Talks in the Capitol Building

From a certain perspective, the Lower-Middle Class people who should have been protected by the country had instead become the final "bottom line" on certain issues.

The capitalists' infiltration of the upper levels of the Federal Government was horrifying. A single thought or sentence could determine whether a bill passed. Perhaps they truly did not possess "power," but capital stood far above power itself.

Instead, capitalists and politicians had to consider their image in the eyes of the people, and sometimes had no choice but to rein in their frightening faces.

Those who should have been protected had instead become the final line of defense protecting the country. Sometimes... life, society, and the world were just so damn ridiculous!

The day after Lin Qi had dinner with Councilor Landon, a member of the Duncan Family Lobbying Group came to find him.

They lobbied every councilor they possibly could. That was also the key to their consistent success.

When many political lobbying groups conducted lobbying, they only chose key figures, such as the leader of a small faction or people who could be won over. As for those they could not win over or who were not important enough, they would not lobby them.

The main reason was that their budgets were limited. With over a hundred councilors in Congress, giving each person twenty or thirty thousand meant several million would be spent.

Sometimes, the people pushing a proposal found it difficult even to earn that money back. They could not recklessly work at a loss and could only act strategically.

Lobbying required more than just a mouth to speak. It also required offering tangible benefits. If lobbying could be completed with words alone, politicians and capitalists would have been replaced by lawyers long ago.

Councilor Landon had just arrived at