The Mayor seems to be in a good mood now, "There always has to be a spark that burns itself first, to ignite the entire prairie."
He glanced at the secretary standing by the window, hinting at something.
Even though he had lost hope, he had left enough political inheritance for the secretary, ensuring that he could go further and higher than himself!
Director Dale also looked at the secretary. He and the Mayor were not really long-standing friends, so he didn't understand why the Mayor would rather cultivate his secretary and disregard his illegitimate son, causing him to fail early on.
Perhaps this is the extraordinary in extraordinary people.
He pondered for a while, the Mayor was his best ally. He didn't really want to fight alone, but he needed to inspire the Mayor's "survival instinct."
He mulled it over and thought of something that might be of some use later on.