"I have never met Colonel Xu Le, but I know him. After Miss Jian Shui'er's peaceful concert in the four states around the mountains turned into a brutal terrorist attack a few years ago, for some reasons that have not been declassified yet, He and I were on both sides of the road, looking at similar scenery and heading towards the same goal. All I could use was a pen in my hand, while Colonel Xu Le used a gun. Schiller once said that a gun is always better than a gun. Pens are more powerful, and after that incident, I gladly accepted that, because when a gun is in the hands of a trustworthy person, it does exert more significant and immediate power than countless pens."
"In this corner of the universe, which is eternally shrouded in the brilliance of the Charter and surrounded by the news of the battlefield of constant victories, it has been quiet for too long, and the people who are so calm and forgetful have, as expected, forgot a lot of things that have just passed. At that time, the return of Colonel Xu Le, at least for me personally, has more meaning."
"This is an ordinary man with small eyes, but he is too unusual. I don't know what kind of childhood experience he has, but he has never been oppressed by the name of the big picture to bow his head to the darkness, and has never been deceived by the reason for victory. Shaking, I am even more puzzled, why is there no compromise, balance, and exchange of interests in his dictionary?"
"Compromise, balance, seems to be a kind of virtue in this society, but who can tell me who is compromising with whom? Why should we compromise? This ordinary man who doesn't talk much on the light curtain, uses His actions remind us that facing the invaders of the Empire and facing the scavengers in the Federation, the people of the Federation have compromised too much for too many years."
"To appreciate a person is actually to appreciate a certain attitude. I appreciate Colonel Xu Le, which is to appreciate this uncompromising attitude. He is like those characters who have appeared in the long history. An inconspicuous stone, but clinging to the earth because of a firm idea in his heart, he would quietly watch the people coming and going by the side of the road on weekdays, but if someone wanted to pass by the side of the road and try to kick him away, he would His toes were smashed so hard by this stone."
"Because of this, Professor Shen Yulin's name is engraved on the Federation's MX mecha; because of this, the white-haired congressman can't continue to act as his moral monger; because of this, those of us who are full of dust in our hearts Only middle-aged men are moved to tears by a documentary; it is because of this that we are fortunate to witness the revenge of a small man from morning to night, watching the notorious butcher of the empire become a cosmic creature. Fireworks; because of this, Commander Zhong and those soldiers under the monument can smile and close their eyes."
"Today, on behalf of all my colleagues in the Capital District Daily, I welcome the return of Colonel Xu Le, not to welcome a legend, a hero with loud cheers, but to sincerely welcome back a man worthy of the federal trust. among us."
"Federation, welcome the return of the road stone."
"Bob wrote after a silent press conference in the winter of the 71st year of the constitutional calendar."
On the top floor of the Sanlin United Bank headquarters, the old man of Liyuan Palace wearing a black round hat sat in the old black armchair, looking at the vegetable fiber newspaper in his hand, a smile appeared on his wrinkled old face.
"As the most trusted media mouthpiece of Mr. President, Bob played a very important role in the Medellin project. I have always admired this man's courage to speak out and hate, and his style is completely different from those of the newspaper quail, but there is no such thing as Thinking of Xu Le's return, he would actually be able to make such an article that directly points to the core of the current problem."
Li Xiuzhu looked at his old father who had come to the headquarters for a rare inspection, thinking that Xu Le's return had actually shocked him, and he felt a little strange.
The shriveled old man sitting in the black armchair is undoubtedly a real federal oligarch.
Therefore, in the old legend, only the king can be called a widow, because there is no pair in the world. Compared with the so-called financial tycoons who often appear in the news media, the little old man who has been in charge of the iron and profit family for decades, secretly controls the federal financial order, and is only qualified to be an opponent after several consecutive presidents. What is it called
"The font on the front page of the Capital District Daily was temporarily adjusted to show Bob's political comment." Li Xiuzhu said after thinking for a moment: "Bob's article is a little loose, compared with his previous sharp political comments, it is not as good as it is. some more."
"Wrong." The old man of Liyuan Palace said in a hoarse and dull voice: "This article is obviously not instructed by the presidential residence. Bob himself only knows that there is a problem with the Federation, but he has no idea where the problem is. He knows that Xu Le will have enemies. He doesn't know who the enemies are, so of course he can only scribble a few words in such an obscure way, but he said that the biggest problem that Xu Le's return to the Federation may cause is that this little guy never knows how to compromise."
The old man raised his head and glanced at Li Xiuzhu with turbid eyes, and explained indifferently: "The situation in the Federation seems to be calm now, but in fact it may explode at any time. After all, the Tiger case has not been investigated. When will the result of Xilin's lawsuit come out? I don't know whether the attack on the ancient bell was a simple bloodbath of the empire, or there was a deeper conspiracy, and I don't care about this, because once there is a conspiracy, the people and levels involved in the conspiracy must be very terrifying, terrifying to the point of I don't even bother to bother."
