The investigation was actually quite simple, Owen sent staff to visit voters around polling place 9 and found that most of them voted for the Liberal Party, and very few voters supported the Socialist Party.

Then the problem is in the ballot.

Many civilians of this era were uneducated, and their ballots were filled out by staff sent by the Election Commission, and there were six staff members at polling place 9, all of whom were members of the Liberal Party, but one of them had now quit the Liberal Party and joined the Socialist Party.

The man named Bruce Hughes immediately entered the fulfillment of Owen.

"Bruce Hughes came to Johannesburg from home country a year ago, first in Johannesburg City Council, where he was responsible for the placement of Boers, and then Bruce Hughes's department was disbanded, and Bruce Hughes came to join the Liberal Party and went to work at the Liberal Party headquarters – before the election, Bruce Hughes was in charge of assisting voters in filling out their ballots, and he was the head of the polling area at polling point nine, so no one doubted him; After the election, Bruce Hughes joined the Socialist Party as head of the Socialist Party's propaganda department, and it was said that he could become one of the four members of parliament of the Socialist Party. Owen's face turned pale, and although there was no evidence, it was clear that Bruce Hughes was very suspicious.

Roque's face is also ugly, this kind of thing can happen when the Liberals have the upper hand, this matter is a slap in the face of Hongguoguo.

The point is that Roark and Irving are not likely to make a big deal about it, this matter is not very glorious, and if it is made public, it will expose many problems in the organizational structure and internal oversight of the Liberal Party, so even if Roark and Irving want to hold Bruce Hughes accountable, they cannot make a big splash.

"Arnold's identity as the heir is still very confusing for ordinary people, but what makes me wonder is that Bruce Hughes is also an official in the Liberal Party, so he still doesn't know the actual situation in Johannesburg?" Owen couldn't figure out why Bruce Hughes did this.

"It's very simple, the advantage of the Liberal Party is too great, people like Bruce Hughes will probably always be just grassroots officials in the Liberal Party, and it will be difficult to climb up, but if the Socialist Party is different, in the Liberal Party Bruce Hughes is only the lowest-ranking leader, and when he reaches the Socialist Party, he can become a minister, and possibly a member of parliament, if it were me, I would also take risks." Roque didn't approve of this approach, but Roque understood.

I can really understand that when he was in Cape, Roque was also an insignificant little person, so Roque understood the mentality of the little man very well, at that time, as long as there was an opportunity, Roque would climb up at all costs, and the current Bruce Hughes is actually almost the same.

Of course, being able to understand does not mean that it can also be accepted, Bruce Hughes will definitely have to pay a price, not to mention that he will be a member of parliament, and he will not be able to be a minister for a few days.

"In the future, there must be a set of fixed procedures for joining and leaving the party, and you can't come and leave as you want as you want now." Roque really hated this kind of behavior.

"It's normal to join the party and quit the party, and it's the same for all parties in the world, so I'm afraid we can't do that." Owen is a bit embarrassed, if there are too many rules, then the Liberals will no longer be "free".

"No, this is not normal, it is precisely because you can join the Liberal Party by filling out a form, and you don't even have to say hello when you quit, so Bruce Hughes will not pay attention to his party membership, if we can limit this kind of behavior, then if someone wants to do it again in the future, they will carefully weigh the gains and losses, at least not so hastily." This is the reason why Roque does not like democratic representative systems, and elections in a general sense not only cost people and money, but also cause a series of negative effects.

This is also because the democratic representative system in Johannesburg has just begun to be implemented, and in fact it will be much less in a few years, but Roque did not have to wait that long.

"Okay, I'll go back and have someone look into it." The Liberals have a team dedicated to drafting rules and regulations, and this team is made up of lawyers who are more specialized than both Roque and Owen.

"And Bruce Hughes, I think you can go straight to Arnold, or go back and get your father's advice." Roque was ruthless, and Bruce Hughes probably thought that with Arnold's protection, Roque and Owen would throw a mouse, so Bruce Hughes was wrong.

"I'm looking for Arnold or with the mud, I'll go back and talk to my father." Owen decided to go to Philip to complain, Arnold is really inauthentic, Philip has already reminded Arnold, Arnold actually dares to do things in the election, I really don't know whether to live or die.

Roque didn't care about the quarrel between Owen and Arnold, and directly called Xia Jiu over.

"Bruce Hughes, head of the Propaganda Department of the Socialist Party, send me someone to keep an eye on him and see if I can find anything." Roque also directly mobilized the umbrella to monitor Bruce Hughes, which was more specialized than the police department and the new 1st Cavalry Division.

