Things were pretty much as Brooklyn expected. Burke Forsman didn't immediately go after Anthony – the strategic goal of today's meeting was to be the Speaker, not to beat the water dogs.

That's just a secondary goal. It is more important to immediately establish the criteria for the eligibility of the speaker than to beat the reservoir dogs.

Whoever masters this criterion will be able to manipulate the candidates at will. Seeing that Burke Forsman was about to become the ultimate winner, Brooklyn immediately switched.

Anthony was slightly slower than he was, but also quickly realized what Burke Forsman was going to do at Brooklyn's prompt.

Thus, Anthony Kennedy and Brooklyn Lee, the two people who were supposed to be united, were reunited after some separation.

With Brooklyn coming up to stir things up, the style of this meeting has changed dramatically, and it is very different from the style of the regular parliamentary meetings of the past.

The time for everyone to test each other is very short, and there is often only one question, a few words, and then there are real knives and real guns, and bayonets are red.

This requires that those involved must be vigilant at all times, highly focused, and respond quickly.

It's not too hard for Brooklyn and Burke, it's a little bit hard for Anthony. Brooklyn didn't anticipate this in advance, and he stirred up the situation just to fight for the right to speak and not let Burke fully control the tempo.

But when he realized this, he began to deliberately manipulate it, constantly increasing the intensity of the scramble and increasing the speed.

He's going to drag Anthony down and make Anthony make mistakes himself. After more than ten minutes of heated debate, Anthony also realized this, and he began to try to slow down.

But Brooklyn and Burke didn't give him a chance at all. The situation is interesting. Ostensibly, Brooklyn teamed up with Anthony to fight Burke, preventing Burke from having the qualifications to define the Speaker's choice.

In fact, Brooklyn and Burke faintly joined forces, constantly speeding up, trying to drag down Anthony. This is a situation that no one expected in advance.

Another half-hour war of words. Burke's performance is still stable, and he cites the idea that he doesn't understand the daily work of Harvard is incompetent.

Brooklyn was a little tired. He hadn't rested well, and after nearly an hour of high-intensity debate, his energy began to lose, his concentration began to drop, and his head ached.

Anthony's face was gloomy, everything he had prepared in advance had lost its effect, and now it was a test of his ability to play on the spot, and he began to be stretched thin.

The attendees were no better. Whether you understand the situation or not, you are already dizzy and drowsy.

Meetings turn into debates and quickly become boring. After another half hour of debating, Brooklyn felt like a pinprick in his head, and the voices of the people around him seemed to be separated by a layer.

Anthony frowned, and it often took a long time to make a point. Burke also began to experience a loss of concentration, using inaccurate words when he spoke, sometimes even pausing to think about how to pronounce a word for a few seconds.

All were exhausted by the intensity of the arguments that had passed for more than an hour. The three of them glanced at each other and reached a rare tacit agreement.

"This is a Harvard parliamentary session, not a dictator's palace." Anthony Kennedy said

"We should hear more." Brooklyn chimed in

"What we need to elect is a speaker who represents the whole parliament and should listen to the other members." Burke Forsman agreed

"What do you guys think?" So, after a brief silence, López was the first to step up.

"Most of us have not been exposed to all the work at Harvard, and it is discriminatory against most people to use knowledge of Harvard's work as the criterion for selecting candidates."

"If you have to do that, you might as well just ask that only people named 'Burke Forsman' run for office." Burke Forsman's supporters immediately stood up to refute it

"I don't know much about the daily work of Harvard, so what's the use of electing such a speaker? Let him be a mascot? ”

"There are many factors that play a role in not understanding, and not knowing now does not mean not understanding in the future. This can be learned. Anthony Kennedy's supporters were not to be outdone.

With the three of them at the head, the following immediately quarreled again, and the conference room instantly turned into a vegetable market. This is the downside of having a meeting to solve the trouble.

Everyone has their own ideas, and it is difficult for people's minds to be unified, so meetings often turn into quarrels, and then become a waste of time.

