Don't be nervous, don't be nervous, don't lose your composure …
Special Assistant Yang kept mentally preparing himself. After all, he was someone who had worked in the Senate for more than a decade. Step by step, he went from a fledgling assistant secretary to the current special assistant. He had climbed to where he was today completely by himself, and no one could take anything away from him.
Special Assistant Yang finally calmed down.
He pushed his gold-rimmed glasses up the bridge of his nose and smiled slightly. He clinked glasses with the person next to him. "See? This is our Speaker Long's charm. "
…
After lunch, everyone left in twos and threes and rushed to the next place to visit.
General Ji took the opportunity to call Huo Shaoheng to his study.
"Shaoheng, has Nianzhi decided where to work yet?" General Ji asked quietly. "Will she be willing to go to the Senate?"
General Ji was truly worried sick about Huo Shaoheng and Gu Nianzhi.
Because of Gu Nianzhi's identity, even if she joined the military, her future in the military would be very limited.
Moreover, even if she didn't join the military, General Ji knew that with Huo Shaoheng around, Gu Nianzhi would definitely do her part as long as the military needed her.
Therefore, he had no intention of forcing Gu Nianzhi to work in the military.
From the beginning to the end, the target he had chosen for Gu Nianzhi was the Senate. This was also for Huo Shaoheng's sake.
The senior members of the Senate were elected, so there was no conflict with the Cabinet or the military.
However, the Cabinet was not a good place for Gu Nianzhi.
Because of Gu Yanran, Gu Nianzhi had probably already offended Prime Minister Tan.
Prime Minister Tan still had at least five years left in office. After five years, if he successfully ran for re-election, that would be ten years.
How many decades of a person's career could be wasted?
Therefore, Gu Nianzhi would definitely not enter the Cabinet.
Then she only had two ways out. One was to continue working in a professional law firm and become her own lawyer. The other was to enter the Senate and advance to the senior members.
However, to enter the senior members of the Senate, in addition to having the ability to run for office, she also needed a strong person like Speaker Long to protect her.
General Ji had initially asked Secretary Cao to publicly express his interest in recruiting Gu Nianzhi in order to attract Speaker Long's attention to Gu Nianzhi's talents and abilities. Then, he would pretend to compete with Speaker Long to further increase Gu Nianzhi's value.
Huo Shaoheng was well aware of General Ji's little scheme. Although he didn't interfere, he didn't interfere either.
"General Ji, I respect Nianzhi's opinion on this matter. You know, young as she is, she has always had her own ideas. If she wants to do something, I can't stop her. I can't force her to do something she doesn't want to do. "
"Is that so …" General Ji looked at him with a smile and clasped his hands behind his back. "Shaoheng, this isn't like you! You're already husband and wife. Doesn't she listen to you on everything? "
Huo Shaoheng chuckled. "General Ji, please don't make fun of me. Marriage is an expedient plan, you must keep it a secret for me. "
"I know, I know." General Ji rubbed the back of his head. "I'll be waiting for the day of your wedding. I'll definitely give you a huge red packet then!"
Huo Shaoheng nodded. "I'll definitely ask General Ji to be our witness when the time comes."
The two of them talked about work arrangements before letting Huo Shaoheng out.
Speaker Long took advantage of Huo Shaoheng's absence to lobby Gu Nianzhi again.
"Nianzhi, think about it carefully. Really, I'm very sincere in inviting you. The position of chief legal counsel of the Senate's secretariat is currently vacant. As long as you agree, I'll definitely do my best to train you! "Speaker Long was completely sincere with Gu Nianzhi and was wholeheartedly trying to recruit her.
Gu Nianzhi knew that Speaker Long's words were mixed with lies, but politicians were all like this. As a lawyer, she sometimes spoke half-truths to her clients, so she didn't care.
She just couldn't make up her mind.
Just as Speaker Long said, her career choice was closely related to her career plan.
This would determine what kind of person she would be for the next five or ten years, what kind of person she would become, and what kind of status she would have.
And in her selfish heart, she wanted to be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with Huo Shaoheng as soon as possible.
With her background, if she wanted to achieve a similar position as Huo Shaoheng in the Huaxia Empire, she could only achieve her goal by entering the military, the Senate, or the Cabinet.
She would definitely not be able to rise to the same position as Huo Shaoheng in the military, even if it was a few ranks lower.
