There is only one polling station in Otis City, which is a small place to begin with. According to statistics five years ago, the resident population reached 400,000. It is still unknown whether the actual resident population is 400,000. Dulin thinks it is not possible. And because the city hall has been dysfunctional for years, a lot of work has not been done, and locals are not willing to be loyal to the vote.
The lists of voters sent from some neighborhoods only included a few dozen people, and after complete counting, the total number of voters was less than 30,000. This number is obviously too small. Fortunately, the empire has no rigid indicators for voting. Even if only one person participates in the vote, the legitimacy of the vote will be recognized and the final result will be announced.
The polling station was established in the square in front of the city hall. Dulin had already seen the polling station set up when he came to work in the morning. Dulin doesn't need to worry about this part. The empire has a department dedicated to this aspect to set up recycling polling stations.
The polling stations are all mobile, with a total of four rows, each with twenty independent polling stations. As the mayor of this city, Dulin naturally has the right to vote. After thinking for a while, he walked towards the nearest polling station.
The design of the polling station is like a phone booth connected together. The difference from the phone booth is that there is no glass, it is all opaque wooden boards, and there is no phone, only a sealed metal can. When entering the polling station, the door behind you will slowly close. Take the voting card issued by the staff and tick a few √ on the counter. Then stuff the voting card into a sealed metal can to complete the entire voting process.
Dulin quickly filled in the questionnaire representing the new party camp with several choices and stuffed it directly into the ballot box. When he came out, he unexpectedly found that the spotlight was on and reporters were taking pictures of him.
He nodded slightly and smiled, turned around and walked towards the city hall, but the reporter didn't seem to want to let Du Lin go and caught up with him.
"Hello, Mr. Mayor, I am a reporter from Lisboa. My name is Alice. I want to interview you for a few questions. Do you have time?" She has blond wavy hair. This hairstyle is very popular at the moment. Popular, it is said that it became popular in society after several fashion shows in the imperial capital. She was wearing a white shirt, a dark blue women's formal suit, a dark one-step skirt, and a pair of high heels that kept clicking when she walked.
This woman's facial features are very delicate and beautiful, and she is very good at dressing herself up, so she is not annoying at all.
Du Lin stopped, looked at the girl following him and shook his head, "I'm very sorry, I don't accept any interviews during working hours, thank you!" As he said that, he walked towards the door of the city hall again. Go, the reporter named Alice is still following him closely.
"I won't take up much of your time, just a few very simple questions..." She seemed to realize that Du Lin didn't want to talk to her, but she didn't give up and directly asked her own question, "Mr. Mayor, I I heard that the top leaders of the new party already knew the results before they came out. Some people claimed that this election was just a formality. What do you think of this rumor?”
Du Lin paused, glanced at Alice, and said pointedly: "You just said it, this is just a rumor."
Alice was not discouraged by Du Lin's rebuttal at all. She was overjoyed and a smile suddenly appeared on her face, "But there are people who firmly believe this. Are you willing to defend it a little bit?"
Du Lin shook his head and refused as he walked away, "Sorry, I just said that I won't accept any interviews during working hours..."
Looking at Du Lin's back disappearing into the city hall gate, Alice sighed with some disappointment. The young man following her holding a camera also held the camera in his hand and hung it by his side, "Boss, now what to do?"
Alice glared at him, "What to do? Leave here of course!", she said as she walked, "We need a news that can create heat, but it's a pity that he didn't fall for it. Let's see if there are any other younger guys. Otherwise, I won’t be able to earn back the money from the ticket this time.”
Alice is an independent reporter. In the news industry, due to the presence of the George family, there are only two types of reporters, one is a feature agency reporter and the other is an independent reporter.
Reporters from feature news agencies have a high hidden status, because after their press releases are reviewed for political factors, they become "priced articles" and are sold across the country and even other countries. Once a news hot spot is created, the people in the news will definitely become famous, at least for a few days, so their influence is actually very great.
