Soul echo

Chapter 789 Continuous Evolution
In the blink of an eye, the protests and demonstrations have reached the third day.

At the beginning, the factory owners didn’t take it seriously, but on the first night, they became furious and mobilized the army on the second day, but they were stopped by the church forces, and even the soldiers couldn’t understand the factory owners’ actions. Join the queue of protest demonstrations.

Because the joining of those soldiers, even if they were not armed, gave the demonstrators a boost of energy.

As a result, the ranks of protest demonstrations have grown stronger, and now it has grown to the point where a quarter of the city's residents have joined them.

There are still many residents watching, but they are also moved.

High prices, poor living conditions, and almost oppressive work pressure have made Venice's residents miserable.

By the third day, the factory owners began to panic.

In their view, the situation is completely out of their control. If nothing is done, the rest of the civilians who are just about to move will follow and join the ranks of protests and demonstrations.

At that time, commercial activities and production activities will be forced to stop, and their markets will be invaded.

They started their business by business, and if they lost their money, they also lost their power, which they could not bear.

So, how exactly?
"...You want us to bow our heads to those pariahs?"

In the meeting place of the parliament, a member stood up angrily, pointed at the member sitting in the corner, and shouted angrily: "Dennis, do you really know what you are talking about?"

Dennis looked calm, nodded and said: "I know exactly what I'm talking about. At this moment, my mind is extremely calm and sober. The reason why I said that is entirely because the only way to make this time The incident is over."

"Dennis, I think you should fix your own brain!" The congressman who had scolded Dennis just now snorted coldly and sat back.

Dennis is such a person, completely different from them, if it is not for the family's considerable financial resources, it is impossible to sit here with them and become a member of parliament.

But even so, he was alone in the council, and no one wanted to be 'friends' with him.

"Then, let's vote."

The gloomy speaker took a deep breath and was about to continue speaking when Dennis abruptly interrupted his words: "Sir, this is your private matter, it should not be explained and voted on in the parliament, if it's okay, And please go back and discuss it yourself instead of holding a meeting and wasting our time."

"Mr. Dennis!"

The speaker narrowed his eyes, and glanced over sharply, "Please shut up!"

"This is the 'Parliament', you are just the speaker!" Dennis didn't flinch, and bluntly pushed back, "This is not you, or your playground!"

Bang!
The speaker clenched his hands into fists and pounded on the table in front of him, his eyes glaring, "Dennis, if you have nothing to do, you can go back!"

"If I go back, who will stop you from corrupting the Parliament?"

Dennis was not timid, his eyes were still clear and calm, even though the surrounding congressmen were looking at him coldly.

"Venice shouldn't be like this, your existence has corrupted this beautiful city!"

The speaker's face became a bit ferocious, and then he took a few deep breaths, ignoring Dennis.

It is not unusual to have conflicts or even fights due to different opinions in the meeting, but the reason why Dennis was able to sit here and has not been kicked out of the parliament by other members is because he was born in a traditional knight family, and his fighting power can be regarded as the highest among all members. The most powerful one, no one can beat him, even if they add up, they may not be able to beat him.

Afterwards, the speaker and members of the council opened their mouths many times to discuss matters, but they were all interrupted by Dennis. They were so annoyed that they could only leave the meeting angrily.

The vast majority of people in the parliament hall have left, but there are still a few members who stayed.

Just as Dennis was about to leave, those congressmen came over and stopped him.

"Mr. Dennis."

Dennis turned his head and saw the complicated expressions on the faces of those congressmen.

"Is something wrong?" Dennis asked.

"You...you don't have any deals with those civilians, do you?"

Hearing this question, the expression on Dennis's face remained unchanged, and he asked instead, "Why do you think so?"

Several congressmen looked at each other, confirming their suspicions.

Dennis should have been in contact with the demonstrators, or even had a deal, otherwise, he would not have been so tough in proposing the method of "subduing the demonstrators" in the parliament, and frequently interrupted the conversations of the congressmen.

Not all members of the parliament are factory owners, but they all have interests, otherwise the speaker and many members would not have mentioned that matter in parliament.

The activities of the demonstrators have seriously affected the income of the congressmen, so they must solve this matter-no matter what method is used.

Those congressmen did not answer Dennis' question, but continued to ask: "What do you want to do?"

Looking at these people lightly, Dennis suddenly laughed: "I want to be the speaker, and I want to control more power!"

He made no secret of his desire, but it was something all MPs wanted.

But if it is connected with the fact that he has contact with those protesting civilians... Maybe he can really succeed?
Several congressmen made eye contact again and said, "You told us about this matter so clearly, it can be seen that you want our help?"

"Don't you want to cling to my power?" Dennis asked with a smile, "If you didn't want to, you should have left with those people long ago, shouldn't you?"

One of the congressmen couldn't hold his breath, took a deep breath, and immediately asked, "What do you want us to do?"

"I need you to open an opening." Dennis said bluntly, "I need you to betray others, and some of you are factory owners, so I hope you can help me, speak out, and take the lead in bowing your head to the protesting crowd and promising Your own factory can ensure the personal safety of workers during the production process, and if any worker is disabled or killed due to work, you can pay enough compensation.”

Hearing this, several congressmen were stunned for a while before reacting.

Dennis must be prepared, otherwise, he couldn't have made a plan in such a short period of time.

He did this because he wanted to divide the interest group 'factory owners'. Once this stable interest group collapsed, it would be difficult for the remaining factory owners to unite again.

Because during the collapse of this interest group, some people will be able to enjoy the bonus of 'chaos'!

"Do you choose to be united, or do you choose to strengthen yourself?" Dennis left the venue without this question.

Only a few councilors were left looking at each other, and they could all see that there was something unclear in each other's eyes.

That may be 'greedy'...

On the afternoon of the third day, many factory owners and congressmen with interests related to them received news that they had been 'betrayed' before they could discuss a solution.

——Two factory owners have jointly stated that they will compensate the disabled and fatal workers and their families, and in order to express their apology, they will increase the wages of the factory, reduce the working hours appropriately, and not arrange so many jobs measures.

The news reached the ears of the MPs, and they immediately felt boundless anger.

There is no doubt that this is betrayal, and it is a blatant betrayal!
Those two guys betrayed their interest groups and bowed their heads to the protesting civilians.

This will make those untouchables see hope and realize that what they do can really affect them, factory owners.

How dare those two guys?Where did they have such courage?

After the outrage, several people came back to their senses.

The reason why those two guys dared to do this was because of 'profit' - they could benefit from it, and it was a huge profit!

It was precisely because they could gain huge benefits from it that those two guys chose to betray.

However, those "huge profits" were taken from them, the interest group of factory owners!

(End of this chapter)