Later, Dulin also called his eldest brother Mason and told him that if he could, he would try to participate in the general election in eighteen months, whether he was a mayor or a council member. There is no problem with money. Dulin has sufficient funds, so choosing a major official in a fringe city is not a problem at all.
Mason has been serving as the regional police chief in Turner City for the past few years, and once had an opportunity for promotion. He told Dulin about it, and Dulin asked him not to agree. The regional police chief is considered to be the highest-ranking police officer in the "police" industry. Those who go higher up will either work in administration or be transferred to various investigation bureaus to serve as the leader of a team or the top officer of an office. For a person who wants to climb up, they can accept this kind of promotion, but Dulin does not want Mason to take this step. It is said to be a promotion, but in fact, his power has been severely reduced, and he may not be alive at any time. Danger.
Compared with regional police chiefs, they have greater power. They have jurisdiction over the security issues of the entire city. They are exposed to more social aspects, have more resources, and have more connections. Therefore, not every regional police chief is willing to be Promotion. Because they still have a second way to go, which is to take the most critical step directly by running for election and directly step onto the high-profile political stage.
Based on Mason's work experience in the Turner area in the past few years, there are countless people who have dealt with him, whether they are ruffians, gang members, or mayors, councilors, and social elites, they all have some friendship. With the blessing of Dulin's wealth and the votes of the Guarts, there may not be a chance to impact the mayor's position. Du Lin also felt that the possibility was very high. After all, the police station, as a violent organization in the region, would always have some secrets that could not be told. In order to maintain this secret, it would always be a secret, and someone would make compromises.
The two brothers talked for a while before Mason agreed to Dulin's request. He also knew that this was something he had to experience. He cannot be the chief of police for the rest of his life, or his boss, boss's boss, mayor or governor will not let an official have too much influence in a certain area and do nothing. When the influence of a lower-level official exceeds that of the highest local chief executive, big problems often arise. For the sake of stability, Mason will definitely be transferred in the end. Even if he is unwilling to be promoted, he will be transferred to other areas as an official. Chief of Police.
So this step is just a matter of time!
For this plan, Dulin has one requirement, which is to get votes from at least twenty cities, mayors, or councillors. In the general election ten years later, this number will be doubled, and at least forty or even fifty cities will need to be included in his system. This process may be very difficult and he will have to face many struggles, but he, And everyone is ready, always ready to sacrifice everything for their ideals and pursuits!
After returning to the West, Hersman was already waiting for him. He formed a seven-member campaign team and also signed a supplementary agreement with Dulin. The salary of the working team members will be increased to 1.2 million. Scale, with an average remuneration of 200,000 per person. Therefore, after retiring, many well-known politicians will form similar campaign teams, or lead a certain team. Often, their income in two or three years can equal the income of a middle class person in a hundred years, and the work is not very complicated. It is very Suitable for those politicians who want to continue to use their talents after leaving the political stage.
The team that Hersmann assembled included two former governors, a policy researcher, a sociology expert, and two members of the aristocracy—after Magers had pimped out Duhring. Turning around, since Dulin is willing to participate in the game according to the rules of the game, all players present will welcome his entry and begin to accept him. His arrival will only enrich the aristocracy, and nothing unplanned will ever happen. The aristocrats have this kind of confidence.
After all, overturning the table is not just the privilege of the losers, nobles will also overturn the table.
In fact, in addition to these people, there is also a large group of peripheral members. These people are paid to do things. They are not the core and do not need to establish a working relationship with Dulin. For example, the employees who put up posters, do they have to shake hands with Dulin and sit down cordially to talk about the campaign
Next, the team will start working. For this team, Dulin specially purchased another manor, right next to the manor where he currently lives. Originally, this manor had an owner, a well-known mine owner. When he learned that Du Lin planned to buy another manor or villa nearby, he immediately gave his manor to Du Lin. For the mine owners, a manor worth more than 100,000 or 200,000 yuan may not be worth money, and making friends with Dulin is more valuable as an investment. Dulin was very grateful for this, and purchased the property rights of the manor for a symbolic dollar and paid a tax of 17 cents.
