2137. The beginning and end of Trade Federation (4)
"Bet? I don't want to bet!" Newt Gunray flatly refused.
He is a businessman and can make money. Betting, an uncontrollable behavior, is very unpopular in Neimoidian society.
Ling Liang shook his head and said, "Whether you gamble or not, it doesn't depend on you, Trade Federation." Using Trade Federation directly as the subject is already extremely serious.
"You..." Newt Gunray was choked for a moment, "We Trade Federation have always been loyal, and now we are in crisis and asking you for help. Do you still want to take advantage of others' danger?"
Ling Liang smiled slightly and said, "Yes, we just want to take advantage of others' danger. You can only participate in this bet, otherwise... the consequences, I can only tell you, are very serious."
Newt Gunray's expression darkened, "I'm here to ask for help, not to listen to your threats."
Ling Liang is still laughing, "You can choose not to listen, and you can leave now."
"You are extorting money!" Newt Gunray shouted angrily, pointing at Ling Liang's nose and yelling, "It is in vain that we Trade Federation have given you so much support! Don't forget that when you were just a Dawn Star Planet, we gave you so many things and invested so much! And now is this your answer?"
However, before he finished speaking, the invisible the Force grabbed his neck and lifted him directly from the table!
Newt Gunray struggled violently, but to no avail. Then, the force threw him out and hit the wall with a bang. He groaned and panted on the ground for a long time but couldn't get up.
Priestess waved his hand without any trace, only to hear 'Tang Xiao' say coldly, "You only need to do one thing now - listen."
Newt Gunray didn't dare to say a word. He was so angry just now that he never thought that Tang Xiao was also here.
Ling Liang's cold voice came, "If Trade Federation fails to fulfill our requirements, then we will directly confiscate all Trade Federation's properties in within the Duchy of Dawn. If you think we may be merciful, it doesn't matter. We can leave this matter to Geth."
As soon as he heard Geth, Newt Gunray suddenly trembled all over, and his voice was trembling when he spoke, "No... not Geth. If it is Geth... we... we may even be exterminated..."
He could even imagine the horror of Geth impaling all of their Neimoidian on Dragon's Tooth! Moreover, as Newt Gunray's status is known, Geth conducted experiments on Neimoidian's corpse. With Neimoidian's unique physique, after being made into Corpse Puppet, it will become a very dangerous and terrifying alien species that spreads viruses everywhere!
In other words, Geth must be very happy to add such alien Corpse Puppet to their army.
When Trade Federation started to relocate its industry to Makito, Geth was also taken into consideration. But what they thought at the time was that Geth, a cold-blooded and ruthless Mechanical Lifeforms, was on the contrary the most reliable ally. With their protection, their industry should be very safe.
At the same time, Newt Gunlay is not willing to go to Dawn Star Planet. Because he believes that once he goes to Dawn Star Planet, he will lose his independence. On the contrary, it is very good in Northern Territory. On the one hand, it is protected by Geth. On the other hand, the sky is high here and the emperor is far away, and Dawn Star Planet does not have direct jurisdiction here.
In Northern Territory, it is the commercial the Empire of the InterGalactic Banking Clan (M) and Fourth Group. Now Trade Federation has also joined them. On the contrary, the independence here will be strengthened due to the increase in strength.
Maybe in the future, this place will really become another country, China - just like it was during the Galactic Republic when the Trade Federation was in the outer ring of the galaxy.
But now, Ling Liang's cold words let Geth handle it, shattering all Newt Gunray's illusions!
Yes, Duchy of Dawn has indeed given Northern Territory and Mega-corporations enough independence and freedom, but at the same time, Northern Territory has retained an existence here that will not reason with you at all - Geth!
What do businessmen fear most? What you fear most is that others won't reason with you. And Geth is exactly the one who is the most unreasonable!
Tang Xiao's arrangement was premeditated! Whether he goes to Northern Territory or Dawn Star Planet, he has enough means to handle them.
"We... really don't have the ability to resist the Empire's attack..." Newt Gunray was still making his last effort, lying on the ground howling.
"Then, why don't you listen to our plan?" Ling Liang said slowly.
12BBY, June 35, the fifth day after the Galactic Empire decided to take action against Trade Federation.
The publicity of the Galactic Empire has reached a climax, triggering a wave of opposition to Trade Federation almost across the country. Not only that, the Empire's propaganda machine is also very vicious in blaming Trade Federation for the massive poverty and exploitation in the within the Empire.
In the reports of the Galactic Empire major media, it is precisely because Trade Federation is in the middle that the central policy of the Galactic Empire is separated from Outer Rim Territories. It is precisely because of the existence of Trade Federation that they have embezzled a large amount of financial assistance provided by the Galactic Empire to Outer Rim Territories.
Those unscrupulous media even took Raffa planet, who made a big fuss before, as an example. They claimed that it was not that Imperial Agriculture Department was unwilling to provide chemical fertilizers to Raffa planet. Agriculture Department was very aware of the damage that planting high-energy crops would do to the planet's cultivated land, so it had already allocated 3 billion Imperial credits to provide Raffa planet with funds to purchase chemical fertilizers. But now after verification, it is found that Trade Federation embezzled all 3 billion credit points!
Not only that, the major media have also blamed Trade Federation for the huge losses that have recently occurred due to the corruption and plunder of the Galactic Empire officials at all levels. Basically, if something goes wrong, it must be Trade Federation's fault!
On those planets where uprisings broke out, why were there so many injustices and why did the government force the people to rebel? It was also Trade Federation who did it!
What makes Trade Federation feel the most uncomfortable is that their size at their peak was really worthy of this unreasonable accusation.
Trade Federation at its peak, it is not an exaggeration to say that they completely controlled Outer Rim Territories. Even if Galactic Republic wants to collect taxes in Outer Rim Territories, it has to go through Trade Federation, right?
Moreover, Trade Federation indeed bribed a large number of senior officials and bribed a large number of congressmen to work for them. Even now, there are still many people defending Trade Federation on Imperial Senate and among departments at all levels.
Not only that, is there less exploitation and oppression on Trade Federation planets like Outer Rim? Apart from anything else, in the early days of Clone Wars, there was a famine in Rodian planet, and hundreds of millions of people starved to death. Wasn't it Trade Federation's fault? This is a criminal record!
So can you say that Trade Federation is completely clean? So since it can't be done, all these things should be blamed on Trade Federation. There are always a few things done by Trade Federation. Is this right?
Therefore, for a while, everyone in Galaxy within the Empire was shouting and fighting against Trade Federation. Led by Imperial Youth Corps, many people took to the streets to launch demonstrations to protest against Trade Federation's actions and demanded that the Empire severely punish Trade Federation!
The dark clouds of war have begun to hang over Galactic Empire Supreme Court. Galactic Empire Supreme Court issued summons to all senior Trade Federation officials such as Lott Dude, Newt Gunray, Rune Harkou, etc., requiring them to return to Imperial Center within a time limit to accept Judgment.
But it was impossible for them to come on their own initiative. After the 24-hour deadline passed, Galactic Empire simultaneously launched a wanted order against more than 90 Trade Federation executives headed by Newt Gunray!
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