Chapter 693: High-Level Pressure and Introducing Competition

After 9:00 PM, the phone in Lanse's room suddenly rang.

"This is Lanse White."

Just as he finished speaking, Tom's voice came from the receiver. "Senator wants to talk to you!"

Then he could also hear some sounds of the receiver being picked up and put down, as well as footsteps and the sound of someone sitting into the sofa, the friction between clothes and the sofa.

After about ten seconds, Senator Cleveland's voice sounded in the receiver.

"I heard you refused the mediation?"

No pleasantries, straight to the theme.

Lanse nodded and said yes. "They kidnapped Mayor Williams' youngest son, Arthur, and intend to drive him out of the position of mayor."

"There is no room for relaxation in the contradiction between the two sides, so mediation cannot be mediated."

"Mayor Williams and I have a very good relationship, and I also have many frictions with the Bay Area; if Mayor Williams steps down, they push a new mayor to power, which is very unfavorable to me."

Lanse explained his role and position in this matter in one breath, and then handed the thinking to Senator Cleveland.

The latter's speed of accepting information and analyzing information was very fast; after all, this is his profession. "Do you have any new plans?"

"After the mediation failed, Congress couldn't accept your long-term opposition like this; New Jincheng is at the front line of the war, it must be stable!"

"Do you have any plans now?"

Lanse didn't hide his thoughts either and said it truthfully. "I have some evidence of their crimes in my hands, which has already been utilized, but this may involve more people, and I'm a bit unsure whether to do so."

"What evidence?"

"Evidence of their prostitution, with witnesses and physical evidence."

Senator Cleveland couldn't help but laugh twice. "Then let people arrest them."

"The laws of the Federation are above everything; no one can not accept punishment after committing a crime and having evidence mastered; what are your concerns?"

Lanse said, "Some people are easy to solve, but there are also some people who have political backgrounds; I am worried that the state government and the party side might cause some waves, some unnecessary trouble."

Senator Cleveland thought for a while. "You don't have to worry about this; I will solve it."

"The dignity of the law cannot be desecrated; no matter who they are, as long as they have committed a crime, they should be sent to the dock!"

He didn't even believe this sentence himself; in political struggle, there has never been a side in political struggle that is really tried because of a crime.

The only thing that can let them, or send them to the dock, is because they failed in the struggle!

Higher-level power presses down, these people have no ability to resist at all; they are locked in the position of losers, unable to struggle.

Then sending them to the dock is naturally no problem.

The evidence Lanse holds is not all valuable, unless it is those professional politicians; otherwise, it won't have much effect on others.

It's just solicitation; they can solve it by spending some money, and the public won't hate these rich people's solicitation that much.

"What about after dealing with these things?"

"What do you plan to do?"

Senator Cleveland continued to inquire, wanting to know Lanse's subsequent handling method, to see if there is any place to suggest, so as not to be always unstable.

Lanse didn't hide his thoughts either. "I am contacting another batch of capitalists, those investors from the Sydney era, introducing them to New Jincheng, and competing with local capitalists, which is convenient for me to check and balance their relationship."

"Don't let any one become powerful enough to affect the balance, and don't let any one of them weaken to the point of losing competitiveness."

Senator Cleveland thought for a while. "A very good idea, how long do you need?"

"Two to three weeks at most, Senator."

The receiver was silent for a while, about twenty or thirty seconds; Lanse wasn't sure if Senator Cleveland didn't speak, or if he covered the microphone and didn't let the sound over there be transmitted.

After twenty or thirty seconds, there was sound in the receiver again. "I will greet the state government; you have two weeks to solve the problem, but don't cause bigger trouble; you know what I'm talking about."

"After you solve these things, come to Jinzhou; I heard from General Miles that you have some small plans over there?"

Hooked!

No, it can't be said to be hooked; it should be said that Senator Cleveland's political group was moved by Lanse's sincerity, and this is not a small fuss.

If a naval base can provide Congress with potential contributions of at least 100 million or more, how many military bases does the Federation have?

How many teams will rush to the front line?

At least 3 million soldiers will actually be invested in this war, or even more!

The total number of people after this expansion of the Federation will be maintained at more than 4 million!

Assuming that 3 million of the 4 million soldiers will be at the front line, and each person consumes 200 dollars of alcohol per month, then this number is 600 million, per month!

7.2 billion a year!

This is military supplies, walking the military expenditure, just like those tomato bean cans, luncheon meat cans, it is the standard equipment for soldiers!

Regardless of whether they drink it themselves, there will be such a small bottle of wine appearing on the "menu."

The key is that there is no need to worry about military expenditure, because starting this month, the federal tax law has been reformed; even ordinary people with an income of less than 100 dollars have to face taxation.

