From Prisoner to Si Chen..

Chapter 533 Disbandment
Time quietly came to the end of July.

During this period of time, the incident gradually fermented and its influence expanded. However, Jilan, the person involved, did not deliberately inquire about it, nor was he very interested.

He still went to get off work and came home as usual.

Be a responsible chairman.

That night, after finishing his tedious official business, Gillan drove back to the apartment, intending to talk to Weiner and Alevia.

The two took advantage of this leisurely time to have a good rest. Since they left their respective secret societies, they have regained their freedom and no longer need to deliberately disguise themselves.

They were relieved of their burdens, both physically and mentally, and lived a very comfortable life. So they wandered around the capital, Musik-Sintra, to experience the local culture and taste the local delicacies.

"Weiner, Alevia, would you mind joining the Bremen Mysterious Investigation Committee?"

In the living room at night, while drinking tea, Gillan made suggestions to his two friends.

"Of course, this is just a suggestion. It's okay if you don't want to."

"Inquiry committee?"

Weiner was holding the teacup, stunned.

He and the woman in the white dress beside him looked at each other and saw the surprised expressions on each other's faces.

"Mr. Gillan, are you planning to make us members of the committee?"

"Yeah." Jilan put down his teacup and nodded. "You two are quite capable, and have served as high-level officials in the three major secret societies. You have a good understanding of the mysterious field. If you become a member of the committee, you will have a unique advantage."

He paused for a moment, then raised his eyes and looked at his two friends sitting across the coffee table, and said:
"The world today is led by three hegemons, and Austria and China are at war. The situation is not clear... You are now long-lived people with extraordinary lifespans. In the future, you will have more opportunities to come into contact with higher-level things."

"As the highest institution of the Bremen Empire against the mysterious side, the committee is a good choice."

Hearing this, Alevia suddenly burst into laughter and said:
"The more important reason is that you, Jilan, are the chairman! It only takes a word to arrange for us to join the committee!"

"That's right."

Jilan did not deny it and smiled.

"However, even if you do not choose to join the committee and instead plan to go to any mysterious force in Bremen, I can still handle it with just one sentence... It all depends on your own wishes."

Hearing this domineering speech, Weiner and Alevia couldn't help but sigh.

The "Red Sage" is now in the empire, and it can be said that he stands at the top of the double pyramid of reality and mystery. His words can make any mysterious force tremble.

"Since you said so, Jilan, I certainly won't refuse."

Alevia smoothed her hair and said with a smile.

Immediately, she put her chin on her hand and joked:

"But we are also long-time people after all. You won't arrange for us to start from the grassroots, right?"

"of course not."

Gillan laughed.

"Committee members are usually Level 2 Spirit Mystics, and the team leader is a senior Level 3... As a Jiushi, you can definitely go to the special operations team and serve as the leader."

"very nice."

Alevia chuckled.

The bald strong man Weiner beside him also said happily:
"We can be considered to have returned as undercover agents and have been gloriously promoted... In the past, I never thought that I could become the head of the special operations team of the committee."

"It's a pity that Mr. Franco and Miss Aurora are not here, otherwise our small team would be complete."

"Yes." Alevia looked nostalgic. "I haven't seen them in real life for a long time."

Hearing the two people talking about this, Jilan couldn't help but look thoughtful.

At the beginning, he proposed that the members of "Hand of Dawn" should disperse and develop on their own, helping and watching over each other when needed.

But now, the significance of this plan seems to be less important. After all, each of them has a certain strength, and Jilan is at the top of the world.

Franco is currently a high-ranking member of the "Recording Society", but the purpose of this secret society is to explore the secrets of the "director" of February Si Chen through real films.

Ms. Crow and other senior executives of the "Screening Round Table" did not know the truth that the "director" had passed away.

'It's time to tell them about this...'

Gillan thought.

Whether it was because of his friendship with Ms. Crow or because of their collaboration on the remnants of "Curtain Call", he felt that he needed to tell the secret history of the "director's" death.

Otherwise, the "recording meeting" will be in vain.

As for the future of the "Record Society" after learning the truth of the matter, Gillan didn't know, nor did he need to know.

"I will contact Franco and Aurora tomorrow and ask for their opinions."

Jilan collected his thoughts and said to the two of them.

"If they also agree to join the committee, then the 'Hand of Dawn' will be gathered in reality."

