Workers' Union Tavern.
It was obviously approaching the busiest time of the day, but the door of the tavern was tightly closed, and there were even guards at the door. It didn't look like normal business at all.
Of course, the tavern is indeed not open for business today.
While waves of uninformed drinkers were driven away by guards, a small number of gang members who were eligible to participate in tonight's voting meeting were allowed to enter the tavern.
Makarov and Burton came to the door of the tavern with about a dozen of their companions. After a dispute, they passed the guards and entered the tavern as they wished.
Inside the tavern.
The light of the gas lamp divides the wide space into several areas of alternating light and dark.
In the darker peripheral area, there were dozens of people sitting sparsely, vaguely divided into several groups.
They are all senior ordinary members of the "Workers' Alliance Party". They rarely communicate with each other and are all focused on the brightly lit center.
It can be seen from the choice of seats that their ideas are not completely unified.
Definitely.
The "Workers' Alliance Party" was forcibly formed by Valeera when she was in the "Instigator" stage, relying on her extraordinary ability to adapt to the situation - from the beginning, it had an internal tendency to split.
Of course, after the successive governance of Makarov and Mark with different philosophies, the gang's divisive tendencies have now been eliminated, and the remaining differences are basically unavoidable competition for interests.
The tavern door opens.
As everyone turned to watch with different expressions, Makarov and his party walked in and approached the long table in the center.
Scanning his eyes, Makarov saw familiar faces with various expressions such as surprise, fear, or indifference.
There were six people sitting on the long table. They were the current main leaders of the "Workers' Alliance Party". Behind each of them stood two or three subordinate leaders.
"I think I'm still qualified to sit here, right?"
Although Makarov used a question, he didn't hesitate at all. Before the six people could answer, he pulled out a seat and sat on it.
Some people crossed their arms;
Some frowned deeper;
Some people also tried to smooth things over with a forced smile after glancing at Burton and the others.
"Of course," the red-haired Kirk said, "As the first leader of our party, even if you have withdrawn on your own before, we still remember you.
"It's not too late for us to welcome you to this voting meeting."
The senior Kirk is one of the three strong contenders for the leadership position, so he naturally doesn't want anyone to disrupt the situation, but Makarov still has a considerable degree of influence in the gang, and his reaction cannot be too violent, so he has to use Language soft blocking.
"welcome."
"welcome."
After the other two strong contenders expressed their welcome politely, the other three people also agreed.
Makarov smiled and waved his hand and said:
"Haha, I'm not here to observe the voting.
“I have only one purpose here, and that is to lead the Workers’ Alliance Party and make it great again! "
[In view of the general environment,
These two sentences caused quite a response among the people in the dark area.
Behind Makarov, Burton exchanged a few words in a low voice with Kim Plant, a young man with tan skin, and arranged for his companions who entered the tavern to sit in a dark area, while he remained where he was.
The original six people on the long table looked at each other for a moment, and found that no one dared to be the first to express objection in this situation.
After a few seconds of silence, Makarov spoke again, before the little bosses could speak, and said:
"Very good, no one objects, it seems everyone still remembers me.
"Then let me tell you my thoughts and plans..."
What Makarov said was mainly about the "unity and resistance" described by Mr. Rexa, and also added some of Miss Valeela's "self-criticism" and personal understanding and summary. The bright prospect in the distance... This is the result of his and Burton's communication efforts.
In short, the core idea is:
Help and unite the disadvantaged working class to fight for more generous treatment through moderate resistance methods.
This way, everyone can live a better life.
Makarov's voice was steady and high, because he knew very well that what he wanted to win was not the six people at the table, nor the dozen or so small bosses behind them, but the support of dozens of people on the periphery.
At first, no one paid attention to what he said, and no one rashly interrupted. But when the echoing voices from outside became more numerous and louder, the six leaders at the table could no longer sit still.
They couldn't directly interrupt the speech, so they began to ask frequent questions and change the topic as a distraction.
One to six, three to ten.
Makarov's voice inevitably fell into a disadvantage and was exhausted. The main idea was gradually suppressed, and it no longer had the initial effect.
After working together to redirect the meeting, Kirk and others continued the interrupted process and began to debate interests and compromise exchanges. The speed of electing a new leader was even faster than before.
In contrast, Makarov and Burton began to pay attention to the door of the tavern, expecting a gentleman to arrive.
…
Shortly after the gas lamps on both sides of the street were lit, Valeera arrived at the dock area.
Of course, at this time, she had already used the "Lost Mask" to restore her appearance as a man. Wearing a linen shirt and cotton jacket, she looked like a relatively well-paid worker——
This is her image in the "Instigator" stage, the image of the bounty hunter Rexxar in the eyes of the workers in the East End.
"Stop, the Workers' Union Party is discussing, the tavern is closed. "
Seeing Valeera approaching, the gang members guarding the door of the tavern immediately shouted a warning.
He thought that was enough.
After more than half a year of accumulation, the "Workers' Alliance Party" has now established a solid position in the dock area, and its name is loud enough.
"Ah."
Valeera chuckled lightly, not paying attention to the guards' persuasion to leave, nor was she bothering to explain her identity, and her progress did not slow down at all.
"court death!"
Sensing the insolent attitude of the intruder, several guards showed obvious malice and faced the intruder head-on.
A strange scene appeared.
The intruder seemed to be taking a walk, without any unnecessary movements, just walked past the oncoming guards and passed through the obstruction, as if they wanted to stop the invisible person behind the intruder.
Peng.
When several guards advanced inertly and collided with each other and fell to the ground, Valeera had already pushed open the door of the tavern and joined the voting meeting of the "Workers' Alliance Party".
Her arrival caused an uproar in the tavern.
