After listening, Francis Underwood took a sip of coffee and said slowly: "In other words, in your plan, you approached Heige to obtain the support of the Interstellar Banking Association, because you knew that in
In 13 years, a large-scale civil war will break out in the galaxy?"
Tang Xiao did not tell Francis that Hei Ge would die in three years. What he just said was mainly focused on what he knew about the politics of the Galactic Republic. He nodded and said: "So I must complete it within 13 years.
Prepare for war, and then achieve sufficient results in that civil war."
"That is, in the Confederation of Independent Systems that will be independent from the Galactic Republic, right? Through war, you can gain a sufficient status in the Confederation, and thus gain a high enough status in the new regime." Francis said.
"The political environment within the Confederacy is equally complex, or in other words, the participation of many oligarchic companies has made the politics of the Confederacy more corrupt. But this is not something we need to worry about now." Tang Xiao said.
"You seem to be very sure about all this. Could this be your special ability?" Francis said with great interest, "Since you can predict the future, can you predict our future?
"
With a straight-to-the-point question, Francis directly discovered that there was a missing part of what Tang Xiao just said about the future—themselves.
"I said, what I saw was one of the futures of this galaxy, but I couldn't see our future. Or..." Tang Xiao smiled brightly, put a teacup on the corner of the table and said, "Just like this teacup
, I like it very much, so I plan to keep this teacup for a long time, so I will seal it up and put it in an underground safe, so that nothing can touch it..."
But as soon as he finished speaking, he knocked down the tea cup with a wave of his hand.
With a click, the teacup shattered on the ground.
"But I just decided not to give it this future." Tang Xiao stared into Francis's eyes and said slowly.
"In that case, what's the significance of what you just said about the future of the galaxy?" Francis asked with a smile.
"Wrong question." Tang Xiao replied.
"Then what's right?"
"The right question should be, where can we go in this future?"
Francis smiled, stood up, buttoned up his suit, stretched out his hand to Tang Xiao very seriously and said: "I think I can start working, but I must say that if you promise
If the future does not exist, then..."
He said with a double entendre.
"Then I will die to apologize, and you will be the new leader of the fourth civilization." Tang Xiao replied seriously, and he stretched out his hand to shake Francis's hand.
"Managers, you must know that power is like real estate. The most important thing is always position. The closer your position is to the source, the more valuable you are. So, I guess I will not die so easily." Francis
Smiling slightly, "So speaking of it, Sheev Palpatine, the future Speaker of the Galactic Parliament, Emperor of the Galactic Empire, winner, loser... I can't wait to meet such a person."
"If you need help, just ask, I will do my best to satisfy you." Tang Xiao said.
"I need to wake up my wife, Claire Underwood, and my chief of staff, Douglas Stamp," Francis said.
"I'll arrange it immediately."
"There is another point, managers. The so-called politics, you can think of it as a chess game. But the chess game requires chess pieces. The chess pieces may be power, relationships or money. But we don't have many chess pieces.
So at the very least, we need to ensure the supply of money. I think I will ask you for money often."
"No problem, the entire fourth civilization's money will be ready at any time. In addition, we also have a service team on the planet Coruscant. The person in charge is called Rosanna Goodes. You can contact her to help you arrange it."
"Then I have nothing else to do." Francis smiled and nodded, "Manager."
…
After Francis Underwood left, Tang Xiao breathed a sigh of relief and sat on the sofa, staring at the ceiling without moving. He only felt a little scared now, not because of how powerful Francis Underwood was.
Amazing, in fact, Tang Xiao could kill him with just a few clicks of his fingers.
But Francis is indeed the most suitable person for the current situation and also very powerful, and as Tang Xiao expected, he scorns the so-called loyalty of managers. In other words, Tang Xiao can only use his own
Be it ability, eloquence, or interests, you can convince him in this way and gain his loyalty.
This is not an easy task. If Tang Xiao had such eloquence, then he could go to Coruscant to fight with the Confucian scholars and gain enough political status for the Fourth Civilization. However, he did not, so Tang Xiao adopted
The most direct way - the temptation of interests.
He knew that Francis was hungry for power, so he gave him power, and a position that others could never give him - Prime Minister of the Empire!
Tang Xiao is serious.
"I really want to take a vacation..." Tang Xiao, who was exhausted both physically and mentally, groaned, leaned on the back of the sofa and said, "Mastermind, send me the exercise plan that Hei Ge left for me."
[There is no plan, the manager. Mr. Heige just left a goal. He requires that you must reduce your body fat rate to 10% and increase your body muscle content to 45% within three months. Here are some more
Are there any other goals that need to be listed?】
"Fuck! No one has ever told me that training in the Force requires fitness!" Tang Xiao muttered and cursed, but still said to the mastermind: "Help me arrange a fitness coach, um, for those who are hibernating
There should be a fitness instructor inside, right?"
[In fact, I recommend letting your bodyguard, the T-850, help you train directly. There is a complete exercise program in its database. 】
Tang Xiao turned around and looked at the T-850 with the face of Arnold Schwarzenegger and the standard inverted triangle figure. Although he understood that this was just a shape made of bionic skin, in any case, let Ah
It’s definitely a very touching thing to have Nord Schwarzenegger personally supervise your fitness, right?
"Okay, Mastermind, help me adjust my schedule. I need at least 2 to 4 hours of exercise time every day." Tang Xiao said.
[Okay manager, your schedule has been adjusted. In addition, Daphne Clement is looking for you, and you need to review some of the things you brought back last time. 】