"Mr. Donald has called you several times, and I hope you can call him back when you come back." As soon as Dulin arrived at the villa, Dove took off his coat while telling him what happened after he left. I don't know whether it was because Dove had gained personal experience as the mayor's secretary-general for a period of time, or she had smelled something special. This time Du Lin chose to come to the west, and she followed him directly.
Du Lin nodded, greeted everyone and then got into the study. Now he has unparalleled huge liquidity in his hands. As long as he wants, he can form a medium-sized consortium anytime and anywhere. But his future is not in business, so the money won't be spent elsewhere just yet. After arriving in the west, he asked people to buy larger villas in several major cities to accommodate the people who came with him.
Entering the study, he picked up a hand towel and wiped the invisible dust on his hands. He also brought himself a glass of wine before sitting on the chair and calling Donald.
"I heard that you have something to say to me?" Du Lin made it clear as soon as the call was connected.
Donald on the other end of the phone squeaked, "Yes, I think we should have a good talk about Otis City before things completely change."
"You can say it, I'm listening!" Dulin took a sip of wine. This is not a product produced by Ilian. It is a wine brought by a local agent from an authorized party. However, this kind of wine is not widely circulated. There is not much artificially added water in it, it is the second puree, and some spices are added to keep the wine with a light fragrance, and it does not taste so monotonous.
Donald organized his language. He called Dulin and hoped to talk to Dulin. It took great courage. After all, Du Lin had tortured him enough during this period, and he was the real victim. However, he had to communicate with Du Lin from the standpoint of doing something wrong, which made him very uncomfortable and angry.
After about a few seconds, he said: "Dulin, we have worked together for a while, and we should know each other very well. You know who I am, and I know who you are. Let this farce end here. Stop it! It will not do you or me any good to continue. This is something that should not happen. No matter what the problem is, the first thing we should do is communicate, not fight. "
"Now the city of Otis is facing a huge problem. If it cannot be solved, it will have a lasting impact after the spring. I believe this is what we all don't want to see. It's not too late to stop now. We can negotiate and solve the problem between us. differences, what do you think?”
Donald felt that his words were very sincere, and his tone was already asking for perfection. It could even be said that he was begging Dulin to end all the previous things. He would pretend that nothing had happened and was willing to make a certain degree of effort for this. compromise.
He thought about the solution his father told him more deeply and carefully. In fact, it was not a perfect solution to his current situation. He himself was from a noble family, and he understood better the demands for power and interests of these big capitalists from noble families. degree. Once he surrenders to the Capet family, his power will be reduced to a level that can only "maintain" his status as mayor. In the future, all matters beyond his authority must be discussed with the Capet family. Will become a puppet.
If this line of thinking continues, then it will obviously be more appropriate to reach a compromise with Dulin than to rely on the Cape family to maintain his status. He knows what kind of person Dulin is. As long as he does not violate the rules he has set, he will not say anything even if he flies into the sky. He has more freedom than joining the Cape family and the Anthem Consortium.
So with his last hope, he came to beg Dulin to forgive him, and then sit down and deal with the matter.
Du Lin played with the wine glass in his hand and asked, "Is there anything else you want to say?"
This sentence obviously directly erased the efforts of Donald's words just now, which made Donald's anger somewhat uncontrollable, "Dulin, I know you are very powerful, but you also have to understand. You are not the only one in this empire. One person, as well as many others, can make you powerless. I am just trying my best to resolve this matter peacefully. If we cannot reach an agreement..." The voice in the receiver suddenly cut off for a moment. , "Then let's fight head-on. I may not lose, and you may not win!"
Du Lin put the cup in his hand on the table and sat up a little straighter. "If this is all you want to tell me, I can only tell you clearly, then let's go to war!"
"Mayor Donald, you only have two ways to go, apologize and get out of my city."
"Or I can defeat all your persistence and pride and drive you out of my city."
"You have no other choice, and please remember that no one can force me to do something I don't want to do, no one!"
