If the office building of the new party can be described as luxurious, then the prefix of the office building of the old party should be luxurious.

All kinds of expensive antique oil paintings can be found everywhere, and those collections worth tens of thousands of dollars are randomly placed on the corner of a corridor in the office building, as well as on the wall outside the door of some offices.

Even the hanging chandeliers are handmade by well-known craftsmen of all sizes and pure crystal lighting.

If you haven't been to the old party's office building, you will definitely not understand that money is nothing in the eyes of this group of people.

In fact, the old party's interest transfer has always been more like a tradition, a tradition among the aristocracy, the lower nobles transfer the interests to the hands of the upper nobles, and then the upper nobles will be responsible for protecting the interests of the lower nobles from infringement, and give certain opportunities appropriately.

This practice was applied to any aristocratic system in the past, as if it were a game of "the people under the rule - the small nobles - the big nobles - the leaders of the aristocratic group", and money did not represent wealth, but a concrete means of allegiance.

Of course, money is still useful, the old party's expenses are much larger than the new party's, and Maggs has not only done many big things over the years, but also cut the various expenses of the new party and the government.

The new party members are accustomed to living a "hard life", but the old party members are not yet accustomed to it, and this part of the benefit, which is called "donation", will be used to maintain the party's daily expenses and welfare payments.

It seems as if the lower-level officials have channeled the benefits to the top and disappeared, but in fact they are fed back into everyone's hands through other means.

The old party's office building is just opposite the new party's office building, and the "old nest" of the two parties is only separated by a road, and the people working in the imperial capital are more or less familiar with the management of each other's parties, after all, they can meet almost every day, even if they don't speak, nodding their heads to maintain each other's demeanor is always needed.

When Durin entered the conference hall, it was like a boulder falling into a pool of water, whether it was ripples or the original splash, it was blown up cleanly, and suddenly people lost the ability to speak, and quickly affected the entire conference hall, without the slightest superfluous sound.

People were either shocked or looked at Durin indifferently, and Kubal deliberately fell behind, in the eyes of the people, Durin came here alone.

After about ten seconds of silence, someone suddenly laughed and said loudly, "Look what I found...... , a lone newcomer!"

Laughter erupted in the huge room, as if the guy had told a very remarkable joke, but Durin could not find any laugh, and as he walked forward, he raised his head and retorted, "But you dare not stand in front of me and say this in my presence!"

The momentary laughter was choked by an invisible force in an instant, and there were some annoyed and angry whispers in the hall that had calmed down again, but as Durin said, no one dared to stand in front of him and taunt him, it was an act of seeking death.

When someone was about to attack Doolin again, the coughing sound from the door frustrated the people's thoughts, and Kubal caught up with Doolin with a calm face, and the two of them walked towards the rostrum together.

Under the rostrum, Durin stopped, and Kubal walked straight up.

As the leader of the old party, the prime minister of the empire, he naturally sat in the center of the rostrum, flanked by the chairman of the old party committee, the party whip of the old party, the three vice-presidents of the old party, and the head of the action department of the old party.

The positions of the two parties are different, but they are not completely different.

In the old party's internal departments, the status of the operational department was second only to the presidium, and if the operational department were to be given a clearer name of authority, then the "internal party work execution department" might be a little more understandable.

Whether it's the decisions of the party leader or the decisions of the old party committee, the person ultimately responsible for implementing these decisions is the executive department, which is more like a "deputy chairmanship", so the head of the operations department also sits on the podium.

As for the party whip, the power held by the party whip of the ruling party is much higher than that of the party whip of the non-ruling party, and simply put, the whip of the ruling party can not only interfere with, supervise, and punish members of the party who violate the constitution, but can also interfere in some behaviors outside the party that humiliate and damage the party's image and interests through various means, lodge complaints against specific implementers, and have a certain right to supervise the behavior of the public.

Everyone knows that power is evident within the party, and power is evident outside the party, so the ruling party will be ranked third, and sometimes fourth.

The people on the rostrum just looked at Du Lin curiously, and did not speak, there was a big gap between their status and those below, and others could casually talk about the reason why Du Lin appeared here, but they couldn't.

Because every word of a person of their level has a certain effect, legal effect, political effect, and some other force to some extent.

Every word must be carefully considered before it can be said in a fair place, which means that they will not speak easily until they understand the essence of the matter.

The quiet meeting hall is much more comfortable than the New Party's lecture halls, which have "ordinary" tables and chairs, but here, they are all luxurious leather sofas, and some waiters are serving drinks and snacks!

They don't feel like they're here for meetings at all, they're here to chat and have dinner.

A few minutes later, as the clock ticked, Kubal tapped the microphone and the audience fell silent.

