"Speaker, isn't today's meeting starting yet?"
In the spacious council chamber, a big-bearded man with brown hair looked up at the old Speaker standing behind the podium and asked hoarsely, "The captors have left, the captured have left, what is the first item on the agenda for today?"
Because of the big-bearded man's words, the somewhat empty chamber fell into a slight agitation, with all the council members raising their eyes to look at the old Speaker.
"Ah,"
The old Speaker sighed, gazed at the big-bearded man, and switched on the electronic paper book in front of him, "The first item on today's agenda is,"
He paused for a moment and then said hoarsely, "Mayor Lin En's speech on the bill he is promoting."
At the moment his words were spoken, the previously noisy chamber instantly fell silent.
Council members sitting below exchanged glances, falling into silence.
"If he's going to speech on the bill, to campaign for his bill, he should be here by now,"