Chapter 905

Under the constantly flashing magnesium lights, Diego held Lan Si's hand tightly, "History will remember this moment!"

Lan Si shook the hand he was holding with force, "Yes, history will remember this moment; La Pa has welcomed a brand new future!"

Then it was a grand banquet, with more than a hundred people participating; mountains of food were constantly sent into mouths, or poured into trash cans by people.

For those who can participate in this level of banquet, what delicious food haven't they eaten?

Perhaps a dish will only be touched twice, but it will soon be replaced by a new dish.

The replaced dishes, besides the waiters possibly stealing some, others will eventually be poured into the trash can.

Reporters hid in the back kitchen; they clearly recorded these.

These were all ordered by Lan Si; these reports, and those photos, will provide people with a "direction forward" at the critical moment.

The next day, the La Pa government announced that in view of the influx of foreign capital and the increase in people's income, in order to provide investors with a better investment environment.

So the La Pa government will levy taxes on La Pa citizens with an annual income exceeding twelve thousand Para.

The tax rate is tentatively set at twelve percent, increasing by one percent for every two hundred yuan over, up to a maximum of fifty percent.

This news didn't actually trigger too much dissatisfaction; after all, compared to the twelve million population of La Pa, the number of employees in Lan Si's factories is only seven or eight thousand.

Although these seven or eight thousand people are also very dissatisfied, they finally have jobs, and their income is considered relatively high; they can still bear a tax rate of ten-plus percent.

Of course, they are not necessarily very happy in their hearts; after all, the money they worked hard to earn has to be handed over to others.

The La Pa government didn't mention the situation of providing food to various places, which also caused the food crisis in surrounding areas and more distant areas to become more serious.

Lan Si's people have all retreated to Zhuo Lan, and Lan Si bought a piece of land in the suburbs of Zhuo Lan, and has already started building his own "castle."

In the morning, he met a very special team from the country; the main members of this team came from different departments and organizations.

For example, the leader is the Federal International Economic Cooperation Agency, a newly established department, proposed by Lan Si, perfected by Senator Cleveland, and finally approved by Congress quickly.

The work of this department is to promote and promote economic, cultural, political, and a series of cooperation between the Federation and overseas regions by establishing bilateral economic, trade, and financial relations.

In dealing with overseas affairs, it has great independent power, is directly under Congress, and is responsible to Congress.

Over the past two years, the positive feedback brought by intervening in international affairs, including international wars, has been very obvious.

Originally, the federal economy was declining rapidly; some experts claimed that the Federation would enter a Great Depression lasting at least ten years.

They also used the economic decline experienced in the past to prove it, and claimed that this Great Depression was unprecedented!

Of course, the reaction of society at that time was indeed so; wages hadn't increased for several years, people's consumption ability became worse, real estate development slowed down or even regressed, and everything indicated that a terrible economic environment was about to come.

But just by intervening in an international war, the federal economy unexpectedly began to turn better, and the economy seemed to have found a new point of force, rapidly heating up and continuing to move forward.

Under the continuous economic stimulus brought by the war, federal experts have unanimously agreed that the Federation has walked out of the economic recession period in advance, and this continuous economic growth will last for ten or even twenty years after the war ends.

The Presidential Palace and Congress, as well as more politicians, realized that it is not just capitalists who can make war money, but the federal government can too, so they began to intervene in overseas affairs more actively.

This time, in dealing with the Asian Alliance issue, it is a "drill."

The leader of the team is called Albert Shi Misi, a typical old federal person; his ancestors were first-generation federal immigrants, and it is said that he also had a bit of political background.

He combed a big back head, looked very energetic, and the blue chin would give people a very strange feeling.

"Mr. White.", when meeting, he took the initiative and walked to Lan Si with big strides, holding Lan Si's hand tightly, appearing very humble, "Very happy to see you."

"I am Albert Shi Misi of the International Economic Cooperation Agency; you can call me Albert!"

Lan Si also responded with a smile, "No problem, Albert, you can also call me Lan Si."

"We should be considered comrades-in-arms now; if there are any problems, we must communicate in time!"

Albert nodded immediately and said, "You are so right; we are comrades-in-arms on the same front, the closest comrades-in-arms."

