Sign of the times

When Zhou Shoushi realized he was going to die today regardless of what he said, he gradually calmed down.

Zhou Shoushi adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses and even combed his hair with his hand before saying, "Do you know the Wang Consortium is annexing the Pyro Company and the Kong Consortium?"

Ren Xiaosu sat down across from him. "I know, but what does that have anything to do with what we're talking about now? Are you saying that everything that y'all did was to target the Wang Consortium?"

"That's right." Zhou Shoushi said, "Several years ago, the Wang Consortium revealed their ambitions when they kept using trade to try to weaken the consortiums around them. Moreover, they've implemented mandatory conscription of their citizens for so many years, so everyone knows they've been wanting to start a war in the Central Plains."

"So?" Ren Xiaosu asked.