Chapter 838: Hot Summer and Competition

The ringing of the phone made Lanse's attention shift from the points file in his hand to the phone.

The manager of the labor company wrote him a report, expounding on the beautiful future of the company's development, and also mentioned the problems currently encountered.

The union people are fighting back.

The workers connected to the factory on Lanse's side are not allowed to be union members. If they are, they must apply to withdraw before they can register with the company.

This is equivalent to digging the roots of the union.

The union is desperately protesting. They have talked to the company twice, but they have never reached any agreement.

Not letting the union intervene in the company's operations is Lanse's bottom line. As for the others, he doesn't care.

The manager said the union intends to promote a supporting industry strike in Liklai State to counter the current "atrocities" of the Wanli Labor Company.

As long as it is an enterprise that has signed a labor supporting agreement with Wanli Labor Company, and enterprises that have a cooperative relationship with these enterprises are within the scope of the strike.

Simply put, if there is an enterprise that produces pulleys, this pulley company has signed a labor supporting agreement with Lanse.

Because the entire factory is workers registered on Lanse's side, there are no union workers. They want to threaten the factory through strikes, which cannot be done.

So they have changed a method now.

Pulleys need screws, nuts, and bearings. They will arrange for enterprises that provide these spare parts to the pulley company to strike and demonstrate, forcing them to terminate cooperation with the pulley company to exert pressure on the capital side.

Without screws, without nuts, without bearings, pulleys cannot be assembled at all. This is indeed a way.

The manager is very worried that once they successfully taste the sweetness, it may trigger more systematic "encirclement and suppression" of Wanli Labor Company in more places.

This is a very difficult hurdle, at least in the manager's view, it is like this.

Once the momentum of the big strike is swept up, whether it is a capitalist or a politician, they must bow their heads!

He suggested to Lanse whether to use some means to temporarily ease the relationship with the union, rather than being so hard-headed.

Lanse was planning to talk to the manager when the phone rang first.

He picked up the phone, "I am Lanse."

"It's me."

The familiar voice in the receiver made Lanse reveal some smiles on his face. Mr. Gomez had left long ago. He went to prepare "local specialties."

"Senator."

"Tang Mu just told me that some person is on your side, intending to sell some special things. What do you think?"

Senator Cleveland still values Lanse very much. The longer they get along, the more he can discover Lanse's advantages and specialties.

He feels sorry for Lanse. If Lanse were not a gang leader, he wouldn't mind letting Lanse take his place.

Politics is different from wealth.

Anyone can inherit wealth, as long as the person who owns the wealth is happy.

It is said that a big tycoon transferred his assets of hundreds of millions to the dog he raised, and for this, he even established a foundation.

It is said that before the dog died, the people in the foundation were considering how to continue to hold these money. They bred the dog, selected the next generation with the best bloodline, and then inherited a foundation worth hundreds of millions!

A dog owns its own manor, its own butler, its own maid, and owns everything!

This sounds incredible, but this is the characteristic of wealth. It can be in anyone's hands, even if it is not a person.

The nature of wealth will not change. One dollar is one dollar. It won't be because the guy holding this dollar is a dog, and the clerk in the store refuses to sell the goods worth one dollar to the person led by this dog.

Well, leading a person, but it is also a person leading a dog. As long as they can legally put the money into their own pockets, they don't care what they are.

But politics is different.

The nature of politics will change between different successors, because political interests have always been "uncertain."

For example, Senator Cleveland completed some work with a colleague, and the colleague he helped said, "I owe you a favor."

Then the problem comes. A favor, what kind of favor is it, and what will this person pay for this favor?

When this favor is in Senator Cleveland's hands, this person might do something for him with all his strength.

When he decides to pass this favor on, its nature will change.

If the successor is a waste, then the limit of this favor is very likely "I am powerless."

But if this successor is someone who surpasses Senator Cleveland, then this favor is still "I will do my best," and he won't even say ambiguous words.

So many politicians' successors are not necessarily their own sons.

It might be their nephew, their student, or even their colleague!

Whoever is most suitable, choose whoever.

And politics looks at the "route," the "faction," not the "bloodline," so picking a qualified political legacy successor is very important for top politicians.

Lanse meets all the elements necessary for a top political successor. He is thick-skinned, black-hearted, can do good things, can do bad things, is good at acting, has a flexible brain, and has full social ability...

Senator Cleveland can find many advantages, and every once in a while, he can discover some new advantages.

But his shortcomings are as obvious as his advantages, his origin, his background.

He can have many advantages, countless advantages, but as long as he has these two shortcomings, it makes him unable to become a suitable politician. It's a pity.

