While Lu Zhou was returning to his hotel, Minister Novak was standing in a computer room at the Unified Energy System of Russia, St. Petersburg branch. He stared at a group of technicians who were working at their computers.
Standing next to Minister Novak was the manager of the branch, Olig. This pale-skinned middle-aged man had a thick beard with a beer belly, making him look like a balloon in his tight Armani suit.
He had been talking non-stop for the past two hours.
"Mr. Minister, I can promise you that our grid operation has been perfect, and there are no problems! The engineers at our department have been monitoring the system since this morning. We are fully prepared for the Helios fusion power station energy, however, we haven't detected any voltage change from the Helios energy inlet at all—"
Minister Novak spoke with a poker face.
"I will decide if there are any problems or not."
