Chapter 791

When walking out of the labor agency, there were at least a thousand people at the entrance waiting or looking for work.

Quite a few people took off their hats to salute Lans, and there were also some recruitment specialists from companies.

Because of the existence of labor unions, the power of workers in the Federation is unprecedentedly strong; it can be said to be one of the societies with the strongest worker power in the world.

Therefore, if capitalists need to recruit workers, as long as it is not that kind of small workshop, they basically have to deal with labor unions.

During this period, one could often see some companies adding such a line to their recruitment notices for employees—

"Refuse applications from labor union members!"

Once people from labor unions join a company, it will bring huge trouble.

Lans's side is mainly composed of illegal immigrants, and the number of refugee workers is also surging. Most of these people are workers who have no relationship with labor unions, and they are also beloved by capitalists.

Similarly, if a worker is injured on the job, workers without a labor union background are just compensated with a bit of money, a few dozen dollars, at most one or two hundred.

But with a labor union background, they might demand thousands, more, and also require the employing enterprise not to fire the worker disabled by the work injury, requiring them to be continuously employed according to a certain standard of wages.

This has also led to some people paying union dues during this period and then actively getting themselves injured.

Not only can they knock out a sum of money, but they can also be transferred to those leisurely positions without reducing much of their wages.

The conflict between labor and capital is intensifying, with big parades and big strikes happening at every turn. The capitalist group, including top financial cliques and consortia, is also deeply "persecuted" by unions and labor federations.

They are actively uniting with the Congress side, wanting to paralyze unions and labor federations, otherwise, capitalists in the Federation are not as happy as people imagine.

This is a rare "capital holy land" in Jincheng, and those workers without union backgrounds have become the group of people most loved by all capitalists.

And recently, there are more and more newly built factories, and their gap for workers is also getting larger and larger, so many capitalists are recruiting directly here.

Seeing the master here, no matter who they are, they must take off their hats and bend their waists.

Lans raised his hand to greet those people while getting into the car.

Aierwen sat in the passenger seat, "You are very popular with people!"

Quite a few workers on the street were watching the motorcade, watching Lans behind the glass.

Lans actually felt this was very normal, "Because I gave them the opportunity to survive here. If you gave them such an opportunity, they would also welcome you and love you."

"But this is what we need." The motorcade moved slowly, and his gaze also withdrew from these people.

The Federation in these two months is actually very stable, without any huge waves occurring. The Sheng Nong Festival is imminent, the news from the front line has always been lukewarm, occasionally winning small victories, and the domestic atmosphere is very harmonious.

Everyone is preparing to celebrate the Sheng Nong Festival; this festival is too important for the Federation people, to a certain extent equivalent to the day of the New Year.

Although there are still twenty days left, there is already some atmosphere of the Sheng Nong Festival on the streets.

The shops on the roadside have even dressed up in the unique style of the Sheng Nong Festival early, such as some crop and pumpkin garlands, or decorations, which can be seen everywhere.

Although Jincheng is a port light industrial city, the land here has also flowed with the sweat and blood of countless slaves.

It seems there is no connection.

Between these two.

The festival of slave owners and slaves, but even so, slaves can also have a good sleep on this day of the Sheng Nong Festival.

During this period, besides stability, Lans's alcoholic beverages have begun to penetrate into surrounding areas, utilizing the geographical advantage of Jincheng, and the cheap smuggled alcohol from Xiang Yalan is only allowed to be sold to him.

Lans has already mastered the pricing power of alcohol in the entire state, although many people feel that he rarely retails, and the main profits have been taken away by retailers.

But in reality, the money Lans earns is more than before.

Some small alcohol enterprises in the country supply him, as well as those alcohol peddlers from Xiang Yalan; the goods in his hands are enough to spread wider.

Some Diguo people gangs in Denuozhou now all get alcohol from him.

The vehicle passed through the street, and the vehicles on the road, seeing that the one coming behind was Lans's motorcade, would all actively move to one side.

"Some news came from Denuozhou, a batch of our goods has gone missing."

When the motorcade was not too far from Lans's company, Aierwen said this news.

Lans lit a cigarette, he waved the match to extinguish the flame on the match, and he did not feel surprised about this result.

If you want to grab money from someone else's pocket, you must definitely accept someone else's resistance.

The society of the law of the jungle is like this; it cannot be that because the predator is hungry, the prey must obediently lie down; resistance is inevitable.

"Do you know who did it?"

Aierwen shook his head, "It was handled very cleanly, it disappeared on the interstate highway, no one saw our car and our people, they should have been thrown into the wilderness by them."

"With such a large range, the probability of finding it is very low."

Lans nodded, "Ask the local people, don't care about the issue of spending money."

After Aierwen recorded this matter, he said again, "On the West Coast recently, there is a Sumuli person named Kamilo, they are massively exporting brandy and a small amount of whiskey to the West Coast, and are also penetrating into the central region, we may face competition."

