The investigation is actually very simple. Owen sent staff to visit the voters around polling point 9, and found that most people voted for the Liberal Party, and very few voters supported the Socialist Party.
Then the problem lies in the ballot.
Many civilians in this era were uneducated, and their ballots were filled in by staff sent by the Election Commission. There were a total of six staff members at Polling Point 9 responsible for this work, and all six of them were members of the Liberal Party.
But one person has now quit the Liberal Party and joined the Socialist Party.
This man named Bruce Hughes immediately entered Irving's realization.
"Bruce Hughes came to Johannesburg from the mainland a year ago. He first worked in the Johannesburg City Government and was responsible for the resettlement of the Boers. Later, Bruce Hughes's department was disbanded. Bruce Hughes came to join the Liberal Party and worked at the Liberal Party headquarters——
Before the election, Bruce Hughes was responsible for assisting voters to fill out their ballots. He was the person in charge of the No. 9 polling point area, so no one doubted him. After the election, Bruce Hughes joined the Socialist Party and became the Minister of Propaganda Department of the Socialist Party. It is said that
It is possible to become one of the four members of the Socialist Party." Owen's face was ashen. Although there was no evidence, it was obvious that Bruce Hughes was highly suspicious.
Roque's face was also ugly. Such a thing would happen when the Liberal Party had the upper hand. This incident was a slap in Hong Guoguo's face.
The key is that Roque and Irving can't publicize it yet. This matter is not very glorious. If it is made public, it will expose many problems in the Liberal Party's organizational structure and internal supervision. So Roque and Irving want to pursue Bruce Hughes.
Responsibility cannot be made public.
"The identity of Arnold's heir is still very confusing to ordinary people, but what makes me wonder is that Bruce Hughes is also an official in the Liberal Party. Is it possible that he doesn't know the actual situation in Johannesburg?" Irving Bais
It’s puzzling, I really can’t figure out why Bruce Hughes would do this.
"It's very simple. The advantage of the Liberal Party is too great. People like Bruce Hughes will always be just grassroots officials in the Liberal Party. It will be difficult to climb up. But if the Socialist Party is different, in the Liberal Party, Bruce Hughes will only be the lowest-ranking official."
Team leader, when you get to the Socialist Party, you can become a minister, and you may even become a member of the parliament. If it were me, I would take risks." Although Roque does not agree with this method, Roque can understand.
I can really understand that when he was in Cape, Rock was also an insignificant little person, so Rock understood the mentality of the little people very well. At that time, as long as there was a chance, Rock would climb up at all costs, and now Bruce Hugh
In fact, they are almost the same.
Of course, being able to understand does not mean that you can accept it. Bruce Hughes will definitely have to pay a price. Let alone being a member of Parliament, he will not be a minister for a few days.
"In the future, there must be a fixed process for joining and quitting the party. You can't come and leave as you please like now." Luo Ke really hates this kind of haphazard behavior.
"It's normal to join or quit the party. It's the same for all parties in the world. I'm afraid we can't do this." Irving is a little embarrassed. If too many restrictions are set, the Liberal Party will no longer be "free".
"No, this is not normal. It is precisely because you can join the Liberal Party by filling out a form and quit without even saying hello that Bruce Hughes does not take his membership of the party seriously. If we can restrict this behavior
, then if someone wants to do this again in the future, they will carefully weigh the gains and losses, at least not so hastily." This is the reason why Roque does not like the democratic representative system. In a general sense, elections not only waste people and money, but also cause a series of negative consequences.
Effect.
This is also because the democratic representative system has just begun to be implemented in the Johannesburg area. In fact, if it takes a few years, this situation will be reduced a lot, but Roque does not have that long to wait.
"Okay, I'll go back and ask someone to study it." The Liberal Party has a team specifically responsible for drafting various rules and regulations. This team is composed of lawyers and is more professional than Roque and Owen.
"And Bruce Hughes, I think you can go directly to Arnold, or go back and listen to your father's advice." Rock is ruthless, and Bruce Hughes probably thought that with Arnold's protection, Rock and Owen would be afraid of them.
Bruce Hughes was wrong.
"Should I go to Arnold or talk to Xini? I'd better go back and talk to my father." Irving decided to go to Philip to complain. Arnold's behavior was really unethical. Philip had already reminded Arnold. Arnold actually dared to manipulate the election. It was really
I don’t know whether to live or die.
Regardless of the quarrel between Irving and Arnold, Rock called Xia Jiu directly.
"Bruce Hughes, Minister of Propaganda Department of the Socialist Party, send me someone to keep an eye on him and see if we can find anything." Rock still directly mobilized the protective umbrella to monitor Bruce Hughes. In this regard, the protective umbrella is better than the police department and the new No. 1 police department.