Kubal had a high position in the old party and was also very respected, because he defeated Magus and became the second imperial prime minister after Mags, so people respected him and believed that he was the key to the old party's defeat of the new party.

"Durin, I think we all know him, and if anyone doesn't, then you must have spent your time watching TV studying ......", Kubal used the dry humor characteristic of the aristocracy to resolve the small conflict between Dulin and the members of the old party organization.

He waited for everyone to laugh before continuing, "Actually, I allowed Mr. Dohrin to come to our meeting this time, he persuaded me in my office, but I don't think it's enough, if he wants to get what he wants, then he should be here to convince you, not let me convince you!"

Most of them are quickly getting into their roles, and they've already tasted something special from what Kubal has to say.

This is also the reason why Kubal decided to let Durin convince these people, he can indeed convince these people, but these people may not always be convinced, this is the gap between ordinary people and nobles.

Politicians from ordinary people will have a political "sense of moral integrity", and these people have a spontaneous centripetal force and persistence in the cause they are engaged in and the party they are engaged in; if there is no major change, they will rarely easily change their position, and follow the orders of their superiors and strive to fulfill their responsibilities.

But aristocrats are different, every nobleman from the day he is sensible, the education he has received has made him understand a truth, the reason why he can enjoy the material wealth and political status that others have not been able to fight for for several lifetimes or more than a dozen lifetimes is not that he will meet some great friends and join a certain great party in the future.

All this was given to him by the family, it is the wealth left by countless ancestors and many generations together, without the family, there would be no these, without the family, there would be no them!

Therefore, in the minds of the aristocracy, the interests of the family always take precedence over the interests of individuals and non-family organizations.

Kubal can convince them, but they will also change, especially since the initiator of the whole thing is not Kubal yet, it is Durin, and they will not even be ashamed when they change sides.

Instead of letting Kubal speak, it is better to let Doolin say, because Doolin's broken mouth can speak well, and Kubal feels that if he can be persuaded, then others are more likely to be persuaded, truly persuaded.

The two looked at each other, and Kubal continued, "I promised Mr. Doolin ten minutes to give him ten minutes, and he would take ten minutes to explain the situation, and then ask for something, and as for whether he can succeed, it is up to you to decide. He said, looking at the staff member, "prepare a microphone for Mr. Doolin." ”

After more than ten seconds, a microphone fell into Doolin's hand, and Kubal asked him to get a small table clock and put it on the table on the rostrum, and then nodded, "Ten minutes, Mr. Doolin, you can begin." ”

Du Lin looked at the old party backbones around him who were like the aristocratic lords in the play, and couldn't help but lower his head and laugh.

Sometimes people are so cheap, even if they know that Durin's laughter is trying to get their attention, and the explanation behind the laughter must be unpleasant, they still succeed in being seduced by curiosity.

"Excuse me, Mr. Doolin, are you going to laugh for ten minutes?", shouted one of the members of the old party in attendance, his tone full of displeasure.

Durin shrugged his shoulders as he looked in the direction the voice came from, "Can I know which gentleman just said that?"

One of them raised his hand, this is also a subtle difference between nobles and ordinary people, at least the nobles will not admit it with a dead face, it would be too embarrassing and no grace.

For the aristocracy, decency and grace are second only to family interests, and even in some families, decency and demeanor are more important than family interests, especially those families that were once glorious but have now declined, and they value face more than their own lives.

Someone raised his hand, Duhrin was not surprised, he smiled and nodded, "I explain, I just laughed because I thought that in four years you will no longer be able to sit here so calmly, maintain your appearance like a nobleman, you will be angry and throw things, scold, do some undignified things, I can't help but want to laugh." ”

"Your reserve, your decency, your demeanor, your exaltation, when you have four years left, after four years, you will lose them forever!"

This made the hall slightly talkative, and someone said loudly, "Mr. Doolin, if you just want to use such uncertain assumptions to intimidate us, then you may have mistaken attention. ”

"Intimidation?", Durin looked surprised, "Do I need to intimidate you?"

"I'm just stating the fact that it's not just you, the old party, and the new party will be a joke in four years, but it's not a joke. ”

Someone stood up and tried to speak, but Durin stopped him by pointing at him and making a gesture of refusal, and he continued, "Some people will say that I am exaggerating some issues, or even making up some differences, but that is just an excuse that you don't want to admit!"

