At around five o'clock the next morning, Du Lin woke up feeling slightly chilly. He touched the blanket that had fallen on his legs and sneezed. It was a bit cold, so he picked up the blanket and draped it over his shoulders and walked to the bathroom. When he felt cold, taking a hot bath was undoubtedly the best way to get rid of the cold. Seeing that the bathtub was filled with hot water, he took off his clothes and lay in, breathed a comfortable sigh, and then began to think about the next thing.
There are still many things to do next, mainly in three aspects.
The first aspect is to create hot spots of public opinion and let people know that there are still a large group of slaves from all over the world in the West, who are enslaved by mine owners and let them do the most dangerous jobs, but give them the worst treatment and often beat and kill them.
People will always develop an unnecessary thing after having a stable life. This thing is called a sense of morality. Moral sense is a very magical thing. It can make some people feel anger or pity for some things, even if they have done these things before, or done similar things. They will never feel guilt, regret, or other emotions for what they may have done in the past. They will only feel anger and disgust for those who are doing these things.
Beneath the extremely lofty moral high ground is selfishness, and such people are easy to take advantage of. How bad they were in the past, how good they want to be now, and of course they are also pathetic people.
The second aspect is about the overall strategy of the western region. Currently, many farmlands have begun to be cultivated. The first batch of vegetables will be ready for sale in two months at most. However, so far, Dulin has not found any dealer willing to package it. Do this.
All interested dealers agreed that there was something wrong with his pricing. If you sell vegetables that cost a penny a pound for fifteen cents a pound, you are either crazy or mentally ill. No one will be willing to spend fifteen cents on something that can be bought for a penny, no matter how boastful you are. No matter how good it is, it's no use. What people need is life. Those people almost told Dulin that he didn't understand life at all, and he didn't know what ordinary people's lives were like. His bullshit pricing was not as easy to play as his wine pricing.
Of course, their words and tone were very polite, and they were full of praise and admiration for Dulin's pricing strategy and ideas during the conversation, but Dulin could see it.
He wants to sell high-priced vegetables not to make money, but to support the consumption of his western strategy, so he must have something that can be self-produced to get rid of the heavy burden. So far, farmland is the only thing he can think of, and it is also the most likely to be realized. of. In fact, he initially considered tobacco. He had seen the huge profits from tobacco more than once in his dream world. However, tobacco is not suitable for this time period and requires a lot of investment.
Those tobacco manufacturers that survived the dumping strategy of federal merchants have their own group of loyal customers. Now that the economic situation has improved, they have begun to reap dividends. If Dulin wants to make tobacco, he first needs to invest a lot of money to establish tobacco companies and various companies. Like factories, purchase large tracts of land suitable for growing tobacco and grow large quantities of tobacco. Then he still needs to advertise, open up new sales channels, and compete with these tobacco companies that have already formed a large scale. All of this will take one to two years to complete, and the investment will be calculated in the tens of millions.
He doesn't have the time, energy or money for the time being. What he needs is something with a small investment and quick results.
It’s time to start the “exquisite life enjoyment” plan.
The third aspect is to master a certain basis of force, because in three years, there will be a general election. To be precise, it will be three years and five months later. By that time, if his plan succeeds, then there is no doubt that he will He will take over the entire west and become the first Guart governor of the west. He will also be the first non-Ogdin governor in the history of the empire. Once Mags wants to fall out with him, find a reason to take him down and take action, the force he has in his hands can become a necessary condition to protect him.
Dulin knows very well that Maggs is a person who attaches great importance to the overall situation, or that this person has always viewed problems from a high perspective. He doesn't think about what changes his actions will bring to a family or a city like ordinary people do. He thinks about how his policies, thoughts, and ideas will bring changes to the empire and even the world.
He will have two choices. The first choice is to deprive Dulin of the governorship that he finally won through the civil liberties vote, remove all the government officials in his department, blatantly violate the laws he made, and destroy the so-called freedom and Justice makes this empire slide into an unknown abyss, and it may also fly to heaven. Moreover, the force Dulin possesses is very likely to turn such a political scandal into an armed confrontation, and finally allow Dulin to occupy the west through armed separatism.
