Chapter 558, Alliance
Burke Forsman's analysis makes perfect sense. He brought a new, different perspective to Brooklyn to Heather Gerken.
This came as a surprise to Brooklyn. He was under the impression that it would be almost impossible for Burke Forsman to step out of the situation and offer such a fresh perspective.
Burke Forsman is good at layout, often anticipating enemy opportunities, but also has the shortcomings of short-sightedness and lack of overall vision.
Brooklyn shares this with John Manning. But now Burke Forsman has really impressed Brooklyn.
Not only Brooklyn, but Anthony on the side also looked at Burke in surprise.
"If not." Anthony withdrew his gaze and voiced his hesitation for Brooklyn.
"If we make a mistake in judgment, we are likely to miss the opportunity and Heather Gerken will take advantage of it and regain the upper hand." Once Heather Gerken gains the upper hand in the operation against Harvard, it will sweep away the decline caused by the previous defeat in the operation against Harvard.
The implications for the current situation are enormous. Brooklyn looked at Anthony and then turned his gaze to Burke Forsman.
That's how Anthony differs from Burke Forsman. Both of them have the ability to hold high positions within the council, but Burke Forsman is how high the position you give him, how much ability he can exert and how much value he creates, and Anthony is that no matter how high the position you give him, he will give him a discount first.
Burke Forsman is hard-spoken, matter-of-fact, and not only does he not care about Brooklyn's feelings unless necessary, but on the contrary, he may find almost deliberate irritation to Brooklyn.
Anthony is well versed in the way of dealing with the world, if he can't beat it, he will lie down and be ridiculed, and if he doesn't let him lie down, he will get up and grind foreign workers, and he will not make mistakes in his work, but he will not be brilliant either, and he will brush up his goodwill here in Brooklyn if he has the opportunity, and forget it if he has no chance.
Of course, as the former 'big butler' of the Harvard Council, it is impossible for Burke Forsman not to behave like Anthony, but personality and concepts determine a person's behavior, and Burke Forsman has always been wary of Brooklyn.
The reason he stayed was because he was worried that Harvard would be taken by Brooklyn to the ditch and 'red everywhere', and everything he was doing now dutifully was for Harvard, and it had nothing to do with Brooklyn.
The reason why it obeys Brooklyn's arrangement is only that Harvard can only rely on Brooklyn at this stage.
Therefore, when confronted with Anthony's question in Brooklyn's place, Burke Forsman answered unceremoniously.
He commented on this as 'timid as a mouse', 'timid', and 'frightened'. Quite a bit refers to the meaning of Sang scolding Huai.
Brooklyn interrupted Burke's output with some displeasure
"Discuss just discuss, don't escalate to personal attacks, and besides, say Anthony, what are you doing watching me all the time?" Burke glanced at Brooklyn and licked his lips, but the words that came to his lips were not spoken after all.
"Since you're so sure, do you have any thoughts?" Brooklyn asked.
"This is a good opportunity to hit Yale hard." Anthony followed. After being scolded by Burke Forsman for so long, Anthony's face did not change at all, and he calmly rejoined the discussion.
Brooklyn admires Anthony's spit on his face. After discussing it for a while, Burke Forsman turned back to Anthony.
The reason for this was that the three had a disagreement on the course of action. To be precise, not only are there differences in the course of action, but they also have differences in goals.
Brooklyn and Anthony tended to be cautious and conservative, giving Heather Gerken full respect, aiming to help the opposition kick Heather Gerken out of power, and take advantage of the opportunity to weaken Yale and expand Harvard's influence.
Burke Forsman had a strong disdain for both Brooklyn and Anthony's plans and goals, and he resented their timidity.
He proposed that the minimum goal should be to expand Harvard's influence and control the opposition, and to annex Yale as the highest goal.
As for Heather Gerken? It's just a small hassle to solve in the process of achieving your goals. He doesn't care what love-hate Brooklyn has with Heather Gerken.
If necessary, he would even raise his hands and feet in favor of tying up Brooklyn and giving Heather Gerken his anger to Heather Gerken, as long as Heather Gerken agreed to help Harvard annex Yale when he was done.
