Chapter 1174: After the Election

Senator Cleveland and his party returned to the Social Party's headquarters building. The office building, which had been exceptionally busy for the past two days, looked much quieter at this time.

Every staff member sat at their own position. Their faces were dull, their eyes looked blankly at an unknown direction, there was no focus in their eyes, no focus in their sight, just staring blankly, as if their souls had been pulled out of their bodies by some force at this moment.

Losing the election was a feeling that the Social Party hadn't experienced for a long time. The last time they felt this feeling... should have been more than twenty years ago?

The time was so long that they even forgot that the position of President didn't necessarily belong to the Social Party; it could also belong to the Liberal Party or the Federal Party.

They knew before this that there was such a possibility, losing to the Liberal Party, but when it really arrived, people still couldn't bear such a result.

Senator Cleveland and his party walked directly through the office hall, came to the place further back, and took the elevator up to the conference room upstairs.

It was filled with smoke, and the air was filled with a thick smell of smoke, and it was impossible to tell whether it was cigarettes or cigars.

Everyone sitting in the chairs in the conference room could be seen with a cigarette or cigar in their mouth or hand. They looked very calm, at least much better than those ordinary people outside.

When the sound of the door being pushed open rang out, the Social Party Committee Chairman looked toward them, "You've worked hard, find a seat and sit down."

There are many departments within the political parties of the Federation, some of which may not be that important, but there are also some departments that are exceptionally important.

For example, the Social Party Committee and the Social Party Representative Committee, these two organizations are the top priority within the Social Party. The Liberal Party also has such organizations, perhaps with slight changes in names, but essentially they are the same.

Now sitting here are all members of the Social Party Committee.

Senator Cleveland is also one of the members of the Social Party Committee. After greeting others, he found a seat near the front and sat down, and others also sat down one after another, including the presidential candidate.

"I knew the result at the first moment. Although the gap with what we expected is not very large, really getting such a result still makes me very sad."

The Committee Chairman took off his glasses. While wiping his glasses with a small piece of deer skin by his hand, he lowered his head and said in a low voice, "This matter also tells us a fact: we are not yet strong enough to be invincible."

"Past continuous successes have made us somewhat lost in our success, and confidence has also become annoying arrogance."

"Even if we don't consider... the dozen or so extra votes from those Labor Party people, we still lost to the Liberal Party by a relatively obvious number of votes."

"We need to learn from this failure and give them a hard punch in the next general election."

He looked at Senator Cleveland, "Next, the adjustment of Congress seats will be our most important work at present. From the information and news we have obtained this time, we can be sure of only sixteen seats."

"Too few, we need more seats."

In the past, when the Social Party was at its peak, they controlled twenty-six seats in the Senate, more than half, and were also the majority party in the Senate.

But now, they can only confirm sixteen seats. It can be said that they lost one-third at once. This is a heavy blow.

Not only are there fewer seats, their voices have become weaker, and they are no longer the majority party in the Senate. Many things and work have to face major adjustments.

Thinking of this, everyone's expression became very serious.

The presidential election failed, just losing an opportunity for a party candidate to stabilize the Presidential Palace, but if they lost control of Congress, then the Social Party would truly fall into a passive position in a comprehensive sense.

The Committee Chairman put the wiped glasses back on. He looked at Senator Cleveland in the distance and those people beside him, "So now our main work is to fix some Senate seats in swing states and let them put the quotas into our hands."

"Besides this, we must find a way not to let the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives fall into the hands of the Liberal Party. Once the speakers of both houses are their people, plus the influence of the majority party leader, we will completely lose most of our advantages in Congress."

His fingers tapped on the table, and when his nails poked the table, it would make a crisp impact sound, "This is the most important work at present. Other things can be put aside."

Although the Liberal Party won in the general election, they got electoral votes from swing states and the Labor Party and even the Federal Party, but this doesn't mean they can completely control Congress.

First is the seat problem. Electors voting for them doesn't mean that the Senate candidates nominated by swing states must also be Liberal Party people.

Politics has never been as simple as one plus one. Now that the Liberal Party has won in the general election, swing states will instead be more inclined to sell this Senate candidate qualification to the highest bidder through trading!

Whoever can give these swing states more benefits, or give more benefits to those who can decide this matter, then they will nominate local Liberal Party people or Social Party people to become state-resident Senate candidates.

They can even consider fighting for two or three more seats from the Federal Party or the Labor Party. As long as the price they offer is not outrageous, there is nothing that cannot be agreed to.

And, the Committee Chairman believes that, in fact, these neutral factions, the Federal Party and the Labor Party people, are also unwilling to see the Liberal Party completely control both houses of Congress with tyrannical power in such a short time.

Now they can still talk properly because the results of the Congress seat changes haven't come out yet. Once they control both houses, they might not be as easy to talk to as they are now.

"Political unification" is not only not a panacea for the Federation, but the most poisonous poison. Federal people are afraid of this kind of formal unification; what they want is balance, is control.

So the Social Party side has a high probability, as long as they are willing to pay a price that shows enough sincerity, they can still continue to control the House of Representatives.

As long as the House of Representatives is in hand, it's nothing more than continuing to trade. Otherwise, if you don't let me have a good time, I can also make you not have a good time.

The Committee Chairman emphasized, "Even if we use some means, it's not impossible."

Next, they discussed some specific content. When the meeting was dismissed, he specifically kept Senator Cleveland, and the two went to his office together.

After closing the door, the Committee Chairman sat in his position and said, "You should put more effort into the House of Representatives. I remember you have a good relationship with that... Lans White."