Because of Huo Shaoheng, she would always be in a state of "balance."
Although she was willing to help the military, as a career plan, joining the military and entering General Ji's office wasn't a very good way out.
As for the Cabinet, there was no need to even mention it.
Tan Dongbang still had to be the Prime Minister for five years. Even if she could enter the Cabinet, she would be sitting on the bench for at least five years.
So the Cabinet was definitely out.
Then the only option was the Senate.
The Senate wasn't like the Cabinet or the military.
In the Senate, family background wasn't very important, and the background check wasn't as strict as the other two systems. As long as one had the ability, this was the best place for young people to excel.
Gu Nianzhi was somewhat biased towards Speaker Long's Senate.
However, she wouldn't agree right away.
Gu Nianzhi still wanted to ask for He Zhichu's opinion when he returned from the New Year.
Therefore, Gu Nianzhi very sincerely said to Speaker Long, "Speaker Long, thank you for your favor and support. I will definitely consider it carefully."
"Okay, don't think about it for too long. Our Senate's secretariat will start the recruitment process after the New Year. If you have decided, give me a call, and I will fill out the recommendation form for you. "
Speaker Long was indeed very considerate.
Gu Nianzhi quickly thanked him and watched Speaker Long get into the car.
Special Assistant Yang got into the car behind Speaker Long.
Before getting into the car, he politely nodded to Gu Nianzhi and said, "Miss Gu, that's great. We might be colleagues."
Gu Nianzhi curled her lips. "Yes, what an honor."
Special Assistant Yang said seriously, "Miss Gu, you must work hard. Actually, between you and Miss Cai, I would prefer Miss Gu to get this position. I think that as colleagues, Miss Gu is easier to get along with than Miss Cai. "
"Miss Cai?" Gu Nianzhi blinked. "Which Miss Cai are you talking about?"
"Miss Cai Shengnan." Special Assistant Yang smiled. "Speaker Long also appreciates her and had already internally decided on her as the chief legal advisor of our secretariat. Now that Miss Gu has suddenly emerged, Miss Cai will have to work even harder. "
"Oh? Internally decided? "Gu Nianzhi wanted to back out." Then I won't join in the fun, okay? "
"It's okay, it wasn't internally decided. I mean if Miss Gu wasn't there, Miss Cai would have been internally decided. Now that Miss Gu is obviously more capable than Miss Cai, of course Miss Cai won't be internally decided. You all have to participate in the assessment. Good luck! I have high hopes for you. "
Special Assistant Yang patted Gu Nianzhi's shoulder as he spoke before turning to get into the car.
Speaker Long waved at Gu Nianzhi from the car.
Gu Nianzhi smiled and waved back as she watched Speaker Long's car drive away.
In the car, Speaker Long asked Special Assistant Yang with a smile, "You're quite familiar with Gu Nianzhi? You seem to be chatting happily … "
"It's alright. You asked me to sit in on her estate dispute lawsuit, so we're familiar with each other." Special Assistant Yang had always been very polite and generous in front of Speaker Long. He didn't compete or get jealous, so Speaker Long appreciated and trusted him very much.
Originally, everyone thought that Special Assistant Yang would be Speaker Long's successor. Even Special Assistant Yang himself thought so.
However, what Speaker Long said in front of so many big shots today made Special Assistant Yang realize that he had been overthinking things.
Speaker Long's successor had never been considered for him.
…
Speaker Long's car drove away, but Gu Nianzhi still stood at the entrance of General Ji's courtyard and looked thoughtfully at the road in the distance.
Huo Shaoheng came to stand beside her for a while. "Did you have a good chat with Speaker Long?"
Gu Nianzhi looked up at him and smiled. "It was alright. Speaker Long was very enthusiastic."
"Speaker Long has been the speaker of the Senate for more than 30 years. His words are very infectious." As Huo Shaoheng spoke to her, he heard a call coming in through his Bluetooth headset.
It was a call from his father, Huo Guanchen.
Huo Shaoheng thought that it was the first day of the Lunar New Year, so he still answered the call.
This was because he noticed that Huo Guanchen, as a member of the Standing Committee of the Military Supreme Council, didn't come to General Ji's house for New Year's greetings.
Logically speaking, Huo Guanchen should have come. He used to come every year, but he didn't know why he didn't come this year.
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