Chapter 597: Explanation

After most people left, Senator Cleveland called Lanse and Tang Mu to his reception room.

The study is a very special existence. Before Lanse showed that he could make Senator Cleveland look straight at him and regard him as an equal, it was unlikely that Lanse would enter his study.

The reception room is also good, a few sofas, and a small bar, the environment is also very good.

"You heard what we said just now, I have a few things to explain to you."

Senator Cleveland took out a cigarette. Tang Mu took his silver lighter to light it for him for the first time. He took a puff and exhaled slowly. "War is the will of Congress. In order to promote this purpose, anyone who tries to stop the arrival of war, things, anyone, will be crushed."

Lanse nodded. In fact, his meaning is telling Lanse, go ahead and do it boldly, Congress will cover him.

But this kind of words can only be believed... 10%, and no more can be believed.

It's not that they won't do that, won't crush those who try to stop the outbreak of war, but that after everything is over, Lanse may become a used tissue, crumpled into a ball and thrown into the trash can.

So how to do it, to what extent, he will have his own weighing.

"The second thing, soon the Ministry of National Defense will have a cost, this cost will definitely be higher than we expected, but this does not mean that all this money must be used up, do you understand what I mean?"

Lanse nodded. "Everyone has a share."

This answer made Senator Cleveland stunned for a moment. He then laughed loudly.

He drank some wine just now, his mood was more erratic, and more frank. He pointed at Lanse and looked at Tang Mu. "Look, indeed some people are born smart people!"

Although he was shaking his head, everyone could see that it was an expression of appreciation. "Since you can be clear, you should also understand the things I want to say."

Lanse nodded again. "I will flexibly adjust the work strategy according to the part that can actually be used."

This made the senator smile again.

The cost may be two or three hundred million, but the funds actually used for the construction of the military base may only be 60%, at most 65%.

Among the remaining funds, besides a part of flexible money, others have to be divided among officials at all levels.

It's not that their hearts are black, this is just a kind of norm.

Those senators, representatives, and top politicians of the federal government, their annual wages are only two or three thousand dollars, but any valuable things they own, houses, cars, stocks, bonds, anything.

It may be tens of thousands of times, hundreds of thousands of times this number!

This money will not be generated out of thin air. Some are political contributions, some are bribes, and some are moved down by them directly from certain links.

Politicians in the federal government don't care how the process is in the middle, they only care about the result.

As long as the result is spending money and doing things, they don't care, and the people don't care either.

How much can be saved depends on how capable they are.

As for the eating appearance?

The masters never care about this, because the eating appearance is for others to see, and those mud-legged people are not qualified to see it.

"The last thing, don't cause too big a scandal. I heard that you plan to use a large number of refugees. The 'attributes' of these people are a bit special."

"Even if something happens, you have to suppress it at the first time, and it cannot spread, do you understand what I mean?"

Lanse is not a fool, of course he won't say that. "Make people close their mouths tightly."

Senator Cleveland is very satisfied. Lanse is very smart, his brain is flexible, and his bottom line is also flexible. He appreciates such young people very much.

Sitting in his position, he is exposed to almost the most outstanding young people in the Federation, but the vast majority of these young people cannot be used.

Either the brain is not flexible enough, very rigid, or there is a fucking moral bottom line!

Please, this is politics, who the fuck still has the moral bottom line?

It's not that you can only be a politician if you abandon the moral bottom line, but as a politician, a politician who can decide the future of the country, the formulation and release of any policy, while benefiting a part of people, will inevitably greatly damage the interests of another part of people.

If you stop the promotion of certain policies because you hurt the interests of some people, then this country doesn't need to develop.

Standing from their perspective, as long as the beneficiaries are more than the people who suffer losses, then this must be a policy worth promoting. As for whether there will be moral risks, that is not important.

Lanse obtained his approval for the three important questions, and the smile on his face also increased. "Bruny will be fully responsible for this work. You can contact him more at that time."

"He has good connections in the Ministry of National Defense, and there are already a few candidates for garrison generals, and they also have a good relationship with him."

"You can get to know the garrison commander through him, and with us old guys here, no matter who it is, they will give you some face."

"Are there any other problems?"

Lanse shook his head. "No, Senator."

Senator Cleveland nodded, stood up holding the armrest of the sofa, and Lanse followed closely. "These things will be implemented soon, you can prepare in advance."

"If you have any questions, call Tang Mu. If he can't solve it, I will ask."

"Then... that's it."

He didn't shake hands with Lanse, just nodded, and soon left the room.

