At four o'clock in the afternoon, when Durin was ready to eat early, Scott came, and not only did he come, but he also brought two men, a man who looked very ordinary and wore glasses, and a little silly, and a bewitching woman.

If Durin often watches movies, he will know that this woman is a popular female star at the moment, her name is Celine, and people don't know her through movies before they know her, but three other things.

Figures, scandals, topics!

She has a body that many women would envy, in line with the aesthetics of most men, and women with such a figure will definitely have good luck, and then there are the interesting stories of her changing seventeen boyfriends in four years and attacking each other in the media with other public figures at every turn. It wasn't until someone spent a lot of effort on her in the past two years that those things gradually disappeared and were replaced by her roles and performances.

"Would you like to have dinner together?", Durin shook Scott's hand, he hadn't seen this guy in a while, including this time he didn't come with Horston to pick him up. Durin withdrew his hand and led Scott into the side hall, and after arranging for the three of them to sit down, Durin looked at Scott, "Say, what is the matter with me? ”

Scott didn't seem to care about Doolin's statement at all, he knew that Doolin was a very serious, but sometimes joking person, "This is how you treat old friends, it's so sad!", the atmosphere in the room was quite lively and peaceful, Scott's smile gradually subsided after a few laughs, and he introduced the two guests around Doolin.

"This is Mr. Monte, one of the five major film companies and the gold producer of Winter Flower Pictures. If you've ever watched a movie...... I'm sorry, I remembered that you don't watch movies, but in short, Mr. Monte is very good, and the eleven films he produced have been very successful, and they are known as 'beacons' in the industry, which can bring enough returns to investors!"

Monte took the initiative to stand up, he pushed the frame of his glasses, bent down and reached out to shake Doolin on the other side of the coffee table, "Nice to meet you, Mr. Doolin." ”

Durin nodded, and then Scott introduced that very special woman, Selene.

He has been working at City Hall, often representing Horston to contact people from all walks of life, and has developed a mouth that can speak well, and Selene, who has no background and a bit of a bad private life, has become a holy girl like a white lotus in Scott's mouth. Selene also took the initiative to shake Durin's hand, and then sat back very reservedly.

Durindo glanced at the woman, and when he shook hands, he could clearly feel the woman scratching his palm with her fingers, if it didn't feel wrong, the woman was hinting at one thing to him, and that was that she was afraid of ghosts and other dirty things. As we all know, actors like the heroine have a single room, and when night falls, she will definitely be scared, so hopefully someone will be able to accompany her through the scary night.

And the weather is not very good now, and it is snowing heavily, so it would be nice if we could encourage each other to get through the night and keep warm together.

But unfortunately, Durin is also afraid of ghosts, so he basically does not go out at night.

Selene didn't get enough of a response and bit her lip in disappointment, her little gesture was very seductive when she made it, the producer and Scott actually saw it, but they thought they didn't see it.

In fact, Selene has more connotation than she shows, she knows Frena, and the two have worked together in a movie, the kind of passerby girlfriend who looks like a background board to set off the protagonist's otherworldliness. She also knew what happened to Frena, and to be honest, it would be a good choice to have a young and wealthy person, at least much better than the guy who was good enough to be her father.

"That's right!", Scott drew everyone's attention to himself, "Mr. Monte, they are working on a romantic love movie, and they have signed an agreement with the town hall to help them with the problems and difficulties they encounter in the filming of the film to the greatest extent. They need a beautiful building to support the romance in the movie, and your estate is clearly the perfect place to be. ”

"That's right, Mr. Doolin. Monte's brown hair was a bit messy, and he wore a brown plaid coat with red and white lines and wide-brimmed eyes, like those raunchy professors in the academy. He pushed the frame of his glasses and looked at Durin very sincerely, "When our film is released, it will bring you and your estate great reputation, and I believe that this is what you want, and we will pay a handsome honorarium to thank you for your generosity." ”

Durin thought for a moment and shook his head, "I'm not short of money, and I don't want people to know about me, so I'm sorry." ”

"Really?", Monte showed a look of disappointment on his face, he liked this manor house on the cliff by the sea very much, when shooting from the other side, the buildings of the manor were hidden in the green shade, and at the same time, the deep blue sea set off the nobility and mystery of this manor, which was very in line with the mood of the script. However, he also knew very well who Durin was, and the rejection on the phone led him to Scott, who also had a problem that had not been solved, that is, there was really no way to solve it.

