"Plan C..." Hou Rui hadn't finished speaking when someone in the audience raised a hand.
It was Lanni, the Deputy Minister of the Public Works Bureau, one of the few women in the venue.
"Minister Lan, please go ahead."
"Here's the situation," Lanni stood up, "Regarding the light steel framework of Plan B, our Public Works Bureau conducted an overnight re-evaluation, and it is not feasible."
"We calculated that to build a light steel settlement to accommodate half a million people within two months, at least 80 heavy-duty piling machines are needed to ensure the laying of the underground pipeline network. But the Public Works Bureau currently has only 28 machines functioning, not even meeting half of the requirement."
