguely see people moving inside, but you can only look up. It's like ordinary people know that there are a large number of awakened people living on the sixth floor of the earth, but they still look up except for looking up.
Each year, the Seven Great Families elect an "executor" to act on their behalf, which is analogous to the official Grand Coordinator of the Third Floor and the Military Grand Guard on the Third Floor.
Zhou Yue is this year's executor.
His luck is not good, under normal circumstances, the official Grand Coordinator is elected every three years, and the new Grand Coordinator election period was originally next year. If possible, Zhou Yue did not want to meet with these candidates, just as these candidates did not want to meet with Zhou Yue.
However, between the official and the powerful, there are always some things that need to be expressed tacitly with each other.
He was in a fitting position in the communal hall on the third floor of the Suiyan Building, receiving candidates from a total of sixteen districts.
His smile is just right, more is flattering, less is arrogant, as if it has been carved repeatedly. No one will feel uncomfortable looking at his smile, but no one will feel particularly close to this smile either.
What Zhou Yue wants to express through his smile is the relatively transcendent status of the Seven Families.
They didn't care who the new Grand Coordinator was, but the Grand Coordinator must know about the existence of the Seven Great Families, and also know what the Seven Great Families are willing to contact and what they are not willing to face.
Wang An glanced back with some uneasiness.
Yang Ruoshu, who was wearing a mask, also glared at him.
It felt like they had taken gunpowder between the two of them.
Last night's incident has never been resolved, and today Yang Ruoshu can only use "half of his face" to come out to meet people, and naturally he is eyeing the initiator.
Wang An felt equally bad about Yang Ruoshu.
How many masters were present at today's rally, it was not Yang Ruoshu's turn to protect Yang Ye at all.
She could have stayed at home and spent the day in peace, and if she had to come along, she would be unreasonable at all.
In short, the confrontation between the two eased last night, but now, it has intensified again.
At the end of the group, Neo saw only one emotion in his eyes, "It's good to be young".
In the final analysis, these two people are just children's psychology.
After the candidates in Area D met Zhou Yue and nodded and shook hands, Yang Ye walked over with his head held high.
Seeing Yang Ye, Zhou Yue was obviously stunned for a moment, and after a while, he smiled: "It turned out to be a big star, I heard your name on the fifth floor of the ground." I've always wanted to see each other, but I didn't have the chance. I didn't expect to meet here today. β
Yang Ye smiled neither humbly nor arrogantly, and said, "Mr. Zhou has won the award, I am just a little famous, and it is really nothing compared to the Zhou family." Moreover, the significance of my candidacy must be very clear to Mr. Zhou. β
Zhou Yue just smiled.
Turning his head to see Wang An standing behind Yang Ye, his brows jumped slightly: "Who is this?" β
"Detectives from the Criminal Investigation Division of Area C, responsible for keeping me safe."
Yang Ye Road.
Zhou Yue looked at Wang An in disbelief, and then looked at the detectives of the Criminal Investigation Department beside the other candidates.
Although Zhou Yue did not awaken, some equipment of the Seven Great Families could allow ordinary people to judge the strength of the awakened. Zhou Yue naturally has such equipment, in his eyes, Wang An only has a third-order level, even if there are two female awakened people next to him, the real strength is not too high.
Compared to the three fourth-order awakened agents around the other candidates, Zhou Yue's side was simply incredibly weak.
"Zone C, that's all there is to it?"
Zhou Yue asked bluntly.
Wang Andao: "The Criminal Investigation Department of Area C was destroyed just half a year ago, and it is still in the process of reconstruction, and it does not have the rich heritage of other districts. β
glanced at Li Wei.
Li Wei nodded secretly.
Wang An's knowledge level can't say such a literal thing, these are all kinds of response notes made by Li Wei last night. Fortunately, Wang An is a pure heart, and the three cycles in his body have been opened, according to martial arts, it is called the body of the beginning of the yuan, and his memory is extremely strong. So what Li Wei wrote, Wang An remembered in his heart, and now he doesn't show timidity.
