The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

144. Trade Union

Lune Harkow's body shook violently, and he stared at Douglas in disbelief.

He never told anyone about his desire to cling to Newt Gunley, and he never left any written records, because it was just a plan.

However, the person in front of him said it accurately!

He even spoke out the deepest thoughts in his heart!

"So, you tell me, should I cut off the dream of a promising employee, or fulfill his ambition to climb up?" Douglas Stamp still slowly spun his glass.

Rune-Harkle was completely subdued. He almost lay down on the table and whispered in a trembling voice: "Whatever you want me to do, I will do it no matter what it is."

Douglas looked at him with satisfaction, and exchanged glances with a woman on the opposite table. The woman was smartly dressed, with a shirt, a one-step skirt, and black stockings, and she was holding a personal terminal in her hand. She looked like a strong woman in the office.

Only somewhat uniquely, two locks of hair on her forehead were dyed purple.

She is the super hacker who was sent to Coruscant recently, Super Lotus. She flicked her finger across the screen and found a communication connection. A sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth. She tapped the keyboard a few times to completely intercept the communication signal, and then made a concealed gesture.

Douglas nodded and said, "You don't have to wait for the second person you arranged, they will never come."

Rune Harkle's feet were weak and he almost slipped under the table. Now he had completely lost hope, so he could only bow his head and remain silent.

Douglas pushed a piece of paper over, "Do as it says and you'll have a future. Otherwise..."

Lu En-Harkle saw the content of the note, and suddenly broke out in cold sweat, "If I do this, the people above will definitely not give me a good face..."

"It seems that between a good face and the future, you chose the latter?"

"No... I'll do the same..."

"Very good. But you don't have to worry, since we have made contributions, we will naturally report back."

...

"The Mutual Aid Fund for Planets in the Outer Rim of the Milky Way has received the signatures of 94 planet councilors! If we can get 6 more signatures, our initiative will be formally discussed in the Galactic Council!! Our goal is only one step away! !" Claire Underwood chanted from the stage at a rally.

Beside her, representatives from the planets of Rodia, Semirs, Jabim, and Marathal were also cheering for her.

"We will unite to face injustice and exploitation! We will make our voices resound throughout the galaxy!!" Claire Underwood said loudly.

The people in the audience applauded and cheered loudly, and the atmosphere was very enthusiastic.

However, at this moment, a sudden change occurred!

Suddenly there was a gunshot in a building ahead!

boom! ! A blast energy beam directly hit the podium in front of Claire, and the powerful power directly blew the podium to pieces!

Almost at this moment, the T-850 bodyguards on the side had already swooped over, blocking Claire directly behind, and several other bodyguards quickly pushed her to the ground, and escorted her away with cats on their waists.

There were screams and exclamations at the scene, and the bodyguards of several other planetary councilors reacted equally quickly, sending their protected objects away immediately.

The ordinary people who were onlookers fled in all directions, but the reporters went straight forward, afraid of missing any wonderful shots, and the scene suddenly became chaotic.

At the same time, on the surface of Coruscant, in an office of the Trade Union, Rune Harkle adjusted his black top hat, took a deep breath nervously, and walked out.

He said to his secretary: "Immediately issue an announcement to Planet Rodia and Planet Jabim, telling them that if they don't withdraw from the mutual aid fund, their transportation tax will increase by 50% from next month!"

The female secretary of the Twi'lek was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Now the Milky Way Outer Rim Planet Mutual Aid Fund is the focus of public opinion propaganda. If a public announcement is made at this time, it may have an impact on the image of our trade union..."

"Idiot!!" Lune Hackle screamed sharply, "If you don't stop the mutual aid funds and let their influence continue to expand, then it will directly affect our income!! We need money or image! You Choose one yourself!"

The assistant trembled, and quickly picked up the communicator and started to carry out the tasks that Rune-Harkle had instructed.

...

The speed of news spread is extremely fast. Within a few hours after Claire Underwood was attacked, the news that the founder of the Milky Way Outer Rim Mutual Aid Fund was shot spread throughout the galaxy.

Journalists and the media are natural conspiracy theorists, and they immediately associate many things.

For example, the reason behind this shooting is naturally that some people do not want to see this mutual aid fund continue to develop. And who is it?

Some people began to analyze that the mutual aid fund is to allow those backward outer ring galaxies to help each other, so that those capitalists who specialize in monopolizing planetary trade to make huge profits have no room to exploit. Especially the trade alliance that has monopolized many planets will be greatly affected.

As we all know, the largest business of the trade alliance is the transportation business. Because many of the participating planets in the Galactic Republic are actually very backward in technology, and some planets are even slavery. In the Middle Ages, it is really difficult for them to build spaceships immediately.

Because in order to allow these planets to join the big family of the Galactic Republic as soon as possible, the Republic has a series of support policies. Of course, few of these policies have actually been implemented.

But no matter what, since you have joined the Galactic Republic, at the very least, you have to send a representative in Coruscant, the capital of the Galactic Republic, right? Where did the spaceships come from those medieval planets?

Taking it a step further, if you want to buy the advanced technologies and products of the Galactic Republic, you need money, right? But where does the money come from? sell natural resources. But how to sell it?

The Trade Federation will come to you at this time.

They will provide transportation services for these planets, send their representatives to Coruscant or other planets where they need to go, and ship their products to other parts of the galaxy.

Over time, the Trade Federation gradually took control of the transportation industry of the Galactic Republic. It cannot be said to be a monopoly, but in the backward star region of the outer ring of the Milky Way, the logistics of most planets rely on the trade alliance.

This is where the core interests of the Trade Federation lie, so it is not difficult to understand why the Trade Federation is hostile to the Mutual Aid Fund in the Outer Rim of the Galaxy.