165: With these, do I qualify?

The next day.

Gu Dadong couldn't spare time for lunch, hurriedly donning his uniform and marching outside.

Elder Li notified all Hall Masters to gather at the military district's conference room.

After Gu arrived, he found that all the Elders were present. He asked curiously, "Has the negotiation with Longteng fallen through?"

The high-level attention Longteng Group commands is closely tied to the current global environment.

These past two years have seen worldwide chaos, with Dragon Nation's citizens' overseas enterprises hanging by a thread. Efforts were made to seek help through embassies, but with 47,000 overseas enterprises and a citizen workforce of 1.8 million abroad, it would be overly burdensome and thankless for the nation to protect their lives and property investments.

For starters, the astronomical cost of expanding the overseas military personnel alone would be significant.

Thus, the situation left the country in a passive position.