Barrier of Light

"By the way...there was an explosion near the Liberty Auditorium yesterday. Did you hear about it?"

Zhou Jiren shook his wine glass and asked with a low smile.

"Um……"

Zhao Xilai echoed lazily.

"Gu Shen, this kid, has been really unlucky recently... He went to the auditorium to listen to a concert, but he encountered a bomb arranged by Xiao." Mr. Shu said regretfully: "Tell me, how could it be such a coincidence?"

"This is always the case in the world, and there are no coincidences."

"I also like to listen to the concerts at the Liberty Auditorium." Zhao Xilai knew that Mr. Shu was going around in circles. In fact, he wanted to test his attitude towards the meeting between Lu Nanzhi and Ye Ningqiu, so he responded simply and neatly: "That's a good place, classical music." , elegant and loud.”

The last three words are stressed.

"Although I don't know why you like that kind of place..." Zhou Jixin understood and smiled: "But I still have to say, as long as you like it."

The countdown on the light curtain ends.

The flag of the Parliament and a square platform appeared in the center of the screen.

In fact, many key figures were expected to attend the nomination ceremony for the candidate members, but this time, the two members of Dadu chose to stay away to avoid suspicion.

Everyone knows the reason for this.

Regarding the Awakening Act, Zhao and Chen have completely different opinions. It is indeed inconvenient for these two to meet each other today.

It’s not suitable for anyone to come, so don’t come at all.

"I heard that Nanwan has nominated three alternative members." Zhou Jiren said: "There should be a fierce battle next, right? I'm sweating for the little girl Nanzhi right now."

Even though he said this, there was no hint of nervousness in his demeanor.

Drink what you should drink.

You should eat desserts.

Purely... just a spectator.

And soon, beyond everyone's expectation, something happened.

The first candidate to be nominated as an alternative member of the South Bay stood on the stage. He covered his tie with one hand, leaned down, looked around, gently tried the microphone, and after confirming that it was working, announced a news.

"I... withdraw from the race."

Outside the light curtain.

Zhou Jiren narrowed his eyes and slowly chewed a piece of strawberry juice cake.

It's really...a historic scene.

Escape from battle.

Nominating alternative members is not a casual matter... Nanwan nominated three people at once. These three are quite outstanding in terms of background and resume. Although the horizontal comparison cannot compete with Madam, looking at this posture, it is obvious that they are going to I tried my best to fight to the death with the Fuzhi Group at the final pass of the Awakening Act.

The nomination of the three alternative members is to severely hinder Lu Nanzhi from successfully obtaining the seat of the member.

But now, there are "deserters".

The speech in front of the light curtain caused countless controversies, and the noisy voices of the guests outside the screen could even be heard.

Zhao Xilai sat in a wheelchair and watched this scene quietly with his normal expression.

The second alternative member from South Bay followed the former's footsteps and slowly came to the stage... He made exactly the same actions and said exactly the same words.

"I'm also...withdrawing from the race."

The second bombshell.

Then came the third one.

"I'm sorry...I'm also withdrawing from the race."

Three South Bay congressmen successively announced their withdrawal from the election. Without any more words, they left the venue, leaving only a noise. No one had ever seen such a scene.

South Bay abandons nominating race for alternative council member...

Perhaps it seems hopeless to everyone.

But no matter what, this is what we should strive for.

…

…

Huge laughter erupted on the top floor.

Even Zhao Xilai, who was sitting in a wheelchair, couldn't help laughing.

For those senior executives who were invited to the celebration banquet, they had thought about how this campaign would end.

But I didn't expect it anyway.

It will be so fast.

South Bay's light-speed exit seems a bit comical.

As for Zhao Xilai, he felt that Zhou Jiren came at the right time. He admired the look of astonishment on the face of the Grand Adjudicator of Dongzhou at this moment... People who hold great power often enjoy this feeling——

Because he already knew what would happen today.

Everyone found the campaign hilarious.

And Zhao Xilai thought everyone was funny.

The greatest joy is to help people.

Mr. Shu noticed that there was another person who was not smiling, that was Cui Zhongcheng. This paralyzed man seemed to have lost the ability to laugh... standing quietly like a wooden pile, without joy, anger, sorrow, or life.

The noisy voices in the light curtain slowly settled down.

Finally, the lady in a purple dress came to the stage.

The election campaign has just begun——

The campaign is over.

All three candidates in the South Bay chose to "commit suicide." They ended sadly, and the real protagonist made a grand appearance.

The overwhelming flashing lights came, and the lady stood in front of the dais, with the flag of Dadu behind her, her dress and the flag swaying in the wind.

She stood silently for a long time, seeming to be thinking about something, or making up her mind about something.

One minute later.

Lu Nanzhi spoke slowly.

Her voice was firm and powerful, and was not affected by the three previous rejects... As the outside world praised her, Madam has an iron-blooded wrist and a more powerful aura than a man.

The moment she spoke, the whole place fell into silence.

Everyone listened quietly to Lu Nanzhi's campaign manifesto, even though there was no need for such a thing now.

"Today's podium... I don't think anyone is more qualified to stand here than me."

"Ten years ago, this was my father's platform."

"He has shed sweat, tears, and finally... blood here."

"Dadu raised me, this is my hometown, mother... I have thought countless times, what would I do if I could contribute to this land?"

A flashbulb shines on the woman's cheek.

Lu Nanzhi's eyes were brighter than the lights.

Zhao Xilai, who was sitting in a wheelchair, watched this scene with relief.

What follows is a warm campaign declaration.

Everyone knows that after the declaration is over, the main event comes.

After taking a deep breath.

The lady looked directly at the camera, and she spoke calmly and forbearingly: "We all know that most of us need to change... and the urgent change right now is the Awakening Act. The deep sea has given us the equation to calculate the fate of mankind. In the past hundreds of days, we have I was arguing about it at night and my attitude was actually very simple.”

"The fate of mankind must be held in the hands of mankind."

Lu Nanzhi raised her head.

After she said these words, the audience burst into exclamation again.

The lady said firmly: "Change requires time, order requires stability... and the power to promote the historical process cannot be left to the hands of machines."

"About the suggestions given by Deep Sea on the implementation of the Awakening Act..."

"I object."