In the face of Brooklyn and Anthony's conservatism, Burke Forsman has a feeling of 'summer insects can't speak ice', and he scolds Anthony all the time.
But this time, Brooklyn knocked on the table and interrupted Burke Forsman's 'spell casting'. Burke Forsman was wary of himself and unhappy with himself, and these things Brooklyn knew.
He arranged for Burke Forsman to travel around the Federation and do thankless censorship work, also because of his public heart for Harvard and his ability, and not about his attitude towards him.
Burke Forsman was unhappy with himself, and Brooklyn knew that the job he had assigned to Burke Forsman was the hardest, and he knew it.
Therefore, he can tolerate Burke Forsman complaining and venting. But he will not tolerate his endless complaints and venting.
Although Anthony is a bit of a laborer and has signs of becoming a big bastard, he is indeed on his side anyway.
"Your plan is too risky." Brooklyn interrupted the two's argument
"It sounds like a high return, but your plan doesn't care about the high risk at all, and if something goes wrong, or if your judgment is different from the actual situation, it will cause incalculable losses to Harvard."
"Do you think you are God, omniscient and omnipotent?" Burke Forsman's plan was all based on his judgment of the situation, using the confrontation between Heather Gerken and the opposition, balancing this confrontation, weakening both sides, quietly expanding influence, and finally annexing Yale.
It is similar to the military's approach, which is to take advantage of the opportunity of the powerful two sides on the surface to fight to the death to quietly grow, and then 'take the lead'.
"What's so scary about Heather Gerken?" Burke Forsman finally turned his face to Brooklyn, and he sneered
"You're as far as John Manning."
"Heather Gerken is just a pawn in my hands with John." He didn't brag about that.
Burke Forsman is qualified to say something like that. He and John Manning orchestrated the Lyleigh Crewe incident, and they had killed Heather Gerken in that incident.
But that doesn't mean Brooklyn is inferior to John Manning. At that time, Burke Forsman and John Manning had been partners for many years, and Harvard was in full form.
What now? Harvard has become very weak after a fierce infighting, and everyone wants to recuperate, and they are not interested in 'fighting' at all.
Burke Forsman and Brooklyn are 'detached', not to mention tacit understanding, whether they can shoot each other or not, it is a manifestation of the overall situation of the two.
There's no comparison. Brooklyn knew that this was Burke Forsman expressing his displeasure, and he did not continue to argue with Burke Forsman, but said calmly
"Your plan is too aggressive. That's it. ”
"I'll be in Boston for the rest of the month, and I hope to finish it by next month." Brooklyn has made a decision, which means that this discussion is over, and all that remains is to be implemented.
Anthony still looks like an old god, and does not seem to be affected by Burke, while Burke Forsman is silent, his eyes roaming back and forth between Anthony and Brooklyn.
Brooklyn met Burke's gaze, shrugged, and spread his hands. Burke Forsman withdrew his gaze, got up, picked up his papers, and strode away.
As soon as he got off the plane, he rushed here to report to Brooklyn, and then he had a discussion meeting, saying everything he had prepared on the plane, hoping to ease the relationship, but people didn't appreciate it.
Seeing Burke leave, Brooklyn also stood up, forced a few words to Anthony, and left.
He was in Boston yesterday to spend the day learning about the situation and strategizing, and now it's time to meet with the members of the Interim Council.
Leaving the office building, Bob happened to follow. He had just gone to inform the other members of the meeting and was back at this moment.
Bob briefed Brooklyn on the attendees and then informed him of the meeting.
Brooklyn paused, turned a corner, and walked towards the large, windowless classroom.
"Here it is again!" After taking two steps and stopping, Brooklyn turned to Bob and said
"At some point, we need to build our own office building. Go to that damn classroom every time you have a meeting! Bob nodded, making a note of it.
All the way to the windowless classroom, and when the members arrived one after another, Brooklyn coughed lightly and began to preside over the meeting.
He first gave a brief report on the progress of the press law proposal, and then briefly put forward a follow-up promotion plan, saying that the prospects of the proposal are very good.