And Congress also passed some supplementary bills, such as increasing some additional taxes during the war; half of their income will be used for tax payment.

However, Congress also gave them a choice: buying war bonds can exempt this part of additional taxes, which can effectively let the public walk into the bank to buy war bonds.

Putting the money of ordinary bottom-level people into their own pockets, this is simply irresistible to members of Congress, to top-level politicians, to rulers!

After all, power has a shelf life; if you don't use power within the shelf life, no one will praise you; they will only say, that is what you should do.

But if you use it, you will gain wealth, status, greater power, more people's respect, and a more stable family force.

Who can not be moved?

This plan is actually something Lanse has no qualifications to join at all; he is just an initiator; why should he sit with Senators, senior generals of the Ministry of National Defense, and even generals and marshals of the army and the President to share money?

But because he provided this kind of thinking, and even operated this method to let the old men profit from it, then he can be the supplier of these military supplies.

Just like those super military industrial groups, they provide weapons and ammunition for the federal army, while Lanse provides "placebos" for the federal army.

The appearance of the things everyone provides is different, but the essence is no different.

National Defense Supplier!

A high-end name, and countless benefits!

The "license" promised to Lanse by Senator Cleveland is also because of the huge benefits inside.

Miles only knows that Lanse will do such a thing, but what the specific plan is, and how to operate it, he doesn't know yet.

He is not very convenient to ask others; at a time when he himself doesn't know, he only communicated with very key people, and then the news reached Senator Cleveland's ears.

After all, from everyone's current cognition of New Jincheng, Mayor Williams and Lanse are both his people, and he is also very curious about this plan, and also very curious about that huge sum of money!

Even, he is now considering if he can eat a part of this huge sum of money, can they also consider fighting for the next President?

He might still lack some qualifications, but there are old qualifications in his circle that meet the conditions; what they lack is just the tens of millions of campaign funds for the next presidential election.

With this money, plus the continuous support of capitalists, they still have a chance to win.

If it wasn't for the fact that Lanse still has some things to solve, he would let Lanse come over now.

For the "help" provided by Senator Cleveland, Lanse was sincerely grateful. "I will get things done here as soon as possible, and then go to Jinzhou."

"Very good, Lanse, you are a smart guy, don't do things that make people disappointed, and don't mess these up."

He paused. "I won't disturb you, solve your trouble as soon as possible, I'm waiting for your good news."

"Remember, two weeks."

"I understand."

Soon the busy tone after the phone was hung up came from the receiver; Lanse stood with the receiver for a while before putting it back. Senator Cleveland's phone call was very simple, but behind this, there must be many complex political compromises and transactions that he couldn't see.

Behind these people in the Bay Area, there is also a complex network of interest relationships.

The profits that Mr. Charles and the others obtain from New Jincheng every year are not all put into their own pockets.

They also have to transport benefits to the state government, the State Socialist Party, and the Liberal Party.

It is even possible that some of them also have to transport benefits to Congress.

But the benefits they can transport, and the benefits Lanse can transport, are not on the same order of magnitude at all.

So this "battle" behind the scenes ended with Lanse's victory!

Perhaps Senator Cleveland gave up some benefits, perhaps he just forcefully forced others to compromise, but no matter what, Lanse has already won.

He is not necessarily indispensable, not that it wouldn't work without him, but he definitely has the value of being needed!

After putting down the phone, he also had a different feeling.

For these groups that can truly determine the fate of the country and individuals, they are the true "Gods," Gods walking in the human world!

!

He also wants to become such a person!

Not long after the phone stopped, the call from Attorney General Terry came.

"I hope I didn't disturb you," he said very politely, because just now, someone from Congress called him, asking him to cooperate with Lanse's actions as much as possible.

They didn't find any reason either; for officials like Terry who have already reached the high level, they don't need to give him any reason.

Lanse laughed and replied, "Of course not, is there anything I can do for you?"

Attorney General Terry's voice was very brisk. "Nonono, it's not you doing things for me, it's me doing things for you, Lanse."

"I can give you the phone number of the Manton Police Chief, and he will assist you in doing anything."

"If you need it."

"Or do you need me to cooperate with you in doing other things? I heard you have some evidence of criminals committing crimes in your hands?"

"Do you need me to cooperate with you in doing something?"

Lanse didn't answer immediately, but fell into thinking.

If Attorney General Terry intervenes directly here, the effect must be good; after all, he is one of the top characters in the state, but letting him do it also has a problem.

This is Manton, the capital of Licalai State; Lanse cannot control every aspect here.

What is here?

