Those who have objections to the old party's "Capital Threat Theory" are naturally "renovators" of the new party. The prosperity of a city is directly related to the prosperity of business. This has been demonstrated in the past feudal imperial period. If a city is prosperous and its commerce is prosperous, and under a relatively clean and honest governance system, it will be able to get more tax dollars for the development of the country and the city.
Whether it is a new party or an old party, the essence is the same, but the ultimate goals and priorities of the two parties are different.
Merchants can greatly activate trade activities in a region. Only when trade activities increase, all parties can benefit. As for the absurd statement put forward by the old party that "businessmen achieve the purpose of controlling the country by controlling the people," the new party absolutely does not recognize it. In the eyes of many "enlightened people", the benefits of capitalists to society and the country far outweigh the disadvantages.
Capitalists have contributed employment opportunities, which can reduce the number of unemployed people in an area, thus achieving the effect of alleviating conflicts at all levels and enhancing public security. Workers have obtained money through their hard work - there is absolutely no problem with this. Capitalists are also willing to pay for the results of such labor. Capitalists get products and workers get money.
The sale of goods resulted in the circulation of currency, and the ruling party also obtained enough taxes for the development and construction of the city. As the city becomes better, it will be able to attract more foreign capital, thereby creating more job opportunities, producing more goods, more people getting salaries, and city managers getting more benefits. taxes.
This is a virtuous circle, and the root of everything is the emergence of capitalists. Of course, the New Party has also established many laws and regulations to restrict the behavior of businessmen, such as the "Minimum Hourly Wage Law" or the "Basic Workers' Security Law", and social organizations such as labor unions voluntarily protect the interests of workers and prevent capitalists from going too far just to make money. Exploitation of workers.
You must know that in the past, the primitive trading method of barter was implemented in many places. The power of capital was greatly weakened and controlled by the political power. A layer of wool was lost even if nothing happened, causing many capitalists to degenerate into businessmen. They were unwilling to build large factories, hire too many workers, or pay adequate wages to those workers. Only in this way can they avoid a possible tragic fate.
But in such an environment, is the development of the social system healthy
The answer is not necessarily, because during the feudal monarchy period, the behavior of many nobles was actually equivalent to the behavior of today's capitalists, but this behavior was carried out in another form under certain disguises, so many people did not understand .
In modern times, no matter whether the power of capital is good or bad, excessive discussion is actually meaningless, but one thing is certain, the power of capital is rapidly expanding.
Haidler is a core member of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce, and he is on duty in Tenel City as the vice president of the branch. As for why it is Tenel, it is because although Tenel is very remote, it is one of the hubs of freight. Therefore, a high-ranking core member of the Chamber of Commerce is needed to sit here. He is just a businessman now, and the mayor needs to carefully consider his words when chatting with him.
Because he understood that even though he was now the mayor of the city, he actually had no particular advantage over Heidler who was a core member of the Chamber of Commerce. And this is one of the things the old parties fear most.
They can use their huge wealth to open up every joint, thereby affecting the choices of each political figure. Peter believes that if he does something that is detrimental to the overall interests of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce, he may not need his paralyzed man in bed. If his old father-in-law speaks out, someone will come to deal with him, and they will be members of the old party.
After chatting for a long time, the mayor finally began to point the topic to the core of today.
Heidler nodded without hesitation, "Actually, that's not entirely true. I am a mixture of Guart and Ogdin, and my mother is a pure-blood Ogdin."
The mayor nodded in realization. No one knew what he was thinking, "I heard that you have been engaged in charity and rescue activities for the Guart people, is that true?"
Heidler nodded again. He could not veto this kind of thing. In order to change his image in the hearts of the Guarts, he always helped the poor Guarts for free. Although it often happened that the Guarts would rather starve or freeze to death than accept his assistance, he was still keen on it. He also often fished out some imprisoned Guartes, or found a good lawyer for these imprisoned Guartes to help them win their cases.
