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She wasn't tall, only about 1.6 meters, but she had a great figure, with slender branches bearing abundant fruit, giving her an alluring, criminal appeal.

Perhaps because of her poor background, she clearly lacked self-confidence, so when she came in, she shrank back like a little quail, lowered her head, and looked at Qiu Tu timidly.

The five elders were all shrewd individuals. Ever since Qiu Tu started changing people, their eyes had been fixed on him out of the corner of their eyes.

Qiu Tu had seen so many girls before, but his gaze hadn't wavered at all. Yet, the moment this girl appeared, Qiu Tu's eyes kept drifting towards her.

So they couldn't help but look at each other, and smiles finally appeared on their faces.

Old Xie was still the one actively trying to curry favor with Qiu Tu. So he smiled, pointed at the girl, and said, "Tangtang, come out for a moment."

Upon hearing this, the girl timidly raised her head, then stared blankly at Old Xie before looking pleadingly at Old Fang.

With just a simple action, her identity was revealed: a girl from the Fang family.

'Fang Tangtang?' Qiu Tu murmured the name to himself and smiled involuntarily. It felt like fate...

The reason he glanced at Fang Tangtang a few more times was simply because he had been looking at too many girls and was a little distracted. Then, when he suddenly saw someone with such a good figure, he couldn't help but think of the "face wash" from earlier.

He was thinking: If I use such a big face wash, will I suffocate?

As it turned out, the five elders misunderstood...

But whatever, he had been choosing for so long, it was time to make a decision, so he didn't explain the misunderstanding.

At this moment, seeing that Qiu Tu had tacitly accepted the girl, Old Master Lu waved to the other four girls, signaling them to leave.

Seeing this, the girls knew exactly what was going to happen. They glanced at Tangtang with jealousy and left the hall with resentment.

After the girls left, the six of them didn't talk about Fang Tangtang first, but suddenly started talking about the previous topic again.

Old Fang waved to someone behind him, and immediately a man in a suit brought over a document.

Old Fang turned to the side and handed the document to Qiu Tu, then said, "Minister Qiu, we know that you and Director Tang have been eager to find talented people recently."

“Back then, we were considered top figures in the New Territories, and we knew quite a bit about everyone.”

“These are people with outstanding abilities and character; you can take a look.”

Upon hearing Fang Lao's words, Qiu Tu smiled, took the document, and then opened it to take a look.

The next second, Qiu Tu was startled by the names on that page.

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Chapter 262 (10,000 words, please vote for me!)

Judging from all the actions of the five elders tonight, it's clear they came prepared.

They had clearly been collecting data and information on the mid-to-high-level officials of the Investigation Bureau for a long time and were making preparations well in advance.

Therefore, after Qiu Tu found them, they were able to make such a meticulous and interconnected plan in such a short time.

This also means that those who make it onto their list tonight must be people they have verified and who are currently under their command.

Moreover... because the foundation of trust between the two sides is relatively weak, this is certainly not a complete list.

Qiu Tu had only glanced at one page of the list and found that there were at least sixty or seventy people on it.

Moreover, all sixty or seventy of these people were second-level agents, first-level agents, or even deputy section chiefs.

These are all seeds for the Director of the Investigation Bureau's career path.

Besides these sixty or seventy people, how many other trusted confidants do the Five Elders have in the Investigation Department? Forty? Fifty? Sixty?

Besides the Investigation Bureau, how many cronies did the Five Elders place in the military and city hall?

Aside from these trusted confidants who can be directly commanded, how many people can the Five Elders influence?

If you calculate it this way, even though the Five Elders have retired, they have actually been infiltrating the three major power institutions for a whole year, and with remarkable results.

It was only because their connections with the upper echelons were severed, making it impossible for them to place their cronies in the middle ranks; in addition, the powerful families close to them were also tacitly excluded from the core power circle of New Territories City by Yan Chen and the other three giants.

Otherwise, they would still be the local tyrants of the New Territories.

'These five old men are really terrifying...'

