Chapter 147 Political Sacrifice
145. Political Sacrifice
The reason why the Trade Federation has become one of the top monopolies in the entire galaxy is that everyone knows what they rely on.
At this juncture, if the planets in the outer ring unite, then the trade alliance will naturally be the most affected.
Naturally, when Claire Underwood, the founder of the Outer Planets Mutual Aid Fund of the Galaxy, was attacked, all reporters immediately thought of the Trade Federation.
It must be the Trade Alliance. From motivation to interest orientation, there is only one answer!
At this time, Rune Harkou's statement further confirmed this point. In an almost public way, he put pressure on planets that supported the mutual aid fund, including the planet Jabim and Rodia, demanding that they withdraw from the mutual aid fund immediately.
The time when the statement was issued was almost exactly at the same time that Claire Underwood was attacked!
At the same time that Claire Underwood was sent to the hospital, Jabim, Rodia and other planets had already withdrawn from the mutual aid fund. And as if in retaliation, their exit statements were all made public. Although it is not stated explicitly, there are still various hints between the lines in the unique tone of a political veteran, directly pointing the finger at the Trade Alliance!
In the following days, reports that the Trade Alliance, for their own benefit, did not hesitate to violently attack the founders of the mutual aid funds, and directly coerced the weak outer-ring planets to withdraw from the mutual aid funds, were reported on the cloud.
In a hospital 10 floors underground on Coruscant.
Francis Underwood walked into the ward holding a bouquet of flowers. He looked at his wife and assistant, smiled slightly, walked over, pulled out the flowers from the vase on the bedside, and threw them away. Then he inserted his own flowers.
"Those are the flowers that the representative of the Trade Alliance just sent an hour ago." Claire said with a faint smile.
"Well, I think we should be glad that they sent flowers instead of bullets, right?" Francis stroked Claire's hair and said with a smile.
Claire smiled very appropriately. Although her expression was impeccable, it looked like a formulaic smile in public, "We all know Frank, if they sent Bullet, then it means that all your plans have failed..."
"If that day comes, maybe I should commit suicide, which would be more straightforward," Francis said.
"The detonation direction of the micro-bomb on the podium is slightly different. I think it may be that I accidentally touched it when I was giving a speech." Claire said.
Francis's expression darkened, he sighed, sat on the edge of the bed, took Claire's hand and rubbed it gently, "Claire...I..."
" Needless to say, I know. After all, this was the plan originally proposed by me," Claire said lightly, "I don't want to hear those words of comfort from you. You know what can really comfort me."
Francis nodded, "People from the Trade Federation came to visit you. This is their crisis public relations and the only thing they can do at this stage. We can't push Rune Harkou to the extreme. On the way, so next you need to make a public statement claiming that this has nothing to do with the Trade Alliance.”
"What about Rune Harkor?" Claire asked.
“He was summoned by the top brass of the Trade Alliance, but as long as he insists that he made the choice that was most beneficial to the Trade Alliance, that’s all.” Francis said.
"But someone has to take the blame, right?" "Yes, his secretary. A poor Twi'lek woman. She will be framed as a spy sent by the Trade Federation's business enemies, and it's her Collude with the Trade Federation's opponents, and encourage Rune Harkou to make a public declaration of disintegration and disintegration of the mutual aid fund while the opponent is launching an assassination, and put the blame on him. In this way, the opponent will take the opportunity to discredit the Trade Federation-a perfect situation. And the evidence of closure and motive," Francis said.
“So everything is going in the direction we expected?”
"That's right. The Trade Federation will claim that the assassination was not their fault, and welcome all oversight from society. But they will also admit that Rune-Harkor's behavior of forcing those planets to withdraw from the mutual aid fund is in the interests of the Trade Federation." Francis took a deep breath and said, "Everything is as expected by the managers. The Trade Federation's diplomacy and behavior in the Galactic Republic tend to be radical. They will not give in on this matter."
"What will happen to the Twi'lek female secretary?" Claire asked.
“Why did you ask about a victim again and again?” Francis smiled faintly, “She was immediately arrested by the Trade Federation people. After being tortured and tortured to extract a confession, she has been sent to Corey. It is said that it was acquired by a slave owner named Mrs. Pixi. Whether it was sold to the lowest prostitution or disposed of directly is not what we need to know.”
"She didn't do anything wrong, right?"
"She spent the rest of her life lighting a torch for our cause. She should be grateful." Francis said coldly He said coldly, "I know your concerns, Claire. But you must know what we do and why we got together and became husband and wife in the first place."
"What I'm worried about is not that woman, but Rune Harkor." Claire said pretending to be indifferent.
"His future in the Trade Federation has been ruined without our help." Francis said.
“We can’t start with this, Rune Harkor should get what he deserves, and we can find more tools next.” Claire said.
“The administrator said that Rune Harkor will eventually become the deputy of Newt Gunray, the future governor of the Trade Federation, and he will be very successful. But I have lost contact with the administrator in the past few days. I don’t know. How would he arrange this?" Francis said.
“When it comes to political victims, I am one of them, right?” Claire asked softly.
"What are you talking about? You are already a hero, Claire. As long as you continue to follow our arrangements, and through the character we create, your political influence will increase day by day. Sheev Palpatine will one day We have to face up to our impact,” Francis said.
Claire Underwood nodded silently, leaned back on the bed and said tiredly: "I'm tired and want to take a nap."
Francis Underwood Wood hugged her neck very gently, placed her gently on the pillow, carefully straightened the light quilt, and finally kissed Claire gently on the lips, "Good night, my dear."
(End of this chapter)