In name only: The land of Handong, I shall rule its fate.

Become!

Wu Chunlin stormed into Lin Zhiyuan's office. It has to be said that the man surnamed Li is quite something; he knows how to go with the flow and forcefully used the mistake to finalize the cooperation.

certainly…

The one most deserving of praise is Li Xinyu, who used a tearful ruse to completely fool her fellow disciples.

The other students are not bad either.

Hehehe!

The sect's patriarch will no longer be able to stay in the sect; he will be coming to Han Dong to reside permanently.

Moreover, the name sounds better than the original plan.

Lin Zhiyuan glanced at the report documents, then calmly put them aside. "The people are here. You and Deng Gao go through the motions to show that Handong attaches great importance to this."

Wu Chunlin nodded. It was natural to show respect to a holy son of a sect who had come down.

But he was very unhappy.

"The plan was a huge success, and this is your reaction?"

Wu Chunlin plopped down on the opposite side of the table and posed a soul-searching question.

"What kind of success is this?"

Lin Zhiyuan looked up, speechless. "You've brought back around ten thousand students in total, and you've only managed to resolve less than twenty of them."

"The percentage is less than 0.2%."

Instead of coming here to show off, you should be thinking about how to deal with the rest.

"They're about to collapse."

Lin Zhiyuan offered a friendly reminder.

"Um?"

Wu Chunlin sensed something was off. "This isn't right! Although they aren't the most outstanding talents from any sect, they are still exceptional individuals from top-tier universities. It's not an exaggeration to praise them as exceptionally gifted. Why would they all suddenly explode like this?"

"If they're all like this, how come regular students haven't had any problems in previous years?"

"besides…"

Wu Chunlin became increasingly uneasy. He had been having too much fun outside lately and seemed to have forgotten something. "Xinyu seems very perceptive and doesn't seem like a careless person. Why would she make a mistake on such a simple debugging task?"

"Surely society has gone so far as to degrade elite talent from that of ordinary people?"

Hey!

Lin Zhiyuan's lips curled into a mischievous smile. "Their abilities are naturally superior to the average person, but what if we give them tasks that exceed their current capabilities, or put them in unsuitable positions?"

"For example, Li Xinyu is quick-witted and bold, but if she is placed in a boring and repetitive job for a long time, she will not make mistakes once or twice, but in the long run, she will make mistakes sooner or later."

You! You! You!

Wu Chunlin stared wide-eyed, pointing at the culprit in front of him, his eyes filled with disbelief.

How could you do something so morally reprehensible?

Wu Chunlin accused.

"Pooh!"

Lin Zhiyuan spat and reminded him, "Don't forget, the plan to use the sect's useless members to command the sect's patriarch was devised by the two of us. Don't pretend to be a good person."

"The term 'discarded disciples' is relative. They are not infallible in their daily work, and some of them make serious mistakes. However, they are uncontrollable and cannot achieve our desired goals. It is better to take control of the variables ourselves."

"Once all personnel are in place..."

"I asked Comrade Zuo Tao to create a personal file for each student, analyzing their abilities and personality. After the initial assignment, adjustments were made based on real-time feedback from the assigning units."

"That's why we have the current effect."

"In the early stages, I will focus on whichever issue I want to address, and then quickly intervene and implement the plan."

"But there have been too many outbreaks."

"The news will get out sooner or later. The old ancestor is just old, not stupid, so you'll be busy from now on."

"The kind that doesn't touch the ground."

Upon hearing this...

Wu Chunlin's face was full of a hen's expression. He didn't know anything. He just brought the people in and left the rest to Zuo Tao and the department.

"You, surnamed Lin, you tricked me!"

Wu Chunlin passionately performed the Five-Colored Divine Light, a unique skill of Handong, and then, with a quick glance, decided to strike first.

He leaped forward and pounced.

Wu Chunlin leaped onto the desk with his agile body, grabbed Lin Zhiyuan by the neck with both hands, and shook him from side to side, making a tearful accusation: "Lin, I have served you wholeheartedly, traveled all over the country, recruited so many cadres to fill vacancies and stabilize the overall situation, and brought in so many new seeds."

"You're the one who tricked me like this."

"You, surnamed Lin, are heartless, ungrateful, and unreasonable! Do you even remember I'm your senior from back then?! You've betrayed your senior!"

"No wonder…"

"Li Dakang and Yang Wanli betray you from time to time, you deserve it."

Lin Zhiyuan grabbed the crazed old Deng, lifted him up with one hand, and threw him back into the chair.

boom!

A muffled thud.

Wu Chunlin winced in pain, cursing the beast, "With your strength, it's a real injustice not to let you take Shen Shanhe's position."

cut!

The reason he had a good relationship with Elder Shen was because of the punches and kicks they exchanged back then.

but…

Shen Shanhe, that human-shaped brown bear, is someone I probably can't beat; his physical abilities are too extraordinary.

"Stop having epileptic seizures!"

Lin Zhiyuan glanced at him sideways, "Otherwise, I'll use you as a dumbbell from now on."

Wu Chunlin shuddered. He was already so old, how could he be so shameless!

What if it gets out?

"I don't care, you have to solve my problem."

Wu Chunlin instantly changed his tune, turning into a rogue, "I came all the way back to help you stabilize the situation, you can't just take advantage of your old senior, can you?"

"Who told you to run around like that?"

Lin Zhiyuan said irritably, "My original plan was to release them in batches and solve the problems gradually, but you've gotten addicted to having fun and are always elusive, leaving all the work to Comrade Zuo Tao alone."

I can't tell you.

Wu Chunlin stubbornly insisted, "But I really do have important business to attend to."

"So you think you've got it all figured out?"

Lin Zhiyuan scoffed.

Wu Chunlin nodded vigorously as if it were a given, but when he saw Lin Zhiyuan's mocking look as if he were looking at a clown, he panicked instantly.

Could it be that I forgot something?

"Then why hasn't any news about any transfers been released?"

Lin Zhiyuan countered with a question.

"Then...then we should prepare..."

Wu Chunlin's voice trailed off, and he decided to give up entirely, saying, "I'm begging you, please stop being a riddle-maker."

"Organizational work..."

Lin Zhiyuan picked up his teacup to moisten his throat and said, word by word, "It's not just about recruiting people, but also about screening, training, employing, and providing a safety net."

"You should know better than I do, yet you only completed the first step. Weren't you quite thorough in Chuzhou? You cooperated well with Comrade Zuo Tao both internally and externally. Why were you in such a rush afterwards?"

"I don't even know you—no, what's the rush?"

"You're all so quick-witted, vying to deviate from the plan. Plans need to be adjusted at any time, but they're not meant for you to completely overturn. Otherwise, what's the point of making plans?"

Lin Zhiyuan clutched his forehead in anguish.

When we were on the Han River, the comrade I was working with was too honest. Maybe he had done something a bit too ruthless before, which made him afraid to cross the line. He simply stayed put and didn't have any of his own ideas.

But this place in Handong…

They are all cunning and resourceful, and when they get down to business, they are as bold and decisive as a horse galloping across the vast world.