The new city hall has a huge conference room. Businessmen who invested in Otis City were all invited by Dulin to attend the meeting. Those who had no way to come also sent representatives to attend. Some of them are serious businessmen, and many of them have been engaged in illegal activities. But these people are now wearing expensive formal clothes, sitting in conference rooms and talking like successful people.
This may be the reason why they fear Dulin. Needless to say, there is no need to mention the aspect of fear. Dulin himself is very legendary, and admiration is the benefit that Dulin brings to them. The city of Odis now is completely different from the city of Odis six months ago. The dilapidated past has long been covered by newly built high-rise buildings. There are almost no old buildings in the middle of the city. This is a brand new city, a city of miracles.
Their investment here has not yet entered into operation, but they have already recovered their investment and doubled the land price and housing price.
So they were in awe of Du Lin, the speed at which he made money, and his ruthless methods.
When the time reached two o'clock, the entire conference room fell silent. Du Lin told them that the meeting would be held at two o'clock, but it was already two o'clock, and Du Lin was not seen. They didn't have the slightest intention of standing up and looking for Du Lin. They all closed their mouths and sat quietly. Some people who don't understand well see others shutting up seriously, so they can only keep their mouths shut.
Nearly ten minutes passed before Du Lin pushed in the door. He apologized for being late and said hello to everyone. He just took an impromptu call and made some arrangements, so he was late.
"The reason why we are here today is because our seven casinos have been completed. Within a month at the latest, this city will welcome countless tourists, and they will leave and take away the same amount of money here. Be happy. And this is what we have to do, and we must do it well!" Dulin looked at the investors on the right, who are the biggest gang leaders in Nanolindes. , "First, I do not allow anything that harms tourists to happen in this city, including deception, kidnapping, extortion, theft... As long as you need to think about whether this matter harms tourists, then it must not be allowed. made."
"The second thing is that I will allocate the equity of the seven casinos to everyone according to the proportion of your investment in Odis City. The total shareholding of everyone here cannot exceed 5%. There is no restriction on buying and selling, but before buying and selling You must notify me and let me know what you want to buy and who you want to sell it to. You need to pay for the construction of the casino, and there will be no other expenses.”
As soon as Du Lin finished speaking, some people showed expressions of regret, even hatred. What they hate is not Du Lin but themselves. If they had invested a little more money, they might have been able to get the upper limit, which was only 5%. It was a business without capital! Who knows that Dulin would actually use this method to allocate the power of the casino. The reason why some people did not increase their investment like others was that they needed to leave more money to compete for the equity of the casino.
But they made a miscalculation. Dulin did not dispose of this part of the equity through auction as before, which made their plan fail. Now the only thing they hope is that the amount of investment from others will not be different from their own. Too much, only in this way can they get more equity.
"The third thing, I want all of you to mobilize all your relationships and contacts, and start doing your best to promote Odis City in November, including all the projects here. We need to let the people of the Empire know, This is heaven, heaven on earth!”
"For this, I need you to spend an extra amount of money..." When people heard Du Lin say this, they were stunned. They thought Du Lin was going to start sucking blood, but they didn't expect Du Lin's next move. In one sentence, they couldn't believe their knowledge of Dulin, "Because the east-west railway is under construction, I need you to buy a special car to pick up passengers arriving near Odis City for free."
"Not only within this city, but also in the surrounding areas, there need to be buses soliciting passengers. The imperial capital also needs someone to promote it. In a word, I want the entire empire to know that Otis City is open to the outside world, and come here to take a look. It costs almost nothing.”
After Du Lin made several requests, some people suddenly realized that they were really going to get rich.
There is no doubt that they have witnessed the creation of Otis City from scratch, and they also know what it has here. As long as people with money in their pockets come here, they will never leave until they spend all their money.
Du Lin took a sip of the sour fruit water from his tea cup and continued: "One last thing, I will set up a business group in Otis City. If you are interested, you can join."
The business group was also a countermeasure that Dulin and Magers came up with after discussions. It was not used to fight against the power of capital, but to fight against the chamber of commerce. The current power and influence of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce is too great. This unofficial organization is executing powers that should be executed by the official. This is a very dangerous behavior. Many people may think that it is far better for the chamber of commerce to hold some power than it is for the government to do so. This is a misunderstanding.
