"How come you're only looking for Xue-jie now? What were you doing these past few years? Let me tell you, there have been tons of people chasing after our Xue-jie all these years."

.....

"Hurry up and sleep, we have to get up early tomorrow."

Qian Chengxue's face was flushed, and she quickly cut everyone off.

"Okay."

The others could only lie down in disappointment.

Su Mo and Qian Chengxue didn't continue chatting either, but they both turned to face each other with a tacit understanding.

As if wanting to imprint the other in their minds, they slowly drifted off to sleep.

The next morning, Su Mo and the others woke up very early.

Everyone tidied their clothes and washed up.

Qian Chengxue said, "For this bidding process, Su Mo, Sun Li, and Tang Yao will come with me. The rest of you will stay at the company and await orders. We'll notify you if anything comes up."

"Understood!"

Everyone responded.

A moment later, Qian Chengxue and the others left the company with their briefcases.

Su Mo asked curiously, "Where are we going now?"

"To the Federal Building. It's not far, only a kilometer or two from here. We can just walk there," Qian Chengxue said simply to Su Mo.

"Do all the businesses from the Federation that come to Xinghuan Zhi Cheng rent in the same area?"

Su Mo asked thoughtfully.

"Yes, all the Federal companies are basically renting in this area. But the Federal Building is different. The Federation bought it with a lot of money."

Qian Chengxue said to Su Mo.

"Not bad, the Federation is so rich?"

Su Mo was also secretly surprised. Although the land here wasn't as valuable as the inner second ring, being able to buy a building was still impressive.

"The Federation has been developing very well these years. They've even bought three V-class battleships, didn't you know?"

Qian Chengxue asked in confusion.

"That powerful? Ah... Actually, I've been recovering from injuries these past few years and haven't paid much attention to what's going on outside."

Su Mo replied awkwardly.

"How's your health? Are you okay?"

Qian Chengxue suddenly remembered that she was so happy that she had forgotten to ask Su Mo about it.

"Don't worry, I'm fine. I'm basically recovered."

Su Mo said vaguely. He didn't dare to be too clear, fearing that Qian Chengxue would worry about him.

Seeing Su Mo say that he was almost better, Qian Chengxue secretly breathed a sigh of relief, her heart easing a lot.

"That's good. By the way, after you recovered, did you report to the military?"

"Don't worry, I definitely reported. And didn't I promise you yesterday that I wouldn't leave? Oh, I forgot to tell you some good news: I retired."

Su Mo said to Qian Chengxue.

Qian Chengxue was even happier when she heard this news, and she nodded emphatically.

"Okay."

......

Before long, Su Mo saw the Federal Administrative Building. The entire building had more than thirty floors, with a large area, and looked very impressive.

There were also fully armed soldiers guarding the entrance.

At this time, the entrance of the Federal Administrative Building was unusually lively, with a lot of people gathered.

Su Mo glanced over and immediately saw many familiar faces, such as people from the Ye family, the Lin family, and the Wang family.

There were even more people he didn't recognize.

Su Mo asked with some surprise, "Does the Federation want to purchase a lot of things this time?"

"A lot! Just think, we're only competing for one category and it's already so much money. I heard the total purchase amount is up to hundreds of billions of star coins!"

Sun Li said excitedly.

Su Mo was also secretly surprised, but he didn't say much.

At this moment, the Lin family's descendants seemed to see Qian Chengxue and the others, and they raised their hands to greet them.

Qian Chengxue also nodded in response.

At this time, many people from the Ye family also saw Qian Chengxue, but more people coldly turned their heads and left.

However, unexpectedly, Ye Wuhen very rarely nodded slightly to Qian Chengxue.

Seeing this scene, Su Mo asked curiously, "Xue-jie, the Lin family's people seem to be very familiar with you?"

"Yes, they are."

Qian Chengxue nodded.

Tang Yao, who was beside her, added with a smile, "The Lin family is a big client of our group. Many of the orders we have are from the Lin family. Otherwise, how could we have developed so quickly these years? Of course, all of this is thanks to Xue-jie."

Hearing this, Su Mo was even more surprised, wondering if those gossip news were true.

"Xue-jie, could it be that you're really from the Lin family?"

Qian Chengxue said to Su Mo in a low voice, "This matter is a bit complicated, I'll explain it to you later. But the reason why I've been able to develop so well these years is indeed thanks to my Shifu."

"I understand."

Su Mo nodded without asking further.

Then, Qian Chengxue led Su Mo and the others towards the security soldiers.

Soon they passed the inspection and entered the Federal Administrative Building.

The internal area was even more lively, full of people who came to participate in the bidding.

They greeted each other.

"Xue-jie, where do we bid?"

Sun Li asked curiously.

"Go to the seventeenth floor. We will be bidding there for the next three days."

Qian Chengxue had already inquired about it in advance.

"Bidding for three days?"