Lanse also left this room soon. At this time, the sky became a bit gloomy, and there was light rain. The luxurious villa looked special in the rain curtain.

Almost everywhere the naked eye can see nearby are all kinds of luxurious buildings hidden in plants, and shadows are shaking in the streets and alleys.

Those people wearing rain capes standing at the street corners are observing everything here.

"You are lucky, I have to say, Lanse."

Tang Mu said with a smile while driving. "Of course, it also has to do with your ability, neither can be missing."

He knows very well that the work of building this military base will definitely not be completely handed over to Lanse. He will get a part of it, but just this part is enough for him to get a lot of profits.

The most critical thing is not the profit problem, he can take this opportunity to connect with people from the Ministry of National Defense and the military, and develop his own interpersonal relationships.

This is what Tang Mu envies most.

Because as a senator's aide, he actually cannot develop his own interpersonal relationships, and he can't even develop them!

If Senator Cleveland knew that he was still contacting other senators privately, or contacting other government officials, then he would definitely be wary and guarded against Tang Mu, and eventually marginalize him.

And other senators are unlikely to become friends with other people's aides and develop into a link in the interpersonal network.

Including those officials, they could have faced Senator Cleveland directly, why go to be friends with his aides?

But Lanse is different. He cannot be considered the senator's person, so he has more freedom than Tang Mu, and much more freedom!

If someone needs Lanse, if they go to the senator, it may be very troublesome, so it is better to connect with Lanse directly, so Lanse can contact more senators and government officials.

He is freer than Tang Mu in some aspects, and much freer!

If it were an ordinary person, Tang Mu wouldn't be jealous, because they might not be able to develop very well.

But Lanse, he is envious and jealous. He watched this person who was only a marginal character at a banquet at the beginning, through a few simple things, step by step, develop into a person of value to the senator.

His growth is fast, so fast that he is too late to be envious and jealous now.

It can be expected that if he handles this matter beautifully, he will enter the eyes of other senators and officials.

When they have projects to cooperate with Lanse next time, they will continue to find Lanse, and Lanse's interpersonal network will also be truly consolidated and expanded.

And him?

Tang Mu, who was driving, was suddenly a bit confused. Although being a senator's aide is indeed high and powerful, everything he has now is dependent on the skin on his body—the senator's aide.

Losing this skin, what else can he have left?

If he no longer works for Senator Cleveland, will those senators and officials he knows still see him?

Will they still have contact with him, or even talk about cooperation?

He doesn't know. Or rather, he knows, but he pretends not to know.

Maybe one day in the future, the Senate will recommend him to work in a certain department, or even recommend him to work in the state legislature, but how long will he have to wait?

Light rain fell on the car window. Lanse's success made him confused like the rainy day outside where the road could not be seen. Rain and fog covered the direction of progress.

Lanse didn't expect Tang Mu to think so much in his head for a while, and he smiled. "This also thanks to your coordination between me and the senator. My success also has a share of yours, Tang Mu."

Tang Mu looked at Lanse through the rearview mirror. "You really can talk, I'm not praising you, just stating a fact."

The light rain gradually became heavier, falling on the roof and windshield. Tang Mu, who was driving, had no idea to continue talking, and the carriage was very quiet.

Until the vehicle stopped at the entrance of the hotel, Tang Mu turned his head and said to him, "Arrived at the place, you'd better go back and prepare recently. If you have any questions, call me."

Lanse didn't know why his mood suddenly became low, and he didn't have the idea of having to enlighten him. "Okay, I know, I will."

After getting out of the car, watching Tang Mu's car leave, he shook his head slightly and returned to the hotel.

The things he came to New Jin City this time have basically been done, and he didn't expect some unexpected joy.

He knows that these masters in the Federation are very sweet. From another angle, they are also capitalists, political capitalists.

They treat politics as chips, wealth, and cash them out and trade them to obtain huge benefits.

No errors, read it all at once!

Before, he heard a joke, saying that if the war wants to end smoothly, these people's stomachs must be filled first.

Their stomachs are not filled for one day, and the war will not end for one day.

It seems that it is indeed the case.

Lanse booked a ticket to go back in the evening, but let Laoen take people to stay, because he knew that he would meet that Mr. Serui again soon.

No accidents happened on the way back. For a big customer like Lanse who contracted a whole luxury carriage, besides offering the best service, the railway operating company couldn't make Lanse feel uncomfortable at all.

No words all the way, it was three days later when he returned to Jingang City. It felt quite comfortable to return here, after all, it was his own territory.

Just after he got off the train, Senator Williams asked Arthur to invite him over.

On the way, Arthur asked a lot about everything in New Jin City.

