The modern world, at a suburb estate of a small town in Frankberg.
A plain black car was parked in front of the manor’s driveway. Two big n in suits ca up to check the identity of the people inside. They whispered into the intercom before the gate slowly opened, letting the car with Frankberg’s Pri Minster roll in.
“What’s the purpose of the flashlights in their hands?” Peter asked the old man sitting next to him.
Although it looked like a flashlight, no light illuminated from it.
“A tool for catching mice, especially invisible mice.” The old man smiled and rolled up his sleeve to check the ti. “Master Carn will wait for you in the office. I have sothing to do later so I won’t accompany you.”
Peter forced a smile and did not continue the conversation.
Upon his return from Belgium, he ran imdiately to the federal parliant. Once there, he spent the day yelling with a bunch of aggressive idiots and because he was unable to withstand the pressure, he was forced to disband the eting and seek help from his behind-the-scenes master – Carn Rothschild.
On the phone, Carn did not imdiately tell him what to do. Instead, he asked him to co to his estate.
After hanging up the phone, Peter imdiately told his assistant to clear his schedule and rushed to Carn’s estate.
“The opposition parties are driving crazy!” Peter, with his hands on his head, walked into Carn’s office and tossed a transcript of the eting on his desk. “The Prussian Solidarity Party called for a referendum in the Prussian region and is seeking federal independence. There is also the Forward Union asking to resign, imdiately. Otherwise, they will impeach through the federal parliant—”
He did not co empty-handed. The transcript of the eting detailed the dissent and political demands of the opposition parties. If the parties do not resolve their differences, Frankberg may collapse before the European integration process even begins.
Carn did not go look at the transcript. He simply crossed his fingers and leaned back in his chair.
“Don’t be nervous, my dear Mr. Peter, we have an absolute advantage in parliant. Their impeachnt will not be successful.” Carn looked in the direction of his housekeeper, “Gramm, go and tell the kitchen to prepare an extra set of cutleries for the dinner table today.”
The old butler standing next to him nodded and left the room.
Seeing that the unrelated person has left the room, Peter grabbed a chair, sat across from Carn, and began to complain to his old friend.
After getting along for so many years, he knew his “old friend” very well. The bastard called Carn Rothschild does not mind people complaining to him about work, as long as they didn’t stand on the opposite side…
“But…but the voice of questioning is not just from the opposition parties, but also from within our New Choice Party—”
“Then you will explain everything to them,” Carn said with a smile.
Originally, he wanted to first slow down the European Union integration and soften the attitude of those who oppose it. After all, their anger seed to be pointing toward a revolution. From any perspective, it seed like pushing for the integration resolution was a futile and reckless move.
Just looking at the attitude of Mr. Carn, he seed to have no intention of “listening to persuasion”.
“But this is impossible! You can never convince two people who are not willing to be together to hold hands, just like no one can convince the Germans and the French to live under the sa roof. Now Frankberg is opposed to the European Union integration. The sa is true of our allies. My chief of staff can write a speech for , but even if I am clever, I can’t turn black into white—”
Carn interrupted Peter, who was in obvious distress and explained patiently.
“You are wrong, my friend. Black, of course, can be white. Not only that, as long as you use the proper thod, ugly can be beautiful, weak can be great, ridiculous can be reasonable, and pain can be happiness.”
“The only one who can do this is God,” Peter ridiculed himself, “And there is only a poor man standing in front of you.”
Carn shook his head.
“The opposite is true. God has never succeeded in doing this. Only n have succeeded.”
“Ah, dear Mr. Carn, how are you going to make the sky green?” Peter laughed. Then pulling on his hair, he said in agony, “Tell , what should I do now.”
“What you have to do is not explain.”
“Always rember that people are never creatures that can be convinced, just as there is no truth in this world.” Carn shook his head and raised a finger. “What you need to do is give them a reason for ‘believing’. How to make one believe the sky is green? A color blindness diagnosis is far more effective than an impassioned speech.”
Peter was stunned and stared at Carn blankly.
He felt like a door just opened in his head. After that flash of ingenious, he seed to have caught on to sothing.
“People are against us?”
“Don’t try to convince them to put down their prejudice. Just give them a reason to.”
“We need a war, and then broadcast it on our TV to render the horror and brutality of this war. If you want to find a goal that will make the Germans and the French stand together, Russia is a good choice. It happens that our Ukrainian brothers are in a bad spot right now. We don’t even need to do anything new, we just need to use the appropriate tools.”
Carn spun the globe on the table and smiled. “For example, let people believe that the crisis of aggression is imminent. Ukraine is the outpost of Europe. We are not uniting for the selfish desires of the capitalists or the ambitions of the politicians, but for unity. Get up and fight against the common enemies of Europa.”
“Don’t forget your identity. The New Choice Party is an extre right party.” Carn patted Peter’s chest with the back of his hand. “Unemploynt, economic crisis, refugee problems, energy shortages, use your imagination. Everything is the fault of Russians.”
“Rember, not only the parliant mbers but the mouthpieces of the mainstream European dia are also in our hands.”
Peter felt like his brain was never clearer. He already understood what he needed to do.
“As for what to do,” Carn pointed to his head. “Think about it here, think about it. If you can’t think of it, find soone to think for you.”
“Who should I look for?” Peter was still stunned and asked subconsciously.
“Belgium is one of the EU mber states and has the highest welfare—”.
“You an I should go to the Belgian president and exchange ideas…” Peter raised his eyebrow.
“No, no, you don’t need to exchange ideas with the Belgian president, you just need to be a new consultant.”
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