Chapter 1192: Before Nightfall

The train started moving with a chugging sound. George's friend sat beside him, "Your state seems a bit wrong."

There was no smile on George's face. Originally, he wanted to express a kind of relaxation that wasn't so nervous. He wanted to squeeze out a bit of a smile, but he couldn't smile at all now.

He didn't know what the result of this journey was. He only knew one point, and that was that he was highly likely not to return.

Assassinating the governor... he felt it was a bit incredible just thinking about it now!

Himself, an ordinary person, but now he was going to assassinate the governor!

This fucking wasn't some satirical novel!

But it actually happened, and all this wasn't forced; it was his own willingness.

He couldn't watch his wife die in pain like this. He wanted to let her live longer. In his fifty-plus years of life, which wasn't long, everyone he cared about, and everyone who cared about him, had left one by one, leaving only his wife.

If even his wife left him, he didn't know what else in this world was worth lingering over.

For George, life wasn't a beautiful journey, and there was no beautiful scenery on the way of this journey.

Dull, boring, dark.

Life was like a train departing from dawn and driving toward the night. It would experience the most glorious noon, but in the end, it would only drive toward boundless darkness.

The current him was standing on the edge of darkness, only one step away from the destruction of life and eternal loneliness.

In fact, he could terminate all this. He only needed to go to the normal gathering, then he wouldn't have an accident. He could return to his hometown, return to his wife's side, but what about his wife?

If she died, what about himself?

People always have these or those concerns, always wanting to get this and get that, but people can't get everything; they can only get some, a part.

George, sitting in the car, had no expression on his face. At this very moment, he didn't even want to talk to his friend. He shook his head and turned his head to look outside the car.

This made his friend also understand that George's mood might not be very good at this time, probably related to his wife.

His friend patted his shoulder, "Everything will get better."

This sentence made George freeze for a moment, because this was also the sentence he often said to his wife.

Everything will get better.

But in fact, it didn't get better; it just became worse.

He nodded slightly and said a "thank you," then stopped talking, his gaze staying on the aimless wilderness outside the car window.

At the same time, Governor Wei De, who was working in the state government office, didn't have a very good-looking face either. He had already warned all family members, as well as some cooperating capital parties, to suppress some social problems as soon as possible, even if it was just suppressing them until February—one month's time.

He thought his orders were like God's instructions to these people, but in reality, not only did some people in the family not listen to his words, those capital parties who cooperated with him didn't care about his thoughts at all.

Let the capitalists spend extra money to solve these problems that they didn't need to solve in the first place?

That was absolutely impossible!

They didn't let the police suppress these resistance forces, which was already the biggest concession they could make, so now those "pains" still existed within Denuo State.

Now, some people had gathered in the square outside the state government, holding various placards and standing there.

Local media didn't dare to report these news too much; after all, this matter related to Governor Wei De and the capital groups around him. But reporters from outside didn't have so many concerns.

They continuously took photos and would also interview those demonstrating and protesting people, digging out some important plot points from their mouths.

All this made Governor Wei De a bit passive. When these people were scattered in various places, they couldn't form any substantial harm to him.

But when they gathered together, in the square outside the state government, the impact on him and the state government reached its upper limit!

"We investigated, someone organized them to come together, but we haven't found these people yet," the State Police Chief stood before Governor Wei De, slightly bowing his back, just like a primary school student who had made a mistake, trying his best to explain to the teacher why he was so stupid.

Governor Wei De looked at him calmly but full of pressure. Just looking at him calmly made a thin layer of sweat break out on the State Police Chief's face, and his body was also heating up.

Inside the clothes that should have provided temperature to make him feel comfortable and warm, it was as if a small sun had suddenly hidden inside, hot to the point of sweating all over.

These sweats and the close-fitting clothes started to fully contact, and the clothes became a bit sticky, very uncomfortable.

He twisted his body. At this time, Governor Wei De's eyeballs moved, scaring him so much that he didn't dare to move randomly, not even daring to breathe loudly.

After a while, the atmosphere in the room was so oppressive that people didn't dare to breathe, and Governor Wei De said, "Arrange for people to scatter, go investigate who these people are, find a way to ferret them out, and dig out the people pushing these things behind the scenes."

"This kind of thing you should have discovered in advance, prevented in advance, and solved in advance, instead of letting them explode completely in front of me."

"What will the media outside say?"

"How will the people in the state look at me, look at this matter?"

