"The boy drove from here to see Powers, sir." Mags's butler stood by the door obediently. At this time, Mags was sitting by the window and watching through the light outside. Book.
After a while, he lowered his head, and his eyes shot out from the gap between the lenses of his glasses and his forehead, and landed on the butler's face. The movement of raising his eyes caused wrinkles on his forehead, and the skin on both sides of his cheeks pulled upwards. At this time, he looked stern and mean, and his eyes were like knives.
"You shouldn't be so rude. Everyone has the right to choose. We can't force others to accept our ideas. It was like this before and it is like this now!" After finishing speaking, Magus raised his head and said gently. His eyes focused on the writing through the glasses. He turned over one and changed his posture, "We have the right to choose, and so do others! This is a new era!"
He closed his mouth, and the housekeeper silently retreated, carefully closing the study door.
Mags took off his eyes and took a deep breath, looking out the window at the green and vibrant world with deep and distant eyes.
It’s just that he may not know that the meeting between Dulin and Powers did not go as smoothly as Kevin expected, or in Powers’ view, Dulin is not of great value yet.
Du Lin waited for almost twenty minutes before Powers appeared in his sight with an expressionless face. The old man did not apologize or greet, but only asked someone to pour Du Lin a cup of scented tea. He sat directly on the sofa opposite Dulin and crossed his legs. "Mayor Dulin, my butler said you wanted to see me. Is there anything important you want to tell me?"
This sentence is equivalent to driving people away in the social process. If you can't ask for a meeting without something important, then the world will probably be polarized. On one side, it's nothing, and on the other side, it's a big deal.
Powers knew Dulin's purpose of coming. He just wanted to weigh himself and sell himself at a good price. If Doolin hadn't gone to Magus before, maybe Powers would be a little happier than he was now. But when he knew that the first place Du Lin went to was Maggs' home, it was difficult for him to have any good impression of Du Lin.
Mags suppressed him for twelve years and will continue to suppress him for another four years. Although strictly speaking there is no conflict between the two, he has been a subordinate for sixteen years and has not resisted. There is no room for anyone to think that this is a happy thing. Coupled with the fact that there are always some irreconcilable ideas between Maggs and Powers, and Maggs intends to promote Harry to the throne, their relationship is worse than people think.
The reason why Powers was selected as the party's third-ranking figure, the party whip, was because of his identity. He was not of noble origin, nor did he come from a businessman's family. He was just an ordinary citizen of the empire. It's just that he was lucky enough to climb all the way to the position of assistant to the consul. He also had outstanding abilities and had a few encounters with Mags at the time. He is also one of the first members to join the new party, so someone like him is needed to mediate the conflicts between members of different identities within the party.
It can be regarded as setting an example for those non-aristocratic party members. Look, as long as you do well, you can also become one of the important members of the new party.
However, he has been sitting in this position for sixteen years. He has been sitting in this position since he was fifty-three years old, and he is about to be seventy years old. There is not even a glimmer of hope. How can he be willing to do so? The more capable a person is, the greater his ambition will be. If Powers was a mediocre person, he might be satisfied with the current situation and hope to continue, but he is not, so the conflict with Maggs became inevitable.
In his view, Dulin was the least important link in the protests that broke out in Mangla and the upcoming hearing. The real battle had actually started long ago. From the moment the mayor of Mangla filed the protest, he The fight with Mags started out of sight. From the beginning to the end, it had nothing to do with Du Lin. Even if he wanted to, he had no room to interfere.
In addition, this guy went to Mags first, so Powers didn't like him very much.
Fortunately, Du Lin prepared a ladder for himself. He lifted the suitcase in his hand, opened it on the table, and took out two beautifully packaged gift boxes. "These are some specialties brought from my hometown. I hope you can Can like it.”
"Specialty?" Powers nodded noncommittally. He didn't like these specialties or anything else. At this point in his life, money and everything related to money couldn't move him. Only power is what he needs and wants most. If it cannot bring direct benefits, no matter how good things are, they are worthless garbage in his opinion.
He didn't like it, but he didn't like it, but he had a wife at home who liked specialties from various places, so he didn't refuse, just like he had done countless times before.
