Realm of Power

Sunlight shines into the conference hall in front of you from the carved marble windows. Twelve Business Alliance deacons are whispering about the recognition documents of the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce in their hands.

Every year when evaluating the S-class chamber of commerce, we have seen all kinds of weird things. In order to pass the evaluation, we have encountered all kinds of exaggerated things. However, such as the certification document in front of us that is so exaggerated that we have no friends, it still makes people around. The deacon of the Business Alliance in front of a long brown table had a strange expression on his face, with a hint of laughter. "Feeling wrong" is simply nonsense! We clearly know that something is impossible, but we still put it up so openly. Even if it is recommended by that woman personally, should we bow our heads? That woman is no longer a member of my business alliance. You still want to make trouble here!”

A middle-aged deacon finally couldn't help but stood up, pressed the recognition document in his hand on the long round table in the middle, and said in a deep voice with a livid face.

He is Spear, the president of the Dark Gold Chamber of Commerce among the Twelve Deacons. He is forty years old this year. It is the time when his energy and enterprising spirit are at its peak. The Dark Gold Chamber of Commerce is a giant of jewelry and luxury goods in the empire. This President Spear He became the Twelve Deacons and was elected after Sokutus Stellan left. He did not experience the Thirteenth Steward era of Sokutus Stellan, so he also felt the pressure of this business queen. The youngest, and this time for the S-level chamber of commerce assessment, he had expressed his support for another chamber of commerce early. Now he suddenly knew that one of the two places had been reserved in advance, and he immediately went crazy. "Deacon Spear, please, please Pay attention to your words. As for the evaluation of the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce, I made it completely in accordance with fair procedures." Long Ruido, who was sitting opposite, immediately stood up with a serious expression in protest.

"Do you think we are blind? If there is such a large-scale super chamber of commerce in the empire, how could we not know about it? And look at the date of registration of this chamber of commerce, which was more than ten days ago. It is a small chamber of commerce that was registered only ten days ago. In the blink of an eye, he was on the list of the S-level Chamber of Commerce's evaluation meeting. How much did you, Lang Ruiduo, charge the other party?" Spear said categorically, firmly convinced that this woman made it up temporarily for the purpose of evaluation!

"If a large chamber of commerce with 50,000 employees, 1,100 port industries, and eight merchant fleets is excluded from the S-class chamber of commerce, then which chamber of commerce can still be called an S-class chamber of commerce?" Langruido calmly picked up the assessment document on the table, flipped through it to find a few pages and spread them out in front of everyone. "It's just a few paper documents, what can it say!" If it says there are 100,000 of them, is there really 100,000?"

Spear's sneer raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and his tone was full of contempt. "I have always believed that times are changing and business alliances are also expanding rapidly. We cannot always follow the old style of the past. Take the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce as an example. , if the contents of the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce are put outside, how many people will agree that the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce is rated as an S-level chamber of commerce "" put it outside Go? "Some other deacons couldn't help but frowned slightly." Are you kidding? The more people there are, the harder it is to make a decision. Doesn't Deacon Spielberg know that? "A veteran deacon with a high reputation is more likely to make a decision." He looked at Spear angrily. This guy obviously had ulterior motives. It was no secret that this guy wanted to break the current Business Alliance Deacon Council. Was he going to go to the sword with a knife? "Haha, that's what I said. In fact, even if we want to cover it up, can we cover it up?"

"The list will always be announced, and the major chambers of commerce in the empire are waiting outside now."

Under the other party's gaze, Spear smiled calmly and coldly. He came to the window and opened the dark green curtains covering the conference room. He glanced in the direction of the bulletin board and said in a solemn voice, "I just want to remind you. Everyone, have you ever thought about what kind of fluctuations will happen once the list is announced? "It's useless to talk more. Let's start the deacon meeting according to the prescribed procedures. If four deacons pass it, it will be considered approved."

Langredo glanced out the window impatiently. This announcement was indeed a bit disturbing, but Langredo was not afraid. As long as he could complete Sokutus Stellan's mission this time, he could With the support of the Imperial Bank, so what if the outside world is boiling!

The other deacons are not fools, and they can't see that Spier obviously wants to seize this matter and cause trouble!

