"Legal illegality?"
Everyone in the research institute was confused. Someone asked, "Aren't these two antonyms? A coin that has both the front and the back? A person that is both male and female?"
"Are you discriminating against me?" A human with a neutral appearance slammed the table and stood up. "How can you make fun of hermaphrodites in public like this? Besides, hermaphrodites are already the new mainstream culture. They can enjoy the goodness of men and feel the beauty of women. This is obviously the most perfect posture. How can there still be stubborn and backward people like you in this era—"
"I'm sorry, I made a mistake in my words. I'm very sorry for the hurt I caused you." The former apologized quickly.
Lawrence scratched the scales on his face, turned his head and asked the snake boss: "Snake boss, do you know what the legal illegal behavior he mentioned is?"
"Hiss... I can probably guess."
"Oh? Can you tell me more?"
At this time, the snake boss smiled and suddenly asked, "Hiss, Lawrence, are you used to the life in the institute? How is the laboratory?"
"Very good." Lawrence said casually, "The experimental research is also going well. Recently, there are too many materials. The more materials there are, the faster the progress of necromancy will be. Wait, Mr. Snake, don't change the subject. What is a legal illegal act?"
"Hiss... Look at the screen, someone is about to speak."
Lawrence looked at the light curtain and felt something strange in his heart.
He felt that the snake boss was unwilling to continue talking to him.
And he was very familiar with this reluctance.
Just like when he was admitted to middle school, his human classmates asked him why he worked after school instead of going back to the foster home to study or have fun. At that time, Lawrence was unwilling to answer such questions because he knew that humans could not understand his situation.
People come from different backgrounds and environments, so no matter how much you say, it will be useless.
But here, everyone can understand each other, because everyone has abandoned the identity of an inferior race and become a more noble...
Wait, is Boss Snake a member of the Blood Saint Clan
He kept squinting his eyes, as if he had never seen his bloodshot pupils...
At this moment, the voice coming from the light curtain interrupted Lawrence's thoughts.
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"1659 Municipal Public Examination, Xilang District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau Recruitment."
The speaker was still Edmund Mencken. He endured the burning pain and said through gritted teeth: "Financier hoped that his classmate could get this position, but his classmate's ability was not enough to pass such a popular position, so he thought of a way."
"First, he found a scholar who was fully qualified or even exceeded the standards in all aspects, and instructed the scholar to take the operator examination and obtain the position. At the same time, the classmate also took the examination, but naturally failed."
"After one month of employment, the scholar will resign on his own initiative. At this time, the Administration will have a temporary quota and give priority to selecting a temporary operator from the candidates. Because it has been a month since the start of employment, theoretically most candidates have already found a job, so there will be no insistence on finding the 'second interviewer' or 'third interviewer' in order. As long as they are former candidates, it will be fine."
“So Fei Nanxue’s classmates entered the Supervision and Management Bureau.”
Menken said: "Of course, this was when Financier was still a councillor. When he became the mayor's secretary, he didn't have to go through so much trouble. He would set the job requirements based on his candidates. For example, if his candidate was a human, male, 30 years old, college educated, and had a silver degree in earthbending, then he would set the job requirements to male human, 30 to 35 years old, college educated and with a silver degree in earthbending. In fact, these conditions can be further refined to ensure that his candidates can enter the interview 100%. When entering the interview process, the position will naturally be obtained, and the procedure is completely legal and compliant."
"Although the Administrative Office is a required exam for employment, the specific screening requirements are in the hands of each department. As long as you can reach a political alliance with the heads of each department, you can easily leverage huge power." He looked at the ogre: "Half of the members of the Forest Gallery joined the Administrative Office system in this way, and many operators succumbed to Finanxie's threats or inducements and became Finanxie's accomplices."
Mencken thought for a moment and added, "Oh, maybe some people don't understand. The Gallery in the Woods is a gallery opened by Financier, which is filled with his self-righteous works. Members of his faction usually choose to gather in the gallery, so the Financier faction is also called the Gallery in the Woods."
Fei Nanxue responded coldly: "Isn't it the same way that the members of your Eternal Wine Club occupy one-eighth of the positions in the Government Affairs Office?"
One eighth may not sound like much, but if it is spread across departments and several department leaders, it would be a huge intelligence network and political power. Andreye is considered a strong contender for the mayor because the Eternal Wine Club is strong enough to challenge the Forest Gallery.
Boom!
With a muffled sound, the stone pillar below Fenanxue suddenly began to twist, and the moonlight shining on the stone pillar danced like a snake, turning into a hideous chain, rolling towards Fenanxue from bottom to top!
Fenanxue knew this phenomenon without even opening the light curtain; it was because the citizens had voted for him.
The ogre's mind raced, but his face remained calm. "You don't have to tell me that this is a 'tradition' that I started. Long ago, this has become an unspoken and unbreakable 'rule'. We all follow this path."
"If you don't join a faction, you won't be able to get an excellent 'initial job'. If you want to get promoted, you not only need the recommendation of the department head, but also the respect of your superiors. 'Pushing down and pulling up' is the only way to rise. If you don't join a faction, even if you are lucky enough to become a political officer, what awaits you is only a lifetime of grassroots tasks."
"All the politicians and parliamentarians here are both beneficiaries of factions and accomplices in maintaining the existence of factions. In addition to the Wine of Eternal Life and the Gallery in the Forest, there are many small factions in the Government Affairs Hall, just like spider webs. If you want to climb up, you have to climb the web. This is the rule of the game of power."
"All of this is just a very common 'little capriciousness' of power that happens every day."
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In a bar in a lower-class district, a middle-aged orc drinker suddenly covered his face and cried bitterly, his snot dripping into his wine glass, which was so ugly that it affected the city's appearance.
He recalled the civil service exam thirteen years ago, when he interviewed the second-place candidate, and the first-place candidate turned out to be an elf scholar whose every quality surpassed his.
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In the subordinate apartment of the Food and Nutrition Bureau of Kaimeng City, a middle-aged man in his forties slumped in a soft chair, holding a potato chip bucket. He looked at the screen, adjusted his glasses, and recalled his high spirits when he graduated from college, followed by more than 20 years of wasted time and silence, and he couldn't help feeling a little sad.