The Witch's Taste

Everyone looked at each other.This is not collecting registrations, but collecting fools to die. Everyone does not want to bear that kind of guilt, so they all turn their attention to Xia Qingyu - this girl is probably the only one present who does not care about the condemnation of conscience at all, or in other words, she has Even if you don’t have a conscience, that’s not necessarily the case.

"I'll do it." Yuuki Izumo couldn't stand it anymore and took the initiative to stand up and block the gun for his master.

At this time, the meeting was almost over. Seeing Yuki Izumo taking over the task, Chen Ziang also sighed:

"Why do you bring secretaries to all meetings? It seems I have to cultivate a few confidants."

Xia Zili smiled implicitly next to her.Strictly speaking, Gloria is not her secretary. She just signed an employment agreement with the Klublev family. In addition to Trauch's unfortunate death, she follows Miss Christine as a bodyguard. This way, even if Klublieff family follows, When the Bolifu family came to investigate, she would be able to make a reasonable argument.

"Speaking of which, senior, there is someone you can use." Tsukimiya Suzuna suddenly said.

"Who?"

"Song Mingyuan, the former confidential secretary of the Star District." Tsukimiya Suzuna said seriously, "After being a senior civil servant for so many years, my administrative ability is definitely nothing to say. But in terms of personality, he has the typical bad habits of civil servants, conservative and very annoying Change and innovation.”

"But compared to his work ability, these shortcomings are not intolerable." Chen Ziang understood immediately, "In the final analysis, elected politicians are elected and resigned like water, and they will be manipulated by permanent civil servants. Our starship Society is not an elected system, so this problem does not exist.”

"Okay, let's call him over first and ask him."

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In the cabin in the residential area, Song Xi and her mother were lying on the bed side by side, scrolling through their phones boredly.

Song Mingyuan was sitting at the desk reading.

The family of three was only allocated this small room of about [-] square meters, which was undoubtedly a far cry from their luxurious mansion in Takamagahara.

However, compared with the decline in living conditions, the lack of a source of job income is a more troublesome problem.

Today's starship society does not have any economic and trade system. Everyone's three meals a day depend on the food rationing system, whether you are a senior civil servant or a cleaner.

For Song Mingyuan, who once held a high position, this would probably be very uncomfortable. Therefore, his wife and daughter have recently been thinking of ways, such as asking Song Xi to find her best friend Suzuna Tsukimiya to help with the relationship, and see if they can get the old man to do it. My father once again became passionate about starships.

However, Song Mingyuan himself does not seem to have such concerns. Recently, he read half of the books he brought to the starship and took a lot of notes.

The phone suddenly rang.

Song Mingyuan glanced at it, then stood up and said:

"Bring me that formal suit."

"What, someone wants to see you up there?" The wife quickly got out of bed.

"Humph." Song Mingyuan showed a somewhat proud smile, "Put the cone in the bag and you will see its benefits."

"Okay, dad, stop being such a jerk!" Song Xi quickly put on his clothes, "Hurry up and get an official position and come back and bring delicious food to me and my mom!"

After Song Mingyuan finished dressing, he opened the door and went out, walking along the passage toward the bridge.

When I arrived at the command room, I waited for the soldiers at the door to announce, and adjusted my collar based on the reflection of the metal wall.

"Let him in." A young male voice came from inside.

Song Mingyuan entered the command room and saw the majestic and vast planet Aegelaos behind the huge floor-to-ceiling windows. The light sources from the modern city were densely dotted on the vast limestone plain.

Chen Ziang stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window with his hands behind his hands, his face serious and his brows furrowed - it looked like he was bothered by something.

"Captain, are you looking for me?" Song Mingyuan asked.

Strictly speaking, the captain should be Suzuna Tsukimiya.In today's starship society, the crew members are all from Tsukinomiya Suzuna, while the military is collectively loyal to Xia Qingyu.

However, the title is mainly to express attitude, whether it is accurate or not can be ignored for the time being.

As expected, Chen Ziang didn't dwell on this. He just looked at the surface of the planet in the distance and said:

"Mr. Song Mingyuan, what do you think...what kind of diplomatic attitude should we have towards the Federation's Bakht Group?"