Independent reporters are different. They obtain news clues and then write press releases and provide them to local news newspapers. Their influence is limited to a certain area. They do not have the same high status as feature reporters, because most of the newspapers that review these news articles have a position. For example, newspapers in Leedsworth, the state capital, basically support the New Party. If the content of the press release is biased towards the old party, it will definitely not be adopted. Only press releases that are in line with the new party's position will be published.
For the same reason, newspapers in the territory of the old party will basically not publish press releases that take the position of the new party.
The income of an independent reporter like Alice comes entirely from the news and breaking points she obtains. So far, she has only received two bonuses for hot news. As for other news, she can only make ends meet.
Coming to Otis City to interview Du Lin was Alice's plan for herself this time, but it seemed that the plan had been aborted before it was implemented. This city is full of wonders, and these wonders just attract people's eyes. People from out of town must be very interested in learning about the changes that are happening in Odis and the people who make the changes happen here.
In fact, before arriving, Alice had already written a title for her interview with Du Lin - "The Protective Umbrella of Gangs, an Emerging Crime Capital"
A very exciting title, if paired with exciting content, it will definitely sell for a good price!
Maybe we can even compete for a journalism award!
When Dulin returned to the office and was about to ask Natalie to come over and tell her that a press spokesman was needed here, he remembered that Natalie had already left, and it was he who personally delivered the steam locomotive. It is actually not good for a person to be too comfortable, as this will make him dependent. He waved to Dove who was making coffee for him, "I heard that you went to high school?"
Dove nodded. Her family was not rich, but it was still far from poverty. It was not a difficult choice to support a daughter in high school. It's just that it's not that easy to go to college after high school, not because of her poor academic performance, but because the cost of college is also a heavy expense for an ordinary family. Plus she had an older brother and a younger brother, so she was "abandoned".
Seeing Dove nodding, Du Lin thought for a moment and ordered, "Untie your apron..." Dove was stunned for a moment, and her fair face was suddenly filled with red, as if she had drunk too much. She slowly took off her apron, folded it and placed it on the table, then waited for Dulin's next order that might make her feel ashamed.
But what she was waiting for made her a little stunned.
"Now you will temporarily take over Natalie's job. During this period, I think you have also learned something. Only after I find the right person can you be free." Du Lin did not continue to look at her; Looking at some scattered documents on the table, "These documents need to be sorted according to time and content, with the most important ones first. If there are no other documents that need to be processed immediately, they should be arranged neatly according to time."
"Then you need to find someone who can speak well. We need a press officer..."
At this time, Dove breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt a little disappointed. Du Lin told her that he was an irresponsible person. It was easy to eat, but it was even more difficult to get him to pay for it. His marriage must be an expensive marriage, and only those who can afford it can marry him and enter the sacred hall.
In fact, Dove knew that it wasn't that Du Lin didn't like her, but that he didn't want to do something against his will. He can have sex with Natalie because he doesn't need to take responsibility at all. He can't have sex with himself because he can't bear such responsibility. After all, he is still a good man.
Dove defended Du Lin's actions in her heart, and then immediately started to sort out the official documents on his desk in accordance with Du Lin's request. While sorting them out, she was thinking about what she should do.
Du Lin, who was reading the document, suddenly knitted his brows together, and then relaxed them. This was an application from a consortium run by an established northern noble. They wanted to get a gambling license with complete power from Du Lin. Cards, he remembered Natalie telling him about this. He didn't pay much attention at the time and had forgotten some details, but when he saw this document, he realized that this was definitely not a family or a small company.
This is completely a consortium, a consortium headed by a certain family.
Natalie didn't understand because she had never studied these things, but Dulin had. Especially after Kevin told him to read more books when he had nothing to do, he always spent his extra time studying.
Silver vines and leaves form a beautiful totem-like pattern, and there are some golden roses blooming in this pattern. This pattern is not an embellishment of this document, but a seal of a consortium.
hymn!
(End of chapter)