Lin Qi was watching television too, watching Conner give a speech in public.
A lot of people had come to the venue.
Federals were extremely enthusiastic about elections, which was one of the reasons political programs always dominated prime time.
However, unlike everyone else, who watched the program at home with their families, Lin Qi was sitting in Bu Peien's Campaign Office watching Conner's speech.
There were also several other people around him—the members of the Campaign Team, as well as a few politicians! Ever since Conner had shown that he had what it took to challenge for the presidency, some politicians had voluntarily become his aides.
These people were merely lying low for now, but it would not be long before they became Cabinet Members, appointed by Conner to head various important departments.
Here was a rather interesting fact: the daily work of every cabinet department was basically handled by the vice ministers.
This had resulted in some vice ministers holding higher status and wielding more power than the ministers, such as in the former Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The vice ministers attended all kinds of practical meetings and handled practical work, while the ministers' only job was to play the role of a mute at important occasions!
After the president appointed a minister, the minister was mainly responsible for setting the direction of the work.
Unless they had an exceptionally strong desire for control, most of the time they were only responsible for telling people, "What is our goal?" They would not lead everyone in accomplishing it! These people vaguely centered themselves around Lin Qi, surrounding him wherever he went.
Gladstone was not there.
Lin Qi had heard that before Conner left Bu Peien, the two had gotten into a huge argument and parted on extremely bad terms.