"When are you going to get married?"
After the two sat down, Dulin was a little unresponsive to Magus's first words. Are you so eager
He glanced at Mags doubtfully, crossed his legs and shook twice. There was no change in expression on his face. He was not surprised or surprised. He looked like he had been thinking for a while and said, "In half a year, I don't want to Miss the election.”
Maggs nodded. This was the smart thing about Dulin. He did not avoid this question and also recognized the benefits of marriage for his participation in the campaign. Now that he and his niece have not known each other for a long time, a hasty marriage will make the wedding look like some kind of conflict between interests, and then his marriage will become less valuable.
There is no doubt that marriage is sacred. Even though the empire seems a bit advanced in many aspects and has a unique aesthetic view, when it comes to family issues, it is recognized from top to bottom. A perfect family can add many points to a public figure in the spotlight, including politicians.
Family is a manifestation of social responsibility. In this world, there is no such thing as cultivating one's family and bringing peace to the world. However, everyone has the same understanding of the essence of truth. If a politician cannot manage a family well, how can he possibly manage it? Well, countless families in the entire society? At first, Peter and Mrs. Vivian were already strangers, but they still maintained their marriage, just to ensure that Peter would not be deducted too much from his family points.
Half a year later, Du Lin got married and had a family, which indicated that he would take on more personal and social responsibilities. This was a sign of maturity and could please many rational voters and the middle class, so he was really serious about it. Consider this.
This is also what satisfies Maggs the most about Dulin. He looks like he is still very young, but in fact his perspective on thinking about problems has something in common with the way of thinking of old people like Maggs who have experienced many things, and they can ensure that He has a sharp side and can make himself very mature. Du Lin is the only person in the entire empire who has such contradictory characteristics.
"You guys should hold an engagement ceremony next weekend. You know, some things always require the first step." Mags didn't say it clearly, but Dulin understood it. This was a statement. Then Maggs said, "Since you have chosen this path, you should understand that in many cases personal interests are never more important than collective interests."
"I have always heard that the Association of Hometowns is a very exclusive civil organization, which is not good. You know the country's current general policy has been trying to promote ethnic integration, Ogdin people, Guart people, provincial Ya people or others. , Strictly speaking, they are all citizens of the Empire, and they are all Empire people!" Magus also had a little prejudice against the hometown association. His "relationship" with Du Lin was not at this level before, so he would not say some things. , now that Du Lin is about to become his niece-in-law, and he also hopes to change Du Lin's values and make him the most reliable person in the empire, he will naturally say more.
The xenophobia in the hometown association is not just an isolated incident. Du Lin has managed the hometown association so well that the provincial people have spontaneously formed some small groups that are relatively closed and xenophobic. If this problem cannot be solved from the root cause, in the future, The ideological gap and racial gap will only become more and more serious, and may eventually have some negative effects.
Dulin immediately nodded in agreement, "I have been revising the charter, and I don't know if you have noticed, but recently my team has added more faces that have not appeared before. Of course, I still had some problems in some aspects in the past. Be narrow and you will soon see something different.”
Mags had no idea how many times he was satisfied with Du Lin's behavior. He also noticed that there were three more eye-catching characters in Du Lin's team. One was a woman named Nadia, who was a former member of the Southern Commercial Bank. The senior partner, a native of Ogdin, is now mainly responsible for the financial aspect in Dulin's hands. As we all know, finance is always the most important and private issue for individuals or companies. It is the real core. People who are not the kind of absolute trust will not touch these things. Nadia's joining has changed many people's view of Dulin. opinions, or prejudices.
The other two are the Hill sisters who are known as the shame of the nobility. Although their reputation in the aristocratic circle is not very good now, it is undeniable that Du Lin made a good move. He made some nobles start It's important to look him in the eye.
Coupled with this marriage, he integrated into the aristocratic circle faster than he and Mags himself imagined.
After a pause, Du Lin continued, "I plan to give up part of the business. As a public figure, I have long been mentally prepared. For example, I will end all the bootlegging business..."
Magus glanced at Du Lin in surprise. He knew very well how terrible Du Lin's private wine business was in the empire. Some data showed that although Du Lin's private wine market share was gradually declining, his profits were still rising. Keep rising. For example, Ilian's winery can currently provide Dulin with more than three million in profits every year, and private wine is not only about profits, but also the market and the right to speak.