307. Chapter 306 Tsukinomiya Suzuna’s Hometown

Song Mingyuan is actually very capable.

When I was in Takamagahara, the reason why things were always in bad shape was also due to the shortcomings of the democratically elected system: whether it is the merit of good things or the fault of bad things, it is the elected politicians who get it, so why should civil servants do their best to create political achievements for your elected politicians? Woolen cloth?

Of course, we can do whatever it takes to save effort. It would be best if nothing changes and the system has been in place for tens of thousands of years.

Now on the starship, with the lives of 1000 million people on his shoulders, practicality is the first consideration in everything. As expected, Song Mingyuan also used his ingenuity to provide Chen Ziang with a long-planned strategy:

Fight without breaking.

"Although the Federation is currently hostile to humans as a whole, its source comes from its hostility to the Empire. Therefore, the attitude of the Federation elves towards us actually depends on their current attitude towards the Empire." Song Mingyuan explained, "But the Federation itself is not monolithic. , mainly divided into the aristocratic industrial faction headed by the Klublev family, the Bakht family, etc., and the civilian capital faction such as the Rhine Business Alliance and Mystery of the Soul."

"The aristocratic industrial faction is mostly engaged in manufacturing, mining, and energy industries. The empire's technical level in these fields is far inferior to that of the Federation. Therefore, it has 'economic cooperation interests but political ideological conflict' with the aristocratic faction."

"The civilian capitalist faction mainly occupies the financial industry, information technology, and pharmaceutical industries. Their relationship with the empire is more competitive than cooperative. Therefore, they are exactly the opposite of the aristocrats. There is economic conflict, but there is not much political hostility."

"You mean..." Listening to Song Mingyuan's explanation, Chen Ziang felt that he seemed to have grasped some of the context.

"We must take advantage of the conflict between the aristocratic faction and the civilian faction to create an environment suitable for our survival in the cracks." Song Mingyuan replied, "For the aristocratic faction, we must carry out commercial cooperation as much as possible and use economic benefits to relieve the elves. The discrimination and hostility of nobles towards human beings.”

"For the civilian faction, we should make more use of their hostility towards the aristocratic faction and try to make them fight with the aristocratic faction to reduce the possibility of conflict with them."

Chen Ziang pondered for a moment and said:

"So according to you, who is our biggest enemy?"

"Of course it's the one with the advantage." Song Mingyuan said with a smile.

"In the Aegelaos star region, the Bakht family has the upper hand." Chen Ziang said thoughtfully, "According to your statement..."

"Carry out trade with the Bakht family." Song Mingyuan replied, "For example, purchasing their energy reserves and signing a long-term, installment agreement. In this way, if they plan to attack us, they will face the sunk cost of not being able to recover the payment."

"So why didn't Gao Tianyuan do this in the first place?" Chen Ziang asked casually.

"The problem with Gao Tianyuan is that the economic interests under the earth's crust are too huge, and the government's control over the people is too weak." Song Mingyuan replied, "In fact, if Shi Di can be tougher, such as directly declaring all opposition parties If they are held as political prisoners and suppressed, and if they choose to actively get closer to the empire in diplomacy, the Bakht Group will have no choice but to hold their noses and continue to cooperate, and will definitely not have other ideas."

"Similarly, for us, the exiled government on the starship, Bakht will definitely adopt the same test method. On the one hand, we must show the interests of economic cooperation, and on the other hand, we must also show a tough enough attitude to let Bakht realized that the costs of intervention far outweighed the benefits, and this was the so-called 'fight without breaking up' - that is, limited, non-defeating confrontation."

"That's it." Chen Ziang nodded and said, "I will consider it."

After sending Song Mingyuan away, someone else soon came to visit.

"Chen Zi'ang." Xia Zili said in embarrassment, "There is a non-governmental profit organization called 'Aurora Charity Company'. They invited me as Kiritani Maki to hold a charity concert on the surface of the planet. They also said that all the income after tax will be donated to Refugee from Takamagahara.”

"Charity concert?" Chen Ziang pondered, "Were you the only one invited?"

"There are three other federal singers." Xia Zili replied, "Meryl Daisy, Mariana Dorsello, and Carola Pixie."

