Chapter 936 Cabinet Meeting (please vote for the big chapter)
Bright lights illuminated the spacious conference room, and people surrounding the huge long conference table looked at each other.
Although the cabinet meeting room of the Yilan City Mayor's Palace was originally designed to accommodate up to fifty people for meetings at the same time, it has been a year since Lin En took office as mayor and established the new cabinet.
But this is the second time that so many cabinet members have come together.
The first time was not in this cabinet meeting room, but in the banquet hall of the mayor's palace, at the banquet for the new mayor's inauguration.
In most cases, cabinet decisions are made at meetings between the mayor and the ministers of the seven main departments.
Even if there are matters involving other departments, only the ministers of the small departments related to the incident will be brought in for a meeting, instead of calling everyone together for a meeting.
As cabinet members arrived one after another, with friendly greetings, the originally relaxed atmosphere gradually became more solemn.
This dignified state reached a peak after the arrival of Deputy Mayor Lant.
Looking at the deputy mayor sitting next to the main seat of the conference table, sitting at the back of the entire conference table, a thin man with a mustache, wearing a gray suit, and a gold pocket watch on his chest lowered his head and looked at
A fat man next to him asked in a low voice,
"Do you have any news? The mayor suddenly summoned us all..."
"No."
The fat man leaned back on his chair and shook his head, "I haven't contacted Mayor Linn since last night."
"Aren't you a member of Mayor Lynn's party?"
The man with the mustache was a little confused, "He didn't answer your calls?"
"It is said that all the calls that came in last night were not answered."
The fat man shook his head and glanced at the head of the conference table, Deputy Mayor Lant, who was lowering his head and seemed to be thinking about something, "Including Deputy Mayor Lant."
"If the mayor is really assassinated, this person will be the biggest beneficiary."
The man with the mustache also glanced at Deputy Mayor Lant from a distance, "It seems that the relationship between our mayor and deputy mayor will not be good."
"But I do believe that Deputy Mayor Lant did not do this. After all, he did not need to assassinate Mayor Linn,"
The fat man sighed softly, "Their conflict has not intensified to that point yet, and it will not lead to a life-or-death situation."
"It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not,"
The man with the mustache looked away and lightly shrugged, "I have to ask Mr. Mayor to believe me."
"It seems that these two days are destined to be uneventful."
The fat man shook his head.
"If it's not peaceful, then it's not peaceful. To be honest, I can see it now,"
The man with a mustache lowered his voice, "I'm afraid our mayor has not been here for a long time. The conflict between the consortium and him has become extremely acute, to the point of life and death. Moreover, he has also lost control of the city defense army. There may be a coup.
It's coming, but we may not be able to collect the whole body by then."
"Don't talk nonsense!"
The fat man quickly raised his eyes and looked around, and whispered.
"I just reiterated the current situation,"
The mustached man lowered his head slightly and quickly glanced at the people surrounding the conference table.
At this moment, most people were gathered together in pairs, discussing something in low voices, with various expressions, but most of them had sullen faces, as if they were thinking.
He withdrew his gaze and looked at the fat man next to him again, "Everyone knows the current situation, and I'm afraid they have already made preparations. Don't say that you have no contact with Levi's."
Hearing the name Levi's, the fat man's eyes suddenly widened. He lowered his head and said quickly, "What are you talking about?"
"rest assured,"
The mustachioed man shook his head and said with a smile, "Levis also came to contact me,"
He glanced at everyone again, "And the people sitting here are probably all more or less connected to Levi's. Everyone knows that Lin En's tree won't last long, so I'm afraid they are all making plans as soon as possible to do well.
, when the new mayor takes office, he might even become a member of the new cabinet."
"I don't have that much thought,"
The fat man paused and glanced at the mustache man's cheek, "Levis and I are just normal friends."
"It's all about making friends,"
The man with the mustache smiled, glanced at the empty chair at the conference table, and said thoughtfully, "Tell me, if the mayor and the deputy mayor are really at odds, will he force the deputy mayor to do so?"
Resign?"
"It's unlikely. We all know Linn's personality. He has a soft ear and would not do such a 'radical' thing."
The fat man shook his head.
"Who can say for sure? After all, people have experienced life and death once. Who knows whether any huge changes will occur?"
The mustached man thought, "And our Deputy Mayor Lant is a tough-tempered person. Mayor Linn sent out such an obvious signal of distrust. If this assassination really has nothing to do with Mayor Lant,
, he may not be able to bear the criticism and resign directly."
He leaned back in his chair, reached out and touched the watch chain of the gold watch that was stuffed into the pocket watch pocket on his chest, and said thoughtfully, "You said that if the deputy mayor resigns, who will Mr. Lynn nominate to take over as deputy mayor?
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According to the laws of Ilan City, if the deputy mayor resigns or dies during his term of office, the mayor has the right to nominate a new mayor, as long as he obtains the approval of a simple majority of the city council.
"It's not you and me anyway,"
The fat man shook his head, then looked at the top seats of the conference table, frowning slightly, "The Minister of the Interior is not here? Isn't that guy very popular with the mayor? Every time something happens, he runs away
He is the fastest and is always the first to show his loyalty in public."
"Yes, he runs the fastest,"
After hearing what the fat man said, the man with a mustache shrugged, "So he ran away. If you think Mayor Lin En will nominate the Minister of the Interior as deputy mayor, I'm afraid you will be disappointed."
"Ran?"
The fat man was stunned for a moment, unable to realize what the man with the mustache was talking about.
"He literally ran away. That guy has much better information than us. He knew about Lin En's assassination last night, and then ran away overnight... and left Yilan City."
The mustached man said with a slightly sarcastic smile.
"this···"
The fat man was in disbelief, "Where did you get the news?"
"From a mutual friend of ours."
The mustache looked away and whispered, "He ran away and took some of the channels of our mutual friend."
"Levis?"
The fat man's voice was slightly lowered, and he once again glanced at the empty seat in front of him in disbelief. "That guy who is the Minister of the Interior has always been very aggressive. I thought he was a die-hard supporter of Lynn."
"Loyalty can be disguised, right? Until the critical moment, who knows what that person is thinking deep down?"
The mustachioed man smiled and said, "If Mayor Lin En is willing to nominate me as deputy mayor, then I will also be Mayor Lin En's most loyal minister!"
"Tsk, he probably thought that Mayor Lin En would definitely die, so he ran away to avoid the limelight."
The fat man smacked his lips, "With his business methods, I'm afraid if there is a new mayor who supports the consortium, he will still be able to occupy a position in the new cabinet."
"Look at that,"
At this time, the man with the mustache suddenly turned his head and looked at a relatively marginal man among the top few, wearing silver half-rimmed glasses and with prematurely gray hair.
This man was one of the few people in the entire conference room who was not talking to others in pairs, but was flipping his bracelet alone.
"Minister of Finance,"
The fat man's face changed slightly, and then he said casually, "What's wrong?"
"You have evidence of the Minister of Finance's 'abusing power for personal gain', which was given by our friend, right?"