Zhou Yue let out an "oh", shook his head and said, "Even so, it's just that you still can't." β
He was smiling at the previous candidates, but when he arrived at Wang An, the smile on his face was obviously much more stereotypical. It's like a boss reprimanding a subordinate.
Wang Andao: "What is the official arrangement, does Mr. Zhou also have to ask?" β
Zhou Yue's face suddenly froze.
He accused Area C of sending agents of Wang An's calibre, although he was concerned about safety, but more importantly, it was also for deterrence. Through this arrogant attitude that lies beneath the words, it shows that the big family has a higher status than the official.
Otherwise, there are so many competitors for the official grand coordinator, why should he only care about Yang Ye, so that others feel that he has a tendency.
It's just that Wang An's sentence is like pointing directly at the sore spot.
It means that Zhou Yue, you can do your thing with peace of mind, and the official internal arrangement is not yet the turn of the seven major families to put their beaks.
Of course, everyone understands this kind of thing, but Wang An is already waiting for a direct slap in the face, even if Zhou Yue has been in the family for many years and is quite self-contained, he is extremely embarrassed for a while.
I was even more embarrassed in my heart, thinking that I wanted to show the strength of the big family in front of everyone, but I lost face in front of a hairy boy!
After a while, Zhou Yue said: "Heh, it turns out that Area C has reorganized the Criminal Investigation Department and reorganized you sharp-toothed awakened people. β
Wang An was inexplicable.
He felt as if he hadn't sinned against Zhou Yue from beginning to end.
Although the education is not high, it does not mean that Wang An is a fool.
To be exact, he is not knowledgeable, but his emotional intelligence is absolutely outstanding. After being on the ground for so long, you don't necessarily need a degree of education, nor do you need any systematic collection and sorting ability, but if you don't have enough emotional intelligence, you will already be on the street.
Therefore, Wang An didn't think about confronting any big family from beginning to end, not to mention that he only had the strength of the fourth order now, even if he had the sixth order, there was no need to confront these people.
That question just now is actually a kind reminder.
Some words are too much, it is easy to leave a handle, Zhou Yue directly said "the official arrangement is not good" and something like that, this kind of words are easily understood by the official as something else. When the time comes, he is about to be held accountable by someone with a heart, and Zhou Yue will definitely be the first to be pushed out as a target.
Wang An has seen the fight of those large and small factions on the ground floor, and he has seen similar scenes at least five or six times, and every time someone owes a debt to someone who has a heart, no matter what the result is, the unlucky one is definitely the one who owes it.
So the meaning of Wang An's words is very simple, Zhou Yue, you have spoken the line, apologize in time, and this matter will pass.
But unexpectedly, Zhou Yue had to hit the road to death? !
It's just enough to say that there is a problem with the official arrangement, but now it is actually directly said that there is a problem with the official reorganization of the Criminal Investigation Division? Isn't this sentence clearly trying to say, "Officially, there is a problem with one of your departments"?
This is to break the tacit understanding between the official and the Seven Great Families?!
Wang An glanced back at Neo first.
Regarding a lot of insider information about the Seven Great Families and the official, Wang An got it from Neo last night, and so far, Wang An has only rested for an hour. If it weren't for the unimpeded flow of the Twelve Orthodox, Wang An would not have any spirit at all now.
It was precisely because he knew that Wang An looked back at Neo and wanted to hear what Neo meant.
Neo was also dumbfounded at this time.
Although Wang An's question just now was a little sharp, it was definitely right. Zhou Yue's inch of inches is too much.
Seeing that Neo didn't respond for a while, Wang An had no choice but to smile and say: "Yes, yes, what you said is, next time Mr. Zhou is free, welcome to the Criminal Investigation Department of Area C for guidance, after all, we are reconstruction, and we don't understand many things." β
He was originally mixed up on the ground floor, how easy it is to change his face, one second he was stern, and the next second he was a hippie smile.
But the more Zhou saw it, the more disgusted he became, and he felt that this guy in front of him was really disgusting.
When people get angry, they tend to loosen the string in their brains.
Zhou Yue happened to be in this state, he covered his mouth and said: "No need for next time, I'll let your Criminal Investigation Department do it all over again when I go back." β