'No wonder Yan Chen and his group were willing to cooperate with a powerful family like the Qin family to suppress these five old men.'

Thinking this, Qiu Tu also glanced at the list in his hand.

The five elders were very thorough in their work; the list not only included the deputy section chief, first-level detectives, and second-level detectives, but also categorized and labeled the personnel from each department.

Therefore, Qiu Tu had a good idea of ​​the list of the five elders to be promoted at a glance.

43 second-level agents were promoted to first-level agents.

Twenty-two first-level agents were promoted to deputy section chiefs.

Nine deputy section chiefs were promoted to section chiefs.

If this list of promotions is indeed confirmed, it can be said that the Five Elders' influence within the Investigation Bureau will greatly increase.

All 43 teams and 31 classrooms will be influenced by the Five Elders.

Of course... they will also be under the command of Qiu Tu and Tang Feifei.

Furthermore, considering the more than 30 trusted confidants Qiu Tu himself was considering for promotion, and the countless other trusted confidants Tang Feifei was hiding, this was all too clear.

With this wave of promotions, at least nearly half of the investigation team's classrooms will be controlled by Qiu Tu's side.

'That's enough to put him to a fight with Yan Chen.'

Thinking this, Qiu Tu closed the list in his hand, then looked at Elder Fang and said with a smile, "Elder Fang, Director Tang and I will go back and study the people on this list carefully."

"Don't worry. As long as they are truly capable and... know what they should and shouldn't do, we will definitely focus on developing them."

The five elders clearly understood Qiu Tu's implication.

"What to do and what not to do" – to put it bluntly, it's about making these dozens of people understand whose side they should stand on in the future.

After Bie Qiutu and Tang Feifei promoted them, they were frightened by Yan Chen and defected to him.

Upon hearing Qiu Tu's words, the five elders exchanged glances. This time, it was Elder Lu who personally made the guarantee.

He looked at Qiu Tu and said calmly and seriously, "Minister Qiu, rest assured, these people are all trustworthy."

Whether or not they are trustworthy is not for the Five Elders to decide, so Qiu Tu said with a smile, "I plan to meet with all of them tomorrow."

"I will have my secretary inform them when the time comes."

"After the meeting, I will call you, Mr. Lu, to discuss and confirm the list one last time."

At this point, Qiu Tu paused, then added, "So, I'd like to ask you all to convey to them tonight that they are all my men now and must obey my orders."

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, Old Master Lu nodded slightly, "No problem."

After the cooperation was finalized, the atmosphere at the scene immediately became more harmonious.

Perhaps because they were now completely on the same boat, all six of them were noticeably more sincere.

However, while the group was chatting enthusiastically, Fang Tangtang, who had been standing in the middle of the living room like an exhibit, was on the verge of tears.

She was originally just a girl from a collateral branch of the Fang family. In terms of relationship, she should be the granddaughter of Fang Lao's third brother and fourth son.

She had never met such an important figure as Old Master Fang before, and she had barely even met her own grandfather a few times.

Because their family was too distantly related to Mr. Fang by blood, they received far less protection.

Her father and mother only had decent jobs in the New Territories thanks to the legacy of Mr. Fang, and they could receive some extra income from the Fang family every month.

Tonight, she had already gone to bed early at home. But suddenly, Mr. Fang's secretary came to her house with some people and woke her up.

They said they were going to take her to see Old Master Fang.

Faced with such an important figure as Secretary Fang, her parents didn't dare to say a word. After confirming with her grandfather by phone, they handed her over to Secretary Fang.

So, in a daze, she followed Secretary Fang and several other pretty young girls into Longshan Road.

It wasn't until she entered Longshan Road that she learned the whole story from the other girls: it turned out that a big shot, whom even Old Master Fang had to curry favor with, was "selecting concubines."

Therefore, all the eligible, unmarried girls in the Fang family were summoned to Longshan Road.

Upon arriving at Longshan Road, Fang Tangtang learned that it wasn't just the Fang family; the other four families, who were on par with Old Master Fang, were also recruiting eligible, unmarried girls in an attempt to win the favor of this important figure.

