Each Taking What They Need

At the last Duma conference, the statements made by Gryzlov, Wang Ye, and Kolov had indeed only targeted the poaching of members. They had never said that normal personnel movement was forbidden.

Now that Wang Ye had pointed this out, Gryzlov truly did not know what to say next.

He had originally thought that, with his seasoned political experience, handling a hotheaded youngster like Mikhail would be easy.

Yet things had turned out completely differently from what he had imagined. Instead, Mikhail had gotten the better of him!

After standing there stunned for quite a while, he finally broke into a bitter smile.

He knew that if he kept putting on an act today and tried to compete with Mikhail in acting, he would most likely be no match for that kid.

He might as well be honest. Whatever the problem was, they could lay it out directly instead of beating around the bush.

Yes meant yes, no meant no. He would tell the other party all his thoughts and concerns.

He composed himself and said seriously,

"Alright, I won't beat around the bush anymore. Some members of our faction have been using your faction to threaten me. They say that if we don't provide them with enough campaign resources, they'll leave the First Faction and join yours. I think this is a bad sign, and it could also cause cracks in our originally friendly relationship. That's why I came to discuss it with you and see how we can resolve this thorny problem."

Seeing that Gryzlov was no longer acting, Wang Ye could no longer pretend to be clueless.

He said in sudden realization, "Huh? So that's what this is about. Why didn't you say so earlier?"

Gryzlov's old face reddened as he covered it up. "My fault, my