Chapter 166: Camille is "abandoned"
We are all experienced businessmen, so of course we are very good at calculating.
After all, the Leaders Association is a new organization. If a new organization wants to develop rapidly, it needs a large number of talents.
Who has the most talent in the twin cities of Seed Benism? Of course, it is the old bourgeoisie.
Moreover, many of these talents are irreplaceable in a short period of time.
Just like Seraphine ’s father, Mr. Erwin - he used to be a business owner and after joining the Leader he continued to be the factory director.
Because apart from this old business owner, there are very few people in the Leaders Association, which is mainly composed of workers and students, who have experience in running and managing a factory.
The only person who is qualified to be the factory director is him, the original owner of the business.
The same is true for Mel.
Although Levi firmly rejected her request for a permanent seat at the beginning, as the power of the Leaders Association continued to expand, from factories to communities to the Zaun base, the administrative work in the jurisdiction became more and more complicated and huge...
A senior talent like Mel with many years of experience in urban management naturally became the best candidate for permanent director.
"Since Councillor Mel can transform himself into a director of the Leaders Association, why can't we do the same?"
The representatives of the big families present all had sweet dreams.
They all fantasize about becoming permanent members of the Windleader Association and turning the Windleader Association into the "Piltover Council 2.0".
"Don't dream on!" Only Camille saw it most clearly.
She looked at these weak colleagues with disdain and mocked them, "Don't you know that the Wind Leader Association has a magic to test faith? If Janna's Chosen One is real, then this magic is real—"
"They 'see' your faith!"
"Do you still think you can transform yourself from an old noble of the kingdom to a free trader of the city-state of Piltover by relying on your ability to jump back and forth like you did when the Kingdom of Zaun was destroyed?"
"No, this time it's different!"
Camille knew very well that Wind Leader was different from all the previous dragon slayers.
In the past, the goal of dragon slayers was only to slay dragons, but the leaders want to destroy the soil that gave birth to evil dragons.
If they surrender now, they may be treated preferentially and be able to keep their lives and property safe.
But it is no longer possible to preserve the family wealth they have accumulated over hundreds of years and to keep the social privileges they are accustomed to and cannot give up.
The great nobles who once commanded respect simply by stating their surnames will now be on equal footing with those Zaun orphans who don't even have surnames.
"Are you willing?" Camille asked these surrenderers coldly.
Of course they are unwilling to accept this.
but……
The family representatives looked at Miss Mel.
Mel, wearing a tight and fitted gold-embroidered dress, stood quietly without saying a word, just smiling politely.
She didn't need to speak. The parliament hall, ravaged by the strong wind, tore a deep groove and countless spider web cracks on the marble floor, which was the best language of the leader of the wind.
This is also the only language that the representatives of these big families can understand.
"Well then." Feeling that the atmosphere was almost brewing, Mel said at the right time: "Those who are against going to war with the Leader Association can raise their hands and vote now."
"I object." Mrs. Gillaman was the first to raise her hand.
"Um... I support peace." Heimerdinger thought about it and stood up second.
When everyone saw that Heimerdinger, the old man who had always been a tumbler, had taken sides, they all raised their hands:
"I think the Leaders Association may not be so barbaric and unreasonable." 3 votes.
"Takeda Saito was a scumbag to begin with , well done for killing him." 4 votes.
"Huh?" Jace was still a little dazed: "But that article..."
"Mr. Tallis, the article in the Piltover Daily is complete nonsense. The author must have received money from the remnants of Takeda - all this is a conspiracy of the remnants of Takeda!" 5 votes.
"What about human rights issues?" Jace asked hesitantly.
"What human rights issues... are you kidding me? In a place like Zaun, dozens or even hundreds of people would die every day."
"To put it bluntly, what can the Leaders Association do with the few people they killed in Zaun?" 6 votes.
Jace: “…”
"Actually, my child is very interested in the theories of the Leader. When I go back today, I will ask him to submit an application for membership." 7 votes.
"I have wasted half my life, and I only regret that I have not met the true God. Director Mel, if you don't mind, I am willing to..." 8 votes.
"The Leader Association is indeed not very friendly to us. But the additional losses caused by resisting the Leader have obviously exceeded the harm caused to us by the Leader's existence itself."
"So I think we should learn to coexist with the Leaders Association." 9 votes.
"That's right. Look, after Midarda and Jiraman cooperated with the Leader, didn't their economies take off?" 10 votes.
"Yeah, I think the movement of the Leaders Association is just a large-scale strike, it won't cost us our lives!" 11 votes.
…
"Ms. Mel..." Jace looked at Mel with mixed feelings, and finally cast his vote.
The voting is over, with 7 councillors, 20 family representatives, and Camille, for a total of 28 votes.
Among the 28 votes, only Camille openly supported going to war with the Leader Association, while the remaining 27 people called for peace and even supported increasing efforts to cooperate with the Leader Association.
Even the several in-laws who had close ties with the Philos family and whom Camille had specially brought in to cheer her on, now turned against them on the surface.
"You, you guys--" Magical energy surged in Camille's eyes, and the blooming blue light silently told of her anger.
The enemy has stopped pretending, but these spineless people are still acting like ostriches here.
How can we practice seed benzene well when we are with these insects?
"You trash!" Camille shouted coldly.
But everyone had no respect for her, the Gray Lady of Piltover. They just surrounded Miss Mel enthusiastically and fawningly, asking about the United Front policy of the Leaders Association.
There was even a family representative who had never gotten along well with the Philos family, who said in a subtle tone:
"Madam Camille, if what our family spies have heard is correct, your Firoz family seems to have been cooperating with the Leader Association in private, right?"
"Otherwise, your artificial Hextech gemstone factory would be 'fired and stopped' every day, and you wouldn't be able to get the goods without raising the price. Where did the Leader Association get the large amount of artificial Hextech gemstones that it bought at a low price a few days ago?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere on the scene suddenly changed.
Everyone looked at Camille with strange eyes:
Good fellow... You act so tough in front of others, but your own family members have already secretly joined the team?
So does Camille really want to be an enemy of the Wind Leader?
Could this be a double act between her and the Leader, trying to identify the troublemakers among the Piltover tycoons and lure them out of their holes to make an example of them?
"That was a private deal between Stevan and the Leader, and has nothing to do with our Philos family," Camille said.
"Mr. Stevan is your brother and the head of the Philos family." Someone questioned: "How could his decision have nothing to do with the Philos family?"
That was true. Legally speaking, compared to Camille, the chief spy, the attitude of Stevan, the head of the family, could better represent the decision-making direction of the Philos family.
Now Stevan himself is flirting with the leader.
How can it be convincing that Camille wants to jump out and lead Piltover to fight against the Windleader?
"I understand." Camille finally gave everyone present a cold look.
She knew that she was no longer welcome here.
However, they do have a point.
Camille took a deep breath. Although the advanced Hextech mechanical transformation had made the action of breathing only symbolic.
But she still used this method to strengthen her determination.
To do the right and hard thing.
"Stevan, and the Leader." Camille turned around decisively and left the parliament hall with steely steps: "This problem should be solved."
