Shinji Eguchi has been busy lately, or planning matters. His current boss, Defense Minister Kishida, has been suffering from a long period of illness, and it has finally come time for his acquaintances to retire completely. After the next election, the old minister will not hold a half-official position in the government, but will go directly to his home to enjoy the flowers and grass and transfer power.

But anyone familiar with Japanese politics knows that no one can sit in such a high position and get out of it with their whole body. In fact, there have long been rumors among the Chinese people that the officials who really control the government are not those who are on the stage, but precisely the bigwigs who live in seclusion after retirement, and it is precisely the bigwigs at this level who are the most closely connected with the chaebol capitalists.

This is normal, after all, if an official on the stage, who is not being watched by people all over the world, and really wants to have close contacts with the capitalists, isn't that causing trouble? I'm afraid that there won't be enough scandals in office, so I hang out with business people every day and night, and then ask people to leave a handle?

But if a current official visits a retired senior, the media and ordinary people will not casually suspect anything, and few people can think that this is actually a moment when the bigwigs behind the scenes take the opportunity to teach tricks, give directions, and even go beyond the limits of the capitalists, or even convey the will of the capitalists?

Ordinary media reporters, that is, squatting at the door of the kiosk every night, and officials visiting their homes as if they were in private life, which they can investigate at will.

Shinji Eguchi is busy with things right now, first of all, building momentum for himself, trying to shine in the position of his boss, and other campaign manifestos. This is the work on the table, and in private, he also began to run around, contact the boss Chen's contacts from all sides, and further get acquainted with politicians and business tycoons, so he is not busy.

Then during the day, it was time for him to play golf with Miyamoto.

"I'm ashamed to say that this is the first time I've seen Miss Miyamoto's golf skills, and I'm really ashamed that she's so powerful."

Under the blue sky and white sun, another shot went into the hole after crossing a beautiful arc, which was the result of Mito's vigorous swing of her arms.

"Where, where, I'm already three shots behind Eguchi-kun."

Mei Dong wore a ponytail, wore a must-have suit for golf, and wore a white baseball cap, tall and tall, showing off his waist: "You are worthy of being the future Minister of Defense, you are really a good man, people who don't know must think that you are from a military background, otherwise where would you have such good arm strength and control?" ”

"Haha, you're really joking, it's not a foregone conclusion."

Humility is a necessary virtue for a politician, and the black-faced Eguchi has the image of a good old man, looking harmless to people and animals. However, as a senior executive of the Ministry of Defense, this appearance will inevitably become an image weakness, and it is precisely the shortcoming that Eguchi has had a headache for a while.

"So, your campaign is ready, but it's not time to launch it yet."

Midong and Eguchi walked down the hill to check the results of entering the cave, and continued to talk at this time: "According to the procedure, even the early propaganda will have to wait until the old minister retires, let alone the white-hot stage. It's a very competitive thing, but Eguchi-kun has to give it his all 120%. ”

"Of course there's pressure, so it's a life event, and it's normal to give it 200 per cent." Eguchi replied very seriously, because he knew too well who he was talking to: "Luckily, no one has yet announced that they want to compete with me, so the pressure is relatively energy-efficient, but as you said, it is far from the white-hot stage." ”

"How confident is Eguchi-kun?"

"Well...... this"

Shinji Eguchi really hesitated.

It is an unspoken rule in Japanese politics for a secretary to succeed his boss, but after all, he is just a secretary, and if someone else really wants to compete with him, the pressure is extremely great. And for an extremely popular option like the Minister of Defense, the strength and number of competitors are comparable to the battle for the prime minister within the party. Looking at Mito's smiling gaze, Eguchi really didn't dare to make a guarantee, just because he wasn't comforting an ordinary girl who didn't know.

In fact, this is also funny, because the difficulty of the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party running for prime minister is much simpler than that of becoming the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, which is like China's table tennis ball. If someone wants to compete with Eguchi for the position of Minister of Defense, and the difficulty is just as difficult, maybe he can really try to run for prime minister directly?

"Mrs. Kishida is a typical strong woman."

Sitting and watching Eguchi silent for a long time, Meidong knew it, and said leisurely: "For example, there are several characters I still know, and it is not an easy job to make them all completely loyal to you. I'm an outsider, and of course I don't know exactly what you're going to do in your campaign, but now it seems like everyone is honestly waiting for the minister to retire? ”

"Of course it is."

Eguchi walked with Mi Dong and slowly walked down the green hillside, his eyes flashing, pondering the girl's deep meaning: "Only when the minister is not in office can we start the campaign work, otherwise wouldn't it be disrespectful to his old man?" Japan is not the United States, even if the commander is gone, his subordinates will help take care of the work, and we will ...... during this time."

"Therefore, Eguchi-san has an innate advantage."

Midong suddenly jumped in a high voice: "I believe many people will ask whether when a minister leaves office, whether his secretary will continue to do auxiliary work, or will he also participate like everyone else and run for the position of the former boss." I believe that Eguchi-san has not encountered such doubts, after all, compared to any other competitor, you are already familiar with the future work, and you have an incomparable innate advantage. ”

At this moment, all of Eguchi's nerves tensed.

He knew too well that it was impossible for Miyamoto to be in charge of nonsense.

"So, you mean ......"

"I mean, the most obvious advantage you have over the others is that you are already familiar with the daily work of the Minister of Defense, and you have obvious nepotism, which is simply more advantageous than Mrs. Kishida. After all, the latter is a theoretical woman's family, and if you also do publicity, you can only play the emotional card, and when it comes to work ability, who can compare to Eguchi-san you? ”

Neither of them walked anymore at this point, even though the hole-in-one golf ball was five metres ahead.

Eguchi nodded slowly, already figuring out what he meant: "So I need to create a situation, an advantageous situation that belongs to the secretary alone, and the specific content of this situation is ...... We are in dire need of someone who knows the job best, and there is not much time for others to compete in a step-by-step manner. ”

Some things can't be explained too clearly, Midong just smiled slightly, and never answered positively.

"So, if the situation is not waiting for the term to be completed, then how to create it is Eguchi-san's job."