Interstellar Number One Farmer: I Only Want To Farm!-Chapter 360 - 113: Quibbling

The committee felt stifled once again. In collaborations with enterprises, it was always the other party trying to curry favor with them.

Su Xiaocai was indeed a rarity, guarding against them instead. No matter how groundbreaking her technology was, is it more important than her reputation?

Alright then, she obviously didn’t regard the technology too highly and still welcomed people from the military.

In this game of chess, Su Xiaocai was clearly the better player.

Admiral Bai’s secretary’s eyes flickered; Vice Admiral Bai had always wanted to position someone close to Su Xiaocai.

This event would be a perfect opportunity.

Vice Admiral Bai had been struggling to find an excuse to send personnel over, and even when technicians applied for leave, they were denied. The reason was clear: after the war, manpower was short. If one wanted to take leave, the technician would be relocated to support elsewhere.

The tournament was near, and Su Xiaocai requested personnel from Admiral Bai’s side. That way, they could naturally enter her lab to learn the new technology.

Two birds with one stone.

The military was observing closely, expecting them to make a quick decision.

That look, as if saying "just how long are you going to dawdle?"

It was quite insulting.

"Rest assured, we will appoint internal committee members to go over when the time comes."

"No, I want military personnel, or government personnel unrelated to any family, but definitely not the committee." Su Xiaocai remembered clearly; all those old folks had backgrounds and connections.

The committee’s upper echelons were all like that. How impartial could the lower ranks be expected to be?

Most of them undoubtedly belonged to the people behind those old folks.

It was only through holding each other in check that they maintained so-called fairness.

At this point, Admiral Bai’s secretary declared, "Rest assured, when the time comes, I will ensure your requests are met on behalf of Admiral Bai."

The committee was almost vomiting blood. This wouldn’t work, that wouldn’t work. It was a blatant attitude of distrust, making them want to just leave it all behind.

The committee thought: You two have it all planned out, why are we even here? Luckily, it was them here and not those old predecessors who would already be pounding the table, shouting nonsense.

If the military wanted to intervene, they couldn’t do anything about it, as the military knew better what kind of talent they needed.

Every decision was made by those old hands; the military was already fed up with their covert maneuvers.

Not that the selected personnel were subpar, but among the selected ranks, a large proportion belonged to their people. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

Thinking about it, decades later, the mecha masters among the contestants would all be from their factions.

It would be better to go back to the old days of conscription from the general population, followed by selection within the military.

But even that method had its downsides.

Anyone with some connections would push their way up. As long as they were healthy and mostly fit, they could always squeeze out the children from more ordinary families.

"Within a week, we’ll submit the bid proposal from our side."

The committee could only agree to this first, and whether the upper echelon would later retract the project didn’t concern them.

Su Xiaocai cynically remarked, "Fine, no problem. If you go back on your word just to string me along, making me spend a fortune to do this, then I can also turn the tables, directly selling the ready product to those in need, letting them pick their own people."

That surely had nothing to do with the committee anymore. Lazy to argue further, selling to the military would fetch more than five billion, even a hundred times that.

Cross the river, burn the bridge. Move and counter-move, having the technology makes you a boss. Not relying on you to get rich.

The committee, choked once again, could only maintain a smile.

"Hope you can successfully win the bid."

Bidding is never certain; if another company bids lower and delivers what they expect,

then the project won’t be yours.

Their selfish aim was to ensure there was a company capable of handling the project.

If the project was approved but no one could deliver, and no one bid, it would be an embarrassment for them.