Chapter 797: William's New Hope

On the morning of the day after the farm's bonfire party, Lans stepped on the journey back to New Jincheng after eating breakfast, while others would wait at the farm for a few more days.

There is also William, who took his car back together.

This is very obvious. William has some things he wants to talk to Lans about, and it is at this time.

Lans did not refuse. After the car left the farm, William talked about the things he wanted to say.

"Several representatives of the Federal Party in our state contacted me before we came to the farm. They want me to go to Manton and talk to them."

Federation people don't pay much attention to the concept of "father-in-law and son-in-law." Many times, sons-in-law call their father-in-law directly by name, and no one calls them father-in-law or father.

So the relationship between the two sides will be very subtle—

This is limited to ordinary people. For people like Lans and William, everyone is at an equal level.

Lans shook the match in his hand, then threw it into the ashtray with a lid on the armrest. "What do they want to talk to you about?"

William also took a puff of cigarette and exhaled slowly, "I don't know very well, but I explored a piece of gossip. They intend to move a little."

Looking at Lans's somewhat inexplicable expression, he could only say it in more detail, "They intend to push me to run for mayor."

"New Jincheng?", Lans's voice rose slightly, "If it is New Jincheng, I advise you to forget it!"

"The influence of the Williams family here is still very large. Unless he doesn't compete with you."

"As long as he is not willing to give up the position of mayor, you have no way to compete with him. Even if I help you, it won't work. After all, this is the Social Party's final say."

He thought William was talking about New Jincheng, but in fact, it was not, "They are talking about Hucheng."

Hucheng is also in Lika Lai State, but it has no popularity, because the city scale is very small, with only more than 100,000 permanent residents, and there is no special super industry.

There is a lake next to Hucheng, connected to several rivers, and it is named after it.

Overall, it is a small city with a slow pace, with its own life system. Although it has no fame, it does not have too much internal pressure.

A considerable part of the citizens of Hucheng support the Federal Party. In the past mayors, more than six or seven percent were Federal Party members.

Until the Social Party's ruling power has been too strong in recent years, pulling the flag of the Federal Party from this city.

Now William relies on the Lans family, and Lans has relationships with Congress, state government, and various aspects.

The Lika Lai State Federal Party Committee and representatives moved some thoughts.

On one hand, they can take back Hucheng to make their resumes look beautiful. No matter how it develops later, it is a good resume.

On the other hand, they can also apply for more funding and resource tilt from the Federal Party. After all, they took a mayor, so they have to show something, right?

In the final analysis, it is interest that is making trouble.

But no matter what, they think William has a chance, so they intend to talk to him.

Lans listened to William's general ideas, and gradually had some preliminary impressions and outlines in his mind.

"I remember Hucheng seems to be near here?"

"More than two hundred kilometers."

"That is indeed not too far. You can try."

"If you can become mayor, it will be helpful for our development on the farm, and it will also be a huge improvement for your official career."

"Municipal councilor, in the final analysis, doesn't count as the most basic politician. Only after taking this step can you be considered to have truly stepped into the political arena!"

This thing of municipal councilor is entirely based on identity background.

For example, people like Councilor Williams and Councilor Wade are also municipal councilors, and they are also considered politicians.

But William, this municipal councilor, if you don't consider Lans's influence, he doesn't count as a politician.

Politician, this profession, in the final analysis, is a profession that represents how many people's fate you can decide at least.

If you can only decide the fate of a few thousand, one or two thousand people, you are not a politician in the true sense, you are just a representative of an ethnic group.

But if you can decide the fate of tens of thousands, more than 100,000, hundreds of thousands of people, then even if you are nothing, your influence is enough to support you to become a politician at any time.

In New Jincheng, the Williams family is the top layer of the political ecology. Even with Lans's support, if William wants to make certain decisions and change certain things, he still has to nod to Mayor Williams.

So it is better to go out from here. Although Hucheng is small, with Lans's support, there will be no powerful characters pressing him above him. He can become a real ruler, rule these people, decide their fate, and successfully enter the threshold of politicians.

Becoming mayor, the road later will be much easier to walk. Take a step back, and it is also possible to be a Federal Party representative in the future, active on the state or even federal political stage.