The two left quickly, and Scott stayed, he sighed first, and then said with a wry smile: "A very presumptuous question, if one day I were to go to Otis City to join you, would you take me in?"

His remarks confused During, who had always been Hoschton's right-hand man, and on some occasions in the past had told people in a suggestive tone that if he left Illion, he would nominate Scott to replace him as mayor. Many people know this idea and think that this is the best choice, after all, the probability of appearing in the whole city is the highest, and everyone is familiar with not the mayor of Hoschton, but Scott, who represents him running outside every day.

With Scott's knowledge of Illian and the merchant community here, it would be good news for him to become mayor.

But now it seems that this is not the case.

Scott leaned back on the couch and rubbed his face a little dejectedly, "I know what you're saying, in fact, sometimes it's not a good thing for a person to be too good!", he laughed first after saying this obviously self-flattering remark, "Can you believe it, Horston actually planned to take me with him after successfully running for governor, which is completely different from what we said before." ”

"He lied to me!"

Now Durin completely understood, in the final analysis, it was because of power. If the mayor and the governor's secretary are divided purely by their status within the party, the two are actually similar. Many of the governor's secretaries went on to become mayors or councillors, but in terms of actual power, there is too much difference between the two.

The governor's secretary is always just a secretary, not the one who really makes decisions, others treat you as the same thing, but also for the governor's face, if you really meet that kind of unambiguous official, what is the governor's secretary?

The mayor is different, he has great power, he is the lord of a city, and he can manage and build a city according to his own ideas and political ambitions, how can the governor's secretary do?

Scott has done so well over the years, making Horston so comfortable, he has done all the good and bad things that are difficult to do, so that Horston only needs to sit in the office and sign, or adjust the direction of the city's development, as for the rest, Scott will teach him to complete. With such a capable subordinate, Horston was certainly reluctant to let go, so he planned to take him with him to take up his post in Isenas.

In addition, he has a good relationship with Durin, and when he gets there, he can reconcile in the play and avoid conflicts between himself and Durin, which gives Hoston more reasons to bring Scott to open the city together.

Originally, these were Hoston's own thoughts, but yesterday after seeing Durin, he was a little uneasy, and called Harry to verify some things, but it was heard by Scott partially, and in the past six months, Hoston has not continued to hint at the news that Scott will take over, which immediately made Scott suspicious. Then he was clever enough to verify it—to put it simply, to show loyalty—and Hothton took it seriously, and immediately told him that he was willing to take him with him.

It's not that Horston is stupid, the two have been together for six years, they are too familiar with each other, and their cooperation on weekdays is also full of tacit understanding, Horston didn't think that this was Scott testing him, so he said something that shouldn't be said.

Scott, who felt cheated, suddenly became psychologically unbalanced, and he has tried his best to do things for Hothton in the past few years not because Hothton has such a personality charm, nor is there something beyond friendship between two people, it is purely because Scott wants to become a mayor, it is power!

Now everything he's worked so hard for is in vain, so he's starting to figure out a way for himself.

Doolin was not his best choice, but at the same time his best choice.

Politically, Durin did not have the necessary conditions to become a high-ranking member of the Empire, he was not a graduate of the Royal Academy, he did not have a terrifying network, and he was not of aristocratic origin, and his political future was extremely limited, which was a bad aspect. But Durin is the best choice because Scott knows Durin, and the biggest difference between Durin and Horston is that he can let go.

As long as he gains the trust of Durin, he can deliver all aspects of a certain aspect, and he will not bother if something big happens. Scott, who had had enough of being a secretary, wanted to wield a little real power, so Doolin was the best choice.