The phone was hung up with a bang, which made Donald on the other end of the phone feel a sharp stomachache when he was angry. He was very angry with Du Lin. He had already compromised, but Du Lin was still aggressive! As long as he voluntarily resigns, he will not have any further space in the political arena. Politics is a very cruel circle. This is not the film and television circle, where you can try again after a failed movie, nor is it the sports circle, where the alternation of failure and victory is common.
Here, as long as you fail once, those around you who are in the same position and are constantly climbing up will use you as a stepping stone and continue to step on you to climb higher, leaving no room for resistance.
For his own future, and in order to revive the family's glory, Donald had no choice but to join the Cape family after Dulin refused to compromise. He had to struggle, even if he lost in the end, at least he tried.
He asked his secretary to get him some wine, took some painkillers and took a deep breath. He felt better, then he picked up the phone and dialed the number of the head of the Cape family. He had to have a good talk with the old man. .
In fact, after Solo returned without success, the Cape family almost gave up the idea of continuing to fight for interests in Odis City. Dulin's cross-shareholding plan is by far the most complicated and involved shareholding plan. If you want to win a casino, you have to convince at least dozens of shareholders to win the majority of the casino's shares. If you want to completely own a casino's shares, you have to convince one hundred and forty shareholders.
No one is a fool. Only a retard would be willing to use several years of profits to buy a stock that will continue to generate profits and can even be regarded as a "family heirloom."
But unexpectedly, things took a turn for the worse. A huge conflict broke out between Donald, the new mayor of Odis, and Dulin. This made some elders in the Cape family think that this might be an opportunity to regain their original control of the casino. With Donald's cooperation and the coercion of the Cape family and the Anthem Consortium, there will be people who are afraid of death and hand over their shares.
Just at this time, Donald's call brought the attention that had been focused on jointly opening the net export zone with the Fatima family back to the hinterland of the empire.
At the same time, Magus, the great prime minister of the empire, was also paying attention to this matter.
He was receiving his good friend Barr in his study. The two had known each other for decades and had a very good relationship, to the point where they talked about almost everything. Of course, being able to talk about everything with a big shot like Maggs, Barr also has a certain status. After the two talked about other things, they quickly turned to the recent events in Otis City.
The New Party's internal affairs investigation team had not yet launched an investigation into Donald, but Maggs raised his hand to stop him. It was not yet a good time to use the knife. The best time to use the knife was to wait until the main course was served.
"I didn't expect that young man Dulin to have such terrifying power of action. His wisdom and ability should not appear in a farmer's son. Perhaps such an outstanding young man can be recruited into our hands. I heard Say you have a granddaughter?" Barr shook his crossed legs while chewing beef jerky. If there were other nobles in the room, they would definitely be shocked. The two former great figures of the empire didn't look like nobles at all, they looked like civilians.
Magus rolled his eyes, "My granddaughter is only nine years old this year, and I have no intention of making up for Dulin's last shortcoming. You also admitted that he is terrible. If he is given a bigger stage, no one will know him." What will happen is shocking!”
Barr touched his temple hair and smoothed it back with his fingertips. "I admire him very much. You can ask him if he is willing to get married. My granddaughter is just right in age. She is already sixteen years old."
"You're playing with fire, do you understand?" Magus also picked up a piece of dried beef jerky and stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it. "He can drive Donald and Old Cape around with nothing. If you If you give him more things, you may be the one being tricked by him."
"His ambitions are too great. What the empire needs now is not careerists. What it needs is to restore the strength of the empire as soon as possible. It seems that the possibility of war in the future is unlikely, but have you noticed that besides us, other places Wars are breaking out frequently, and after all, the world is not safe.”
"We are facing a world that is constantly changing, full of changes and storms. If we cannot survive this period safely, we will usher in destruction!"
"The ultra-Zionists, the Federation, the nobility, the consortium, the restless civilians, the ambitious politicians... there are too many things that are dangerous to our cause. The only thing we should do is to purify the empire while protecting ourselves. The inner class!”
(End of chapter)