So the Blond President had an idea and suggested that the American branch simply have three leaders.
Then, three people were brought in again, and after a round of consultations with the Security Council, the American branch was divided into three sub-departments.
Lex Luthor was in charge of the Science and Technology Department, Amanda was in charge of the Oversight and Operations Department, and Qingshui was in charge of the Crisis Management Department.
Each department had its own developmental direction. The Federation and the United Nations would allocate funds to each department and assign a certain number of basic positions and military forces. The rest was up to them. After one year, whoever achieved better results would become the director of IPEA.
If they encountered something they couldn't handle and needed more resources, they could request support from other departments. However, doing so would undoubtedly disqualify them from becoming the director.
At this point, it came down to who had more additional power at their disposal.
Choosing these three was also because they could quickly assemble a strong team.
Lex Luthor and Qingshui both had money and people, and possessed extraordinary combat capabilities themselves. Amanda was already a government official and had connections with multiple military and armed departments. If she needed personnel, she could directly pull a group of elites from the military, CIA, FBI, and other forces, and leverage these departments.
Without Amanda in IPEA, the officials would certainly not trust Qingshui and Lex Luthor, so her presence was essential, and the officials would definitely assist her within the bounds of the rules.
Qingshui's advantage was also significant.
Because he was friends with many powerful heroes, he could directly enlist the Justice League, arguably the most powerful superhuman force on Earth, as external support.
In addition, Qingshui's own personal power and the extraordinary strength under his command were currently the strongest among the three.
Lex Luthor, who had just been whitewashed, seemed to be the least advantaged among the three, but a large portion of his hidden assets had been concealed before. He was still a super-rich and super-scientist.
He still possessed substantial capital.
Like Batman, someone as intelligent as him, given enough time, no one knew what cards he might play.
After parting ways with Lex Luthor and Amanda, Qingshui returned to Gotham and began the next phase of planning.
IPEA was divided into three departments, each with different affiliations. To facilitate distinction, the first letter of the respective department would be added to their abbreviations.
Lex Luthor's Science and Technology Department was IPEAT, Amanda's Oversight and Operations Department was IPEAM, and Qingshui's Crisis Management Department was IPEAC.
None of these three, especially Qingshui and Lex Luthor, would directly let their subordinates fill all the positions.
They would at most place trusted personnel in the most important positions, and as for the rest, they would recruit talented individuals from society.
This was an excellent opportunity to expand their influence under the official banner.
As for their own subordinates, whether or not these positions were assigned to them, they would listen to them and act according to their instructions, so there was no need to arrange such jobs for them.
After further discussions with Lex Luthor, Amanda, and others, smoothing out their respective development directions and ensuring no conflicts would arise in the early stages, Qingshui boarded a private jet back to Gotham.
Although he could fly faster with White Knight, a private jet was much more comfortable.
White Knight couldn't bring a team of pleasant flight attendants to serve him.
Now, it was time to start recruiting.
Good talent was limited, and in this regard, Qingshui didn't want to fall behind Amanda and Lex Luthor.
"Watos."
Qingshui sat at the table, dismissed the flight attendant in a black silk uniform who was massaging him, and spoke.
"Sir, I'm here."
"Contact Oliver Queen and Ninja Master, inquire about the whereabouts of Sara Lance and Laurel Lance. Send messages to Cisco and Barry; I want to know the Rogues' recent situation and the Flash team's opinion of the Rogues' members.
Also, send collaboration invitations to Ray Palmer, CEO of Palmer Technologies in Coast City, and Martin Stein, professor of physics at Livermore University."
Qingshui pressed one hand to his temple, thinking as he spoke.
Sara Lance and Laurel Lance, the Black Canary and White Canary sisters, were skilled fighters. They had received combat training from their police officer father since childhood. The former had died once and received training from the League of Assassins, possessing peak combat capabilities for a conventional human agent.
What was rare was that this woman also had high tactical acumen and leadership skills. Other than being bisexual and preferring to sleep with women, she had no flaws.
The latter had undergone professional training from Green Arrow, and her strength was not much less than her sister's.
If it were just these two points, it wouldn't be much, but the main thing was that these sisters inherited their father's special physique and could awaken a sonic ability called Canary Cry, driven by their physical strength and emotions.
The elder sister, Laurel Lance, accidentally awakened this ability during a near-death treatment, while the younger sister, Sara Lance, had not, but had the potential.
The sisters came from a family of police officers, so it was very likely they could be recruited, but this matter needed to be communicated to Oliver Queen.
Not just because these two were members of the Green Arrow team.
Black Canary was Green Arrow's ex-girlfriend's ex-girlfriend, Green Arrow's good friend's ex-girlfriend, and White Canary was Green Arrow's ex-ex-ex-ex-girlfriend. The relationships were incredibly messy.
What was truly outrageous was Oliver Queen himself; in all of Star City, aside from his sister and his mother, almost every woman who was even somewhat attractive had been slept with by Oliver.
This trend was even spreading to Central City next door.
This guy was practically a conceptual stud, a walking cannon.
Next up were the Rogues.
Compared to the villains in Gotham, the members of the Rogues were surprisingly well-behaved.
Look at the rules they had set for their gang: no killing unless absolutely necessary, no drug use, no harming women and children, no cruel torture of others, avoidance of immature behavior, no infighting among members...
Aside from robbing banks when they ran out of money, these people were almost indistinguishable from ordinary citizens. They would even take it upon themselves to punish bad guys if they saw something they didn't like.
Initially, this group had specifically formed a team to come to Gotham for advanced training to improve their criminal skills, but they were so scared that they ran back after less than a day.
Calling them supervillains, this group was more like anti-heroes such as Deathstroke, and they had a pretty high moral bottom line.
As long as they were given enough money, not overly constrained, and not asked to do dirty work that went against their conscience, allowing them to enjoy food, drink, and entertainment in their daily lives, it wouldn't be difficult to bring them in.
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