"Mayor Dulin, do you need a break?"
As soon as Dulin came down from the gangway, he met Hoston who came to greet him. Mayor Hoston tried his best to pretend to be sincere with a smile, but Dulin knew that he and this guy were not that different. Ripe. When he was escorting the smugglers, Halston was one of the first to stand up and make trouble. He also tried to use Harry to put pressure on Dulin. Unexpectedly, Dulin pulled Harry into his own camp.
Coupled with the fact that Maggs stood up for Dulin, the special zone has become the consensus of the people, but it has not had time to list it.
News has come from the Imperial Capital. After the new city hall is completed, the Imperial Capital will list the city of Odis. The full name will be changed from "Odis City Hall" to "Odis Special Administrative Region City Hall." ".
Huo Siton would definitely not be very happy. Originally, he and his mentor wanted to suppress Du Lin for a while, and then when Du Lin couldn't stand it anymore and asked for help, they would pull Du Lin in. In return, Dulin should fully support Horston as governor in the next general election.
The plan was very good, and there were indeed some rich people who were slaughtered by them, but they picked the wrong target. Du Lin was not the kind of person to let anyone manipulate him.
Dulin looked at Hoston with a smile and took the initiative to reach out his hand to shake his hand. He put his other hand on the back of Hoston's outstretched hand. It looked like Dulin was Hoston's elder, or his. Superior. Halston secretly twitched his hand but did not pull it back. He could only face Du Lin's hateful smile and remain silent. Du Lin was very happy to see him sulking and smiled even more cheerfully, "Please call me Mr. Du Lin. This time I am attending the completion ceremony in a private capacity and do not represent any position!"
After saying that, he let go of his hand. After taking it back, Horston breathed a sigh of relief, and the false smile on his face became much less, "Okay, Mr. Dulin."
"Do you need a break? Such a long journey is not comfortable!"
Dulin smiled and patted Hoston on the shoulder, making his eyebrows twitch. "No, no, you must have forgotten. Now steam locomotives have first-class cabins, which have very loose privacy." There is space, and there is a lounge chair that can be turned into a bed, so I can rest all the way. I am very good now." He looked at the 8th District on the hillside in the distance, and he could already foresee the huge future of this city. Prospects.
The group of people did not go to the hotel, but went directly to the 8th District. Many people saw Du Lin on the road and said hello. Du Lin's reputation in this city is still very high. Regardless of whether it's a good reputation or a bad reputation, it just needs to be high. He nodded frequently to the people who greeted him, and some people even came up to say a few words in surprise, so the journey was naturally slowed down.
Perhaps unwilling to be Du Lin's background foil, Hosdon apologized and left first. Du Lin glanced at his background, chuckled twice, and then focused on those who greeted him. On people.
When passing by her manor, Frena was already standing at the door. She changed into a very decent dress and looked very stunning. He took Du Lin's arm and walked up the hillside while whispering, "Guess what I found?"
Du Lin tilted his head and looked at her curiously, "Satisfy your desires. What did you find?"
Frena covered her mouth and nose, tilted her head and whispered in Dulin's ear, "I heard that the reason why Horston nominated you to be the mayor of Otis City was because someone was spreading a message saying that you might run for election. The mayor of Ilian City, so he sent you out immediately."
Du Lin really didn't know this news, and he suddenly understood. No wonder this guy kicked him out impatiently. It turned out that the problem came from this place.
In fact, across the entire empire, there are about a dozen cities where the mayors are local wealthy people who suddenly stood up before the election and expressed their intention to run for mayor. In the end, they defeated the old mayor and became the new mayor. This situation is very common. A rich man, especially a rich man, is like a unique business card for a city, just like the steel tycoon Knight in the steel city in the west, or the rubber tycoon in the city of Sileus in the south. Fants….
All the rich people are business cards that can remind people of a city in an instant. Therefore, the rich people have unique potential to participate in the election. They themselves bring various advantages. In addition, people like the rich people more than the mayor. They can successfully win Getting on the ballot is no surprise.
With Du Lin's prestige, good and bad combined, even if someone wants to oppose him, they may not dare to stand up and oppose him blatantly. It is more likely to close their mouths and silently vote for their abstention. vote to show your displeasure.
In addition, Du Lin is so rich, he can launch a gold and dollar offensive, and maybe he can really pull Hosden off the mayor's throne.
