After Colliers finished speaking, he looked at Dulin quietly, waiting for Dulin's answer.
Du Lin thought for a while and then said: "Fifty years is too long, let's go for twenty-five years!"
Colliers was not unhappy at all because of Dulin's bargaining on time. He stood up and stretched out his hand. Dulin also extended his hand, "Deal!"
After reaching his intention, Colliers seemed very happy. He took out three pieces of Paradise from his arms and gave them to Harry and Dulin. He also took out a pair of scissors with solid gold handles, cut the opening and took a breath. The smile on his face seemed to be a little brighter.
One bad thing about Paradise is that after taking it, you will feel relaxed, as if nothing matters and you don't care about anything. But it is precisely because of the strange effect of the Paradise that some people are willing to buy this thing, and they still spend a lot of money.
It was obvious that both Harry and Colliers had strong resistance and did not completely collapse. Dulin only sucked a little bit, then held it in his hand and did not continue to send it to his mouth.
"My son will have his birthday in a while, and you must come then!" Colliers was very satisfied with this cooperation. He got what he needed, and naturally he would not forget what Dulin did in this matter. Everything, "I will give you a good thing when the time comes!", this is the so-called "deal".
Colliers needed to contact his men immediately to start the operation, so he left first. After closing the door, Harry smiled and shook his head, "This is his habit. Once the matter is settled, he will start the operation immediately, but Twenty-five years..." Harry lowered his head and thought for a moment, "It's a little too long!"
Both Harry and Dulin knew that Colliers' goal was to have 25 years of operating rights. In addition to the economic benefits, the most important thing was the right to speak. After the construction of these two railways is completed in the future, he has the final say on who can and cannot go from here. During this long period of twenty-five years, he was able to exclude other capitalists who were not in his circle in this way, and thus gained political influence.
In fact, in the final analysis, it is still a battle between capitalist camps. In fact, it has little to do with ordinary people, and it only has advantages and no disadvantages. First of all, with the railway, traffic has become smoother, and you can go to other cities without changing trains. Secondly, as the traffic situation improves, more and more businessmen will be attracted to gather here, increasing the prosperity of the city and making this place more prosperous. Become a true jewel in the heart of the empire.
The city hall only needs to pay a small amount of money every month to get two smooth railways. As the empire's economy recovers, the speed of currency printing will only become faster and faster. The purchasing power of the existing currency denominations will gradually decrease, possibly Ten years later, a "mortgage" of more than 100,000 yuan a month will not be as good as the purchasing power of 20,000 yuan now.
As for the operating rights, this thing actually does not have much significance to the official. No matter who Colliers allows or disallows, there will be trains passing through here, and that's fine. The frequency and ownership of trains cannot restrict the passage of ordinary people and businessmen. Pursuing the ownership of operating rights has no practical value for Dulin and the city hall except for the appearance of good looks.
Moreover, Du Lin believes that it is absolutely impossible to do more than 10 million, but it may be beneficial, and there are many benefits.
Of course, that's what happened later.
"Okay, I won't interfere in this matter. Besides bringing Cole, there is another thing you need to pay attention to." Harry moved to sit next to Dulin. He patted the second hand of the worn sofa. "Voting will begin at the end of the month, and Otis City also needs to cast a valuable vote."
This is a unified statement. In fact, the old party seems to be pinned to the ground by the new party and has no power to fight back. But in fact, the old party still controls a lot of areas. If the mid-term election is overturned, it will definitely be remembered by history. joke. Harry knew that Otis City was a war zone with no stance. Having no stance did not mean that these people would not vote. If there were people from the old party secretly colluding with each other, accidents would most likely occur.
On his way here, he didn't see any campaign posters plastered all over the streets, so he gave them a heads up.
Du Lin nodded to show that he understood, and then asked, "Will we win?"
Harry was satisfied with Duhring's use of the word "we", which showed that he recognized himself and Magers and the New Party and was willing to stand with them. Isn’t the so-called politics about turning “you” into “us”
He raised his chin slightly and said in a confident tone: "Of course, we will win!"
