In this chapter, we are introduced to a new character, the "external assistant" . The external assistant is a kind and helpful person who is sent to take care of the "leader" of the company. The assistant is very polite and helpful to the leader, but he does not seem to understand what he is doing. He tells the assistant that the leader did not even look at him after dinner. He asks the assistant if he can stop his high speed shutter hand, and the assistant says that he is just enough for a phone call. He says that the "tempered shaoyan" will grill the assistant the next day about what he has done, and that the assistant must tell the leader why he should get his attention. He does not know what to do, but the assistant tells him that the eyes are