Twin Cities: I am the man of many myths

Chapter 102 It’s New Year’s Eve
"This is what you're going to do this afternoon. Read it all and tell me what you think."

"Gorsk, you are very smart, especially smart, so I won't hide it from you. Although you are my secretary, your rights, especially the projects you are responsible for in Zaun, are only second to Li Ke, me, and Vander. You are truly the fourth person in Zaun."

"But now, I need to examine you. Remember, I am always watching you."

"Thank you, Lord Hilco."

"Just call me sir. There are no gangs in Zaun now." Hilco said seriously as he looked at Renata who was sitting in front of the small desk with her hands on the table.

Renata smiled, shrugged and said nothing more.

Doesn't she understand?

She is just disgusting Hilco!

She was telling Hilco, you've done more bad things than me, but are you ashamed to pretend like this now?

Hilco also understood what Renata meant. He sneered, put on his clothes and went out. He still had something to say to Li Ke.

Renata looked at the room after Shilko left, snorted coldly, stood up from the small desk, and walked straight to the large desk in the room that belonged to Shilko.

Sitting down on a soft and comfortable chair, Renata stroked her chin, thinking about what she could do to pull Hilco down and sit in this position. No...if possible, she wanted to sit in another office.

But at this moment, the door was suddenly pushed open.

Renata stood up quickly, and Hilco looked at her with a smile.

"Why, you've just gotten used to your secretarial job? Are you trying to help me clean my desk?"

"Um, yes, I see that the table is a bit messy." Renata said immediately.

"Hmm~ Great, thank you very much. My secretary, when I come back, I hope to see the room spotless and the items on the table neatly arranged. Of course, the work I just assigned to you must not be left behind."

"Yes."

Hilco and Renata looked at each other, then he closed the door.

Renata sighed.

"Fuck you."

She always wanted to be elegant and learn good manners, but finally she couldn't help herself and cursed at Hilco in this room.

Conversations between intelligent people often do not require much enlightenment.

Renata knew what Hilco meant, and Hilco also understood what Renata was doing.

But so what?

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"How did she become your secretary?"

"Like, Renata is indeed a talented person, but she is too much like me, too much like me. People like her cannot be easily controlled." In the dim sum shop outside the parliament building, Hilco and Li Ke were having afternoon tea.

Two glasses of wine with lemon juice, a plate of baked cookies, and a pile of fragrant grilled meat.

No matter how the barbecue and drinks appeared in the dim sum shop, just know that this is the style of the people of Zuan, and that is so Zuan!
"People like us can use any means to achieve our goals, and we are very capable. So, in your words, we have no morals at all. Human life is worthless in front of us. She and I are both bombs." Hilco was drinking wine. The sourness of lemon juice made him frown. He continued:

"But I have constraints, and what constrains me is Zaun. Everything I do is to make Zaun better, so no matter how explosive I am, I can't affect the current Zaun. But Li Ke has no constraints. Everything she does is for herself. Therefore, if she is not properly controlled, Renata will bring big trouble to Zaun."

"That makes sense. How should we manage it?" Li Ke nodded.

Learn from your father-in-law’s life experience!
"You want to give her a position right away. That's not right. It won't make her feel grateful to you or think that you value her. Instead, it will make her look down on you and think that you are easy to manipulate. So, you have to suppress her first and let her understand who is in power in Zaun."

"If the dog does a good job, reward it with a bone. If it doesn't do a good job, kick it. This is my experience in training dogs. People are more complicated, but the theory is the same." Hilco said calmly: "Both the stick and the date cannot be missing."

"Forget it. I won't understand even if you tell me." Li Ke sighed and ate.

He really couldn't learn these things. In his previous life, he was just an ordinary office worker who liked to play League of Legends, watch live broadcasts, and read novels. Li Ke had never been exposed to this kind of "elite concept".

Hilco smiled and said, "You don't need to learn anything. Just be the way you are now." "You are already the true leader of Zaun in everyone's mind. Those things are not good for you. I appreciate and like you more now."

"Oh, are you praising me, uncle?" Li Ke laughed.

Hillco basically doesn't praise anyone. It's like he has made an agreement with someone by just opening his mouth. Praising someone seems to shorten his life. So no matter how well someone does, he will just say a few perfunctory words, give out the reward, and then remain silent.

Even for Jinx, he rarely praises her.

"If you say so, then so be it." Hilco did not refute, nor was he embarrassed, but followed Li Ke and started eating.

But, he was laughing in his heart.

Li Ke doesn't need to change, he is already the perfect leader.

Delegating power is what every leader should do. It took Hilco decades to do this. He gave his power to Sevika, but always suppressed the Alchemist Baron because power is really a fascinating thing. Almost no one can really share their power and status.

But Li Ke did it.

Moreover, he is very powerful. This is also what Hilco said, the reason why Li Ke does not need to make changes, because even if Li Ke delegates power, the people below will be afraid of Li Ke while gaining power and being changed by power.

After seeing his extraordinary strength, no one would have second thoughts. No one would think that his head is harder than steel, right?
So in the final analysis, in the Rune Land, one's own strength is the real confidence.

"I'm going to go back and look at Renata's work later. What about you?"

"I'll go back to find Jinx. Where else can I go?" Li Ke said after finishing the food in front of him.

"What about the work you are doing? You should have quite a few manuscripts that need your signature, right?"

"It's all gone through your hands, so I'll just sign it." Li Ke said casually.

Hilco was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and smiled.

"Row."

After a moment, Xierko looked up again, as if he had thought of something, and said, "It's almost the New Year, Li Ke."

"Well, on this year's Evolution Day, Zaun is going to make some changes," Li Ke replied.

Every New Year, Zaun becomes lifeless. Compared with Piltover, it seems as if the entire Zaun is deserted.

But, not this year.

And Hilco smiled and said, "It's not just the New Year, Jinx's birthday is coming up soon too."

"Birthday?" Li Ke was stunned, then immediately looked at Xierke, "When?"

Jinx and Li Ke can talk about anything, but she has never told Li Ke about her birthday.

Therefore, when Li Ke heard Hilco say that Jinx was going to have a birthday, he immediately became excited.

Celebrating Jinx's birthday? Of course!
"Well, just a few days after Evolution Day?"

Hilco said calmly.

"I understand. Don't tell anyone about this. I will take good care of it." Li Ke said loudly.

Hilco nodded, looked at Li Ke's excitement, lowered his head and took another big bite of meat.

When you are in a good mood, your appetite will be good.

In the past, he and Sevika would help celebrate Jinx's birthday, but in the end Sevika would often be kicked away, and then Hilco would celebrate Jinx's birthday alone.

Cream cake, a few candles, dolls and small toys as gifts.

But this time...it will be different.

Hilco believes this very much.

(End of this chapter)