Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 307 Management Regulations
There are many people in the lecture hall.

But no one cared about Chen Ming brought in by He Gu.

After all, not everyone knows Chen Ming's face, even if it's disguised.

At the same time, most people who knew Chen Ming thought that Chen Ming would give priority to meeting Bai Quan after arriving at the headquarters. No one expected that He Gu would dare to bring someone into the lecture hall.

So at least for the time being, when Chen Ming entered the lecture hall, he didn't feel anyone's eyes lingering on him.

Chen Ming moved slightly closer to He Gu and asked in a low voice: "What are you doing in this lecture hall now?"

"Of course the lecture hall is for holding conferences and giving presentations."

He Gu's attention seemed to be on other people, and he subconsciously replied before Chen Ming realized what he was thinking and explained: "It's for the conference in the Beniu Star Territory."

"Our headquarters has sent such a large fleet over, and there will be new additions in the future, so the rear ones will definitely have to be adjusted in time."

"Adjust what?"

What he wanted to ask most was what He Gu meant.

Chen Ming saw the front entrance of the lecture hall, and Bai Quan's old boss just walked in and was about to take a seat.

The middle and lower floors are a mixture of legions and Beniu aborigines.

There must be some reason for He Gu to do this.

"What regulations?"

He Gu sat on the chair and closed his eyes to rest. It seemed that it would take some time before the conference started.

Chen Minggang wanted to ask what the management regulations were.

"So we must be prepared to deal with this possibility. Even if it is really clear from above that our legion must be divided into two, we must do something to minimize the impact."

"You have to know that the Beniu Star Territory is a star territory, and our legion used to control the entire star territory. One star territory can completely support an army."

He Gu had already motioned for Chen Ming to sit down next to the department sign of the Psychic Research Institute.

Just take this moment to look around.

The people from the Psychic Research Institute are even at the front of the entire lecture hall.

This means that if the management in the Benu star field does not take shifts, then there is a high probability that the same group of people will control the Beniu during the process of the legion controlling it.

The Beniu star field is too far away from the headquarters of the 14th Legion, but an army supported by a star field can completely break away from the headquarters and become independent.

Therefore, when the legion arranged the location of the psychic research institute, it arranged a position that was relatively forward, but also relatively close to the side.

Why did He Gu bring him to this lecture hall to participate in this conference?
Under normal circumstances, even if he wanted to come, He Gu would take Chen Ming to Bai Quan's side first, and then Bai Quan would bring him over and sit on the seats of Bai Quan's faction.

It’s okay not to look at it, but to look at it.

The psychic research institute that He Gu belongs to has nothing to do with all the factions, so there is no need to bring him here.

"Worried about division?"

This is something that must be done to ensure that the two separate star regions will never become independent.

Therefore, Beniu was completely controlled, and most of the power of the Fourteenth Legion digested and penetrated Beniu completely.

"You can see that the Fourteenth Legion is now very powerful. We are the most popular in the entire empire. If the higher-ups have the idea of ​​splitting our legion, Bei Niu is the best opportunity."

The management situation after the Beniu Star Territory is definitely that the top-level Fourteenth Legion is fully covered. The top-level Fourteenth Legion occupies the majority, leaving a small number of Beniu natives.

Therefore, the Fourteenth Legion must pay considerable attention to guarding against divisions, and there must be no situation where the separated part becomes a new independent legion.

But He Gu was sleeping now, and Chen Ming had nothing to say.

"This report meeting is to announce the management policy of the Beniu Star Region discussed by the top leaders of the Legion."

Chen Ming probably already understood what He Gu meant.

Other research departments that can compete with the Psionics Research Institute are shipbuilding and weapons design research institutes.

"It's probably to establish a management shift mechanism for the headquarters and Bei Niu branch. You should understand the reason."

"You'll find out later."

Management regulations?

Of course, although the research department is important, it doesn't matter when it comes to the trends of the legion.

There will definitely be big problems.

But Chen Ming still has several questions to ask.

Of course Chen Ming understands.

"This is an opportunity to expand the military strength of the Fourteenth Army, and it is also a place where problems can occur."

He Gu nodded slightly and said, "Yes, but it's more than that."

After all, this department can be regarded as one of the most important civilian departments in the army.

"In addition to what I just said, the rest is to announce a few new internal management regulations that are applicable to the current situation."

He Gu did not confirm Chen Ming's thoughts with Chen Ming. He knew that Chen Ming would definitely guess it.

It is equivalent to being in a corner of the lecture hall, and it is unlikely to attract other people's attention.

And just when Chen Ming looked at his old boss, the old boss also glanced at him.

