Chapter 935: Before the Speech (Please Vote for the Big Chapter)

saint ylan district

The bustling crowd was led by a thin man holding a wooden sign and carrying transparent umbrellas, wandering all the way to the end of the street.

"You have quite a lot of people."

A slightly burly bald man glanced at the dense crowd and looked at the thin man with a beard next to him.

"Eighty or ninety, man,"

The bearded man raised his hand and took out a metal box from his pocket, opening it to reveal the clean and tidy cigarettes inside.

"You have to know the price of 75 federal coins. You can hire a man to do work for you in Ningweis District for a week. They only need to travel with the team for a day and they can earn what others work desperately for a week, and they pay in advance. Who doesn’t like a part of the money? They all call their friends and desperately want to grab this job.”

He took out a cigarette and handed it to the bald man next to him, "And for us, for the price of a bottle of wine in the bar, you can hire three people to yell with you for a day, so why not?"

"It's rare for you to be so generous."

The bald man took the cigarette and held it in his mouth, "You didn't find those 'old people' this time? Aren't there supporters of the doctor in the White Jasmine Palace among these newcomers? You tricked them into opposing that doctor, then Aren’t you afraid that they won’t cooperate? Aren’t you afraid that they will take your money and not work?”

He raised his hand, spread the top of his smooth index finger, and spurted out a blue windproof flame, which he handed to the bearded man.

"Your prosthetic body is quite useful."

The bearded man took out a cigarette, held it in his mouth, and put the cigarette butt in front of the flame. With flickering sparks burning at the end of the cigarette, he took a puff of the cigarette and said slowly,

"The true supporters have been screened out a long time ago. Those who come here are just ordinary people who earn some money to eat, and their bracelets have been collected. The people around them are all my people, and they have taken what I paid them in advance. Part of the income, they have eaten dates and received sticks. They have to have the ability to resist even if they don’t want to cooperate.”

Then he looked up at the people in the rain, with a smile on his lips, "And we don't really need to 'cooperate' this time, do we? My money is not that easy to get."

"You are still as ruthless as ever,"

The bald man lit his cigarette, the flames on his fingers extinguished, and he closed his fingertips. He looked at the crowd in front of him, "Didn't I remember that we were not the only ones, but there were at least two other groups?"

"The other waves are smaller and are said to be arranged by Levi's,"

The bearded man held a cigarette in his mouth, "The news I sent you this morning said that Levi's was arrested by the FBI last night, so maybe it wasn't arranged."

"That's what these guys are talking about,"

The bald man bit his cigarette butt and looked at the white jasmine petals at the end of the road in front of him in the mist and mist. "Except for being good at talking, I can't do anything else."

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Mayor's Palace

"Lynn!"

A middle-aged man with a thin build and a calm face stood on the edge of the corridor. He saw He Ao coming from a distance, waved his hand, and ran over quickly, "How is your health now?"

"Fortunately, my injury is actually not too serious,"

He Ao looked at the middle-aged man in front of him and nodded gently, "After Dr. Des' treatment, he got much better."

The man in front of him is the deputy mayor of Yilan City, Linn's political ally, and the representative of the conservatives, Lant.

"That's good,"

Lant breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at He Ao and said seriously, "You know, I will not use such despicable means. In this regard, your subordinates and I have the same position. I don’t want anything to happen to you.”

"I told you, I believe you."

He Ao put out the cigarette butt in his hand, threw it into the trash can nearby, looked at Lant, and said slowly.

Lant's position is actually neutral and favors Lynn. He wants to fight for the interests of conservatives in the ruling coalition. At the same time, he also supports reform, but he does not want to be as radical as Lynn.

In the current governing coalition, the conservative forces are not strong enough to control the coalition.

Therefore, once Lynn is assassinated, the entire ruling coalition will immediately collapse. Even if Rand becomes the new mayor in accordance with the legal order, he will lose control of the government and parliament. The forces that originally supported Lynn will even become suspicious of Rant. Deliberately targeting him.

At that time, the isolated Rand will either unite with the consortium and use the power of the consortium to reorganize into a thoroughly pro-consortium city government.

Or he could be locked up in the mayor's palace and face the next assassination amid rebellion and incomprehensible government orders, until a pro-consortium mayor comes to power.

And Lant's own tendency is anti-consortium, otherwise he would not get together with Lynn.

Therefore, from Lant's perspective, if Linn was assassinated, unless he had completely succumbed to the consortium, his succession as mayor would be harmful but useless.

