Chapter 24: An Unbelievable Visit

'What? You're saying we've been disqualified?'

On the bus, all the students in the finance class cried out in unison in surprise. At this time, they had already left the parliament building. Zhou Ming told them on the bus that Huang Yi had been disqualified from the election. Everyone was suddenly surprised. Of course, in addition to their surprise, they also hid their anger. After all, they had finally managed to get the signatures from their compatriots in the Vidda community, and finally gave themselves hope again. Now you're saying you want to disqualify them, how can this not make people angry?

'Teacher, I think this must be the idea of Congressman Brook. Ever since we sent Brook Jr. to prison, he has been causing us trouble, from the insurance company business to the current campaign. He is a dog that won't let go of us!' Li Yang said, 'Before, he went to the FBI to frame and arrest the teacher, and now he must be doing the same thing!'

Li Yang took the lead, and the other students in the finance class chimed in: 'Yes, it must be him, he's a disgusting mangy dog! We have to find a way to deal with him too! And Alan, he's obviously your lawyer, but he didn't say anything. The Americans really are no good! They always boast about the legal system, but it seems that they are just corrupt lackeys of capitalism who play power games!'

In the face of the comments from his classmates in the finance class, in the end, they all implicated Alan. Zhou Ming reached out to indicate for everyone to quiet down and then said, 'Classmates, this time, in fact, I made a wrong judgment myself, because this issue was something that lawyer Alan reminded me of a long time ago.'

'In the basic law of elections in the United States, in order to avoid the manipulation of elections by a certain consortium, the law stipulates the amount and amount of election donations. Generally speaking, donations from a company like ours are not allowed.' Zhou Ming sighed as he said, 'But I didn't care at the time because I thought it might be a blind spot in my knowledge. But now it seems that I was still too naive. Here, I would like to apologize to everyone.'

As he said this, Zhou Ming stood up and bowed to everyone apologising, and seeing Zhou Ming do this, all the other students immediately stood up and bowed to Zhou Ming as well. At this time, the driver of the car, **, saw what was going on in the car and slowly stopped the car.

'Teacher, you mustn't do this, you're just embarrassing us, and we all know that you have no choice,' Ye Ning said to Zhou Ming.

After Ye Ning, the other students in the finance class also said one after the other, 'Yes! Teacher, you also hope to come to the United States to do business, and you also only want to do finance and not get involved in politics. But there is no other way. Chinese people are discriminated against here too much. If you don't find a way to fight for your political status, no business activity can be carried out. Now things have developed like this because we are forced to. We know that this is not your intention!'

'Teacher, so please cheer up, we are all waiting for you to lead us to create more miracles!' Ye Ning concluded.

Listening to the words of Ye Ning and his classmates in the finance class, Zhou Ming was very gratified, because their stance undoubtedly showed their trust in him to an extreme degree.

Thinking about this, Zhou Ming said, 'I am very moved by your trust, but you think I will be defeated so easily. Don't you think you are underestimating your teacher?'

Zhou Ming's words made everyone laugh. Li Yang plucked up the courage to ask Zhou Ming, 'Teacher, so you were prepared?'

Zhou Ming shook his head and said, "I can't say I was prepared, but now that Huang Yi has been disqualified, it's not a big problem.'

'So what are you going to do?" Li Yang asked again, and the other students in the finance class followed suit.

Zhou Ming didn't answer right away, but first reached out and tapped them, saying, 'I said you guys don't even know how to solve this problem? Then you are not worthy to be called students in the finance class? Of course it is to find another candidate. As long as the candidate is chosen, then contact Rogers and those clients from the airline company, let them all help to donate a little, this is equivalent to a new complete elector.

With Zhou Ming's answer, everyone shouted happily: 'Teacher, this is really a good way. Teacher is worthy of the name teacher, he is just smart!'

When the shouts of the finance class students sounded, Zhou Ming ** smiled a little, and then slowly restarted the car.

Half an hour later, Zhou Ming and the finance class students returned to the dormitory by car. Zhou Ming immediately held a meeting to discuss finding new candidates. During the meeting, the finance class students volunteered to speak and put forward many opinions. In the end, Zhou Ming selected a few representative opinions and handed them to the students to do. It was only after the meeting that Zhou Ming found Huang Yi alone.

'This time it was Councillor Brock who was behind the trouble. Although the final report of the election committee has not yet been released, I believe that with Councillor Brock's interference, it will definitely not end well. So in order not to let our efforts go to waste, the best way is to find a new candidate. As for you, I just hope that you don't have any psychological burden,' Zhou Ming said to Huang Yi.

Huang Yi shook his head with emotion and said, 'I won't, teacher. In fact, when you chose me in the first place, it was a great show of faith in me. I also know very well what kind of person I am. If it weren't for you, I would never have been qualified to run for councilor in my lifetime. Now that this has happened, you will definitely have to choose someone else. You also have to take my feelings into consideration. Thank you so much!'

