Du Lin lowered his head slightly, retracted his chin, and raised his eyes to look at these people. His serious face caused an aura to surge out of him, like a tsunami, which made even the Guarts in the church unable to invite him. suffocated slightly.
But then a trace of dissatisfaction appeared on some people's faces, and their eyes became more critical. Why did Du Lin think they were pathetic? Is it sad to be satisfied with your life? This reason is unjustifiable. If Dulin can't find a reason that convinces them, they will never come again next time, no matter what they give!
This is a matter of dignity, more important than food and small favors.
When most people's eyes began to change, Dulin raised his head and raised his chin slightly, "I have been to many places. In the outside world, every Guart person has his own ideals and pursuits. They may I want to be respected by others, I want to get more financial gains, or I want to have a happy family and everyone can spend every day happily.”
"Everyone has ideals, and I do too, but many of you don't have ideals. These are very sad things in my opinion!"
"Mr. Dewell, are you married?" Dewell nodded in agreement. Dulin continued: "That's good. Then the second question is, do you have children?" Dewell nodded again. , and said that he had three children, Dulin laughed out loud, "You are married and have three children, but you are very satisfied with your life, am I right?" Dewell said again Confirmed Dulin's words.
"Don't you want your wife to wear nice clothes, more jewelry, a romantic surprise, and a satisfying home? What about your children? You want them to In the future, like you, if you have no pursuit of life and life, can you survive by just filling your stomach in this city? You don’t want them to leave here, get a better education, and then find a job outside. A better job and eventually become the middle class or even a rich man in this society?”
"Look, you have no ideals. Precisely because you have no ideals, your wife and your children have to live in this city like rotten deadwood without pursuits like you, and then slowly become corrupt. I'm sorry. I said some very sharp words, but I just want to ask, when you and more people go to bed when they are full every day, eat when they wake up, and go on day after day, year after year, When your life is coming to an end, will you feel that there is no difference between you and those lower animals? "
Du Lin waved to Dufo, and then took out a roll of five yuan in small denomination cash from Dufo's pocket. In this city, the denomination of five yuan is actually not too small, and you can't even buy anything, because it is like a backward country, and there are not many consumer goods except daily necessities.
In front of everyone, Du Lin unfolded the roll of money and tore it into fine pieces, then raised it with a wave of his hand, and the fragmented banknotes fell around him like snowflakes. He looked at Dewell, "This money, five hundred yuan, may be your income for two or three years, but it was destroyed by me just now, and this is because you have no ideals. Please sit down, Mr. Dewell, Maybe this is the life you are satisfied with.”
Du Lin looked at the others. Some were thoughtful, and some looked as if they were offended. Du Lin shrugged his shoulders, "My first feeling after coming here is that this place is lifeless. This is not what you should have." The unyielding nature of the Guart people has not been reflected in you. In fact, before today, I have been thinking about doing something to at least make my compatriots live a better life."
"But seeing how you are now, I feel that there is no need for me to do it, because you are very satisfied, and changing your lives will only make you lose that satisfaction, so I need to apologize to everyone. This church has been in a short period of time." It will not be opened again. When one day I feel a spirit of struggle and an attitude of pursuing ideals, I will open this church again. Goodbye, gentlemen!”
After Du Lin finished speaking, he turned around and left without even the slightest pause.
He must admit that he failed this time, and failed completely. The assimilation problem here is too serious. It is impossible to quickly pull together a team simply by using interests and ideals, so he can only leave a seed. As for whether it can grow. For the towering trees, we can only wait and watch.
Once the construction of Otis City begins, a lot of work will require a large amount of labor to complete. At the same time, the special status of Otis is enough to attract the attention of other forces. Other forces will also find that there is no unified force here for the time being, and it is still a vacuum zone. , they will definitely send their own people to station here as soon as possible. Once the people in Du Lin's hands cannot suppress these people, I'm afraid these people will start to turn against the guests.
This is not impossible. Even His Majesty the Emperor and the entire cabinet cannot guarantee absolute control over every person in every inch of the empire, let alone a small mayor like him? Failure to do so means that he will lose the initiative and control here, which will also affect his subsequent plans.
