In Vivian's eyes, with Cassius, such a terrifying man personally taking action, there was no way Selena and the Turner family could win! Freddie ignored her because it was too late to say anything when the voting had already begun.
Now, they could only do everything they could to stop the Turner family from taking the position! Winnie secretly glanced at the ballot in Christ's hand. Even though Selena had rejected her publicly, Winnie dared not say that Christ's vote did not have Selena's name on it.
She looked at Christ's side profile as he stared at Selena, and remembered her aunt who had left the family for Callum years ago. Did the Poole family owe the Turner family after all?
In the silence, the election for the Dean of the Institute finally began. Except for Selena and the Turner family, everyone in the conference room was staring at the large screen. The eyes of the Shaw siblings were especially focused.
Henry and another senior member of the neutral faction stood on the platform with microphones, reading out names. The names written on the paper were directly projected onto the big screen, with no possibility of any tampering.
Unexpectedly, and yet logically, the votes were all for the Poole and Shaw families at the beginning. The two recommended candidates had similar vote counts, gradually increasing.
Vivian's palms were sweaty, and she couldn't even blink as she stared at the Shaw family's vote count. When she saw that the vote count was about to exceed half and Selena's name had not even appeared on the big screen, Vivian's heart, which had been hanging high, finally relaxed.
She took a deep breath, tears welling up in her eyes from extreme nervousness, and her voice hoarse as she said, "Brother, do you see it?"
"Selena's name hasn't even appeared yet, and even if the rest of the people vote for her, she won't be able to succeed..."
Freddie listened to Vivian's words, but did not show any joy.
The votes of the Poole and Shaw families continued to rise. Finally, when the vote count exceeded two-thirds, a piece of paper with the name "Selena" on it appeared on the big screen.
As soon as the people from the Poole and Shaw families saw Selena's name, they almost subconsciously tensed their nerves and looked at her warily.
Are the Turner family finally taking action?
Under Vivian's watchful alertness, suddenly a voice was heard saying, "This is Diego's handwriting."
Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned.
Then they immediately realized that there were no members of the Turner family among the top officials, but since Diego had deliberately arranged for Selena to take his place, his vote would naturally go to Selena.
It was just one vote, compared to the supporters of the Shaw family and the Poole family, it was insignificant and would not affect the overall situation.
Vivian breathed a sigh of relief and saw the vote count of the Shaw family begin to overtake that of the Poole family, looking pleased as she glanced at Selena.
Selena calmly looked at the vote count on the big screen with an indifferent expression.
The voting continued.
Sure enough, after this vote, the Shaw family and the Poole family were once again in a deadlock.
Selena's name appeared briefly and did not appear again.
The Poole family finally began to realize that something was amiss.
Within the research institute, the Poole family had more power than the Shaw family and naturally had more senior officials.
But the Shaw family's vote count was almost catching up to that of the Poole family, and there was even a trend of surpassing them.
The Poole family was shocked and after a moment of thought, they understood where the problem lay.
The Shaw family must have united with several other small clans.
Because of the strong rise of the Turner family, these clans had approached the Poole family for protection, but Christ had ignored them.
Those people who failed to join the Poole family would naturally turn to the Shaw family for support.
They had been careless!
The people of the Poole Group looked at Christ's cold face, their faces turning rosy and their necks bulging with anger.
Who would have thought that the Poole family's good situation would be ruined by their own leader?
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