At that moment, even though Fang Tangtang knew nothing about the politics of the New Territories, she had a direct impression of the power of that important figure she had never met.

That's why she never thought she would be chosen. She just wanted to be chosen quickly so she could go back to sleep—she was still very sleepy.

So, with this thought in mind, she waited and waited, until finally she was called in.

To be honest, Fang Tangtang was very scared when she suddenly appeared in front of so many important people, and she didn't know how to deal with it.

So she could only clutch the hem of her clothes, lower her head, and timidly dare not make any movement.

Then, something unexpected happened: she was chosen.

At that moment, Fang Tangtang's mind went completely blank. She had no idea why this was happening, nor what she should do.

So she could only stand there, dumbfounded, watching the important figures chat about things she couldn't understand at all. She felt a little dizzy...

Adding to her worry and fear, her eyes were already slightly red, and she seemed on the verge of tears...

At this moment, perhaps sensing the girl's apprehension and fear, Old Fang looked over and then beckoned her over, "Your name is Tangtang, right? Come here."

Upon hearing what Old Fang said, Fang Tangtang swallowed hard and obediently took a step toward him.

As a result, perhaps because she was dizzy or afraid, she took a step and her legs gave way, causing her to stumble and fall to the ground.

Falling to the ground, Fang Tangtang looked up at the six people as if pleading for help. But the six people simply sat on the sofa, watching her coldly.

Seeing this, Tangtang bit her lip and got up from the ground, then carefully walked to Fang Lao's side.

Only then did Old Fang seem to realize that Tangtang had just fallen, and he jokingly said kindly, "How old are you? Still falling down."

After saying that, he didn't even wait for Tangtang to reply before taking Tangtang's hand, walking up to Qiu Tu, and placing it in Qiu Tu's hand.

Then he patted Qiu Tu's hand and said, "I'm entrusting my granddaughter to you."

"She is the apple of our Fang family's eye, you must treat her well."

Upon hearing Fang Lao's words, Tangtang looked up at Qiu Tu with a blank expression.

She wanted to say... she wasn't the apple of the Fang family's eye at all, and she had never even met Old Master Fang.

But... thinking of her parents and her grandfather, she could only lower her head timidly.

At this moment, Qiu Tu smiled, took Tangtang's hand, and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Fang, I will treat Tangtang well."

"Although I may not be able to give her a formal title, I will always treat her well."

The five elders had arranged so many direct relatives, but Qiu Tu didn't choose any of them. However, when they arranged collateral relatives, Qiu Tu agreed. In fact, this was to "break the contract."

The five elders wanted to arrange a marriage, hoping to bind Qiu Tu to them through marriage and whispers in his ear, but Qiu Tu had no such intention.

Pillow talk is fine, but marriage is out of the question.

Putting aside the fact that Qiu Tu has no intention of getting married right now, even if he did, he certainly wouldn't marry a woman he's never met.

Qin Shuman, Shen Lingshuang, and even Tang Feifei, aren't they appealing?

From a self-interest perspective, which of his women doesn't have a stronger background than the five elders?

Selling him to them as a son-in-law is better than marrying into the Five Elders' family.

Therefore, from the very beginning, Qiu Tu was prepared to break the contract.

He had laid the groundwork for this for a long time. He believed that the five elders had roughly discerned his intentions.

As expected, after Qiu Tu said that, apart from Fang Tangtang looking completely bewildered, the five elders were not surprised at all.

Old Lu said with a smile, "It's alright. We're not old-fashioned."

"In chaotic times, keep everything simple."

"We'll be content as long as you treat Tangtang with sincerity."

Qiu Tu smiled and put his arm around Fang Tangtang's slender waist, then said, "Don't worry, Elder Lu, I will definitely treat Tangtang well."

Their words, though spoken with undeniable warmth and sincerity, were tinged with an underlying coldness...

In just a few words, the girl's fate was decided...

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