There are only three states in the southernmost part of the Federation, Likaile State, Denuozhou, and Nanya'an State.

Likaile State is in the easternmost part of the south, Denuozhou is in the very middle, and then it is Nanya'an State in the westernmost part.

Lans has already formed an absolute advantage in Likaile State, no need to worry about the sales situation, if he continues to develop westward, he may encounter this group of Sumuli people.

"Kamilo?"

"Is he a person from the Four Great Families?"

Aierwen nodded, "I heard he is a person from the Bianqi family, and people from the other three great families have also begun to sell alcohol there."

"Did the local people not resist?", Lans asked a question casually, but soon he realized that this question was actually very stupid.

Local people would definitely resist, and the resistance must be very fierce, but they are facing Sumuli people.

The strongest specialty of Sumuli people is their gunmen, these gunmen have a very tough style, and their actions are very decisive, their marksmanship is also not bad, ordinary small gangs are definitely not their opponents.

And the "big gangs" on the West Coast are just a form of address, it does not mean their strength is really very strong.

Aierwen also indeed answered like this, "There is some resistance, but the resistance is not fierce."

"The peers on the West Coast seem to be somewhat lacking in this regard.", he said with a smile.

Lans was also smiling, the "quality" of the gangs on the East Coast is obviously much higher than those on the West Coast, which also led to some big gangs in the country almost all concentrating on the East Coast.

For example, three of the five great families of the Federation are all concentrated on the East Coast, and only one of the other two is in the western region.

Looking down on each other is normal; when these states in the east are really playing with their lives, the west is still playing with negotiations.

How could these guys who are used to taking action directly look down on those gangs that are not fierce?

And there is also a huge gap in the speed at which they earn money from each other.

Every industry has a chain of contempt; in gangs, the more general chain of contempt is that the east looks down on the west.

Of course, according to the west's statement, it is actually them looking down on the east; anyway, everyone has always looked down on each other.

The car stopped slowly at the company entrance, some young people in the company immediately came out to maintain order, and quite a few children had been following Lans's motorcade for a long time.

These are children from poor families, some of the clothes they wear are obviously altered after their parents' clothes were broken, and some are barefoot.

Every time Lans returns, they will follow and run, and Lans will also have people give them some pocket money.

As for homeless people, that's gone.

The assassin before disguised himself as a beggar and planned to assassinate Lans; after failing, the appearance of beggars, homeless people, and the like was prohibited in the surroundings.

When Lans got off the car, there were already people giving pocket money to those children, and they were also loudly thanking "the merciful Mr. Lans".

They know who to thank, and also know who let them have these.

Returning to the company and sitting on the chair, Lans stretched his back, "Recently, it seems there is nothing to say about things, but if you say there are few, there are some."

He touched his hair, "Check the situation of this Bianqi family, I remember that Christopher defected to them."

Aierwen nodded, "I will tell Bodun."

He was just about to go to work, suddenly as if remembering something, "There is one thing I don't know if it is useful to you, I heard that the director of the Jincheng Federal Bureau of Investigation has changed."

Lans nodded slightly, indicating he knew, and then Aierwen went out to work.

After sitting on the chair and thinking for a while, he dialed Tang Mu's phone number.

Federal Bureau of Investigation, this title gave Lans a trace of pressure.

Because the Federal Bureau of Investigation is nominally a law enforcement department belonging to the Presidential Palace, directly responsible to the President, regardless of the Federal Bureau of Investigation here, or the Federal Bureau of Investigation he knew in another world, it is like this.

He had heard that the previous director took the position by flattering and helping the President frame his political enemies, but during the midterm elections, this director obviously did not exert his true role, and now the person has changed.

The person changed over there, and the director of the Jincheng branch of the Federal Bureau of Investigation here in Jincheng changed, there must be some problems inside.

Tang Mu's phone was very easy to get through, "This is Tang Mu."

A very businesslike voice, Lans said with a smile, "It's me."

"Lans?"

His voice suddenly became soft, without the stiffness of being businesslike, "You calling must have something you need me for, say it, let's see if I can help!"

"I am very sad that you say that, can't I just call to chat with you for a while?"

"Come on, Lans, I don't know if you are busy, but I must be very busy, and you also know I am very busy."

What he meant was that Lans, knowing he was very busy, would not disturb him casually, this is a kind of "understanding".

Lans said with a smile, "Alright, you guessed it right."

"What is the situation with the new director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation?"

"The director of the branch here has changed, maybe the ones in other places have also changed?"

"This makes me a little sensitive, Tang Mu, if all the branches have changed people, or the vast majority of branches have changed people, I would feel better."

"If only a few places have changed people, I would feel that I am being targeted."

After Tang Mu heard Lans's question, he rubbed his forehead, "That gentleman who just took office... I don't know how to tell you, he is a very smart guy."