As the leader of the new businessmen in the empire, one of the reasons why Spier was strongly elected to the Deacons by many businessmen was because he advocated that the Deacons should expand in size. There were hundreds of thousands of merchants in the empire and hundreds of thousands of chambers of commerce, but there were only twelve There were really too few deacons. He proposed that the number of deacons should be expanded to 120 people form a real joint meeting of deacons, which can better discuss the affairs of the business alliance, brainstorm, and better represent the interests of the majority of businessmen, instead of just a joint meeting composed of 12 people like this, which will bring together dozens of business alliances. The future of thousands of people rests on the shoulders of 12 people

In fact, this kind of dispute between old and new imperial merchants has become increasingly fierce in the past two years.

The old chamber of commerce has spent so much effort and effort to reach its current position. Many of them have been in business since the Ikadiva era. Which one of them has not relied on the courage to fight and how many times they have opened up? Encountering life and death on the business road, and being on the verge of despair many times, the business alliance expanded to the scale of the entire continent, and only then did it enjoy With the current preferential privileges, the imperial trade route has ventured out of the inland sea and penetrated deep into the dense forest of Barro in southern Europe. It has explored and expanded across the continent like a wasteland, and now it even reaches the Guangzhou Sea at the southernmost tip of Barro in South Europe. There are already footprints of imperial merchants, and the imperial trade route has completed its extension to the entire Obaro region.

On this basis, a large number of new chambers of commerce began to rise, and began to impact and shake the status and market of the old chambers of commerce that first opened up trade routes. These new merchants were often the aristocratic class in the areas conquered by the empire, and had considerable financial resources and Some people have only been in business for two or three years. They relied on the golden trade routes established by established chambers of commerce to climb the ladder of large chambers of commerce. Now they want to be on an equal footing with the established chambers of commerce. How is that possible!

For the old chamber of commerce, this feeling is like that in a large company, an old employee who has worked for 30 years and a new employee who has worked for three months receive the same salary and enjoy the same benefits. The old employee can sit still! But for the new chambers of commerce, they have greater connections and funds, but they have been suppressed by the old chambers of commerce. If the Twelve Deacons do not change, they will always be at a disadvantage in the competition with the old chambers of commerce, so they require reform of the deacon board framework. The call is not once or twice

But no one expected that this old dispute would suddenly focus on the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce.

In the entire hall, most of the powerful old deacons were looking at their noses and their hearts. Although they knew that the recognition document of the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce in their hands was ridiculous, Lang Ruiduo was afraid that he had a dark heart. , dared to bring such identification materials to the table, but still no one expressed doubts

Because they know very well that this water is too muddy. Not to mention that Spier has already taken the stance of pursuing it to the end. The fact that the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce is the guarantee of Sokutus Stellan is enough to show that the water is deep enough to drown people. !

It is true that Sokutus Stellan has left the Business Alliance, but it is difficult to say how many people in the Deacon are from the Business Queen, let alone how many people are in the headquarters of the Nuo University Business Alliance. With the eyes of this business queen, every move, word and deed of these veteran deacons... I am very sure that the attitudes and opinions in this meeting will be put on Sokutus Stellan’s desk in the afternoon. Because of the evaluation of an S-class chamber of commerce, Sokutus, who is in charge of the Imperial Bank, will be offended. Dailan, only a fool would do that. Only those who have experienced the era of Sokutus Dailan know this.

What does this gorgeous business queen represent? It was an era. This woman herself represents an era!

It was an era when the empire's business was overcoming obstacles, it was an era when the empire's businessmen were forging ahead, and it was an era when talented and ambitious careerists were mixed in, trying to take advantage of the power of the business alliance! It was an era of crazy expansion of business alliances, an era when the Deacons could speak out with one voice, and an era when the imperial military would not pay attention to the documents without the signature of the Thirteenth Deacon.

More than half of the authority of the Business Alliance Deacons was established by this iron-blooded Thirteenth Deacon!

It’s not that no one has challenged him, but the results are all the same, and he died miserably.

Didn't that woman clean up like killing a chicken that time? Didn't that time there were heads rolling and she met her opponent? Never! In the Thirteenth Steward Era, where the disparity in power is huge, one word is enough to deny and affirm any decision of the entire Deacon Council. Who else there dares to jump out and say no?

