Blackstone Code

With a bang, the door to the conference room was knocked open. (Due to caching reasons, please visit the COM website directly with your browser to watch the fastest chapter updates)

All the committee members turned and looked in the direction of the main gate. The clock hanging directly above the main gate was ticking.

It was already 10:40, and the meeting had started for nearly an hour.

Two figures rushed in quickly from outside the door. The person in the front lost his center of gravity after rushing into the door and fell to the ground.

The entire conference room was as quiet as a morgue, and everyone stopped all their movements.

Even breathing became much easier.

A young man walked in from the door. He was panting heavily and holding a hand on his waist. "The car Mr. Gladstone was riding in had an accident and is now stuck at the intersection of the highway."

"A series of car accidents, many cars were stuck together, and the fire brigade couldn't get in. Mr. Gladstone's current condition is unknown..."

He spoke intermittently, taking deep breaths and gasping for air all the way up the stairs. He felt like he could hardly breathe!

Most of the committee members had a special smile on their faces. Gladstone's car accident was definitely not an accident.

On the faces of other committee members, there was only fear and uneasiness!

They really dare to attack Gladstone!

Is there anything else they dare not do?

Soon the canvassing session ended, and everyone returned to their seats. When the host re-read the proposal content and asked everyone to vote by a show of hands.

Those who had not raised their hands before slowly raised their hands after looking around.

They seemed to be surrounded by enemies!

If you don’t raise your hand, you will become an outlier!

Some of them are still young, some of them still have unfulfilled ambitions, and... persistence is meaningless!

More and more people raised their hands, and soon the count was over. Except for a few abstentions, less than ten votes were against. With a high approval rate of 93%, the impeachment of Gladstone was passed!

The party leader stepped onto the podium at this time. He looked around the entire meeting and showed a happy smile.

Gladstone has not replaced him yet, but this does not mean that Gladstone dare not or cannot do it.

He just hasn't found the right person, and once he does, he will definitely replace the leader too!

Although this is just a "mascot", mascots also have the benefits of mascots.

Now, he doesn’t have to worry about getting up one day to continue playing the role of mascot in public, and someone stops him outside his home and tells him, “You’re fucking unemployed.”

Everything is great!

The Progressive Party would be perfect without Gladstone!

"Gentlemen, I am glad that you have made the appropriate choice. Regarding Mr. Gladstone's issue, we will hand it over to the internal affairs department."

"In addition, we also need to consider electing a new committee chair."

"During his tenure as chairman of the party committee, Mr. Gladstone abused his power and engaged in dictatorial rule. This made us see the disadvantages of excessive concentration of power."

"So this time, we will also carry out a certain degree of reform and correction on party affairs."

"We will adhere to the principles of more transparency and fairness to select the chairman of the committee in everyone's mind."

"Any Progressive Party member can sign up..."

…

With a bang, the door to the conference room was knocked open by the driver's shoulder.

Gladstone's vague eyes scanned the entire conference room, and his expression changed from what he thought was "resolute" to one of astonishment.

The conference room was filled with a strong smell of smoke, and there were many cigarette butts on the floor.

The federal government has not yet begun to regulate the tobacco industry, let alone clearly regulate indoor and outdoor smoking.

The Federal Tobacco Group, headed by Every Moment, spends tens of millions in public relations expenses every year just to prevent the sharp blade of the law from falling on its own head!

So whether it's here or in the conference room of Congress, if people want to smoke, they can smoke.

After all, until now, many people think that "smoking" is a very gentlemanly behavior.

The staff was cleaning cigarette butts on the floor and wiping the remaining cigarette ashes on the table. Gladstone's eyes quickly became bloodshot. He looked at a staff member not too far away from him and asked loudly, "Why is there no one here? "

The staff also saw Gladstone. He hesitated and said, "The meeting is over."

"It's over...?!" Gladstone's expression became a little distorted, "What's the result?"

The staff was silent for a while again, "Mr. Gladstone, the committee passed the impeachment proposal against you with an overwhelming majority..."

Gladstone couldn't believe that this was happening. He shook his head and pushed the driver away, but soon fell to the ground because his broken leg couldn't use any strength.

He didn't believe that those loyal subordinates didn't even hold on for a little while. Did they... all betray him?

He couldn't believe this fact!

