Blackstone Code

There was silence in the room, and Mr. Trueman looked strange.

He was holding back as if he had something unspeakable, and hiding an impulse. His face turned a little red. This was not due to the alcohol, but purely due to emotion.

He clenched his fists and shook his head, "It's too difficult."

too difficult.

What is too difficult?

He didn't say it, but both he and Lynch knew that something was too difficult, and it was too difficult to fight back against those consortiums.

They have too many resources at their disposal, which are beyond what an ordinary businessman or an ordinary government official can do.

These consortiums have supported batches of politicians. Some of the top consortiums have supported several generations of presidents, and some even have presidential family members at their core!

For example, the three generations of presidents in the history of the Federation have brought this family a full twenty-four years of presidential administration. During these twenty-four long years, a huge interest group has developed around this family.

Beyond this interest group, there is a larger layer.

In fact, the power of capital has long been out of control. The government's restrictions on capital are nothing more than a script written by politicians and capitalists to create an environment suitable for ordinary people to survive.

Impeachment of the president, removal of the president, and even various accidents and assassinations. Capitalists have never had much respect for politics!

Even the president has a hard time competing against capital, let alone two ordinary people.

Lynch raised his glass and clinked it with Mr. Trueman. He took a sip and said, "We don't have no chance at all. I know that what you have been doing recently is just you pretending."

Mr. Trueman was a little surprised. He put down his wine glass and raised his eyebrows, "Is it so obvious?"

Lynch nodded, "Everyone knows what kind of person you are. You change too quickly. This is too false, but no one will expose this."

"Everyone knows that even though you're playing that role, if you want to do it well, you have to be committed."

"Maybe you won't see much change in one day, a week, or a month, but what about half a year?"

"What about one year?"

"What about three to five years or even ten years?"

"Will there be any changes in you?"

Mr. Trueman's expression became solemn, while Lynch nodded slightly, "Yes, you will change. You have played the role for such a long time, and soon you will have a confused and upside-down personality." Feel."

"You will not be able to tell which version of you you are playing, the one who is unwilling to bow to capital, or the one who gets along well with everyone. You will be confused."

"Then the two you will slowly merge and become a new you, the one you least want to be!"

"Truman, my friend, no matter whether our interests are consistent or not, as a friend, I will tell you, be yourself and don't do anything you will regret."

Mr. Trueman sounded a little restless. He stood up and walked to the bar with a wine glass. He wanted to pour himself some wine to cover up his emotions just now.

"You...what you said makes sense." He thought he could only answer this now. He did feel a lot more relaxed during this period. He had been dealing with those capitalists. He had never felt this kind of problem before, until this moment. When Lin Qi brought it up, he suddenly became alert.

In his daily life of indulgence and extravagance, the capitalists said things that catered to him and flattered him. Those degenerate and rotten lives made him start to change himself, but he himself didn't know anything about it!

If Lynch hadn't said it, he wouldn't have known that he had actually undergone some subtle changes.

At first he was very disgusted when he went to those parties. The capitalists squandered the blood and sweat from the people on pleasure, and they sought excitement from trampling on the dignity of others. All this made Mr. Trueman very disgusted. .

But now, he seems to have adapted!

He broke into a cold sweat and stood at the far bar without coming back. He just sat there. He was afraid that he would get too close to Lynch and that Lynch would discover his situation through some subtle changes in him.

This young man really doesn't look like a young man. If you don't take his appearance into account, Mr. Trueman always feels that the person he is chatting with is not a young man in his twenties, but someone in his sixties, seventies, or older. Some are full of wisdom and wise men with rich life experience.

For about ten minutes, neither of them spoke, both thinking about their own things.

More than ten minutes later, Mr. Trueman returned to the sofa with a wine glass and bottle. He had sorted out his emotions.

"I know what you said is right. I really just want to get over the current situation first and then find another way to achieve my goal, but it seems that this won't work."

Mr. Trueman's original idea was to maintain a somewhat harmonious relationship with the capitalists, so that sometimes some of his demands could be achieved not through "attacks" but through various compromises or exchanges of interests.

This is also the core of politics.

