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Chapter 1706: Chapter 1038: A Scene Before the Yangshan Conference

Now it’s not the pre-apocalypse anymore; Yangshan’s spaceship tech is already insanely advanced, and the speed is super fast.

Even from Jingzhou to Yangshan, nearly a thousand kilometers, if the ship goes full speed, it only takes half a day or so.

So by evening, Hong Tianyi, Hou Jianjun and the others from Jingzhou had already rushed over.

Shangdi and the others from the Divine Country side had also returned.

James from Kerry Technology, who had been stationed at Sprout along with Wang Ling’Er before, also hurried over with his people.

And between Jingzhou and Linjiang, every Floating Island leader under Yangshan’s turf all hurried over for the meeting.

Yangshan’s territory is getting broader and broader; just the various Floating Islands and Floating Islands in the sky already number quite a few.

The number of people who need to attend meetings keeps going up.

The original meeting hall at the Leader’s Mansion in Mirage Snake Space was no longer sufficient.

Luckily, a super large auditorium had long since been built here specifically to handle this kind of large-scale conference.

The auditorium was already packed; Superpower Users from all over gathered together, groups of three here, cliques of five there.

People from the same place naturally huddled together.

Of course, nobody really had any hostility toward other groups; they were just clustering up on instinct.

Right now James and his people were more in their element than Shangdi, Hong Tianyi and the others.

Because James and his team had been to Yangshan Island and sparred with quite a few people on the island.

Everyone was at least somewhat familiar with each other.

Hong Tianyi, Hou Jianjun, Shangdi and the others all gathered around.

Hong Tianyi laughed and said, “James, you should be pretty familiar with the situation in Yangshan, right?”

James glanced at him and said, “More or less.”

“Heh heh, then later we’ll just stick with you. You can introduce the big shots in Yangshan to us, so we don’t act clueless and accidentally offend someone important, piss off the boss.”

Hearing that, James immediately burst out laughing and said, “You Dragon Country people are always playing these opportunistic tricks.”

Shangdi chuckled darkly on the side and said, “James, don’t forget, the boss is also from Dragon Country.”

James’s smile froze for a moment, and he hurriedly said, “The boss is nothing like you vulgar lot.”

As he said this, he quickly changed the subject. “But you really do need to pay attention to who’s here today.”

“This is the first time the boss has convened a conference on such a huge scale; everyone here is important. You really can’t afford to be careless.”

“I figure all the key department heads of Yangshan will definitely show up, and they’ll probably do self-introductions.”

At this point, Hou Jianjun spoke up. “That’s just their job titles. When the time comes, you need to brief us on which people have a close personal relationship with the boss.”

James suddenly looked a bit embarrassed and said, “Well… honestly I’m not too sure about that either.”

He’d fought with people from Yangshan, sure, but if you asked him who in Yangshan was close with Liang Yuan, who had good personal ties—how would he know?

The ingratiating smiles on Hong Tianyi and the others faded a bit.

“So you’re just like us—only difference is you threw in your lot with the boss a bit earlier?”

Shangdi added, “I knew it. You’re a foreigner; what do you know about working relationships and social ties?”

Hong Tianyi nodded in strong agreement, then said, “Forget it, we might as well go ask Miss Wang.”

Shangdi was stunned, and asked in surprise, “You know Miss Wang?”

Hong Tianyi shook his head. “Don’t know her, but I’ve at least met her.”

James was feeling a bit awkward now, and snapped, “What’s wrong with you guys? You sound like a bunch of bootlickers, doing this every day.”

Shangdi couldn’t help saying, “What the hell do you know? This is Dragon Country. Do you know how big Yangshan’s reach is now? Do you know how many people Mr. Liang has under him? If you don’t hurry up and get to know the people upstairs, what place will you have in Yangshan once it really develops?”

Hong Tianyi also nodded slightly. “This conference is the best chance to expand our network. James, I’m actually saying this as an old acquaintance, just to give you a reminder.”

“Don’t be dumb enough to think we’re just here to attend a meeting.”

“Take the chance and build some connections.”

“This big ship called Yangshan is only going to turn into a starship out in the Cosmos in the future.”

With that, Hong Tianyi turned and searched for Wang Ling’Er. Then he saw a bunch of people crowding around her. His eyes lit up immediately, and he strode over, calling, “Miss Wang, Miss Wang!”

“Wow, when did you get here? I was thinking of coming over together with you.”

Seeing this, Shangdi’s mouth twitched slightly, and he muttered, “The number one expert of the Jingzhou Military, and he’s shameless enough to ‘Miss’ a girl in her early twenties. Hmph.”

As he said that, he immediately strode over and called out, “Island Master Wang! Long time no see!”

James stood there dumbfounded, not quite processing what he’d just seen.

Beside him, the Witch Molly saw her boyfriend like this and couldn’t help shaking her head. “James, you’re used to being a CEO, and you still don’t understand the Dragon Country market?”

“Before, our company’s deals didn’t need us to go out and talk; we relied on our cutting-edge technology.”

“Now it’s different. Now we’re no longer the Party A anymore.”

“You’ve got to learn to blend into the market, learn to adapt. Forget it, I’ll go. It’s easier for women to talk to women.”

With that, the Witch Molly headed straight over toward Wang Ling’Er.

James and Jacks exchanged a glance and both saw the helplessness on each other’s faces.

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At the same time, the same kind of scene was playing out in different corners.

The whole conference felt like it had turned into a networking mixer.

Right now Wang Ling’Er’s head was spinning from all the people pestering her. She glanced at Jiang Ziyin, who was snickering beside her, and couldn’t help saying, “You’re still laughing?”

Jiang Ziyin laughed and said, “Can’t I laugh? Island Master Wang, your official aura is getting stronger and stronger.”

Wang Ling’Er’s little sister Wang Yu’Er also couldn’t help letting out a snort of laughter.

Wang Ling’Er lightly thumped both of them a couple of times, then asked, “I’ve been up north for over a month now. Nothing major happened over here, right?”

Jiang Ziyin shook her head. “Nothing big, really. Other than the Wokou situation down south, there hasn’t been much else.”

Wang Ling’Er immediately asked, “I know about that. Mr. Liang rushed off last time, seems like it was because of that.”

“Now that Mr. Liang is back from the south, looks like there are results?”

“Should be. I’m guessing this conference is very likely related to that incident.” Jiang Ziyin nodded.

“No idea what happened that could make Mr. Liang launch such a massive conference.”

Jiang Ziyin lowered her voice. “I’m guessing it’s not small. Last time we had a conference, it was to discuss the Northern Expedition.”

The timing of Yangshan conferences isn’t fixed, but whenever one is called, it’s guaranteed to be about something major.

So everyone was extremely curious about why Mr. Liang was calling a conference this time.

Time ticked by, and more and more people filled the venue, greeting each other and making introductions.

For a moment, it felt like the atmosphere before the apocalypse had returned.

People were no longer worried about basic survival; they were starting to care about their social standing.