Representatives of all forces came down from the golden eagle, and Jing Sheng cupped his hands and invited them politely, with a loud voice.
Daozu Ye You didn't say anything. Representatives from various forces passed by him and didn't dare to be rude, but he treated them indifferently.
Since only representatives could attend the meeting, the entourage brought by each party stayed outside the conference hall, or were taken to the residence by the monks of Hongying Villa, or stayed in place to wait for their representatives to be dispatched.
In principle, as long as they do not trespass into some forbidden places, the followers can move freely in Hongying Villa without restrictions.
Zhang Hao was a follower of Ye You Daozu, so he naturally did not enter the conference hall, so Gu Chen only passed by him and had a brief encounter with him.
"I'll go find you tonight."
Zhang Hao sent a message and said that this was exactly what Gu Chen wanted, and he walked away calmly.
Chen Wenfeng and Ni Bodhisattva stayed outside, while Gu Chen walked into the conference hall with the Great Prophet.
It is worth noting that Fang Yuan did not enter the hall, but just stood at the door with a smile, looking like a holy and filial son.
Walking into the hall, it was brightly lit and there was a huge round table with a total of thirty-eight seats.
The extra handful belongs to Jingsheng. As the executive director of the Taoist court, he is responsible for organizing the meeting process.
The round table symbolizes that the thirty-seven forces present are equal, but equality has always existed only in fairy tales. Just who takes the seat first is very particular.
Everyone looked at Ye You Daozu at the same time. Regardless of his identity or strength, of course he had to take the first place.
Daozu Ye You didn't even bother to evade anything hypocritically, so he just found a chair and sat down, yawning.
Seeing that he was sitting at the table, all the forces sat down one after another, and the seat next to him was reserved for Jing Sheng and Feng Zong's leader Feng Yuxiu.
Gu Chen looked around and deliberately found a seat next to the Jade Clan leader, and the Great Prophet followed closely and sat on the other side of him.
When the leader of the Jade Clan saw this, his face changed slightly, and he subconsciously glanced at the Great Sage She Yi not far away.
Chen Yunfei had no choice but to sit next to him. What would happen if the great sage She Yi misunderstood him?
You must know that the Great Sage Sheyi is very angry. When the Taoist meeting is over, the army of the herdsmen will probably crush the Chen clan immediately. He doesn't want to be implicated inexplicably!
Thinking about it this way, Chen Yunfei is now suspected of being in the realm of the Great Saint. There is another Saint in the clan, and Pei Chao is an ally, so it is not something that his little Jade Clan can offend.
He couldn't even sit still, but the leader of the Jade Clan didn't have the guts to tell him to go away. He could only be dumb and eat Coptis chinensis, unable to tell the story of his sufferings!
Gu Chen casually chatted with the leader of the Jade Clan for a few words. At the same time, he glanced at the Great Sage She Yi and found that the Great Sage She Yi turned a blind eye and seemed not to pay attention to the situation on his side.
Gu Chen didn't care, he glanced at Liu Sheng again from the corner of his eye, and then quickly looked back.
The two have long been allies in private, but now that Chen Wenfeng has not exposed it, this relationship has been hidden for now.
The two of them had no communication at the Honghu Inn, and that's still the case now.
Jingsheng deliberately waited until everyone was seated before he was the last one to sit down. After waving his hand, the monks from the villa came forward and handed each jade slip to everyone.
Previously, what was sent to all parties was only a list of proposals. For each proposal, there were detailed information and issues that needed to be discussed.
Some complex bills involve so many interests that they may even remain in a stalemate for several days with no result.
Daozu Ye You pushed the jade slip in front of him, leaned back on the chair, crossed his legs, and said lazily: "You guys talk, I'm just a make-up, just pretend I don't exist."
After saying that, he simply closed his eyes and fell asleep during the meeting.
The big bosses of many forces suddenly looked at each other. Isn't this too casual?
Gu Chen was stunned, then shook his head inwardly.