If the Thirteen Deacons were still there, what kind of fight would there be between the old and the new?

Only a rookie like Spielber of the Dark Gold Chamber of Commerce, who has only entered the Deacon Council in the past two years and knows very little about the original bloody storm, really thinks that he, the Deacon of the Business Alliance, is a figure! They are still talking about reforming the current system of twelve deacons, but they don’t know that the existence of the twelve deacons was just to facilitate the control of the thirteenth deacon. "Then, let's start voting now." Langredo looked at all the deacons calmly. Everyone is smart.

"Wait a minute, Lan Rui, you have forgotten a document in the office. Go and get it for me. You may need it later." Spear's eyes narrowed into a thin line, his cold face was silent for a moment, and he looked at the person sitting behind him. A confidant of the platoon said. The assistant nodded, stood up, and walked out of the hall door.

Spear sent away his assistant with an excuse, no doubt to spread the news about the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce to the major chambers of commerce outside, in order to create pressure on other deacons. Seeing the assistant's figure disappear at the door of the hall, Spear finally Turning around, he said with a determined smile, "Now we can start!"

The eyes of the other deacons flickered slightly, but they neither stopped nor said anything. Although this was a meeting of the Twelve Deacons, business meetings have always been like this. Each deacon was attended by several assistants. After all, there were many business matters. As the head of a chamber of commerce, it is impossible to do everything personally, and some business progress cannot be reported in detail. The purpose of bringing these assistants is to be able to understand the relevant content at any time and make adjustments to the meeting results at any time.

"I, Long Redo, the Twelve Deacons, expressed my approval." Long Redo was the first to raise his hand with a calm expression.

There was silence in the conference hall

"Haha, you can still see the situation clearly."

Spier smiled with contempt on his face, his eyes full of provocation, shining brighter and louder, "Bang", the door of the conference hall was also pushed open at this time, and the assistant who just left in a hurry walked back with a document. The seat behind Spear nodded slightly to Spear, indicating that the news had spread. "Then that's it!" Spear looked at Longredo's lone hand raised, full of joy. With a smile on his face, he didn't expect the opportunity to come so suddenly. This Langredo wanted to flatter Sokutus Stellan. If he could seize the loophole of the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce, he would announce it in front of everyone and reveal the deacon. Under the agitated public opinion, the secret operations of the Chamber of Commerce will surely come to fruition when the time comes to throw out the reform of the Deacons Association, and these old and bloated old chambers of commerce will be overthrown in one fell swoop.

"Can you continue? Interrupting others in the middle is quite uneducated. I, Fetek, the Twelve Deacons, express my approval." At this time, a voice said, and Spear's smile suddenly froze on his face, this old guy! It was the veteran deacon who just refuted him.

"I, the Twelve Deacons, express my approval." "I, the Twelve Deacons, the Western Curtain, express my approval."

Each voice sounded, either thick, loud, or hoarse, echoing in the hall, and hands began to stand up one after another, two, three, four... six, eight... Spear's face turned ashen. , every sound seemed to slap him in the face, twelve hands Among them, only four hands were not raised. Except for Spear himself, the other three people were all representatives of the new businessmen. However, these three people also had solemn faces. The war broke out and they were caught off guard. The old and new camps were so distinct. The atmosphere in the hall was filled with the smell of gunpowder

"Eight people expressed their approval, fully meeting the certification standards, and the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce's S-level chamber of commerce qualification certification was passed." Lang Ruiduo picked up the seal of the business alliance and stamped it on the certification document on the table.

"You will regret it, I can guarantee that!" Spear looked at the seal on the document, clenched his fingers, and gritted his teeth ferociously. These guys were happy too early. Once this announcement is announced, it will be the death of the Deacons Association. !

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the hot May sun hung in the sky. The tall eaves of the Business Alliance headquarters cast a long shadow in the sun. A middle-level employee of the Business Alliance walked to the crowded notice board and hung up a notice. , the list of the S-level chamber of commerce came out, and the surrounding businessmen immediately rushed to

"Give me a moment and let me see."

"Don't squeeze! Someone stepped on my foot!"

"Sunrise Chamber of Commerce, there really is such a thing as Sunrise Chamber of Commerce!" Someone shouted loudly, and there was even more noise all around.