Senator Cleveland nodded, "He is very helpful to us now, in terms of funds, influence, and other aspects."

The Committee Chairman nodded, "What I want to say is this person. He has some people under his command who can be used. This time the Liberal Party's strong rise, there must be some people in the House of Representatives who want to find some opportunities from it."

"Regardless of whether they can talk or not, we must ensure that we can handle the majority, so using some cross-the-line means when necessary is acceptable."

"As long as it doesn't make everyone know, and doesn't make it to the media, do you understand what I mean?"

Some people are cheap bones. When soft ones don't necessarily work, people like Lans can come in handy.

Senator Cleveland showed a little smile, not much, "I understand Lans. He does things very cleanly and basically can't find any flaws."

He thought of the truck collision that had almost become the "representative work" of the Lans family. This is truly an unsolvable approach.

They hired those patients in the late stages of terminal illness, using their strong desire to leave a last sum of wealth to their families, as well as the need to obtain more potent painkillers unconditionally, and even promised to help them get relief later, making these people the most unsolvable killers in the judiciary.

You say they are intentional murder; they will tell you drunkenly that they just drank too much because of illness, and they need alcohol to anesthetize themselves.

Also because of illness, they need to work harder to earn money to pay for their medical expenses. This is completely flawless.

As for why they hit a very special person at such a time and in such a place?

Someone has to be hit, not this one, then that one, it's just that the one who was hit happened to pass by today, that's all.

Everything is clean. When Senator Cleveland first encountered Lans's truck collision, he was slightly surprised by this hand of his.

Clean means are what everyone likes. The cleanliness here doesn't mean positive means, but means that won't be caught with evidence.

Money, power, life or death, someone will always compromise on one of them.

All day long, those people in the entire Federation who are very sensitive to politics and have more immersive experiences are in a state of excitement. They urgently hope that President-elect Potter can bring what he promised to the people to this world as soon as possible.

Mr. Potter also held a grand celebration in his family manor. The star politicians of the Liberal Party in the entire federal political scene basically attended this celebration ceremony.

There were countless reporters outside the manor. They kept filming everything of value, as if the whole world began to abandon the Social Party and revolve around the Liberal Party the moment the result of the Liberal Party's victory appeared.

Mr. Potter had already changed into a set of clothes. He stood in the middle of the crowd, and people kept coming over to say a few nice words to him. The muscles on his face became a bit stiff, even cramping, because he had been smiling all the time.

Too many people came, and everyone wanted to have a good relationship with the new President, which related to whether they could go further in the next four or eight years.

Especially some big capitalists, if they couldn't have a good relationship with the President, it would be a very difficult term for them.

So the representatives of those big consortiums and chaebols all came, and also prepared some precious gifts.

Director Luo Bu stood in the corner, and there was also a hint of a smile on his face. Mr. Potter... now should be called the future President Mr. Potter, successfully won the election, which means he could avoid the cumbersome procedures and processes of the judicial department on many issues.

What if there is no search warrant from the Department of Justice?

The President signs a document here, and he can take people to rush into Lans's manor, search his house inch by inch, and find evidence of his crimes from inside.

Thinking of the moment when the balance of the war between him and Lans finally tilted toward himself, his heart was relaxed.

Of course, it wasn't completely relaxed, because his wife and children hadn't been found yet.

He didn't have so much energy to take care of these things now. What he had to do first was to ensure the safety of the President. As for his wife and children?

At some very exhausted moments, some thoughts that shouldn't exist even sprouted in his heart.

In short, let's finish the work of these few days first.

He patrolled back and forth, letting the agents under him observe every visitor who came in, confirming that they posed no threat to the President.

In some higher positions around, he also arranged some snipers to ensure that absolutely no accidents could happen.

Because there were too many people, perhaps Mr. Potter himself didn't know how many people he had met.

After he made a brief victory speech, he returned to the manor. He needed to rest now.

"This is even more tiring than when I was waiting for the results!" He leaned on the sofa and said so with his head tilted back.

Everyone would greet him, chat with him for a few sentences, and some would even drink a little wine with him.

Even if he didn't drink much wine, just sipped a little, but adding so much together made him feel a bit tipsy.

Besides him, there were some other people from the Liberal Party in the room, and they all had a flush on their faces after drinking wine.

The Liberal Party Committee Chairman, the Party Whip, and the Liberal Party leader and other heavyweight party high-level officials all gathered here.

The Party Whip looked at Mr. Potter and others with a cold face, "Gentlemen, this is not the time to stop and enjoy the victory. We haven't completely handled everything."

"The seat problem of both houses is very important, as well as the review and submission of the cabinet personnel list. We still have a lot of things to do."

Mr. Potter raised his head again, "Come on!"

"Today is a day worth being happy. Can we not talk about these boring topics?"

"I've been tense for more than half a year, it's time to relax a little, at least relax today!"

"Tomorrow, I promise to go back to work tomorrow!"

The Party Whip just looked at him, "Actually, you can work now. You can go find those people who are helpful to these things, talk to them, and see how we should do it so they will give up the resources in their hands to us."

"I noticed a few people, you can go talk to them there..."

The Party Whip began to arrange work for him. Although Mr. Potter was not very willing, he still agreed.

"I hate work!" He patted his butt, stood up, and then left the room while cursing.

Alcohol and victory made him appear a bit "true-natured." There is such an evaluation only because he is the President of the Federation. If he were just an ordinary person, people would only scold him for being lazy.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1175 =====