At this moment, Lant also looked at those old and determined brown-gray eyes, took a deep breath, and said, "Thank you."

Although he had heard this sentence on the phone, when he heard He Ao say this "trust" in person in the mayor's palace, he was still a little shocked.

Although he also knows that 'Lynn''s statement of trust in him here may be largely an expedient to maintain the situation, but the other party's willingness to make this choice in such a fierce situation is fundamentally against him. It's really a bit of 'trust'.

And he also noticed that the 'Lynn' in front of him was indeed a little different after experiencing the assassination last night.

In the past, Lin En was a sharp but soft sword, sharp and sharp, but a little indecisive at critical moments.

Then the Linn in front of him was more like a knight's sword shining with cold light in the night, hard, straight, upright and heavy.

There was still a sharp edge under those brown-gray eyes, but it seemed as if there was a curtain covering them, and the sharp sword light was looming behind the curtain.

He can give people the same vigor and style as before, and he can also make people believe that he has the ability and ambition to practice what he says.

Lant could clearly feel that the 'Mayor Lynn' in front of him was more reliable.

"It seems like last night really had a big impact on you."

He took a breath, looked at the old man beside him, and asked with a little sigh.

"After people experience life and death, they always understand something,"

He Ao smiled, stretched out his hand, and motioned for Lant to follow him along the corridor.

"How's it going with General Covey in Nancheng? Have you made any arrangements? I heard..."

Lant asked worriedly as he followed He Ao's pace.

After escaping assassination, the next bigger factor was the 'coup'.

The 'ambition' of Nancheng Commander Covey, as well as the conflict between the Nancheng City Defense Force and the Linn City Cabinet, have reached the point where almost everyone in Yilan City knows about it.

"There are currently no problems in Nancheng,"

He Ao smiled and said, "I have met General Covey. He is a very reasonable person and will be willing to ****."

"Oh, that's how it is,"

Lant paused for a moment, then froze, his eyes widened, and he looked at He Ao in shock, "Have you met him? Have you reached an agreement? When?"

"Last night."

He Ao nodded slightly.

"Mr. Lynn,"

At this moment, the blond chief of staff ran over from behind. She whispered in He Ao's ear quickly, "A parade has formed in front of the mayor's palace."

"Um,"

He Ao nodded lightly and turned to look at Lant, who was still a little surprised next to him. "I have something to do and may be delayed for a while. Can you go to the cabinet meeting room and wait for me? All the cabinet ministers should be heading there now." side."

"OK."

Lant tried his best to put away his uncontrollable emotions, nodded slightly, and waved goodbye to He Ao.

Then he looked at He Ao and turned away, his eyes were slightly lowered, and he murmured to himself, "The General Covey I met last night..."

Was it before the assassination or after the assassination?

Covey has almost never left the Nancheng Command Center recently. If it was after the assassination, then did Linn go directly to the Nancheng Command Center under such dangerous circumstances?

This kind of courage...

Asking himself, Lant doesn't think he is in the same situation. Can he arrive at Nancheng so calmly and can he still 'negotiate' with Covey, the commander of Nancheng?

He watched from a distance as the old but tall figure gradually faded away. Vaguely, he felt that the figure that he could easily catch up with or even replace seemed to be getting further and further away from him.

But for some reason, there was a slight excitement in the depths of my heart that had been silent for a long time.

It was like something he had never felt hopeful about before, and now, it finally ignited a little flame.

Although the flame seems small and weak, it will be extinguished when the wind and rain blow.

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"Have the TV stations and broadcast media been contacted?"

Walking quickly in the long and slender corridor, He Ao looked at the chief of staff beside him and asked quickly.

"Including Elan Morning News, major TV stations owned by Nord, Copes and Ivis Space Systems have refused to forward the live broadcast of your speech later,"

The blond chief of staff said quickly, "They said that 'the commercial behavior of the TV station is purely market-based. There are customers who paid higher prices and bought the corresponding time slots, and they have no obligation to serve the city government.'"

Having said this, she paused, gritted her teeth slightly and said, "That's not what they said before when they forwarded the speech of the pro-consortium mayor."

"This is normal. These large consortiums have completely broken up with us,"

He Ao nodded calmly,

"Try to win as many local TV stations and newspapers in Yilan City as possible. Those TV stations controlled by large consortiums. If you can, go for it. If you can't, don't force it. Let a separate window be opened on the homepage of the mayor's official website as a window for live speeches.

"Then buy targeted ads on the streaming media and short video platforms of the Tellison Group and the Menshu Group that favor online consortiums, and divert traffic to the live broadcast. Their direct interests are not in conflict with ours, and we can cooperate."

