As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 355 The End
Whether it was Li Xianlong or anyone else, they all used Blue Star thinking to think about Zheng Li's style of doing things.

Unfortunately, the opponent they met was Zheng Li, who did not play by the rules at all.

“Now for the final item on the agenda, regarding”

Wang Ruijie's unhappy mood in the audience had reached its limit.

The most painful thing in the world is that you know you are about to take over, but after waiting for more than ten years you are told that there is a replacement.

This is how Heng Swee Keat really feels right now.

To outsiders, Singapore is seen as a country where the Lee family has the final say. But in fact, there is another prime minister of Singapore between the elder and younger Lee - Goh Chok Tong.

But compared with Big Lee and Little Lee, Goh Chok Tong's presence is relatively weak. When he was around, he was just paving the way for Little Lee.

Goh Chok Tong is an interesting person. His father died when he was young, and he grew up in a HDB flat with his mother and four siblings.

HDB flats are the affordable housing in Singapore.

Later, I relied entirely on scholarships from the Lion City government to complete my studies.

A big part of the reason why Lee chose Goh Chok Tong as his successor was because Goh Chok Tong was a technocrat with limited ambitions.

At the same time, he came from a poor family and the clan behind him had limited power, so he could basically not make any waves.

When Lao Li retired, he did not retire completely. He later became a cabinet advisor in Singapore.

Lee's most brilliant move was to persuade all the old men to retire while passing the position to Goh Chok Tong.

The youngest member of Lao Li’s management team was only in his early fifties, and he was directly persuaded to quit.

Whether it was a true persuasion to quit or a false one remains to be discussed. Anyway, it was written in "Difficult Mission: The Biography of Goh Chok Tong" that it was a persuasion to quit.

As a result, Goh Chok Tong was able to take on a light-hearted task, with Lee Sr. serving as the Senior Minister of the Cabinet. With Lee Sr.'s potential power, all threatening people were dissuaded, allowing Lee Younger to take over successfully in 2004.

And Heng Swee Keat plays this role. In 18, he became Lee Hsien Loong's assistant, that is, the first assistant secretary-general and deputy prime minister of Singapore. It has been thirteen years today.

He has always been regarded as the next successor to Lion City.

Of course, he also played a transitional role in paving the way for Li Hongyi.

Heng Swee Keat's background is almost identical to Goh Chok Tong's. He also grew up in a HDB flat and his family was a farmer who raised chickens and pigs. He went to study in Cambridge with the help of a scholarship provided by Singapore.

After returning from studying abroad, he worked as Lao Li's personal secretary.

Whether in terms of growth experience or work experience, Heng Swee Keat plays the same role as Goh Chok Tong, playing a transitional role, which makes the public's perception of Lee Ka Seng not so strong.

But a transitional role is still a role, and it is much better than suddenly parachuting in and giving him the position.

Is there any prince in the world who lasts for fifty years?

Logically, he had been the crown prince for thirteen years, and Li Xianlong was already eighty years old, so he would be able to take over soon.

In fact, he is only a little over ten years younger than Li Xianlong, and has been in office for about five years.

At least it's better than never having been one.

Ten years ago, Heng Swee Keat took a tactic of retreating in order to advance.

It's not an easy task either.

Zheng Li's airborne landing dashed all hopes.

You can't expect to outlive a wizard.

I still don’t know which planet this wizard came from.

“I now announce that Meilin will serve as the secretary-general of the People’s Action Party.”

There was warm applause and cheers from the audience, especially when Zheng Li appeared out of nowhere in the conference hall of the Lion City Parliament House.

Zheng Li used the human-like image in his own cognition, and the Mage Alliance discovered other civilizations in the universe.

When intelligent life forms that looked similar to but different from the people on Blue Star appeared, the congressmen present only applauded out of politeness.

No one wants to run into this bad luck before knowing the mage's style of doing things.

“Hello everyone, I am very happy to be the leader of the People’s Action Party in Singapore. In the future, I will bring new vitality and energy to the People’s Action Party.

I am a mage. What mages most respect is the concept of elite governance. At the same time, I also have my own understanding and implementation methods on how to select true elites.

In the future, I will thoroughly implement the philosophy of elite governance of our predecessors.”

Although the People's Action Party has the word "people" in its name, it actually implements the philosophy of elite governance.

