Chapter 77 President...Seraphini?
In short, a mature and efficient organizational hierarchy was built by Levi.
The standing board meetings of each branch and sub-branch are the decision-making bodies of organizations at all levels.
The members of the association must obey its resolutions. Only when more than half of the members disagree with the resolution can they submit their opinions to their superiors.
This will avoid the endless meetings, wrangling and chaos caused by the previous collective voting system, where every issue has to be discussed and voted on collectively.
"but……"
“Because we are currently only active in one or two districts in Piltover, the significance of establishing district chapters is not yet obvious.”
"So we should first establish branches in factories and schools at the grassroots level—"
“Like this factory we’re in now.”
Levi said a lot, and in the end it all came down to the issue of personnel management at this Hex Audio Workshop.
Everyone understood:
Previously, there was only one "Leadership Working Group" in the factory, and the working group had no leader, so naturally it was leaderless and in chaos.
Now we need to change the working group in the factory into a "branch", and elect a branch chairman and permanent directors.
To put it bluntly:
We just need to choose the person who has the final say!
"That's right. After the president and permanent directors are elected, they will be the leaders and decision-makers of this future factory, responsible for managing the internal affairs, discipline, and appointment and removal of cadres of Leader."
"From now on, everyone will follow them and obey the specific work decisions made by the Standing Council during the internal democratic discussions..."
After Levi said this, everyone understood.
After the chaos of the past week, many of them have realized the truth that "a soldier cannot move without a general, and a snake cannot survive without a head."
Arguing, holding meetings, bickering every day, and even fighting over disagreements, most people feel exhausted.
Anyone can see that if this continues, the leader's career will fail sooner or later.
Now, relying on the prestige of being chosen by Janna, Levi stood up to criticize and reason, and finally made these students and workers who had been fighting each other for a whole week put aside their differences and unify their thoughts.
"Okay, let's elect the branch president now, and some permanent directors!"
After reaching a consensus, everyone quickly took action as if they were familiar with the process.
To elect the "boss", a meeting must be held and a vote must be held.
They are very familiar with meetings and voting.
So without Levi's guidance, the workers and students started the meeting naturally.
Not long after…
The first grassroots branch of Leader, the "Elvin Hex Audio Workshop Branch", was officially established.
The first branch president in the history of Leader was also elected by everyone.
And this president is...
"Seraphone?!"
Levi's mouth twitched as he watched from the audience.
When I saw that the more than 160 workers and students present collectively nominated Seraphine after discussion without any disagreement or suspense, and that this silly girl was elected as the branch president with a high vote...
He was completely dumbfounded.
"Mr. Levi?" Seraphine herself was a little confused: "Should I...should I not go up?"
"I..." Levi wanted to say something, but held back.
No matter how outrageous the result was, it was a decision made through a democratic vote within the Leaders. It was not easy for him to interfere.
"Seraphone, it's up to you to decide."
Levi resisted the urge to express his attitude.
Seraphine looked blankly at the cheering crowd around her and everyone's enthusiastic and expectant eyes towards her... She finally plucked up her courage and walked up slowly.
And when Seraphine stood on the stage amid the cheers, nervous, hesitant, and even visibly dazed, and took over the power of president that all the members of the branch had voted to give her in a daze...
Everyone was very supportive and gave this innocent-looking pink-haired girl more enthusiastic and supportive applause.
Even though there were a few people who questioned this choice, their voices were drowned out by the enthusiastic voices.
"Hey, hey...what's going on?"
Levi finally couldn't help but complain:
"Why was Seraphine chosen?"
"Is she the material to be the president?"
Although Levi and Seraphine have a close personal relationship.
But precisely because of this, he understood that Seraphine was suitable to be a star, a musician, a propagandist... but not to be a leader.
With her cheerful and weak personality that can't bear to offend anyone, can she control others?
But everyone still chose her.
Have they never seen Seraphine and don’t know what her character is like?
"Levi, why are you so shocked?"
Mr. Erwin, who was standing by, said to Levi in a subtle tone:
"Don't forget, in addition to being official members of the Leaders with tickets, these people also have another identity—"
"They are all fans of Seraphine."
Yes. Except for a few factory students recruited by Levi himself, almost all of these Zaun apprentices were newcomers attracted and recruited by the grievance meeting hosted by Seraphine.
Seraphine's song told their stories, touched their souls, and soothed their wounded hearts.
Everyone was moved and shed tears for the emotions she conveyed, and naturally became fans of this soul singer.
"If you let these people vote to decide on the president, they will certainly choose the person they like the most."
"As for popularity...Levi, even you, the president, may not be as popular as my daughter."
"Because almost all the new members who joined the Leader were attracted by Seraphine's singing."
As if he had anticipated this situation, Erwin said leisurely:
"If we now hold a general election for the entire Leaders Association."
"Maybe you will have to give up your position as the president to my daughter."
Levi: “…”
Good job.
He asked everyone to vote for the president, but everyone turned the election into a talent show.
If this continues, won’t actors be the presidents and singers be the directors in the future?
16, 17-year-old pink-haired girls are all serving as branch presidents. Can she be one? No! She doesn't have the ability, right?
"Do you want to choose again?" Erwin asked.
He also felt that his daughter was not cut out to be a leader.
"No." Levi shook his head.
The rules have been set and the president has been elected, so it is certainly not easy for him to go back on his word.
Otherwise, his credibility as the president will be lost.
"Fortunately, in addition to the president, the branch also has permanent directors... Let Seraphine be the president, and let the directors help her manage the factory's leader organization."
"The branch will continue to be selected this way in the future."
"The grassroots units have few people, so it is suitable for direct elections of all members. Even if the people elected this time are unreliable, because it is just a grassroots branch, the damage it can cause is relatively limited."
Levi thought about it seriously.
He had not understood some of the designs before, but now he knew that they all had their reasons.
“But we can no longer do this when it comes to selecting directors for the General Assembly.”
"Letting ordinary people who have not received political training to conduct a general election is likely to cause trouble."
Most ordinary people do not care about or study politics. Their political views come from hearsay and the news media.
Then whoever controls the news media can manipulate public opinion, output consciousness, and influence the public's political views.
Even singers, actors, and real estate businessmen, regardless of whether they are truly capable or not, can be nominated as long as they can have a higher exposure in the media and gather more popularity.
To control the news media and increase exposure, all you need is money and power.
Not to mention, the leader is still in its infancy. As a follower starting from scratch, what the organization needs most is cohesion and combat effectiveness, and long-term stable policy implementation, rather than cute talent show stars, and the ensuing "fan circle" fights and star-to-star fights.
"In the future, each district branch will elect representatives according to the population ratio. The representatives will then hold a meeting to indirectly elect the president and general council of the association..."
"With Janna's faith test guaranteeing the purity of the organization's members, there will be no problem doing this."
Levi silently added a patch to the system he designed.