"When I walked through the door, you only stared at me as a member of the new party organization, and I knew that you didn't realize that the world had changed beyond our imagination. ”

He pointed outside and exclaimed, "Over there, the Labour Party, which already has more than six million members, is still rapidly developing its members, who are not involved in any current political events, but are only focused on developing the number of members, and in four years' time, their membership will exceed 10 million, affecting the choice of at least one-fifth of the families in the empire on the ballot." ”

"There is also the Imperial Party, I believe that the recognition of the Northern Nobles for the Imperial Party does not need me to explain, you will have a better channel than me to understand the deeper inside story. The aristocracy that we have excluded from politics has finally found a way to participate in politics, ladies and gentlemen, do you still think that they will be as unthreatening as they were before?"

Durin withdrew his outstretched hand with all his might, clenched it tightly into a fist, and waved it fiercely, "No, never!"

"One-fifth of the Reich has become the vote base of the Labour Party, and the other fifth has become supporters of the Imperial, while our old and new parties are still hostile to each other, and some people even say that they want to trample the new Party to death completely?"

There was a thick mockery and sarcasm on his face, "Stupid!"

"After the end of the new party, a large part of the people will join the Labour and Imperial parties, and only a very small number of people will join the old party, congratulations, ladies and gentlemen, you have given you what you once had the potential to be your greatest help to your enemies, so that when they beat you, you will not even have a chance to fight back!"

"Four years after the Labour Party set its sights, the Imperialist Party has begun to take shape and start to exert its strength, and we are still fighting among ourselves here, if this is not stupidity, then what is stupidity?"

There was silence in the room, and everyone was thinking, or shocked, by the current situation.

In fact, they are not unaware of the current political situation in the Empire, and the people who can sit here at the meeting are not the kind of minions who can't make three farts, but they choose to ignore those external threats.

It's not that they're stupid enough that no one realizes these things, it's just that they're too proud and paralyzed by the victory in front of them.

Their first victories in 30 years have made them proud, and the resounding victories in the states have made many in the old party think that the new party is no longer justified, and the Labour and Imperial parties, which have been in existence for less than two years, are no match for them.

Even though the Labour and Imperialist parties have some strength, they are still no rivals, they lack the foundation, and people will not believe them.

But now, Durin shattered their self-deception and put the most realistic side in front of them.

It is true that neither Labour nor the Imperialist Party are opponents of the old parties at this stage, but their goal is not the midterm elections, but four years from now.

Four years, more than a thousand days, enough is enough for too many things to affect this empire, to affect the whole society, and to affect every citizen!

Ten million families, at least 20 million votes, can already win at least three to five states, once the northern states are won by the imperialist, the remaining places may not be able to share anything.

There are more than 200 cities and towns in the empire, and there are only 16 states in total, which has been almost half taken out by the Labour Party and the Imperial Party, and the rest is ...... How to divide it?

No matter how it is divided, it means one thing – the new and old parties will fall behind the Labour and Imperialist parties across the board after four years.

It's just a very simple arithmetic problem because it's that simple, one plus one equals two.

The long silence made the atmosphere in the conference hall somewhat oppressive, and the rostrum was whispering about the problems that Dührin had said.

Although many people think that the current unlucky New Party can take advantage of the victory and pursue more victories, this does not mean that the New Party can really be wiped out.

There are still many supporters of the New Party everywhere, and no matter what one may say, the two states of Woodland and Ambiluo are the strongholds of the New Party, and both Doolin and Holmes have reached the limits of their governors, and they have a very firm grip on both states.

Sixteen minus two equals fourteen, and there are still two states in the South that are firmly on the side of the new party in this election, and it is difficult for them to change sides if there is not much change, which means that only 12 states can be divided.

The five northern states will inevitably be included in the territory of the Imperial Party, and the Labor Party is taking three or five states, what will the old party do?

They are not even as good as the New Party!

Even if the new party is deprived of another state, the old party will not be able to guarantee 100 percent victory in the election campaign, and may fall behind and be kicked out in the first place.

It's a reality that's hard to accept, just five minutes ago, they're treating the empire and society as historic victors, but five minutes later, it's as if they were cursed by Doolin to accept a future that is bound to fail?

How is this possible...... , although it's really likely to happen.

Then Durin continued to use the knife of words many times to stab these old party elites all over the body, and the more detailed data analysis made many people's faces show panicked expressions, thinking of the great activities of the imperial party and the proliferation of workers' clubs under its command, these people finally couldn't hold back.

So the question arises, how to solve it?

"Mr. Doolin, if you just want to tell us about a terrible future, then we already know that, the question now is, is there any way we can prevent this from happening?"

Durin put away his smile, took a deep breath, and replied confidently, "Of course there is, I'm standing here just to solve this problem!"

At this moment, it seems that the eyes and lights of the whole world are focused on him, and his confidence and composure make people feel an indescribable admiration from the bottom of their hearts.

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