When this young man said these words, all the onlookers around him suddenly felt an epic feeling as if millions of grass mud horses were running wildly in their hearts. Their mayor was actually a smuggler, and he was also the largest smuggler on the east coast of the empire
To be honest, this is really hard to accept. On one side is the mayor, the ruler and manager of a city. On one side are smugglers, dangerous men who regard breaking the law as drinking water. It was hard to blend the two identities, but their mayor did it.
Only then did someone suddenly realize that no wonder Mayor Dulin would issue tax payment certificates to those smugglers, and it turned out that he was one of them. Some people even thought about how the mayor of Dulin came to be. Maybe it was these smugglers who pooled money to open his joints, allowing him to jump from a smuggler to a mayor.
In this city where the level of security can be maintained without a police station, the concept of right and wrong is still very clear. When the young people revealed Du Lin's identity, they developed a subtle emotion towards Du Lin.
This guy has indeed brought changes to the city, but his identity makes everyone feel a little unacceptable. This is a very contradictory psychology.
Du Lin, on the other hand, did not become angry because his identity was made public. Instead, a smile appeared on his face. He observed the young man, and the young man generously allowed him to observe. He asked, "I don't know your name yet?"
"Want to investigate me?" The young man also laughed. "My name is Martin. You are welcome to investigate. Investigate everything about me clearly. Maybe you can also find some things that I may have forgotten or don't know." Things to know.”
"Martin!" Dulin nodded, "I remember this name!"
"It would be my pleasure, sir."
Dulin took a few steps forward past Martin. He now clearly felt that someone was targeting him. Exposing his details was only their first step. Their real goal should be the mid-term election.
The term of the prime minister of the empire is four years, with a maximum of two consecutive terms, so people always regard the point between the first four years and the second four years as half of the term, which is what people call it. Midterm elections. But strictly speaking, the term is only four years. In the first four years, there will always be some people who benefit from the policies and regulations promulgated by the Prime Minister. There are often more beneficiaries than harms, so those with vested interests will Vote firmly for the person currently in power.
But for the people below, there is no concept of "midterm elections" because their terms are unlimited and not subject to supervision. Every four years is a general election for them and a severe test. If you pass the exam, everything will be the same as before. But if you fail the exam, you may have to face defeat and lose the power in your hands.
If you get to this point, it is not a dead end. You can transfer to other parties where there is strong strength, or take up positions within the party and wait for the next opportunity.
As the development of Otis City has shown a rapid and strong change in a month, Dulin has long been sure that there will be people who want to pick peaches and seize the fruits of his victory. This situation is actually normal.
Developing a prosperous city to become more prosperous is not a skill, but if you develop a poor place in Houluo into a prosperous city, it means political and reputational success, which means that you can get more people. Chance.
In addition, the nature of the rules Dulin established for the city was sufficient to ensure that any person assuming the office of mayor would not affect the city's sustainable development, so some people were tempted. They just need to get Dulin's location and continue to develop in Dulin's way. It will not be difficult to create a prosperous city.
But why should my city be taken away by you
Du Lin felt a chill in his heart. He looked at the onlookers and observed the changes on their faces. After a moment, he nodded, "I am here, and I need to refute Mr. Martin's wrong point in front of everyone. He said that I am a smuggler, and I don't admit it." When Martin was about to say something, He looked back at Martin, and the cold look in his eyes made Martin's heart tremble, but he did not interrupt Du Lin's words.
"Rather than the less pleasant title of smuggler, I would rather have people call me a businessman. At the same time, I must explain that my business is legal in Ilian City. My business is very big, how big is it? ?" He stretched his arms to his side, as if he wanted to embrace the whole world, "It's so big!" The sudden humor was very effective, making many people laugh out loud, and some even directly shouted at the people around him. People express their opinions, they think Dulin is a good person, at least he can make everyone happy.
Du Lin was also very satisfied with his rescue act. He smiled and continued: "I provide 600,000 bottles of wine every month to be sent to the 57 cities in the empire. Each bottle of wine excludes various expenses, including After paying taxes, I will earn three yuan, which is 1.8 million yuan a month, and more than 20 million yuan a year. My monthly income may be higher than the entire year's tax payment in Otis City. Why should I come here?"
"When Mr. Martin identified me, I believe many people will think that I am here to make more money, but that is not the purpose of my coming here."
"When the mayor of Ilion nominated me to come here to serve as mayor, I refused from the bottom of my heart because I didn't know this place at all before that. Then I looked at the map. On the map I found I came to this place, and my assistant also told me that this is a poor place, so poor that my income in one month is equivalent to paying taxes here for a year or more.”
"I was very opposed to it. Rather than being the mayor of a backward city with a few old cars and people still riding horses, why don't I continue to do my business? I can take girls with you every day that you can't imagine." Let’s go to the sea together and find happiness that you can’t imagine. I can spend a lot of money to buy anything I want, and I can enjoy the same treatment as His Majesty the Emperor. Why should I come here?”
Dulin looked at the surrounding citizens, who were gradually attracted by his impromptu speech, because the things he said were all true and realistic, not something that politicians said that people could not understand. At the same time, people are also thinking, why does such a rich man with unimaginable happiness come here
He snapped his fingers and pointed to the sky. This snap pulled some people's thoughts back and focused their attention on Dulin again, "Because I discovered another kind of fun, a kind of challenging fun. There is only one person I respect the most, and that is the leader of our new party, our leader Mr. Maggs. He saved this empire and all of us. He can save me, so why can't I take you to make a fortune together. ?”
"To be honest, the guy who nominated me here didn't mean well. He just wanted to send me away. He was afraid that I would run for office and knock him out of the mayor's position. So he sent me here, in They said this place is a garbage dump, where all the people who have no value live here. It is lifeless and has no future. Because they have such a special evaluation of this place, I suddenly feel that this may make sense. "
"I came here and led everyone to make a fortune together. Even when I first arrived here, I wanted to lead everyone to do business with me?" He pointed at Martin, "That's what he said. A smuggler..." and then pointed at himself, "A smuggler like me who can make millions a month."
After the shock, those citizens had fanatical looks in their eyes. They didn't ask for more than one million a month, as long as they had more than one hundred, they would be satisfied.
Looking at these eyes as hot as the sun, Dulin laughed and laughed. Nothing can make people sway their will more than interests. They wanted to kick themselves out unless they could promise something like he did.
"But I soon discovered that there are simpler and more profitable ways here than smuggling. Why should I give up the immediate profits and go further to find an uncertain future?" Du Lin took two steps and pointed out. He touched the ground and said: "In the eyes of others, this is a garbage dump, but in my eyes, this is a gold mine. What troubles Odis is not anyone, but ideas and the desire for change."
"I will make this place become more valuable. I will make this place a pearl in the middle of the empire, and even the busiest and most prosperous city in the entire empire. But before that, you must support every policy of mine. Only we have each other." Only by cooperating can I bring you the changes you want.”
After saying these words, Du Lin looked at those who were unwilling to relocate and made a decision on the spot, "Don't you want more compensation? Yes!" When he said this, those people suddenly looked at each other. He looked happy, and even Martin had an imperceptible smile flashing across his face.
Once Dulin makes such a decision, he will be able to encourage more people to follow suit, so that the city's finances, which are just on the right track and in a virtuous cycle, will be destroyed by him. Dulin will definitely be held responsible by then, if someone within the party comes forward to accuse him.
But the moment Du Lin said the next sentence, everyone's faces changed instantly.
(End of chapter)