With the strength and status of Taiqi Palace, all the benefits that should be fought for have been fought for long ago. There is indeed nothing to talk about in the proposal.
Daozu Ye You sits here more like a sea god needle, mainly to ensure that the meeting proceeds in an orderly manner and to prevent the forces participating in the meeting from making out-of-control actions due to interests.
With Taoist Ye You here, the Taoist meeting can be fair and just to a certain extent. However, even if everyone knows it well, it is a bit too cool for the Taoist to sleep in during the meeting!
"Let's get started, the first motion..."
Jing Sheng had already anticipated this. He picked up the jade slip at hand and explained the content of the motion.
The meeting started like this. After everyone understood the situation, the stakeholders involved in the motion quickly expressed their respective positions to gain maximum support.
For the motion, each participating force has one vote and can agree, reject, or abstain.
Of course, Taiqi Palace has absolute veto power, and any motion they do not agree with will never be passed.
This power is still effective even if other members of the Hongmeng Group are present.
The five major forces of the Hongmeng Group follow the principle of unity of the Hongmeng Group. If any one uses their veto power, the others will have nothing to do.
No other members of the Hongmeng Group participated in the meeting today, and Taozu Ye You of Taiqi Palace said not to interfere, which means that Taiqi Palace’s votes were regarded as abstentions.
In this way, the eight first-class forces are the most influential on various proposals!
The other second- and third-rate forces are directly or indirectly dependent on the first-rate forces. Occasionally, there are some that are particularly neutral and will not go against the first-rate forces.
In other words, as long as the first-class forces want to pass the bill, there is basically no problem, and each first-class force has long been angry about passing it privately.
There is a lot of exchange of interests, and in order to ensure that oneself get benefits, one may even sacrifice the interests of second- and third-rate forces.
It seems fair on the round table, but the law of the jungle is still an eternal truth, but the meat-eaters no longer eat hair and drink blood, but wear a coat of exquisite hypocrisy.
Of course, there are times when this coat is torn, for example, when the interests of first-rate forces cannot be coordinated.
"Adopt the standards for promoting Jiange to review the arms trade in the Second Mountain and Sea? Yan Shiliu, your Jiange has great ambitions. Do you want to cut off a financial path for our Mu Dynasty?"
When the meeting was half a day old and the fifth motion was discussed, the Great Sage She Yi threw the jade slip away and sneered.
Suddenly, the atmosphere at the scene condensed.
"Fellow Daoist She Yi has made a serious statement. There should be standards for the weapons sold to the outside world. This matter has been delayed for a long time."
"The weapons refined by our Sword Dynasty have always been of high quality and low price. Promoting the standards of Jiange will be beneficial to all the forces present. It will also prevent everyone from spending a lot of money to purchase weapons, only to buy defective products.
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Yan Shiliu was full of yin and yang, secretly mocking.
The face of the Great Saint She Yi turned completely gloomy for a moment, while the other forces remained silent and watched the two tigers fighting each other!
As we all know, Jiange has a bunch of extremely high-level weapon refining masters because it masters the "Great Weapon Refining Technique".
The weapons refined in Jiange's Weapon Refining Hall have always been welcomed by all forces. Not only are they of high quality, but their prices are also extremely advantageous.
The Mu Dynasty was extremely militaristic and owned a large number of mineral veins. The sale of weapons to foreign countries also became a major source of wealth for them.
Although the weapon refining level of the Mu Dynasty is much lower than that of Jiange, due to the advantages of mineral vein resources and the fact that the truly superior weapons of the Mu Dynasty are reserved for their own use and only eliminated or defective products are sold to the outside world, the price is lower than that of Jiange.
Zhijian Pavilion is even cheaper, and it occupies a large market, making huge profits.
At present, Jiange wants to formulate unified standards for the weapons refined by the Second Mountain and Sea. In that case, the weapons of the Mu Dynasty will be difficult to sell.
Just one word of non-compliance with standards can prevent them from selling and cause heavy losses!