Chapter 645: Difficulties are always heavy, and the people who solve them

Time always passes very quickly. In the blink of an eye, it is already November, and the weather has turned completely cold. Mayor Williams has fully taken over City Hall.

The former mayor did not participate in the mayoral election, nor did he participate in the mayoral elections of other places, and he did not have any nominations within the Socialist Party.

To put it colloquially, he is unemployed.

Having lost the opportunity to work in the federal government, he is now just an ordinary federal citizen.

Of course, he still has a job within the party, so after completely handing over the power and some documents in his hands, he got up and went to Mantenong.

They arranged a job for him that suited him very well—Senior Consultant of the Socialist Party Historical Research Association.

Every month, he can receive a salary of eighty-three dollars from the Socialist Party, plus other subsidies, totaling a little over one hundred dollars.

And his job is to study federal history, study the history of the Socialist Party, and then try to find viewpoints and evidence such as "the Socialist Party is the great savior of the federal people" from it, and propose them at work meetings.

Perhaps one day in the future, if there is a conflict in public opinion between the Socialist Party and the Liberal Party or the Federal Party, then these Socialist Party historical research associations in various places will be able to produce some of their viewpoints to attack the viewpoints of other political parties.

You cannot say his work is meaningless; at least... he created one employed person, reduced one unemployed person, and provided an insignificant change to the federal happiness index.

Mayor Williams took full control of the entire city, and he quickly replaced all the officials promoted by the former mayor.

Regardless of whether they did well or poorly.

Politics is something that never distinguishes between right and wrong, nor does it care whether a person is outstanding or mediocre.

Politics only looks at camps and stances.

With Mayor Williams taking office, everyone has been discussing one thing recently, and that is the new urban circle.

Lanse is also reading the newspaper in his hand. It has been reported for many consecutive days that the urban circle is going to expand westward by about fifteen kilometers.

The plan has been determined after internal discussions and subsequently reported to the state government for approval by the state legislature.

Because behind this matter, expansion, construction, and the like, Mayor Williams intends to obtain some financial help from the state treasury.

Then this requires the state legislature to pass his urban expansion proposal so that they can also give some money.

Through some simple means, he has already found out that the city's expansion has been approved. After all, there is a military base here, and the population is continuously expanding. As long as the governor is not a fool, he knows what should be done—

At the federal government level, Congress is the top governing body, and even the President is below them.

But in a state, the governor is the ruler who makes the final decision on everything. When the state legislature makes a choice on a case, it will refer to the governor's wishes.

The more powerful the governor, the stronger the control over the state legislature.

Likalai State is okay.

So the recent reports are about the city's expansion plan, and at the same time, the Jincheng City Hall has begun public bidding.

The city needs to expand. Now many areas may need to face adjustments, and the expanded areas need to be leveled, divided into blocks, and then infrastructure completed, followed by paving roads.

Finally, those businessmen can invest in building high-rise buildings, or build various apartments and living communities.

This relates to some changes in Jincheng in the future, and the locals are very concerned.

At the same time, the newspaper mentioned that in order to quickly build a new home, bidding and recruitment have already begun.

"Big project!", Lanse put down the newspaper. In the dining room, Patricia is cooking breakfast for him.

They still live in the manor. There are many different houses in the manor. If anyone has a need, they can also build a house on any open space at any time.

Lanse's house is behind the main building, a small detached building hidden in the vegetation. There are quite a few such small buildings nearby, and some are also occupied.

Lanse used to live in the big house, and everyone was very lively. Now that he is married, he needs a slightly more private environment.

Patricia put her hands on her hips and looked at the breakfast she couldn't handle, and finally used her ultimate move, "Lanse, I think I can't handle this!"

There are some things you will never know if you don't get married, for example, Patricia doesn't know how to cook.

It stands to reason that Emily's cooking is very good, and Patricia should have inherited this specialty from her mother, but in reality, she didn't.

Emily actually doesn't cook often herself. They have maids. Only when Lanse visits does Emily cook herself to find Lanse. This is also a kind of respect.

But if he didn't go, most of the time the maids cooked.

A girl who has maids at home has never been exposed to cooking since she was a child. Letting her make breakfast for Lanse is simply too difficult for him.

Lanse shook his head and walked to the stove, easily preparing breakfast: some fried bacon, some ham chunks, some beef cubes, a bowl of fruit salad, and some bread.

By the way, there is also milk.

Seeing Lanse prepare all the food so quickly, Patricia kissed him, "Sorry, when I stood there, I felt my heart beating faster, my breathing was short, and my mind went blank."

"I might have the 'can't make breakfast' disease!"

Looking at her serious appearance, Lanse smiled and didn't expose her, "That's really terrible. It seems that for the sake of your illness, we have to hire a maid."

Patricia likes Lanse's understanding and humor very much. She kissed Lanse again with her oily mouth, "Sweetheart, I love you."

