The next morning, the leader of the investigation team invited Dulin to the Vanlier City Hall to talk about some new initiatives, such as the placement of the slaves who were about to be rescued.
It has to be said that Du Lin quickly delivered his pictures to thousands of households with the help of tape. With the improvement of the economy and technological upgrading, the price of what Du Lin called a TV set has increased from 30% to 30%. The price dropped from more than 1,000 yuan to 899 yuan. Perhaps this amount of money is still a bit expensive for most ordinary people, but it has become commonplace for middle-class and above-income families.
According to the National Income Index published by the Imperial Ministry of Finance in the first quarter of this year, the income of middle-class families has rapidly increased from 41 yuan per capita five years ago to 78 yuan. As long as both husband and wife are present in a family, If they work, their monthly income is about 130 to 150 yuan, and they can save 40 to 80 yuan for various expenses. Buying a TV set a year is not a luxury purchase. As the content of tape increases, middle-class families have almost given up on getting news from other places from newspapers. Of course, local newspapers still have to be bought. After all, Currently, the two most famous companies, Empire Star and Star Empire, only sell one roll of tape per week, which cannot meet the requirements of middle-class families for daily news.
With TVs, people will naturally turn their attention to tape. The cost and technology of tape are becoming more and more advanced and mature. Especially once the assembly line filling machines and new carrier materials appear, the cost of the tape industry immediately begins to shrink sharply, releasing The huge profit margins allow these tape companies to happily compete on price. The price of tape has dropped from 35 yuan per reel during Dulin's time to 7.91 yuan per reel, which has caused many small-scale tape companies to go bankrupt.
Under the influence of such a huge market, more and more people choose to learn about the world through tape, and they also saw Dulin's highly infectious interview in the last issue of tape. Everyone is concerned about the many problems these illegal immigrants will face, such as how to resettle them, their living conditions and treatment in the empire, whether they can be provided with the same legal rights as the citizens of the empire, and society is also divided into two camps. .
The first camp is optimistic. These people believe that sheltering and resettling these illegal immigrants and granting them legal rights is a symbol of the empire's benevolence and love. These people are already very unlucky and cannot be said to have rescued them from the mines. In the blink of an eye, Just send them home, which is unfair to them and may make them become extreme people. In the eyes of their family members, they may be doing decent jobs in the outside world and working hard to make money. No one would think that their relatives would be captured and used as slaves if they left their hometown to work hard.
Sending them back to their own countries will not only make it difficult for them to survive, but will also have a great impact on the image of the empire. It is possible that through the propaganda of these people, the empire will have a terrifying and cruel image in the eyes of citizens of other countries. It is also barbaric and full of backward systems, which will have a great impact on the empire and its citizens.
People who hold this part of the concept and attitude are often the middle and upper class in society. Among the middle and upper class who already have enough to eat, warm clothes and money to reflect their sense of existence, image, decency, culture, and system are often It's something they value more. They are the mainstay of society and the realizers of the imperial dream. They look at problems from a higher perspective.
Of course, there is another group of people who hold an opposing attitude. Who knows if these illegal immigrants may have some twisted mentality left over because they were persecuted as slaves, such as wanting to seek revenge by harming citizens of the empire. pleasure. These people were seriously insecure, and they organized demonstrations demanding that these people be sent back to their own countries and hometowns, and that they would not be allowed to stay longer in the empire.
This group of people are often the low-income class and the proletariat. Because they have no money in their pockets and no deposits in the bank, they face higher social pressure than the middle class. Their ability to bear risks is also smaller, and they prefer to have a relatively high income. A quiet, risk-free life.
In short, everyone is paying attention to this matter now. As the investigation team moves into the west, the mine owners in each mining area begin to release their slaves and provide specific population numbers to the city hall of Vanlier City where the investigation team is located. . These illegal immigrants have been well temporarily resettled. They still live in the slave camps where they once lived, but their current living environment is completely different from before.
They can leave the mining area freely and work in the mines. They can also get at least two sets of new clothes and rich and delicious meals. No one is forcing them to mine anymore. Even if they take the initiative to mine, the mine owners must pay them according to the requirements with a salary system equivalent to that of the empire's miners. It can be said that they have fully obtained everything that imperial citizens have, and even exceed the rights and obligations of imperial citizens.
They don’t need money for medical treatment, the mine owners will pay for them, and they don’t need to spend money to buy things, because farmers and grocery stores will settle accounts with the mine owners. This kind of life makes them feel very unreal and very unreal. Illusory, at the same time they are also waiting anxiously for the final verdict.
