Great Power Reclamation

After a brief decline, the Future Progressive Party's support has rebounded strongly, like a spring that has hit rock bottom!
The swing voters’ disgust with the opponent’s “despicable tactics” far outweighs any lingering vague doubts about the “bridge to the future”.

Ye Feng's team's image of "remaining calm in the face of danger, being proactive and transparent, and fighting back strongly" has won them great favor, especially among key independent voters.

"They were attacked by dirty lies, but they fought back with facts and the law. This is the politics we need!" This sentiment resonated with many voters.

Brennan's campaign rally in Ohio was packed with people. Pointing to the headlines in the newspapers about Carl and Richard's scandal, his voice boomed through the loudspeakers across the square:
"Look! This is the true face of those who attack us and try to take your jobs! Covered in filth, reeking of money and lies! What are they afraid of? They're afraid of us winning! They're afraid of the workers making their voices heard! Use your votes to flush these maggots from the filth into the stinking gutter of history! Hold the future firmly in our own hands!"

He was met with a deafening roar of shouts: "Brennan! Future Progressives! We want to work!"

James reported that Wall Street capital has quickly recovered, and the Warrior Group's stock price has not only recovered its losses but also reached a new high.

Previously ambiguous investors have regrouped and are even more aggressive. Panic selling has turned into a buying frenzy.

Automotive giants have called Ye Feng to express their unwavering support. The commitment to supply chain security appears even more credible after the storm.

In the final week, Ye Feng didn't stop. He flew to several key swing states, appearing in carefully chosen scenarios:

At the newly built Warrior-General Electric Battery plant in Detroit, he shook hands with blue-collar workers on the assembly line who had regained well-paying jobs, with brand-new production lines and a huge American flag in the background.

The camera captured the genuine gratitude and hope for the future in the workers' eyes.

At a bustling chip factory construction site in the Arizona desert, wearing a hard hat, he pointed to the vibrant construction scene and announced to the media:
"This will be one of the most advanced, mature process chip manufacturing bases in North America. Three months from now, the first batch of 'Made in America' automotive chips will roll off the production line here! This is the promise of a stable supply chain! This is the cornerstone of America's industrial revival!"

The background features a huge construction progress board and job advertisements.

At a veterans' skills training center in Pennsylvania, sponsored by the Future Progressive Party Community Fund, he embraced and posed for photos with veterans who had completed their training and received job offers from a soldier-owned manufacturing plant. The scene was warm and empowering.

His speech no longer dwelled too much on his opponent's scandals, but instead firmly grasped the core message:

"Work, safety, future."

He called for: "Let reason, pragmatism, and constructive forces return to Washington! Reject division, reject confrontation hijacked by military-industrial interests! Choose cooperation, choose prosperity, choose a future led by the American people, not special interest groups!"

The algorithms of BNN and FacePage accurately push stories such as "veterans finding new jobs," "a chip miracle in the desert," and "Detroit's rebirth" to target voters.

Local radio stations broadcast interviews featuring community leaders and small business owners praising the Future Progressive Party Fund for helping them recover their businesses after the storm.

Meanwhile, the opposing camp, with its leaders (Richard and Carl) in disgrace, its financial backers hesitant, its members embroiled in scandals, and its morale low, could only launch a feeble final attack.

The pointless repetition of old tunes like "socialism" and "foreign agents," which have long been debunked by fact-checking, sounds hollow and hopeless.

Their candidates' rallies were noticeably smaller and filled with hostility rather than hope.

Tuesday, November 8th. Voting day for the U.S. midterm elections.

The weather was slightly chilly, and the sky was a typical Washington autumn gray-blue. Lines formed early at the polling stations. The usual hustle and bustle was absent; instead, a solemn tension permeated the air.

Having experienced the dramatic "black money storm" and scandal reversal, and more than two months of "war on steel, chips and votes," voters, with mixed feelings, went to the voting machines to cast their silent but decisive votes.

Ye Feng did not appear at any polling stations. He sat in the strategy room on the top floor of the Warrior Group's North American headquarters.

On the huge screen, real-time voter turnout data for key constituencies, exit poll forecasts, and special election reports from mainstream media such as BNN were displayed.

Sarah, James, and the core team surrounded him, each with the weariness of a long journey on their faces, but their eyes were unusually bright as they stared intently at every fluctuating number on the screen.

Initial exit polls showed that the competition was exceptionally fierce, with the outcome of several key constituencies being very close.