"I love you too!", Lanse responded, and then began to continue eating his breakfast.

These things are not complicated to make at all. There are only three federal cooking techniques.

No matter what it is, put it in a frying pan and fry it until cooked.

No matter what it is, put it on a grill or in an oven and roast it until cooked.

No matter what it is, put it in a soup pot and boil it until cooked.

Besides these cooking techniques that require an open flame, the rest is various cold salads.

So federal dishes are not difficult to make; the key is seasoning.

She doesn't want to learn, and Lanse doesn't intend to force her to learn. They are not the kind of poor family that must have one person take on the heavy responsibility of making money and one person take on the housework.

Problems that can be solved by spending a little money are not problems at all for them.

When the runny egg yolk was dipped in bacon and rolled with beef by Lanse and put into his mouth, the change in multi-layered texture and taste made him particularly satisfied.

When he fried the beef cubes, he added some spices, and the change in taste became even more.

Patricia was also amazed at Lanse's cooking skills. She had never thought that a man's cooking skills could be so good.

Except for cooks.

"Are you still going to work?", Lanse asked while eating breakfast.

Patricia nodded, "If I don't go to work, I don't know what I can do."

Lanse didn't oppose this either, "As long as you are happy, but don't force yourself too much."

Thinking of this, Patricia couldn't help laughing, "When we got married, our director also came."

Lanse was a little surprised, "I didn't see him."

"He wanted to come over and talk to you, but there were too many people around you, and he couldn't squeeze over."

"He said he wanted to find a time to visit us."

Lanse shook his head indifferently, "We'll talk when I have time."

The phone in the living room rang. After answering a call, Lanse picked up a napkin and wiped his mouth. He walked behind Patricia, hugged her, and kissed her on the lips, "I have some work, I'll go to the front first."

"Okay, dear, I'll go to work in a while too."

Patricia has special people protecting her, so Lanse is not worried about her safety at all. Not only are there people protecting her at close range, but there are also people who will provide high-altitude support, so he is very relieved.

Returning to the manor's office, Rogerf had already brought some people from the Imperial Chamber of Commerce and was standing here.

They made a big profit following Lanse. Now the price of medicine is getting higher and higher. Someone has already contacted them intending to acquire the medicine in their hands for ten million, but Lanse refused.

We can wait a little longer. When the Federation also enters the field and the Federation's material transportation also has problems, those medicines will reach their true peak!

This is obvious. The Dantela Military Alliance hasn't made a move yet, not because they are afraid of the Federation, but because they are undergoing strategic adjustments.

Once the strategic adjustment is over, they will open fire on multiple fronts, and the Federation will definitely be greatly affected.

Once there is a problem with the transportation channel, the price will skyrocket. Lanse doesn't think it's a problem to sell the medicine bought for more than three million for twenty million.

Even more is not a problem!

Because these special anti-inflammatory drugs represent lives.

Not those cheap lives, but those expensive lives!

The Imperial Chamber of Commerce also made a big profit on the food issue. Now the price of food is beginning to stabilize. Before the Saint Agriculture Festival, Lanse let Rogerf sell everything.

Stepping on the price that started to pull back, it can also be said to be a big profit.

Everyone has money in their hands now, so he can roughly guess the reason why Rogerf came here.

"Mr. Chairman."

When there are many people, Rogerf still calls Lanse by his position, Chairman of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce. This old thing's brain is indeed easy to use.

Lanse nodded slightly, lit a cigarette, and signaled him to continue.

"Recently, we have also been very concerned about the urban expansion plan.", he first set a tone, then looked at the others and continued, "We also want to contract some of the projects."

Hearing this, Lanse understood what they meant.

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Actually, this is a... tacit understanding that every federal person knows, but no one talks about.

When the Ministry of Defense is making the construction cost of the military base, don't they know that the construction party will hire refugees as workers?

They know.

When Mayor Williams is making the project budget, will he know that the contractor will also use refugees as workers?

He also knows.

But when everyone is doing it, it is still based on the normal employment price of workers. In a capitalist commercialized society, the purpose of everyone's work is to make money, not for risk.

Without leaving enough profit, who is willing to do these things?

The budget made by City Hall has considerable profit space. If a few projects can be contracted, not only will the Imperial Chamber of Commerce have more experience, but they will also be able to obtain a large sum of money.

There are quite a few companies participating in the bidding. Not only local companies will bid, but it is said that companies from other places are also rushing here.

After listening to their general meaning, Lanse nodded, "Which projects do you intend to take down?"

Rogerf and the others already had intentions before they came.

The Imperial Chamber of Commerce has no construction experience. It is unrealistic to want to bid for those projects with high difficulty, so they participate in relatively ordinary projects that have no requirements for experience and no difficulty.

If these projects without difficulty are just looked at from the cost, the profit is very low. After all, anyone can do it.

The added value in technology is small, or even non-existent, and you can't make much money.

