Chapter 1277: Daily

President Port waved his arms to say goodbye to the people outside the Presidential Palace, and then turned and walked into his office.

The moment he entered the room, a comfortable expression appeared on his face, and he also restrained his extra smile.

"It's still cool in the room. Not to mention hundreds of years ago, people decades ago probably couldn't imagine that in such a hot summer, we could still work in such a cool office."

"Of course, it would be even better if there weren't these work processes that always require me to go out!" He commented on those activities just now.

The Federal President sat in his chair and took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his forehead. Today there was a political activity, meeting retired veterans on the lawn outside the Presidential Palace.

The Federation has many such political activities. This time it can be veterans, then next time it can be excellent teachers, or excellent auto workers and the like.

In short, when there is a political need, the President will practice these work contents, which can also be seen as part of the art of federal governance.

When some ordinary people, even people at the bottom of society, can frequently contact and meet the Federal President, and express some common views of their class to him, and then communicate, this will be subconsciously considered by many people as a kind of salvation for themselves and their class!

They long to solve some problems through such communication, but in fact, most of the time they cannot do it.

This meeting with retired soldiers is mainly because some retired soldiers have been making trouble recently.

Yes, retired soldiers making trouble.

The main problem comes from the fact that the federal government's arrangement and disposal of these retired soldiers is somewhat—unsatisfactory, especially for some injured retired veterans, physiologically and psychologically.

Physiological refers to those who may have disabilities and lose part of their labor ability.

The Federation is a very cold society. Every commodity, every thing, every person has their own label and value.

A disabled person, or a retired soldier, is obviously not a qualified "commodity," and the value is naturally not that high, and the social acceptance will not be that high.

It is difficult for them to find suitable jobs. Some federal enterprises may consider that hiring disabled people and retired soldiers has tax reduction policies, so they will hire them.

But they will not give them too high wages, and they only arrange some relatively boring positions for them, such as doing some simple cleaning, guarding work, and having 40 or 50 yuan a month. Congress is discussing the "minimum hourly wage issue," and many people see this as an opportunity for ordinary people to protect their rights.

Many media and reporters are also reporting on this proposal, mentioning that the minimum hourly wage for local workers will be formulated according to different local consumption indices. According to the preliminary discussion results, Jincheng is about 35 cents, and the prices in other regions have a certain degree of increase or decrease. The lowest place has an hourly wage of only 17 cents.

That is to say, as long as you work for one hour, you should get at least this much money. Many people at the bottom are calculating their income. Once the law on minimum hourly wage is passed, the income of ordinary people may increase a lot.

Possibly.

They are full of confidence and expectation. In fact, they don't understand the means of capitalists at all. They have ways to drill loopholes. You know, when formulating regulations related to minimum hourly wage, Congress consults not the opinions of workers, but the opinions of capitalists.

So why do they (workers) feel that these new regulations are completely on their side?

Of course, this is something to do later. At present, the Federation has no mandatory regulations on how much money a person must get, which has led to the fact that the work income of many physically disabled retired soldiers, not to mention medicine and rehabilitation, even survival has become difficult.

And some psychologically injured soldiers also face the same problem. They are judged as having "dangerous" psychological conditions and need long-term psychological counseling, and even use some placebos.

Even if the main ingredient of these placebos is corn starch, they need to pay a large sum of money for it. They are also difficult to integrate into society, and naturally, they are labeled as "defective products" and cannot earn that much money.

The government cannot solve their work—these people, in a sense, are special groups who have lost their labor ability, but at the same time, their demand for money is more than that of ordinary disabled people. Capitalists will not accept them, and the federal government has no good way to solve this problem. It cannot take a part of the annual fiscal appropriation to pay them as subsidies.

At least 400,000 federal soldiers face various problems. Even if they are subsidized 20 yuan a month, there is a budget of hundreds of millions a year, and this money is not in the plan.

At the same time, this is actually not a troublesome problem, because problems that can be solved with money are not problems.

But President Port cannot nod, nor will he sign to allow them to do so. This kind of fiscal appropriation often becomes troublesome in the process of implementation. It may look like 100 million, but by the time the implementation is over, it becomes 200 million, 300 million, or even more.

As the President who reviewed and approved this policy, he may be affected, so he will not sign this solution.

The emotions of retired veterans are constantly accumulating. The Department of Defense, in order to throw the responsibility from themselves to the President, suggested that the President meet these retired veterans and discuss the resettlement of disabled retired soldiers with them.