Li Xiuzhu's mind trembled slightly, but he didn't expect that even his father would express his unwillingness to fight against that force.
"As for Xilin's lawsuit, we participated, the Lin family participated, the President's residence, Parliament Hill, everyone participated in this carnival feast, the Zhong family collapsed, and everyone can share the benefits, Madam some time ago. The convening of this feast has also been tacitly agreed, and naturally no one wants the case to continue to be investigated and the lawsuit to continue."
"The question now is, where is the goal of those people? Is it the means against the Zhong family when they opened up the Donglin mining area, or do they want more? They even want what I have in the hands of an old man?"
"Except for the army, there is no existence in this universe that can essentially harm our family. In the past countless years, we have no army in our hands, and we can still live very well. That is because the Federation has no enemies, so the army is naturally weakened. And these few For a decade, as the war escalated, the military became more and more powerful."
"Have you ever thought about what kind of situation our families will face if the army ends up in the hands of someone who is extremely hostile to us?"
"Bob's quote is very true. Money has magic, power has magic, beauty has magic, and pens have magic. Any extension of human desire can be a powerful tool, but none of these tools is more magic than a gun."
"Because guns are used to kill, and death to end all desires, who can resist?"
Li Xiuzhu felt that the warm winter sun shot from the transparent dome couldn't warm his body at all, and the cold front came, and the expensive silk underwear smuggled from the Empire's Libanxing was soaked in ice-like sweat.
As the president of Sanlin United Bank, he is very aware of the complex roots of the family rooted in the federal society, and sometimes he can't help but give birth to infinite admiration. Who is the federal government's largest creditor? Whose funds does the final assembly base of the Ministry of Defense rely on? How can large-scale arms procurement be achieved? Who sets the rules for the numbers game in the economy? It is based on these perceptions that he firmly believes that no federal government dares to overthrow his family from the root, because that will inevitably lead to great turmoil and chaos in the entire federation. It is no exaggeration to say that the entire federation economy will be set back because of this. Hundreds of years…
However, if the hard-liners in the army really went crazy one day and tried to clean up the Seven Great Families, those heavy and cold mechas and brave soldiers would have red eyes and would not care about these numbers.
"The military... Even if the hardliners go crazy, the people behind them are always sober." Li Xiuzhu said in a trembling voice, "What's more, we... have a charter."
"Charter?" The old man of Liyuan Palace laughed hoarsely, and the laughter echoed in the empty bank headquarters building, "If the Charter works, the Seventh Family will still exist for so long? Countless protocols developed by human groups have been tied to your hands and feet for tens of thousands of years, it's just to see if you can use those protocols."
The laughter gradually stopped, and the old man of Liyuan Palace gently rubbed the handrail, looked at him and said gently, "Xiaotong has performed well in the past few years."
Li Xiuzhu was slightly startled, and didn't understand why the topic suddenly turned to his biggest rival for the Patriarch. He looked at the old face with uncertainty, and resisted not asking any questions.
"Don't worry, since you met Xu Le, you have finally learned to accept failure. You have performed quite well in the past few years, and you are still ahead of your younger brother for the time being." The old man said gently: "I admire Xiaotong because he is better than me. Having discovered Xu Le's value earlier, I suggest that you give all-round support to any project that Xiaotong and Xu Le interact with."
Li Xiuzhu frowned, not understanding why he mentioned Xu Le again.
The old man of Liyuan Palace gently picked up the vegetable fiber newspaper in his hand, and said in a hoarse voice: "No one of us is willing to continue to investigate the case of tigers. It is related to interests, but Bob said that this little guy does not have this in his dictionary. words, so... he will definitely look it up."
Li Xiuzhu's eyes lit up slightly, and he roughly understood what the old man meant.
"As the war progresses, the strength of the army will only become stronger and stronger, and the appetite of those tough and cold-blooded generals and the politicians behind them will definitely become larger and larger." The old man of Liyuan Palace said with a smile. : "At this time, we need someone to let them restrain themselves, be more sober, and understand their duty. The war is for the interests of the Federation, or it can be said that it is for our interests, but... it cannot be for their own interests. "
"I'm very worried about Xu Le's ability." The brightness in Li Xiuzhu's eyes gradually disappeared, and he said solemnly: "He is too young to be able to enter the military high-level, and the most important thing is that Philadelphia has never told him. firm support."
Hearing the word "Philadelphia", the shriveled old man in the armchair flashed a complicated and strange look on his face, he seemed a little scared, a little sad, and a little relieved.