"That's great!"

Alevia and Weiner were very happy.

...

...

The next day, Gillan took the two of them to Triumph Building and arranged for them to start work.

The process was smooth.

After all, the chairman holds the power to appoint and dismiss personnel, and it is indeed just a matter of a word. After a simple instruction from Maiwei, she arranged all the formalities.

However, a small incident occurred during this process.

That is, Alevia suddenly changed her mind and was not going to serve as the head of the special operations team, but instead planned to become the chairman's personal secretary.

This incident immediately caused dissatisfaction among Miss Maiwei.

However, the position of secretary to the chairman is not someone who can be appointed casually. He or she needs to be fully familiar with all matters of the committee and have sufficient work experience.

Obviously, Alevia doesn't have it.

Although she was stronger than Miss Maiev, the final result was regrettably "failed". She had no choice but to accept the original arrangement with a puffed face.

After arranging things for Werner and Alevia, Gillan asked Maeve to take them both to familiarize themselves with the environment and their duties, and he returned to the office.

He made a cup of hot coffee, sat on the leather chair, and called the alchemy hotline directly to "Ms. Crow".

Wait until there is a burst of beautiful wind chimes sound.

Click.

"Hello, Mr. Gillan?"

A familiar female voice came from the other end, with a somewhat uncertain tone.

Gillan held the microphone and said with a smile:
"it's me."

"Mr. Gillan, is there something important?"

Ms. Crow sounded quite surprised.

In her opinion, the "Red Sage" had caused a big fuss in the Federation not long ago, so he should be very busy now.

But I didn't expect that someone would call me on the hotline.

"I guess so." Gillan said. "Ms. Crow, regarding the real film "Curtain Call #2", unfortunately, I destroyed it."

"This……"

Ms. Crow was shocked, but didn't know what to say.

Blame him?

Not to mention that Ms. Crow doesn't have the courage to do so. Besides, this film was originally produced through cooperation between the two parties, and the other party also has certain disposal rights.

Ms. Crow just felt deeply regretful.

At this time, Jilan said again:
"I'm very sorry, Ms. Crow. I will give you satisfactory compensation for the Recording Association. In addition, I have watched the film and can tell you some of its contents."

"Hmm?" Hearing this, Ms. Crow was quite surprised. "If that's the case, then it couldn't be better."

Immediately afterwards, Jilan used the teleportation alchemy array attached to the hotline to send a full ten thousand gold Caesars over.

Ms. Crow was very surprised by this. "Isn't that too much, Mr. Gillan?"

“This film is worth so much.”

Gillan sighed.

"Regarding the contents of the film, I cannot reveal too much, because it involves Si Sui and some dangerous secrets. If you know too much, it will do more harm than good... I can only say that Er Yue Si Chen, the 'director', has actually fallen."

"The 'Director' has fallen?!"

Ms. Crow raised her voice in disbelief.

"Yes." Gillan said in a deep voice. "On the midsummer night of 1916, he was assassinated by three artistic masters, Miss Elegy, Lady Ya, and the White Dove Poet."

"That murder was called 'The Night of Exposure' because only after that did real film appear around the world. This is the truth of the secret history... And the film "Curtain Call" is the autobiography shot by the 'director' for himself, which summarizes his life."

"..."

There was silence on the other end of the hotline for a long time.

Ms. Crow took a deep breath and said in a daze:

"No wonder... No wonder the Bremen Empire issued an 'Art Order' eleven years ago, prohibiting the distribution of films and videos and closing all major cinemas. And our 'Record Society' was founded in that year."

"I just didn't expect that the great 'director' was already dead, killed by the three major art masters working together!"

Ms. Crow's tone was quite lost.

Even a little discouraged.

Because most of the members of the "Record Club" follow the path of the Crucible, the Sword, the Spiral, and the February "Director".

They are all believers in the "director".

But now I know that the supreme god in my heart has already fallen. You can imagine how sad I am.

"Thank you for sharing this secret history. It is very important to us, very important!"

Ms. Crow took a deep breath and spoke in a low voice.

"You're welcome." Jilan said. "Well, Ms. Crow, I want to buy the fragment of 'No. 2' that your 'Record Society' holds. What do you think?"

"May I let the Screening Roundtable know and I'll get back to you after we discuss this?"

