Chapter Four: More Doors, Narrower Roads

【Authentic rejection detected. Rating: C.】 【Return: index of closed association meetings from the last three years.】 The index showed no contents, only dates, subjects, and attendees. One subject recurred: cross-border pharmaceutical data recognition. Each proposal came from three midsized warehouse operators without Gu ownership, then was withdrawn before voting. The system had given him a doorplate, not a key. The first two operators refused meetings. Qin Chuan, owner of Northstar Storage, stopped Jiming in a parking lot. “It isn't that we oppose openness. Two years ago, a supporter was visited the next day by fire, tax, and environmental inspectors. Every inspection was legal. Three months later, Gu bought the company.” “Who gave the order?”