After doing a lot of work, spending time, wealth and hard work, finally a small number of people changed their views on him, only a small number of people.
For example, that idiot Graf is one of them.
The mayor pushed his fingers back and forth on the rim of the teacup. He glanced at Heidler and asked, "I heard that you met a country Guarte named Dulin. This guy founded the hometown association and started a He has entered a trading house, and there are several murder and injury cases involving him under investigation. What is your relationship with Dulin? "
Handler considered and said: "He is a junior that I am very optimistic about, and he also has great ideas. He came to me and said that he wanted to establish a group to help the Guart people. I believed him and gave him some financial support. assistance."
In fact, these words spoken by the Lord Mayor are what Heidler least wants to hear. He is a Guarte. The Guarte people don't like him, and the Ogdin people don't like him either. He is always careful to avoid giving his opponents any chance. When he heard that Prondo was investigating Dulin, Handler was relieved by his foresight. Still, he was wary, unsure whether the mayor meant to use Doolin as a springboard for the stick to fall on him.
The struggle in the Chamber of Commerce is no weaker than the political struggle. There are only so many seats for members, which represents the concentration and dispersion of the power of the Chamber of Commerce. There are not just one or two big businessmen who are stronger than Heidler in the Chamber of Commerce, but are not members of Congress. He was selected thanks to his Guarte identity, just like the other two Provincial Councilors. Out of the most primitive pursuit of profit, attracting one or two representative foreigners into the Chamber of Commerce will also be extremely beneficial to the Chamber of Commerce's publicity and work, but this does not mean that others will give up the possibility of undermining him.
Therefore, in the face of a possible crisis, Handler, like a mature businessman as always, chose to weigh the pros and cons and then make a deal. Although he felt it was a pity, without this incident, Du Lin would most likely have become a big shot in the next twenty to thirty years, but that was always an "if"!
Don’t you think Dulin is mine? Very good, then I will give him to you. This way, the suspicion on me can be cleared away, right
"You should know that I am a legal imperial businessman and I have never done anything illegal. As for the Dulin you mentioned, I know him, and he used words full of temptations to make me believe that he would establish a fellow villager. In order to better serve the Guart people, but I didn't expect that he was such a cruel thug. Please rest assured that if there is anything that requires my cooperation, I will definitely cooperate to the end." Heidler said with a smile. Lin "traded" out in exchange for his innocence, just as his father and he had done countless times.
The mayor raised his eyebrows, "Thank you very much for your support for justice. I will tell Prondeau." He paused here and seemed to remember something, "By the way, you know a man named Jon’s Guart?”
"I don't know you!" Heidler replied quickly and decisively. At the same time, he asked a little curiously: "In recent times, this name has almost filled the streets and alleys of the city. I would like to ask, can I know this?" What did Jon do that made the whole city look for him?"
The mayor always maintained a friendly smile on his face, "It's nothing, it's all unimportant things."
After the council was silent, the Lord Mayor said: "Thank you for being invited here today despite your busy work. Thank you very much. The conversation between us was very pleasant. I look forward to the next visit.", Lord Mayor After all that needed to be said and asked, he stood up, and Heidler also stood up. After the two shook hands, the mayor escorted Heidler out of the office door before parting ways.
When he returned to his office, the mayor thought about it carefully. He believed that the connection between Heidler and Dulin was definitely more than what Heidler himself said and showed. The two people may have a deeper connection. Contacts and relationships. It is very possible that Dulin is Handler's white glove, specifically doing things for him that he would not be able to do himself. Even the appearance of "Jon" was Heidler's arrangement.
So what is his purpose in doing this? The mayor didn't believe every word Heidler said!
After standing by the window and watching Heidler leave in his own car, the mayor turned back to his desk. Without any hesitation, he wrote a few lines, folded them and taught them to the maid. , "Take it and give it to Prondeau, and let him do what he wants."
The maid took the letter and left the office with a sacred expression on her face as if she had been given some kind of mission.
(End of chapter)