Go further, seek a seat in the State Senate, or the chief of important departments of the state government, and walk higher and further step by step. These are the routes of politicians.

William's age is actually just right now, forty-something, in his prime. If he can walk out in ten years, that is, in his fifties, and lay a good foundation, then there may not be no chance to strive for a higher ruler in the future.

For example... Governor?

Speaker or spokesperson of the State Senate and House of Representatives.

These are all opportunities.

Lans will support him, "You can arrange for people to inquire about the situation of Hucheng first, and after you go to Manton, ask the people of the Federal Party if there is any extra assistance."

"If there is this possibility, we don't consider how much money to spend, but how to do it."

William clenched his fists. Since Victor was born, he has been full of energy!

Part of the reason why there was no motivation before was that he only had one daughter, and he and Emily didn't intend to have another child.

Their family is in a relatively awkward position. Having more children will inevitably change the original life, and their development is not enough to support subsequent changes.

This is actually very awkward. People always say that they are not as good as the top, but they are better than the bottom. How many people really bow their heads and compare with those who are far inferior to themselves?

So for these awkward families, only the "insufficient" in "not as good as the top" remains.

But it's different

William nodded, "After I go back, I will talk to them about this in detail. If they really intend to push this forward, I will definitely make things clear to them."

Make what clear?

Make clear how much support the Federal Party can provide him.

Don't think that running for mayor seems like a simple matter; in reality, it is not simple at all.

Especially since William is not from Hucheng, and people don't understand him at all.

Humans have inertia when it comes to understanding new things; they would rather vote for a politician they don't like but recognize, than risk voting for someone they don't know.

This requires the Federal Party to put in some effort, for example, by inviting some celebrities with popularity and influence in Hucheng to cheer for William when the time comes.

This is also the power that politicians rely on most during elections, besides campaign funds, and there is no "one of" about it.

Lans nodded and said, "Don't be blindly optimistic; understand it clearly first before saying anything."

Along the way, the two would chat for a while from time to time, and in two days, the motorcade entered New Jincheng.

This trip also deepened Lans's idea of building a railway for the farm; if he had come back by train, he wouldn't be as exhausted as he is now.

Sitting in a car for a long time is also very tiring, both mentally and physically.

I wonder when civilian aircraft will appear—

Actually, there are airplanes now, but they haven't been applied to the front lines yet, mainly used for reconnaissance.

In fact, the military of various countries is very clear about its potential in war, but unfortunately, in this regard, the development of various countries is still slightly behind compared to various types of combat vehicles.

After William arrived in New Jincheng, he immediately set off by train to Mante, while Lans returned to the company.

Burton had been waiting for him at the company early in the morning to report on work.

The moment Lans leaned back on the sofa without any regard for his image, he let out a heavy sigh of relief.

"Get them to get some buses and modify them; I've had enough of long-distance travel in small cars!" Sitting next to him, Ai Erwen agreed with a chuckle.

Only then did Lans look at Burton, "What is the situation in New Birmingham?"

Burton hadn't been doing nothing these past few days; he had also been doing his homework and found ways to mobilize some local resources.

The local Imperial gangs and some freelance "intelligence personnel" had obtained some news that wasn't too important.

"There are quite a few gangs of all sizes locally, as well as some motorcycle gangs. The guy who sold what is suspected to be our lost goods belongs to a small gang that isn't very large."

"But there is a very interesting thing: we found that this gang itself doesn't operate a liquor business, and only he and one other person are shipping goods. The others in the gang haven't shipped goods before; it seems they are unaware."

"Because you said not to let us contact them too early, we are currently focusing on investigating some information and haven't officially contacted these people yet."

Lans nodded slightly, rubbing his neck; the faces of many people flashed through his mind one by one.

Finally, his gaze fell on Ai Erwen, "You go there yourself."

Ai Erwen did not refuse; he also knew that this matter was different from other fighting and killing matters and required a bit of brainpower.

People in the family who use their brains are, after all, in the minority; most only know how to fight and kill.

Now he was gradually beginning to understand the reason Lans mentioned earlier about recruiting some highly educated talent; not to say most, but quite a few people were not very reassuring to use.

(End of chapter)