When people realized this, they changed about it. Modern meetings, whether corporate or government meetings, often become a formality, and the venue becomes an occasion for announcing decisions.

The time for discussion and decision is often before the meeting begins. People do a good job of exchanging benefits, analyzing the pros and cons, making a decision on a controversial event, and then announcing the results at the meeting.

Only a small number of people are really in charge, and most of the attendees are really just listening to the results. In other words, only a small number of people have access to a real meeting, which is a kind of private meeting with closed doors, no minutes, no relevant records, and this kind of public meeting is the place where the results of the real meeting are announced.

After the Brooklyn trio got tired of arguing, they all chose to follow tradition. Brooklyn was the first to get up, an excuse to solve personal problems.

Anthony followed, saying that he was going to take his medication on time, and the medicine had fallen in the room. Exiting the door of the conference room, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief and walked to the stairwell one after the other.

Anthony pulled a box of cigarettes out of his bosom, knocked one out and handed it to Brooklyn, picked up another one himself, lit it, took a hard puff, and then squinted and spit out a smoke ring in enjoyment.

Brooklyn also lit a cigarette and smoked silently. Neither spoke. After smoking a cigarette, Brooklyn casually dropped the cigarette butt and spoke

"Don't you want to say something?" Anthony asked, still enjoying himself, squinting

"Say what?"

"What good did he give you?" Brooklyn asked bluntly. This is to ask Anthony why he betrayed their cooperation.

"Why did you leave New York?" Anthony asked rhetorically. Not only did Brooklyn leave New York, but he didn't tell Anthony yet.

He had already made a choice with practical actions, taking the lead in betraying their cooperation. The two fell silent again.

The security door was pushed open, and Burke walked over. Anthony tossed the cigarette case over, was caught by Burke, looked at it, and pulled out a cigarette and held it.

Anthony's cigarettes are not good cigarettes, just common regular cigarettes that can be purchased at any convenience store.

"Looks like you didn't come up with anything." Burke looked left and right with his cigarette in his hand, and said with a smile.

"I'm also going to give you a little time to think you'll get back together." Brooklyn pouted.

"Brooklyn." Burke said

"You've done a good job."

"Will I be tied?" Brooklyn sneered and sarcastically. Burke shook his head

"I mentioned to John after the first time I met you, that you don't have the big picture, you don't have the knowledge. Not at all the best candidate for the speaker. ”

"Brooklyn, you're not the right fit." He looked at Brooklyn and continued

"What was supposed to be a good meeting was messed up by you. Now they are arguing, and I'm afraid there will be no result tomorrow. You caused it. ”

"I don't mind arguing until tomorrow." Brooklyn pouted

"You want me to be restrained, I can tell you now, no way!" Burke stared at Brooklyn for a moment, shook his head, and turned to Anthony

"Anthony, Heather Gerken wasn't invited by me."

"He's here to sabotage our meeting." Burke pointed at Brooklyn with a cigarette in his hand

"He did exactly what Heather Gerken did, and he was the one who worked with Heather Gerken."

"I'm working with Heather Gerken?" Brooklyn sneered

"Yale tried to kill me again and again, first to buy a murderer, and then to try to bribe me. What do you think I have to work with him? Burke retorted

"It's different."

"The shooting was for Harvard and John, and the bribe was Brenner's personal act."

"John Manning planned that I would be the next Speaker." Brooklyn reiterated. Anthony extinguished the cigarette butt, took out another and lit it, clipped it to the tip of his finger, and shook his head

"John's decision was wrong." He looked a little tired, and as he spoke, he tilted his head slightly and looked at the ceiling, his eyes a little misty.

Brooklyn pursed her lips. Burke and Anthony are teaming up to suppress him. Out of the conference room, the two old guys who turned against each other once again showed a tendency to cooperate.

"Then keep dragging it out." Brooklyn said with a smile. Burke shook his head

"You can't afford it." Anthony nodded and added

"It's a bad situation in New York, and if you continue to drag it out, even if you end up winning, you're going to miss a chance to turn things around. It will also drag Harvard, everyone into the abyss. ”

"I'm not afraid of having you with me for the funeral." Brooklyn said with a calm face

"Burke Forsman, as I said, whoever makes me bad, I make everyone bad."