Chen Ming was sure that his old boss had also seen him, because his eyes paused on him for a moment before moving away, and then slid past He Gu smoothly.

But he pretended not to see anything.

Without any pause in body movements, he sat in the first row of the lecture hall surrounded by others.

And it is the middle column of the three columns on the left, middle and right in the lecture hall, which is relatively close to the middle.

Sitting with several generals.

The other lieutenant generals that Chen Ming saw were basically sitting at the far side.

Chen Ming looked at Bai Quan's old boss for a while and then looked back, without any special behavior.

After waiting for about half an hour.

More than a hundred people came one after another, bringing the number of people in the entire lecture hall to about five hundred.

When the time came to nine o'clock in the morning Earth time, the report meeting officially began.

He Gu also opened his eyes immediately.

A general came up from the front row and started the meeting.

The conference is just a report meeting, just listen.

Chen Ming simply pretended to be pretentious, picked up the pen and paper prepared on the table in front of him, and started scribbling.

Of course he did listen with his ears pricked up.

He even listened very carefully.

This report of the Fourteenth Legion is related to the Beniu Star Territory, and the Beniu Star Territory is very close to the Gallo Star Territory.

Therefore, the legion's actions in this star field must also have some influence on the branch of the Gallo star field.

He had to listen.

The more he listened, the more Chen Ming frowned.

Because what was said at the conference was indeed the same as what He Gu briefly said just now.

What we are talking about is the management rotation system of Beniu Star Territory.

To put it in more detail, the headquarters must regularly recruit additional manpower into the branch.

At the same time, some managers of the branch need to rotate with the headquarters to ensure that the branch maintains close contact with the headquarters at all times.

At first glance, Chen Ming didn't think there was any problem, but as Chen Ming listened further and contacted several management regulations announced later, the situation seemed to be a little wrong.

Because in addition to top management personnel scheduling.

The management regulations also require that all changes in military ranks and personnel above a certain position in the branch need to be reviewed and approved by the headquarters, a newly established department after receiving the order from the empire to station in Beniu.

This regulation is used to limit the appointment authority of the branch. Specifically, officers at the school level and those at the battalion level and above are restricted.

At the same time, the branch's administrative management logs also need to be fully backed up and archived, and sent back to the headquarters regularly.

This sounds quite reasonable. The administrative management log includes some reward and punishment systems and the like, and the headquarters should indeed be informed.

The direction of high-level and above-grade military supplies or large quantities of military supplies in the branch must be made known to the headquarters.

Chen Ming remembered that there was a list of this high-level registered military supplies.

He has seen it too.

It can only be said that all materials used by spacecraft of cruiser level and above can be regarded as high-end materials.
The headquarters only needs to know the direction of the supplies. There is no need to write down clearly where each supply is used. It only needs to have a general inference and understanding of the branch's situation.

It can be seen that the purpose of this report meeting is to make the branches subject to the headquarters in all aspects.

There is no problem with these management regulations applying to the Beniu Star Territory.

Chen Ming had no objection either.

but.

Everything said throughout the conference.

All the management regulations mentioned refer to the "branch", not the "Bei Niu branch".

That's the biggest problem.

Although this conference is held because of Beniu, all regulations will be applied to the branches used for Beniu at the first time.

However, the Gallo Branch is also a branch of the 14th Legion, and everything said in the entire conference will also apply to the Gallo Branch.

Give the simplest example.

If this department had such regulations before.

Then there will be managers from the headquarters on the branch side, who will become the management of Baiquan.

Everything Baiquan does will be affected by the management personnel of the department.

The previous internal purge was likely to end in vain under the influence of this person.

Although there are loopholes in this regulation that can be exploited, allowing the headquarters to send people from the same faction.

But other conflicting factions in this department will definitely not miss this opportunity to cause trouble.

If other factions get mixed up in the management, there will definitely be big problems.

The Fourteenth Army Corps over at Beniu has just moved in. There are many factions competing at the same time, so it doesn't matter if you have more people.

But if the small place of Gallo Branch was filled with other people, the situation would be completely different.

Just think about it.

And there is another situation that may happen, and that is Chen Ming's position issue.

According to the current requirements, Baiquan does not have the authority to give Chen Ming a psyker and directly give the same power to a captain-level officer. He must obtain permission from the headquarters.

And Chen Ming's spiritual power is there. Before he showed full trust to the Fourteenth Army some time ago, the headquarters had many excuses and reasons to prevent Baiquan from releasing enough authority to Chen Ming.

Of course, Chen Ming was directly promoted to the same level of officer after joining the legion as an external tactical instructor, and was even promoted to another level based on his research results. This was reviewed by the headquarters, so there was no problem.