However, when his eyes fell on the clock directly above the door, he was stunned for a moment.

At 11:48, the second hand is still moving slowly and quickly.

He could even hear the ticking sound...

Why, is it eleven forty-eight?

Why not ten forty-eight?

Who stole...an hour of me?

Suddenly, he seemed to recall something...

The large truck made the caravan he was riding in lose control by passing another car. The entire car was pushed by the large truck and kept crashing into other vehicles.

The driver and passenger were screaming out of fear, and he was screaming too!

He seemed to be... pushed up by the huge impact, and his head suddenly hit the car.

He seemed to have fainted!

When he regained consciousness, he was woken up by firefighters, and his surroundings almost remained as they were during the impact.

He didn't realize how long he had been unconscious. All he knew about time was the questions he asked the nurse in the ambulance after climbing out of the caravan.

He asked the nurse how many minutes he had slept.

The nurse told him he slept for seven minutes.

If you include the time he set out from home, the time he climbed out, and these seven minutes, it should be about 10:40 when he arrived here.

At that time, the meeting should not have ended yet...

But little does he know, an hour has been stolen from him!

He wanted to cry but couldn't.

He has been taught since he was a child that he is not allowed to cry, because a man can bleed, but not cry!

His grandfather said so, and his father said so too.

When he was in elementary school, he was severely beaten by a group of people because of a fight. He went home crying, only to be beaten again by his grandfather.

Then let him take a stick and take him with him to beat up all the classmates who bullied him.

He hasn't cried since.

I don’t dare to cry, I can’t cry, and I won’t even cry!

But at this moment, he wanted to cry.

It's all fucking over!

Ten minutes later, Gladstone returned to the street. He stood in a phone booth and dialed the number of the Presidential Palace.

Soon the call was answered and it was Connor.

"I quit.". He didn't wait for Connor to speak and made his decision first.

Connor did not answer immediately, but waited for about ten seconds before saying in a tone of "Are you okay?" "It's too late, Gladstone."

"You are no longer the leader of the Progressive Party. Now you can't quell the dissatisfaction and anger of those people by withdrawing."

"If I were you, I'd go find a place to hide right now instead of calling me."

"You know, without that halo, there is no difference between you and the pedestrians on the roadside."

"This is my last advice to you as a friend."

"I have an appointment later, so I'm sorry that I can't continue to talk to you. I wish you a happy holiday, Gladstone!"

Connor hung up the phone, having made his words very clear.

The chairman of a ruling party committee, the first person in the party to take the blame and resign, is enough to calm the dissatisfaction and anger of many people!

Such a big guy has made such a concession, who can continue to chase him?

But when he loses this identity, quit?

This doesn’t impress anyone anymore!

He must pay the price!

When Gladstone came out of the phone booth, he looked like everyone was here to arrest him. He quickly lowered his head and lay on the driver's shoulder, "Send me to my villa, and I'll get you money."

The driver, who was already panting, was suddenly filled with strength again. He lifted Gladstone back into the car, and then drove the car towards the suburbs.

It was at this time that the Progressive Party's radio station was the first to broadcast to the whole society.

The broadcast stated that after all the members of the Progressive Party Committee voted, an absolute majority of the votes in favor overwhelmed the objections, and the impeachment proposal against the current Chairman of the Progressive Party Committee, Mr. Gladstone, was passed.

With immediate effect, Mr Gladstone will step down as Chairman of the Progressive Party Committee.

At the same time, the broadcast stated that all documents signed by Mr. Gladstone but not yet implemented as of 10:55 noon today were abolished.

At the same time, various intra-party and non-party documents previously signed by Gladstone will be reviewed and voted by the committee to decide whether to continue to implement them or to directly suspend them.

Completely erasing Gladstone from the seat of power of the Progressive Party, not only his people, but also some of the policies, rules and regulations, and even some cooperation matters he had promulgated before will be completely stopped.

This is a rare drastic step, which is rarely seen within a party!

When presidents change, it is normal for the successor to deny the policies and decisions of the previous president.

But this is the first time such severe measures have been taken within the party.

Immediately afterwards, the Progressive Party launched an internal affairs investigation into Gladstone to investigate whether he used his power to benefit himself while serving as chairman of the committee.

For a time, many ordinary people did not know what happened, and some even associated these changes with "political persecution"!