Qi Tongwei left the meeting feeling perplexed, having returned empty-handed.
Back home, he went straight to his study. He sat there in silence, beginning to ponder what exactly Fu Xiangming was trying to do. Why did he remain so dead set against the proposal? It defied reason. His excuses about fearing responsibility or needing to consider the bigger picture had become far too flimsy at this stage. It seemed more like he was obstructing the project for the sake of obstruction—as if he wasn't afraid that Qi Tongwei might fail, but rather terrified that he might actually succeed.
Qi Tongwei began to carefully piece things together. If this final strike by the You-Liang Faction succeeded, he would certainly seize the opportunity to climb two rungs up the ladder, directly succeeding Liang Qunfeng in his current post. He would then lead the You-Liang Faction and the Handa University academic exchange forward, maintaining their peak for another five to ten years.
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