218. Rules and etiquette
Maple Leaf Province.
18th floor of the Houses of Parliament, large conference room.
The Maple Leaf Provincial Assembly Speaker sat in the first place, looked around, and blew lightly on the small trumpet, and the surroundings became quiet.
Then, his voice began to echo:
"Excellencies, this war must end as soon as possible, and it cannot continue.
"Otherwise, the basic social system of the entire Maple Leaf Province will collapse."
His voice grew louder and louder, and he continued:
"I think that during the period when the war went on, everyone suffered considerable losses.
"Although we have also caused great damage to the opponent, but killing one thousand enemies has caused eight hundred, and now, our manor, hotel milk factory, coffee factory, brewery, raw material processing factory, all our industries are suffering from the other party's crazy attack and suffering heavy losses.
"Well, from my own point of view, I expect my income to plummet by 90% this year, and this year's income will not be able to offset my usual expenses, and even make up for some of it.
"This war must stop!
"In the past, the reason why I was willing to fight this war was, in the final analysis, to occupy the greatest interests, to seize the dominance of Maple Leaf Province, rather than sacrificing my own rights and interests.
"If we continue to compete with each other, it won't be long before the entire Maple Leaf Province will become a ruin, and at that time, industry, agriculture, tourism, and many important pillar industries of the Maple Leaf Province will collapse, and what will be left in the end will only be a ruin.
"Then, even if we do win, it will be useless, and what we face is not a huge cake, but a difficult reconstruction problem.
"What is the use of that kind of Maple Leaf Province?"
To be honest, at this point in time, not only the speaker in front of me, but everyone in the whole room regretted that it was time to start this war.
Fighting to this point is not good for both warring sides, only bad.
The two of them are equal in strength to each other, and there is no way to eliminate each other in a short period of time.
Then the war turned into a war of attrition.
Moreover, since there is no way to kill the other side at once, it can only destroy the opponent's living forces from the side, and during this time, the strategy of the warring parties has become attacking each other's industries.
Storm during the day and sneak attack at night.
Industries large and small on both sides have been hit hard.
One by one, the losses were heavy and the suffering was unspeakable.
This year, it is not only the speaker who is struggling to make ends meet, many people here will be like this, which is too difficult for them.
They originally thought that if they could end the war quickly and then take over everything from the other side, then they would be able to own the other party's strong industrial industry, and their strength would inevitably rise to a higher level, and they could also increase the foundation of the family business.
But.
Really fought, but found that the other party was like a hard bone, gnawing and not moving, this result was not what they wanted, if they continued to fight, I am afraid that Maple Leaf Province would really become a ruin.
So what's the use of even winning?
Will we continue to use the heritage of our respective family businesses for the reconstruction of Maple Leaf Province?
In fact, although that will bring huge benefits, this time may last for ten, decades, or even hundreds of years, which is a long-term benefit.
In the short term, they are still losing money.
This is completely different from what they had previously envisioned.
At this time, a man with a serious expression, wearing a black suit, with two delicate mustaches, spoke, he shook his head and said:
"This war has indeed reached the point where it must end, but it is easy for us to start a war, and it is too difficult to end it now.
"We are evenly matched with our opponents, and we all have similar powers, and we can't solve them at once, and it is very difficult to end the war quickly.
"Alas, if we have a hidden force and a new force, we can fight a decisive battle with the other party, and then invest this force at a critical moment to catch the other party off guard, as long as we seize this opportunity, we may be able to quickly defeat the other party and achieve victory.
"It's just that we have already put all our forces into it now, and the same is true for the other party, so we can't do this at all and give the other party a lethal attack."
He pressed his eyebrows and continued:
"Of course, we can also find a way to borrow some troops from our next-door neighbors, but, as far as I know, our counterparts next door are not having a good time now, and they are also being disturbed by their opponents.
"I think, I'm afraid it's difficult to borrow some troops from them to use it, and it's easy to ask God to send God, so let the army from the next province come over and help us win the war, and then the cake will be shared with them? And how much was distributed to them?
"If they are not satisfied, and we have another conflict with each other, what should we do?
"It's quite a troublesome thing."
He sighed and said:
"In the final analysis, we still lack strength, we don't have a strong reserve in our hands, if there is a new force, it would be good."
