A week passed quickly.

Don't even say it...

Although Sauron spent at least five days in a hospital bed within a week, it is undeniable that Sauron's swordsmanship has been completely stabilized. Li Yan can even see Sauron from his attribute panel.

It can be clearly seen that his swordsmanship level has increased by 3 levels.

really...

The beatings I received this week were not in vain!

However, there is also trouble. This guy Taotu has to come to Li Yan almost every day to complain. Sauron is really annoying.

Of course, it is not the entanglement between men and women, but the entanglement between swordsmen and swordsmen.

Every time after being beaten to the point where he was lying dead on the hospital bed, this guy wouldn't even have to spend a day before he would be resurrected on the spot with full health, and then run to find Peach Rabbit to spar with him.

To use Peach Rabbit's words, it's more annoying than Jiaji!

But, even if it's annoying, Taotu is still very sure about Zoro's kendo qualifications.

Although his talent is not top-notch, his qualifications are top-notch, even better than hers. Coupled with the fact that he works hard enough and fights hard enough, becoming a great swordsman in the future is almost a certainty.

Therefore, despite Taotu complaining in front of Li Yan all day long, his strength was controlled extremely well every time, and he would not leave any injuries that would cause future problems for Sauron.

Moreover, it seems that every move he makes against Zoro is very fierce, but in fact there is a hint of guidance in it. If a swordsman master sees this, he will definitely know that this is simply a coaching style sparring.

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Time passes day by day.

Soon, it had been half a month since Li Yan returned to the branch.

Speaking of which, during this period of time, the branch heads in Donghai were full of resentment.

Of course, this resentment is not against Li Yan, but against...

The new general manager of Donghai, Karina!

Ever since Karina joined the company and took over the financial power, it has been really hard for these branch heads.

Originally, for this kind of funding requirement, a report was sent to Li Yan, and then Ain approved it after seeing that there were no problems.

But now?

Take Smoker for example. A week ago, he submitted a routine maintenance plan for the Rogge Town Military Port with a budget of 38 million beli.

If Al Ain was still managing Donghai's finances, this plan would have been approved directly. After all, the annual routine maintenance of the port is a rigid need, and the budget is very clear, without any problems.

But Smoker happened to meet Karina.

According to Karina's words, that's...

Do you think the funds for the East China Sea are falling from the sky? It’s just to maintain a port, and it’s 38 million Baileys with just one mouthful?

Give me a new plan and reduce the budget to less than 20 million beli without reducing the quality!

Good guy, Smoker calls him good guy.

This mouth is almost half full!

But the question is, what needs to be done for things like port maintenance? Every cost is very transparent. Where is there room to reduce funds?

Not to mention, this reduction is almost half!

Isn't this a joke?

Nonsense, simply nonsense.

So, Smoker went to Li Yan directly, but...

Li Yan blocked him back with just one sentence...

"Brother Smoker, Karina is the financial manager of the East China Sea Navy. She is the authority in this regard. If there is no sufficient reason, I will not interfere with her!"

"Of course, if you can prove that it is impossible to fulfill her request, then I will naturally withdraw her!"

A ball kicked the matter back directly.

With no other choice, Smoker summoned all the naval officers in Rogge Town, as well as the heads of several companies responsible for maintaining the port for the navy, to hold a meeting to discuss.

In the end, everyone came to the conclusion that it was simply impossible for the funding to drop below 20 million!

Let alone 20 million, it is equally impossible to drop below 30 million!

Therefore, Smoker approached Li Yan again with confidence, saying that he could prove that Karina's request was unreasonable and impossible to achieve, and asked Li Yan to intervene in this matter!

Well, Li Yan had no choice but to find Karina and talk about the matter.

However, after listening to what Li Yan said, Karina directly threw out a document, which was exactly the one she had modified...

Routine maintenance plan of Luoge Town Military Port...

And when Li Yan read the plan carefully, his eyes widened.

One word, ruthless!

Two words, so cruel!

Three words, too cruel!

Look what this girl wrote?

All jobs that do not require specialized skills, or are not very technical, and can be done with a little guidance, are all done by the sailors of Rogge Town.

As for the building materials issue, there are a lot of scraps left over from shipbuilding at the Carrera Company's shipyard, which can be used to replace some of them.

As for the larger materials needed, it can just be arranged for the remaining sailors in Rogge Town to conduct a training session, such as digging mountains and cutting down trees...

Anyway, there are so many uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, which can exercise the physical fitness of sailors and bring back a large amount of raw materials.

Wouldn’t it be the same if I pulled it back and processed it?

For some building materials that can really only be purchased from other companies, let the patrolling warships transport some back every time they pass by to save transportation costs...

There were various plans like this, and Karina rearranged almost every detail of the entire plan.

At the end of the document, the project cost calculated by Karina simply refreshed Li Yan's outlook on life.

8 million Baileys...

Well, looking at it this way, Karina asked Smoker to reduce the budget to less than 20 million, which is really enough to give face...

Without saying a word, he directly faxed Wenming to Smoker and then completely ignored the matter.

During this period of time, it was not just Smoker who was murdered by Karina, but all the branch chiefs of the entire East China Sea Navy.

Naturally, Karina has an additional title within the East China Sea Navy.

Witch of the East China Sea - Karina!

However, Li Yan was very satisfied with everything and saved himself hundreds of millions of beli in a short period of time.

And Ain, after learning about Karina's achievements during this period, was also filled with admiration.

I was originally worried that although I had gotten rid of this thing that almost drove me crazy, after all, this is also an important position related to the entire East China Sea Navy. Can Karina really do it?

But the facts have proved that Karina can not only do well, but also do it to the extreme...

Of course, perhaps for Ain, managing the East China Sea Navy's finances may require him to devote himself wholeheartedly, but for Karina, that is just that, and it hardly takes much time.

In my spare time, I spend all my time studying with Nokigao.

What do you want to say about learning?

Naturally, it was the development of Thunder Fruit.

According to Karina's logic.

This is a fruit worth billions. Since I have eaten it all, I naturally want to try my best to develop the ability of this fruit to the extreme.

Otherwise, wouldn’t it mean that billions have been wasted?

And letting billions go down the drain, is that something you can do?
Chapter completed!