This chapter's epigraph is from the opening lines of the novel, "This first battle is an absolute failure" . It's a quote from the novel's title character, Gu Beichen, who says that the first battle of his life was a total failure, because he didn't get the help he needed from his father. He also says that he's already 21 years old, and that his sister is only two years older than him. He tells his sister that he doesn't want to be called "a kid" all the time, because she's only 2 years younger than him . The two women discuss the progress of the empire project, but they haven't heard any news yet. They hear that the director and the director lu went to a dinner party and fought with some people from the town of Zhongpeng. They've been fighting for so long that it seems like they're tired. The director says he'll try his best to design the empire's clubhouse, but he can't control what the empire decides. The su family plans to build a concert hall in the north part of Luo city, and they want to design it as an alternative to the empire clubhouse. The project is related to the su family, so the influence won't be as big as the empire one. The clubhouse is still the top priority for the empire, so they should focus more on it.