When the young man with the delicate mustache finished speaking, the entire large conference room became silent, and the pins and needles could be heard.
They all knew that the method that this man said was very effective, but they were also extremely distressed, because Maple Leaf Province really had no new force, and they couldn't do that thing according to this man's vision.
At this time, sitting on the left side of the speaker, an old man with gray hair gently knocked on the table, attracting everyone's attention.
The old man coughed softly and said:
"No, what you just said is not right.
"In our Maple Leaf Province, there is actually a new force that has never participated in this battle from beginning to end."
He looked around and spat out three words:
"Begonia City.
"Could it be that you have completely forgotten Haitang City? Perhaps this battle has left you with a lot of anxiety and have lost the wisdom to judge the whole situation.
"However, I can tell you plainly that the coastal city, trade port, and tourist pearl of our Maple Leaf Province has never had a war from beginning to end, and Haitang City, which is the first trade, industry, and economy in Maple Leaf Province, is still intact, that is to say, the current war potential of Haitang City has not been ......developed at all."
The old man's words fell, and the entire large conference room suddenly became noisy, and everyone turned their heads and talked about it.
During this time, because they were busy withdrawing all kinds of forces to confront their opponents, they did ignore the situation in Haitang City, and originally thought that Haitang City, like Maple Leaf City, had fallen into civil strife.
But.
Why does Haitang City remain stable?
Logically speaking, it shouldn't.
The situation on the side of Haitang City is different from Maple City, Haitang City is an emerging city, a port city, and a tourist city, and over there, their opponents are stronger.
According to the opponent's aggressive character, since the strength is superior, he has already taken down all of Haitang City.
But.
According to the old man's words, Haitang City is still in absolute peace, has not lost social order, and there is no war.
At this time, the old man said again:
"You don't have to doubt my words, when I first got the information from Haitang City, like you, I didn't believe it, but whether it was the news sent back to me by the intelligence officers I sent there, or the communication I called to communicate with my friends, it has been proved that Haitang City is indeed in stability and no war broke out.
"It's just ......"
The old man's face suddenly became strange:
"However, there is also a bit of a strange place in Haitang City, when I contacted those old friends and asked them for help, these people did not hesitate to refuse me, without the slightest intention of participating in the outside world.
"Moreover, these people also persuaded me to go to Haitang City to participate in the training and further study of the transcendent path of visualization and pursue the path of immortality......
To tell the truth, the old man still thinks that his friends are crazy, and those people have persuaded him to give up his wealth, power, and everything, and go to Haitang City to participate in the training of visualizing the transcendent path:
Join them in gaining supernatural powers.
Towards immortality.
Gu Yan felt that those old friends in Haitang City were crazy, and they didn't enjoy a good life, and they were bored to cultivate some extraordinary power!
I don't want to think about it, according to the current age of his old friends, even if he works hard to cultivate the transcendent path now, it is impossible to be promoted to transcendental?
These people, who are rich and wealthy, also had dreams of becoming transcendent when they were young, and they did not just participate in a transcendent exercise, but without exception, they all failed.
What hinders them is not hard work, nor resources, but talent.
If you don't have talent, you can't be extraordinary.
Prior to this, the old man's old friends in Haitang City, like him, had long given up the transcendent and were all in pursuit of wealth and power.
But.
The old man didn't expect that his old friends in Haitang City would now chase the transcendent road again.
The Speaker finally made a decision at this point, saying:
"Since the strength of Haitang City is still intact, we really have to find a way to win them over and persuade them to help us solve this dispute in Maple Leaf Province and end the war as soon as possible.
"I'm going to call my old friends right now and ask for help.
"In addition, just in case, I have to bother a few of us to go to Haitang City once, talk to them face-to-face, if they have any conditions, if they want to get something, try to meet them, be sure to persuade them to contribute.
"At this time, don't worry about it, you don't care too much about what interests, as long as we can win this war, we will gain more."
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Haitang City.
"Dear citizens of Begonia, here, I would like to insert a piece of good news to you."
On the TV screen, a male TV host announced the news to many Haitang citizens with a smile, only to hear him say:
"Just yesterday, a citizen of Haitang City has been successfully promoted to a senior transcendent through exercising and visualizing the transcendent path.