This may even include some members of the New Party, so much so that Mr. Harry will covet the huge profits and influence here.
He originally considered using locals. First of all, locals have lived here for a long time and know the residents here very well. Outsiders cannot avoid their eyes. Distinguishing locals from outsiders can play a very important role in stabilizing the rules and order here. Secondly, the local families are here, so they will feel more at ease when using it. But the reality tells Dulin that his approach may not be universally applicable. After returning to the city hall a little annoyed, Dulin called Carter and asked him to arrange for some people to come over and prepare for the next work.
At the same time, the first phase of the plan is about to begin.
Dulin, the old town of Otis City, has no plans to move for the time being. The arrangement of the 400,000 people in the old town is enough to give him a headache. It is better to build a new town first, and then move the people here step by step as appropriate after the new town is built. past. For the first time, as the mayor of a city, he looks at and plans the development of a city from a macro perspective. It is far more difficult to make decisions than if he is watching from the sidelines.
Every decision must be carefully considered. If you make a mistake, you will lose not only money and time, but also your reputation and people's trust in you.
This is not an easy job!
Du Lin stretched himself out in despair, looked out the window at the afterglow of the sun like a flame, and sighed. He tugged on the rope, and soon Natalie was in his office again.
"Have you done what I asked you yesterday?" He was referring to the establishment of the telegraph office. The cabinet initially planned to establish a brand new department to manage the telephone business. Later, someone intervened and thought that telegraphy would be the future. The business will be completely replaced by the telephone business, so there is no need to establish a new department. Just let the telegraph office do it concurrently. When it was almost time to cancel the telegraph service and change the name, all the telephone services in the entire empire were included in the telegraph office.
Natalie smiled a little awkwardly. When she saw Du Lin's brows furrowed, she quickly explained: "Mr. Mayor, we don't have the conditions to establish a telegraph office here. You know that connecting a telephone requires not only a switch, but also a switch." It would take special wiring and a lot of work, but there’s nothing here…”
After returning to the office, Natalie flipped through the information and found something about the telegraph office from a newspaper last year. The content was a preview of the telephone business and briefly introduced some of the general contents of this business. She felt that the 20,000 yuan was completely insufficient, and there were no relevant personnel in the local area, so she planned to wait for the weekend to go to Nanolindes to ask. Unexpectedly, Du Lin just said something yesterday, and asked about the results today. Come.
"You don't have to come to work tomorrow!" When Du Lin said this, Natalie was stunned for a moment, and an angry expression suddenly appeared on her face. It was just that the work was not done well, but it was not that it was not done, and who could do it for half a day? The telegraph office was built in no time.
She immediately ignored the dignity of her superiors and subordinates, threw herself at the table next to Du Lin, and asked through gritted teeth: "Is it just because I didn't do a good job? So you want to get rid of me?"
Du Lin was also stunned for a moment, and he couldn't help laughing, "Okay, okay, listen to what I have to say. Tomorrow morning you will go to Nano and tell me how much money it will cost after you figure everything out. I am only responsible for paying and don’t care about anything else!”
Only then did Natalie realize that she had gone too far. She smiled awkwardly, turned around and fled Dulin's office.
Du Lin shook his head slightly. He also realized that the people who were thrown here actually had various problems themselves. Then he picked up the phone and called Garfield. The guy had already returned to Ilian. It wasn't that he thought the place was poor and backward. He went back to mobilize resources. If a city needs to be built, it must be inseparable from a large amount of steel. As a large-scale steel industry in Ilian City, he must participate in this prosperous era.
Du Lin asked him to say hello to the leaders of the construction teams in District 8 when he came to see if they were willing to come here. If they were willing, Du Lin would give them a satisfactory price. Then he made another call to Dove and asked her if she had thought about it.
When he came here, he asked Dove if she wanted to come with him. Dove's answer at that time was that she needed to think about it. After all, it was a bit far away from Ilian. Her family members were all in Ilian, and Dulin was not in a hurry. urged her. Now that I'm here and I lack a suitable person, I naturally think of this guy. Not only can she help him deal with things in life, but she can also be a secretary.
Still in Cavan, so painful
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