Chapter 144: Trade Federation


    Rune Haako''s body shook violently, and he stared at Dous in disbelief.


    He never told anyone about his desire to cling to Nute Gunray, and he never left any written records, because it was just a n.


    However, the person in front of him said it urately!


    He even spoke out the deepest thoughts in his heart!


    "So, you tell me, should I cut off the dream of a promising employee, or fulfill his ambition to climb up?" Dous Stamper still slowly spun his ss.


    Rune Haako waspletely subdued. He almosty down on the table and whispered in a trembling voice: "Whatever you want me to do, I will do it no matter what it is."


    Dous looked at him with satisfaction and exchanged nces with a woman on the opposite table without a trace. The woman was smartly dressed, with a shirt, a one-step skirt, and ck stockings, and she was holding a personal terminal in her hand. She looked like a strong woman in the office.


    Only somewhat uniquely, two locks of hair on her forehead were dyed purple.


    She is the super hacker who was sent to Coruscant recently, ck Lotus. She flicked her finger across the screen and found amunication connection. A sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth. She tapped the keyboard a few times topletely intercept themunication signal and then made a concealed gesture.


    Dous nodded and said, "You don''t have to wait for the second person you arranged, they will nevere."


    Rune Haako''s feet were weak and he almost slipped under the table. Now he hadpletely lost hope, so he could only bow his head and say nothing.


    Dous pushed a piece of paper over, "Do as it says and you''ll have a future. Otherwise..."


    Rune Haako saw the content of the note, and suddenly broke out in cold sweat, "If I do this, the people above will definitely not give me a good face..."


    "It seems that between a good face and the future, you chose thetter?"


    "No... I''ll do the same..."


    "Very good. But you don''t have to worry, since we have made contributions, we will naturally report back."


    ...


    "The Mutual Aid Fund fors in the Outer Rim of the Milky Way has received the signatures of 94 Senators! If we can get 6 more signatures, our initiative will be formally discussed in the Gctic Senate!! Our goal is only one step away! !" ire Underwood chanted from the stage at a rally.


    Beside her, representatives froms of Rodia, Sy Myrth, Jabiim, and Mstare were also cheering for her.


    "We will unite to face injustice and exploitation! We will make our voices resound throughout the Gxy!!" ire Underwood said loudly.


    The people in the audience apuded and cheered loudly, and the atmosphere was very enthusiastic.


    However, at this moment, a sudden change urred!


    Suddenly there was a gunshot in a building ahead!


    Boom!! A st energy beam directly hit the podium in front of ire, and the powerful power directly blew the podium to pieces!


    Almost at this moment, the T-850 bodyguards on the side had already swooped over, blocking ire directly behind, and several other bodyguards quickly pushed her to the ground and escorted her away with cats on their waists.


    There were screams and exmations at the scene, and the bodyguards of several otherary Senators reacted equally quickly, sending their protected objects away immediately.


    The ordinary people who were onlookers fled in all directions, but the reporters went straight forward, afraid of missing any wonderful shots, and the scene suddenly became chaotic.


    At the same time, on the surface of Coruscant, in an office of the Trade Federation, Rune Haako adjusted his ck top hat, took a deep breath nervously, and walked out.


    He said to his secretary: "Immediately issue an announcement to Rodia and Jabiim, telling them that if they don''t withdraw from the mutual aid fund, their transportation tax will increase by 50% from next month!"


    The female secretary of the Twi''lek was taken aback and hurriedly said: "Now the Milky Way Outer Rim Mutual Aid Fund is the focus of public opinion propaganda. If a public announcement is made at this time, it may have an impact on the image of our Trade Federation..."


    "Idiot!!" Rune Haako screamed sharply, "If you don''t stop the Mutual Aid Fund and let their influence continue to expand, then it will directly affect our ie!! We need money or an image! You choose one yourself!"


    The assistant trembled, and quickly picked up themunicator and started to carry out the tasks that Rune Haako had instructed.


    ...


    The speed of news spread is extremely fast. Within a few hours after ire Underwood was attacked, the news that the founder of the Milky Way Outer Rim Mutual Aid Fund was shot spread throughout the Gxy.


    Journalists and the media are natural conspiracy theorists, and they immediately associate many things.


    For example, the reason behind this shooting is naturally that some people do not want to see this Mutual Aid Fund continue to develop. And who is it?


    Some people began to analyze that the mutual aid fund is to allow those backward outer ring Gxies to help each other so that those capitalists who specialize in monopolizingary trade to make huge profits have no room to exploit. Especially the Trade Federation which has monopolized manys will be greatly affected.


    As we all know, thergest business of the Trade Federation is the transportation business. Because many of the participatings in the Gctic Republic are actually very backward in technology, and somes are even very. In the Middle Ages, it is really difficult for them to build Spaceships immediately.


    Because in order to allow theses to join the big family of the Gctic Republic as soon as possible, the Republic has a series of support policies. Of course, few of these policies have actually been implemented.


    But no matter what, since you have joined the Gctic Republic, at the very least, you have to send a representative to Coruscant, the capital of the Gctic Republic, right? Where did the spaceshipse from those medievals?


    Taking it a step further, if you want to buy the advanced technologies and products of the Gctic Republic, you need money, right? But where does the moneye from? Sell natural resources. But how to sell it?


    This is when the Trade Federation wille to your door.


    They will provide transportation services for theses, and send their representatives to Coruscant or others where they need to go and ship their products to other parts of the Gxy.


    Over time, the Trade Federation gradually took control of the transportation industry of the Gctic Republic. It cannot be said to be a monopoly, but in the backward star region of the outer ring of the Milky Way, the logistics of mosts rely on the Trade Federation.


    This is where the core interests of the Trade Federation lie, so it is not difficult to understand why the Trade Federation is hostile to the Mutual Aid Fund of the Outer Rim of the Gxy.