Miss Witch doesn't want to be a diva

The grand celebration of Bai Ze Star Region was an unprecedented success. It not only caused a lot of waves in the Pan-Eastern forces, but also people in many remote star regions watched the video of the celebration later.

‘According to the current sayings in the Pan-Eastern group, Tilan is probably one of the three phoenixes at present. ’ Feng Jianxue told the girl before leaving.

“Phoenix?” Tilan understood a little, but didn’t know the details.

“Yes, in the Eastern tribe, Phoenix is ​​a very beautiful word. It does not simply refer to some legendary beast in ancient times, but also has a certain orthodoxy and sacred meaning.”

“The highest belief of the Eastern tribe must be the Phoenix, followed by the Dragon. In the past, ‘Phoenix’ referred to those powerful witches who brought prosperity to the Eastern Continent, and now it is also used for Eastern singers like you.”

“After this celebration, many Eastern forces really began to pay attention to you, Tilan.” Feng Jianxue said.

“Yeah.” Tilan tilted her head slightly, and suddenly thought of something, she glanced at Feng Jianxue.

"Actually, this is something you and Odney had planned a long time ago." It happened that she invited herself to come before such an important celebration, and Feng Jianshang (Odney), who was supposed to be the shrine maiden at the celebration, was not there.

"Hey, Tilan saw it so quickly, I thought I hid it well, haha."

"Yes, Feng Jianshang was supposed to be the shrine maiden. After all, there are many people who believe in Honghu in Bai Ze Star Region, and I have been operating here for a long time." Feng Jianxue explained.

"But my sister told me at the time that she wanted you to come and replace her because you need this role more to improve your reputation."

"During school, you got along very well. She knew that if she told you directly, you would most likely refuse, so she took some time to let you come and ask for your help."

'Tilan is a very good person, she is unlikely to refuse. 'Odney said this to Feng Jianxue at the time.

"I'm sorry that I didn't tell Tilan before, this is also to ensure that Tilan can agree smoothly." Feng Jianxue bowed and apologized sincerely.

Tilan shook her head slightly. Although she must have felt a little uncomfortable, she was not angry about this.

"Why do you do this? Although it will be more useful to me, Odney can also gain a lot of fame and influence in the Eastern Star Region if she serves as a witch." She asked Feng Jianxue to sit down and prepared to ask about the situation in detail.

"That's true, but everyone's ideas and situations are different." Feng Jianxue rarely got serious at this time.

"Tilan, do you think the Eastern camp is really a solid block?"

"This?" The girl grew up in the Four-Leaf Crystal Star Region, which is not a place where Eastern tribes gather, so she naturally doesn't understand the situation in the Eastern Star Region.

"Let me tell Tilan, although from the perspective of outsiders, we have similar culture and customs, this is not the East Continent after all. At that time, at least everyone lived on the same planet."

"Living in galaxies thousands of light years apart, and separated by thousands of years in the Fifth Era, many people's accents and appearances have become different. Even if we have the same ancestor, we will gradually become estranged."

"Audney and I both have snow-white hair. Although it looks good and conforms to the aesthetics of the Honghu lineage, in the eyes of some conservative forces, it is actually not pure. Only black hair is pure."

"If we really talk about the purity of bloodline and origin, 'Red Ray' Luo Fenghua is definitely the first , and she is a few years older than Odni, and has gained the closeness of many Eastern forces first. "

"When the Eastern Continent developed from the barbaric era to the civilized era and entered space, the longest time was no more than 3,000 years, while the fourth and fifth eras combined lasted nearly 6,000 years. "

"People grow up, and so do cultural habits. In order to resist the oppression of the new races, many remaining forces had to make various improvements to adapt to the environment at that time. "

"Therefore, after the establishment of the Federation, although the Pan-Eastern forces that were once scattered all over the country returned together, they were already somewhat different from each other. The Five Phoenix veins were dispersed again and experienced many changes. "

"Back to the origin of the topic, although Odney is the singer and important inheritor of the Honghu lineage, she doesn't like things that are too pedantic and old-fashioned, so you can see her singing pop songs, liking beautiful Western-style dresses, and decorating her life in a very trendy way. She doesn't like to play with retro flower, bird, fish, and insect ornaments. "

"If she really wants to compete with Luo Fenghua for influence in the Pan-Eastern camp, she will have to change her habits in order to adapt to the ideas of many people. This is actually quite awkward for her. "

"She knows that in this state, she will definitely not be able to compete with Luo Fenghua, so she gave up the idea of ​​competing in this regard a long time ago. . "

"But you are different. You are actually quite special. Although you have oriental blood, and even your hair color and appearance are completely in line with oriental aesthetics, you did not grow up in the Eastern Star Region after all, so people don't know much about you."

