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Chapter 134. Zhu Yan
The next morning, Jiang Jianxin intended to sleep in, but when she woke up at ten o'clock, Song Jingjun called her:

"Elder Jiang, when you inspected the hospital last time, you mentioned that you wanted to have a discussion with the head of the purchasing department when the new medical equipment arrives. Minister Meng from the purchasing department is here today—would you like to come?"

During his last visit to the hospital, after inspecting the central control system, Jiang Jianxin requested to see the medical equipment warehouse.

Although Song Jingjun felt this request was strange, he still led her there.

Upon arriving at the warehouse, Jiang Jianxin saw a pile of medical equipment in the dim light, but couldn't make out anything about it.

She inquired about the source of the medical devices—after all, if they were purchased directly from Black Eye Pharmaceuticals, there would be a purchasing manager involved.

As a result, Song Jingjun told her that the alliance had a dedicated procurement department responsible for purchasing and shipping the goods. He, as the medical minister, was not clear about the specifics; they were only responsible for debugging and using the equipment.

The head of the purchasing department is not currently at the base and is expected to return to Shuguang next time he comes to purchase medical equipment.

Therefore, Jiang Jianxin thought about it for a moment and asked Song Jingjun to call her when the purchasing manager came next time.

—I didn’t expect the purchasing manager to be back so quickly.

Upon receiving the news, Jiang Jianxin immediately got up and dressed; the medical department's car was already waiting for her at the door.

She got into the ambulance, and as it jingled and drove towards the hospital, it attracted the attention of many passersby.

Perhaps the preconceived notions from before the apocalypse were too deeply ingrained in her mind. As Jiang Jianxin sat on the leather sofa in the ambulance, drinking tea and listening to the long siren of the ambulance, she still felt as if she were seriously ill.

Elder Jiang!

We finally arrived at the hospital. As soon as I opened the car door, all that shone in, besides the bright sunlight, was the face of Minister Meng from the purchasing department.

A young woman who looked to be around twenty-six or twenty-seven, wearing a purchasing department name tag and a gray work uniform, stood enthusiastically at the car door and said:
"Minister Song told me you wanted to see me."

The position of elder is higher than that of minister. Although she is an elder in the medical department, the minister of the purchasing department should treat her with the same respect as a direct superior.

Jiang Jianxin nodded and glanced around:
"Where is Minister Song from the Medical Department?"

"A new batch of medical devices has been received and Minister Song has gone to supervise the staff in the warehousing process."

Minister Meng said.

"It was originally my responsibility to supervise the warehousing, but because you asked me to do it, Minister Song took over and left me here to wait for you."

Next to where the ambulance was parked was a familiar Song family luxury car. In the distance, a whole transport line could be seen entering the hospital. Newly arrived medical equipment was packed in large black and white boxes, and people from the purchasing department were carrying it to the hospital.

Jiang Jianxin knew that Minister Meng was not lying, so he nodded and went straight to the point:

"I do have something I want to ask you. Why don't you get in the car first? It's not appropriate for me to ask from outside."

The ambulance was spacious, with two rows of leather sofas facing each other. Jiang Jianxin invited the purchasing manager to sit opposite him, and the latter obediently got into the car.

Jiang Jianxin placed his hands together on the table and looked seriously at the purchasing manager opposite him.

The light and shadow of the sky illuminated the young girl's calm face.

The plastic sign hanging around her neck read:

[Mr. Meng Zhen, Head of Purchasing Department]

"I am very pleased to have the opportunity to meet with Minister Meng today."

Jiang Jianxin first said politely.

"Minister Meng, where did you purchase this? You must be tired from the long journey."

Meng Zhen smiled and said:
"There's no such thing as being tired or not. As the purchasing manager, it's my duty to run around the transportation chain." "This time, it came from the Hope Base. We purchase medical equipment from the Hope Base."

The "we" she referred to were the purchasing managers from other bases.

Jiang Jianxin understood her meaning and also grasped the important information. She asked calmly:

"Why are all the purchases coming from Hope Base?"

Meng Zhen smiled relaxedly:

"You haven't been with the alliance for long, so you may not know that the medical device was introduced with the support of Deputy Director Zhu Yan, and it was also the cooperation that she negotiated with Black Eye Pharmaceutical."

"She is currently in charge of the Hope Base, so the medical equipment for all four bases is currently being transported from the Hope Base."

The older members of the alliance all knew about these things, except for Jiang Jianxin, an elder who had only recently joined.

Jiang Jianxin rubbed his temples:

"Why is our alliance suddenly introducing medical devices? Is there something wrong with the previous medical system?"

Meng Zhen became noticeably hesitant on this topic:
"This... involves matters of the medical department, and I, as a purchasing manager, am not clear about it. Perhaps you can ask Minister Song."

"However, I heard from outside that the medical system is fine, it's just that there are more injured people after the apocalypse, and the old doctor-on-call system is too slow to treat patients. The hospitals are almost always full."

"Deputy Director Zhu Yan proposed to improve medical efficiency, so medical devices from Black Eye Pharmaceuticals were introduced."

Jiang Jian pondered for a moment, then slowly asked:

"Is she the only one who wants to do this... or do the others at headquarters all want to do this?"

Meng Zhen spoke almost without hesitation, as fluently as stating a fact:

"The Elders' Cabinet and Deputy Director Zhu Yan both agree, but I heard that Chief Director Qin Xuan does not agree."

"However, the alliance has a rule that if a proposal is recommended by the Elders' Cabinet and simultaneously receives the support of the Deputy Director, it can be implemented directly without going through the Chief Director."

Meng Zhen covered his mouth with one hand and whispered:
"I heard that because of this, Commander Qin Xuan and Deputy Commander Zhu Yan, who were originally on good terms, had a dispute... Not long after, the Elders' Cabinet passed a new resolution and appointed a new Deputy Commander, who is our base commander, Rui Changming."

Jiang Jianxin recalled that before he joined the War Alliance, he was sitting in a white SUV with Yin Ju and his group. He heard them say that Rui Changming was a newly promoted deputy commander, and his promotion had taken away some of the power that originally belonged to Qin Xuan.

At that time, Yin Ju called Qin Xuan and applied to use the VIP channel. As a result, the headquarters' special line, which was originally difficult to get through, was quickly opened.

Qin Xuan said that she was only in charge of the two major bases in the south, Dawn and Sunrise.

The two bases in the north were given full authority to Zhu Yan and Rui Changming.

The more Jiang Jianxin thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

For some reason, she had a strange fondness for Qin Xuan. Perhaps it was because she had overheard Qin Xuan's bright and clear female voice when Yin Ju was on the phone in the car. She spoke very seriously and elegantly, which almost perfectly matched Jiang Jianxin's fantasies about the Chief Commander.

The current situation in the alliance feels more like an elder cabinet promoting Rui Changming to decentralize power and sideline Qin Xuan.

But the key question is, why is that?

Is it simply because Qin Xuan does not support the introduction of medical devices?
Or has the alliance already been eroded from within? What role did Zhu Yan, the deputy director who had discussed cooperation with Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals, play?
Jiang Jianxin stroked his chin and suddenly felt...

Staying cooped up at the Dawn Base for too long isn't good; I might have to go to the Hope Base.

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