He has another choice. For the sake of the unity and integrity of the empire's territory, to avoid possible armed confrontations and civil wars, and for the empire not to be harmed in any way, he will compromise to a large extent. He will recognize that Du Lin's position is legitimate, recognize that Du Lin's officials are legitimate, accept Du Lin to formally join this game of a few people, and then eliminate Du Lin within the rules of the game. Lose. Only in this way can there be no destructive consequences. Only in this way can he maintain the empire's current increasingly better situation.
At that time, Du Lin truly had power. It was not given to him by others, but by him through his own efforts and struggle, a power that truly belonged to him!
It was daybreak before I knew it. After having breakfast and reading the newspaper for a while, it was just past eight o'clock when the four mine owners who had "swindled" Du Lin appeared outside Du Lin's villa.
At this time, their attitude has changed tremendously from the last time. The last time they met, they still had the attitude of "I really don't want to sell to an outsider like you, if not for the sake of your sincerity." There is no way there is such a deal." There was a hint of arrogance in their tone and expression that came out of nowhere, and they were also liars.
But now, these four people all lowered their heads and looked cautious, standing obediently in the living room.
Dulin crossed his legs and leaned on the sofa to read the newspaper, Odis City Daily. After eight months of work, the mountains to the east of Otis City have been connected. The joint construction team has begun to attack the mountains to the west. It is expected that the east-west direction will be fully connected to traffic in another six months. This good news has made all walks of life in Otis City optimistic. Several major analytical institutions on Xie Lisi Street also predict that starting from next year, the annual city hall revenue of Odis City will be no less than 200 million yuan. This is definitely a miracle!
Of course, the newspaper also mentioned in passing the mayor of Otis and the Capet family, who are still embroiled in lawsuits, as well as the Otis listing plan that has been delayed to this day and has not been completed.
The Capet family has discovered Dulin's conspiracy. Dulin has already missed two court trials. The Supreme Court has sent him several summonses and told him that if he misses the third trial, they will withdraw the case. Because Dulin was both the victim and the first witness, his absence made it impossible to proceed with much of the trial. The Capet family has already lodged a protest, believing that Dulin deliberately delayed the process of this lawsuit in order to commercially suppress the industries of the Capet family and the Anthem Consortium.
Those social activists and public opinion have brought them too many problems. The halved stock price has also exposed many contradictions in the Anthem Consortium. Some small families that have not suffered serious losses plan to leave, and large companies that have suffered serious losses are planning to leave. The family wants to take money from other people's pockets to cover its losses. Boycotting the products of the Cape family and the Anthem Consortium seems to have become an indescribable trend among some grassroots levels of the empire, and it cannot be resolved.
Because Dulin "advertised" himself in newspapers a few days ago, some newspapers once again expressed an opinion under Dulin's instruction. They believed that Dulin's shooting in the west was related to the Cape family. The Anthem Consortium has serious economic problems. The Anthem Consortium, including the Capet family, wants to end this lawsuit that is extremely unfavorable to them as soon as possible and downplay the negative impact caused by the lawsuit. They wanted to mediate with Du Lin privately, but Du Lin did not agree, so they sent gunmen to kill Du Lin to end the lawsuit.
Okay, this is a very nonsense news content, but the more nonsense the news is, the more people at the bottom of society will pay attention to it. No one thinks about national affairs and the international situation every day. On the contrary, they are very interested in such news that tells stories. Pay attention and actively participate in the discussion.
After reading the newspaper for about ten minutes, no one disturbed Du Lin's "elegance". After reading the last page, the four mine owners breathed a sigh of relief.
Du Lin put the newspaper on the coffee table, raised his head and looked at the four of them, "You are here early."
Of course they came early. Who knows if the ten o'clock Du Lin said would be a little earlier, so they rushed over at eight o'clock. Regardless of whether Du Lin saw them or not, they would wait here until Du Lin saw them.
"Sit down, sit down and say, I wonder if there is anything you can do to take care of me when you come to my place together?" Du Lin took out his cigarette case and smoked a cigarette, then picked up a lighter and lit it for himself. He looked at the four people with half-smiles.
"No, no, no, Mr. Dulin, you misunderstood. Didn't we borrow some funds from you last month for working capital? Now that the funds on hand have eased, we want to return the money to you." The speaker was a bald middle-aged man with a flattering smile. He was afraid that Du Lin would be dissatisfied with their words and took out an IOU, "Look, I brought all the IOUs."
(End of chapter)