Dulin didn't pay much attention to this aspect. In the George family's survey on campaign support last week, Maggs' support rate exceeded 70%. According to expert analysis, this may be related to the empire's economic recovery. Directly related, they all lamented that Mags had met a good time. After the post-war trough has passed, the empire's economic problems have begun to pick up, and the economy will naturally recover. Some experts believe that even if the old party is in power, it will gain high support rates.
They use the term "lucky" to describe the situation that Mags is facing now. In fact, this is just a way to cover up the real problem. Under the surface of their promotion of a peaceful and prosperous era, the fierce conflicts are more serious than people imagine.
The empire's economic recovery did not come from the new party's governing philosophy, but from the invasion of a large number of capital forces into all aspects of society. After the new party came to power, what they lacked most was funds, so they let go of the dog chain around the neck of capital, allowing capital to start tearing into the stubborn economic system. Capital has indeed brought great changes to society. As long as profit-seeking businessmen can make a profit, they will get involved in all walks of life.
These actions will create a large number of jobs and solve the employment and food and clothing problems of the citizens of the empire. However, the power of capital behind this is no longer satisfied with the status quo and has begun to invade the political system. When the New Party prepared to restrict the power of capital, it discovered that this country dog had rapidly evolved into a Tyrannosaurus rex from the point where it could be kicked away with one kick.
It seems that this empire is really like the world that people lived in in the past, but the competition between the two huge forces is heating up. Especially when the politicians of the new party and the old party also had the support and coercion of capitalists and capital power behind them, the top leaders of both parties finally realized that something was wrong.
If you want to change it at this time, it’s too late!
Putting capital in a cage will only cause social unrest, and a large number of unemployed people will become the trigger for unrest and even civil war. In the end, a second Civil War may break out, so everyone is in a limited confrontation, but The situation is definitely not optimistic.
Just like this midterm election, too many capital forces are involved, including the propaganda poster issue that Harry just mentioned.
Publicity costs money. Where does the cost come from
The New Party certainly does not have such huge financial resources to carry out propaganda work and public opinion offensives throughout the empire. The money actually comes from capitalists and their money. If they support Maggs to continue to be re-elected, then Maggs must give them sufficient rewards, otherwise they will switch camps and join the old party. If the capitalists change camps, the workers who rely on their salaries to survive must also switch camps, which will cause them to lose a large number of votes and even lose the election.
However, after helping these capitalists, their greedy appetites became increasingly difficult to fill, and they could only continue to give in to demands again and again, so that they retreated to the last line of defense.
So the so-called optimism is just a modification.
The top leaders of the new party and the old party have long felt this crisis. What was originally a battle between the old and new aristocrats may very well turn into a duel of capital power due to the participation of these capitalists. Perhaps ten or twenty years from now, elections will no longer be about who has a higher level of governance or whose ideas are more brilliant, but about who is richer!
Du Lin complimented softly, and Harry raised his wrist and looked at his watch, "I have something to go to the imperial capital tomorrow, so I won't be here with you. Give me a call anytime!"
Du Lin stood up to see him off, but he waved his hand, "I can just go by myself. You can go about your business!"
After watching Harry leave, Dulin sat back on the chair behind his desk. He raised his head and looked at some black spots showing through the newly painted white paint, but he was thinking about Colliers. These monopoly-level tycoons have become accustomed to trampling on political power and authority to make profits. If there are no restrictions in the future, it is difficult to imagine how big they will grow.
In the first two years, Dulin hoped to become a rich man, provide a better living environment for his compatriots, improve their social class, and become a person whose name is known to the whole world, so that he would be worthy of his arrival. The world has come full circle. But now, his ideological realm seems to have improved a lot, and he has begun to think about more things.
Capitalist, empire, business, monopoly, competitiveness, one word after another flashed through his mind, and he felt that he should do something.
This is not to become a great person that everyone praises as a great person, but purely to challenge this power!
In the imperial capital not far from him, a very strange thing was happening. Many people came to Stein Ein to seek a method for purifying alcohol, but were told by him that in fact this purification method had been patented long ago, and Not in his hands.
When people inquired about the owner of this patent, they all pointed to a company called Future Star and a guy named Clark.
This patent was not hidden, but chose to make it public, and it was protected for... one hundred years!
(End of chapter)