"After the appraisal of the Green Grass Transcendent Association, the strength of this high-level transcendent has been recognized, and his strength can be equivalent to that of a second-level mechanical spirit master.
"This high-level transcendent, his name is Xu Rui.
Xu Rui was just an ordinary workshop worker in Haitang No. 2 Food Factory, and after rolling out the tide of visualization and transcendent way exercise in the city, Xu Rui knew that this was an opportunity to change his fate.
After becoming a transcendent, Xu Rui still did not give up exercising, but worked harder, and was successfully promoted to a senior transcendent yesterday, and has now been recognized by the Qingdao Chaofei Transcendent Association.
In this regard, the Haitang Municipal Government and the Council issued a special award to Xu Rui: a special allowance of 20,000 yuan per month in the future, and the second food factory also hired Xu Rui as the deputy chief of the Baoke, and the salary was raised by five levels.
Speaking of which, the TV host's voice became surging:
"The general public friends, since the government and the parliament announced the way to visualize the transcendental, there has been a nationwide upsurge of exercising the transcendental, and transcendent people have begun to emerge from all walks of life, for these people, the government and the parliament will provide special allowances, and the personnel unit will also raise their salaries, the lowest three levels
"Ladies and gentlemen, the reality is in front of you, as long as you can become a transcendent being, your life will be immediately different.
"So, please work hard!"
The TV host's smile freezes.
Lin Huajian pressed the remote control, turned off the TV, he smiled, and said to the staff next to him:
"That's good news.
"I really didn't expect that in just such a short period of time when the Visualization Transcendent Path was announced, there would be a powerful person who could compare with the second-level mechanical spirit master, it seems that Xu Rui should have a strong transcendent cultivation qualification."
Speaking of which, he thought about it and made a decision:
"Go back and send him an invitation letter and ask him if he would like to join the Grass Transcendent Association, and if so, I will personally be his introducer.
"It's a pity that such a talent continues to struggle in an ordinary position, and he should be a mentor to guide more people on the road to transcendence."
After saying this, he said to himself again:
"It seems that after the comprehensive rollout of the transcendent way of visualizing, Haitang City will inevitably give birth to more and more transcendental people in the future, perhaps, there will really be a day in the future, we can build a social system composed entirely of transcendental people.
"If that's the case, that's great."
He stood up and picked up the phone:
"There is a high-level transcendent person born, this news, I want to report to His Excellency Wei Fang.
"I'm sure he'll be very happy when he hears it."
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Early the next morning.
An official from the Maple Leaf Provincial Council came out to the Haitang City Council Building, and after communication, he successfully met Lin Huajian's secretary and directly stated his purpose:
"I would like to meet with President Lin, so please communicate and report to President Lin, and say that I have something very important to discuss with him.
"If President Lin doesn't have anything special, please meet me."
The secretary, a young man in his twenties, wore a pair of goldmine glasses, looked polite, and he was quite kind and kind, and he bent down and said:
"Okay, I'll definitely report your request."
Speaking of which, he changed his words:
"Recently, however, the government and parliament have revised the rules and procedures for meeting with senior officials.
"Although the two of you are from Maple Leaf City, 1 has to follow the rules here."
The official was a little curious, and said:
"Oh? What's the new rule on your side?
"Tell me about it, if it's not too troublesome, I'll definitely comply."
The secretary smiled mildly and said:
"It's not troublesome, it's not troublesome, it's just some simple workouts.
"But ......"
The secretary paused, then continued:
"However, for the two of them, it may be a little troublesome.
"The Haitang City Government and the Council stipulate that if you want to meet with high-level officials of the government and the Parliament, you must take a 15-minute exercise to visualize the Transcendent Path under the watchful eyes of the staff of the Grass Transcendent Association.
"This is a necessary process, unless there is a major matter that needs to be adjudicated by a high-level official, otherwise, this process must not be omitted.
"This is, the law of the Grass Transcendent Association."
The official was stunned by the secretary's words, and he didn't understand what the other party was talking about.
But.
He also realized that it was not the Haitang City Government and the Council that were in charge of Haitang City, but the Grass Transcendent Association that the secretary said.
The secretary bent down and said with a smile:
"Please follow me.
"I'll take you to our training room, where there will be a special training specialist for outsiders like you."
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