Moreover, the current rules will not affect the previous affairs, and the position will be whatever the position is.

Otherwise, Chen Ming wouldn't be able to get the Qiling Nerve and the thousands of contribution points that He Gu sent over.

Just thinking about it, Chen Ming thought of things Bai Quan had done before in the Jialuo branch that were not in compliance with the current management regulations.

And if these management regulations are really implemented... Chen Ming raised his head and looked at Baiquan's old boss.

Although the movements of the people in the front row didn't change much, even if they had thoughts in their hearts, they definitely wouldn't show it.

But the expression on the face of the person sitting a little further back was quite ugly.

On the contrary, some people sitting in other seats were staring at their old boss with amusement. It was obvious that they also knew what the regulations were about.

At this time, He Gu also turned his head slightly and glanced at Chen Ming.

He saw Chen Ming's serious expression, so he knew that Chen Ming already understood the importance of this conference.

In fact, when He Gu knew that this conference was going to be held, he had already roughly guessed what would happen.

The Fourteenth Legion did not have a branch before, and Baiquan was considered a new attempt by the legion.

And this attempt now seems to have been clearly successful.

So even if there is no such thing as Bei Niu in the future, when Baiquan strengthens the Gallo branch, the headquarters will have corresponding rules.

Therefore, it is only a matter of time before the content of this conference appears.

This conference not only targets Bei Niu, but also Bai Quan and his faction.

He Gu felt that Chen Ming needed to know about this kind of thing.

But Bai Quan couldn't come, and the time just now wasn't enough for Bai Quan to arrange Chen Ming into the lecture hall.

Only if he applied for an additional position in advance could Chen Ming get the news immediately, and the news was still obtained without anyone's information processing.

First-hand information allows people to consider and analyze without interference from anyone.

Although Chen Ming and Bai Quan would know about this sooner or later due to their relationship, he had already shown his attitude by bringing Chen Ming here in advance.

He wanted to show off to Chen Ming.

He is willing to invest with Chen Ming.

He hoped that Chen Ming could temporarily join the Psychic Research Institute with his kindness.

Because he really needs Chen Ming's spiritual power to do things, especially things involving the mechanical clan.

As a legacy of another civilization, the mechanical race itself has a large number of psychic-related equipment and devices, and even mechanized psychic creatures have recently appeared.

They are inseparable from psychic energy, so of course their psychic energy research institute also has a research room that specializes in studying the psychic properties of the mechanical clan and the psychic weapons of the mechanical clan.

The mechanical war is about to begin.

The addition of Chen Ming, a psyker who can control the mechanical race, has obvious benefits for the war.

Of course, this does not mean that Chen Ming cannot do it at his own research institute, but that they can promote the research results faster.

And their psychic research institute is supported by the entire legion.

The resources it possesses are not on the same level as Chen Ming's.

If Chen Ming's research institute needs something, he has to apply for it, and it depends on Bai Quan's methods.

Although it does have the support of some legions, it is definitely not as good as the Psychic Research Institute, which itself serves as a storage location for a large amount of psionic materials.

Even if Chen Ming doesn't want to join the Psychic Research Institute, the cooperation will only be temporary, and it will be of great benefit to both parties.

So He Gu's idea was to temporarily move Chen Ming, or even Chen Ming's entire extraordinary research institute, to the Psychic Research Institute, at least during the war between the Empire and the Machine Tribe.

Of course, there are indeed some problems with his own behavior.

After all, the Psychic Research Institute itself is absolutely neutral and does not participate in any factional struggles, whether it is the rules of the Psychic Research Institute or the rules of the legion.

However, it is impossible for the corps and the institute to completely prohibit all researchers from interacting with people of any faction.

Even the researchers within the institute often have no affiliation and will always get close to people from certain factions.

For example, He Gu is actually close to Lou Wei.

When Lou Wei asked He Gu to help determine Chen Ming's psychic condition, he came over immediately.

But this does not affect his future viewing of the show, nor does it affect his friendship with Chen Ming, a person who has conflicts with Lou Wei.

At the same time, it does not affect him from continuing to work in the institute without any trouble after the collapse of Lou Wei's faction.

The Fourteenth Legion was a huge legion.

A legion that controls a star field.

The relationship within the entire legion itself is intricate.

In any case, it has been more than ten years since the Legion was rebuilt, a full generation.

It is impossible to completely prohibit people from the completely neutral department of the Psychic Research Institute from interacting with people from other factions.

Of course, the participation of the people below belongs to the people below. According to the rules, it is absolutely prohibited to use the resources of the institute.

And He Gu's current behavior is just to kindly help a lost soldier to take him to the lecture hall to listen to a report meeting.