"You deceived me into getting rid of John Manning with you, and tore up the contract with your backhand, and it is impossible to fulfill your promise."

"Anthony, you deceived me too. You made an agreement with me to get rid of Burke, and I promised you to make you Speaker, but while I was in action, you quietly joined forces with Burke and wanted to sell me. ”

"You did it first. Now they are accusing me, and even want me to quit obediently. Haven't you woken up yet? How can there be such a good thing in the world! ”

"Either everyone will continue to drag on and give me a funeral together, or you will fulfill your agreement and give me what should belong to me." Burke and Anthony shook their heads and remained silent.

After a moment, Burke said suddenly

"Brooklyn, I'm afraid you don't have a chance of winning."

"If you can't take Harvard, the military can't see hope, they'll be withdrawn soon, we don't need to do it at all, just wait, and you'll be torn to pieces by those people outside."

"What do you think I should do?" Brooklyn asked rhetorically with a sneer

"Giving up Harvard? And then torn to shreds by them without any backhand? ”

"You don't have the capital to die with us." Anthony followed. Brooklyn glanced at Anthony and said in a slushful voice

"Then give it a try."

"You want me to die, and you don't allow me to resist. Scold. "Negotiations of a private nature without minutes of the meeting are at an impasse.

Both Burke and Anthony are testing Brooklyn's hole cards. They speculated that Brooklyn was bluffing, but Brooklyn's determined and determined performance made them hesitate.

Burke was certain that Brooklyn was bluffing, he was one of the first people to come into contact with Brooklyn, he had done a detailed investigation of Brooklyn's background, and he was sure that if New York collapsed, Brooklyn would have no chance to drag everyone to their death, and it would be torn to pieces.

But Brooklyn's current background is not to be underestimated, and neither he nor Anthony wants to stand up for Brooklyn's dying comeback.

Brooklyn's heart was beating fast. He felt aggrieved. He has been tossing for so long, and his status and strength have improved a lot, but when facing Burke and Anthony, he still needs to do his best.

Threatening others with the same fate is a shame in Brooklyn's eyes. He remembered the shame in his mind.

Anthony's second cigarette was smoked in silence, and he took out the third. Brooklyn lowered his arms to his chest, squeezed Burke Forsman away, and walked towards the safety gate.

He said as he walked

"It seems that there is nothing more to talk about."

"Let's see the real chapter under your hands."

"Originally, in my plan, everything could have a happy ending."

"Harvard has benefited from this, you can live out your old age at Harvard, and I can take Harvard to the next level and fulfill Professor John's last wishes."

"But you've ruined it all." Brooklyn opened the security door with one hand, took one foot and stopped, he said

"You must have investigated me, then you should know that I was just an orphan."

"I just don't know if your investigation has investigated our life in the welfare home, and how we survived after leaving the welfare home."

"If not, I hope you still have time to investigate." With that, Brooklyn took a second foot and let go of the security door.

Boom - the security door closes, leaving only Burke and Anthony in the hallway. Burke stared at the cigarette between his fingers in a daze.

He's figuring out what to do next in Brooklyn. But he soon found out that he couldn't figure it out at all.

He had previously thought that Brooklyn lacked the big picture, lacked insight, and was not a worthy successor to the Speaker, but now he found that Brooklyn was a madman.

He can infer the actions of normal people, but he can't guess the actions of madmen at all. Anthony kept looking up at the ceiling until the cigarette burned out of his fingertips, and he let go of his hand like an electric shock.

The cigarette butt fell to the ground and was crushed by him.

"You shouldn't have called me back." Anthony shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"I've had a great time traveling around the world with my family, and you're going to call me back and get stuck in this muddy pit." Burke looked up and sneered

"Don't pretend, Anthony. Whether you left voluntarily or not, everyone knows it. ”

"If you don't leave, you'll be chased away by John. The scene must have been even uglier at that time. ”