Why? Because the rapid development of Singapore from a tiny country was due to its service-oriented government.

The trade flow to and from the Strait of Malacca has seen rapid development thanks to Singapore's good service to these ships.

A good service-oriented government has very high requirements for bureaucrats.

Without elite governance and improving the status of civil servants, it would be impossible to provide good services for trade and investment attraction.

The industrial parks in Suzhou, China, learned from Singapore, including the new districts that emerged later in various places. The treatment of civil servants is obviously much higher than that in the old city areas.

But China’s way of playing is a little different.

The reason why local governments in China pay high salaries to civil servants in new districts is that they can earn higher incomes from selling land. The land in old districts has been developed almost completely, so the income from selling land is much lower.

If developing the core land in the old city requires shantytown redevelopment, it would be better to start anew in the name of a new district.

Once industries are relocated there, the population will naturally flow to the new area.

At the same time, large plots of land in new areas can be auctioned at high prices.

There is not much space in Lion City, so you can’t have fun there even if you want to.

The land area of ​​Lion City is about the same as that of Shenhai. You can see that Shenhai basically does not rely on land finance.

Because the land has been developed, there is no vacant land to rely on.

"I will tell you my specific plan in my subsequent speech to Congress."

Zheng Li naturally knew what Li Xianlong was thinking. Just relying on the control of magic, no one present could resist him.

Lee Hsien Loong was thinking about retiring but not completely, and wanted to become the Cabinet Advisor his father had been, and then use his father's absence from specific matters to continue to hold most of the power in Singapore.

What are you thinking about?

This transaction is irreversible when you make it public.

Just because Zheng Li is law-abiding doesn't mean he has no temper or ability.

Li Xianlong still has a lucky mentality.

Zheng Li deliberately kept Li Xianlong awake and watched helplessly as his followers and power were wiped out.

Zheng Li is only one step away from taking control of the Lion City, and that is the handover of the leadership position.

Now only the handover within the party has been completed, and the next step is the handover of the leadership.

Media around the world are extremely excited about the dramatic changes in Lion City.

It is a historic event that a wizard from an alien civilization becomes the head of a Blue Star country.

The impact on geopolitics, the future, and the world economic trends alone are enough for academic circles to study for many years and produce a large number of related academic papers.

China is the country that least wants to see this scene.

Originally, the main body of the magician's control on Blue Star is in China, so the first to get the moon is the one who gets the water.

The technological dimensionality reduction advantage of Ke Chuang Biotechnology has brought too many benefits to China.

First of all, Kechuang Biotechnology alone has provided tens of thousands of high-paying jobs, and even more high-paying jobs have been created by Kechuang Biotechnology's upstream and downstream companies.

At the same time, China is the biggest beneficiary of this wave of technological dividends around the brain-computer connection VR ecosystem. There are countless terminal companies, supply chain companies, and software ecosystem companies that have emerged.

The most important thing is the economic confidence it brings. China was not short of money before.

Judging from the social financing data and various financial data, China is not short of money but confidence. Most people have lost confidence in starting a business.

If funds idle in the financial sector and fail to flow into the real economy, they will not generate substantial returns.

The consequences of idle funds in the financial sector are increased financing costs for the real economy, accumulation of credit risks, and the triggering of asset bubbles, etc.

However, around the brain-computer VR industry, funds have found an outlet and hot money is pouring into the VR field.

China's real estate bubble was delayed for many years.

There is even hope for a soft landing.

Now that you are close to the water, you will get the moon first. The water is going to Singapore.

The only thing that could comfort himself was that Zheng Li went to Lion City as Merlin. At least Zheng Li himself and Ke Chuang Bio were still in China.

The dividends have not yet been fully used up, so you can still get some of them.

Domestic and foreign media reported the incident extensively like crazy.

For a time, domestic and foreign media flocked to Singapore.

“Ladies and gentlemen, I am here in front of the Parliament House in the heart of Singapore, and I am about to pass a motion regarding Mr. Lee Hsien Loong’s transfer of the headship to Grand Master Merlin.

As the PAP remains strong and the Workers' Party only has 13 directly elected opposition seats, outside observers believe that the opposition will be unable to prevent the passage of this bill.

In addition, some opposition lawmakers privately expressed that they were happy to see Merlin become the head of the Lion City, believing that it would be helpful in bringing some good changes to the Lion City.