"If Tilan were to go to various Eastern Star Regions step by step to perform and canvass for votes, it would take a very long time, and she would have to face the complex and different situations in each Star Region."

"She knows your wishes and ideas, and she also knows that she doesn't like to get entangled in politically complicated things, so she took the initiative to tell me the idea of ​​replacement."

"In fact, I wanted to discuss it directly with you at the beginning." At this point, Feng Jianxue seemed a little embarrassed and rubbed her hair.

"What happened next?" Tilan was no longer angry at this time, but a little funny.

"Later, ahaha, of course I had so much fun. I didn't expect Tilan to agree immediately when she came back. I forgot to explain, ahem."

"If you could tell me this earlier, I would probably be more grateful to you and Odni." Tilan shook her head.

"Oh, so are you." She stood up, dragged a slightly gorgeous oriental dress, and came to the window sill to overlook the endless city street scene below.

"I don't know why you and Odney trust me so much. In fact, I never had much confidence in the past." Although she is determined now, she has always been hesitant before.

"Tilan is great, or you like self-reflection too much." Feng Jianxue walked over slowly and leaned against another window sill not far from Tilan.

"I have been to many star regions and met many children of wealthy families. Let's put it this way, 80% of them are idiots, trash raised by their parents' pampering."

"Of the remaining 20%, most of them have worked very hard to take over the inheritance left by their parents and elders, but the process has been very timid and reluctant. It will probably take them until middle age to gradually gain a foothold."

"We then select less than one in a thousand people who have a good family background, good IQ and talent, and good character. Only such people can truly become the backbone of the family or business."

"Interests are inherently up for grabs. It is impossible for the highest power to be held by a fool. If so, it is probably someone else's puppet."

"The Federation is not peaceful right now. There are quarrels within the Central Council every day. It's just that the news is controlled and the outside world can't see it."

"Odney and I both have a premonition that even if a civil war similar to that of 400 years ago does not break out in the future, there will be fierce political turmoil. We are also preparing for the rainy day and trying to win over as many friends as possible so that we can stick together when the time comes."

"Is it already this serious?" Tilan was surprised.

"Yes, where the outside world can't see it, the central power, local forces, giant corporate alliances, military-industrial organizations, religious conservatives, etc. all have their own conflicts of opinion."

"More importantly, the federal finances are gradually unable to sustain themselves." Feng Jianxue told Tilan.

"In the past, the central government was able to ease conflicts by issuing money, but this method has reached a dangerous point as the central bank's debt continues to expand."

"It is not that there are no geniuses or smart people in the Federation. In fact, many people have seen this chaos, but as many people have said, the Federation is too big. A country with a population of trillions faces far more problems than anyone can imagine. It’s scary.”

"When the financial crisis reaches a critical point, many problems will become more acute."

"Take the past Four-leaf Crystal Star Territory as an example. Perhaps for the people of the Four-leaf Crystal Star Territory, it is normal and appropriate for the Central Council to allocate funds to assist the local area and improve the recovery environment. After all, the Four-leaf Crystal Star Territory has done something for the Federation. Sacrifice and contribute.”

“But for the Central Council, it receives thousands of proposals for assistance every year. These proposals are also well-founded, focusing on local poverty, natural disasters, historical problems, improving the living conditions of women and children, etc. "

“There are numerous and endless proposals for assistance, but the finances in the hands of parliament are limited, and this limited finances have to support the national civil service system, military maintenance, basic security maintenance, education expenditures, national projects, etc.”

"If you give 1% more money to one of the projects, it will be deducted from other project areas, which will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among people in the original project area."

