blood plague

Chapter 291 Maria

It was Maria who interrupted Vance.

Vance looked up at Maria, and Maria stared at him intently.

Vance watched Maria grow up, and Maria was only 4 years old when Locke took him in.

Regarding Maria's origin, it is actually a very common thing.It was a single mother in the community. When she refreshed herself, the dosage was increased, and then she disappeared.

In the two or three days after her mother's death, Maria sensibly did not bother her. She even ran to the leader's house with the ingredients to exchange for food, and then quickly ran back home with the food.

Since Maria's mother often whipped herself over, the neighbors were not surprised.

It wasn't until the fourth day that Maria's mother's body was discovered by already suspicious neighbors.

People die, but things don't end there.

After Maria's mother died, the credit bureau liquidated her property, and at the end of the settlement, she still owed the bank several thousand dollars.

As a child, Maria can choose not to inherit the inheritance (inheritance is not only property, but also debts), but anyway, Maria's family is gone.

Whether it is a physical home or a real home.

At that time, Locke had just arrived in the Gospel community, and after paying off the construction of the chapel, he still had some money left.

So Father Locke took a sum of his own money and a small amount of church fundraising together to bury Mother Maria, and then he went to the relevant departments to fill out a bunch of forms, and finally successfully Maria was adopted.

Locke was married twice in his life, the first time was a year and three months, the second time was three months, and he had no children.In order to take care of Maria, Locke reduced a lot of his expenses. In order to save money, he even gave up the habit of smoking cigars.

Of course, it was picked up again later.After all, there are still many enthusiastic church members who provide it for free.

Vance was also in a state of desperation at that time, divorced, property division, and his wife even demanded a huge amount of alimony.

This is one of the weirder parts of American marriage law.

After getting married, the man runs around outside to earn money to support the family, while the wife stays at home and takes care of the children as a full-time wife.

The two divorced due to various reasons, and the wife can ask the husband to pay her alimony after the divorce on the grounds that "they have no income or low income and cannot maintain the standard of living under the married state".

The marriage between Vance and his wife lasted only 8 years, so he was lucky and only needed to give his wife 4 years of alimony.

If the husband and wife have been married for more than 10 years, even if it is a long-term marriage, alimony needs to be paid for a lifetime until they retire or die.

Therefore, Americans are extremely decisive and resolute in the matter of divorce.Indecisiveness leads to disaster.

Because he was going to work in the forest area, Vance was very worried about Lily's care.Because the law stipulates that minor children are not allowed to leave the guardianship of adults.Another law stipulates that minors are not allowed to enter high-risk workplaces.

Either way, it was illegal. In desperation, Vance thought of the Gospel Church.

Unexpectedly, Vance took Lily to the evangelical church to beg for shelter, and Father Locke agreed very readily.

So when Vance went to work in the forest area, he left Lily in the Gospel Church. Whenever he returned from the forest area, he would not only pick up Lily, but also bring some small things for Maria.

In this small gospel community, two single men with children naturally have a lot of common topics, and two girls of similar ages can play together. After coming and going, the two men gradually changed from acquaintances to close friends .

Vance watched Maria grow up, and his feelings for Maria were the same as for Lily.

So Vance knew that Maria seldom told others about her demands, but once she made a decision, no one could change her mind unless she failed.

After hearing Maria's loud rebuttal to Vance, all the people present connected this woman with the image in their minds.

Apart from her voice, Maria's appearance has changed so much that even Lily feels strange.

Vance and Maria were staring at each other, neither willing to budge.

The current situation is indeed a dilemma.

Vance is quite right to call for an election postponement.

Everyone knows that the key issue is that Iger is not there.

No matter what Iger's opinion is in this election, his opinion is extremely important, and it can be said that it is so important that it affects the life and death of the team.

Even the newly promoted directors know that there is a dislocation of strength between the Gospel team and the sub-team Reclamation Team.Under such circumstances, the biggest reason why the sub-team is still closely united with the Gospel team is Iger's personal factors.

What the gospel team did to Iger is not a secret, everyone knows it.You said Iger was not angry before, it was because he was not as strong as he is now, but no one can tell if he remembers grudges or not.

Whether it was Rapid Creek Town or other places, there was always a topic in the gossip, that was Father Locke and Iger Lee.

Intentionally or unintentionally, this rumor mentioned that Father Locke originally intended to give up the position of chairman to Iger, but due to the accidental death of Father Locke, Iger voluntarily withdrew from competing with Andy for the stability of the team.

Andy knew about this rumor, and he was also very annoyed, but as the "conspirator" in the rumor, Andy had to pretend not to know.At this time to clarify, it will only become darker and darker.

Now, regardless of qualifications, ability, and strength, Iger is a popular candidate for the chairman.At this time, he was excluded and the general meeting was held. Who can guarantee that he will not get mad after he comes back?

The point is, Vance, the only one who can hold Iger down now, took the initiative to say that he would wait a while. Doesn't it mean that Vance feels that he can no longer hold Iger down.

But from another perspective, a country cannot live without a king.

It doesn't matter if the monarch is a powerful ruler or a mascot who has been waiting for 96 years.The key is that there must be a supreme ruler whom everyone clearly agrees with.

Only in this way can we dispel the unrealistic ambitions in the minds of most people, reduce many unnecessary internal frictions, and integrate the power of everyone as much as possible.

Without the chairman of the board, just relying on the board of directors, then nothing can be done.

Gospel teams will be caught up in cliques and endless wrangling.

Iger didn't know when he could come back, or even if Iger could come back. Although Bella said it lightly, no matter who heard it, it was not a simple and easy thing.