We will get the results in an hour.

At the same time, if the bill is passed, Merlin will make his first public speech in front of the Capitol as the head of the Lion City.

Currently we can see that domestic and foreign reporters including BBC, CNN, NBC and others have all gathered here.

Everyone is eagerly waiting for the final result and whether there are any final variables. "

Whether it is Zheng Li or Li Xianlong, both of them control a large amount of social resources and have a certain degree of control over Singapore.

Therefore, there is no reason why an agreement that both parties want to reach should fail.

It’s just that after the agreement was reached, the future envisioned by both parties deviated greatly.

Li Wanqing took a leave of absence and sat in front of the TV with his wife at home to watch the latest news reports.

In fact, he was not the only one who took leave. Most people in Singapore took leave today.

The development of reality feels magical to all Singaporeans involved.

In other words, it is not only people in Singapore who find it magical, but people from other countries also find it magical.

English netizens complained: "Why did our country's great wizard go to Singapore to be the leader?
Number 10 Downing Street needs Merlin!"

American netizens were concerned: "Will magic be popular in Singapore in the future? Is it too late to immigrate to Singapore now?"

When Zheng Li became the party leader, the channel for immigration to Singapore was directly closed, and all applications would have to wait until after this incident before they would be reopened.

But when it reopens, the price of immigration will change.

Li Wanqing had some guesses about Zheng Li's identity. He thought that Zheng Li and Meilin were connected to some extent.

As for whether Zheng Li was Merlin, he had guessed it, but there was no evidence to confirm it.

This time, Li Wanqing wanted to see what Merlin would look like when he gave the speech.

There are three TV stations in Singapore: MediaCorp, StarHub TV and SingTel. The former is free, while the latter two are paid.

However, the population of Lion City is not as large as that of Hong Kong, so three TV stations are barely enough.

"Do you think this replacement will be successful?" The beautiful woman who had been promoted from Li Wanqing's girlfriend to his wife whispered.

As the R&D director of Kechuang Biotechnology in Singapore, Li Wanqing can be considered a successful person, just one step away from the upper class in Singapore.

It’s just that many people will never be able to break through this layer of paper and become the upper class in their lifetime.

What is the definition of the upper class? It means that you can pass on most of the social resources to the next generation.

In addition to the money that can be passed on to the next generation, Li Wanqing's most valuable social resources are his position and knowledge, which cannot be passed on to the next generation.

Li Wanqing said helplessly: "What are you thinking about?

How could it not pass?

The word Merlin means everything.

Who dares to disagree?
Just wait and see, even the opposition party will not vote against it.

And for them, Merlin's arrival completely destroyed the Li family's control over Lion City.

Instead, they may have more room for maneuver in the future.

The benefits that Merlin can bring to Lion City are beyond the reach of the Li family."

The wife asked, “For example?”

Li Wanqing knew that his wife had nothing good except her appearance, so he could not be described as insensitive to such things.

Very slow.

“For example, if Merlin becomes the head of Lion City, first of all, Merlin can build a magic school in Lion City.

He can use the magic he has mastered to trade with other countries and gain more benefits.

Other countries will look upon Lion City with special regard because of Merlin's existence.

There are many, many more.

It's just that I don't know what exactly he wants to do or what he will do.

The Master became the leader of Lion City, and he certainly didn't do it just for fun.

It definitely has its own purpose.”

"If Merlin opened a magic school, do you think I would have a chance to go?"

Li Wanqing said tactfully: "It may be a little difficult.

After all, judging from the way magic coins are obtained, Merlin's requirements for mages are mainly reflected in IQ.

It's not the so-called IQ measured by taking traditional tests.

That kind of IQ is just a very single test of cognitive ability.

That kind of thing just tests your reasoning, logic, abstract thinking and other abilities.

Merlin’s requirement for IQ is the ability to solve problems, and the ability to solve world-class problems.

You may be a little bit away from this requirement.

Of course, I can't meet Merlin's requirements.

But I think if Merlin lowers the bar a bit, you should be able to do it."

Li Wanqing thought to himself that maybe he should lower the standards to below those of ordinary people.

His wife was a little unhappy at first, but then she saw the host on TV suddenly speak louder: "The meeting is over! It's over in less than ten minutes!"

(End of this chapter)