"He submitted a proposal, about... uh, I will explain it to you like this, it is a proposal to strengthen the centralization of the central government."

"The content of this proposal is that the Federal Bureau of Investigation can intervene in all local cases, and conduct investigations on things they feel suspicious about."

"In other words, the Presidential Palace has the power to directly intervene in local law enforcement power."

"Congress did not pass it here, but passing it is only a matter of time."

If it weren't for the fear of a big strike by the police, they would have already voted to pass it!

Although it was not passed now, everyone has a number in their hearts, and the new investigation director has already begun to carry out personnel changes and adjustments to the branches of the entire Federation.

Preparing for the strengthening of the authority of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on the surface after the war ends, once the war ends, they will become one of the most powerful law enforcement agencies in the Federation.

Of course, Tang Mu does not know these things, he only knows that this director who just took office is not easy to deal with.

After Lans roughly understood the situation, he felt that this matter was not that simple, he still thanked Tang Mu for telling him these.

"The Sheng Nong Festival is coming soon, I will have people send you some local specialties, pay attention to check and receive them when the time comes."

After Tang Mu heard this, a smile appeared on his face uncontrollably, Lans is really a very generous person, and compared to those who directly give money to senators, he is also willing to let Tang Mu also be able to be allocated some.

But the words were out, he could not directly accept it, he still had to push and decline for a while.

Human beings are so strange, the person giving the gift knows that this gift can definitely be sent out, and the person receiving the gift will definitely accept it, but there just happens to be such a process.

"I will accept the senator's share for you, forget about my share."

"Tang Mu, are we still friends?"

"And I said, it's local specialties, they are all some agricultural products, what did you think it would be?"

For a moment, Tang Mu really couldn't tell whether Lans was telling the truth or if you were telling a lie, his tone was too sincere.

With just such a moment of hesitation, he reluctantly agreed, "Alright then, just sending some agricultural products is enough, in addition, I suggest you prepare one more copy."

"The senator's big staff should also be sent a copy, I will help you send it over when the time comes."

Lans agreed, this is the process he is familiar with, actively demanding gifts.

Privileged classes that do not actively demand gifts are not good privileged classes, because they cannot make people get along with peace of mind.

Of course, Lans did not lie, what he prepared was indeed some agricultural products.

What he gave Tang Mu was a big Chinese cabbage made of gold, about two kilograms or so, and the senator's was a small pumpkin made of gold, a full ten kilograms.

These are all local specialties, and they are all agricultural products, even if God came, there is no way to say Lans is wrong.

After hanging up the phone, Lans dialed the phone of Dai Er (former director of the Hazardous Materials Administration, current executive member of the State Prohibition Committee), Dai Er had mixed in the circle and periphery in Jincheng for a period of time, he should know some news about the new director.

After dialing, Dai Er did not know about this matter, he let Lans wait for a while, and then went to ask about those old friends from before.

Before, when he had no opportunity to advance, those old friends did not answer his phone one by one, fearing to be involved with him.

Since he was promoted to executive member of the State Prohibition Committee, he could be considered to have great power in his hands, and those old friends took the initiative to call him one after another, and also wanted to hold a promotion celebration activity for him.

The political scene of the Federation is more realistic and direct than Lans knows.

If you can, you can.

If you can't, you can't immediately, without any cover-up.

Dai Er, who has experienced many things, also sees more thoroughly, he is like not minding the indifference of these people toward him before at all, still often chatting with them on the phone, maintaining feelings.

In officialdom, you can make friends, but you cannot make brothers, this is an iron rule!

Soon he found out the information about this new director, a top student who graduated from the Judicial University of Jincheng, and is an alumnus of the current director.

He previously served as a local prosecutor, handled several big local cases during his tenure, and was highly evaluated, he is a person with ability.

Now he is married, has three children, the oldest just started high school, the youngest is still in elementary school, his family lives in Jincheng, and did not come to Jincheng with him.

Having this information is already enough for Lans.

When Lans was asking about this new director, the new director had already reorganized the Jincheng branch from top to bottom.

Who could imagine that the purpose of the establishment of the Federal Bureau of Investigation was just to catch those who spoke ill of the President.

This does not match the freedom of speech they promoted at all, so all the people in the Jincheng branch added up to less than ten people.

Usually, their only work is to wander around, if someone speaks ill of the President, they will investigate the information of these people clearly and record it.

If there is a time when they need to cash in their "performance", they will catch people.

If not needed, they will pretend they don't know anything.

This kind of good life lasted for more than ten years, and finally, it was over.

The newly appointed director has strong execution and courage, on the first day he came here, he fired everyone except the guard, these people made a fuss for a while, saying they were going to complain about him to the superior department, and finally left the investigation bureau.

At this time, there were only this director and the five agents he brought in the entire investigation bureau.

Before officially starting work, he must chat with these subordinates, let them see the reality clearly, and not be blindly optimistic.

Because this is Jincheng!

(End of chapter)