After receiving a gift, Powers's attitude finally improved a lot. He put down his crossed legs, went to a paradise and signaled Dulin to take one. After Dulin refused, he cut off He opened the seal of Paradise and held it in his mouth, "Okay, tell me what's wrong with you?"
"I want to ask you something about the hearing..."
Ten minutes later, Dulin left Powers' home. After walking out of a heavily guarded road, he directly asked for a taxi and returned to the villa where Kevin lived. He loosened his tie and handed over three hundred dollars worth of money. The lumpy coat was thrown on the sofa, exposing his back that was soaked with sweat.
The weather was a little too hot. Kevin didn't go out at home. He was wearing a home-style T-shirt, beach shorts, and a pair of sandals. He was lying on the sofa watching the latest tape, produced by Empire Star Media Company. Duct tape, I laughed out loud from time to time at those third-rate funny plots.
"This is really interesting. Who wrote the script? He is definitely a talent!" Kevin held a large glass of ice juice in his hand, with deformed ice cubes looming in the juice. As if aware of Du Lin's gaze, Kevin asked the maid to make a glass of ice juice for Du Lin, and then he sat upright and said, "How was it? Did you gain anything in the morning?"
Du Lin nodded, sat on the sofa, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief. The sofa is made of a whole piece of cowhide, and it seems to be filled with some slightly colder ice water. After sitting on it in this hot summer, the anger all over the body is almost gone in an instant. He sighed, "Powers can't beat Muggs, and the next leader will definitely be Harry." Halfway through, he took the huge cup, which was at least one liter, from the maid's hand. , the juices of various tropical fruits and ice cubes are inextricably mixed together, and you will scream when you take a sip.
Kevin was very curious. He sat cross-legged on the sofa, facing Dulin, and asked, "How can you be sure of this? Maybe Powers can defeat Mags?"
Dulin shook his head and said: "Actually, it's very simple. You can tell the difference between two people's ambition and courage from their attitude towards doing things. Let me talk about Powers first. He is too careful. He has been testing me. , he pretended to be impatient and disliked me, just wanting to know if I was setting him up. Such a person can maintain his status, but it is difficult for him to make progress. "
This was Dulin's understanding of Powers. Within a few minutes after meeting Powers, he realized that all Powers' performance was actually an illusion. He was testing the real purpose of his visit to him. Needless to say, he must have suspected that he had colluded with Mags to trick him, so he acted like that.
The biggest difference between him and Mags is that he is too cautious, while Mags is very confident.
The completely different performances of the two people represent their inner attitudes at this time, one is questioning, and the other is firmly affirming. Although confidence often does not mean success, the successful person must be confident.
Moreover, Maggs has a broad view of the overall situation. If such a person can be brought down by Powers, it can only be said that Powers has hidden too deeply.
After Du Lin's constant explanations, Kevin finally understood. He shrugged his shoulders indifferently, "You can make your own decision. If you need my help, just ask. After all, you have already paid, right?"
"Ah, yes, I almost forgot, there is something I have to tell you, and you will definitely like to hear it!" Kevin said with a cheerful or mean smile, "The DreamWorks case is officially over today. , they fined and confiscated all the property of the people involved. I believe many stock investors would like to thank your upstart mining friend. His mine is still worth a little money, and he collected about 8 million to compensate the victims. Fraudulent investors.”
"Those stock investors staged an unexpected riot in the court when you went to visit Maggs and Powers. It's a pity that you didn't see it with your own eyes..."
Any case that rises to the national level can never be concluded in a very short time. There are many things that need to be done after the case is apparently closed. This is a very complicated verification and correction process. It was not until today, almost seven or eight months later, that this case finally came to an end.
Then another question arose. Only one-tenth of the amount was "recovered". Who should be compensated
So in the court, the judge read out the compensation plan given by the Ministry of Justice, which immediately caused a commotion in the court. They planned to pay the money first to those families who were in difficulty and in urgent need of money. As for the other part... let's wait until the remaining money is recovered and then pay.
This was originally a very appropriate solution, but there was a small problem here.
(End of chapter)