The meeting was done separately. Fan Fan had entered a smaller room for a meeting with the authorities. Though so, a high ranking leader and a few military representatives were present at the bigger meeting to play an important part as hosts.  

The hosting figures gave their speeches one after another, earning rounds of applause at each end. The attendees were rather proactive, creating an unexpectedly comfortable atmosphere. There were some reporters but they were all situated a distance away, silently recording the meeting. 

This was the first time Xia Lei had attended something like this, the format and atmosphere were completely unfamiliar to him. Thankfully, the leaders were done with their speeches within an hour. Leaving the remaining time for each invited representatives of the military industry. 

Each of them had come prepared with a well-written speech. Their content was all structured along the lines of determination and their keenness towards eliminating obstacles and so on to produce achievements. Essentially, they were merely repeating one another. There was no point in paying attention to their words. 

Ye Kun had also readied a script for himself, which happened to be a shocking...