Since he was born, he has been in Jingang City, has not been to the outside world, and he also knows that the surname Williams is not very easy to use in the outside world.

And he belongs to the kind of person who will be stupid sometimes, so he has been in Jingang City.

People say that New Jin City is the core of the Federation, and he also wants to go and play, and take a look.

Lanse answered simply. When he heard that New Jin City actually had a two-hundred-meter-high building, his eyeballs almost popped out!

He wants to go and see.

The car stopped quickly outside the Williams family manor. Senator Williams stood at the door of the manor building and welcomed him, with smiles on his face.

After the two shook hands, Senator Williams supported his arm and welcomed him into the room.

Lanse knew the purpose of Senator Williams looking for him. After the two sat down and thought quietly for a while, they needed to move their brains before speaking.

"This time you went to New Jin City...", Senator Williams looked at Lanse with slightly strange eyes. It was clearly him and Senator Cleveland who knew each other first, but now it seems that Lanse seems to have a better relationship with the senator than him.

He didn't know how to express his feelings, but he knew what he needed to do now was to cooperate more closely with Lanse.

If it is said that there was still a "superior-subordinate relationship" between the two sides before, then now, this situation no longer exists. They are equal.

Senator Williams also has his own relationships and channels to inquire about some news. These news may be slightly lagging. After all... these were not transmitted directly from the senator's mouth, and he also wanted to know what would happen to this city.

Because he is about to become the mayor of this city.

According to past rules, about October to November, the old mayor will start to hand over work, and in December, Senator Williams will take office and fully preside over the daily work of the City Hall.

It is already August now, and there is not much time left for him to take office. He has to know whether this is a "trouble" before he takes office.

"I heard that war is about to break out?" He asked tentatively.

Lanse nodded. "It can be seen that Congress has a strong desire to start a war."

The economy is constantly declining, and class contradictions in the country are emerging one after another. If you don't do anything, it may trigger some unpredictable large-scale political events.

War seems to have become a rare and just right opportunity to export contradictions, plunder benefits, and let everything return to the initial value.

Hearing Lanse's answer, Senator Williams was a bit worried. "Will it affect us?"

In fact, it is affecting him, not "us," but he used this word at this time, just to make everything look related to Lanse.

Lanse didn't poke his little careful thoughts. After the garrison, many things here will definitely change, especially after the war breaks out, everything is serving the war.

Lanse shook his head. "Honestly, I don't know, but they said the war will be far away from the Federation's home soil. As long as the flames of war don't burn here, then it actually doesn't have much impact on us."

Senator Williams shook his head slightly. "This kind of thing, who can say clearly?"

He paused. "Is there anything I need to cooperate with?"

Lanse brought back tasks from New Jin City this time, and Lanse didn't hide it. "They will most likely build a military base on the open space in the industrial zone, and at the same time requisition the New Port Wharf as a temporary naval port."

"I undertook part of the work, and there may be things that need your cooperation."

Senator Williams nodded. "If you have any needs, call me."

His contact with Lanse will only be more frequent later, so there is no need to say too much at once. Besides wanting to know some news for sure, what he really wants to know is how high Lanse's status is on Senator Cleveland's side, and what kind of news he can know.

Now it seems that Lanse is much more important in the eyes of that senator than him, the mayor.

After returning to the company, Lanse called the director over. "I have something I want to discuss with you."

The director was a bit nervous.

Generally, when the boss tells you that there is something to discuss, it is probably not a good thing.

He sat straight. Honestly, he liked this job very much, had a high salary, and was his favorite career.

At the same time, with the explosion of "The Mystery of Angel Lake," he also began to become a well-known figure in the film industry as a producer.

He didn't want to lose this job, because if he lost it, he would lose not only his salary, but also his status, influence, and even dreams in this industry.

His attitude was very humble, just short of putting both hands on his knees.

Lanse waved his hand with a smile. "Don't be so nervous, it's not a bad thing."

"That money, I asked for it back."

Looking at his confused expression, Lanse added, "The money for that Keargan Cinema, asked for it back."

The director nodded when he heard this. "This is a good thing, how much money did you ask for back?"

"According to the playing situation of other cinemas, there should be at least more than one hundred thousand, right?"

He said and became excited. "In this way, our box office revenue this time will exceed one million. This is definitely a big event!"

"A big event that can be recorded in history!"

The first movie with a box office of over one million, he is the producer. Once he thinks that everyone engaged in this industry in the future may understand him through this matter, he was refreshed in an instant!

And being refreshed also made him make a heartfelt compliment. "Mr. Lanse, you are really an amazing person!"

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