There are Socialist Party committees, Liberal Party committees, Federal Party committees, various political institutions of all sizes, and even subordinate branches of certain committees of Congress.

Lanse is not sure how many allies Mr. Charles and these people have here; he only knows that Mr. Charles has been glorious in New Jincheng for a long time.

Once he is willing to go all out, for example, contributing all his assets, just to exchange for a way to survive, Lanse will find it difficult to control him.

It is possible that if he is not careful, these people will disappear, which is very unfavorable to him.

On the contrary, although New Jincheng seems to be lower in level, New Jincheng is all his own people; as long as Attorney General Terry can give him enough support anytime, anywhere, Lanse can press them to death in New Jincheng.

So he quickly gave a positive, but not completely positive answer. "I plan to go through the procedures in New Jincheng; after all, the situation here is very complicated, and I cannot control everything."

"But there will definitely be places where I need your help, for example, when appealing, or when applying for bail, I hope you can help block it."

Attorney General Terry immediately smiled and replied, "No problem, these small things are on me, call me anytime!"

Although Lanse indicated that he would not do it in Manton, Attorney General Terry still gave the phone number of the local police chief to Lanse; maybe it could be used sometime.

The night after the New Year was very quiet, but behind the quiet city, many people were frantically contacting each other through the phone.

One instruction after another, one compromise after another, one interest exchange behind the scenes after another...

Some people hadn't opened their eyes yet, and they had already been abandoned by this society, by the era.

And some people have already stood on the crest of the era.

On the morning of the second day, Mayor Williams went to meet his friends; he also has some friends here, and being able to be nominated as a mayoral candidate by the Socialist Party Committee and the Party Congress is definitely not just as simple as being "one of the few choices that can win."

After 1:00 PM, he returned from outside, rested for a while, and came to Lanse's room.

He and Lanse agreed to meet some friends in the afternoon, and at the same time, Lanse also talked to him about some things that happened last night.

"No wonder they were so enthusiastic today, pulling me to chat about many things!" The look in his eyes toward Lanse was full of... gratitude.

Because the biggest beneficiary of this matter in the end is him, not Lanse!

New Jincheng will be branded with an indelible mark of the Williams family; perhaps Lanse also obtained a lot of profits from it, but that is only for a time.

For him and his family, it is for a long time.

As long as their descendants don't commit stupidity, they can eat for a very long, very long time by relying on these.

After 2:00 PM, someone knocked on the door; Elvin opened the room door, and then the people outside the door walked in.

At first, Mayor Williams didn't react; it wasn't until the person standing at the very front took off his hat and took off his coat that he reacted.

"Owen?"

Lanse stood up holding the armrest of the sofa; Owen appeared very enthusiastic; he took the initiative to walk to Lanse and shook hands with Lanse, and then with Mayor Williams.

Then he began to introduce the gentlemen who followed him here to the two.

These people are basically investors in the Xingang District; when Sydney was mayor, he persuaded them to invest in New Jincheng as a link to counter local capital.

From a general direction, Mayor Sydney's choice was correct.

Before, many mayors of New Jincheng chose to cooperate with local capitalists, but in the end, they didn't get the results they wanted, or rather, if he didn't have any ambition, then his cooperation with local capitalists was no problem, becoming a rich puppet.

But he had ideas, purposes, and ambitions, so he had to contend.

With the support of these capitalists pulled from other places, no matter what ideas he had, there was capital to support him, and there was no need to look at the faces of local capitalists.

Whether a ruler can accomplish things depends on whether he has money in his hands.

At first, he did succeed, but what he didn't know was that local capitalists were deliberately showing weakness.

In the end, they still lost in this struggle, and a large amount of funds were trapped in the Xingang District and the Xingang Wharf.

Not to mention the expected huge profits, they also pressed so much money that they haven't been able to return the payment until now; some people even went bankrupt because of this!

These gentlemen were among the investors who followed the former mayor to invest in the Xingang District and the Xingang Wharf; they were a bit luckier, or rather, their family foundation was thicker, their industries were more mature, and they hadn't gone bankrupt because of this.

There were still quite a few people who were not so lucky; those crazy speculators bet everything, and many people went bankrupt because of this.

If there is anyone who hates the capitalists in the Bay Area the most, then it must be these people.

Introducing them to form a situation of competition and confrontation with the Bay Area is the best.

After both sides finished self-introduction, they quickly sat down separately and invested in the subsequent consultation.

Mayor Williams and Lanse are willing to restart the construction of the Xingang District and the Xingang Wharf, but the condition is that they need to give up a part of the benefits, as well as a series of subsequent support for Mayor Williams' urban development.

Financial, interpersonal, and various aspects.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 694 =====