But now, Lynch told him that going down this road would make him become another Trueman, a self that... he didn't even like.

After adjusting his mentality, he began to look for answers, "What do you think we should do?"

Lynch always maintained his composure. He raised the wine glass in his hand and watched the amber liquid inside flowing between the ice cubes. The ice cubes under the liquid had been mixed with the wine and could not be seen, leaving only The ice cubes above the liquid can still be clearly distinguished.

"Did you know that in nature, some group predators also have situations like ours, where groups collide, annex, or merge."

"If a small group does not want their group to be annexed by other large groups, and does not want their descendants to be killed, the only thing they can do is to let other groups understand a simple truth. There is a price to pay for annexing their group."

"A painful price!" Lynch deepened his tone, "so that some ethnic groups may be severely damaged. Only in this way can they give up."

"Actually, we humans are the same. If they want to force us to bow our heads, let's fight!"

"Let's see if it's our bones that are stronger, or their teeth."

"When they feel that there is danger that their rule may be shaken, they will wag their tail like a dog and seek compromise."

"Capital is more direct than animals, because here, profit is the main theme!"

"Anyone can be abandoned. As long as it is in the interests of the majority, then sacrificing the few becomes natural."

"We can't be a minority, Trueman. No matter what happens in the future, at least for now we should stand together..."

Mr. Trueman listened very carefully and kept nodding his head, "Do you have any good ideas?"

Lynch put down his wine glass and said in a firm voice, "Yes, but I need your cooperation."

"Tsk...I suddenly feel that those words you said before were all preparation for this sentence!" Mr. Trueman couldn't help laughing when he heard this, but he knew very well that even those were just foreshadowing. , are also facts.

Besides, being persuaded is not a shameful thing in the Federation. Haven’t you seen that the status of those political brokers is higher than that of some ordinary politicians?

Why are they favored by politicians and capitalists?

Isn't it just because they have some good ideas and their words are better than others?

Paying people to convince others may sound unbelievable, but this is what has happened and will continue to happen.

The two then talked for a while before Mr. Trueman stood up to leave. He had a buffet to attend soon. It was obviously during the holiday, but now he was busier than when he was at work.

After chatting with Lin Qi, he also strengthened his idea, everything is for the future!

After sending Mr. Trueman away, Lynch breathed a sigh of relief. Mr. Trueman played a very important role in all his plans, because the person standing behind him was the federal military.

The federal military is a very special and independent existence. Whether it is the federal president or those in the Ministry of Defense, they cannot completely interfere with the military's decisions and can only ask the military to cooperate.

In the past, the Federation was afraid of war and did not dare to fight. The status of the military was reduced to the lowest level. It was obviously the fault of the politicians and the choice of the people. However, in the end, the blame was passed on to the army, which also led to the subsequent catastrophe. disarmament.

In order to prove to others that he is harmless, he breaks his own hands. It is a miracle in the world that such a funny thing can happen.

But the situation is a little better now. The navy's victory has brought an unprecedented improvement in the military's status. The military has become more and more important, and Mr. Trueman's capital has become thicker and thicker.

He wasn't used to using this part to his advantage, which was stupid, and Lynch would show him the proper way to use the background.

Not long after seeing Mr. Trueman off, he made another phone call to Mr. Wardrick and made an appointment to meet in the afternoon.

Mr. Wardrick informed him once before the incident happened, and Lynch would appreciate it. Secondly, he wanted to do something. It was not enough for him and Mr. Trueman. He also needed to recruit a decisive person into this situation. Only a small circle will do.

Compared with other unreliable people, Mr. Wardrick is more suitable.

He doesn't have many children, doesn't have many complicated relationships, and his desires are not that strong. In addition, Mr. Wardrick is also a "victim" to a certain extent this time, and he meets all the conditions.

It is actually very embarrassing for the board of directors to directly reject the president's decision. Of course, for the president, he is already the president and has been rejected by the board of directors. His status in the company, the group, and the consortium will be affected by this rejection. Good change.

It's just that he knows very well that he can't do anything, but Lynch will give him a chance, a chance to prove his status.