Chapter 800: The Workers' Party and Arrival in New Birmingham

Lanse would not agree with what these people from the labor federation were thinking, but there was no need for strong opposition; just making them retreat in the face of difficulties was enough.

The current labor federation is still a powerful, non-negligible political force.

They are really too strong, just as Mr. Wei De said, behind them are twenty million working-class people!

They are invincible!

For politicians, they hold at least millions of votes in their hands; no one will offend these votes and the people who can control these votes.

For capitalists, the labor federation can decide whether to strike, how large the strike is, and what areas it covers, which is equivalent to pinching the throats of the capitalists.

But they ignored one point.

Lanse is neither a politician nor a capitalist; they have no way to deal with him at all!

If Mr. Wei De and this Mr. Ge Li Ge could convince the labor federation and the industry union to arm the workers and fight Lanse.

Then even if Lanse didn't make a move, Congress would laugh wildly and send the army to wipe them all out—

Not referring to the workers, but the labor federation behind them.

Even if the war were paused, these would all be worth it.

They cannot threaten Lanse; instead, Lanse has grabbed the throat of their destiny. Mr. Wei De using his set of tactics for dealing with politicians and capitalists to deal with Lanse obviously has no meaning.

And Lanse can also see that these people from the labor federation are too arrogant, so arrogant that they don't look like people representing the power of the working class at all.

They are actually politicians too, having opened up an upward channel for themselves and then becoming the people they once disliked the most.

Mr. Ge Li Ge saw that Lanse's attitude was very firm, and he had to speak, otherwise there was a high probability they would return empty-handed today.

"Mr. Lanse, I noticed that the Lanse White Rating Method we are currently using comes from your creativity, right?"

He is very good at finding topics; after all, he is a person who is a state vice president. As soon as he opened his mouth, he found a topic that could ease the atmosphere and flatter Lanse.

The Lanse White Rating Method has spread comprehensively, and there is even a trend of spreading to surrounding countries and regions.

This set of things is too easy to use, so easy that you don't need to spend brainpower to simply and easily identify a worker's working ability.

It's very easy to use, and there's nothing to say about its versatility.

He said such things while also paying attention to Lanse.

Lanse couldn't help but laugh twice, "Yes, a very simple concept."

"In the education system, if people want to know what level of education we have, they will set questions to test us."

"So at that time, I thought, why not use a technical level as a standard for grading? So there was this rating method."

Mr. Ge Li Ge was also laughing, and he nodded quite approvingly, "Although the concept is very simple, only you have thought of it and proposed it in so many years, which shows that you are not quite the same as others."

"Mr. Lanse, you have good influence in the labor federation; this is a foundation, an advantage."

"I'm not saying that the labor federation is necessarily better than anything else, but you already have an advantage here with us, why not use it?"

"We can go further and do better; we have never been enemies, Mr. Lanse."

"On the contrary, we can become very good partners!"

Lanse nodded noncommittally, and then he looked at this Mr. Ge Li Ge with a smile, "I know a very mercenary capitalist; the clothes they wear are the same brand as yours."

"Do the workers know that your clothes cost at least seven or eight hundred dollars a set?"

This sentence sounded like nothing remarkable, but soon the faces of Mr. Ge Li Ge and Mr. Wei De changed.

They heard Lanse's irony, irony that they are also "capitalists." Thinking deeper, what capitalists buy and sell are the commodities in their hands.

What do these people in the labor federation buy and sell?

It is precisely their cornerstone, twenty million workers!

The smile on Mr. Ge Li Ge's face converged, and he frowned, "It seems there is a deep misunderstanding between us."

Lanse shook his head and said, "Rather than saying it's a misunderstanding, it's better to say that you don't know yourselves well enough, and you don't know me well enough."

"This is not an attitude of asking for help, Mr. Ge Li Ge, and Mr. Wei De."

"You can go back first, think carefully, what things can convince me, move me, find your correct attitude, and then come here, and we will talk."

"Instead of this... thinking that I must listen to you as soon as you come up."

"This is New Jincheng, this is Laizhou, and here, I can protect my own interests!"

He said this and put down his crossed legs, "Okay, I still have work to do, you have to leave."

This is directly driving people away, and it is already very impolite.

But Mr. Ge Li Ge and Mr. Wei De had no way either, so they could only get up with cold faces, say two parting words, and then strode out of Lanse's office.

When the two walked out of Lanse's company, Mr. Wei De couldn't help complaining, "This guy has no upbringing at all, and he is too arrogant!"

"He doesn't understand at all what kind of power the twenty million worker brothers united together is!"

"We created the world!"

"Egg!"

Mr. Ge Li Ge was slightly calmer. He understood Lanse's words. If he wanted Lanse to follow what they said, he had to satisfy some of his conditions, or take out something that could move him.