"OK."

The chief of staff nodded quickly.

"correct,"

Glancing at the flashing neon advertisements on the skyscrapers outside the glass window, He Ao quickly said, "Have all those billboards been taken down?"

"Many billboards in Yilan District are controlled by large consortiums, which is not easy to manage."

The chief of staff whispered, "Ningweis District and Wake District have already made arrangements. Captain Tucker has given some support from the Mayor's Guard. There is no clear news yet, but judging from the current feedback, Progress should be good.”

She looked up at He Ao, "Mr. Lin En, is it really useful to use billboards to broadcast live broadcasts in Ningweisi District? Judging from the data, the advertising industry in Ningweisi has shrunk seriously, and the coverage rate Probably not ideal.”

"I used to go there often when I was doing free clinics. Those poor and messy places usually have big billboards like this. Those billboards actually have a high exposure rate.

"Data reports are sometimes unreliable because you don't know what key items were missed or deliberately hidden when investigating the data. If you want to thoroughly understand the situation in a region, it is best to conduct on-site investigations."

He Ao withdrew his gaze and continued while moving forward, "This city not only has places where neon lights shine, but there are also places where neon lights don't shine, and these darkness are the majority of this city."

"yes!"

The chief of staff nodded slightly.

At this time, the two of them had reached the end of the corridor. Tucker, who was tall and tall, was standing in front of the glazed window that opened in a flash. He looked at He Ao and said, "Mr. Lin En, the crowd has gathered outside. , according to your instructions, manpower has been arranged to maintain order."

"Um."

He Ao stood by the window and looked down.

Perhaps they had received the news about the mayor's speech, or perhaps they simply came to watch the excitement. At this moment, the garden of the Mayor's Mansion was crowded with all kinds of people, and the crowd was even bigger than last night.

They stood in the wind and rain, accompanied by the swaying white jasmine flowers, looking in the direction of the Mayor's Palace.

And there is a group of people moving in the crowd at the moment. They are holding banners similar to 'Lynn is stepping down', 'We want food', 'This is the worst city government in Ilan', and they are in the Mayor's Mansion under the gaze of the crowd. Swim quickly forward.

"There are probably close to 80 people in this parade, and the banners of the parade have also appeared before,"

Tucker said slowly, "Based on the information collected from Levi's men, it is basically certain that they were hired to march."

He Ao gathered his consciousness in his eyes, raised his head, and quickly glanced at the crowd below.

Although it was a little far away, he could still clearly see the crowd of people marching below due to his physical condition. "Those surrounded in the middle did not wear bracelets and were pushed away by the outside."

"Are you saying they might have been coerced?"

Tucker frowned slightly and said quickly, "Then I can use this to contact the FBI to intervene and 'rescue' them? And disband the parade?"

"no,"

The chief of staff on the side immediately shook his head, "Then the headlines of all federal news this afternoon will be that we have joined forces with the FBI to 'suppress' the opponents with force. The consortium will definitely seize this opportunity to make a big deal about us and accuse us of undermining the federation." , they might still be looking forward to our intervention."

"Then leave this parade alone?"

Tucker frowned.

"Don't worry,"

He Ao raised his head and glanced at the crowd around him, his eyes locked on some figures mixed in the crowd, "Arrange some extraordinary people and plainclothes warriors with full-body prosthetics to protect this parade. They must be strong enough."

"This is?"

Tucker raised his head and looked at He Ao, somewhat confused.

Although the group in the middle did look like they were being coerced, their lives were not in obvious danger, and the entire parade had been inspected when they came in, and they did not carry firearms.

He now felt like he was between a rock and a hard place.

He could clearly feel that the person organizing the march obviously knew that there would be a speech today and was deliberately disgusting Mr. Linn. Now he wanted to smash that guy to pieces.

"in case."

He Ao withdrew his gaze and said calmly.

Tucker looked at the old mayor in front of him and knew that the mayor must have his own arrangements. He nodded thoughtfully, "Okay, then I will take people there."

"Pay attention to cover, do not expose yourself, and be sure to arrange emergency evacuation routes for the crowd."

He Ao nodded and said quickly.

"OK."

Tucker nodded and turned towards the elevator.

At this time, the chief of staff also raised his head and looked at He Ao, "Mr. Linn, all cabinet ministers have entered the cabinet meeting room."

"good,"

He Ao gently raised his brass cane and said, "Let's go there."

It's a little bit late.