After hanging up the phone, Lu Ming tapped the table lightly and fell into thought.
David, standing by, glanced at his boss secretly, feeling nervous.
In a short period of time, the boss received two calls. The first call was from Deputy Chief of Staff Admiral Dönitz, and the second call was from Chief of Staff Augustus.
From the conversation between the boss and the two generals, we can know that the boss arrested several of the most important figures of the Rose Party in the Guede area in one go, leaving Governor Goering almost alone, and it was not instructed by the higher-ups.
It can be heard that the boss and Admiral Dönitz are very close, and Admiral Dönitz is very angry, so the two even quarreled for a few words.
General Augustus's call was very peaceful, but precisely because their relationship was not that close, he did not reprimand his boss like Admiral Dönitz did, but he also asked his boss to resolve the matter peacefully as soon as possible.
But the boss also said that the evidence was conclusive and that the Rose Party had actually regarded the First Control's informant as an assassination target. He would definitely not give in anymore, and if the First Control continued to give in, they might as well just disband on the spot.
The boss insisted and said that he would send all the important figures of the Rose Party here to jail and then resign.
There is no doubt that the boss directly kidnapped the two general managers through his actions.
What is this... What is the purpose? No matter what happens in the end, the boss will lose the trust of the two general managers.
"David, tell me, what should I do next?" Lu Ming suddenly smiled and looked at David.
David's heart tightened. It was such an important call and his boss obviously wanted him to sit in on it on purpose. It was also a test for him.
"Boss, rest assured. I will make sure these cases are ironclad!" David gritted his teeth, stood at attention and saluted. "I'll take my leave!"
After being restructured into the Joint Coordination Committee, military salutes are rarely seen between superiors and subordinates.
Lu Ming nodded: "Okay, I'm very confident in you!"
David bowed slightly and turned to leave.
Looking at his back, Lu Ming smiled. In fact, he was not under as much pressure as David thought. At worst, he could just leave.
Of course, walking away is not my goal, and it will never be my first choice.
…
Gaston's three-story restaurant.
There were seven or eight people sitting on each side of the long dining table. They were all leaders of some Gaiden cooperative mutual aid organizations from other places.
Sitting in the main seat were Lu Ming and Bridget.
While Lu Ming was engaging in a full-scale confrontation with the Rose Party here, it did not affect the governor's wife from continuing to contact Lu Ming and working together to deal with the affairs of the Gad people.
Today, the two act like host and hostess, receiving representatives from organizations in various regions of the three states of Gad.
During the day, we were led to visit the Gaston business district and community which was under construction, as well as the Gaston Building, a once famous slum.
In the evening, a banquet was held on the third floor of Gaston to entertain representatives from all parties.
In addition, there were many media representatives, and the flashes were constantly flashing. Of course, the tables next to them were also filled with sumptuous dishes for the media reporters.
The representatives of the Gaide people were extremely friendly to Major General Bit. It was obvious that since the Bit representatives came to the Gaide area, the lives of the Gaide people in the city of Gir have undergone tremendous changes.
Lu Mingzheng raised his glass and said, "Unfortunately, my personal ability is limited and I can't help much. Fortunately, Mrs. Bridget deeply sympathizes with the trauma brought to you by the war and is trying to do something for you. Recently, she has raised more than one million. We are working together to build a home in Gill where the Gaide people can live and work in peace and contentment! Come, let's toast to Mrs. Bridget together."
Although the Gaide people hated the Rose Party to the core, and Lady Bridget was a member of the Mathieu family, the most important family in the Rose Party, everyone could not be too indifferent to Lu Ming's proposal and could only raise their glasses.
The spotlights soon lit up.
After everyone put down their glasses, Lu Ming continued, "After discussing with Madam Bridget, we will launch a community reconstruction plan for Gaide in the near future. We welcome everyone to join this plan and welcome the Gaide people to return to their homes, especially the refugees who fled from Jier due to the war. We welcome them to return home. The first batch of Gaide people to be accepted will have 100,000 places!"
Everyone was stunned, and an elderly Gede asked cautiously, "Can we go back to Gil?"
Although the population of the Gad people in the three Gad states has dropped sharply, there are still four to five million people. However, most of them have become refugees and live in various slums in various places. Being able to live in the countryside has become a kind of happiness.
Especially the city of Jill, which was originally the largest city in the empire where Westerners gathered, second only to the imperial capital, with a population of three to four million, most of whom were Gede people.
Today, the population has dropped sharply to about 100,000 people, concentrated in the slums of Queens.
Many were purged, but many also fled to other places.
However, all Gad people are prohibited from moving freely because of a temporary control law in the United Kingdom.
So when the old man heard Lu Ming say that 100,000 Gad people could return to Jill's hometown, he asked in disbelief.
Lu Ming smiled at Bridget, meaning that you answer it.
Bridget nodded gently. "Yes, we can issue documents to allow these 100,000 Gaidens to migrate back. Moreover, I expect that the temporary control law will most likely be repealed next year."
The people of Gad immediately cheered and raised their glasses to toast General Bute and Lady Bridget.
Inside the banquet hall, the atmosphere reached a climax again.
…
There were only Lu Ming and Bridget in the luxurious box of the cigar club on the first floor.
We just talked about the conditions that will be imposed on the first Gede families to migrate back to their nests.
Lu Ming looked at his watch. "It's almost midnight. You're coming back so late. You're working with me, and it'll be reported in the newspapers. You can't fool anyone. Isn't Governor Goering angry? I'm having a big fight with him right now."
Bridget, wearing a red dress that wrapped her graceful figure, was extremely sexy and hot. She smiled slightly at this time: "He doesn't think he is fighting with you, he thinks this is a war between him and the First Control."
Lu Ming smiled and said, "That's true. From a political perspective, I'm not important enough to stand in front of him."
Bridget chuckled. "I don't think so. So, I'm trying to use charity to distract you, which is also helping him. If you don't respond to my investment in charity, then your hypocritical image towards the Gaed people will soon be in the newspapers. I feel that it is important for you to help the Gaed people and shape your positive image in their eyes, although I don't know what your ultimate goal is."
Lu Ming smiled and said, "Well, you are good at calculating."
"Is there a room upstairs? I'm not going back today." Bridget said suddenly.
Lu Ming was startled, thought for a moment and said, "The rooms upstairs are often used by the club, so it's not a good idea for you to stay there. You should go to the 58th floor. You rested there the last time we were attacked, and it's almost been renovated now."
Bridget nodded gently: "Okay." She glanced at Lu Ming with her emerald eyes and smiled: "General, you actually gave me a lot of first experiences, such as my first encounter with an assassination attempt; my first time wearing a necklace worth millions; and my first time working on a project with my husband's political enemy. It was really thrilling, it involved women's vanity, it involved political struggles, it was a first in all aspects!" Then she smiled self-deprecatingly and added: "Moreover, helping the Gaide people was my first time to personally do a charity project. It was different from the charity work I did before. It was also the first time I felt like I had found what I liked to do and the value of life."
Lu Ming listened without saying anything. He could only take this little beauty's words half-truthfully. If he really thought that she would tell him her true feelings, he would be left with nothing.