There is only one polling station in Otis City, which is a small place, and five years ago, the statistics were that the population reached 400,000, and whether there were 400,000 actual residents is still unknown, and Durin thinks that there is none. And because the town hall has been unsound for many years, a lot of work has not been carried out, and the locals are not happy to vote.

In some neighborhoods, the list of voters sent in was only a few dozen people, and the total number of voters was less than 30,000 after a complete count, which is obviously too small a number. However, the Empire has no hard and fast indicators for voting, and even if only one person participates in the vote, the legitimacy of the vote will be recognized, and the final result will be announced.

The polling station was set up in the square in front of the town hall, and Duhrin had already seen it set up when he came to work in the morning. This part doesn't need to worry about Durin, and the Empire has a department dedicated to this area to set up recycling polling stations.

The polling stations are all active, with four rows of twenty separate polling stations each. As the mayor of the city, Durin naturally has the right to vote, and after a little thought, he walked towards the nearest polling station.

The polling station is designed like a phone booth connected together, but unlike the phone booth, there is no glass, opaque wooden panels, and there are no telephones, only a sealed metal canister. When you enter the polling station, the door behind you will slowly close, and you can take the voting card issued by the staff and make a few √ on the counter. Then stuff the voting card into a sealed metal can, and complete the voting process.

Doolin quickly √ a questionnaire representing the New Party's camp on a few options and stuffed it directly into the ballot box. When he came out, he was surprised to find that the spotlight was on, and a reporter was taking pictures of him.

He nodded and smiled slightly, turned and walked towards the town hall, but the reporter didn't seem to want to let Durin go, and chased after him.

"Hello Mr. Mayor, I'm a reporter from Leedswain, my name is Alice, I would like to interview you with a few questions, do you have time?", she has big wavy blond hair, this hairstyle is very popular at the moment, it is said that it became popular in society after a few fashion shows in the imperial capital. She wore a white shirt over a dark blue women's formal dress with a dark one-step skirt and a pair of high heels, and she walked with a clattering sound.

This woman's facial features are very delicate, she belongs to the very beautiful kind, and she is very good at dressing herself, so she is not annoying at all.

Durin stopped, looked at the chick who was following him and shook his head, "I'm sorry, I don't give any interviews during business hours, thank you!", he said as he walked towards the gate of the town hall again, the reporter named Alice still following closely behind him.

"I won't take up much of your time, just a few very simple questions......", she seemed to realize that Durin didn't want to deal with her, she didn't give up, and directly asked her own question, "Mr. Mayor, I heard that the results of the new party were known to the top brass of the new party before the results of the vote came out, and some people claimed that this election was just a formality, what do you think of this rumor?"

Durin paused, he glanced at Alice, and said pointedly, "You just said it, it's just a rumor. ”

Alice was not at all discouraged by Durin's rebuttal, she was pleasantly surprised, and a smile suddenly appeared on her face, "But there are people who believe in this, are you willing to defend it a little?"

Durin shook his head and refused as he walked, "Sorry, I just said that I won't be interviewed during working hours......"

Looking at the back of Durin disappearing into the gate of the city hall, Alice sighed a little disappointed, and the young man holding the camera behind her also held the camera in his hand and hung it beside him, "Boss, what should I do now?"

Alice glared at him, "What should I do, of course, get out of here!", she said as she walked, "We need a news that can create a sensation, but unfortunately he is not fooled, see if there are any other younger guys, otherwise the ticket money will not be earned back this time." ”

Alice is an independent journalist, and because of the existence of the George family in the news industry, there are only two types of reporters, one is a feature agency reporter and the other is an independent reporter.

Feature agency reporters have a high hidden status, because after these reporters' press releases have been reviewed for political reasons, they become "listed papers" and are sold throughout the country and even in other countries. Once a news hotspot is created, then the people in the news must be famous, at least for a few days, so their influence is actually very large.

