Everyone in the room felt their heart pounding!
The Vice Chairman brought the news he had received from Lin Qi back to the company, then conveyed it to all the directors and major shareholders of the Gambling Group via conference call.
In an instant, they realized that they were highly competitive as well!
Whether it was the candidates for governor or the candidates for the next Vice Chairman of the Industry Committee.
The voice coming through the receiver carried an innate air of authority. "Mr. Lin Qi... really said that?"
The Vice Chairman held the receiver in both hands, nodded, and said, "Yes, Chairman. That was exactly what Mr. Lin Qi said."
"He said that going forward, he would not place any restrictions on the candidates for governor. Even the election for Vice Chairman of the Industry Committee would be conducted entirely through voting..."
At that moment, another voice came through the receiver. "I heard that Lin Qi made a deal with some people in Congress. He completely surrendered political control over Slem in exchange for Catherine's chance to enter Congress."
"Judging by that rumor, what Lin Qi said is probably true."
"If he goes back on his word, he'll have deceived the entire Congress and be setting himself against Congress as a whole!"
The conference call immediately grew lively. Catherine and Lin Qi were the two insurmountable mountains in Slem's way.
As one of Nagaril's three Special States, the governor's authority was actually far greater than that of governors in the federal mainland.
On the federal mainland, governors needed approval from the Presidential Palace and the Department of Defense even to mobilize the National Guard, let alone the military.
But in Nagaril's three Special States, in the event of an emergency, they could first mobilize part of the army