But if refugee workers are used to do it, then there is still quite a lot of profit space, and at the same time, you can cultivate a group of your own people.

In one year, investing about two million, you can earn five or six hundred thousand. This rate of return is actually quite amazing.

They didn't ask for any big projects, and Lanse naturally promised them, "I happen to be going to City Hall in a while. I will talk to him about this matter face to face. Is there anything else?"

Seeing that things were settled so easily, everyone's face showed a smile.

Life is like a dream. A few years ago, they were just middle-class people with a little money in the Imperial District.

But a few years later, they were able to scrape together more than two million to participate in municipal project bidding.

The encounters in life are really wonderful.

Rogerf and the others stood up immediately. Since their demands were met, they wouldn't stay and delay Lanse's time.

One by one, they got up to say goodbye.

Although they didn't say what benefits they promised Lanse, when they settled the bill, they would definitely give Lanse a sum of money. If they couldn't even figure out these things, they would have lived their lives in vain.

Dealing with some family affairs, mainly because the family is currently undergoing transformation, starting to break away from the low-level underclass gang logic, and some things need to be adjusted.

For example, some "neighborhood families" in groups of three or five have appeared on the street again. Lanse wants to ensure that they will not violate his rules.

For example, gangs from other cities want to come over to develop, etc. In short, these are all things.

The prosperity of Jincheng is like the bright moon in the dark night, attracting "gold diggers" from Likalai State and even surrounding states, wanting to come here to make a fortune.

Lanse has been to City Hall many times, but this time, he had a different experience than before.

After Mayor Williams directly entered City Hall, he abandoned the former mayor's office, chose a new room as his office, and used his own furniture.

Having a foundation and not having a foundation are different.

The former mayor's office looked a bit impetuous. The furniture he used was bought in a store, looking very fashionable or very new.

But after looking at it for a while, you will find a feeling of irritability that you don't like.

And what Mayor Williams uses is made by the carpenters and painters in the family together.

They may not be as new or as fashionable as those, but the more you look at them, the more tasteful they are, and the more you can feel a low-key nobility.

This is the foundation.

After Lanse entered the office, he didn't stand on ceremony, threw his hat and trench coat on the sofa, and then sat opposite Mayor Williams.

"Rogerf just came to find me. The Imperial Chamber of Commerce intends to take down two municipal construction projects."

Mayor Williams nodded, "Tell me the numbers."

Each project has a number. Lanse told him, and he picked up the phone and asked his secretary to remove these two numbers from the bidding plan and digest them internally.

Then he put down the phone and looked at Lanse.

They had made an appointment a few days ago. After Mayor Williams thought for a while about how to speak, his voice lowered slightly, "I've thought about this matter over and over. Among the people around me, only you have the ability to complete it."

Lanse nodded noncommittally. He had only heard a general idea but hadn't understood it in detail, so even he couldn't give Mayor Williams an accurate answer.

"We have two problems now. One is the construction of the new industrial zone, and the other is the relocation of the old industrial zone."

"The construction of the new industrial zone is not a problem. We don't need to build it ourselves. Those factories have their own construction standards, and they will handle it themselves."

"What I am worried about now is that they might bite the treasury hard on the relocation issue."

He picked up a document and handed it to Lanse. After Lanse opened it and took a look, he also introduced, "Now the price of land in the industrial zone is starting to grow. If you have been paying attention, the housing prices in the Imperial District should also have grown significantly."

While reading the document, Lanse nodded, "Yes, there is a general growth of five to seven percent."

This document marks the weekly change in land prices in Jincheng. The Bay Area has always maintained stable and slow growth.

Currently, relatively speaking, the place where land prices are growing fastest is the industrial zone, followed by the city center, and then the Xingang District.

The reason for the growth rate of land prices in the industrial zone is not complicated. It is located next to the Imperial District and the Xingang District. In the words of the former mayor, this will become the periphery of the new core, equivalent to the current Pulixiya District.

Every week, its land price will grow by more than ten percent, or even twenty or thirty percent.

The most fierce growth was when Mayor Williams announced that he would create a new urban plan and relocate the existing industrial zone.

Some land prices have directly doubled!

Not only did people discover its future potential and business opportunities on this land, but more importantly...

"They are still crazily raising the price of land, trying to blackmail me!", his expression was very serious, with some anger.

Because once federal land is privatized, it is private.

In other words, the factories can move away, but the land still belongs to those factory owners and capitalists.

Whether Mayor Williams' plan can be realized does not depend on whether he can do it, but on whether these people are willing to let him do it!

Everyone who rules a side has their own administration plan, and this is Mayor Williams' plan.

If he can't even finish the first step, he will be like all the previous mayors, a joke.

He doesn't want to be a joke. Not only does he not want to be a joke, but he also wants to stamp the family's brand on the city's butt. He needs some off-the-board tricks!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 646 =====