Shirley walked up to Xiao Ran with a smile, held a wine glass in one hand and handed it to Xiao Ran: "Here you go, today is a day worth celebrating."
Xiao Ran took the wine glass from Shirley's hand, but as he always liked tea but didn't like alcohol, he just took a sip, and then asked with some confusion: "What is it that deserves everyone to celebrate with red wine today?" .”
"It's not that I'm very happy, but someone happened to bring these drinks, so let's celebrate by the way." Shirley said with a nice smile on her lips, looking a little casually.
Xiao Ran was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at the others: "Someone else brought wine, what's going on?"
But everyone present just smiled at Xiao Ran, but no one answered his doubts. Xiao Ran didn't believe that these people opened red wine to celebrate because they captured a fleet in the universe today. That kind of thing meant a lot to them. There is nothing worth celebrating for people, so Xiao Ran was a little confused.
Seeing Xiao Ran's confused look, Shirley smiled proudly and said, "I sold all my assets today and spent all my savings."
Xiao Ran asked strangely: "What then?"
"Hired a help crew." Shirley Lu raised her head slightly, turned around gracefully, picked up the mobile phone on the coffee table and handed it to Xiao Ran, smiling at Xiao Ran: "And this, I gave it to you. one's gift."
Xiao Ran was stunned for a second, then took Shirley Lu's fish-shaped mobile phone. Naturally, he knew that the gift Shirley Lu mentioned would not be something that she would regard as a toy, mascot, microphone, or whip. It would naturally be the contents of the phone. , Xiao Ran gently squeezed the fish-shaped mobile phone, and a holographic projection popped up above the fish's head in an instant. After Xiao Ran saw what was on the holographic projection clearly, he looked up at Shirley Lu in shock.
"You bought two battleships?"
"Haha." Shirley smiled and nodded: "Two macrossquarter-class battleships, I think one may not be enough. Anyway, the more the better, so I exchanged all the remaining property after the employment for this, Don’t thank me, those properties have no meaning to me anyway.”
Xiao Ran shook his head and smiled. She was still a little touched in her heart, so she gently put her hand on Shirley Lu's forehead: "Silly girl, thank you."
"Humph, you're stupid." Shirley snorted softly, holding her hands and tilting her head away. However, there was also a smile that couldn't be hidden in his eyes: "What we are celebrating is not just because I bought these two warships. Seeing how moved you are now, I won't let you guess anymore, Moses, why don't you do it for me?" I’ll tell him.”
"Okay, Miss Shirley." Moses smiled lightly and said to Xiao Ran: "General, today President Glass has issued the latest instructions to the entire fleet. Next week he will announce his resignation and ask you to Take over as the next president.”
Hear the words of Moses. Xiao Ran was really shocked: "Me? Take over as president?"
"Yes." Moses nodded and said with some excitement: "Now the news has been announced to the citizens of the fleet, and it has received unanimous support from the citizens of the fleet, the military, and the government. The support rate is 100%. , so there shouldn’t be any accidents.”
"Are you kidding?" Xiao Ran was not as happy as everyone thought he should be. Instead, he frowned and said, "Why doesn't the president discuss this matter with me first?"
Xiao Ran's reaction made Moses and Billy a little stunned. Moses was even more puzzled and said: "General. Why do you look so unhappy? You became the president because of everyone's expectations. We all believe that only you can lead this." The fleet continues to grow.”
"Hey." Xiao Ran sighed and waved his hand helplessly: "You don't understand."
"Xiao Ran." Shirley Lu grabbed Xiao Ran's hand. Looking at Xiao Ran with serious eyes, he said: "I think why don't you give it a try? The situation the fleet is facing now is exactly when someone needs to stand up and give them courage and strength. When the time comes, Everything has settled. Even if we have to leave you, we can still find other suitable people to take your place."
Cruze, who had been silent all this time, drank all the wine in his glass and turned to look at Xiao Ran calmly: "Are you afraid of failure?"
"No. I never thought I would fail." Xiao Ran shook his head and frowned and said, "But I never thought I would sit in that position here."
"Once you become the president, you can effectively use all the resources to fight against the Earth Unity Army and make everything act according to your ideas without any restrictions. Isn't this a good thing?" Lu Ze said calmly: "If it were me, I would just accept it happily. The more power and resources you have at your disposal, the simpler the process of achieving your goal will be."
