DOOMSDAY ECSTASY CAVE (311)
311. GRAND AMBITION
With the cooperation of the two siblings, when Jiang Qingyu organized a meeting with various forces, he also sent an invitation to the Chu family. Of course... this was what Jiang Qingyu promised Chu Youning at the beginning, otherwise Chu Youning would not have agreed to get engaged to Shen Haonan.
Before Chu Youning came back, Chu Youxian and the others were studying the invitation letter.
Don't look at Chu Youxian who liked to act like a baby when he sees Chu Youning, but once he started talking about business, he will become serious.
"Sis! What do you think about this matter?" Chu Youxian handed over the invitation card, and when Chu Youning took it, he scratched her palm with his fingers. Chu Youning glanced at him lightly, then looked down at the invitation.
"This kind of meeting has always been cumbersome, and it's not something that can be finalized in just one or two sitting. The Chu family has not yet established a firm foothold in the capital, and attending the meeting as just a marginal force. We will just stay the same and cope with the changes."
[以不变应万变-yǐ bù biàn yìng wàn biàn-Respond to all changes with the same/Respond to all changes with no change (idiom) m. to cope with shifting circumstances by adhering to a basic principle]
Don't look at fact that Chu Youning and Chu Youxian were arrogant outside, but their arrogance was just for others to see. In fact, they recognize their own weight, but they will not belittle themselves because of it either.
[斤两- jīn liǎng- weight- m. importance]
Chu Youning closed the invitation with a smile in her eyes, "The mission of the Chu family this time is to become one of the first tier force in resisting the sea beasts."
Chu Youning's tone was very modest, as if this task was easy to achieve, but... all the people in the room were stunned stupid. For a small Chu family, even if Chu Youxian only slept for three hours a day, he can only recruit a few hundred people. Even if there was a Freedom base, it was only an empty city for the time being. Just like this... still want to squeeze into the first tier force?
It has to be said that it sounded like an overestimation of one's capabilities to anyone who heard this remark. But Chu Youxian didn't question Chu Youning's decision, he didn't care what kind of grand ambition Chu Youning had made, as long as he figures out how to help her achieve it.
"Find a way to get a list of the participants in this meeting. I want to see it this afternoon." Chu Youxian turned to a thin man and said.
The man frowned slightly, as though it seemed a little difficult, but he still nodded, "Okay."
"How about the group of people I want?" Chu Youxian looked at another middle-aged man.
"The first batch has already been placed in the outer city, and the second batch will arrive the day after tomorrow." The middle-aged man said quickly. It turned out that all the supernatural ability users in the capital were almost divided up by other families, so Chu Youxian went to other bases to recruit people based on the information provided by Chu Youning.
Huaxia was so big, there were countless capable people. If they had wild ambitions(野心), they can promise them with benefits. If they had righteous ambitions(抱负), they can talk to them about the righteousness of the family and the country's matters. Anyway, there would inevitably be ones that suits them.
[野心-yě xīn- ambition/careerism. It is a negative word. To describe the pursuit of power and status,and it usually violates morality or specific rules. And the person who hold the pursuits usually have bad qualities. Chu Youning is such a person, with 野心-yě xīn- ambition/careerism.
抱负-bào fù- ambition/aspiration. It is a positive word. to describe the desires of achieving goals. The goals may be related to power and status but achieving these goals means shouldering responsibilities. Jiang Qingyu can be considered as such a person, with 抱负-bào fù- ambition. Righteous ambition.
I don't know any better way to translate these two kinds of ambitions as my vocab is lacking...]
Chu Youxian nodded, and before he could speak, a small man stepped forward, "The management's application for entering the city has been issued, and I can go and bring them in now."
"Very well, the matter of troops recruitment and incorporation should be continued on the basis on the Freedom Base. As for the number..." Chu Youxian quickly calculated, "Triple it!"
"Yes!" Everyone responded in unison.
Seeing Chu Youxian's orderly arrangements, Chu Youning smiled with satisfaction. Chu Youxian was still very reliable when he didn't use his lower body to think.
Shen Haonan looked at Chu Youxian, a little surprised. He had been following Lu Yiming all this time, and also saw how much Jiang Qingyu valued Lu Yiming. So he naturally knew how important a managerial talent was in this chaotic end times. He didn't expect that Chu Youxian, who was even younger than him, would have such abilities.
After arranging everything, Chu Youxian returned to his puppy state again, "Sis... will you take me to the meeting?"
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