Beijing.
In the courtyard of the Gu Family.
Before the New Year, all family mbers gathered here.
Gu Yuan and his wife, along with Gu Yi, who brought his wife, ca.
Yu Yue also ca with her husband and daughter, Ye Shuting.
This was Luo Jun’s first ti following his girlfriend, Ye Shuting, to Beijing to et the Gu family mbers, especially when he saw Lin Yue and Gu Feng, he was particularly restrained and nervous.
In his mind, Gu Feng symbolized power.
He was also a god-like figure in the hearts of cultivators.
Lin Yue’s combat power demonstrated in the arena had also left Luo Jun deeply unnerved.
He hadn’t expected these two big shots to be so calm and peaceful at ho.
Perhaps because it was the first ti eting a stranger, the more than one-year-old Gu Jinnian toddled over, sizing up Luo Jun with his big eyes.
Ye Shuting imdiately smiled and swooped up Gu Jinnian, "Let auntie give my little Year a hug and a kiss."
Many people ca to the Gu family to pay a New Year’s visit.
Sitting on the living room sofa like an invisible person, Luo Jun was sowhat at a loss watching these big shots entering the Gu family courtyard.
Every so often, he saw on TV a big shot from within the organization co to pay their respects.
Master Luo from the Oil Division, Chief Zhao from the Pharmaceutical Departnt, Master ng from the Arena, and Master Hou from the Testing Station, among others.
Taking advantage of Gu Feng’s presence, they all brought their sons, the future heirs of their families, to show their faces in front of Gu Feng.
As ntioned earlier, whether their families could continue to hold the position of Hall Master was actually all dependent on a word from Gu Feng.
Of course, the current Hall Masters were not young, and they certainly would not cling to their positions and refuse to retire.
But it was precisely because they intended to retire that they wanted to recomnd their own sons.
Each of the Hall Masters’ sons was also in their early thirties, occupying provincial, departnt-level posts at ho, belonging to the top five positions in the provinces.
With the family’s influence, they could secure a position as Big Housekeeper in the province for their sons.
But to move further to beco a [Candidate Hall Master] and eventually a full-fledged [Hall Master], they needed the recomndation of the Original Shareholders.
Previously, these families had been actively performing and trying to make their presence felt in various situations to get noticed by the Gu family mbers.
Unfortunately, Elder Gu was very busy and lived a secluded life.
Seeing him was harder than seeing the Sect Leader.
Now, as New Year’s Eve approached, everyone, taking advantage of being in the sa courtyard and hearing that Elder Gu and his wife were back for the New Year, rushed over with gifts to visit.
"Hello, what should I call you?"
The sons of the Hall Masters, all holding important positions in the provinces, were very humble and proactive in greeting unknown people in the Gu family’s courtyard.
After they sat down and saw the unfamiliar face of Luo Jun, they inquired.
"Luo Jun," Luo Jun quickly stood up to shake hands.
"My na is Luo Shijie, I serve as the Big Housekeeper in Beidong Province."
"I’m Hou Liangguang, I’m the Fourth Housekeeper in Lu Province."
"My na is Zhao Yutang, I serve as the Vice Housekeeper in Beihai Province."
Luo Jun cursed under his breath.
These people, casually any second-generation rich kid from these families, were provincial-level big shots even his own father would depend on?
Indeed, a mysterious courtyard, unassuming at a glance, but outside they are really influential figures.
"Brother Luo, what do you do? I don’t seem to have seen you around the courtyard much."
After introducing themselves, perhaps not wanting the conversation to stall so quickly, they searched for topics to discuss.
This question made Luo Jun feel socially dead.
Throughout history, the powerful have always looked down the chain, and he, coming from a capitalist background, exaggeratedly said, depended on attachnts derived from authority.
His family was not a super-capitalist elite family.
Luo Jun didn’t know how to introduce himself when he thought of the few people whose own territories faced multinational corporations.
"Ah Jun, co and give a hand."
At that mont, Yu Yue called Luo Jun over, and he hurriedly excused himself and went to help.