In fact, even Xiao Ran didn't know what he was thinking. In fact, there didn't seem to be much difference between becoming the president of the fleet and directing all military affairs now. The current position is only used to win the battle. The president also has to deal with the affairs of the entire fleet, supplies to the army and a series of complicated things. But in fact, as a general, he also has to deal with the army. When dealing with things, the difference is actually not that big.
But when he thought that he would become the president of this fleet, although he was a little bit happy, he still felt a little disgusted in his heart. He felt that he didn't want to sit in that position at all. After all, he was a person who would leave this place as long as the mission was completed. As a participant in the world, he has to be replaced after he leaves. Sitting in that position is simply a trouble for him.
"Hey." Xiao Ran smiled bitterly, waved his hand gently, and said: "I don't know why I don't want to become the president, but it is really too troublesome for me, and I have to explain too much in the end. But Shirley, Cruze, you are right. You shouldn’t think about what is and isn’t at this time. Since I can improve the confidence and morale of the fleet by going up, I can also integrate all resources to deal with the people who are about to bring them. There is indeed no need to refuse the crisis that is coming.”
"I may guess that you are worried about what changes will happen after becoming the president." Cruze stood up, refilled his wine glass, and then said: "But even I know that there will be changes. If you put in hard work, you will definitely gain something, don’t you expect that?”
"Should we expect it?" Xiao Ran smiled bitterly and said, "I'm just afraid that the change will come too suddenly and I won't be able to accept it."
Cruze curled up his lips: "How will you know if you don't try? I believe that even if something goes wrong, we won't blame you. And it's quite fun, isn't it?"
Moses and Billy did not fully understand what Xiao Ran and Cruze were talking about. They simply thought that Xiao Ran was worried that he could not do what the president should do. However, they felt that Xiao Ran was a little too worried and contacted Xiao Ran. After a short period of time, both of them had a good understanding of Xiao Ran's abilities, and even if Xiao Ran himself was too busy, didn't the people in the municipal building exist for this reason
But in fact, what Cruze and Xiao Ran are talking about are tasks. Xiao Ran is also worried that sitting in the position of president will trigger extremely difficult tasks. The current tasks are already quite difficult. If there is an additional higher-level task, A difficult task will only make the current situation worse, but if you can complete the task, the rewards you will receive will probably be extremely generous.
Xiao Ran also knew that after announcing to the fleet, the president resigned and he ascended the position of president was something that could not be changed. It was better to face it calmly than to sigh, and Xiao Ran also had this confidence. Even in difficult tasks, he Xiao Ran I also have the confidence to complete it.
And tonight is destined to be a sleepless night for countless people. The Earth System soldiers cannot sleep well. Although the senior officers sleep on comfortable beds in the luxury hotel in the fleet, they are confused about their future. The soldiers are trapped in Surrounded by countless bugs, all the battleship operating systems were locked, and they were guarded by the ship's defense force. They were filled with fear.
Xiao Ran couldn't sleep either. He kept thinking about how to complete this mission. Xiao Ran had never even thought about blowing up the earth. Once there was a problem with the earth, it would be a provocation to all mankind in the entire universe. , this kind of thing will only push yourself into a place of eternal destruction, and you can't do it at all.
Maru and Shirley slept on the same bed. The two of them did not fall asleep, but talked softly in the room.
Graham leaned on the sofa and closed his eyes to fall asleep. Naluo entered the last room with a bed and closed her eyes to recuperate. Moses and Billy had also left, but they would leave the room on the other side of Xiao Ran's suite. Taking down the suite is on the agenda for this week.
Cruze was very curious about the world. He spent the whole night on the Internet absorbing information about this matter while sipping some good-tasting red wine.
And now, Lanhua, who knew nothing, was locked in the room by Brela and Alt, and the two men just sat in silence in front of the room door.
Captain Jeffrey is calculating how much of the money Shirley gave them, how much he can keep, and how much needs to be transferred to the headquarters to hire more people. He also needs to contact the manufacturing factory to see if there is any inventory of the Macross class. .
Ozma drove her own car and left with her sissy helmsman Bobby. She was about to go to her home to pack up the things and clothes she needed to use during this time for Orchid, but a howling black shadow fell from the sky. Ozma's car almost flew to the side of the road. (.)