If we really get to the bottom of it, he also has excuses and reasons.

Anyway, his purpose does not involve any faction, he just wants Chen Ming to work in the Psychic Research Institute.

No matter how much punishment there is, the most it will be is a salary penalty.

But for psykers, salary deductions are nothing.

That's why He Gu made such a choice.

Brought Chen Ming here.

The report meeting is still going on.

The general above continued to talk, and his talk became more and more in-depth and complex.

However, Chen Ming has studied with Bai Quan for a long time and understands some professional terms.

So after listening to what was said later, Chen Ming found that things were still a little better.

Because the legion’s intention is to use the Beniu Star Region as the first pilot for this management regulation, and then gradually expand the scope of application.

Just like what He Gu said at the beginning.

These regulations are not targeted at anyone, but are a preventive measure.

It’s just that what the legion meant was that if they could change a few words and solve the possible problems at Baiquan, why not do it?

Although it stands to reason that small places should be allowed to pilot test the rationality of regulations first, Beniu should not be allowed to start first.

However, special measures will be taken to deal with special circumstances.

After all, this conference was held because of Beniu, and it must start with Beniu.

And there are indeed special circumstances now.

Because Gallo is the front line.

How is it possible to let the front line pilot for the rear?

So in general, the restrictions of these legions will only gradually become apparent after the fleet from the legion takes control of Bei Niu.

It won't have much impact on Baiquan for the time being.

Bai Quan is now the vanguard of the war between the Fourteenth Legion and the Machine Tribe. It is impossible to really chill Bai Quan.

The investigation before the war and the confrontation in the early stage of the war all relied on Gallo's branch as the fulcrum.

Therefore, the consensus of everyone within the legion, at least on the surface, was to support Bai Quan, and all internal objections were suppressed.

However, Chen Ming also believes that there will always be people who do something out of hostility towards Bai Quan and him.

If the pilot management regulations are effective this time, they will be used in Gallo sooner or later.

He has to ask Bai Quan.

The presentation will end shortly.

Chen Ming stood up and followed He Gu.

He Gu took Chen Ming away as usual without saying anything.

Anyway, once the person is brought here, what he has to do is over.

Chen Ming and Bai Quan are both smart people and will soon understand his intention. No need to say more.

Soon, He Gu took Chen Ming to a parking lot near the building where the conference was held.

Of course, it is said to be a parking lot, but shuttle boats can actually be parked here.

He Gu took Chen Ming to a shuttle boat, opened the hatch and motioned for Chen Ming to get on.

This shuttle boat is bright white as a whole, with a streamlined appearance, and decorative tail fins extending out on both sides. The style is very good.

"Is this your shuttle?"

"No, it's from the institute."

He Gu patted the outer shell of the shuttle boat and said, "It really looks good."

Chen Ming glanced at the shuttle boat twice before walking in.

He Gu also got into the cab and drove the shuttle boat to send Chen Ming out of the city.

It was delivered to a military base some distance from the city.

Landed inside the military base.

As the hatch of the shuttle boat opened, Chen Ming saw Bai Quan already waiting at the door.

He Gu, who was in the driver's cab, turned to Chen Ming and said, "We're here, let's get off the ship. I'll have to prepare a new instrument for you to detect the nature of psychic energy, and I'll contact you later."

"By the way, I also sent you the address of the Psychic Research Institute. Come and sit down when you have time."

Chen Ming waved to He Gu.

Stepped off the shuttle boat.

The shuttle boat turned around and disappeared into the military base.

Chen Ming also walked up to Bai Quan and said, "Long time no see."

"It's been a while."

Bai Quan looked at Chen Ming for a while and said, "Let's go."

Chen Ming followed him and asked habitually: "Where are you going?"

"In the teaching park here, I am now learning from others the key points of commanding the mechanical tribe."

"There is such a place in a military base, and you actually want to learn it?"

"Of course there is a place like this. Not everything is taught in school. People who come out of school come here to further their studies before going to the battlefield."

"I'm used to fighting against Afterglow before. I need to learn some techniques for fighting the machine race here, and change my old habit of fighting against Afterglow."

Bai Quan quickly took Chen Ming to the teaching park.

Chen Ming was very sharp and saw that there were indeed many young faces in the classroom in the distance, and there were also some older people who were listening to the lectures of officers younger than them.

However, the two of them did not stay here longer, but went all the way to the dormitory building and entered Baiquan's dormitory.

After the dormitory door was closed, Bai Quan said: "Okay, now I can talk about what was said during the meeting. I guess it has something to do with the branch."

"It really is."

(End of this chapter)