The prospects for the proposal are indeed very good. There is so much minority support, coupled with the support of academics such as Harvard and Yale - academics are not only powerful in the judicial field, but also heavyweights in various other fields, especially Congress, where academics are very good at talking.
The atmosphere in the classroom was good. Yesterday Brooklyn was seen on campus, but there was no news of the official meeting, and even though it was only a dozen hours, all kinds of gossip still spread.
Now Brooklyn has not only officially appeared in front of everyone, but also talked freely about the prospects of the proposal, which is undoubtedly a reassuring pill for everyone, so that everyone has more confidence in the proposal.
Brooklyn then declared the proposal a phased victory and counted the contributions of all parties during this phase.
Soon, the conversation came to Yale. Brooklyn highly praised Yale for providing proposals from congressmen and praised Yale's actions.
Finally, Brooklyn announced that there would be a dinner party in the evening to celebrate the proposal's phased victory. After the normal meeting, Brooklyn didn't mention anything about Heather Gerken, not even the name.
After the meeting, Brooklyn met separately with representatives from Stanford. Compared with Yale and Harvard's centuries-old love and killing, the grudge between Stanford and Harvard is less eye-catching.
From an outsider's point of view, there seems to be no other grudge between them other than competition in the rankings. Stanford is also hardly involved in the feuds of prestigious schools.
He is like a cold boy who is independent from the world, clear and not demonic, and he is completely different from the existence of two worlds with bewitching goods like Harvard and Stanford.
But in fact, Stanford is not so 'legitimate', Stanford is
"Cultivating useful people" is the purpose of the university, holding high the banner of making what students learn directly useful to life and helping students succeed, and actively playing the role of the university to promote social welfare with the ultimate benefit of the progress of civilization of the whole mankind. Teach students to obey the law and enjoy the joy of freedom...... It sounds great and sublime, and it's what the students like.
But in fact, Stanford does no less than Harvard Yale, but other schools do not have the centuries-old evil relationship of Harvard Yale, which seems to be very fresh and refined.
But Brooklyn didn't meet with Stanford representatives for that. Stanford was considered a 'hypocrite' by a crowd of 'glamorous contemporaries,' and Brooklyn had no intention of exposing the disguise of the high-class seeker — though he would love to do so — an impulse that was etched in every Harvard's bones, second only to watching Yale get out of trouble.
The purpose of Brooklyn is to unite with Stanford, remove the temporary council as soon as possible, and form a genuine, serious political group.
Of course, if he calls Stanford to come, it means that Yale is out. Stanford is high, great, but he also has to eat and drink, shit and fart, no matter how fresh and refined, he has to put down his body to compete with other colleges.
With such a good opportunity to trample Yale under his feet, it is impossible for Stanford not to be impressed. And in order to deal with Heather Gerken, it is worth paying a little.
The meeting was arranged in an office downstairs from Anthony, which was not spacious, but quiet and private enough.
Brooklyn first offered his vision for the board of directors, and then offered to make concessions and offer to share them with Stanford.
Stanford sent not many representatives, only two. But these two men were highly educated, and as soon as Brooklyn finished speaking, they immediately realized the role of this political group.
So far, there is no political group in the judicial system with a complete organizational structure, superb organizational ability, and perfect functions, and the academic faction is essentially just a loose alliance, not even an alliance, everyone is just very tacitly suppressing the non-academic faction and consolidating itself, and the struggle between them is also fierce.
Once formed, the Council will be the first truly political union that belongs exclusively to the judiciary. Even the field radiated by this alliance is not only the judicial community, but also various other fields, which will be a terrifying force.
Once this alliance is formed, it will inevitably go through a long internal power struggle, which is inevitable, but it will also provide a huge boost when needed.
It's impossible for Stanford to resist this temptation. If successful, it will be a bigger gain than the press law proposal.
They didn't even report to the authorities, but they decided to work with Brooklyn to facilitate the birth of the alliance.
At this point, Brooklyn finally revealed its ultimate purpose. He took the initiative to mention Yale, and said that the political alliance can refer to the cooperation model of the donkey elephant and the two parties, and adopt a rotation, but only Harvard and Stanford are needed, and Yale is not needed.