When Gu Feng walked over with his son, not only did the heirs of the various Hall Masters stand, but their fathers, the Hall Masters, stood up as well.
"Please, sit down. There’s no need to stand."
Gu Feng waved his hands amiably, but the sons of the Hall Masters really didn’t dare to sit and remained standing.
The Hall Masters smiled apologetically as they introduced their sons to Gu Feng.
Of course, Gu Feng had heard of them during his ti in the academy. Still, he usually served in the military, and these people had developed their careers in various provinces early on, so there was little intersection, of course, his impression and understanding of their capabilities were limited.
Now Gu Feng had no real ambition regarding personnel arrangents within the system.
But he understood the intentions of the Hall Masters coming over—they were none other than to fully align with the Gu Family and beco a dependent power.
First, it must be understood that the departnts these Hall Masters belonged to were established on projects endowed by Gu Feng within the group.
Who becos the head of a departnt was a matter of Gu Feng’s word alone.
This also ant that these projects were within the business scope of the Gu family, giving the Gu family the right to assign at least ten Hall Master positions!
These Hall Masters ca hoping to fully depend on the Gu Family, willingly taking on the managent responsibilities of the Hall Master departnts.
If they succeeded, they would no longer need to exhaust strategies every term to compete for Hall Master positions against more than 220 candidates in the institution. Moreover, they wouldn’t have to worry about their family’s decline and getting kicked out of the institution.
If they depended on the Gu family, with its current control over ten Hall Master resources, they could simply ensure the heirs perford well. Once their resus were set, the Gu family would arrange jobs for them.
Even if the Gu family’s subordinate forces expanded in the future, it’s still much better than competing with over two hundred other candidates.
"Master Hou, is the person in charge of the monitoring station still the sa?" Gu Feng asked while sipping tea.
Master Hou’s heart skipped a beat.
"He has been replaced," Master Hou quickly pleaded his case. "I have apologized to the Elder for this matter. In the future, such people will no longer hold such important positions."
Others among the Hall Masters seed to take pleasure in Master Hou’s misfortune.
Naturally, they hoped that there would be fewer competitors.
This was a ss the Hou family had brought upon themselves, notoriously snubbing Lin Yue the last ti.
Gu Feng brought up this matter on this occasion to send a ssage to those present today.
He could disregard the issue or let them continue to hold their positions.
However, by bringing up the Hou family’s issue, he wanted those present to have a sense of proportion in their future actions.
On the other side, Ye Shuting was pulling Luo Jun to introduce him to Gu Feng.
Luo Jun, feeling inferior, dared not approach.
Besides fearing being overshadowed by those with privilege, he was even more afraid of facing the god-like Gu Feng.
But Ye Shuting insisted on pushing him forward.
"Brother, this is my fiancé Luo Jun. We’re getting married next month."
Luo Jun bowed deeply to Gu Feng, not daring to breathe heavily.
The sons of a few Hall Masters, who had not known Luo Jun’s background until now, imdiately looked at him with newfound respect upon hearing that he was Ye Shuting’s fiancé.
Gu Feng simply nodded absent-mindedly.
After Ye Shuting and Luo Jun left, he realized that Luo Jun was drenched in sweat.
Ye Shuting told Luo Jun, "You could have gotten to know those few brothers earlier and exchanged contact information. They will probably take over their fathers’ positions in the future. If you need help later, just call them."
Luo Jun: "Let’s forget about it, their ranks are too high."
Ye Shuting glared at him, "Their ranks were given by my brother, and those Hall Masters will be part of the Gu family soon. Whether they can advance to Hall Master depends on arrangents from my brother’s side, so if there’s a need, just call them. After all, why raise people if not to make use of them?"
"Now that you have co to the Ye family, I want you to understand what kind of presence my family has."
Luo Jun nodded, swallowing his saliva, "Don’t worry, wife, I got the ssage. From now on, I will definitely be honest."
"Silly!" Ye Shuting burst out laughing and scolded, "Hurry up and go help my dad."
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