After saying that, Jace turned his head back to look at Li Lin again, a gleam in his eyes.

I can only help you so far, the rest is up to you.

Li Lin, who understood the meaning of Jace's eyes, nodded to him gratefully, then continued to look at Mel.

As for the current situation, if we can convince Congressman Midarda, who is secretly the leader of the congressmen, the affairs of the Twin Cities will basically be under control.

Mel thought for a moment, holding his chin with his right hand, and then slowly asked:

"Well, now that you've said that, I'd like to hear your opinion. How do you intend to resolve the current problems in Zaun? How do you plan to ease the conflict between the two city-states without harming our family's interests?"

She put a little more emphasis on "we".

There's hope!

A gleam of light flashed in Li Lin's eyes, and he heard the hidden meaning in Mel's words.

It doesn't matter as long as it doesn't harm the interests of the families of these congressmen.

As for other families, he has to deal with them alone.

"My idea is this..."

In the following time, Li Lin quickly told the parliamentarians his original plan in detail and answered their various tricky questions.

Fortunately, Caitlin and Jace both spoke up to help, and these congressmen were speechless.

The argument stopped only when Li Lin felt his mouth dry and his throat smoking.

Mel looked around, then glanced at the other family representatives, then raised his voice and said loudly:

"I think everyone is clear about Mr. Li Lin's thoughts. This matter is a major one for both city-states. In the upcoming vote, I hope everyone will be fair and objective, and not be influenced by external factors..."

"If you support Mr. Li Lin, please raise your hands and vote."

The family representatives in the gallery looked at each other, and after a long time, no one was willing to be the first to speak out.

Just when Li Lin was feeling heavy-hearted and thought things were going to get bad, a young man dressed in Piltover University uniform, with slightly messy medium-short hair, leaning on a cane, and looking a little weak, slowly raised his hand.

His expression was a little hesitant, and it looked like he had made the decision after an inner struggle.

"Oh, oh, oh, his name is Viktor, and he's my assistant coach." Heimerdinger smiled, puffing his beard as he briefly introduced them. "He's representing Piltover University today."

It turned out to be Viktor who hadn't yet achieved Mechanical Ascension. No wonder the system panel had ten heroes yesterday.

Li Lin had an impression of this young man. It seemed that he was the one lying next to Heimerdinger in the hall of Piltover Auditorium last night.

With the first person taking the lead, hands began to reach out from the audience one after another.

Many of these lower-class families originated from Zuan, and became wealthy and entered the upper city by inventing a practical patent.

"Irola." Mel waved to the crowd and called out a name softly.

A woman wearing clothing of a similar color and type to Mel's, and looking about her age, came out and began writing on a piece of paper on a clipboard, counting the number of people.

After a while, Irola placed several pieces of paper in front of each member of parliament, bowed, and then retreated into the crowd.

Mel picked up the paper and took a look. A faint smile appeared on his face. "It seems that the families supporting and opposing are exactly half and half."

Then, she put down the paper in her hand and glanced at the congressmen's faces with different expressions. "Then, let's vote by raising our hands. Those who support Mr. Li Lin's proposal, please raise your hands."

The critical moment...

Li Lin's heart was beating fast and he could hardly suppress his nervousness.

The council members looked at each other, and finally Heimerdinger raised his short hand first: "I agree."

A hextech spotlight, lit from the ceiling, illuminated his position.

"I agree."

To the surprise of Li Lin, Caitlin and Jace, Kalina, who was angry just now, also raised her hand.

Mel's eyes flashed with a thoughtful look, "Well, I think Mr. Li Lin's proposal is feasible. I agree with it."

"What?"

"Senator Midarda, how could you..."

“No way…”

The ones who exclaimed were Voslaton, Hoskal, and Councillor Porpok.

Saroo was speechless at first, but when Mel sidelong glanced at him, he sighed and raised his hand: "I agree too...but I have conditions."

"Please go ahead, Senator Salo." Li Lin nodded.

"First of all, it's a question of sponsorship. The Salo family won't provide you with any sponsorship. As for other families..." Salo quickly looked around, then fixed his gaze on Li Lin again, "It depends on your own ability."

"no problem."

Anyway, I don’t expect your families to provide financial support to me, and you will be the only ones who will regret it later.

Li Lin maintained a polite smile and thought to himself.

"Secondly, you just mentioned so many ideas, and it's undeniable that they are indeed feasible, but you didn't mention how long it will take you to show results."

Councillor Salo snorted calmly, "How about this? We'll give you three years, and you must show us results that satisfy us."

Three years, this is too short...

Li Lin frowned slightly and was about to say something when Heimerdinger, who was facing him at the councillors' table, spoke first:

"Senator Saror, three years is indeed a bit of a stretch... But any scientist should understand that there's no rush to achieve a scientific result."

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