Go back half an hour.
At that time, Zhou Xianzong and Lin Xiaoying came to the headquarters of the General Chamber of Commerce to submit an application report for the Military Affairs Bureau’s training resources for the coming year on behalf of the Dongjiang Military Affairs Bureau.
After the report was submitted, the two waited for more than twenty minutes, and finally the report was typed back.
The person who informed them that the application report had not been approved was the secretary of Deputy Minister Gu, who was in charge of the resource treasury of the Ministry of Armed Forces. His name was Wu Mingze.
The other party handed the report back to Zhou Xianzong and said in a very cold manner:
"This report is impossible to pass. Please revise it again and apply again."
Zhou Xianzong and Lin Xiaoying were both surprised by this.
The two looked at each other, and then Zhou Xianzong looked at Secretary Wu with a flattering smile on his face and asked:
"Secretary Wu, can you tell me what went wrong? I drafted this report myself and reviewed it carefully. Compared with previous years, there are not many additional resources, so it shouldn't be passed."
Wu Mingze said calmly:
"There are too many resources applied for in the report. You Dongjiang can only apply for one-third of the above training resources at most. If it exceeds this amount, it is impossible to be approved."
Hearing this, Zhou Xianzong and Lin Xiaoying were stunned.
The Dongjiang Military Affairs Bureau can only apply for one-third of the training resources reported?
Why? !
This question popped up in their minds, and they both looked at Wu Mingze, wanting a reasonable explanation.
However, Wu Mingze didn't seem to want to explain anything. After leaving these words, he turned around and walked upstairs, intending to return to his office.
How could Zhou Xianzong endure such a dismissive attitude?
He immediately grabbed the other person, suppressed the anger in his heart, and asked in a calm tone as much as possible:
"Secretary Wu, our Dongjiang Military Affairs Bureau hasn't made any mistakes this year, right? Dongjiang can only apply for one-third of its training resources, and there's no explanation at all?"
"Before I came here, I asked other brother provinces. They could all apply for more resources than in previous years. Why can't we in Dongjiang not only apply for more, but also have to reduce resources?"
Wu Mingze glanced at Zhou Xianzong's hand holding his clothes, and his face instantly turned cold.
He said coldly:
"Why do you have the nerve to ask me?"
"What achievements has your Dongjiang Military Affairs Bureau made this year? Other provinces have applied for resources and cultivated one or two martial arts masters. What do you have in Dongjiang?"
"I approve so many resources for you every year, but in the end you don't even have a martial arts master. So many resources are wasted in vain. It's a good thing that I didn't withdraw your Dongjiang Martial Arts Bureau. You still have the nerve to ask me for an explanation, huh!"
This reprimand could be said to have left no face to Zhou Xianzong.
You know, this is the first floor lobby of the Treasure House Building!
In a scene where people were coming and going, after receiving such a scolding, countless eyes turned over him. Zhou Xianzong's face turned red and he could hardly raise his head.
Lin Xiaoying on the side couldn't stand it anymore.
"Secretary Wu, there's no need to go so far, right? We..."
She was stopped by Zhou Xianzong as soon as she was halfway through her words, preventing her from continuing.
Zhou Xianzong didn't want Lin Xiaoying to offend Wu Mingze.
This girl is a practical person with a good mind. She had just become a warrior in the Qi and Blood Realm. She was transferred from the Police Security Bureau to the Military Affairs Bureau and became a formal member of the Dongjiang Military Affairs Bureau.
There is still a bright future ahead, and it is not worthwhile to offend Wu Mingze for this.
In fact, Zhou Xianzong was also very angry.
After all, he was also the director of the Provincial Armed Forces Bureau. In terms of status, he was only higher than Wu Mingze. However, the other party represented Gu Chenan, the deputy minister of the Armed Forces Department.
Vice Minister Gu controls the treasure house of the General Chamber of Commerce, and he has the final say in the distribution of training resources to the following military bureaus every year.
Even if Zhou Xianzong was dissatisfied, he would not dare to fall out with Wu Mingze directly.
He pulled Lin Xiaoying behind him to prevent the girl from interrupting. Then he looked at Wu Mingze and said with an embarrassed and angry expression:
"Secretary Wu, we in Dongjiang have also had martial arts masters!"
Wu Mingze nodded with a sarcastic look on his face:
"Yes, it happened. I know who you are talking about, that Ning Zhenxiong, right?"
"Then where is he now? He broke through to the martial arts master, why didn't you see him coming with you?"
Zhou Xianzong was speechless.
Naturally, it was impossible for Ning Zhenxiong to follow him.
Everyone is dead, how can we come here?
But he couldn't explain this to Wu Mingze, so he could only bite the bullet and said:
"Although Ning Zhenxiong is not here, your Deputy Minister Ding of the Military Affairs Department saw him with his own eyes when he went to Dongjiang. He has indeed become a martial arts master."
When Wu Mingze heard this, he sneered a few times and said disdainfully:
"Then you go find Deputy Minister Ding and ask her to approve the application report for you."
"She has seen it, not me. Who knows whether what you are saying is true or false?"
Zhou Xianzong's face was extremely ugly.
What Wu Mingze meant was that he had made up his mind not to approve this resource application report for their Dongjiang Military Affairs Bureau.
But the other party was worried about the problem of martial arts master, and he couldn't solve it immediately!
For a moment, Zhou Xianzong had no choice but to soften his attitude, hold Wu Mingze's right hand with both hands, and beg hard:
"Secretary Wu, one-third is really too little. Give me more. At least... at least it will be the same as last year? Otherwise, how will I explain to the people below when I go back?"
Wu Mingze had long lost his patience. He threw away Zhou Xianzong's hand and said with a disgusted expression:
"How do you explain that it has anything to do with me?"
"I'm already giving you face by giving you a third of the batch. Don't be ignorant and leave quickly."
"If the harassment continues, I will notify the guards!"
After that, he didn't stay any longer, turned around and stepped onto the stairs.
What a joke, the Dongjiang Military Affairs Bureau is not within their faction’s sphere of influence, so why should they receive so many resources?
Cultivation resources are already tight, and they don't have enough people from their own faction. Not to mention that there was no more, even if there was, he would not have allowed this report to be submitted.
When Lin Xiaoying saw this, she couldn't bear it anymore.
She ignored Zhou Xianzong's obstruction and shouted at Wu Mingze's back:
"Secretary Wu, you are just a secretary to Deputy Minister Gu. In terms of rank, you are not as high as our director. Why are you talking to our director like this?"
"Deputy Minister Gu has the final say whether the resource application report submitted by our Dongjiang Armed Forces Bureau is approved or not, and how much is approved. You, a secretary, took our report and stuffed it back intact, and you just said I can approve one third!”
"Who gave you the power?"
"Call Vice Minister Gu here. I want to ask him whether our Dongjiang Military Affairs Bureau can really only apply for one-third of last year's training resources next year!"
As soon as he said this, Wu Mingze, who had already walked halfway up the stairs, suddenly turned back.
His face was particularly gloomy, and the aura of peak bone-refining realm cultivation suddenly pressed towards Lin Xiaoying:
"Do you know what you are talking about?"
"This is the headquarters of the General Chamber of Commerce. I am the secretary to the Deputy Minister of Armed Forces. What do I do? When did it become your turn as a woman to interrupt?"