Independent journalists, on the other hand, take news leads and write press releases for local newspapers, with influence limited to a specific region. They don't have the same status as the reporters of the special news agency, because most of the newspapers that review these news articles have a position. Leedward, for example, the state's capital, where newspapers are largely on the side of the New Party. If the content of the press release is biased in favor of the old party, it will certainly not be adopted, and only press releases that conform to the position of the new party will be published.

In the same way, newspapers in the old party's turf rarely publish press releases that stand on the side of the new party.

Independent journalists like Alice earn all the news and news she gets, and she has won two hot news bonuses so far, and the rest of the news can only make her a little different.

Coming to Otis to interview Durin was Alice's plan for herself, but it seems that the plan has died before it can be executed. The city is full of wonders, and these wonders will catch people's eyes, and people from out of town will be eager to learn about the changes that are taking place in the city of Otis and the people who make it happen.

In fact, Alice had already written a title for her interview with Durin before she came - "The Umbrella of the Gang, a Rising Crime Capital"

It's a very hot title, and if it's paired with great content, it will definitely sell for a good price!

Maybe you can even compete for a journalism award!

Durin returned to his office and was about to ask Natalie to come over and tell her that she needed a press spokesperson for the place, when he remembered that Natalie had already left, and that he had personally sent her to the steam locomotive. It's not good for a person to use it too easily, it will make him dependent, he beckoned to Dove, who was making coffee for himself, "I heard you went to high school?"

Dove nodded, her family is not rich, but it is still far from poverty, and supporting a daughter to go to high school is not a difficult choice. It's just that it's not so easy to go to college after high school, not because of her poor academic performance, but because the cost of college is a heavy expense for an ordinary family. Plus she also has an older brother and younger brother, so she was "abandoned".

Seeing Dove nodding, Durin thought for a moment and ordered, "Untie your apron ......", Dove was stunned for a moment, and his white face was suddenly filled with red, as if he had drunk too much. With some slow movements, she untied her apron, folded it, and placed it on the table, then waited for Doolin's next command, which might make her feel ashamed.

But waiting for her made her a little stunned.

"Now you're taking over Natalie's job for the time being, and I'm sure you've learned something in the meantime, and you'll be able to relax when I've found the right person. Instead of looking at her, Durin looked at the somewhat scattered documents on the table, "These documents need to be sorted by time and content, the most important ones should be placed first, and if there are no other documents that need to be dealt with immediately, they should be neatly arranged according to time." ”

"Then you need to find someone who can speak well, we need a press officer......"

At this time, Dove breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time a little lost. Durin had told her that he was a man who had no way to take responsibility, and that it was easy to eat, but it was even more difficult to get him to pay. His marriage was bound to be expensive, and only those who could afford it could marry him and enter the sacred temple.

In fact, Dove knew that it was not that Durin didn't like him, but that he didn't want to do something against his will. He can roll the sheets with Natalie's woman, because he is completely unresponsible, he can't roll the sheets with himself, he can't bear such a responsibility. At the end of the day, he's a good man.

Dove internally defended Dorin's actions, and then immediately began to sort out the official documents on his desk as Doolin asked, thinking about what he should do as he did.

As he was reading the papers, Doolin's brows suddenly furrowed, and then he relaxed, it was an application from a consortium run by an old northern nobleman, who wanted to get a full-power gambling card from Doolin, and he remembered that Natalie had told him about it. At that time, he didn't care very much, and some details had been forgotten, but when he saw this document, he realized that this was definitely not a family, or a small company.

It's just a consortium, a consortium headed by a certain family.

Natalie didn't understand because she hadn't studied these things, but Durin did, especially after Kevin told him to read more books if he was fine, and he always spent his extra time studying.

The silver vines and leaves form a beautiful totem-like pattern, and in this pattern there are some golden roses in full bloom, which is not an embellishment of the document, but the seal of a consortium.

Hymn!