On April 25, 951 of the Empire, the Beiguan Council elected Scott Stewart as the new Chief Councillor of the Beiguan Municipal Council, elected Meng Dezhu as a member of the Beiguan Municipal Council, and elected Councillor Lu Qianxing as Vice Speaker of the Beiguan Council.
The day before, the Donghai Parliament had announced that Lu Qianxing would be appointed as a member of the Donghai Regional Council.
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The Donghai Parliament Building is located in Xinhu District, not far from Donghai City Hall, the High Court and other institutions. Most administrative agencies are located in the Changning Road block in Xinhu District.
There are basically no tall buildings in the streets near Changning Road, which highlights the grandeur of administrative buildings such as the Parliament Building, the High Court, and the City Hall.
On the eastern section of Changning Road, there is a row of ancient Bavarian-style buildings, all of which are three or four stories high.
At this time, Lu Ming was in one of the buildings, the house number was No. 7 Changning Road East.
The three-story Bavarian building has a creaky wooden staircase inside. The two entrances are connected. There are 24 rooms on the three floors, and the area is not large, about 50 to 60 square meters.
Most of the tenants here are clerks from administrative agencies. It is not just Building 7 where Lu Ming lives. In fact, this row of buildings in the Bavarian architectural style are all rented out, and the tenants are almost all low-level officials and staff working in nearby administrative agencies.
Room 207, Building 7, is the residence chosen by Lu Ming on Changning Road. In the future, when there are parliamentary meetings, they will naturally stay here at night. There is no need to get up early and rush.
The East China Sea Council meets once a week, usually on Tuesdays.
It is much more frequent than the Beiguan Council meeting. The Beiguan Council meets once a month, while the Donghai Regional Council meets five times a month.
Of course, in reality it is common for MPs to miss meetings.
According to the parliamentary constitution, a member of parliament will lose his or her qualifications if he or she fails to attend meetings for three consecutive months without a reasonable explanation and without the consent of the Speaker.
That is to say, they are absent without any notice and without any explanation. They just don't come. They have no reason. They have to be absent from parliamentary meetings for fifteen consecutive times before they will be severely punished.
This also shows the loose management of the councillors. After all, they are all representatives of public opinion. I believe that no councillor would be elected just to make his or her non-existence felt by not attending meetings.
Lu Ming felt that if he could make it, he would definitely come. If he couldn't, there was nothing he could do and he could just report to the Speaker's Office in advance.
After all, as a representative of public opinion, conducting field research and the like is also part of normal work.
However, food and lodging must naturally be prepared first.
There are not many tall buildings here. If you want to live in a luxury apartment, it is far from the Parliament Building, which defeats the purpose of finding a place to stay in the first place.
Fortunately, Building No. 7, Changning East Section, is my own property.
To be precise, it was one of the many properties that old Renault left to Jennifer.
There are 24 rooms, which have always been rented out and are fully occupied, but it just so happened that room 207 became vacant recently.
Lu Ming quickly took it and took a look today. The environment is fine and he plans to ask someone to paint and decorate it the next day or the day after tomorrow.
I talked about my own ideas and what style of decoration I like.
Duan Guimi next to him took out a notebook and quickly wrote it down.
He added, "Boss, the office in Jiniao Building can be opened tomorrow."
The councillor's office in Beiguan cannot just focus on the third constituency, but must be able to listen to the voices of all Beiguan citizens. After all, in the future, it will be representing all Beiguan citizens and speaking in the Donghai Regional Council.
Therefore, after much searching, I chose Jiniao Building as the new office, which was the place where my dream in Beiguan began.
As for the office rent, there is a special fund subsidy.
The Donghai District Councillor and the Beiguan District Councillor seem to be only one level apart, but the difference is huge.
The monthly salary of a regional councillor is as high as 1,000 yuan, which is ten times the monthly salary of an ordinary white-collar worker in Donghai.
The office opening and communication expenses, office operating expenses total 29,800 yuan per year, entertainment and transportation allowances are 2,000 yuan per year, and there are various other subsidies.
That is to say, the annual financial allocation for each member of parliament is about 50,000 yuan.
Renting a house here is naturally a piece of cake, with the annual rent being only 300 yuan.
However, although these administrative agency personnel receive a small subsidy for renting houses here, it is still a considerable expense.
Because usually these administrative clerks, especially the male ones, are in a situation where the women stay at home to do the housework while the men go out to work.
After all, the more one works in an administrative agency, the more one cares about face. According to traditional thinking, if a wife still has to go out to work, it means her husband is incompetent.
Their annual salary is mostly between 1,000 and 1,500 yuan, and rent accounts for a significant proportion of their salary.
If both of you are working, there is no pressure.
But the residents who rent here, whether husband or wife, all dress very well and maintain a decent life. For example, every household has a television.
"Boss, I have an appointment with Commissioner Meng Dezhu to have lunch at the Tower Restaurant at noon." Duan Guimi said while looking at the schedule.
Lu Ming nodded. He knew what Meng Dezhuo meant by insisting on treating him to a meal alone.
He should have heard the news. It was because of my strong recommendation that we have the good results today.
He has never had much of a presence, not to mention in the entire Beiguan Parliament. Even among the members of the Grand Ducal Party and the Alliance Party, he has always been inconspicuous.
But he is not without dreams.
When Qing Lao made it clear that he would no longer participate in the competition for the current Municipal Committee, Meng Dezhuo was also filled with anger.
He even gathered his five brothers together to raise funds and give it a try.
But I didn't tell him. After all, I wasn't very close to him at that time, and I didn't have any intention of entering politics.
At that time, Fourth Brother Wen and others actually treated him as a joke, thinking that he was wishful thinking, and no one was willing to spend real money to support his election.
When I emerged as a rising star, he no longer had any other ideas and just followed me obediently. After all, we were old friends and I hoped to get more help from him.
He never imagined that suddenly, his dream would come true and he would be elected to the municipal committee.
It is said that when he heard the news, he cried and laughed, and was drinking in the middle of the night. It was good that he did not go crazy.
Probably, this is how Fan Jin passed the imperial examination.
Lu Ming thought about it randomly and smiled at Duan Guimi: "Then let's go and take the subway. I heard that the citizens have many complaints about the current subway. It's a good opportunity to take a look around and listen to what they have to say."
The world's first subway appeared in Donghai, and it has a history of a hundred years.
Donghai also has a well-connected subway network. More than 20 years ago, the Donghai Metro first connected to satellite towns, namely the Beiguan Line. Later, it was gradually expanded, and a few years ago, all satellite towns were connected by subway.
After hearing Lu Ming's words, Duan Guimi naturally had no objection. He picked up the walkie-talkie and notified the vehicles below to leave first and leave the two behind.