Ten Thousand Clans: Evolution begins with the fusion of red ghosts

Chapter 49【】: Family meeting (additional update)
Jinghai City, inner city, District 1.

The Xu Family Mansion.

In the splendid hall, there is a huge round table surrounded by 14 chairs.

At this moment, six people were sitting on the top chairs, and the rest were absent.

There is no doubt that a family meeting is taking place here.

"There have been too many troubles recently." The middle-aged man with a majestic face put the documents in his hands on the table, raised his head and looked around, and said, "Just have a small meeting and don't wait for others. Let's take care of everything. Let’s put it all together and discuss it carefully…who will say it first?”

"The top priority of our Xu family right now is the election of the third brother." A middle-aged woman spoke from the ten o'clock position of the round table, "The family has invested too much time and resources in these years to help him rise to power. Once If you fail to run for Speaker, all your hard work will be in vain, and we cannot afford that kind of loss."

Hearing this, everyone nodded.

Important matters in Jinghaicheng are all voted on by the city council.

Jinghaicheng’s parliament consists of the following parts:

102 members;
1 Speaker;
1 city lord;
And the artificial intelligence "0C".

Whether it is a member of Parliament, Speaker, City Lord, or 0C, all have the right to initiate proposals.

But only if more than 80% of the votes are in favor, the proposal can be passed and implemented.

Among them, the city lord and the speaker have single-vote veto power.

As the supreme military commander of the city defense iron guard, the Lord of the City is a very busy man. He rarely interferes in the affairs of the parliament. He will only take action unless the conflict is particularly acute and the parties are arguing and even the Speaker cannot suppress it.

Normally, the speaker is the boss of the city council!

One can imagine how important this location is to a self-circulating city? !

It's okay to run for district council. Although it costs a lot of money, the Xujiajia family has a big business and there's no pressure.

But running for Speaker is scary.

Over the years, the Xu family has almost emptied their foundation as a "nine-generation family" in order to support their third son in running for the next Speaker!

An unimaginable price was paid.

So it can only succeed, not fail.

"Speak, third child!" The eldest son of the Xu family looked at the southeast corner of the round table with some dissatisfaction, a well-dressed man with an exquisite appearance.

"Cough cough~"

Xu Tanqing coughed and said:

"The money problem has been solved. There is no need to worry about votes. The recommendation letter of the old speaker is also safe. My biggest competitors are the Xue family in District 2. Everything else is not a concern... In the election in six months, the odds of winning are about [-] to [-] Well, I’m six and he’s four.”

Hearing this, the other Xu family members had different expressions.

The eldest brother frowned, the second sister touched his chin, the third uncle narrowed his eyes...only the eldest uncle smiled.

Obviously, they are not unanimous in their satisfaction with the result of "[-] open".

Some think it's pretty good, while others think it's unsatisfactory and not safe enough.

But overall, it's still barely acceptable.

When Xu Tanqing is successfully elected as the Speaker of Jinghaicheng, their family's contribution will be nothing.

Anyway, it's up to people to plan things, and it's up to God to make things happen.

What the Xu family can do is already the limit.

The old speaker is 184 years old and will retire in six months.

To run for Speaker, in addition to votes, you must also meet a necessary condition!

That is to get the recommendation from one of the three parties: the city lord, 0C, and the former speaker.

Neither the city lord nor the artificial intelligence supports Xu Tanqing.

Originally, the old speaker didn't want to harm the Xu family.

But no matter what, the Xu family gave him a price he couldn't refuse...

In short, after hearing Xu Tanqing say that he was [-]% sure of winning, everyone present stopped dwelling on this topic.

However, the next second, Xu Tanqing’s words made them frown deeply——

"It's just...well, there are a lot of hidden dangers."

"Zhang Xinghai hasn't been dealt with yet, and he seems to be not only running away... but also intends to bite us back."

He briefly explained the matter.

It turned out that after Zhang Xinghai went to a black clinic to be implanted with a Zhangui 8-type military prosthetic body, his fighting power became as fierce as a yuppie. Not only did he have the ability to protect himself, he even began to try to find opportunities to retaliate against Xu Tanqing.

Just yesterday morning he went to see a reporter.

The reporter had been secretly investigating the Xu family for many years. Although he had no concrete evidence of crime, he also found some clues.

Zhang Xinghai wanted to use the clues in the reporter's hands to find clues, bring down the Xu family, and wash away his grievances.

"The 'Dark Dagger' plan must not be exposed!" The eldest brother of the Xu family said with a gloomy expression, "Otherwise, not only will it affect your campaign, but I will also be implicated!"