"Originally it was just a very small matter, but it was because of your negligence that this matter became bigger and bigger. I now very much doubt whether you can be competent for the work in your hands."

"Before I am completely disappointed in you, get this matter done, understand?"

The State Police Chief took a deep breath, and some of the heavy burdens in his heart were also put down a bit, "I know how to do it, Governor."

Governor Wei De nodded slightly, "Go to work now, and then close the door."

The State Police Chief breathed a sigh of relief as if he had obtained a special pardon, turned around, and walked toward the outside, without looking back.

After the door closed, a restless expression appeared on Governor Wei De's face.

He knew who did this, but knowing who did it was of no use. The higher the status, the greater the social influence, the more you have to pay attention to the legality of evidence, and require the procedure and process to be legal.

This is one of the core game rules of the federation!

Knowing is useless; you have to find evidence. If you can't find evidence, even if everyone knows, it's still useless. After all, the federation is a country that talks about evidence and law.

He took a deep breath. The speed of the Wei De family's rise was still too fast, and it was precisely because the speed of the rise was too fast that the "levels" of the Wei De family members were high and low.

But... all this was something that couldn't be helped. It was just because of one wrong choice that all this happened.

Until now, these things that happened were like a wrong dream to Governor Wei De. He was pushed forward by a mysterious force.

His transaction with Sidney exhausted the Wei De family's foundation. After all, the Wei De family, even if they were one of the actual controllers of Jincheng, couldn't possess countless wealth.

Their wealth was a larger number for ordinary people, and even some small capital groups, but on a higher political stage, wanting to stir up the wind and clouds, it was still a bit lacking.

This is also why he stared at Lanse to re-formulate the profit distribution. In the process of running for governor, although Lanse gave them ten million federal Sol support, they still used up a large amount of family savings.

They needed to replenish this part of the money. Originally, his idea was that if Lanse could agree to his conditions, then the Wei De family's wealth would become abundant again.

And his requirements for Lanse weren't too bad either; at least Lanse could still leave more than ten percent of the profit in his hands.

It looked like this was very little profit, but in reality, the profit of such illegal businesses was often several times or ten-plus times, and more than ten percent of the profit was still a shocking number.

With Denuo State consuming at least several hundred million in alcohol every year, more than ten percent of the profit was also several tens of millions. Lanse couldn't be unsatisfied!

But he ignored one point: Lanse didn't look at the profit completely. The profit produced by Likaile State had already satisfied his pursuit of wealth. He looked at a kind of equal relationship—equality, justice.

Governor Wei De tried to destroy the agreement made before to violently obtain more wealth, which annoyed Lanse, so Lanse and he had a very unpleasant time.

And Governor Wei De couldn't bow his head first either. If he bowed his head, he didn't know what it would develop into later, but in short, he couldn't bow his head.

In order to make up for the hole in funds as soon as possible after breaking up with Lanse, and to make the family rich again, he could only deepen cooperation with some local consortiums in the state, and seize and plunder those non-local capital forces.

He actually knew that this kind of practice had great harm, but at this very moment, in the position he was in, he had no other room for choice.

By now, it was even less his decision on how to take the next step, but the entire event that decided it.

This was like a car tire, a very heavy, huge car tire, which had been tied together with Governor Wei De by a chain.

At the beginning, it stopped on the ground and didn't move. Governor Wei De needed to push it, and it would move.

When Governor Wei De kept pushing it, from walking, to running, and then faster and faster, and encountered a big downhill, even if he didn't go to push this tire, this tire would run forward at a faster speed.

Even because of the "chain" connection, it would take Governor Wei De along for a wild run.

As for where they would finally stop, only the tire knew; Governor Wei De himself couldn't choose or decide.

Just when he was considering how to resolve this troublesome matter, the telephone ring on the desktop rang again. He interrupted his thinking and answered the phone, "This is the governor's office, I am Wei De."

"It's me, Jeffrey."

Governor Wei De froze for a moment, "Hello, Jeffrey, I didn't expect you to call me. Is there anything?"

Senator Cleveland's laughter came from the receiver, "Of course, if there's nothing, why would I call you?"

"The purpose of calling you today is actually still because of the candidate list you submitted. I think you still need to seriously consider it. What do you say?"

"The Chairman should have contacted you these past few days, right?"

Governor Wei De frowned, "He did contact me, I already explained to him."