A cavalry division is more professional.
"No problem, Lord, I will even find out what color pajamas he wears at night."
"What?"
"Gabby George——" Xia Jiu mentioned this name that was almost forgotten by Rock.
In fact, it just happened not long ago. It can only be said that Rock has been so busy during this period that he has almost forgotten Gabby George.
"Don't worry, he will be tried in a few days." Rock still chose to reconcile with Harry Alsop, and the open trial became a closed trial. Rock will definitely not kill Gabby George. This is
The chips in Rock's hand.
On the surface, the National Party has indeed been disbanded, but news from insiders shows that things are not that simple.
Harry Alsop was unwilling to fail. Although Henry Alsop ran back to his hometown to avoid the limelight, the National Party changed its name and was now called the Fine Gael Party and continued to promote it in Pretoria.
Harry Alsop probably didn't know the fate of the previous Unionist Party, so he used this unfortunate name. This is normal. There is a Progressive Party in Johannesburg, which is also a different thing from the Progressive Party in Cape.
The current leader of the Unionist Party is Adrian Simon, whom Rock has dealt with. Harry Alsop probably doesn't have many trusted confidants, so he can only send his secretary to be the leader of the Unionist Party. This is not a
Good choice.
"That's good. I have now sent a team to provide close protection to Gabby George 24 hours a day. Gabby George probably knows that he has only a few good days, and he is drunk every day."
Jiu Jiu is relieved. Gabby George is a time bomb now. No one knows when it will explode. Of course, Xia Jiu hopes that Gabby George will leave the umbrella as soon as possible, no matter whether he is dead or alive.
"Be careful, don't let him escape." Rock reminded casually.
"Haha, he can't run away. The injuries on this guy's body haven't recovered yet. Now he can't even get out of bed." Xia Jiu was very confident.
As a result, I was slapped in the face at night.
Rock only received the report from Xia Jiu early in the morning that Gabby George had run away.
Luo Ke only wore a nightgown and accepted Xia Jiu's confession in the study.
"It's my fault. It's my carelessness that allowed Gabby George to find a chance. His injuries should have recovered a long time ago. He has been anesthetizing himself with alcohol and has been drunk all day long. The guards I arranged
So I relaxed my vigilance. The guard was too careless when he was on duty last night. As a result, when I changed my shift, I discovered that Gabby George had disappeared. I sent all the security personnel to search overnight, but they couldn't find it-" Xia Jiu was dejected. Haikou had boasted yesterday.
No matter how big it is, it means how embarrassed you are today.
"What did I say to you yesterday?" Roque hates iron.
"Be careful, don't let him run away -" Xia Jiu cried, wishing she could tuck her head into her crotch.
"In the end, you let him run away. What should I say now? Am I too clumsy, or are you too confident?" Rock was very worried. Gabby George was actually not a big problem. The key was that Rock had always been
The smooth sailing since then has given Rock and his men so much confidence.
Including Rock, everyone was so confident during this period, maybe Rock himself didn’t notice it.
"It's my fault - I accept the punishment!" Xia Jiu's lesson this time should be deep into the soul.
"It's not that you can get away with accepting the punishment. The punishment must be punished. The key is how to prevent similar incidents in the future. The umbrella company now has thousands of employees. You, the general manager, can't lead by example. How will your subordinates see it?" Luo Ke wanted to tell Xia Jiu
, giving everyone a profound lesson: merit must be rewarded, and misdeeds must be punished.
"I am no longer the general manager, let Lu Si be the one." Xia Jiu's arrangement was quite good.
Rock was immediately laughed out of anger. He was treating the umbrella as his own. Don’t forget that Irving is also the owner of the umbrella.
"If Lu Si can't do it, let Kevin Mullen be the general manager." Rock has his own decision. Kevin Mullen showed good ability in negotiating with the mine. Rock doesn't care about Kevin Mullen.
Mullen's skin color.
To put it bluntly, Xia Jiu and Lu Si are actually not qualified to hold important positions. It’s just that Luo Ke has no one available, so he has to push Xia Jiu and Lu Si to the front.
Irving should be quite critical of Roque's "nepotism", but Irving has never said that Roque can't treat the umbrella as his private property just because Irving doesn't object.
"Kevin Mullen, that lawyer?" Xia Jiu didn't expect that Rock would arrange it like this.
"What's wrong with the lawyer? Kevin Mullen has received a serious university education and is more qualified than you, a retired police officer." Rock was very angry. There is really a long way to go to improve the level of his men.