So Senator Cleveland is willing to chat with Lanse. Maybe Lanse can give him some inspiration, some enlightenment.

Facing the Senator's question, Lanse is also very honest, "We need some role models. Terror rule is only a part of rule. If we want to turn the Xiang Yalan region into the Federation's territory, then we must not only occupy the territory there, but also capture their people."

"Gomez's identity is very special. He knows people of all classes in Lapa. The characteristics of businessmen give him flexible interpersonal relationships and bottom lines. He can play a lubricating role for us."

"We can set up a few typical examples in Xiang Yalan, let people see the huge changes in the development of these typical regions, the freedom, prosperity, and stability of the people, and then let them compare."

"Before, they didn't have the opportunity to choose, but now, we are here!"

Senator Cleveland listened to what he said and was very recognized, "You said it very well, the power of role models is infinite."

"When everyone is poor and backward, they won't complain about anything, but suddenly someone becomes what you said, they will be unbalanced."

"You don't have to give money to the homeless, but as long as you give it, you'd better give it to everyone."

This is a case that happened in the Federation. A kind-hearted person, every time he paid his salary, he would give a little money to the homeless on the street of the company.

He didn't give much, five cents.

Once he didn't have enough change, after giving money to the first few homeless people, when he got to the last one, he found that his change was not enough.

His wallet was full of one-dollar and two-dollar bills. He could accept giving a homeless person five cents to help him out.

But he couldn't accept giving a homeless person a dollar, so he showed his wallet, "I don't have change, sorry."

Then he left.

The next day when he passed by here, the homeless person who didn't get the help took the initiative to find him and reminded him that he needed to pay his five-cent donation.

This made this person feel that he was being blackmailed!

He gave these homeless people money because he was kind-hearted, but he didn't accept the aid of being blackmailed, so he refused.

This made that homeless person become the laughing stock of the surrounding homeless people, which also made the homeless person hold a grudge.

Not long after, the homeless person stabbed this guy to death.

This also led to some hints such as "Please pay attention to your safety when supporting the homeless" in the news media at that time.

The people of all countries in Xiang Yalan are those homeless people. If only a few countries are given freedom, development, and stability, then the remaining countries will make trouble themselves.

He appreciated Lanse's thinking and thinking, "You contact this person about this matter. Also, there is one more thing."

"Around June, you'd better find a reason to take your people away from Jincheng as much as possible."

Lanse was shocked in his heart, "You already know the exact date?"

Senator Cleveland listened to his words and laughed "um", "You just know this matter yourself."

"Lanse, I am very optimistic about your future. Although your current identity limits you from going up, sometimes you don't necessarily have to stand in front of the stage. Do you understand what I mean?"

They knew this exact date only a week ago.

Dantela is not fighting the Slade Alliance alone. They also have their allies, such as their good neighbor, Ande.

Ande's spies obtained a piece of intelligence from Dantela. The intelligence mentioned the battle plan about "Hot Summer," and then they tried to crack it.

From the content cracked, they got some uncertain keywords, such as June, such as Jincheng, such as movies.

The intelligence department analyzed that it is possible that this is their plan to really follow the movie *Surprise Attack on Jincheng* to arrange a battle plan, sneak attack Jincheng to release the war pressure they are facing.

After the discussion and consultation of a small part of people, although they let people continue to stare at similar news, they didn't announce it, and didn't even make any idea of prevention!

For a week, the spies planted by Slade also fed back some response news from the side. Dantela people are conducting comprehensive maintenance for warships.

Some military factories also began to produce supporting ammunition consumables such as shells for these warships. It can be seen that they may indeed launch a naval battle.

However, even so, Congress and the military still have no intention of prevention, but they have been evaluating.

There has always been a "counterparty" in the federal society on the issue of participating in the war. If this participation in the war is to maintain world peace, it can be justified more or less.

Then invading Xiang Yalan, which has nothing to do with the Federation, is obviously not a just war.

The huge consumption brought by the war also made the federal government very nervous. Every bullet, every shell, is money.

Now the "saturation tactics" on the front line have made the federal military expenditure pressure much greater, and Xiang Yalan, as the raw material supply country closest to the Federation, if they can take this place, then the military expenditure pressure will decrease, and maybe they can earn a sum.

So how to make the public accept this "unjust" war?

Very simple.

The existence of Xiang Yalan has threatened the security of the Federation's mainland, and the "bringing freedom to Xiang Yalan" that Lanse just mentioned, starting from reality, starting from humanistic care.

The conversation with Lanse again gave Senator Cleveland important inspiration, so he revealed this news slightly.

Lanse is smart, this is obvious, he got the answer.

