99. The right candidate
After listening, Francis-Underwood took a sip of coffee and said slowly, "In other words, in your plan, you approached Hego to gain the support of the InterGalactic Banking Clan, because you knew that in 13 years, a large-scale civil war would break out in the galaxy?"
Tang Xiao did not tell Francis that Hego would die in three years. What he just said was mainly based on what he knew about Galactic Republic's political scene. He nodded and said, "So I must complete the preparations for the war within 13 years, and then achieve sufficient results in that civil war."
"That is, in the Confederacy of Independent Systems that will be independent from Galactic Republic, right? Through the war, we will gain enough status among Confederacy of Independent Systems, and thus gain a high enough status in the new regime." Francis said.
"The political environment within Confederacy of Independent Systems is equally complex, or in other words, the participation of many oligarchic companies has made Confederacy of Independent Systems's politics more corrupt. But this is not something we need to worry about now." Tang Xiao said.
"It seems like you are 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 what Tang Xiao just said was missing a part of 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 teacup with a wave of his hand.
With a click, the tea cup shattered on the ground.
"But I just decided not to give it this future." Tang Xiao stared into Francis's eyes and said slowly.
"So 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 solemnly and said, "I think I can start working, but I must say that the first thing is that if the future you promised does not exist, then..."
He said with a double entendre.
"There is only a thin line between glory and death. What I can see, and what we can catch, Frank, that's why I need your help." Tang Xiao replied seriously, he stretched out his hand and shook it with Francis.
"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 think I will not die so easily." Francis smiled slightly, "Then Come back, Sheev-Palpatine, future Chancellor of the Galactic Senate, 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 often ask you for money."
"No problem, the entire Fourth Civilization money will be ready at any time. In addition, we also have a service team at Coruscant. The person in charge is called Rosana-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 looking at the ceiling without moving. He only feels a little scared now, not because of how powerful Francis-Underwood is. In fact, Tang Xiao can kill him with just a finger.
But Francis is indeed the most suitable person for the current situation and is also very powerful. And just as Tang Xiao expected, he scorns the so-called loyalty of managers. In other words, Tang Xiao can only convince him through his own abilities, eloquence, and interests, and thus gain his loyalty.
This is not an easy task. If Tang Xiao has such eloquence, then he can go to Coruscant himself to fight with the crowd and win enough political status for Fourth Civilization. However, he didn't, so Tang Xiao adopted the most direct method - the temptation of interests.
He knew that Francis was eager for power, so he gave him power, and it was a status that others could never give him - Imperial Chancellor!
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, "Mainframe, send me the exercise plan that Hego left for me."
[There is no plan, manager. Mr. Hego just left a target. He requires that you must reduce your body fat rate to 10% and increase your body muscle content to 45% within three months. Are there some other goals that need to be listed?]
"Fuck! No one has ever told me that training the Force requires fitness!" Tang Xiao mumbled and cursed, but still said to Mainframe, "Please arrange a fitness coach for me. Well, there should be a fitness coach among the hibernating staff, right?"
[In fact, I recommend letting your bodyguard, the T-850, help you train directly. It has a complete workout program in its database.]
Tang Xiao turned around and looked at the T-850 with the Arnold-Arnold Schwarzenegger face and the standard inverted triangle figure. Although he understands that this is just the appearance made of bionic skin, no matter what, having Arnold-Arnold Schwarzenegger personally supervise his fitness is definitely a very exciting thing, right?
"Okay, Mainframe, help me adjust my schedule. I need at least 2 to 4 hours of exercise every day." Tang Xiao said.
[Okay manager, your schedule has been adjusted. In addition, Daphne-Clement is looking for you. You need to see some of the things you brought back last time in person.]
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