Atlas of Heaven and Man.

Chapter 618 Refinement
When Chen Chuan was returning to Yangzhi City, a luxury car driving out of the central city arrived in Yangzhi City and stopped in front of the administrative building of the Government Affairs Hall.

Three people came out of the car. One of them was wearing sunglasses. He looked up at the administrative building in front of him, which was still in the style of decades ago, with an expression of disgust.

After looking for a while, the three people walked towards the building.

In the office of the civil affairs director, Zhu Xian was handling official business. At this time, the secretary came in and whispered a few words to him. He frowned and asked, "Are you sure?"

The secretary nodded and said, "What they have is the letter from Councillor Shao of the Central City Council." As he spoke, he took out the letter and placed it on the table.

Zhu Xian thought for a moment, put the pen in his hand back on the pen cap, sat back, and asked, "Aren't they here to cause trouble?"

The secretary said, "There are only three people here, and they don't look like they're looking for trouble."

Zhu Xian looked at the letter, but did not move. Instead, he asked his secretary to go out first. Then he reached out, picked up a separate phone on the desk, and dialed a number.

After waiting for a long time, the call was connected. He immediately stood up and said humbly, "Sir, it's me."

An old voice came from there: "It's Xiao Zhu, what's wrong, have you run into trouble?"

Zhu Xian said: "Teacher, I don't understand something and I want to ask you something. It's like this..."

Ten minutes later, the secretary was called back in. Zhu Xian told him, "Ask someone to cooperate with them and send someone to accompany them. If they want to go out, try to protect them."

The secretary said, "Chief, should we ask the police to take care of this?"

Zhu Xian thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "No, just use the security team of the Municipal Government Office."

The secretary nodded and went out to make arrangements.

Around 11 o'clock in the morning, Chen Chuan returned to Yangzhi City. The General Administration had already given a reply last night, so the matter had been taken over by the General Administration and there was no need to worry about any recurrence.

At this time, the telegraph operator said: "Supervisor, a telegram from the bureau." Then he handed over a translated telegram.

Chen Chuan took it and looked at it. He began to wonder if there was something wrong with the bureau, but after looking at it, he found that it was the Government Affairs Department who was looking for him, and they used the name of the Civil Affairs Director Zhu Xian. It was just because they couldn't find him yesterday, so they passed the message on to the Bureau.

After thinking about it, he turned the car towards the Government Affairs Hall in the south of the city.

Around noon, he arrived at the Government Affairs Office. After he got off the car, Zhu Xian's secretary came to greet him personally and explained, "This time, someone from the central city came to look for a supervisor. He brought a letter from a certain congressman. We are not in a position to ask for the details."

Chen Chuan understood his hint and knew that the visitor had a powerful background, so Chief Zhu had no choice but to cooperate as best he could.

From Central City...

Who would come to me at this time?
He followed the secretary into a spacious reception room where Chief Zhu and three people in imported formal attire were talking, and the atmosphere seemed harmonious.

Seeing him come in, he stood up with a smile and said, "Manager Chen is here." He said to Chen Chuan, "Manager Chen, these three people want to discuss a rather important matter with you. I still have official business to attend to, so I will not disturb you any longer. You guys talk." After saying that, he apologized to them with a smile and left.

After he left, one of them stood up and stretched out his hand: "Hello, Manager Chen, let me introduce myself. My name is Ji Xinmin, and I'm a secretary in the Jingxiu faction. These two are my colleagues in the faction." The two people behind him nodded to him.

Chen Chuan's heart was slightly moved, and he shook hands with him, "Is it the Jingxiu Sect?"

He could tell that these three people were all third-level fighters. Especially Ji Xinmin, who had obviously cultivated spiritual power and whose strength should not be underestimated.

Ji Xinmin smiled and said, "Yes, the Jingxiu School. Oh, I wonder if Manager Chen has heard of us?"

Chen Chuanshuo said: "No, but I have seen several fighting styles in the past."

"It seems that Manager Chen doesn't know us very well." Ji Xinmin let go of his hand and said with a smile: "Why don't we sit down and talk slowly?"

Chen Chuan nodded and sat down on a seat nearby.

Ji Xinmin also returned to his original seat and sat down. He maintained a proper smile and said:
"Manager Chen, although our Jingxiu School is a fighting school, it is different from those popular schools that you have understood before. Those who can join us must be elites like Manager Chen who serve as managers in government departments and large enterprises.

He said meaningfully: "To join our school, the first requirement is to have a certain position and status, and our Jingxiu School is spread all over Dashun. Every central city and even the capital has our members."

