Tan Mingzhao paused, startled by his father's sudden question, and couldn't help but turn his head to ask, "Why are you asking that?"

Tan Hengqiang glanced at his son. "I'm asking what you think."

Tan Mingzhao smiled. "Heh, she's quite good-looking."

Hearing his son say that, Tan Hengqiang knew what was going on in his mind, and said with a smile, "Let's have a family banquet when we have time."

Tan Mingzhao nodded. "Sure."

The father and son looked at each other and smiled, saying nothing more.

...

In the City Hall, the first congress of the Huatong Association continued.

The morning was mainly for meetings on the administrative side. At the meeting, the main administrative framework of the Huatong Association, management personnel, and the integration of several major associations were announced.

Wu Boxin served as the president, and five association representatives were appointed as vice presidents. An Qiqi was appointed as the vice president from the An family, Wang Xiao from the Huagong Association, Gu Baishun from the Wharf Association, and Lu Feng from Changqing Company.

Finally, Su Tianbei represented the Tongji Association. Originally, the position of vice president was intended for Da Bai, but Da Bai's mind was no longer on this, and he already had too many titles, so Su Tianbei was promoted.

These five associations also represent the most core strength of the Huatong Association.

For example, the An family mainly brought together its powerful intelligence department and half of the Tongji Association members who had left the family earlier. After years of operation by An Qiqi, coupled with An Zecheng's support, the entire An family's intelligence agency had a strong influence. In the operation in St. Paul, both Xu Nan and Qiu Ge played a decisive role in the overall situation.

Although only a part of the armed forces and some relatives of the Wang family are left in the Huagong Association, this part of the force should not be underestimated. After all, the Wang family represents the Hua District, and the association has a strong influence among overseas Chinese. Putting them here is more about uniting internal and external forces.

The addition of the Wharf Association is also crucial to the Huatong Association. Especially for Dragon City, many coastal industries are in the hands of this organization. Their participation is equivalent to opening up many trade channels, which can continuously输送 (shūsòng - transport) economic blood for the association.

The structure of the five major associations, including their subordinate industries, will be integrated and reorganized in the future. From then on, they will uniformly accept the management and deployment of the Huatong Association through shareholding.

After the five vice presidents were elected, they took the stage one by one to give speeches.

The five vice presidents also had five styles of speaking. An Qiqi spoke appropriately. After taking the stage, she expressed her optimism about the association's prospects and the work she would do for the association next. After she finished speaking, there was a burst of applause from below. Obviously, everyone was very enthusiastic about the An family's joining.

Wang Xiao didn't say much after taking the stage, he just read a few sentences from the script and stepped down. He had a tense expression throughout the whole process and his emotions weren't very high.

When Gu Baishun and Su Tianbei took the stage, they also chatted casually for a few words, but they both hit the nail on the head and received a warm response.

After Master Lu took the stage, the main thing he expressed was one thing: to make more money with his colleagues in the association. His humorous style and sincere words were deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

After the five vice presidents finished their chats, the atmosphere of the meeting became more enthusiastic, and it continued to move forward.

These five people also concurrently managed the five major areas of projects, finance, organization, logistics, and information. Below them, several ministers were arranged to assist in management.

Among them, Su Tiannan was appointed as the minister of the information department. To put it bluntly, he was still doing his old job of intelligence work, but this couldn't be said clearly, so he changed the name.

After the five major associations were unified and managed, the intelligence agencies of each association were also abolished, and they were uniformly managed by the Huatong Association and the 全统局 (Quán tǒng jú - General Bureau of Intelligence).

Su Tiannan was in charge of intelligence when he was in the Huagong Association before, so he has experience and ability. Moreover, everyone is more convinced by him to coordinate the intelligence work between the several associations. Especially the An family's intelligence department, they trust their own people more. If it is handed over to others, they may not do it.

The project department was handed over to Zhang Taotao. Her working ability was obvious to all in the original company. Now that she serves as the project minister, she is naturally familiar with the job.

Zhang Taotao had already prepared several project plans for the future of the Huatong Association, waiting for the meeting to end before starting to promote these projects.

Wei Xiangzuo served as the Minister of Organization. Lao Wei is a person with principles and bottom lines, who does things in a methodical way and understands people's hearts. It is well-deserved to let him serve as the Minister of Organization.

Financial work was handed over to a representative of Lao Li's team. After all, the power of finance must be firmly grasped in the hands of one's own people to be at ease.

Finally, Zhou Tonghui was responsible for the logistics work. He is meticulous, has a wide network of contacts, and has the Zhou family and another part of the Tongji Association's forces behind him, so it is more than enough to do logistics work. Moreover, this was what Su Tianyu had promised Mingyuan before, so naturally it could not be changed.

In addition, various projects began to be subdivided, and lists of cadres and personnel were continuously distributed and passed into everyone's hands.

Wu Boxin stood on the main platform, announced the lists, and asked the people below: "The above is the list of our management structure, does anyone have any objections?"

Everyone did not object. Everyone was satisfied with this management team, and the interests of almost every force were taken into account.

Several major associations have been integrated into it, and the balance is very good. Moreover, they will all hold shares, and everything that should be arranged has been arranged.

"Since there are no objections, then the morning meeting will end here." Wu Boxin said with a smile: "After such a long time, everyone is tired. We have prepared some food, so everyone can have a little tea break and eat something, and come back in the afternoon to hold a meeting on military and political affairs."

Everyone then stood up, stretched their waists, and walked towards the door...

...

At the same time, the Old Mo rebel base.

Kang Dinghuang was sitting in his office, reading the latest intelligence information about the rebels.

"Knock knock knock!"

The door was suddenly knocked on. Kang Dinghuang said without raising his head, "Come in."

"Director." The door was pushed open, and the secretary walked in, gently placing a document on the desk in front of Kang Dinghuang: "The arrangement for the administrative department is like this... The military and political department's has not come out yet."

"Hmm." Kang Dinghuang picked up the document and flipped through it in his hand.

After taking a look at the list of personnel in the major management positions, Kang Dinghuang shook his head slightly, then put down the document, picked up his teacup, and walked to the window.

Looking at the scenery outside, Kang Dinghuang couldn't help but sigh, "Now... no one can stop the establishment of the Huatong Association."

After sighing, Kang Dinghuang turned his head and asked, "What's the movement in District One?"

The secretary said softly: "I heard they are already organizing military forces..."