"Mr. Dulin, the countermeasures you proposed during the interview have been approved by the cabinet. When I came to the west this time, Leader Magers asked me to ask you for advice if I encountered something that could not be solved. Now we are still the same as before. "How do you think these people should be placed?" The leader of the inspection team spoke very politely. He could vaguely feel that the reason for Magers's change in attitude toward Memnon lay in this young man.
A controllable Memnon and the Kadima Party were obviously better than an uncontrollable and often frightening Dulin group. Only when he sat face to face with Dulin in the room did he realize that if Memnon left, the next one The person who will succeed Memnon in his powerful position is most likely Dulin.
Three years ago, people just called Dulin Dulin, but today, three years later, when people talk about Dulin, they often add "group" or "interest group" after his name. After experiencing the large-scale construction of the East Coast and Otis City, Dulin's wealth and connections are enough to be worthy of a consortium. His every move often means future changes in a certain industry. Unknowingly, he has become a chess player who can sit at the edge of the table. Although he is a little thin, he can lift the chess pieces.
Du Lin smiled and nodded in greeting. He crossed his legs and clasped the fingers of his hands steadily on his thighs. "I have considered many answers to this question, but in the end I feel that keeping these refugees in the empire is more beneficial to the empire." value."
"Refugees?" The person who can become the leader of the cabinet's special investigation team is definitely not the kind of "office worker" who only sits in an office and has no real power. The status of the leader of this investigation team can enter the new party. A hundred years ago, he came to the west with a very important mission, so what he was able to learn, his vision and level were definitely not something ordinary government officials could have.
Anyone who can survive in the political core of the country, the imperial capital, and has a certain amount of actual power must not be underestimated!
"Mr. Dulin, what you call these people makes me feel a little strange. Are they refugees?" When he thought about this sentence and asked, the leader of the investigation team had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and his arms even He trembled because he understood why Dulin called these people refugees.
"Of course, Mr. Otto!" When Dulin smiled, there was nothing that could make people think of darkness on his face. He was always very sunny. He told Mr. Otto's guess with a smile. , "You know, I have always been concerned about the empire and all the affairs of the empire internationally. I find it very ridiculous to be attacked by external public opinion in recent times. Although these people are illegal immigrants, they are also refugees. By."
"Why do they appear in the empire? It's because their country makes it impossible for them to survive. Those countries that are still in war make them feel no sense of security at all. They may die in war or under tyranny anytime and anywhere. ! So they are willing to pack their bags and leave the place where they have lived for more than ten years or decades, and come to the empire to seek the soil for survival. I think that the Yaoxing Empire, as the most powerful civilized country in the world, should shoulder our corresponding responsibilities. We should take in these refugees and give these shameless and ignorant countries that want to confuse right and wrong a head-on diplomatic blow!”
"Let me put it this way, can you now understand why they are refugees in my eyes and in the eyes of the empire?" Dulin took out a box of cigarettes and gestured. Mr. Otto's buttocks slightly left the chair. He smoked a cigarette from the cigarette case Dulin handed him.
Dulin's appearance in the smoke-filled sight was a little blurry and distorted. Otto couldn't believe what he saw and heard, because Dulin's statement was about to solve the matter that bothered Mags. Those illegal... no, the countries where the refugees were born have been slandering the empire in diplomatic and public opinion. Some countries even plan to use this opportunity to blackmail the empire, demanding that the empire pay compensation ranging from several million to tens of millions!
These despicable and shameless villain actions have troubled Leader Magus for this period of time. Behind these countries, the Federation is also adding fuel to the fire, eager to unite with those countries to suppress the empire's face at the diplomatic level.
But Dulin's statement can quickly return all the pressure put on the empire by those shameless and despicable villains. Mr. Otto has already thought of the next series of plans, such as interviewing those refugees and asking them to tell the world personally what is happening in their country and what makes them run out regardless of their families, even if they die there. The empire doesn't want to go home.
There will always be someone to cooperate, not only money, but also bullets!
With the reversal of public opinion and the encouragement of groups to defeat others, the empire will soon be able to reverse its decline and fight a turnaround on the diplomatic battlefield.
This is not because Mags is not smart enough. After all, he, including everyone else, is bound by the times and is not yet able to shamelessly confuse right and wrong and tell lies with open eyes at the diplomatic level.
But Dulin, he can do it.
(End of chapter)