"To put it bluntly, if you are a captain of a patrol fleet in a remote star field and have a third-tier cruiser under your command, the government will allocate 100 million every year for the maintenance of the ship, personnel salaries, etc., and your mission is to attack the interstellar Pirates, make sure the shipping routes are clear and patrol those remote star areas to make sure there are no big pirate dens.”

"But on this day, you suddenly received a notice that the original 100 million allocation was only 50 million. This money may not even be enough to maintain the starships, and also have to pay salaries to the soldiers and officers."

"Then the pirate leader who has been running away suddenly called you. He knew about your dilemma from some source, so he negotiated with you. As long as you avoid a certain route location at a certain time during patrol, you don't need to do anything. For anything else, what would you choose between giving you 100 million or transferring it to your personal account without sharing it with others?”

"If it were in the heyday of the Federation, with excellent military discipline and good finances, this situation would never have happened. The other party would not dare to gamble, fearing that you would set up a trap and catch him. In addition, the existence of the Tribunal , also like a sharp sword hanging high, deterring those corrupt people."

"But not at this time. You know that the whole situation is not good. Even if you complain to your boss, you won't get additional funding, because everyone is like this, and your boss can't get the money."

"Despite insufficient funding, your duties must continue. Either you take great risks and go to sea without carrying out ship maintenance, or you forcefully deduct the salary of all subordinates to ensure the normal operation of the ship, but I dare say that it will never be Most captains won’t do this because they are afraid of being shot while sleeping.”

"It can be seen from this that once the originally fixed funds are cut, how much trouble it will cause, but if it is not cut, the finances will not be able to support it, so we can only find soft persimmons."

"Tilan, which forces do you think are best to deal with?"

"The big families in the central star field hold many seats in parliament, the giant companies have huge business empires, the religious forces are conservative and fanatical, the local strong star fields will resist when they are anxious, and the military group is the last ballast of the federation and will not move. So the best place to cut financial expenditure is to support the backward, remote and barren star fields, because even if they are cut, they don't have much resistance, and they don't control the mainstream news media organizations."

"It has been like this for nearly a hundred years. This is why many people in the northwest star fields were excited when Blanche was assassinated before. The contradiction did not occur at that moment, but has been accumulating all the time."

"If so, where did the money go?" Tilan was curious. With the current productivity of the interstellar era, it should not fall into such a situation.

"This..." Feng Jianxue shook her head and looked at the sky outside the window.

"It's probably just like a cloud, flying away."

"Look at the data in the Four-Leaf Crystal Star Region in the past. The Central Star Region originally allocated 10 trillion to improve the ecological environment of the 'Emerald Skirt' and to resettle the families of the affected residents, but most of the money was legally given to those commercial companies that cooperated with the aristocratic families in the Central Star Region."

"Every layer will lose 0.1, but as long as there are enough levels, there will be not much left at the bottom."

"How to solve such a thing?"

"There are many ways, such as strengthening control, setting up transparent financial flow lines for review, and dealing with and deterring those who do such things."

"But most of the methods you and I can think of are not feasible at present. The various forces are intertwined, and no one dares to open the lid rashly."

"It's really disappointing." Although the girl answered this, she was very calm in her heart. In fact, she realized this a long time ago.

The conversation between the two fell into a brief silence. Tilan continued to look at the world flowing outside the window, and many pictures flashed through her mind.

Are you going to do this just because of what you said when you were a child?

Do you know how much resistance and risk you will face by doing this? Will anyone understand and stand with you?

The doubts that lingered in my heart in the past are still lingering.

It seems that she really has no reason to do it. After all, the world is so big and there are so many smart and capable people. Why should she bear all these for no reason? Obviously, no one forced her to do this.

Yes, why.

The girl stroked the light dust accumulated on the windowsill with her fingertips, looked at it, and then slowly stroked it again until the small piece of the windowsill was clean.

There is no reason, but she really wants to do it, just like wiping this window sill with her fingers. Just looking at it clean will make her feel better.

Humans are really wonderful creatures. If they want to use machine AI to achieve it, they will definitely not choose this option with no benefits and huge risks.

Life is as free as the wind, but faith is as firm as a rock.

Do what you want to do, Heshia Tilan.