His sincere and indifferent gaze also showed that he did not despise himself because of his arrogant ambition.
The Councilman's heart suddenly softened and warmed.
The thoughts he held, if expressed to anyone else, would be attacked and angrily questioned, considered despicable, and difficult to find any understanding. Yet to his surprise, this young man could understand and appreciate his ideals.
The Councilman's emotions were complex. The Aus Empire, which he had personally transformed from a mid-lower-ranked country of more than a hundred in terms of economic and political power globally, had, through over thirty years of reform and iron-fisted policies, surged into one of the world's leading powers.
More than thirty years ago, when he served as the Finance Minister of the Aus, it didn't even dare to call itself an empire. But after decades of change and the efforts of the entire nation, it finally freed itself from the quagmire of economic backwardness and revived.