"I believe that adding two or three Liberal Party candidate quotas will make people support our work more, and also recognize it more!"

"Denuo State is a very 'Social Party-ized' region. Here, more than eighty percent of the voters are Social Party members, so it's impossible for us to have any unexpected things happen in this congressional election."

"Everything will be like the past. They are just accompanying the run, but the final result is the comprehensive victory of the Social Party candidates."

Senator Cleveland listened to him say these words very patiently, and didn't interrupt him. Only after he finished speaking did he continue, "I know your thoughts, and I can understand your thoughts."

"After all, the federation is a just and equal country. This is what we pursue. Letting people have more choices can reflect our determination to be just and enlightened."

"But, Wei De, now is a very critical moment. The change in congressional seats determines whether we will be completely suppressed in the next four or even eight years. This cannot allow any mistakes to appear."

"Next election, I support you in letting voters have more choices when filling out ballots, but this time, you have to listen to us."

The speed of his speech wasn't fast, but the articulation was clear, expressing all the content he wanted to express.

After Governor Wei De finished listening, he didn't make a reply immediately. He knew this was the best way to solve the current problem, pressing the pause button for everything.

But is this pause button really that easy to press?

He had already produced a huge crack with the Social Party now. He could imagine that after his term ended, the Social Party side wouldn't give him any resource support to continue running for governor.

The resources he possessed weren't enough for him to win the election continuously and serve as governor without any political party support.

Pressing the pause button would not only offend the Social Party, but also offend the Liberal Party. By then, the two political parties would launch an attack on him together, and he would have no chance at all.

It looked like he still had the possibility to change these, but in reality, he had already had no room for choice.

When Sidney told him that he could obtain the nomination for the Social Party governor candidate of Denuo State through some relationships, this road had already appeared in front of him, and there wasn't much room for choice.

If a person wants to control their own destiny, they have to fight. He fought, but it was a bad result; he could only walk along this road now.

Sometimes he would also reflect, but reflection actually had no use, especially when you walk into a dead end, reflection only makes you hit the final wall in pain and hesitation.

"I'll consider it," he gave an ambiguous answer. Senator Cleveland knew that this call of his didn't achieve the purpose.

But he wasn't disappointed either; this was just the last effort before the situation escalated, an attempt, a chance to save Governor Wei De and the Wei De family!

However, it looked like Governor Wei De's desire for power made him lose his awe of the Social Party.

A political faction that could split from within the Liberal Party and instead suppress the Liberal Party for so many years was absolutely not that easy to be crushed.

"I am very sorry, Wei De," Senator Cleveland sighed, "It looks like we reached an agreement on this issue."

Governor Wei De's emotions were slightly out of control at this time, and the sound of his speech also increased, "I said, I need to consider it. You can't always force me to make the decision you want me to make!"

Senator Cleveland smiled after a short silence, "Alright, you have enough time to think. When you've considered it, remember to call me."

After speaking, he didn't even wait for Governor Wei De to say the "closing remarks" to him, and hung up the phone directly.

Looking at the phone that had no sound in his hand, Governor Wei De slapped it on the base of the phone with some anger.

"Fuck, one by one, all like this. I am not a puppet!"

He was very angry. He didn't know what methods these people had, but he was now prepared to face everything.

He sat there, and after a while, picked up the phone and called the local committee chairman of the Liberal Party. The call was connected quickly.

If the Liberal Party took a Senate seat pushed out by a Social Party state, then they could suppress the Social Party in the Senate.

Of course, this was a relatively idealized state, but in reality, this kind of situation wouldn't happen too often.

Just like in those years when the Social Party was in power, the Liberal Party had indeed completely declined. By logic, it should be the one being pressed and beaten.

But in reality, under such circumstances, when external pressure wasn't enough to make the Social Party unite, the Social Party itself split into several political factions, and they fought among themselves.

Unless it was a core proposal, their own people would fight their own people.

Actually, the Liberal Party side was also highly likely to be like this. Once they lost external pressure, their internal contradictions would start to explode.

But on some core policies, they could still suppress the Social Party.

Now, they hadn't achieved suppressing the Social Party, so they were still united.

"I encountered some problems now, do you have any way to help me solve them?"

The local Liberal Party committee chairman also knew what happened. He thought for a while, "I will contact the people above. In addition, you can consider using some extraordinary means at this extraordinary time."

"Extraordinary means?" ===== CHAPTER 1193 =====