Awakening the Daily Intelligence System

Chapter 460: 171, Lin Mo’s Trump Card!_1

Seeing the electoral vote chart on the big screen, thunderous applause once again erupted in the studio.

In past union elections, the candidates often had very small margins of difference.

There being a total of 560 votes essentially in balance, a result with such a visible gap as seen today hadn’t appeared in America for many years.

This significant advantage had almost cemented Clinton Hamilton’s status as the next Duke.

Now, all that remained was to wait for three days until the voting process ended and the Chief Justice would announce the final results.

The applause continued for nearly three minutes until the audience gradually quieted down, and the host spoke leisurely, “Mrs. Hamilton, are you satisfied with this result?”

Even with an overwhelming advantage, Clinton Hamilton did not show the slightest hint of pride, but was extremely calm instead.

It was as if the results just revealed were nothing more than a trivial matter.

With a smile full of warmth, she said indifferently, “I did not expect to be so widely recognized, but I believe that I am more capable and qualified to be the next Duke than anyone else.”

“Once again, thank you all for your support, thank you!”

In the following time, the host began to ask some questions with a high volume of interest from the internet.

Clinton Hamilton’s responses were sophisticated, no doubt causing many to revise their impression of her, thus choosing her to become the next Duke.

About half an hour later, the television program concluded in harmony.

Clinton Hamilton, meticulously escorted by her security personnel, got into her motorcade.

Her campaign secretary was her current husband, who also happened to be the former Duke of America, Clinton Elg, sitting in the car.

Their relationship was quite ordinary; they typically did their own things separately and didn’t interfere with each other.

But in front of the electorate, they still had to play the image of a harmonious couple.

Elg said with a smile, “You performed very well today, and Foster has been even worse than we imagined.”

“As expected, he lacks any experience in governance and doesn’t know how to communicate with the American public, let alone understand what people really want.”

“Given this, the more he engages in campaigning tours, the more he speaks, the more it works against him.”

“He really believed that some insignificant dirt could cause us trouble?”

Elg was now very happy because as long as his wife in name became the Duke, it meant he could return to the center of power.

He detested the current Duke, Olimar, deeply believing that his ascension to that famous palace was a blemish to all of America.

And losing to such a person was the humiliation of his life.

Clinton Hamilton inquired, “What’s the next step? Don’t forget about that man called Foster; he has a mysterious power behind him.”

“That power managed to convince the Morgan family and the Bryan Family to drop out of the ducal election overnight, undoubtedly at a significant cost.”

“But now…facing Foster’s steadily declining votes, he hasn’t appeared.”

“This is not normal!”

What worried her most was actually this sudden emergence of a powerful force.

She didn’t know which family it came from or why it would support a rich second-generation lacking political acumen.

What made her more uneasy was that even though Clinton Hamilton had mobilized all her resources to investigate, they still hadn’t found out who that person was.

“It is indeed necessary to be vigilant about the person behind Foster, and it is not difficult to discover his identity.”

Elg had been a Duke after all, and even served consecutive terms; his mindset was very stable, and he had abundant experience handling similar issues.

He suggested with a smile, “You can invite Foster over in the name of the Clinton family. It would be best if he could see the difficulty and choose to give up this election.”

“Offering him some benefits would not hurt!”

“I believe, as long as Foster isn’t a fool, he’ll recognize the current situation and not continue any competition with you.”

Meet with a pampered rich second generation?

Clinton Hamilton fundamentally disliked Foster from the bottom of her heart, but she understood that everything was governed by the principle of profit above all. If she could resolve the last hidden danger through negotiation, then that wouldn’t be a bad method at all.

As long as she could become the Duke, then she, her family, and those with vested interests, would gain endless resources and wealth.

For the uppermost power, sacrificing a bit of personal preference was not unreasonable at all.

Clinton Hamilton agreed to the request and also voiced her own opinion: “Let Foster come to the palace to see me. He wanted to get in, right? Then let him experience the feeling of the palace while facing his failure.”

“I will make him understand how to revere power!”

Though she wasn’t the Duke, she held many positions in America and could be considered among the top few people, of course having her own office within the palace.

Hamilton intended to make Foster understand that such a place was not one he could enter just because he was wealthy, and certainly, power was not something minor figures like him could touch.

Regardless of how wealthy he was, or what sort of power and families stood behind him, in front of the Clinton family, they counted for nothing.