Leonardo, sitting in a simple wooden house, looked at the two brothers in front of him with a serious face. "I heard that you have worked in the administrative departments of other islands?"
"Yes, sir. The two of us were once responsible for the clerical and data management of Spider Island. Of course, we can also handle other matters."
"Then let me test you. What are the main responsibilities of a qualified administrative minister?"
The Joseph brothers looked at each other with a hint of surprise in their eyes. They didn't expect that the other party would ask this question when recruiting them.
"What? You can't answer? The door is over there, go there by yourself. Hope Island doesn't welcome scammers." Leonardo said indifferently.
Upon hearing this, the two men immediately became anxious. They had finally managed to get here, and if they were driven back, they wouldn't even have a boat to go back.
"I know, of course I know. I am responsible for implementing the Governor's instructions. I will do a good job of communication between the upper and lower departments and report the situation and feedback information to the Governor in a timely manner."
“Yes, yes, yes. In addition, I am responsible for drafting work plans, annual work summaries and other important documents for various departments in accordance with the Governor’s intentions and the island’s development strategy, and leading or assisting other departments in planning research.”
The two of them talked nonsense, pouring out everything they knew.
Leonardo nodded with an indifferent expression and quickly wrote something down with his hands.
When the two finished their statements, he spoke again: "Second question, if you were the Minister of Administration, what would you do first in the current situation on the island?"
After a brief conversation between the two brothers, the elder brother said cautiously: "Um... First of all, we should establish the framework of each department on the island? Is that right?"
Leonardo's face was stern. "Are you asking me? Did you recruit me, or did I recruit you?"
The two brothers shrank their necks and nodded repeatedly.
"Go out, come back tomorrow and wait for news. Don't hold your hopes too high, the Governor's requirements are very strict."
Seeing the two brothers retreat, Leonardo's calmness instantly disappeared. With a hint of relief, he pulled at his collar and exhaled heavily. "Damn, I finally found two useful people."
He stood up and walked to the window, looking cautiously at the bandaged man on the sand in the distance.
Although he looked like a patient with limited mobility, Leonardo knew this man's power. The entire island belonged to this man named Charles.
Leonardo shuddered at the thought of that cold look.
But compared to the fear of death, Leonardo was more passionate about power.
That's right, Leonardo is a liar. When he found out that a new island had appeared, he knew it was a good opportunity and decided to make a big move.
He is indeed not the director of the Yeongdo Administration Department, but he dares to assert that these crazy people who are risking their lives at sea definitely don’t know what the director of the Yeongdo Administration Department looks like.
Since no one knows, then when he says he is, then he really is.
As long as this plan succeeds, he can go from being a small-time swindler in the port area to a core noble of an island!
Just as Leonardo was dreaming of a bright future, the governor in the distance turned his head and looked at him.
Leonardo was not at all flustered. He put his right hand on his shoulder, bowed to that side openly, then sat back and started recruiting other members.
Where there are people, there is society. Although Hope Island was chaotic at the beginning, with the establishment of various departments of the Governor's Office, orderly social rules began to return to the island.
"Governor, this is the six-month island development plan I drew up. What do you think of it?"
Leonardo respectfully handed the booklet filled with words to Charles.
Seeing Charles take it, Leonardo stood aside and waited with a confident look on his face.
Charles turned the pages one by one, but his mind was thinking about other things. "You have done a good job during this period."
"It's natural. As I said before, I'm a professional."
"Really? Professional liar?"
The atmosphere in the room suddenly turned cold. The smile on Leonardo's face froze. "Governor, I don't know what you are talking about."
"You were very vigilant and didn't reveal any flaws in front of my people, but it just so happened that one of my crew members was not a human."
A white mouse climbed onto Charles' shoulder and stuck its tongue out at Leonardo.
"Old... rat?" Leonardo took a half step back, but felt like he stepped on something furry.
He turned around in horror and saw the black and brown rats huddled together behind him.
"These things are also my crew members. They can also understand human language. They know everything you say."
When Leonardo felt a cold, hard object against the back of his head, he felt cold all over and his heart was beating rapidly.
He now deeply regretted the decision he had made before. The man who could become the governor was not an ordinary person. Why on earth was he crazy enough to deceive a governor
Just when Leonardo thought he was about to be shot, the hard thing behind his head shrank back.
"Okay, let's do as you planned."
Leonardo turned around tremblingly, looking at the governor behind him with disbelief in his eyes. "You won't kill me?"
"Why should I kill you? You have done a great job on the island. I really need an administrative minister like you."
Leonardo walked outside with trembling calves. When he walked out of the door, his body was almost exhausted and he collapsed on the ground, gasping loudly.
"Mr. Charles, why don't you punish him? He lied to you." Lily opened her eyes wide.
"Someone has to do the job. Since he's doing a good job, let him continue. We don't have anyone else to replace him for the time being."
Charles fingered the itchy bandage on his arm.
"Aren't you worried that he might do something bad?"
"As long as you hold the knife in your hand, you can change the pen whenever you want."
Charles scratched harder and harder, and there was a rustling sound of dead skin under the bandage. Finally, Charles simply stood up and began to untie the bandages on his body.
Lily, who was sitting on the table, spread her little paws in front of her eyes, pretending to cover herself, and looked at Charles through the gaps between her fingers with her big eyes.
Bandages, blood scabs and dead skin were thrown on the ground. Charles stood naked in front of the mirror, looking at his body.
The body recovered better than Charles had imagined, and the blood and flesh adhesion on the face of the vampire sailor did not appear.
Except for some burns and wrinkles in some places on my body, most of my skin has healed, but the color is now pink and white in patches. It will take some time for my skin color to return to normal.
Of course, all the hair on his body was gone. Charles touched his bald head and felt awkward no matter how he looked at it.
(End of this chapter)