"Okay, the two candidates' campaign declarations have been finished. Let's take a break for a quarter of an hour. After a quarter of an hour, we still voted to elect the fifth Hua Dong in this conference room." Host Zhang Yishu announced a break after Yu Yefeng finished speaking.

"Dr. Lu, I didn't expect you to be Lu Shangong's son..."

"Yes, you are Aunt Dong." Lu Xiyan hadn't recognized it at first, but after thinking about it carefully, he finally recognized the slightly rich middle-aged woman in front of him.

"I remember you didn't have this name before?"

"Yes, Aunt Dong, the name Lu Xiyan was changed after I went abroad." Lu Xiyan hurriedly explained that Aunt Dong was his father's old friend.

"I didn't expect that after a few years, you have changed so much. Now you are a celebrity in the concession. Not everyone can be the position of Dong Hua. It would be great to be elected as a candidate." Aunt Dong exclaimed.

"Aunt Dong, you are acclaimer. I will ask you to support me later."

"How come I don't support Lu Shan Gong's son!"

"Thanks!"

"Shaojun, do you know Dr. Xiao Lu?"

"I have dated his father, Lu Shangong, in the past." Dong Shaojun said, "His father is a kind and generous person, and a rare good person. It's a pity that good people are not rewarded."

"I heard he is very close to the Japanese?"

"Whoever you heard said it was all boring tabloids making up randomly and spreading rumors. His parents were both killed in the Japanese bombing. As a son, he would not go along with the Japanese." Dong Shaojun said.

"I hope so. If Yu Yefeng becomes Hua Dong, then the French Concession will be in trouble from now on." The elegant man who was talking to Dong Shaoyun sighed.

"Sir, I was in Wanghailou last night. Zhang Xiaolin personally posted a post to canvass for Yu Ye. Many representatives received invitations, but I don't know how many people have gone." Yan Lei quietly leaned into Lu Xiyan's ear and whispered.

Lu Xiyan nodded.

It seems that Zhang Xiaolin is prepared, and he just came back from the isolation area and has no time to prepare at all, so he is completely at a disadvantage.

However, now that we have reached this point, it is impossible to retreat.

Zhang Xiaolin and Yu Yefeng will not be so easy to win against him unless they really bribed all of these representatives, and not to mention that he is not unprepared.

It is not embarrassing to lose fair competition, but if the other party uses improper means and wants to win the position of Dong Hua, he will never let him succeed.

"Also, there is something wrong with that ballot box. When I saw that person bringing it in, I looked very nervous." Yan Lei continued.

"Are you sure?"

"Did you forget what I did before?" Yan Lei chuckled, "There is a mezzanine in the ballot box and there is something."

...

"I'm very sorry, delegates, I'll say one thing. The ballots we printed were originally one for each representative, but now our staff was hesitating that they accidentally sprinkled a bottle of ink on the ballots. Now all the ballots are invalid and cannot be used!"

"What, what's going on? Is it possible? I have to hold another meeting and choose again?"

"That's right, who did the good thing?"

"It's not enough to succeed, but it's more than enough to fail!"

Zhang Xiaolin and Yu Yefeng couldn't help but tremble all over, and a panic flashed in their eyes.

"But, but..." Zhang Yishu shouted, "Dear delegates, please listen to me. Now there is a solution, that is, each representative sends a piece of white paper and a red and blue pencil, red represents Dr. Lu, and blue represents Boss Yu. Whoever you choose, use your own colors to draw a circle on the white paper and fold it. Even if it is a vote, what do you think of this method?"

"This method is good, simple, and not troublesome!"

"Just do as it is!"

“This is too unspecial…”

"Anyway, the votes will be destroyed afterwards, so it doesn't make any sense. This is great. We all have time, so we just did it!"

"agree!"

Only Zhang Xiaolin's face turned pale, especially Yu Yefeng, who looked even more silly.

"I object to the by-election of Director Hua, how can I play this? I suggest that after reprinting the ballot, a by-election meeting will be held!" Zhang Xiaolin finally failed to calm down and stood up and raised his objections.

"Yes, by-election of Director Hua is a major event in our French Concession Chinese Tax Payment Association. How can you make a piece of white paper and draw a circle to decide?" Zhang Xiaolin was not without supporters, so he jumped out to agree.

"I remember there is a statute in our "French Concession Chinese Tax Payment Association" that as long as more than two-thirds of the representatives voted and passed, it can be passed. I think this proposal from Mr. Zhang is also considered. More than two-thirds of the representatives present today. If two-thirds of the people agree to use the method proposed by Mr. Zhang, then today's by-election can be carried out as follows!"

"Yes, there is indeed such a provision in the charter!"

"Everyone raise your hands to vote, I agree!" Dong Shaojun was the first to raise his right hand.

"I agree, too!"

One, two, three...

More and more representatives raised their hands, and soon the number of people reached thirty-six, reaching two-thirds of the total number of people.

