The evening banquet was a great success. Lin Qi met all the prominent figures in the province.
They also got to know Lin Qi, leaving open the possibility of cooperation.
The Peng Joe Empire was currently going through a very special period. In truth, many people were deeply uneasy—not just those at the bottom, but also those in the middle and upper levels, who were filled with uncertainty about the future!
Take His Excellency the Governor, for example. He had no idea what the empire would become in the future, whether good or bad. He simply didn't know!
He didn't even have a direction from which to make a guess!
Although the Ruling Class and the Radical Reformists firmly believed that after this sweeping transformation, Peng Joe could become as powerful as the Federation,
what if they were wrong? If change were really that easy to achieve, why hadn't anyone else done it?
That was why His Excellency the Governor, like everyone else, was confused.
When people were confused, they lacked a sense of security. To feel secure, they had to grasp something that could provide them with security!
For some people, power was security. As long as they held tightly to their power and prevented others from stealing it, they could feel safe.
But not everyone had the chance to touch power, and power wasn't useful at all times. Naturally, some people found their security in wealth.
Lin Qi knew something rather interesting. By this point in the negotiations, some people had already taken advantage of Peng Joe's newly opened policies and fled abroad! Yes, some nobles, and even some officials, had left Peng Joe with money that belonged either to them or to someone else.
The reason they did so was actually very simple: they were afraid.
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