But what could move him?

Mr. Ge Li Ge didn't know. He sighed, a failed negotiation, "Okay, let's go back first and report the results of the negotiation."

Mr. Wei De was sulking. At this time, he had all kinds of thoughts turning in his heart. He felt he had to give Lanse some color to see.

In front of twenty million working-class people, what is a gang?

"How about we call the immigration bureau and say that black immigrants were used in those factories?", he took out his keys and walked toward a car worth seven or eight thousand dollars parked on the side of the road.

Mr. Ge Li Ge thought for two or three seconds and shook his head, "In New Jincheng, the immigration bureau won't manage Lanse's affairs for you."

"This matter still needs to be discussed. I gradually feel that we might have really bumped into a stone."

Mr. Wei De didn't speak. He opened the car door, sat in, and then started the car.

After Mr. Ge Li Ge got in the car, he stepped on the accelerator, and the car soon disappeared into the traffic.

Lady Sai Lin Na, who seemed to have been forgotten by them, finally came out of the restroom.

While cleaning the water droplets on her body, she knocked on the door of Lanse's office. After the sound of "come in" came from inside, she pushed the door and entered.

Then she immediately saw the empty sofa and Lanse sitting behind the desk.

She didn't know how to describe it.

Lanse sitting on the sofa would give her a feeling of stability, just like... she couldn't describe it well, anyway, there was no big difference.

But at this moment, Lanse was sitting behind the desk, the sunlight outside the window shot in through the glass window, and half of Lanse's body was hidden in the shadow.

The tiny dust dancing in the air was illuminated by the light.

At this moment, a strong momentum naturally burst out from Lanse's body, something that made people subconsciously hold their breath!

She froze for a while, and didn't come back to her senses until Lanse spoke.

"Mr. Ge Li Ge and Mr. Wei De had some things to do and left first.", he signaled Sai Lin Na to sit down.

Sai Lin Na originally wanted to say goodbye too, but Lanse's invitation made her subconsciously obey. She walked to the opposite side of Lanse's desk, pulled out a chair, and sat down.

"Is the labor federation very nervous?", Lanse smiled and pursed his lips, "About the labor company and the factory connecting directly."

Sai Lin Na took a deep breath, the huge invisible pressure made her so tired. If she didn't say it, the pressure would be even greater.

She lived in New Jincheng, and her family also lived in New Jincheng.

The official of the light industry textile office of the labor federation was only one layer of her identity, not all of her!

Just in those seven or eight seconds, she nodded and said, "It's mainly the industry union; their reaction is very intense."

The labor federation itself is a national working-class organization formed with skilled workers from the entire industry as the backbone. They are not a union, but in the eyes of all labor unions, the labor federation, which has greater influence, is their upper-level institution.

Once the industry union headquarters told the labor federation about these things, the labor federation, which had always been seeking a greater voice, could not sit idly by and watch such things happen.

"I heard an unreliable rumor, and I don't know if it's true or false."

Lanse signaled her to continue. She organized her rhetoric and said cautiously, "I heard that the chairman of the labor federation is seeking to go further in politics..."

She took a deep breath and looked at Lanse, "They plan to push people from the labor federation to participate in the election in the general election after the war ends, wanting to elect the first president from the working class since the founding of the federation!"

Hearing this, Lanse understood some of their urgency about himself destroying their foundation.

Now is the weakest stage after the Social Party split from the Liberal Party. The Liberal Party won't be mentioned, and the Federal Party has started to operate.

Then, the labor federation, the largest non-governmental organization in the federation with twenty million worker brothers, actually doesn't make people feel strange at all to have the idea of striving for the election!

With money, votes, and a strong backing, perhaps they really have a considerable probability of winning!

Lanse scratched his head, "A piece of news that is neither good nor bad, but thank you for telling me these."

"No matter how the labor federation does it, you are you, they are they, you will always be my friend."

Lanse opened the drawer, took out a small piece of paper from it, and handed it over, "A shopping voucher my family gave me during the Saint Agriculture Festival. I can't use it myself, and I see there is a time limit on it, so you see if there is anything you need. It's best if you can use it."

Lady Sai Lin Na picked up the small card on the desktop. It said "one thousand dollar shopping voucher" on it, and the back also said that no change would be given for less.

This is equivalent to her four or five months of income. A smile appeared on her face, "Thank you so much, I happen to have some things I want."

She is very sensible, or rather, living in New Jincheng, she knows very well who is the sky here.

Lanse nodded and was silent for a few seconds, "Let's do this for now!"

"If there is any further news, call me anytime, anywhere."

He stood up, reached out to shake hands with Lady Sai Lin Na, and then watched the other party leave.