After the new manor was repaired and briefly renovated, Dulin sat in the huge conference room and participated in the first team meeting.
Hersman was sitting at the head. He looked at his team members and nodded with satisfaction. Everyone plays a big role. In the beginning, there was only one person in the team, but as long as we work hard, we can develop more team members, and this is indeed the case. After thinking for a moment, he said to everyone, "I believe you all understand the reason why we are sitting here today. We will help Mr. Dulin participate in the elections in three western states in the next seventeen months. Work to help him achieve this goal and plan to the greatest extent.”
Regardless of everyone nodding, Hersmann asked, "Mr. Dulin, has your proposal been submitted to the new party committee for approval?" Dulin nodded. He was now a member of the new party and had greeted Magers. Next, there was no obstruction from the committee. Less than forty minutes after he submitted the application, Mr. Chairman signed the application and re-added his sealed personal file to the list of party members. Hersman looked at another person, "Ask your people to collect the composition and stance of residents in the three western states, as well as social issues. We need the most accurate figures, accurate to every household in each community."
Both the new party and the old party have their own audiences among the people. Running in cities with a large audience can get more votes, which is also the basis of the election. Among the three western states, whichever state has the most supporters of the new party, Dulin will run in that state to avoid missing out on opportunities by choosing the wrong place. And all of this costs money, a lot of money.
Regardless of the fact that there will be hundreds of thousands of people doing the job of polling millions of people, it will cost a lot of money just to knock on doors and get people to fill out forms and in the process attract these people to Dulin. A common way is to give small gifts. For example, the simplest way is to give a pen. A beautiful ordinary pen costs about forty-nine points. After each household is surveyed, after filling out the questionnaire, the investigator will give the people who were surveyed the money they used. He was given a pen as a gift, a trick used by many politicians.
It doesn't cost much... Well, if one million households need to be surveyed, Du Lin will need to pay a gift fee of 490,000, plus the cost of printing the questionnaire. It is just to fill in the questionnaire and give away pens. Du Lin Lin has spent about 600,000 yuan in campaign funds. Therefore, elections are always a game of spending money. How much money is spent and how it is spent are very important to the outcome.
Many politicians have their own opinions in this regard. For example, Harry, who has already failed before running for election, has prepared 15 million for this election, and this is only the initial capital, and more will be invested in the future. Funds, because he is participating in the election of the prime minister, and he cannot afford to play this game without three to five thousand funds!
As the most wealthy businessman in the empire, Dulin chose to give away some other things as well as the pen. These things are not cheap. For example, in the western region, in addition to getting a pen, everyone who fills out the questionnaire can also get a square scarf sponsored by a company, and six bullets sponsored by military industrial companies. These things The total cost was as high as one and sixty cents. Including the previous ones, Dulin spent two million on this investigation alone.
The initial five million and the additional five million proposed by Hersman may not be enough now, because Dulin, a big dog, is willing to spend money and is not afraid of spending money. Hersman has no objection at all. It just makes everything go smoother.
After laying out the investigation work, we need to start discussing some core things.
After Mr. Hersman checked whether the door and windows of the room were closed, he smiled and said, "When Mr. Dulin and I talked last time, we talked about a recent trend in society..." He said and said towards Du Lin nodded. After all, this was a very important clue provided by Du Lin. It was not the result of his work and he would not "appropriate it". This also made the other members look at Du Lin. When their eyes returned When it came to Helsman's clue, the old bastard in Maggs' mouth continued, "With the rapid increase in the immigrant population, some social contradictions have gradually formed. The empire has never accepted any immigrant population in the past few years. , so our country has not discovered these problems and the troubles they may cause, let alone have a very formal policy to solve these conflicts in a targeted manner.”
"And this will become an important bargaining chip for our success!"
"I have a piece of data here, also provided by Mr. Dulin. So far, the total population in the west has exceeded 7 million, with a fraction of more than 100,000. Among them, there are more than 1.3 million immigrants, accounting for One-fifth of the total population, gentlemen, what do you think?"
Without waiting for anyone to answer, Hersman smiled very reservedly, very gentlemanly, and said with a hint of arrogance, "Contradiction, disagreement, conflict!"
(End of chapter)