I was reborn after playing a good hand badly

Su Mo still looked hesitant, which left Jiang Qizhang feeling helpless. He sighed inwardly.

He could understand Su Mo's hesitation. Anyone would hesitate if they had to constantly face suspicion, targeting, or even slander from others.

Although in the hearts of Jiang Qizhang and others, Su Mo has always been a good child and has always dedicated her abilities to the Xia Kingdom, there are always people who can't stand her.

It was as if Su Mo would never feel it was enough if he didn't give up everything he had.

Shaking his head slightly, Jiang Qizhang changed his approach.

"As of this year, our Xia Kingdom has nearly six million registered and active Awakened beings, and this number is increasing every year." He presented a set of data.

Since the association began assisting people in awakening in 2021, it has been collecting various data on awakened individuals, with the number of people being the most basic aspect.

The departments assisting with awakening in each branch of the association have never stopped working, and they receive people who come to try to awaken every day.

Over the years, from exploring secret realms to resisting insect plagues, many awakened beings have sacrificed themselves, but new awakened beings are constantly being added to the accumulated base.

Except for the first three or four years after the insect plague broke out, the number of awakened beings in the entire Xia Kingdom has been steadily increasing every year since then.

Mental martial arts techniques offer a new path for Awakened Ones, and the allure is certainly considerable. Even if it's just out of curiosity, Awakened Ones wouldn't hesitate to use their points to buy a martial arts manual to try it out.

Those with plenty of points might even buy all three books; who wouldn't want to have more options?

Jiang Qizhang said this to let Su Mo know that this is a huge market.

Su Mo understood what the other party meant, but she said, "As the two leaders know, I don't lack points."

She was trapped in the Thunder Domain for nearly ten years. When she returned, she had accumulated nearly 100 million points. It seemed like she hadn't done anything to earn so much, but in fact, it was all from her previous investments in Xia Kingdom.

Su Mo invested a lot of resources in both the Psionic Academy and Yan Shu's technology company. Furthermore, with the stable income from the Academy's Chamber of Commerce and the increasingly sophisticated and complete mecha technology of the Yan family, Su Mo could earn a lot of points even if he did nothing.

But she didn't. After she returned, she never stopped on missions, from eliminating insect eggs and meteorites to leading the pest eradication plan. Occasionally, she also had to help the association deal with thorny issues. Every single one of these missions brought in a large number of points.

Jiang Qizhang and Su Mo's words made Jiang Qizhang and Su Mo's lips twitch simultaneously. When it comes to points, Su Mo really doesn't lack any.

“Although you’ve taken Moonrise City, the points you’ll need to invest in developing the planets under your name in the future will be a considerable amount. Who would complain about having too many points?” Jiang Qizhang said dryly.

Su Mo didn't argue about this; she even nodded.

"So, President, what would you do if you received the authorization?"

Jiang Qizhang's spirits lifted.

They didn't bother with points anymore, and directly told Su Mo about the promotion methods they had discussed and the details of subsequent supervision.

Finally, he said, "Xiao Su, although this insect extermination operation seems to have solved the insect problem, as long as their lair is still in the solar system, our danger is not over."

"Mental martial arts can enhance the combat power of awakened individuals. It is currently only in the initial exploration stage. With everyone learning, researching, and developing together, I believe that it is not impossible for a diverse range of mental martial arts techniques to flourish in the future."

"If we only rely on the academy for follow-up promotion, it will take a lot of effort, which is an unnecessary burden for the academy. If we hand it over to the association, our experience, authority, and network of people scattered in various major cities will definitely make this a success."

"You can tell me your terms, and we can discuss it."

After Jiang Qizhang finished speaking earnestly, he and Zhao Qiguang waited for Su Mo's response and for her to state her conditions.

Zhao Qiguang was relatively more nervous, but he didn't show it.

Before coming to see Su Mo, Old Wang Xuewen had specifically instructed him to make sure he retrieved the manuals for those three martial arts techniques. Old Wang's research projects had been delayed for years with little investment.

He suffered a lot of grievances in order to get some investment, and now that he sees resources that can help his research project, he certainly doesn't want to miss them.

Even if Su Mo refused to authorize it, Wang Xuewen still hoped that Dean Zhao could purchase the cultivation method from Su Mo so that he could refer to it. Perhaps seeing the successful cases could inspire his own ideas.

The worst-case scenario is that Su Mo might hold back and refuse to let people outside the academy learn it, or wait a long time until the academy has already made a name for itself in this area before spreading it to others.

Wang Xuewen said that if he didn't know, that would be fine, but now that he does know, he really can't wait any longer.

In fact, Professor Wang Xuewen, who had been worn down by these years, dared not ask for more. He only wanted Zhao Qiguang to take the technique back to him, and he didn't care if Zhao Qiguang forbade him to pass it on.

However, Zhao Qiguang would make a special trip back to headquarters from the research base to discuss this matter with Jiang Qizhang and other senior executives, and he would also specifically seek out Su Mo for a face-to-face meeting. Of course, his purpose was not just to buy a few independent licenses.

The association wants exclusive authorization for mental martial arts techniques, and wants them to represent the official body in promotion.

Jiang Qizhang didn't necessarily want to be this "middleman." As he said, it wasn't a good idea for the academy to handle this.

Additional expenses and inconvenience are secondary; what can't points solve? The main issue is that Su Mo is too conspicuous.

If we let the Psionic Academy operate the mental martial arts, it will definitely offend some people again, which will needlessly create trouble for the promotion. This is not what the leaders want to see.

Sharing some of the profits with the government to lead the promotion would calm those people down. With the association standing in front of them, it would also make things easier for Su Mo.

"Is it said that the government has already built a 10,000-ton space transport ship?" Su Mo asked.

Although she was abroad and seemed to have no involvement in the college's affairs, Zhou Wei would routinely record the college's daily situation and send it to Su Mo as a work report.

This will also contain some important news about the Xia Kingdom.

So she knew some things, especially the important matter of Xia State ships arriving in Laurel City, which she naturally had to report to Su Mo.

"You're interested in transport ships?" Jiang Qizhang raised an eyebrow slightly.

Su Mo didn't answer what conditions he wanted, but instead asked this question. The topic seemed to jump a bit abruptly, but the meaning was not hard to understand.

"Yes, I'm interested in the largest transport ship that Xia Country can currently manufacture," Su Mo said frankly.

Jiang Qizhang thought for a while before looking at Su Mo and giving a concise answer: "The largest transport ship that can be manufactured now has a standard transport capacity of 50,000 cubic meters."