In such hot weather, he chatted with these people on the lawn outside the Presidential Palace for more than an hour, but did not make any good progress.

"These people ask for too much, I can't promise them, tell the Department of Defense to come up with a mature plan again."

"I want to see them working in the direction of solving this problem, instead of letting trouble find me whenever they encounter trouble!"

President Port increased his tone. This is the second year after he took office, and his power has been strengthened a little.

Especially the official listing and law enforcement of the Federal National Security Agency also gave him a lot of confidence.

Facts have proved that in the case of not provoking people like Lans and Senator Cleveland, his son, Mr. Middle Port, is still trustworthy.

The work of the Security Agency has been carried out smoothly. They have snatched many cases from the hands of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and they have also solved many serial murder cases, with Mr. Middle Port as the core of the investigation.

These cases that have been deposited for many years have increased the fame of the Federal National Security Agency, and Mr. Middle Port has also received much attention. Some people call him "the last detective of the Federation."

Behind this obviously "draft" statement, it is the Port family pushing it. They hope to let the Port family appear more powerful politicians.

The Chief of Staff nodded. "I will convey your opinion to the Department of Defense."

As for whether the Department of Defense listens or not, that is another matter, but the attitude must be done well.

President Port nodded. "Then next, what should I do?"

He looked at his Chief of Staff. He actually didn't know what he should do next. In the case that he didn't have any strong willingness to do anything actively.

The President's daily work may have been arranged half a month ago. He may encounter some emergency situations and jump the queue, but on the whole, what to do at what time every day is arranged.

He has to ask his Chief of Staff. After all, he cannot remember every itinerary work arrangement.

This is also one of the duties that the Chief of Staff needs to do.

The Chief of Staff didn't talk about his next work immediately. "You have 40 minutes of rest time—"

President Port raised his eyebrows. "Why do I have such a long time to rest this time?"

"Other times, don't you often only give me 10 minutes or 20 minutes to rest?"

The Chief of Staff was a bit helpless. "We originally planned for you to stay on the lawn for 100 minutes, but you came back in less than 80 minutes!"

President Port looked shocked. He pointed his hands at the dazzling sunlight outside the window. "Do you mean I have to stay in the sun for nearly two hours?"

"Don't make such stupid work plans next time, I don't like this!"

The Chief of Staff was a bit helpless, but still agreed. In the first year after President Port took office, he showed everything a qualified president should have.

But in the second year, that is, starting this year, he became more "natural." He seemed to have lost some awe for the job of president, and began to become a bit perfunctory, or casual.

This is like lovers in love will always use "honey" to call each other, but after a long time, they will use "hey" and "hey."

The Chief of Staff took out a document from the briefcase beside him and placed it on the table in front of President Port. "You should look at this. Someone sent a document, the content—is a bit interesting."

President Port smoothed his hair. "I knew it, these 40 minutes are not that simple!"

He opened the file bag and began to examine the documents inside. Although he is a bit loose now, the instinct and quality of work are still there.

He looked very engaged, spent about seven or eight minutes reading all the materials, and then frowned. "An investigation into Wei De Lawrence's possible extramarital affair, I think before I make a judgment, you have to let me know, who is Wei De Lawrence?"

The Chief of Staff said softly, "The father of Lans's wife, currently the Mayor of Hucheng, a Likai State person."

"There is news that he is actively seeking the position of Mayor of Mankou."

"Where is Mankou?"

The Chief of Staff was silent for a few seconds. "In Likai State, it is the capital of Likai State."

President Port suddenly realized. "I know that, it's a beautiful city, then you mean we should stop him from doing that?"

Honestly, since he stopped contacting things related to Lans, he has been enjoying being president.

This also led to him being a little stressed about things related to Lans now.

If possible, he doesn't want to intervene in this matter.

The Chief of Staff shook his head. "I just gave you this material to look at. Someone handed it to—'s hands."

This Mr. — is an official responsible for outreach and information collection within the Liberal Party, similar to the federal government's intelligence agency, which will collect some intelligence.

"He thinks these things should be handed to you to see, after all—"

President Port's gaze fell on the file, and he flipped through a few pages at will. "The things in here are almost all speculation," there is no actual evidence that can prove this Wei De indeed had an affair with his secretary and gave birth to a child.

"Unless you can get the testimony of this female secretary and let her be a witness, I don't think it will cause any substantial damage to this Wei De."