Su Mo was also a little surprised.

"The bids we are making are split into more than a dozen parts and will be bid on over three days. Basically, we bid today, and we will know the results tomorrow. The most important bids are on the last day. Of course, the quotas for the first two days are also substantial."

Qian Chengxue explained to Su Mo.

"That's efficient."

Su Mo nodded.

"Let's take the elevator."

Qian Chengxue simply led Su Mo and the others towards the elevator.

As a result, as soon as they reached the elevator, they ran into a middle-aged woman dressed luxuriously, with a strong perfume smell.

She looked at Qian Chengxue and said unkindly, "Oh, isn't this CEO Qian Chengxue? I didn't expect you to come to bid in person."

"CEO Wu, aren't you here in person too?"

Qian Chengxue replied indifferently.

"Oh, you even brought a handsome guy today. He looks so handsome, I wonder what to call you, young man."

Wu Xiaoen's eyes inadvertently swept over Su Mo, and she asked with glowing eyes.

Qian Chengxue frowned slightly, her expression becoming more and more unhappy.

Su Mo naturally noticed it, and he sighed helplessly and said, "Hello, Auntie, my name is Su Mo."

Wu Xiaoli's entire face twisted together, and she said with irrepressible anger.

"Who's an auntie? What kind of eyes do you have?"

"I'm sorry, I misspoke, Older Aunt!"

Su Mo said apologetically.

Sun Li and Tang Yao, who were on the side, couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Wu Xiaoli's face turned white with anger on the spot, and she gritted her teeth and said, "Qian Chengxue, what kind of people are you teaching?"

"How I teach is none of your business."

Qian Chengxue replied in a good mood.

At this time, the elevator arrived at the seventeenth floor and opened its doors.

"You wait, don't think you're great just because the Lin family is backing you. You'll have a good cry later."

After Wu Xiaoli said these harsh words, she left angrily.

Qian Chengxue and the others then walked out of the elevator.

Su Mo asked curiously, "Do you have a grudge against that old woman?"

"That's the CEO of Qihe Group, which mainly deals in military protective clothing and other businesses. Our businesses are basically overlapping. In the early days, they had a cooperative relationship with the Lin family. Later, the Lin family gave us a lot of business and stopped cooperating with them. Moreover, as our group rose, we also squeezed out a lot of market share, so we have always been at odds."

Qian Chengxue briefly introduced Su Mo.

At this time, Sun Li, who was next to her, couldn't help but complain, "It's more than just being at odds. That guy has been badmouthing Xue-jie online a lot. A lot of negative news was created by them, and they even secretly poached our people."

"Sun Li, don't say that, don't bother with them. Let's just do our job well. When we climb higher, these won't be problems."

Qian Chengxue shook her head. Su Mo had just returned, and she didn't want him to worry too much.

Su Mo didn't ask any more questions, he just silently remembered Qihe Group.

"Xue-jie has a good temper and doesn't bother with them."

Sun Li couldn't help but mutter.

"Okay, let's go bid."

Qian Chengxue said, leading them forward.

The entire seventeenth floor had twenty bidding windows open.

Each window was filled with long queues. Although it was an invitation system, it could be seen that the number of invited companies was not small.

Looking at this scene, Su Mo thought that the competitive pressure wasn't normal. No wonder Qian Chengxue would work so hard to lower costs and improve her competitive advantage.

Of course, although he was a little worried, Su Mo didn't say much.

Qian Chengxue found window number twelve and went to line up.

More than an hour later, Qian Chengxue successfully submitted the bid documents.

"Is that all?"

Su Mo asked tentatively.

"That's it, we'll just come back tomorrow to see the announcement."

Qian Chengxue said, breathing a slight sigh of relief.

"Yeah, by the way, are other categories of bids being made on other floors?"

Su Mo asked curiously.

"Yes, do you want to go take a look?"

Qian Chengxue responded.

"No, I'm just curious which category is the most profitable."

Su Mo asked with a smile.

"That goes without saying, of course the arms category is the most profitable, especially the arms dealers who produce those missiles, they're all making a fortune. You know, the ammunition consumed by the front-line troops every day is an astronomical figure. If they were all purchased from Xinghuan Zhi Cheng, the Federation wouldn't be able to afford it no matter how rich they are."

Sun Li was very excited when she talked about this.

"Then why don't we do this line of work?"

Su Mo asked curiously.

Qian Chengxue showed a wry smile: "The threshold for the arms industry is too high. First of all, we need to approve the qualifications, and we also need to introduce high-end technology and production equipment, which is not a small cost. The most important thing is that if we want to do business in the arms category, we also need to pay the Federation a high security deposit to prevent problems with the goods sold during use. Let's get involved when we have the opportunity in the future."

"Xue-jie is right. It's not realistic to get fat in one bite. Let's take it slow."

Tang Yao agreed.