But as voting proceeded, particularly with voter turnout continuing to rise in blue-collar neighborhoods, suburban swing zones, and minority communities (far exceeding the opposing camp's expectations), a trend began to emerge.

Ohio's 7th Congressional District: Brennan's campaign manager sent an encrypted message:
"The voter base in the factory area is secure! Feedback from the veterans' station exceeded expectations!"

A suburban district in Virginia that was previously predominantly Republican: A BNN analyst points to the screen:

"Look! Our support is far ahead among highly educated, independent female voters! We've won the 'black money' counterattack against them!"

A crucial battle for the Pennsylvania Senate: Exit polls show the future Progressive candidate with a narrow but steady lead over the senior Republican hawk with close ties to ASAI!

Time ticked by, and night fell. The states began counting votes.

On the screen, the blue dots representing future Progressive Party candidates, like sparks of a wildfire, stubbornly lit up and converged in the Rust Belt, in the southwest, and even in some traditional red states on the outskirts of the southeast!

After the results were announced without any surprise in deep blue states like California and New York, all eyes were focused on the key battleground states that would determine control of the House and Senate.

At 2 a.m., the final results in Virginia confirmed that the candidate supported by the Future Progressive Party had defeated the incumbent hawkish legislator!
Almost simultaneously, the hard-won vote count results for Arizona were released:
The Future Progressive Party candidate narrowly won by less than 1%! These two key victories, coupled with solid performances in several other swing districts…

"It's done!" James slammed his hand on the table, his voice hoarse but filled with ecstasy. "The Senate! We've gained at least two seats! Add to that the independent moderates we support... that's enough to break the deadlock!"

On the screen, the House of Representatives seat distribution map was also updating rapidly. Although the Republicans still held a slim majority overall, the Progressive Party successfully won more than thirty seats! They have become a significant and unprecedented third force in Congress!
More importantly, they defeated more than half of the "middle-aged" hawkish lawmakers who were heavily supported by the "Shadow Coalition" and were most deeply tied to the military-industrial complex!
On the screen, the BNN host announced in an incredulous tone:

"...According to the latest vote count and predictive models, the biggest winner in this midterm election is not one of the two traditional parties, but the Future Progressive Party, which has only been established for a little over a year!"

"The party has successfully gained key seats in the Senate and has emerged as a powerful third force in the House of Representatives!"

"The candidates they supported defeated senior lawmakers with close ties to the military-industrial complex in several key battles..."

"Ye Feng's political gamble has been a resounding success! The power structure in Washington will be completely rewritten from tonight onwards!"

A long-suppressed cheer and applause erupted in the strategy room! Sarah, tears welling in her eyes, gave James a powerful high five. Everyone looked at Ye Feng, who stood by the window. Ye Feng turned around, his face showing no elation, only a deep-sea calm and an undiminished sharpness.

The Hudson River outside the window continues to flow, illuminated by the city lights. But beneath the surface, the old undercurrents have been broken, and new eddies are forming.

He picked up the intercom and spoke calmly to the waiting team:

"Thank you all for your hard work. The first phase of the 'Foundation Building' operation has been achieved. But this is just the beginning. Inform all elected members of parliament to prepare for the real challenges ahead."

"The swamp in Washington is deeper and muddier than we imagined. A storm,"

He paused, his gaze sweeping across the screen of the defeated hawkish congressmen and the faintly visible military-industrial complex logos behind them. "This is just the beginning."

He hung up the call and looked towards the gradually brightening eastern sky. Perhaps Ye Yuze was also watching the same sunrise beneath the grapevines of Napa Valley.

The roots have been planted, the branches have spread, but the stubborn rocks and thorns buried deep underground have not been completely cleared away. The banner of the Warriors, the symbol of the Future Progressive Party, has been deeply embedded in the heart of the American political landscape.

The symphony of praise and curse will continue to resound on a new stage, on a grander scale and with more perilous variations.

The war between steel, chips, and votes is far from over. It has simply entered a new and more complex chapter. Ye Feng's name has become an unavoidable and powerful symbol of change and uncertainty in this grand narrative.

Jeep, an ancient city that is also full of modern elements, attracts countless tourists.

Ivana has guests today. They're called guests, but they're actually sisters—the long-absent Erhong and Masha.

Because the military reclamation supermarkets have now basically completed their layout, they have become the number one giant in the retail industry, except for some extremely backward and unstable areas and cities.

Although it still lags slightly behind the world's largest giant in terms of sales and profits, in terms of scale alone, no one can match it.

Erhong and Masha came to talk to Ivana. Because the business was expanding too much, the two of them couldn't manage it all. They wanted to transfer some of their shares to Ivana, and then let her take charge of the CIS side.