The government has strict regulations and standards. Although it cannot be said that there will never be cases of favoritism and malpractice, it is definitely much less dirty than the dirty things in the Chamber of Commerce. With the existence of the old party and some people who want to climb up by stepping on others, the price of cheating for personal gain is too high.
It's different in the Chamber of Commerce. As long as you can afford the money and have enough connections, it's too easy to do something. Power without effective supervision mechanisms will not bring hope, but only destruction.
So Dulin thought of a way to differentiate.
By using a regional business group to reduce the authority of the chamber of commerce, and with the cooperation of the city hall and favorable policies, businessmen in this area will join this business group as long as they have no problem with their brains. The merchant group accepts the guidance of the imperial official and is obliged to contribute a certain amount of strength to the empire's revival, and will also receive official recognition and convenience.
For example, when members of a business group compete for a certain piece of land, members of the business group will definitely get benefits.
Such policy inclinations are particularly attractive to small and medium-sized businessmen. Once these small and medium-sized businessmen get used to the atmosphere of the business groups and accept official leadership, they can easily catch up with those who are not members of the business groups under the policy inclinations. big businessman. Under the siege and interception, the Chamber of Commerce will soon be cannibalized and swallowed up bit by bit by the business groups.
When the Chamber of Commerce has become a thing of the past, that will be the day when the Ministry of Commerce will be established.
Regarding Dulin's requests and suggestions, the meeting lasted until the evening. Everyone left with satisfied and excited smiles. This meeting may bring about huge changes for them.
Just in the afternoon of this day, something happened.
After Mark personally called and invited him, more than 70% of the newspaper directors in the imperial newspaper industry rushed to the imperial capital. They wanted to gather together to discuss the establishment of a newspaper alliance. They actually knew very well that now was the best time to defeat the George family, but not many people put this idea into action. It is true that the George family is a "cancer" for the newspaper industry, but it is also the newspaper industry's biggest "firewall."
It is precisely because of the existence of the George family that some small and micro newspapers can survive. These newspapers are particularly sensitive to market changes. Once the George family falls and is finished, ferocious market competition will follow. Small and micro newspapers will be swallowed up by small and medium-sized newspapers, and small and medium-sized newspapers will be swallowed up by large newspapers. Many people will lose their newspapers and job opportunities. They are disgusted with the George family's monopoly on the newspaper industry, but they also get practical benefits from it.
Without the George family, they would not be able to get the latest daily news from all over the empire and even other countries.
Without the George family, disorderly and fierce market competition would cause many people to lose their jobs and businesses.
Without the George family, there would be no rules for everyone in this industry.
From this point of view, the existence of the George family is actually a good thing for the empire's newspapers.
Just as Marco arrived at the scene to discuss the establishment of a newspaper union, a group of police and detectives suddenly burst into the venue and forcibly dispersed all attendees.
Mark angrily walked up to the chief of the Imperial Police Department and asked him to explain the matter.
Although the George family seemed to be in decline recently, it was still not something the police chief could offend. The police chief had to laugh along and patiently explained to Mark: "Someone called the police and said there was an explosion hidden here. Considering everyone's life safety, the director of the General Police Investigation Bureau personally ordered us to evacuate everyone in this building and clear every inch of places where explosives may be present to ensure the safety of everyone's lives and property. "
This truth is not just as simple as it was said in the past. Mark was silent for a while in the end and had to say thank you. What people consider is their life safety. If they have to blame the other party, then it is obvious that Mark does not even have the most basic ability to distinguish right from wrong.
What was originally a very meaningful meeting in Mark's mind turned into a farce. While he asked people to arrange the afternoon schedule of these newspaper presidents, he also contacted other venues to try to get the meeting to be held tomorrow.
The sooner he established this newspaper alliance, the sooner he would be able to stabilize the situation.
But for some reason, he had a bad feeling in his heart. It seemed that someone was unwilling to let him set up this newspaper alliance. His suspicion was also proved in the evening. After many rounds of inspections, the detectives and policemen of the General Bureau of Police Investigation did not find any explosives. Someone reported a false alarm!
(End of chapter)