When it came to matters of vested interests, things moved quickly. It was said that on the day they discussed Wang Linchi joining the Council of Elders, the debate among the Parliament members was quite fierce. Eventually, the Elder Group stepped in and calmed things down.
Later, no one knew how the negotiation went, but by the following day, Wang Linchi had joined the Elder Group, becoming a Parliament Elder, and thus stood at the apex of federal power.
Subsequently, his company began a restructuring process and successfully merged with the Federation, becoming one of the Federal Groups.
Then came a large influx of personnel, diluting the original members of the New Energy Heavy Industries Group and causing a significant decline in Wang Linchi's power within the group. However, Wang Linchi didn't seem to care because, from the beginning, he effectively had no power; it was all an illusion others had conjured.
