Chapter 1216 - The Way of Balance (1/2)

The cover of the document was very monotonous. Except for the white paper, it was just a line of large, black text – “NAC Colonial Regulations”

When they saw this line of words, everyone silently mourned the passing of the Shangjing Survivors Alliance.

At this moment, NAC no longer disguised its intention to annex the region and even gave up any attempt to mask their intention, the insensitive word “colonial” was especially telling.

Besides, the council members could not do anything. While they certainly had a few guns in their hands, even if they combined all their forces, they were still far inferior. Especially now that NAC accepted the Pingan Street City Defense Troops into its ranks and the Second Militia surrendered.

Not to mention the whizzing fighters and the terrifying electromagnetic pulse cannons.

Against the humongous force, they did not have the might to resist.

Even Archbishop Xu Tiannan sat there in silence.

Zhao Qiuran, who sat behind Jiang Chen, was starting to feel anxious as she examined those powerful and influential people in the conference room.

Then, her uneasiness began growing exponentially when she discovered that Mei Zhiyong, the owner of Dorsett Hotel, seemed to be a member sitting at the conference table. When she escaped, she collapsed half of the hotel and forced the entire Pingan Street to be placed under martial law to capture her.

Fortunately, the owner of the Dorsett Hotel seemed to have forgotten about this nobody and did not look to her direction.

Zhao Qiuran breathed a sigh of relief.

Unfortunately, telesthesia did not allow her to read minds. She did not know that Mei Zhiyong would love to chop her alive. The collapsed Dorsett Hotel resulted in direct damages of over one million crystals; he would not make it back even by auctioning her 100 times!

However, because of the man sitting in front of her, Boss Mei disguised his murderous desires and pretended not to know her.

Of all the people sitting around the conference table, probably only one person had the most relaxed expression

It was Jiang Chen sitting at the head of the table.

He already presided negotiations of distributing interests countless times, and this time, he was still the one leading the conversation.

While looking around the table at all the eyes with differing intentions, Jiang Chen spoke.

“Do you disagree with the document in front of you?”

No one made a sound.

Jiang Chen smiled and nodded with satisfaction.

“Is there no objection? It seems that our meeting today will go smoothly.”

Jiang Chen then coughed before speaking again.

“First of all, allow me to introduce you to your future new mayor, Mr. Liu Wendi.”

Liu Wendi immediately stood up, his expression was slightly reserved as he bowed.

“I’m Liu Wendi, and I am very happy to work with all of you.”

WIth how unnatural he looked, he was greeted with rather quiet applause.

Jiang Chen was not surprised. After all, many people eyed the mayor’s position and did not expect a dark horse to come out. In the end, no one was elected and a merchant in the fur trade sector somehow sat on the mayor’s throne.

Many people were still wondering if he chose the mayor with careful consideration.

After he sat back down, Liu Wendi moved around restlessly and turned to look at Jiang Chen.

However, Jiang Chen did not look at him at this time but continued.

“The matters we’re discussing today are related to the future of Pingan Street. Therefore, I hope that you will listen carefully to every word so you don’t make the same mistake as the predecessors of this place or cause unnecessary misunderstandings. ”

The short, yet imposing words turned the vibe in the room into a chilling state as everyone waited for him to continue.

“First of all, from today, Pingan Street will become a jurisdiction of NAC. In line with the principle of adapting to local conditions, we will not interfere too much with the internal affairs and the council will continue to serve its function.”