Lin Qi had met the head of the Working Group before, and more than once at that, but they had never had a deep conversation.
It was like when a host at an ordinary social event briefly introduced him to the other guests. They had met, knew each other's names, and nodded in greeting.
That was all.
The group leader was actually also a member of the Progressive Party. Technically speaking, he and Lin Qi were both important members of the Progressive Party and should have worked closely together. So why had things turned out this way? This was the most interesting, complicated, and realistic aspect of federal politics.
Parties were factions.
But one's own choices determined one's position! Any Progressive Party member could act as a Progressive Party member while doing things that went against the Progressive Party's interests.
After all, to the Federal people, who revered freedom and respected individual personalities, their own decisions far outweighed collective decisions.
Most people had encountered advice like, "If they want to sacrifice you, you can say no."
That inevitably meant that many such situations would arise on the complicated political stage.
But when the Progressive Party needed him, he would often stand with it again. The party had once provided him with political support, and he needed to repay that debt.
People who neither knew gratitude nor repaid favors would only find their paths growing narrower.
The two of them met at Lin Qi's villa, a spacious place that radiated the overwhelming power of wealth from every corner.
At first, people might pay attention to such things, but after seeing too much of them, they stopped caring.
"Please, sit..."
Lin Qi invited the group leader to sit down. He had expected the man to come looking for him soon, but he