I have never heard of it... Chen Ziang searched it on his mobile phone and confirmed that it was undoubtedly a popular elf singer from the Federation.

If there is any conspiracy against Xia Zili, of course there is no need to invite these elf singers, because they all have their own fan base and traffic, which will attract the attention of many people, and then it will be difficult to operate in secret. .

"Then what do you think?" Chen Ziang asked in confirmation.

"I have discussed it with Sister Ji Xiang." Xia Zili replied, "Although I can't compare with the local stars in the Federation, I still have a fan base in the Federation."

"If your acting career is suspended for a long time, your popularity will gradually decrease... What do you think?"

"Okay." Chen Ziang suddenly had an idea, "I'll go with you."

"Are you going too?" Xia Zili said in surprise.

"In the end, the intelligence collected on the ship is only what others see and hear." Chen Ziang made up his mind and said, "I still have to see with my own eyes what is going on in Agilaos. "

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Yuki Izumo recruited 5000 people on the ship to stay with a host family on the planet Aegelaos, and the places were quickly filled.

It is true that the vast majority of the human population is still hostile to the Federation elves, but there are also people who are not interested in international politics and just want to live their own lives - the conditions on the starship are still a bit worse after all.

It is said that on the night of the recruitment, some people spontaneously organized themselves, claiming that they wanted to "retaliate against those who took refuge in the elves". Fortunately, they were discovered by the security guards in the residential area in time, otherwise the first mass murder on the ship would have happened. Erupted.

Regarding the Aegelaos sector, the Starfleet government's explanation is to "let the first batch of refugees stay for a period of time, and then consider integrating more refugees into Aegelaos based on the integration of the people on both sides."

There is certainly nothing wrong with this statement. Although some left-wing media think it is due to "human paranoia" and "distrust of the goodwill of the federation", overall it has not caused much public opinion turmoil.

Because most of the news media are attracted by the upcoming charity concert.

Four elf singers were invited to participate in this performance. Among them, Kiritani Maki and Carola Pixie are both half-elves and are less famous.

Meryl Daisy is a folk singer-songwriter who is even higher in terms of fan popularity;

As for Mariana Dorsello, she comes from the famous "Dorsello Family" (the family is rich in various supermodels and socialites, and often marries various celebrities), so she is a super big name in this charity concert. Nearly half of the media coverage was directed at her.

As soon as Chen Ziang and others got off the airport, they saw a huge promotional poster on the wall of the terminal. Mariana, with a hot figure, occupied the C seat in the center, and the other three people became her decoration.

"Tsk, tsk." Tsukimiya Suzuna asked with a low smile, "Zi Li used to be in the C position of publicity in Takamagahara, but now she is suppressed by the fame of other stars. Don't you feel a little lost?"

"Suzuna!" Chen Ziang quickly told her to shut up, "Stop it and stop talking."

"It's nothing." Xia Zili was quite generous, "This is a charity concert, and all the proceeds go to the human refugees. It would be great if a singer bigger than me can participate."

"That's right." Tsukimiya Suzuna turned her head casually and looked at the modern city outside the glass curtain wall.

...I feel nostalgic for some reason.

Although I went to Gaotianyuan to find my seniors early in this life, in my previous life... I grew up here.

308. Chapter 307 Don’t underestimate the witch

The headquarters of Aurora Charity Company is located in District 64 of Aegelaos. It is a magnificent high-rise building. It is said that although this organization has not raised funds publicly, there are many mysterious big donors behind it, so it has never had any financial problems. question.

Hoshino Norika, Xia Zili, and the original team of the firm entered the building to discuss the concert with Aurora Charity.

Chen Ziang and Tsukimiya Suzuna were waiting in the square outside, observing the people passing by.

As a city planet, Aegelaos has a "massive" number of small and medium-sized enterprises, and its business atmosphere is also very strong.For example, at the mobile hot dog stand on the roadside, there are a large number of white-collar workers wearing business attire and carrying briefcases queuing up to pick up the food. They take it and leave, eating it in a hurry on the way.

"Senior." Tsukimiya Suzuna said from the side, "This is where we met in our previous life."

"Yes." Of course Chen Ziang already knew, because Xia Zili told him that after the destruction of Gao Tianyuan in the previous life, they came to the Aegelaos star region.