He paused, turned around and introduced the people behind him to Lan Si, "This is Andy."

The guy standing behind him has golden-brown hair, looks a bit old, should be thirty-seven or thirty-eight years old.

The smile on his face is not as sincere as Albert's, although Albert's smile is also fake, but fake sincerity.

And Andy's is not so sincere; his acting is not very good.

"Mr. White!", he shook hands with Lan Si and introduced himself.

Andy comes from an organization that is not a federal official organization, a private organization—Federal International Human Rights Investigation.

He is a senior agent of this organization, and his main work is to help some backward regional governments provide suggestions for democratic human rights development.

From the work content they announced to the outside, this organization is more like a consulting agency; they provide various democratic human rights solutions for the government.

But in reality, they are an intelligence agency with an official background; the main agents inside come from the federal government and federal intelligence departments.

It is said to observe local human rights issues, but in reality, it is responsible for intelligence collection, and possibly providing funds, technology, materials, and even armed assistance to local private human rights organizations.

To put it bluntly, it is a friendly organization that helps anti-government forces develop.

Because the federal government promised not to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, they couldn't possibly do these things openly; this doesn't conform to their propaganda to the outside.

So this is an organization of non-official nature; private spontaneous behavior has nothing to do with the federal government.

Everyone knows that the Federation is a highly free country.

Some people like people, some people like horses, some people like sheep; that is their freedom.

Just like some people are full and have nothing to do, wanting to add bricks and tiles to international human rights construction, that is also their own behavior, and has nothing to do with the federal government.

Andy has the arrogance typical of government employees; compared to Albert, he is more like an official; Lan Si doesn't care about his slightly cold attitude towards him.

There are many people in this world; you can't let everyone show you a smile; there are always some people who will have a straight face.

And then there are representatives of several federal charitable organizations; La Pa is a poor and backward place; it is too damn suitable for doing charity here.

As for whether they really came to do charity, or came to launder money, Lan Si actually doesn't care much; anyway, they are all allies.

After getting to know each other, everyone sat down separately.

"I heard that places further away have already started to riot."

Albert is the leader of this team, and he himself is an employee of the federal government, and also has a political background, so Andy has no dissatisfaction with this leader.

Lan Si didn't deny it; he sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, appearing very relaxed, "We bought a large amount of their grain; now the grain run has also begun to happen, and the circulation of grain will stop completely soon."

"The situation will only get worse and worse; soon they will have a comprehensive conflict with the ruling group of La Pa."

These new team members all nodded, but there was no heavy expression on their faces; they all carried relaxed smiles.

No matter how big a problem happens here, the ones who die are foreigners who have nothing to do with them; they have no psychological burden.

Albert pressed one hand on the armrest of the sofa, leaning forward slightly, "Who do you think will win this time between the La Pa government and these people who are rioting?"

Lan Si said without hesitation, "Of course it's the La Pa government."

"They control the most resources in this society, and they hold the trump card of the army in their hands."

"The La Pa private sector is very poor; it's not like the Federation here, where people can buy weapons and ammunition in grocery stores."

"They don't have the ability to arm themselves against the government."

These words brought some approval again; Albert asked next, "If so, doesn't that mean that the private movement will never pose a threat to the ruling group?"

Lan Si's gaze lingered on Albert and Andy for a moment, "This is exactly why you are here."

Albert obviously knows more inside stories; if it weren't for Lan Si, there wouldn't be the department he works for now, nor would there be this special trip.

Before coming, his superior told him that his work here is mainly to listen to Lan Si's arrangements.

Lan Si is the leader of the entire plan, not him, Andy, or someone in Congress.

These arrangements made Albert feel a bit surprised; according to his understanding, Lan Si is just a gang leader with certain abilities; he doesn't think such a person has the ability to subvert a country.

However, the people behind him were worthy of him, and after briefly explaining what could be said, Albert didn't have any other thoughts.

At this time, he appeared very humble, "Mr. Lan Si, we already had a work plan before coming; if you have any need for us to adjust or cooperate, please tell me."

He said, handing a document over; Andy looked at him, wanting to speak but stopping; he originally wanted to reach out, but still didn't do so.

Lan Si took the document and looked at it briefly, nodded and agreed with a smile, "I will."

(End of chapter)