Zhou Ming smiled and patted Huang Yi on the shoulder, saying, 'If you really understand, that would be great, but don't worry, if there is another opportunity in the future, I will definitely help you run again.'

'Teacher, is that true?' Huang Yi muttered, and Zhou Ming nodded affirmatively at him. Huang Yi was moved and said, 'Teacher, I, Huang Yi, being able to call you teacher in this life is the luckiest thing for me!'

...

It's just that some things are easier said than done. It's like finding a candidate for the election. After all, people with presidential qualities are not just running around. The students in the finance class searched for several days without finding a suitable candidate. Ye Ning even vented her frustration at Chen Shuli Yang.

'What's wrong with you guys? It's been a few days, but we haven't made any progress at all. This is Harvard University, and there have been several presidents in the history of the United States. Can't we even find a community councilor? You were so impressive when you spoke in front of the teacher, but are you all just talk? Ye Ning said.

'Ye Ning, we really aren't all talk!' Li Yang explained, "You know that the Americans and other Westerners discriminate against the Chinese, and coupled with the previous media demonisation of us, now those Americans on campus don't even dare to speak to us, let alone find any of us.'

'But these are not excuses!" Ye Ning said, 'We all promised the teacher at the beginning, and we must complete the task!'

After hearing Ye Ning say this, Zhou Ming smiled and pushed open the door to go in, saying, 'Ye Ning, I really don't blame you for this. It's just that I had too high of expectations. I really chose based on the president's requirements, because I wanted more than just a community councilor.'

'Teacher, you were right to have high expectations. The rest is that we didn't execute well enough. You always emphasise the issue of execution with us, saying that if a company loses its execution, it will quickly go downhill, because no matter how good the decision is, it cannot be executed.' Ye Ning said, 'And now is the time for us to show you our execution, and we must demand a lot of ourselves.'

Although Li Yang and Ye Ning were arguing just now, he now echoed, 'I completely agree with what Ye Ning said. Teacher, we will fulfil our promise to you and find the best candidate.'

'Okay, then I'll wait for your good news of victory.'

Zhou Ming finally cheered them on and then exited the room. Outside, a classmate from the finance class found Zhou Ming and said that someone was looking for him.

Zhou Ming curiously went to the lobby and indeed saw an old acquaintance, Danny, the president of the Harvard Student Union. Zhou Ming asked him to sit down in the lobby and asked him, 'President Danny, I'm sure there's something up with your sudden visit?'

Danny nodded and said, 'Of course. I heard that there have been a lot of recent problems with your campaign here. Your candidacy has been disqualified, hasn't it?'

Zhou Ming leaned back on the sofa and nodded as well. He said, "It seems that Chairman Danny is very well informed. Yes, that's exactly what happened. But it's not a big deal. There's always a solution to everything. I just don't know what you think, Chairman Danny?'

'Why don't you consider joining my father's campaign fund?" Danny said.

'Is it still that lawyer John?' Zhou Ming asked.

Danny replied, 'Yes, I think you should pay attention to other campaigns. Lawyer John is doing very well right now, and I'm confident that he can win the city council seat, not just a community council seat.'

'It's true that a city council seat is not comparable to a district council seat, but I think I still have my own ideas.'

Zhou Ming paused for a moment after saying this, and then continued, 'I don't rule out the possibility that I will change my mind in the future, but definitely not now.'

'I understand, but I hope that Zhou Ming can make a decision soon, because I really want to work with you. But if it drags on for too long, and when Lawyer John's campaign situation becomes clear, it will be impossible for you to think about coming in again. I hope that Zhou Ming can think about it carefully.'

After Danny finished speaking, he got up and left the dormitory. Zhou Ming saw him to the door, and when he looked back, he saw Chen Shuyu and Li Yang standing behind him.

All three of them were biting their lips. Ye Ning said to Zhou Ming, 'Teacher, I'm really sorry. We heard what you and Danny just said. It's all because we're not up to scratch. If we could find a suitable candidate, you definitely wouldn't be in such a passive situation.'

Zhou Ming shook his head, wanting to say that it had nothing to do with you, but before he could say anything, Li Yang spoke first: 'Teacher, why don't I go find Omar? We have investigated him during this time and indeed he has great talent for campaigning, it's just his ideas, but I think if we are sincere, we can change him...'

Ye Ning's words had not finished when Zhou Ming waved his hand to interrupt her and said, 'No need. Omar is indeed a very good candidate, but he has his own ideas now. I don't think we need to force the issue. If he is willing, I think he will come to us.'

As if to prove Zhou Ming's words, as soon as his voice had fallen, the dormitory door was knocked open and Omar walked in. In the midst of everyone's astonished gazes, he walked directly up to Zhou Ming and bowed deeply to him, saying, 'Zhou Ming, I want to run for election, please!'