Chapter 3129
Schneider defied the storm with ease, but he also knew that his method was only a temporary measure and would not fundamentally resolve the conflict of interests between Haihan and regional countries in the process of expansion.
Some countries did not show too much urgency in this negotiation, and even took the initiative to change their stance later. This was just because their interests had not been directly impacted.
Countries that truly realize that their own interests are being threatened, such as Portugal and the Netherlands, are obviously more eager to prevent Haihan's continued expansion. But they themselves are foreign colonists. If they want to criticize Haihan's current behavior, they are tantamount to cursing themselves, and they definitely don't have enough confidence.
But as long as Haihan's actions continue, even if these countries cannot stop him openly, they will definitely continue to stumble secretly. The next time they fight, they may not openly fight like this face to face.
Perhaps it was precisely because they knew their natural flaws and were not completely sure about this negotiation that they did not deliberately publicize and create public opinion beforehand. Not many people in the outside world even knew that such a serious diplomatic incident had occurred.
The attention of public opinion is still focused on the recent intensive statements made by senior officials of Haihan.
Anyone with a little knowledge should be able to notice the differences of opinion among the upper class figures from recent newspapers. However, ordinary people are more concerned about whether their current vital interests will be affected. As for the impact of high-level decisions on the world situation in the next few decades or hundreds of years, that is beyond their imagination.
The third and fourth rounds of the large-scale lottery hosted by Sing Tao were successfully held, and several lucky winners were born. As the prizes became bigger and bigger, people still maintained a high enthusiasm for participation. Although there were only three winning places in the fourth round of the event, tens of thousands of people still rushed to Victory Square that day to participate in the event.
At the same time, similar activities in the Luzon region have also begun to enter the preparation and publicity stage, obviously hoping to ride on the popularity of Xingdao.
However, compared to Star Island, the wider Luzon Region obviously has more land that can be used as prizes. The Luzon Region Office in Sanya has already spread the news that the award setting will be more generous than that of Xingdao, and there will be more winning places.
On the day when Xingdao held the fifth and final round of lottery, when most people were paying attention to who would win the final grand prize, the executive committee held a highly confidential meeting with all the members of the public in the Victory Hall. Meeting.
Of course, it was said to be a plenary meeting, but the vast majority of those who were able to attend were only local people working and living in Sanya. Those who were out of town could only be informed of the results of the meeting through telegrams after the meeting.
However, the content of this meeting did not require most of the participants to express any opinions. They were just asked to be present as witnesses.
The Victory Hall is a specially built conference facility next to Victory Fort. The hall can accommodate up to 500 people, which is enough to handle various large-scale meetings.
Carriages had been parked outside the Great Hall early, and there were nearly a thousand coachmen, entourage, and guards waiting outside. Haihan has not held a plenary meeting in recent years, and such a lively scene has not appeared here for a long time.
In the huge conference hall, all the participants have taken their seats, and the rest of the people have retreated outside the hall to wait.
The meeting was chaired by Ning Qi. After a brief opening speech, he first announced today's attendance to everyone.
"This plenary meeting should have been attended by 387 people, but the actual number was 276. With more than half of the people present, effective resolutions can be made."
Among those who did not attend the meeting, most of them were overseas and could not attend the meeting.
As of now, this kind of plenary meeting can only be attended by time travellers, and the second generation of time travelers born in this time and space have not yet been allowed to participate. Even if the parents have passed away and inherited the corresponding permissions, they cannot participate in this special meeting. A total of 450 people participated in the time-travel operation thirty years ago. Today, there are still more than 300 people. And the number of people participating in this kind of plenary meeting that happens every few years is getting smaller and smaller. There are many people sitting in the venue. An elderly and frail person came to the meeting in a wheelchair.
However, after the executive committee changes this year, it will start to solve the power transition and succession issues of the Chuanzhong. After all, time-travelers are getting older, and it is almost time to arrange for their children to take over the business and take charge of the country.
The main content of today's meeting is to count the election results on the spot and confirm their validity.
There is a table on the stage with a locked wooden box on it. It is worth mentioning that there is not just one lock on this wooden box, but five, and the keys are kept by five people in the executive committee. As for the candidates to keep the keys, they are also randomly selected before this vote.
All votes cast by the public on the list of members of the executive committee are now placed in this wooden box.
Chuanchuan people who are overseas usually send their ballots some time in advance to ensure that they can be delivered to Sanya before the meeting.
For example, Chen Yixin, who is in Liaodong, secretly sent out his written ballot two months ago.
As for those who are in Sanya, they can cast their votes at the ballot box at Fort Victory within one month before the meeting.
But you only have one chance to vote, and once you put your vote in the ballot box, you can't go back on it. There are five locks on the ballot box and the keys are stored separately to prevent fraud.
Then the five people who kept the keys came forward to check the locks and seals on the wooden box. After confirming that they were intact, they took out the keys they kept and opened the five locks on the box in turn.
Finally, Ning Qi opened the ballot box, took out all the ballots, and then started counting the votes.
According to the election rules of the Executive Committee, members of the Executive Committee can only be selected from time-travelers. Each time-traveler can write the names of any two people on their ballot, and the candidates will be determined based on the number of votes.
In addition, Tao Donglai, as a lifelong member of the executive committee, does not need to participate in the voting process.
There are nine members in the executive committee. Considering the almost unshakable influence of Ning Qi, Yan Chujie, Bai Kesi and Schneider, there are only four positions that really need to be voted on.
There are many people interested in competing for these positions. Before this, they had tried their best to win votes. Now it is finally time to test the results.
While Ning Qi was counting the votes, Tao Donglai wrote down the vote count on the blackboard next to him. This process was boring and long, and it took more than an hour to end.
The final vote count results have been revealed on the blackboard.
(End of chapter)