The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

966、The Hidden Tauren

The squabbling in the Galactic Council continued, and then the farce, involving thousands of powerful people, culminated in a sentence from Rush Clovis, representative of the Interplanetary Banking Association.

He said lightly: "According to our intelligence, the Confederation of Independent Galaxies borrowed 300 billion credits from us to expand the scale of the war with the production capacity of 100 industrial planets as collateral."

Naboo planet councilor Padmé Amidala stood up abruptly, and said angrily: "Your Interstellar Banking Association has been at both ends of the war, providing funds for both sides at the same time! Now bring this matter to the Republic Council It said, where did you put the constitution of the Republic!! 300 billion credit points, enough to arm 50 combat formations!"

Rush-Clovis spread out his hands with an innocent look on his face, "The Constitution of the Republic doesn't provide regulations on what to do after a civil war occurs? The current situation is that since this is a civil war within the Galactic Republic, then we As a fair, fair and open banking industry, it is naturally obliged to provide financial services to members of the Republic. Moreover, once we cut off the supply of funds, many people on the outer ring planets will starve, and there is no way."

"Your behavior is undoubtedly expanding the scale of the war! Don't tell me that we can't tell whether the funds are used to build warships or to buy food!" Alderaan Planet Councilor Bail Organa also Stand up and blame.

"Actually, we really can't control it." Rush Clovis shook his head rascally.

The meeting was still inconclusive, and Speaker Schiff Palpatine announced another temporary adjournment, which will continue tomorrow.

Padmé Amidala came out of the venue angrily, her beautiful face was flushed, her teeth were clenched, her brows were bristling, and she was already extremely angry.

At this time, a person walked up to her, came to her and gave a noble salute politely, "Padmé, today I am very pleased to see you as beautiful and full of vitality as usual."

When Padmé saw this person, he was furious. This person was the representative of the Interstellar Banking Association on the side of the Galactic Council, and also the representative of the Scipio star area—Rush Clovis s.

In fact, although he works for the Interplanetary Banking Association, he is actually a human.

The Interstellar Banking Association is not completely controlled by the Muuns, it is just that the founders are Muuns, and their shares and influence are the largest, and there are still a large number of people of other races serving in it.

The same is true for some other corporate giants. Not all Neimoidians are in the Trade Union, and not all Kurivas are in the Enterprise Alliance...

Moreover, since humans are the race with the largest number and the most wealth and industry in the inner and core circles of the galaxy, the number of human executives among these corporate giants is also very large.

Rush Clovis is about 35 or 6 years old, and looks quite handsome and calm.

However, Padmé Amidala just wanted to pick up a chair and smash his handsome face into pieces. She snorted coldly and said, "Congratulations, Mr. Rush. By letting hundreds of millions of people die in the war , You and the master behind you have made a fortune again."

Rush Clovis sighed and said: "Padmé, you know what I mean. I never confuse public affairs with private affairs. In fact, what I want to explain to you is that today in Parliament At the venue, you may have over-interpreted some things..."

"There is nothing to over-interpret! Now your Interstellar Banking Association is providing funds for both sides of the war at the same time. This is an act of treason!" Padmé Amidala scolded.

Rush Clovis was startled, shook his head and said, "Since the outbreak of the war, you have been too sensitive...why can't you calm down? Just like before, you and me, the relationship between us... ..."

"Enough!" Padmé Amidala interrupted him directly, "I don't know what you're talking about! If we ever misunderstood, then today should all be clarified! Now please immediately Get out! I'll be bringing another round of proceedings to Parliament soon!"

Rush Clovis shook his head again, but turned and left without saying anything more.

In fact, he did have a relationship with Padmé Amidala 4 years ago, but Padmé has been vacillating between the duties of a member of parliament and his personal feelings, which makes their relationship always difficult. It is precarious.

Finally, after their intermittent underground love affair lasted for 3 years, with the outbreak of war, Padmé Amidala's attitude suddenly changed 180 degrees, and he directly spoke to him, and then although It was not stated clearly, but the relationship between the two ended here.

However, Rush - Clovis has always been in love with Padmé.

[PS: That's right! ! Do you think the artist boy Padmé mentioned in "The Phantom Menace" who had sex at the age of 14 is her only boyfriend? too naive! The time when Padmé and Clovis broke up was the outbreak of the war, that is to say, during the period of one or two months before the outbreak of the war, Padmé and Anakin Skywalker, who was several years younger than her, had sex At the time, she actually had a boyfriend! Did not expect it! Ha ha ha ha! In addition to the plot of the old cow eating tender grass, there is also a dark line of the tauren! 】

But love belongs to love, and career is the most important thing. This point, Rush Clovis thinks he can handle it well.

However, what he didn't know was that another pair of eyes had already been fixed on him.

In the speaker's office, the chairman of the Galactic Parliament, Heev Palpatine, was opening the communication to talk to someone, and the other end of the holographic projection was Master Windu.

At this moment, the face of Mace Windu, whose body has undergone mechanized transformation and treatment, is icy cold, and his red mechanical prosthetic eye exudes a terrible light.

"You mean, you suspect that the Interstellar Banking Association has acted treasonously?" Master Mace Windu asked coldly.

Schiff Palpatine smiled warmly and said: "This is not a doubt, but something that is directly confirmed. But the problem is that from the perspective of the Constitution of the Republic, we cannot convict the Interstellar Banking Association. And you I also understand that the Interstellar Banking Association controls the economic lifeline of the galaxy, and any action against them may have serious consequences."

"So, what are you going to do?" Master Windu asked.

"I want the Jedi Order to step in and investigate, Rush Clovis," Palpatine said.

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[Easter egg chapter attached picture 1: Rush Clovis, Padmé's second boyfriend. 】