He paused for a moment before continuing, "We have learned about some of Manager Chen's past deeds and the contributions you have made. A senior member of our faction admires you very much. After some discussion, he felt that Manager Chen is qualified to join us, so he specially asked us to come and meet with Manager Chen."

A person behind him said, "There is still debate about whether to let Manager Chen join us, because we have always had strict requirements for every new member, so we asked them to come here to inspect Manager Chen first and then make a decision." Another person said, "Take the Jibei Road Central City as an example. In the past three years, only one person has joined us. We are not in a position to disclose his name, but his contributions in the fusion area are not inferior to those of you, Manager Chen, and they are also real achievements without any water."

Ji Xinmin waited for the two to finish speaking before he smiled and said, "This opportunity is very rare, Manager Chen. You have made outstanding achievements and a brilliant resume, but you need to understand that the world has its own way of operating. Many times, those things are useless when they are written on paper and cannot be transformed into something substantial.

But we, the Refined School, have the ability to make it a reality.”

He stopped talking at this point and looked at Chen Chuan with a smile, giving the latter some time to think.

He believed that through the information Chen Chuan received when he came in just now and his introduction at this moment, he should be able to understand the weight of his words.

Chen Chuan now felt like he was meeting the mutual aid group he had met before. Although these people were very polite and kept saying they were offering him help, they all had that kind of arrogance of "we are giving you an opportunity" and that kind of condescending sense of charity that was almost overflowing. He raised his head and said, "I think I understand."

Ji Xinmin smiled and said, "So, Director Chen, do you have any intention to join our school? Well, let me explain, this is just an inquiry. If you want to join us, you still need to undergo some investigation."

Chen Chuan replied calmly to the three people: "If the three of you came here today just for this matter, then I'm sorry, I can tell you very clearly that I have no interest in joining your sect."

Hearing his refusal, Ji Xinmin was startled, but he did not show any displeasure. Instead, he smiled and said, "Mr. Chen, you may not know enough about our Jingxiu Sect. We understand that it is a bit sudden for you to come here today. It doesn't matter..."

He took out a name card and placed it on the table.

"Manager Chen, if you need our help in the future, please feel free to ask. We will find a way to help you. Manager Chen seems to have something else to do, so we will not disturb you anymore and will take our leave now."

He stood up and shook hands with Chen Chuan in a friendly manner. It seemed that even though he was rejected in person, there was no unpleasantness between them.

Only after the three people came out did the smile on Ji Xinmin's face fade.

A person behind him showed a look of not being surprised, and sneered, "I told you long ago that this guy has already become the head of investigation when he is less than 20 years old. He is very proud of himself. If such a young man does not experience setbacks, he will not know how difficult the road ahead will be."

Ji Xinmin said nonchalantly, "But someone above him values ​​him, so he has to come here first, just to give an explanation."

"What's next?"

Ji Xinmin said: "Since the higher-ups have given us this task, we must complete it, but there is no need to rush. Go back and make arrangements, and he will understand."

It’s not like they haven’t encountered people who were unwilling to join them before, and they have experience in dealing with such people.

They will use the Jingxiu Sect's extensive network of contacts to suppress it in all aspects.

For example, the simplest way is to transfer people from Jibei Road to other central cities, thus separating them from their original network of contacts, and then randomly assigning them an unpopular position without giving them any opportunities or resources for cultivation.

Most people will usually give in after a while, or after being subjected to a few tactics. Even if there are some tough guys who stand up to them, over time they will just become part of the crowd and there is no need to pay any more attention to them.

Of course, if they are real talents, other schools may come to recruit them during this period, but this is the purpose of their coming here today.

In order to avoid vicious competition, there is an unwritten agreement between schools of thought that once a school of thought targets a person first, other schools of thought will not interfere.

And they checked and found that Chen Chuan had no background in any school and had never joined any school. They could easily control him with the help of the school's huge network of relationships.

At this time, a man looked around and said with disgust: "Let's go quickly, I don't want to stay here any longer."

Compared with the central city, Yangzhi City is backward in almost every aspect, and Yangzhi City still retains a large number of buildings from the great development period, which makes this feeling even stronger.

His words were obviously agreed by the other two. The three of them quickened their pace and left quickly.

After the three people left, Chen Chuan walked out of the meeting room without even looking at the name card left on the table.

When he came out of the corridor, he saw Zhu Xian's secretary waiting there. When he saw him coming out, he came up to him, bowed politely, and said, "Manager Chen, the Chief wants to see you."

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(End of this chapter)