"Our family has a certain amount of shares in the Barr Group." Suzuna Tsukimiya continued. "My father was originally a director of the group. Later, in order to go to Takamagahara, he transferred the voting rights and only retained profit dividends."

"The Barr Group is a federal giant specializing in the food and pharmaceutical industries, right?" Chen Ziang asked.

"It's not a franchise, it's a monopoly." Tsukimiya Suzuna replied. "Currently, only Klublev and Bakht maintain their own food production bases and pharmaceutical companies, but they have no competitiveness in the federal open market. And all the others All the food that federal residents eat and all the medicines they use from birth to death come from the Barr Group."

"What a terrible interstellar chaebol." Chen Ziang sighed, "So is it the aristocratic faction or the civilian faction?"

"Civilian faction." A voice sounded next to him, "The Barr Group only hires people based on ability, regardless of bloodline and origin, and has nothing to do with the aristocratic faction."

The two of them turned around and saw a strange middle-aged dark elf in formal attire standing in front of them with a smile, greeting Tsukimiya Suzuna:

"Suzuna, after hearing about the humanitarian disaster in Takamagahara, the board of directors was very concerned about the situation of Director Tsukimiya - now it is confirmed that you are safe and sound, I am really lucky."

"Uncle Abraham." Suzuna Tsukimiya smiled, but in the eyes of Chen Ziang, who knew her well, she knew it was a polite smile that was more polite than close, "Is your career going well recently?"

"Thanks to your father's departure that year." The dark elf named Abraham sat down on the bench next to him and replied, "A lot of positions were given up, and I was promoted to the public relations department."

"The public relations department is not easy to run." Suzuna Tsukimiya shook her head and said, "If there are different voices within the board of directors, then no matter which side you follow, you will only offend the other side."

"That's what big business is like," Abraham said with a smile, "so you need to stick to the right side."

"Who are they?" Tsukimiya Suzuna asked curiously, "Hamrak and Jollif? They are the only ones who can offer you an olive branch."

Abraham smiled without saying a word and turned his gaze to Chen Ziang:

"Mr. Chen is the leader of the Takamagahara refugees, right?"

"What's the matter?" Chen Ziang did not deny this, but just asked the other party's intention first.

"I heard that Aurora Charity has been contacting you recently." Abraham said seriously, "You want to invite Kiritani Maki to a charity concert, right?"

"That's right." These are all public matters. Chen Ziang did not deny it. "Is there any problem with this matter?"

"There are four stars participating in the charity concert." Abraham replied, "Among them, Carola Pixie is a hybrid of orc and elf, Maki Kiritani is a hybrid of human and elf, Meryl Daisy's grandmother is a dwarf, and Mariana ·Dosero’s genetic genealogy is relatively complex and can basically be regarded as including the blood of the five major elves.”

"In other words, the combined genes of these four stars include humans, dwarves, orcs, and elves. Mr. Chen once served in Countermeasures Section [-] in Gao Tianyuan, so he must be able to see that something is wrong."

Chen Ziang was stunned for a moment and said:

"Ritual? Is there any mysterious ritual that needs to be initiated by these four stars containing the bloodlines of the four major races, so as to construct a map of all racial residents in Aegelaos?"

"I don't understand the specific mechanism." Abraham replied, "I have just temporarily memorized these mysterious and taboo knowledge. After the negotiation with you is over, I will go back to cleanse my memory."

"In short, the actual controller behind the Aurora Charity Company is the Bakht family. They are very good at hiding mysterious rituals in various seemingly normal social activities. It is because of this that you Gaotian people left your hometown. Who should we compare with this? They all have a deeper understanding.”

"You want to cooperate with us?" Tsukimiya Suzuna interrupted, "Other than that, I can't think of any reason why the group sent you to contact us."

"Of course." Abraham said frankly, "Everyone is actually aware of the recent changes in the Bakht family. The Rhine Business Alliance and the Soul Mystery Alliance have expressed their willingness to cooperate with the Barr Group in this regard and strive to prevent the Bakht family from attacking Aji. Laos takes action, no matter what conspiracy they hide. If you, the starship humans, are also included, it will be a four-way cooperation."