"No problem, Lord, I'll find out what color pajamas he wears at night." Xia Jiu took it all in, looked at Luo Ke and stopped talking.

"What?"

"Gabby George—" Xia Jiu mentioned the name that was almost forgotten by Roque.

In fact, it didn't take long to happen, and it can only be said that Roque was so busy this time that he was about to forget Gabby George.

"Don't worry, he'll be put on trial in a few days." Roque still chose to reconcile with Harry Alsop, and the public trial became a closed trial, and Roque definitely would not kill Gabby George, which was a bargaining chip in Roque's hand.

On the surface, it is true that the National Party has now been disbanded, but the news from the inside shows that things are not so simple.

Harry Alsop was not willing to accept defeat, and although Henry Alsop ran back to his homeland to avoid the limelight, the National Party changed its name and is now called the Unionist Party, and continued to hype it up in Pretoria.

Harry Alsop probably didn't know what happened to the last Unionist Party, so he used this unfortunate name, which is also normal, and there is a Progressive Party in Johannesburg, which is also a different thing from the Progressive Party in Cape.

The current leader of the Unionist Party is Adrian Simon, whom Roque has dealt with, and Harry Alsop probably does not have few henchmen who can be trusted, so he can only send his own secretary to be the leader of the Unionist Party, which is not a good choice.

"That's good, I've sent a team now to provide close protection to Gabby George twenty-four hours a day, Gabby George probably knows that he doesn't have a few good days, and he gets drunk every day." Xia Jiu is a lot easier, Gabby George is a time bomb now, no one knows when it will explode, of course Xia Jiu hopes that Gabby George will leave the umbrella as soon as possible, regardless of whether he is dead or alive.

"Be careful, don't let him run." Roque reminded casually.

"Hehe, he can't run, this guy's injuries haven't recovered yet, and he can't even get out of bed now." Xia Jiu was very confident.

As a result, he was slapped in the face at night.

Roque only received Xia Jiu's report early in the morning, and Gabby George ran away.

Roque wore only a dressing gown and accepted Xia Jiu's confession in the study.

"It's my fault, it's my carelessness that will let Gabby George find a chance, his injuries should have recovered long ago, and he has been numbing himself with alcohol, and he has been drunk all day long, the guards I arranged relaxed their vigilance, and the guards were too careless when they were on duty last night, and only when they changed shifts did they find that Gabby George was gone, I sent all the security personnel to search overnight, but they didn't find it-" Xia Jiu hung his head, how big the Haikou boasted yesterday was, and how big it was if he lost face today.

"What did I say to you yesterday?" Roque hated that iron does not make steel.

"Be careful, don't let him run away-" Xia Jiu cried with a sad face, eager to stuff his head into the crotch of his pants.

"As a result, you let him run, what should I say now? Am I too crow-mouthed, or are you too confident-" Roque is very worried, a Gabby George is actually not a big problem, the key is that Roque has always been smooth, giving Roque too much confidence to his men.

Including Roque, this time was full of confidence, and Roque probably didn't find out about it himself.

"It's my fault - I admit punishment!" Xia Jiu's lesson this time should be to go deep into the soul.

"It's not that you can pass the test, the punishment must be punished, the key is how to prevent similar incidents in the future, the umbrella company now has thousands of employees, you, the general manager, can't lead by example, let your subordinates think?" Luo Ke wants to teach Xia Jiu and everyone a profound lesson, meritorious deeds will be rewarded, and faults will be punished.

"I'm not the right general manager, let Lu Sidang." Xia Jiu's arrangement is quite good.

Roque was immediately laughed at, this is the umbrella as his own, don't forget that Owen is also the owner of the umbrella.

"Lu Si can't do it, let Kevin Mullen be the general manager." Roque has his own decisions, Kevin Mullen has shown good ability in negotiating with the mines, and Roque doesn't care about Kevin Mullen's skin color.

To put it mildly, Xia Jiu and Lu Si actually don't have the qualifications to hold important positions, but Luo Ke really has no one to use, so they have to push Xia Jiu and Lu Si to the forefront.

For Roque's "cronyism", Owen should also have a lot of complaints, but Owen never said that Roque can't treat the umbrella as his private property because Owen doesn't object.

"Kevin Mullen, the lawyer?" Xia Jiu didn't expect Luo Ke to arrange it like this.

"What's wrong with the lawyer? Kevin Mullen has a serious college education and is more qualified than you, a retired police officer. "Roque is very angry, and there is still a long way to go to improve the level of his men.