Chapter 806: Chapter 238: Completion_4 - Space Odyssey from Abandoned Mining Space Station

This way, Bai Quan’s positive reputation in public opinion has become even harder to suppress. Chen Ming has already seen Bai Quan holding a winning hand in this incident. And just today, Chen Ming noticed a record in the report saying that another wave of public opinion is rising. Public opinion regarding Zuo Jing. Since Bai Quan’s public opinion issue has been resolved, it’s easy for Chen Ming to figure out who this opinion is targeting. Bai Quan’s spear has started pointing towards the other party’s leadership, claiming ties with Zuo Jing. Anyway, with Zuo Jing caught and in Bai Quan’s hands, he could say whatever he wants. If it were the previous Bai Quan, he might have convicted Zuo Jing’s members and related personnel first, and then investigated the people behind them. But now it’s different; Bai Quan has finished his investigation and rather than drawing conclusions, he wants to pin the blame on the other party. In any case, he hasn’t spoken definitively; Bai Quan only expresses suspicion and hopes the other side will provide some explanations. Additionally, there’s a rumor spreading that Lou Wei loosened his control over Zuo Jing specifically to delay the date of the staking agreement, allowing Zuo Jing to attack Chen Ming’s Dome. The appearance of these two rumors together creates a situation where the other side can no longer clarify things. Combining this with Bai Quan’s previous high-profile reprimands, high-profile internal clearances, high-profile actions, and then high-profile investigations of Zuo Jing, it’s clear. The public opinion on this matter is already unstoppable. "So this is your doing?" Chen Ming lifted his head from the report and looked at Bai Quan, who had just walked in, and continued: "Did you deflect Zuo Jing’s public opinion onto them?" "Yes, that’s what I had to do." Bai Quan nodded and said, "Under normal circumstances, the public opinion I actively disseminate wouldn’t ferment this fast or spread this widely." "Even if I point the blame in advance at them, they could easily brush it off." "But they wanted to expand the public opinion while thinking my side was weakening, so now there’s no chance to suppress it anymore." "They still look at me as if I’m clueless, so they shall pay the price." Today, Chen Ming finally understood Bai Quan’s arrangements over the past few weeks and said, "Now it’s their turn to be caught up in trouble." "That’s right. They will soon have to give an explanation, or the one who should give an explanation will be the one at the top." At this moment, Chen Ming suddenly thought of a possible reverse development and asked, "But why do I still feel it’s like before? Just this public opinion alone may not be enough to topple them, the ones who will be taken down are still beneath." Bai Quan looked at Chen Ming with an understanding expression: "You haven’t mingled in the political arena before, so you may not know, to bring them down, it’s impossible to succeed in one move. There’s no direct evidence implicating their top leaders." "Think about the difference between now and before. Previously, we investigated and got results, with their lower ranks suffering and then getting saved by their leaders." "Now, we have shoved the problem to their top leaders, forcing them to let their lower ranks suffer, completely different." "And it’s not just the lower ranks; the emergence of Zuo Jing in our Fourteenth Legion internally also impacts the top tier." "If I don’t handle Zuo Jing’s issue properly over here, I have to be responsible for it; if they don’t handle it well over there, they too have to be responsible." "Look at me, how many people were complaining that I was mismanaging during the internal clean-ups a few days ago? And now?" "Anyhow, it wasn’t me who caused the Zuo Jing incident, but the trouble created by others, let them bear the brunt." "In civilized societies, public opinion also carries weight." Listening to Bai Quan’s long speech, Chen Ming rubbed his forehead and said, "It’s headache-inducing." Bai Quan, seeing Chen Ming, suddenly thought of his past self, smiled and said, "Don’t worry, I have the capacity to handle these things in the future." "Oh, right." Bai Quan suddenly cleared his throat and said, "Xing Hai asked me to inquire when you’ll have time for simulation gaming?" "It’s been over half a month since the last deep simulation and you haven’t done even a simple simulation battle, she’s getting anxious." Chen Ming retorted, "Why doesn’t she just call directly?" "She said she’s afraid you’re too busy with research and when you’re immersed in simulation research you usually ignore her, she didn’t want to face that rejection, so she asked me to ask." "Oh, that’s actually true." Chen Ming recalled his previous times in the simulation, where his mind was all about stealing more data and running more experimental simulations with the equipment, instinctively chatting with the idle Cheng Xinghai. Being overly focused sometimes, he might not hear her, which is quite normal. Now, as Bai Quan suddenly brought it up, Chen Ming thought it over and didn’t see a reason to refuse, saying, "I’m generally available." "Alright, I’ll tell her that." Bai Quan quickly followed up, not giving Chen Ming a chance to regret. At the same time, he brought up another matter: "Things at Lou Wei’s side should be starting soon."