"Dark Dagger" was a proposal initiated by the Xu family to the parliament many years ago in order to facilitate the development of their own family.The content is as follows:

Establish a secret agent organization, which has the power to monitor, monitor, track, infiltrate... and even assassinate any unit or individual that may threaten the security of Jinghai City.

In addition, 0C is also an important part of the plan. It must provide the "Dark Dagger" organization with the required information and intelligence.

The proposal did not pass and even aroused the anger of millions of people in Jinghai City at the time.

People can accept having their privacy monitored by artificial intelligence. After all, OC is not a human being, it is just a tool.

Just like the anti-fraud APP in a communication device, it will always keep an eye on your communications, but will only alert you when you encounter fraud.

The same goes for 0C. It is just an observer, recorder, and manager on the Internet and will not reveal any citizen's personal privacy.

This is an instruction written into its program. While supervising, it also has the mission of keeping secrets... Even if the city lord comes, he has to step aside.

But people absolutely cannot accept having all their privacy monitored by "people".

Information emails, instant messages, videos, photos, stored data, voice chat, file transfer, video conferencing, social network profiles...

These are personal privacy.

0C is okay, but humans are not.

Therefore, the "Dark Dagger" plan was directly rejected.

However, the Xu family was unwilling to accept it. They simply took a dangerous approach and quietly implemented the plan.But without the help of 0C, it can only be regarded as a castrated version of "Dark Dagger".

Despite this, this secret service organization has also reaped huge benefits for the Xu family in recent years! !

"Don't worry, I killed that reporter and Zhang Xinghai didn't find any clues."

Xu Tanqing quickly added.

Call ~
Everyone then breathed a sigh of relief.

Once the Dark Dagger plan is exposed, the Xu family will lose at least 30% of their family strength.

Fortunately, Zhang Xinghai is just a dog at the end of his rope, and it is difficult to make waves.

However, this was just an appetizer. After talking about the Dark Dagger plan, Xu Tanqing coughed and said in a difficult tone:

"There is one more...well, a slightly bigger hidden danger."

Hearing this, everyone present looked at him with doubts, waiting for his follow-up.

He gritted his teeth, gritted his teeth, and began to "draw the jade" after "throwing bricks":
"Chen Yinglong is dead... He was assassinated an hour ago. The identity of the assassin is unknown... The 17th District branch of the Shadow Dragon Society was also taken away."

As soon as he finished speaking, the whole hall was silent.

"What did you say?!"

The eldest son of the Xu family stood up, angry and anxious, and shouted furiously: "Then...where is that batch of goods? Zhuo, don't tell me that that batch of goods was robbed? If that thing is exposed, we will all Gotta die!!”

The rest of the people also looked pale and at a loss, with deep fear and horror in their eyes.

It is true that the Xu family is a giant. In the Jinghaicheng Assembly alone, their family occupies 9 seats.

They have great influence in three fields: parliament, business circles, and the Iron Guard.

From the initial construction of Jinghai to the second-level self-circulating city today, it only has a history of several hundred years.

What is the concept of a nine-generation family?
But even though the family is so powerful, at this moment, the fear of all the Xu family present is still palpable.

"I have moved the goods a long time ago...Don't be so afraid."

Xu Tanqing shrugged his shoulders and said: "I didn't even want to come to this meeting... I just guessed that you would be surprised."

"Shocked?" His second uncle gritted his teeth, "How can you make it so easy to confiscate a house and exterminate a family?"

"Has it been transferred? That's good...that's good..."

The second sister of the Xu family managed to calm down, with a lingering fear on her face, and then quickly asked:

"Is the assassin's target Chen Yinglong, or that batch of goods? Is it an ordinary grudge in the world, or is he here to investigate?"

"How the hell do I know? Isn't this still under investigation~"

Xu Tanqing said impatiently: "Don't worry, the other main material will be shipped to Jinghai soon. In just three days, that batch of goods will disappear from this world, and all evidence will be erased."

Call ~
After hearing his solemn assurance, everyone present felt a little more at ease.

No wonder the Xu family is so scared...

If the Dark Dagger plan is exposed, it will only cause the Xu family to lose 30% of its strength.

Once the batch of goods smuggled by Chen Yinglong is exposed, it will mean that the Xu family will be completely wiped out by the righteous iron fist of the Human Federation from this huge planet that has experienced five confluences of the heaven and earth... and will no longer exist! !

Fortunately, as long as nothing happens in these three days, the Xu family can escape from the danger, sit back and relax, and continue playing music and dancing.

The bigger the wind and waves, the more expensive the fish!
It's worth taking the risk.

　The last chapter seems a bit short, here is another chapter.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)