"The interests of the country are above everything else." Lanse said this after thinking for a while.

Senator Cleveland smiled with relief, "You are an excellent talent, Lanse."

"If they really come over, after this matter is over, you will have a big job, a real big job!"

"Anyway, just like this."

"Do it well, we will all have a bright future!"

"If you have any questions, contact Tang Mu. If he can't solve it, call me again."

After Lanse hung up the phone, he sat there thinking for a while, then shook his head and continued his work.

Sneak attack on Jincheng does not mean sneak attack on this city, but the three important places of this city's port, pier, and military base.

Of course, it is inevitable that shells will fall into the city, and it will also cause many casualties, but this is war.

He can only take care of people who have a good relationship with him. As for others, I hope God will bless them.

Every year, Federation people spend a lot of money on faith, donations, and gifts, hoping that God can manage a little bit.

As for the "big job" in Senator Cleveland's mouth, Lanse can probably guess it, rebuilding Jincheng.

Mainly rebuilding Jincheng Pier, rebuilding Xingang Pier, and rebuilding the naval base.

Lanse has a large amount of cheap labor, and these reconstruction works do not need operators in high-precision industries. What is needed is this kind of bottom-level labor. Lanse has an advantage in this regard.

He didn't ask the Senator if General Myers knew about this. No matter if he knew or not, asking was superfluous, so he just didn't ask.

The next period of time was no different from the past. Every day was good news about the war.

The Federal Ministry of Finance released a message, saying that the interest on the five-year war bonds might be raised by two to three points, and the bond market suddenly became lively.

The financial market, the free commodity market, and the overall economic upward trend made the Federation people begin to accept this war. Some social activists in the country constantly spread the saying of "The Federation's destiny is to return" to society, saying that this war will change the fate of the Federation's decline.

In early March, Hiram, who was "fighting" in Denuo State, came back from there to rest.

During this period, they opened up the market of another city, fire fighting, attacking each other, happening every day.

The rules between gangs are actually very simple, that is, there are no rules.

Whoever can survive, whoever is the strongest, whoever speaks loudly.

With the support of the Deputy Governor, those cities leaning toward him are "police and people as one" to fight against the invasion of the Lanse family.

Fortunately, the scale of these cities is not very large, 100,000 or 200,000 people, and the number of gangs is limited.

After hitting a batch, it will be very difficult for them to fill the manpower again. There will be a situation where people are hit less and less, and soon disappear.

However, Hiram didn't take people into this city to open up the market personally, because the mayor and Mayor Wade were not in the same group. In this case, the police in the city would target them infinitely, so Hiram and the others just fought gangs and left, never staying.

Although they didn't enter these "hostile cities," their wine would go in.

Some original gangs either disappeared and couldn't find anyone, or were hit hard and shrunk.

New gangs began to grow wildly, and some of them were gangs supported by the Lanse family.

They obtained "loans" from the Lanse family to buy weapons, vehicles, and even loans to buy wine and then sell it.

These people are locals, but they are tied to the interests of the Lanse family. The mayor doesn't have any good means for this method.

You eliminated this batch, and a new batch of gangs will appear. It is impossible to expect them to eliminate all gangs and prevent new gangs from appearing.

As long as they leave the scope of the city, the Lanse family will let them know what is called "firepower" and "enthusiasm"!

So although they didn't enter the city, the city was already full of wine sales channels provided by the Lanse family.

After fighting this time, Elvin decided to rest for a while, so Hiram took the opportunity to run back to offer treasures.

Lanse personally picked him up at the train station. After the two hugged, Lanse asked, "You said you brought me a gift."

Hiram nodded and waved to his men behind him. Soon they brought a box over and opened it in front of them. There were two bottles of wine inside.

This is not Lanse's own wine. He could see it at a glance. Although it is very similar, there is still a gap.

He picked up the wine bottle, turned the direction, looked at it carefully for a while, and then said with a smile, "Copper Label Whiskey, Gold Label Wine Industry?"

Hiram nodded, "We got a piece of news, intercepted this car, and it's all this inside."

Lanse put the wine bottle back and clapped his hands, "Well done!", saying he hugged Hiram's shoulder, "Go eat something?"

Gold Label Wine Industry and Lanse are not right in Jinzhou, Lanse has always remembered it.

It's not that he is very vengeful, but there are too many wineries that have obtained franchise rights!

He has to find a way to get rid of some, so that the price of wine can be stable.

Recently, the price of wine has begun to fall, which shows that the supply side of the market is increasing.

When supply exceeds demand, there will be bidding problems.

So ensuring the health of the supply and demand relationship can continue to make big money!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 839 =====