318. Thornhill's Party
32BBY, March.
InterGalactic Banking Clan The current co-chairman Fod-Tonis's term has expired. Because he had previously announced that he would no longer participate in re-election, he abdicated directly.
The election of the new co-chairman then began, and Hill family's eldest son, San Hill, participated in the election.
And because Hego-Damask II, who once served as co-chairman of the InterGalactic Banking Clan and still has extremely high influence even now, strongly supports Thorn Hill, and several other families also support him, this makes Thorn Hill's advantage almost unshakable.
The result of the election is also without any suspense. Thorn Hill officially serves as the new co-chairman of the InterGalactic Banking Clan.
To celebrate this exciting result, Thornhill invited some of his closest friends to a private dinner.
This dinner was extremely luxurious, even reaching the level of parties held by Hego-Damask II at Sojourn Planet.
Directors of Damask Holdings Group Hego-Damask II, Merchant Guilds leader Shu-Mai, Trade Federation Governor Newt Gunray, Corporate Alliance leader Parcel Argent, Technological Alliance leader Watto-Tambo, Fourth Group representative Glosse-Shelbia, and Governor of Dawn Star Planet Tang Xiao also attended the dinner.
Even including gangsters like Dryden-Vos, the leader of Crimson Dawn, and Madam Proxima, the leader of White Worm Gang, there is another person whom Tang Xiao also met for the first time - Geonosis's Grand Duke, Poggle-Poggle the Lesser.
It can be said that the most notorious group of people in the galaxy gathered at this dinner party.
Tang Xiao also specially brought his own extremely beautiful vase, Ailiya-Isabel. Now this girl is much more generous, and her learning of singing and acting at Dawn Star Planet has also been of great help. At this moment, the girl is holding Tang Xiao's arm very affectionately, admiring the luxurious dinner.
Seeing her look, Glosse-Shelbia snorted and muttered, 'bitch'.
After the dinner went on for a while, a somewhat unexpected person also came to the dinner. It turned out to be Jedi Master—Dooku!!
But at this moment, Master Dooku is wearing a solemn and noble dress, with a dark black cloak on his back. He is energetic and majestic, but there is no trace of Jedi Knight anywhere.
After a while of greetings, Master Dooku came to Tang Xiao, bowed slightly very gracefully, and said, "I am very happy to see you again, Your Excellency the Governor. The development of Dawn Star Planet is really beyond my expectation. I believe that a leader like you who can lead his own planet to strive for self-improvement should be a role model for Outer Rim planets."
"Where, Master Dooku is the great man who truly has the future of the entire galaxy in mind, and you are the one I admire." Tang Xiao also said politely.
"Hehehe, I think we will have a lot of common topics." Master Dooku was very impressed and nodded.
Tang Xiao also went over and chatted for a long time with the leader of Crimson Dawn, Dryden-Vos, and the leader of White Worm Gang, Madam Proxima. They have always been very grateful to Tang Xiao for his courageous actions in Battle of Malastare Canyon, and even if they did not meet later, they have actually been cooperating to carve up the gangster cake of Black Sun, so their relationship has become much closer.
In this gathering of big guys, the one who dazzles is Geonosis's Grand Duke Poggle-lower person. As a race in the form of insects, Geonosians is actually a very discriminated group in Galactic Republic. However, Geonosians is one of the best workers in the galaxy, and their manufacturing and processing industries are very developed.
Tang Xiao knew that Poggle-lower person was also an important figure in the future, so he went over to get acquainted with him. It is very difficult for Geonosians's vocal system to say Galactic Standard, so there is also a translation robot accompanying it.
Poggle-The Grand Duke of the Lower Class was originally a lower caste among Geonosians, which is also reflected in his surname. However, in 34 BBY, he launched an uprising against the previous leader, the upper caste Archduke Hadis, and the two sides engaged in a large-scale civil war.
The two sides of the civil war were originally very disparate in strength, but Poggle-Inferior was funded by Darth-Sidious, so last year, in 33BBY, he finally defeated Archduke Hadis, destroyed his army, became the new Grand Duke of Geonosis, and threw Hades into the Colosseum to feed the beasts.
Now Geonosians is also very eager to get a higher status in the galaxy, instead of being discriminated against for a long time - this is something Poggle, who was born in a lower caste, feels the same way.
Poggle-The inferior maintained great respect in front of Tang Xiao, the disciple of Hego-Damask II, and expressed that if possible, Geonosians was willing to cooperate extensively with Dawn Star Planet. Although they have no design and R&D capabilities, when it comes to production and manufacturing, few in this galaxy can compare with Geonosians.
During this gathering, Master Dooku stood up. He began to tell everyone about his ideals and denounced the corruption and cowardice of the galaxy.
Master Dooku can be called an excellent orator. His voice is low and full of magnetism, and his words are full of passion. He presents a magnificent and beautiful future in front of everyone - a future in which efficient power rules the galaxy.
He hopes that everyone present can participate in this great change and build a new Galactic Republic.
Tang Xiao noticed that people including Watto-Tambo, Shu-Mai, and Parcell-Argent were very excited, because business has reached their level and if they want to go further, they can only seek the country. This is similar to Lu Buwei.
But the reactions of Newt Gunray, Thorn Hill, and Poggle-Inferior were relatively dull. There was more or less the shadow of Sith behind them. They paid more attention to their own power rather than what would happen to this Galactic Republic. Of course, this does not mean that they will oppose Master Dooku's incitement. On the contrary, they also strongly support it.
During the dinner, Thornhill came over to find Tang Xiao and asked him a somewhat strange question, "Mr. Governor, I heard that you hired a group of Caladanian mercenaries?"
"Strictly speaking, it's not an employment by me, but a cooperative relationship." Tang Xiao replied with a smile.
"So, what do you think of Caladanian mercenaries?"
"As mercenaries, they are fierce, brutal, and have extremely high combat intuition. I can directly conclude that after the Mandalorian was destroyed, Caladanian is now the best army in the galaxy."
However, Thorn-Hir shook his head and said, "No, a real army should enforce orders and prohibitions. Caladanian will never be able to do this."
"Why do you suddenly care about this issue?" Tang Xiao asked.
"Because I'm weighing the pros and cons..." San-Ciel touched his chin and said, "Weighing... the pros and cons between robots and humans. What do you think? Mr. Governor."
"Robots are very good tools, there is no doubt about it. But your question depends on what kind of robot it is." Tang Xiao replied with an unpredictable smile.