"So that's how it is, thank you..."
Which means it's been twenty years, no matter how powerful the family is, those 'older generation' involved are still under house arrest by the Committee, tightly supervised right in the palm of their hands.
Tsk, isn't that another dead end? They really don't give any chance at all--can't they match him up with some dumber opponents, damn it...
Well then, I might as well use the juicer... oh...
"Right, Mr. Mayor, while I'm asking, what's the story with Ito Ryoma? Is his family also part of the Security Bureau system? But he really shouldn't be a match for Erin's family background, right?"
Considering Broomhead really has a bone to pick with Li Pan, Chen had actually sent over his file a long time ago.
But Li Pan wanted to use him as bait, and he was too busy to deal with it. Now that I think about it carefully, it seems a little unusual.