Then, everyone has to face another extremely bad possibility: Iger died during this field mission.

If this happens after waiting for a long time, what should everyone do?
At that time, the board of directors will definitely not be the same as it is now, and everyone can discuss together calmly.Due to the long-term "co-governance", many personal grievances must have accumulated, and it will be too late to start the election of the chairman at that time.

Once the news of Iger's death is confirmed, the split of the team is inevitable.

At present, for the gospel team, being able to push one person to sit on it first is also related to the life and death of the team.

This time, Maria took the initiative to run for election. From all aspects, she is really the best candidate at the moment.

First of all, let’s talk about qualifications. Maria is one of the founders of the Gospel Team. She is the assistant of Father Locke and the elder director of the Gospel Team.

When it comes to personal ability, no matter who it is, the evaluation of Maria's ability is above average.It is true that Maria is not as brilliant as Iger, nor as clever as Andy, but her strength is rigor.The most critical person could not accuse Maria of not doing things well.

Finally, back to personal feelings.No one else can take the position of chairman, but Maria can.Because Iger is a nostalgic person.

Now the team has come to an extremely important fork in the road.

If there is only one way, then you can only bite the bullet and go to the dark, but now that you have a choice, everyone needs to make a trade-off.

After Vance stared at Maria for a while, he turned his head to the others and said, "Dismiss! Let's take a break first, and formally convene the full board meeting in the conference room on the second floor in 10 minutes."

Originally, Vance wanted to do important things in the secretary's office, but it turned out that this matter could only be a public showdown.

After everyone else went out, only Vance and Maria were left in the room.

"This position is not so easy to sit in." Vance looked at Maria and said to her distressedly: "Your character is not suitable for this."

"What kind of character are you talking about? Cunning or cruel?" Maria said calmly to Vance, "I can learn."

"Why is this?" Vance looked sadly at Maria, a simple, kind and good girl, why did she become what she is today.

Maria looked at Vance, and after a while, she said firmly, "Uncle Vance. The Gospel team should belong to the Gospel Church."

"The Evangelical Church?" Vance froze for a moment when he heard Maria's words. This was what the girl had in mind.

In fact, from a certain point of view, this is true.The gospel team was actually established by these few people using the gospel church as a stronghold, but...

"Locke is dead, and you are not a nun anymore. Is the Evangelical Church still there?" Vance asked Maria anxiously and angrily.

"Yes." Maria proudly said to Vance: "The Evangelical Church is now in Rose Town. We have a new Evangelical Cathedral and a nun who can be called a pious person. In the near future, the church will be Welcome its master."

"The owner of the church? Who?" Vance asked Maria, and he suddenly shouted: "Could it be that you are pregnant with Locke's child!"

Maria looked at Vance quietly without answering.

Vance also felt stupid after blurting out these words.To put it mildly, it is disrespect for old friends, and to put it mildly, it is called profanity.

child.

correct.

Now that Vance has figured everything out, he waved to Maria wearily and said, "Since you want to do it, I'll give you 10 minutes.

There are 9 current directors. If you want to be the chairman, you must get more than half of the votes.

I'll vote you down, your only chance is to get the remaining 5 votes. "

"Thank you for your support, Uncle Vance." Maria nodded politely at Vance, and then she left the room.

Seeing Maria's leaving figure, Vance heaved a long sigh.Alas, what kind of world is this.

Vance went out and turned to the corridor. He ordered the internal affairs staff waiting at the stairs to clean up Andy. There is nothing to keep secret now, and it will be made public anyway.

Poor Andy, he already stinks.

……

22:00, 2nd Floor, Morgan Building, Jixi Town.

The board meeting, which was originally planned to start in 10 minutes, was postponed for a while, and the radio in Jixi Town woke up all the sleeping people.

Since you want to play the bright card, you can't open it quietly.

The Gospel team held an enlarged meeting of all directors, and all shareholders and above can go to the conference room on the second floor to listen.

The meeting started, and it was Elvira who presided over it. The task of recording was handed over to other recorders, and Bella was also invited to attend the meeting.

Elvira has little experience in speaking in meetings, so she wrote an outline in advance and just read it.

First of all, Elvira informed everyone about the unfortunate death of Chairman Andy.After the briefing, everyone observed a 3-minute silence for Chairman Andy.

The second thing is the absence of Iger and others.

Fran didn't say anything, he either didn't hear the radio while hunting, or he didn't even think about coming back when he heard the radio.

But Elvira caused a stir when she explained why Iger and Joanna were absent.

"Now we don't know where they are, nor when they will come back. God bless us, and hope they can return smoothly." Avella said to everyone while looking at the notebook, "The last agenda, now For the election of the third chairman of the Gospel Team, you can recommend yourself or others.”

After Elvira finished speaking, the venue fell silent. This was a critical moment to determine the future direction of the Gospel team.

Subsequently, Maria recommended herself to participate in the election for the position of chairman. Apart from her, no other person participated.

Elvira announced the requirements for the election. Whether the electors are equal or divided, they must obtain more than half of the directors' votes in order to successfully run for the election.

The next step was the voting session. Everyone didn't have the mind to engage in any ceremony, so they spoke and voted one by one.

Vance took the lead, casting a negative vote first.

This negative vote caused the crowd to exclaim.

Because the absence of three people was three votes less, and Vance voted against it again, it seemed impossible for Maria to succeed in the election.

Subsequently.

Elvira, yes.

Lily, agree.

Nicholas, agree.

Gavin, agree.

When Gavin voted yes, the audience stood up and applauded.Amid thunderous cheers, Maria raised her hand and said, "Maria, I agree."

(End of this chapter)