Ivana was naturally willing to do this, after all, her son Marshal Ye had returned, and as someone who had entered politics, how could she not have substantial financial support?
In fact, Erhong and Masha made this decision because they had taken this into consideration.

Both men were quite traditional and did not leave the military reclamation supermarket to their two daughters who were now living as queens in Africa, even though they were both of Ye family blood.

Because in their minds, all these assets ultimately belong to Ye Feng, since Ye Feng is the head of the Ye family.

Ye Yuze had actually expressed a different opinion on this matter, feeling that Ye Feng didn't need these things and that the Military Reclamation Supermarket could be left to Ye Rou and Ye Mei. After all, it was a business they had founded.

However, Erhong and Masha firmly disagreed, believing that this was the Ye family's property and must be inherited by a male member of the Ye family, with Ye Feng being the sole heir.

Ye Feng was also having a headache over this matter, fearing that it might cause some conflict with his two younger sisters.
As a result, Ye Rou and Ye Mei both said they respected their mother's opinion and would leave it to their eldest brother, and they could just collect dividends from him in the future.

Helpless, Ye Feng did not take over the military reclamation supermarket. He let the two mothers continue to run it first, and he would deal with the matter here after the warrior group was completely stabilized.

With Marshal Ye's return, Erhong and Masha realized that their husband's third son had grown up and would need a lot of money for his future.

Although his mother Ivana's family was not short of money, he was surnamed Ye, and it was unknown what Ye Yuze intended to do. But after all, they were Ye Shuai's mothers, so they decided to allocate a portion of the shares to Ivana, which was actually for Ye Shuai's use.

The mothers have a very good relationship, including Angela, the mother of the fourth son, Ye Fei, who came all the way from Moscow. They haven't been together for a long time.

The wedding fireworks in Junken City still seemed to be flashing before their eyes, but Marshal Ye and Xiao Di had already firmly stepped back to Helson, the capital of Helson Oblast.

The oak doors to the governor's office closed behind him, shutting out the outside noise and the warmth of their honeymoon.

Before me lay a mountain of documents, reports awaiting approval, and a huge map of the entire Helson State.

On the map, the vast farmland, the winding Dnieper River, and the scattered towns all weighed heavily on his shoulders.

Instead of choosing a life of luxury as the governor's wife, Xiao Di quickly took a position at the state's Academy of Agricultural Sciences, bringing with her cutting-edge knowledge of agricultural informatics and soil ecology from the Military Reclamation University, as well as the unique care and support of a newlywed wife. She also established a "Governor's Agricultural Science and Technology Advisory Group" composed of young agronomists.

Her office was right next to the state government building, and the couple often discussed Helson's future late at night, over coffee and documents.

Marshal Ye knew that a new broom sweeps clean. He had to make the changes felt by the people as quickly as possible, give his supporters hope, and dispel the skepticism of those who were still observing.

His administration began by focusing on the most crucial and immediately effective area—agriculture.

The state legislature swiftly passed the "Helson State Native Seed Promotion and Protection Ordinance," establishing the "Dnieper-1" wheat and "Black Soil Golden Ear" maize as official recommended varieties.

And provide substantial subsidies (such as seed discounts and priority credit) to farmers who use these seeds.

Leveraging state financial guarantees and family connections to attract investment, the existing experimental base was expanded into the "Helson State Seed Breeding Center".

The goal is to become a national-level seed supply base, and even a base serving Eastern Europe. Marshal Ye Jianying personally served as the director of the center's management committee, while Xiao Di's team was responsible for technical supervision and information management.

A large agricultural extension team (which includes many local agricultural college graduates) was organized, divided into sections, and went deep into the fields to provide farmers with a "one-stop" technical service, from seed selection, planting, pest and disease control to water conservation.

Xiao Di's simple mobile app (which integrates soil data, weather warnings, and expert consultations) has also begun to be promoted in pilot areas.

She personally led a team to Kyiv and even contacted interested international food processing companies (especially those from the East that were familiar with bulk agricultural product processing) through family connections.

Several "agricultural processing industrial parks" have been planned in the state of Helson, offering tax incentives, land guarantees, and convenient logistics support (with a focus on improving transportation links to ports and railways).

A special fund has been established to encourage local capital to enter primary processing sectors such as flour processing, corn starch, and vegetable oil refining. The goal is to ensure that Helson's agricultural products are not merely cheap raw material exports, but rather achieve initial value-added locally. (End of Chapter)