He smiled and shook his head. He did not expect that there was such an inside story behind this matter. He glanced at the sunny Ilian and asked in a low voice: "This guy plans to run for governor in four years, right?", Fu Reina nodded. Most people knew about this. Du Lin smiled mysteriously and did not continue. If the other party can give him a stick because of some non-existent factors, then he can naturally take away all the paper when the other party goes to the toilet.
Reciprocity, nothing more.
It's actually not that far to walk to the 8th District. When the city hall originally planned this area, it planned to closely integrate the 8th District with the city center instead of building two completely separate districts. It only takes ten minutes to walk from Dulin's manor to the streets of District 8. As soon as you enter this district, you can see colorful balloons floating everywhere. There are also some projects with a slightly smaller amount of work that are about to be completed, and they are all decorated with colorful strips and balloons.
The amusement park is located to the east of District 8. From a distance, you can see an old castle-shaped gate and some towering entertainment facilities inside. Many local celebrities from Ilian gathered here. When they saw Du Lin arriving, they greeted him one after another, and Du Lin also returned the greetings one by one.
The time soon pointed to 9:30 in the morning. Dulin, Horston and Jose all stood on the ribbon-cutting stage. Following the host's order, colorful balloons soared into the sky, and a piece of red silk also fell to the ground. , a large number of white pigeons took off one after another, and the scene was very lively.
People said complimentary words and surrounded Dulin. He was the well-deserved protagonist today.
Halston stood outside the crowd, snorted with a cold face, and left directly. This place, including the people here, made him feel sick!
Since it is completed, why don’t we all go in and take a look together. Du Lin led a group of people to wander around the amusement park. From time to time, some scenes from movies that they were familiar with or unfamiliar with would appear. aroused people's emotions.
"Look, that's the White Pearl!" A young girl who entered the amusement park with her parents exclaimed, pointing to a ship in the distance reflecting sunlight in a steel monster. The White Pearl is the famous ship in the movie Pirates. It is the ship of the protagonist and his party. They took this ship to defeat the evil pirates who roamed the seven seas - a group of degenerated dragon people.
In the decisive battle, the ship was sunk by evil pirates' artillery fire, which made many moviegoers feel very sorry. They didn't expect to see this ship here, which was really surprising.
At the suggestion of a staff member, some young people and children happily boarded the White Pearl pirate ship. As the pendulum clock-like mechanism began to swing its arms, the pirate ship swung back and forth quickly like the pendulum of a clock. Sailing in the sea. At its highest point, it was almost 90 degrees level with the ground, causing many people to scream and the onlookers below to break into a cold sweat.
Dulin waved to Jose, "Is this thing safe?" He didn't want someone to suddenly tell him one day that there was an accident in your amusement park, and he would face huge compensation!
Jose nodded seriously and said: "Boss, we have made two sets of this machine. We conducted stress tests and fatigue tests respectively, and no problems were found. In addition, we have other protection measures. Even if the mechanical arm breaks, it will not work." It won’t cause any accidents. Anyway, I don’t know the details. Their engineers said they can guarantee that there will be no problem.”
Du Lin's eyes froze when he was about to say something. He patted his forehead and almost forgot a very important thing. Fortunately, he came to the amusement park this time, otherwise he might really miss this opportunity. Of course, the time is not yet ripe for this matter. He can do it after he harvests a wave from the Federation.
Du Lin, who was in a happy mood, spent more time taking everyone around the amusement park, including the dark lair where all the villains of horror movies were shot up. It was a giant with an open mouth. In the shape of a dragon, people have to walk in from the dragon's mouth, and then many scary scenes and characters will appear. There is also a war fortress that symbolizes royal power. Many visitors put on their clothes and fought on a small battlefield with wooden weapons wrapped in a layer of cotton.
In short, Du Lin is very satisfied with the amusement park. At the same time, it has also changed many people's misconception that an amusement park is just a few merry-go-rounds and a few swings for children to kill time. Many people were discussing the rides in the amusement park when Du Lin left. It could be seen that everyone was very satisfied!
"Let the builder's engineers carefully inspect all the items and equipment, and we will start to open for business in a week." Before leaving, Du Lin explained that since the construction has been completed, there is no need to wait for other projects to be completed and open for business together. .
Let’s expand our influence first!
(End of chapter)