"I still object. This is not in line with the rules. We have never chosen Director Hua like this!" Zhang Xiaolin angrily held his civilization stick and hit the table in the conference room hard. The teacup on the table was staggered and the tea was sprinkled all over the floor.

"If Director Zhang doesn't choose, he can abstain!" Zhang Yishu said angrily. The clay man is still three parts of the earthy nature.

"Yes, if you don't choose, you can abstain."

Such a scene full of gunpowder, the Chinese in the French Concession have not seen them for many years. In order to fight for the position of a Chinese director, they are so tense.

"Ye Feng, let's go!"

"Slow, Boss Yu, can you explain what the mezzanine in this ballot box is going on?" Lu Xiyan walked over, opened the already prepared ballot box, escaped a piece of plywood, grabbed a stack of ballots that had been filled out, and questioned Yu Yefeng.

Zhang Xiaolin and Yu Yefeng changed their faces instantly. He did a very secretive job in the ballot box mezzanine. He asked himself that no one knew this secret except the person in charge.

No surprise, the two candidates on the ballot were Yu Yefeng.

Yu Yefeng's lips trembled for a moment, his eyes were panicked. How could he explain this? Could it be that someone deliberately framed him?

"Who is the person who keeps this ballot box?"

Zhang Xiaolin reacted very quickly and asked.

"It's me..." A young man walked forward tremblingly.

"Bastard, what's going on?" Zhang Xiaolin slapped hard in the face, as if he was still unrelieving his hatred, and the civilized stick in his hand was smashed down.

After the stick was taken, the young man screamed and his head was bleeding.

"This kind of election fraud case occurred in our Chinese taxpayer. I suggest starting an investigation immediately. During the period when the investigation is not concluded, will the by-election of Director Hua be temporarily delayed?" A representative behind Zhang Xiaolin stood up and said righteously.

"This is a frame-up, a complete frame-up. The matter is obvious. What else can I investigate?" Zhang Xiaolin pointed at Lu Xiyan and roared, "Think about it, who is the one who benefited if such a thing happened?"

"Framed, who will frame Boss Yu?" Lu Xiyan sneered, "I dare say that the representatives who came to this meeting today probably don't know that Boss Yu will replace Boss Zu and become a candidate for Dong Hua?"

"That's right, if the ancestor had not said he had voluntarily withdrawn, we would have thought that the other candidate was him..."

"Dr. Zhang, what's the truth? Boss Yu and you know it in your heart. Why do you pretend to be a victim and throw dirty water on me?" Lu Xiyan asked sadly and angrily.

"Dr. Zhang, what's going on? We don't know at first that you want to recommend Boss Yu to be Director Hua. All of these votes are selected by Boss Yu. What's going on?"

"Dr. Zhang, you want to give us an explanation!"

"Dr. Zhang, you just opposed the by-election method proposed by-election. Are you guilty of being a thief?"

"Yu Yefeng, in order to be Hua Dong, you are too shameless by using such despicable means. How can you be Hua Dong Dong be Hua Dong? It is simply a shame to our Chinese business community!"

“…”

"Enough, okay, don't you just want to select the fifth Dong Hua today? OK, Ye Feng, you withdraw and let the ancestor continue to choose!" Zhang Xiaolin said in anger.

"Zhang Xiaolin, you take yourself too seriously. If you say you can choose whoever you want. Could it be that you will have the final say for Chinese people in the French Concession to pay taxes?" The representative of the tram company angrily scolded.

"Okay, okay, everyone is decent, so don't argue, so as not to let outsiders laugh at us." There are also timid and afraid people coming out to smooth things out.

"Mr. Tan is here!"

"I have heard your quarrel outside. I shouldn't have interrupted the Chinese Tax Payment Association by-election of Director Hua, but our Public and Directors Bureau has the responsibility to supervise the fairness and legality of your election. I believe that as long as the by-election procedures comply with the constitution and there is no act of favoritism and fraud, our Public and Directors Bureau recognizes it." Tan Yuti expressed his attitude, which is actually the attitude of the French side.

"Official Officer Tan, according to your wishes, should we continue this by-election today?" Zhang Yishu asked.

"Of course, Director Hua participated in the decision-making of our Public Administration Bureau. If the position is always empty, it will be detrimental to our work." Tan Yu cried.

"Okay, we have all raised our hands to vote and passed it. In the method I said, each representative will send a piece of white paper and a red and blue pencil, red represents Dr. Lu Xiyan, blue represents Boss Yu, and blank is abstention. As long as one of them gets more than half of the votes, it is the fifth Dong Hua. If both of them have less than half of the votes, then even if this by-election fails, do you have any objection?"

"Why is Yu Yefeng still a candidate? Is he still qualified?"

"He was still a candidate until the investigation concluded."

"If he is the one who is chosen in the end and he is the one who commits favoritism and fraud, then what should I do?" someone asked.

"If this is the case, the qualification of Huadong can be cancelled according to the articles of association and will be elected again next year." Zhang Yishu replied solemnly.

After the fierce quarrel, we finally entered the most critical agenda for by-election of Director Hua and voted.
Chapter completed!