0p0 Chapter 183: 3 Events [9 Chapters Remaining]
Chapter 183: 3 Events [9 Chapters Remaining]
The 90rd year of the Deterrence Era, 2305 AD.
"Hello, Minister Cheng."
As Cheng Xin walked down the corridor, officials from the local government bowed to her in greeting, and Cheng Xin returned their greetings with a sweet smile.
After several years of unremitting efforts, she finally rose from a low-level civil servant in a local government office to her current position as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Among the representatives of the Local Federation Committee, Cheng Xin also found her place.
This is inseparable from the instigation of the doves behind the scenes; otherwise, given Cheng Xin's resume, she would never have been able to reach her current position.
During these five years, three major events happened to Cheng Xin.
The first thing naturally involves the Star Ring Group. After reaching a cooperation agreement with AA, the warp drive technology was included in the government's research and development project plan, and the Star Ring Group, which was responsible for developing this technology, naturally became a regular force incorporated into the government.
This is equivalent to giving everyone in the Star Ring Group half a permanent position.
Who should be responsible for the Star Ring Group?
It seems inappropriate for any member of the Earth Alliance to get involved in this matter, since, nominally, Star Ring Group is only backed by the Earth Alliance, but in reality, it is still effectively controlled by the capitalist, Wade.
The Earth Alliance had offered to spend money to take over the Star Ring Group, but Wade was as determined as a mule and refused to hand over the Star Ring Group to him no matter what.
Even Ai AA couldn't quite understand her boss's actions, often complaining that her boss was a dog capitalist and an old stubborn man who started the company because he enjoyed tormenting his employees.
When Boss Wade heard the news, he did not blame Ai AA, but generously deducted four months' worth of bonuses as punishment.
So someone had to represent the Earth Alliance to contact the Star Ring Group. Ultimately, after discussion, everyone decided that Cheng Xin would be in charge of the liaison work with the Star Ring Group.
It is worth mentioning that from beginning to end, the behind-the-scenes boss of Xinghuan Group, Wade, never met Cheng Xin. All the liaison work with the government was done by Ai AA with Cheng Xin, as if Ai AA was the boss of the company.
However, Cheng Xin didn't think much about this issue, simply assuming that the other party felt that Ai AA was easier to get along with.
The second thing is about Wang Haisheng.
As Cheng Xin's superior... her former superior, he was found dead in his home after Cheng Xin was promoted.
His death was the same as the previous murdered officials of the local government; he was killed with a single blow.
This is quite strange. It's understandable that those officials were killed, since the political struggles within the local alliance are inherently bloody and violent, and officials are often assassinated from within.
This is why President Luo Congmin almost never leaves the vicinity of Rediaz by more than 100 meters; who knows which official might suddenly decide to assassinate her, the president.
But Wang Haisheng is different.
His death was the most inexcusable.
This is related to the nature of his profession.
To put it bluntly, his position is like sleeping on a time bomb. If you ask which official in the entire region has the most dangerous position, Wang Haisheng would be second to none.
What a joke! Every woman in his department has a powerful figure behind her. If Wang Haisheng didn't have the ability to avoid risks for himself, he wouldn't have lived that long.
It's like a tightrope walker who is well aware of how dangerous it is to walk on a tightrope and would never choose to jump off the tightrope voluntarily.
But he still died, and his death was completely inexplicable.
He was killed almost without doing anything, and the perpetrator seemed to have no intention of making it look like an accident, and just brazenly killed Wang Haisheng.
It's like telling the whole world, "I killed this person, and even Jesus couldn't save him."
Although the women in Wang Haisheng's department have considerable power behind them, they are by no means arrogant enough to disregard the Constitution of the United Nations.
Unless Lin Xuan is backing her, no one would dare to do that.
When everyone checked, well, what a coincidence!
There really is someone who has Lin Xuan's backing.
Where the hell can you reason with this?
After investigation, many people discovered that the relationship between Cheng Xin and Lin Xuan was not simple; as early as the 19th century, there were many secrets between the two.
Of course, this information was deliberately released by Zhizi to mislead the public.
But most people believed it, at least 70%, after all, it seems that only that great man among all mankind has the confidence to do so.
The third thing, however, was the key reason that led to Cheng Xin's appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
In its early stages, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs served to facilitate communication between various forces and technology companies like StarRing Group, aiming to reach strategic consensus or cooperation.
But since Cheng Xin came to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, she has become the third human, after Luo Ji and Lin Xuan, to be able to negotiate with the Trisolarans.
For some reason, the Trisolarans seemed quite willing to cooperate with Cheng Xin, which instantly revitalized the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which had previously been largely insignificant.
At the same time, the doves also sensed something unusual about this.
They began to constantly promote Cheng Xin, attempting to cultivate a representative figure who could overpower all sides.
In terms of ability, Cheng Xin is able to have friendly exchanges with the Trisolarans, something even Luo Congmin cannot do.
In terms of background, Cheng Xin and the observer Lin Xuan have many connections.
In terms of value, Xinghuan Group and Chengxin also have project collaborations.
It seems that, from any perspective, Cheng Xin is the most suitable spokesperson for the party.
Almost immediately, Cheng Xin was dubbed "peace envoy" and "head of diplomacy" by the doves, becoming the biggest spokesperson for the peace-loving doves.