Gan Yuan led everyone back to the hotel and personally escorted them to their respective floors.
"Please rest for a while, tonight I am going to attend Marquis Smith’s banquet," she addressed them with a slight lift of her lips, "if I cannot personally accompany you all, I’ll ask Moses to join you for dinner, and then take everyone to have some fun at the Grand Tycoon Casino." Observing the excitement in everyone’s eyes, she continued, "If you lose, it’s on me, but if you win... feel free to take it home."
"Wow!" A party delegate with a small mustache suddenly exclaimed with admiration, "My God, I can’t help but cheer for Miss Gaia! I assure you, you will definitely have my vote, not... not just mine, all my family’s and friends’ too... I will have them all write your name on their ballots!"
Gan Yuan returned the favor with an unaffected smile, "Thank you very much!"
So, Paul stayed behind with a few assistants to arrange accommodations for the guests, while Gan Yuan went upstairs with Moses and Jessica to get ready for the evening banquet.
"What exactly is Marquis Smith thinking?" Jessica immediately complained as soon as they entered the elevator, "Claiming he’s ill at a time , isn’t it obvious he’s deliberately making things hard for us?"
"I think it probably has to do with his daughter," Gan Yuan sighed lightly, "Gaining his support, I’m afraid, will be quite difficult."
Previously, in BJ, she had had a conflict with Anna, Annie’s sister, which eventually led to Anna’s husband’s accidental death and Anna herself being sentenced to life imprisonment for conspiring with her lover to murder her husband.
Having lost a son-in-law and a daughter, and thus suffering great indignity, it wouldn’t be surprising if Marquis Smith bore resentment against her.
"No worries," Moses said in an even tone, "even without his support, you will smoothly acquire the nomination ticket for the campaign. If you don’t like it, you don’t have to go tonight."
Marquis Smith was considered one of the core figures of the Liberal Party, but his influence within the party paled in comparison to Dolly’s.
Today, Gan Yuan had already successfully obtained the support of several others, and even if it came to a vote, Smith alone wouldn’t be able to overturn that decision.
Gan Yuan glanced sideways, watching Moses, "Are you suggesting... that I should back down?"
Moses paused, then smiled.
"No, my Gaia, you never back down!"
The elevator came to a stop, the doors parted, and Gan Yuan stepped out of the elevator.
"I’ll get ready for a bit, it’s up to you to look after those folks tonight!"
"Rest assured," Moses nodded, "after tonight, they’ll be completely loyal to you."
People all over the world are the same; their desires are nothing more than fame, power, and pleasure. Money was never an issue for him; as long as he could satisfy these people’s appetites, they would naturally become Gan Yuan’s pawns.
Flashing him a smile, Gan Yuan turned and walked towards her room.
Watching her receding figure, Moses instructed, "Protect her well, this time, absolutely no accidents are allowed to happen!"
Jessica responded at once, quickly following in Gan Yuan’s footsteps.
Standing in the hallway, as he watched the two of them chatting and moving forward, Moses’s face also showed a smile.
The biggest reason for taking Jessica in earlier was that he felt she was very much like Gan Yuan in certain respects.
As it turned out, Jessica was indeed very capable. Recently, Moses had intentionally had Jessica protect Gan Yuan in order to groom her as Gan Yuan’s right-hand woman.