Those things can no longer be simply measured by money. Power is always above money!
Magus sighed silently. This is the scary thing about Dulin. In order to achieve his goal, he can give up anything that needs to be given up. He will cut it off without any hesitation or nostalgia. Even if this deal is given to some big nobles in the empire, they will not give it up so easily. There are too many benefits in it!
The complicated light in his eyes flashed away. He didn't know whether he was right or wrong in raising Du Lin. This young man was too scary. His determination, unswerving pursuit of goals, and his ruthlessness, They are destined not to let him become an ordinary person. I hope that the choice I make will not make me regret it.
Soon Magus became cheered up again. It was precisely because Dulin was so outstanding. If he could stand in a suitable position and consider the empire unanimously, then the empire would not need to consider that it would encounter big trouble for at least a hundred years in the future. If such a figure were placed in the past, he would definitely be someone who would be remembered by history.
"I'm very happy that you can do this. You are the most outstanding young man I have ever seen, and I hope you can go further!"
The two then discussed some other matters, including some interests in the city of Otis. On the basis of not moving Dulin's most important resources, Magers hoped that Dulin could transfer the property rights of part of the land in his hands to Otis City Council, allowing the council to hold a certain level of land.
Now Otis City can be said to be the back garden of Dulin. This is definitely not a joke. After the urban area of Odis City has expanded, 64% of the land is still privately owned by Dulin. This has already touched the ground. Nervous for some. No one has brought this up in the past, for two reasons.
On the one hand, these plots of land were privately acquired by Dulin through a city hall auction before Otis City became a special zone. All his actions were followed by legal personnel from the Ministry of Justice, and there were no violations. place. He even invited a large number of well-known wealthy people and entrepreneurs in society through letters before the auction began, including a considerable number of nobles. But everyone knows that the city of Odis at that time was a wasteland, and the entire city's annual tax payment was sometimes less than ten yuan.
Yes, in a city, the tax is less than ten yuan, and this is still the territory of the New Party. This is enough to show that this place is no different from a garbage dump. Spending money to buy land in Otis City will not be used again unless there is something wrong with your brain. There are other possibilities. His procedures were all legal, so these property rights should belong to Dulin.
Another reason is that the privileged class also wants to face shame. It's not impossible to do things like plundering and plundering. The key is to do it beautifully. If Du Lin was a fool, they would have done it long ago, but Du Lin was not as treacherous as a young man, so he rejected these people's ideas. Moreover, Dulin is very good at using public opinion and always portrays himself as an oppressed minority who achieves the imperial dream. His plunder may trigger a series of serious social phenomena. In today's rapidly expanding capitalism, once Uncontrollable adverse effects have occurred, which may very well shake the foundation of the country.
No one will watch the wealth they have worked hard for being plundered by others under various names and remain indifferent. Today's silence means the silence of others when disaster befalls them tomorrow. Those capitalists will try their best to make the matter bigger. This will The gain outweighs the loss.
Now that Du Lin wants to participate in the game according to the rules of the game, some things become simpler. There is no need for any conspiracy, just let him out.
Dulin has no objection to this. He will retain no more than 30% of the property rights and transfer 34% of the city's property rights to the city hall for free. What he did made Magus feel like a bastard. Even if Dulin shouted out a very high price, Magus would accept it. Anyway, they had just robbed the Federal Bank of the Federation, and they had never felt that they were such a wealthy cabinet. Looking at money now is like looking at paper. But Du Lin didn't mention the money and wanted to donate it to Otis City, which was difficult to handle.
Magus glared at Du Lin and called him a bastard, and Du Lin responded with a smile.
You can't just make me deal with it, right? I'll fight back too!
Anyway, these things will eventually be thrown away, so let these things maximize their own interests in the process of losing them. Not only should they be donated to the city hall, but they should also incite media public opinion, create a hot topic, and let the whole world know that they have lost their money. Hundreds of millions of wealth were donated to the Otis City Hall and to the imperial government!
Star politician, this is Dulin's plan for his next stage!
The chanting voice becomes hoarse
(End of chapter)