"I also saw that it says he is a Federal Party member?"

The Chief of Staff nodded. "Indeed."

President Port felt a bit strange. "Lans is a Social Party member, his wife's husband is a Federal Party member, and now this Federal Party member wants to run for the Mayor of the capital in the Social Party's constituency. It sounds like there are some conspiracies we don't know about being born!"

His gaze became a bit sharp. "If they have any behind-the-scenes deals, try to investigate clearly, and then destroy it. Don't let them regain the power to confront us in Congress."

"You have to talk to the committee chairman about this."

"I personally—" He pursed his lips and shook his head. "Everything is based on the interests of the party."

The Chief of Staff looked at him with some surprise. He didn't expect President Port to have such a broad mind. You know, falling down on Lans several times has become a stain on President Port in the eyes of the Chief of Staff. He now doesn't think about seizing any opportunity to retaliate.

This is simply not the same person as the President he usually knows!

But soon he packed up his emotions. After all, the President is the President. No matter what he thinks or wants to do, there must be his reason. After all, he is the President, not the Chief of Staff.

"I will do as you say."

President Port was very satisfied. He leaned back in his chair, his hands naturally pressed on the armrests. "Then can I rest freely next?"

The Chief of Staff nodded. "I think so."

"Very good, I need to sleep for a while, I got up too early today—"

He was not very interested in this document. Some speculations that had not been verified and no actual evidence could not play the role of a one-hit kill.

Now, in dealing with Lans, he has become very cautious. If there is no 100% certainty, he will never take risks!

Just as he got up and walked to the rest room inside, as if thinking of something, "What is Little Port doing recently?"

People who can serve as the President's Chief of Staff are basically highly bound to the President's interests, and have been working for the President and the Port family since before becoming the President's Chief of Staff.

The Chief of Staff has been working for President Port for more than 30 years, since President Port was less than 40 years old.

In a sense, the Chief of Staff is more like the "political housekeeper" of the Port family, assisting President Port in managing some things in the family.

This also allows him to contact many of the family's privacy problems. In order to ensure that everyone's interests are consistent, his granddaughter married a girl from the Port family, and his grandniece also married a boy from the Port family.

This kind of interest plus marriage super-high binding makes him have no problems in loyalty.

Once the Port family has a huge change, his interests will also suffer huge losses!

There are many things that do not involve core interests and Jimmy, President Port will let the Chief of Staff handle them.

After all, this is also the value of his existence.

"Little Port is still in the army, but I heard that he gets along well with those people!"

"He is learning how to correctly make friends with those people, but only limited to low-level officers."

As the President's grandson, very wealthy, possessing everything ordinary people can't imagine, as long as he doesn't show arrogance that can't be approached, he can still eat well in places like the army.

After all—now those soldiers are also mainly young people, and they are full of curiosity and good feelings for the generous Little Port.

However, as the Chief of Staff said, it is limited to low-level soldiers and officers. It is not so easy for him to contact officers at the lieutenant level.

After all, his identity is a bit sensitive. They will not make things difficult for Little Port, but they will not give him the opportunity to expand his interpersonal relationships in the army.

Even those soldiers and non-commissioned officers who have a good relationship with him don't know that they have been "screened out," and their official career in the army ends here.

Hearing this, President Port nodded noncommittally. "You can publicize it, let people know that my grandson is also in the army, and is also a soldier, fulfilling his obligations."

"This is an obligation, not a right."

After speaking, he entered the rest room to rest. The Chief of Staff roughly understood his meaning. This is also the tacit understanding formed after decades of getting along.

He put away the documents on the table and left the office. He had to go to the committee office building to hand the documents to the committee chairman.

As for whether the Liberal Party side uses it, he feels that it is very likely not to be used, but it can be used as a kind of "accumulation," maybe it will come in handy at some time.

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The problem of retired soldiers still has not been solved to any extent. This matter, which seems to many people to be just a small matter, is developing in an unpredictable direction.

In mid-August, there was not much time left before school started in September. Lans also took time to return to Likai State.

Patricia called him and asked him to attend Ace's entrance ceremony. This is a very important moment for children in the Federation, and it is also an important moment for every student to show their family to the school and classmates.

These things are hidden in some deliberate "packaging" by some people. They call this a manifestation of the federal people's emphasis on family, but in fact, it is not entirely. ===== CHAPTER 1278 =====