He didn't sit back, but walked to the window and took out a cigarette again. The mellow cigarette could always make people intoxicated. He looked at the quiet street outside the window, looking at the young men in groups of three or five who could be seen everywhere on the surrounding streets.

He suddenly felt a bit ridiculous. How do these people plan to show their strength?

Let his subordinates "strike"?

Or do something else?

He shook his head, and didn't return to sit down until a cigarette was finished, then dialed Tang Mu's phone.

He briefly said what happened today, and also mentioned the "secrets" that Lady Sai Lin Na revealed to him.

After Tang Mu listened seriously to what Lanse said, he laughed and said, "Your news is not too... keeping up with the development of things. They have already started to consider preparing to establish the 'Federal Workers' Party'. Now they are still missing an opportunity."

Establishing a political party, then launching a candidate, and then trying to use their influence on twenty million workers, at least millions of votes, to settle the president's position at once.

Even if it's only for four years, it's enough to stabilize everything about the Workers' Party.

I have to say that this is really a crazy era, and all kinds of thoughts are constantly colliding.

"Can they succeed?", Lanse asked.

"I don't know either, but it should be very difficult, because Congress has been paying attention to them."

"You know, if someone has been paying attention to you, it's highly likely that he doesn't hope you live better."

Lanse couldn't help laughing, "You are really humorous!"

He paused, "Did you receive my gift?"

Tang Mu's voice was more eager, "Received, honestly I was startled, actually you..."

"Okay, I won't say this."

"I also took the thing to the Senator. The Senator likes this little gift of yours very much. It is now placed in the corner of the Senator's desk."

A pure gold little pumpkin with the theme of the Saint Agriculture Festival, this is a very meaningful souvenir, not anything else.

After chatting about this for a while, Tang Mu took the initiative to say, "I will tell the Senator about what you said. From my personal point of view, what you are doing is indeed a meaningful thing, keep it up."

"Although the Senator and Congress won't actively support you, if they go to the immigration bureau, the immigration bureau won't ignore them either. You understand what I mean!"

Lanse nodded and said, "I know."

Since these illegal immigrants are called "illegal," they must have violated the laws and regulations of the federation. No matter who it is, especially public figures, it is even more impossible to publicly support this behavior and group of people.

So it is difficult for the Senator to support Lanse, for example, supporting him in organizing more illegal immigrants to compete for jobs with the union and the labor federation.

If they did that, it would definitely be a terrible political disaster.

But they can stop those law enforcement agencies that can cause harm to these illegal immigrants under Lanse from enforcing the law.

After all, as masters, law enforcement, who enforces the law, whose law is enforced, and how to enforce the law, isn't it all up to them?

Lanse knew that this matter would definitely not be over, and there would definitely be follow-ups, but he didn't pay special attention to it.

After all, his field and the field of the labor federation don't have a single point of overlap!

There must be some capitalists in the labor federation. The fact that Mr. Ge Li Ge and Mr. Wei De were frustrated at Lanse's place soon spread within Laizhou.

Originally, not many people contacted the labor company, but after this matter spread, more people came to discuss this matter all of a sudden.

It also made more illegal immigrants realize that the only ones who can truly provide them with stable work are Lanse's labor company.

And with the reform plan of the labor company proposed by Lanse starting to leak out, more illegal immigrants, and even local workers, are consulting about how to register.

The industry union does have advantages, for example, they can organize large-scale demonstrations (without the drive of interests, it is almost impossible for ordinary workers to do this), and provide better legal aid, and some labor unions also provide places for leisure and entertainment.

But there are also disadvantages. Not only do you have to pay money to the union, but sometimes it is clearly something you don't want to do, but the union requires you to do it, so you have to do it.

Now it's good, it seems there is a substitute, and many people are consulting for more detailed content.

The labor company's business has become busy, and it has also brought a trace of things that people hadn't noticed before to the labor-capital market of the entire federation.

In the first two days of November, Aierwen had already brought people to New Birmingham.

After they arrived at the place, they directly rented two villas to live in, instead of staying in places like hotels.

Aierwen didn't know much about the style of the local gang, but they would definitely notice some wrong situations that suddenly appeared in the hotel.

On the contrary, those villa areas are not easy for gangs to enter. After all, capital is not friendly to gangs.

After renting the house, they changed into casual clothes and started monitoring the bootlegger.

They let Clara's little cousin use the reason of "the wine is finished and I want to buy a few more bottles" to call the bootlegger.

During this time, Clara had already met her grandfather and had also embarked on the journey back to New Jincheng, but before that, she also introduced her cousin's family to Aierwen.

Clara knew Aierwen. After all, as the number two person in the Lanse family, she would always hear or see Aierwen more or less.

With her as a "middleman," Clara's cousin's family easily accepted this matter. Clara, who married far away to New Jincheng in their family, seems to have married an old gang man...

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 801 =====