Ms. Crow said in a low voice.

"In fact, after experiencing the tragic loss of the last movie, the secret society has come to the conclusion that the movie is not something we can explore... So Mr. Gillan's desire for the remaining fragment of 'No. 2' should be no problem."

"Okay, then I'll wait for your news."

After saying this, Gillan hung up the hotline.

...

...

The response from the Records Council was quick.

That evening, Jilan was sitting in his office annotating documents when the metal microphone on the table began to vibrate and emit a golden alchemy array light.

He raised his hand and picked up the hotline.

"Hey, Mr. Gillan, the meeting has been passed... We agree to transfer the 'No. 2' fragment to you, but the price may be a bit expensive."

Ms. Crow said straight to the point.

Her tone was quite nervous, as if she was worried about angering Gillan.

Ever since Gilan became the Chairman of the Empire, and especially after the Lone Federation's "Grand Opera House Terrorist Attack" that shocked the world some time ago, Ms. Crow understood that the status of both sides was no longer equal.

Their "Record Committee" is clearly the weaker party and cannot easily offend the "Red Sage", so they can only be respectful and try to please him.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Gillan, we are not asking for a higher price, but... we are planning to disband the Record Society and we need a large sum of money to resettle the members."

Ms. Crow explained quickly.

Gillan was a little surprised.

"The Recording Society is going to be disbanded?"

"Yes." Ms. Crow said. "After learning that the 'director' was dead, the atmosphere within the secret society fell into a trough. Everyone seemed to have lost faith and the meaning of continuing to explore the film..."

"And there is another important reason. A few days ago, we suddenly found that all the real films were invalid and we couldn't continue watching the movie."

"Is there such a thing?!"

Ji Lan was quite surprised.

"Yes, for some unknown reason, all the real films we collected were destroyed by an invisible force, and we can no longer watch them..."

Ms. Crow said in a deep voice.

Jilan thought about it and suddenly realized that this was most likely his fault.

After he watched the movie "Curtain Call", Ms. Cross Melanie, the "chief photographer" of February Apostles, personally visited him and confronted him, telling him the backup plan arranged by the "director".

Those real films were actually a tool left to him by the "director" so that he could use it to grow quickly.

Now, it's obviously no longer useful.

Therefore, the "assistant script supervisor" Hera, and the "official actor" Mr. A, who were in the film, would naturally destroy the real film.

After figuring it all out, Jilan let out a long sigh.

He was silent for a few seconds and asked:

"Ms. Crow, what price do you plan to offer for the fragment No. 2?"

"8000 Caesars, how about that?"

On the other end of the phone, Ms. Crow said cautiously.

"If you think it's too expensive, we can make it cheaper. After all, we don't know whether the fragment is the same as the other real films... maybe even if we put them together, we can't watch the movie properly."

"It's okay, let's just give it 10000 Caesars. This is also the amount I'll give you as compensation."

Gillan Road.

This can be considered as a kind of compensation for the "recording meeting", but there is no need to explain it in detail to Ms. Crow.

Moreover, he believes that "Curtain Call" will not be ineffective because he has not watched the first part, which contains secrets left to him by the "director".

Gilan's words surprised Ms. Crow.

Not only did they not lower the price, they actually raised it.

She took a deep breath and said gratefully:
"I appreciate your generosity, Mr. Gillan. On behalf of all members of the Recording Society, I would like to express my gratitude to you... Then, I will pass the fragment over."

Then, the two sides conducted a transaction again through the alchemy array.

Gilan sent over 2 gold Caesar notes and got the "No. " fragment himself.

"Happy transaction, Mr. Gillan."

Ms. Crow breathed a sigh of relief.

"However, this should be my last transaction with you on behalf of the Record Society... From now on, I may only be a member of Night Rose."

"Happy Trading."

Gillan laughed.

"Even if the Record Society is disbanded, it will not affect our friendship, Ms. Crow... When I was still young, you helped me a lot, and I will always remember it."

"That's what I'm thankful for, Mr. Gillan."

Ms. Crow smiled.

The two chatted for a while.

Gillan Road:
"By the way, Ms. Crow, can you please tell Mr. Franco to come directly to the capital, Muse City, when he is free. An old friend wants to see him."

"Yes, of course no problem."

Ms. Crow responded.

(End of this chapter)