Pokémon: Forced to Become a Dragon Master at the Beginning

Chapter 1068: Ten Major Families

Dinner.

Pokobi International Building under the name of Han Group.

In the luxurious banquet hall on the top floor, the dazzling crystal chandeliers cast soft and bright light, illuminating the red carpet in the hall.

The restaurant's service staff, accompanied by Pokémon such as Iris and Chandler, pushed food carts and continuously placed delicious food on the long table.

The pure gold tableware exudes a low-key luxury under the soft lighting.

A huge ice-sculptured swan is in the center of the dining table, surrounded by various rare seafood. Caviar is served in exquisite shell containers, each one as tempting as a black pearl.

The band was playing melodious classical music in the corner. The violin sounded melodious and the piano sounded steady and elegant.

Men and women in haute couture gowns were arm in arm, holding champagne in their hands, with polite smiles on their faces, whispering to the people around them, and looking towards the entrance from time to time.

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"Old Chen, you're here so early?"

"Yu Yun, aren't you here so early too?"

Chen Zhengyan and Yu Yun, the two defeated opponents of Xia Yu, are also old acquaintances. It can be said that there are only so many top-notch king-level trainers in East China, and the circle is only so big, so basically everyone knows each other.

Of course, this does not include people like Xia Yu who are sudden strong opponents coming from other places.

Chen Zhengyan glanced at Yu Yun, then stretched out his big hand and patted the woman next to him.

The beautiful female companion next to Chen Zhengyan immediately understood what he meant, and took the initiative to walk towards Yu Yun's female companion with her long legs and a bright smile on her face. She gently took his hand and started chatting with him, saying "Sister, sister". She walked to the corner, leaving the two men space to communicate alone.

After the two girls left, Yu Yun and Chen Zhengyan looked at each other in silence, then shook their heads slightly with a helpless smile on their faces: "Old Chen, I am one of the top eight this year..."

"If it's not the Four Heavenly Kings, is there any difference between the top eight and the top sixteen?" Chen Zhengyan glanced at Yu Yun and spoke.

"Alas." Yu Yun sighed after hearing this, picked up the champagne in his hand, took a sip and said, "I thought I had a chance this time, but I didn't expect..."

"Some people are born to be the protagonist." Perhaps because he was eliminated earlier than Yu Yun, Chen Zhengyan looked calm and had already accepted his failure: "And we just need to do our best to be ourselves."

"Really?" Yu Yun looked at Chen Zhengyan, who looked like a philosopher, and cursed him in his heart for being pretentious. He smiled and said, "I heard that in order to be promoted to the Four Heavenly Kings this time, your family..."

Chen Zhengyan's face twitched, and he gently waved his hand, obviously not wanting to bring up this sad topic again: "I can't compete for the Four Heavenly Kings this time. My current goal is to compete for the position of the owner of Sujiang Province. I heard that many old rivals have come to Sujiang to compete for the position of owner, and there are many super-powered Heavenly Kings among them. You have to be careful then, don't capsize and get eliminated."

"You too." Yu Yun was not to be outdone, and said with a smile: "When a genius appears in the Dragon Department, you should be more careful. If there is another one like Dragon Champion or Xia Tianwang, hehe... then you won't even be able to be the gym leader."

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As the two were talking, there was a sudden commotion at the entrance of the hall.

"Here we go, Dragon Champion!"

"And President Han!"

"The new Four Heavenly Kings are here too."

Upon hearing this, Chen Zhengyan and Yu Yun immediately stopped talking, raised their heads and looked at the entrance of the hall.

Surrounded by the crowd, Long Fan walked in from the entrance of the hall. He was wearing a well-tailored black suit. Even though he was middle-aged, he still couldn't hide his handsomeness and majesty.

As the number one figure in East China, Long Fan's every move is closely watched. Whenever he appears in public, he will become the focus of everyone.

Following closely behind Long Fan half a step was Han Dingguo, president of the East China Pokémon Association. Han Dingguo was 72 years old this year, with gray hair on his temples and a sinister look in his eyes, giving people a serious feeling.

Han Dingguo had served as the chief of the Four Heavenly Kings in the southwest region a long time ago, but he failed in the competition for the championship with his uncle Lu Tinghe, so he retreated to the second line and came to the East China region to serve as the president of the Pokémon Association.

Although the status of the Pokémon Association President is not as high as that of the Champion, in terms of power, the Pokémon Association President actually has much more power than the Champion.

Generally speaking, the president of the Pokémon Association in each major region is also the second most important person in each major region, second only to the local champion.

After Han Dingguo walked into the hall were the new four kings of the East China region.

The Dragon King Xia Yu, the Electric King Gu Ying, the Steel King Hu Yongle, and the Grass King Li Ruochen.

At the end of the list are the vice president of the Pokémon Association and other senior executives.

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"Champion Dragon, long time no see!"

"President Han, how are you?"

"Champion Long, come and visit me when you have time. I recently got a box of new tea, please come and taste it."

"President Han, we are almost ready for the Jolteon cooperative training plan that we mentioned last time. We have already prepared all the Thunder Stones."

As soon as Long Fan and Han Dingguo walked into the hall, they were immediately surrounded by a group of people and started chatting enthusiastically.

Xia Yu's eyes swept over the celebrities in front of him, looking at them carefully, combining the people in front of him with the photos. Before coming here, he had already done his homework in advance.

Most of the people surrounding Long Fan came from the top ten families in East China.

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The Top Ten Families in East China is a name that refers to the ten most powerful families with deep-rooted influence in the East China society. Of course, to be called the Top Ten Families, their ancestors must have produced at least one of the Four Heavenly Kings.

The Han family, the Fan family, the Hu family, the Rong family, the Gu family, the Gao family, the Shi family, the Mu family, the Chen family, and the Huang family.

These ten major families are also Xia Yu’s key investigation targets. There must be traitors among them who are colluding with foreign forces, and there is a high possibility that there are more than one family!

This trip to East China may not be a good thing, but it makes it more interesting.

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"Xia Yu, Yan Ning."

While Xia Yu was deep in thought, the voice of his master Long Fan rang in his ears. He saw Long Fan, who was surrounded by a crowd, gently waved at the two of them, motioning them to come over.

"Master."

"dad."

Xia Yu and Long Yaning spoke respectfully to Long Fan, and then Xia Yu set his eyes on the people around Long Fan.

These people showed kind and friendly smiles on their faces and nodded enthusiastically towards Xia Yu.

"Come, let me introduce them to you. These are your uncles. When you work in East China, you will have to deal with them." Long Fan smiled and pointed at a middle-aged man in his 40s or 50s beside him, and said, "This is Han Wei. You can call him Uncle Han or Uncle Wei. He is Chairman Han's son."

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The plot is a little slow, but it will speed up.

I have a dinner party tonight, and I will start writing when I get back.

I didn’t update last weekend because I had to go back to my hometown for something and it was inconvenient to update. This weekend... I should be able to update without any interruption.