Chapter 92

"Prohibition Day 3, Work Efficiency Increased by 200%!"

"Today's New Jincheng" front-page headline published a jaw-dropping piece of news, but with people's trust in newspapers during this period, after they didn't believe the newspaper would lie, they chose to believe the nonsense they said, although it sounded very outrageous.

The reporter inside also interviewed some workers with a long history of alcoholism. They all said that before the prohibition order, they could buy large amounts of alcohol for a cheap price.

Alcohol made them lose the ability to work, and one of them even claimed that because he drank too much at work, he caused himself to lose two fingers, a painful lesson.

But since the implementation of the prohibition order, they firmly obeyed the decision of the city and state government, refused to buy or drink various beverages containing alcohol, and now they feel better.

They can go up to the sixth floor in one breath, kill a cow with one punch, will never feel sleepy at work, and will not think about that alcohol all day long.

It's just that on the assembly line, they still have the strength to continue working after finishing eleven hours. If it weren't for the capitalists caring about their bodies and not letting them work overtime, they would definitely work sixteen hours a day before going back to rest!

Their lives have been changed and improved because of the prohibition order, and they sincerely, from the bottom of their hearts, thank the implementation of the prohibition order...

This is politics.

Whether it's outrageous or not is not important; what's important is to let those who decide to implement these see that the policy is implemented thoroughly and has positive feedback.

Lanse saw this report when he was eating breakfast, and it could even be said that the entire political section of "Today's New Jincheng" was positive feedback since the implementation of the prohibition order.

But he sneered at this because this is politics.

What it shows is not necessarily true; as long as someone believes it, it's fine.

Whether it's the bottom or the top.

The masters in Congress will hold this newspaper high and shout loudly to those political enemies who do not support prohibition: "Open your dog eyes and look, the prohibition order has won another battle!"

"The decrease in productivity and violent crime caused by alcoholism is about to be eliminated from the Federation; this is a great victory for human nature!"

But for the people at the bottom, they eat and drink as usual.

On the way to the company, Lanse had already seen more than one protest event. Many drunkards were holding slogans like "Alcohol is innocent" on the side of the road, loudly protesting the comprehensive prohibition of alcohol in New Jincheng.

Many bar practitioners also participated in the protest.

Think about it, those drunkards used to be able to drink while watching dancers slowly take off their clothes; now what do they do?

Drink black tea or fruit juice?

Could it be milk?

Lacking the stimulation of alcohol, they won't be like fools just to take a few more looks, or throw money on the stage just to get close to the fishy seafood.

The income of strip dancers has dropped significantly, drunkards have no fun, and bar practitioners have no income; they can only protest.

Perhaps this is why, even though the Federation is prohibiting alcohol, the sales of alcoholic beverages in those states that have already prohibited alcohol have surged.

People don't necessarily drink because they want to drink; they drink to oppose the policy formulated by the federal government on a whim.

What they drink is not alcohol, but a kind of questioning, a kind of spirit!

Lanse went to the financial consulting company first. The situation here is very stable now, with more than ten thousand dollars in interest income every month, maintaining a slow growth trend.

On the contrary, the labor agency here has begun to enter an explosive period, and the monthly income has exceeded seven thousand dollars.

Because the reputation is fermenting, more and more people who don't want to work but want to get paid have chosen Wanli.

They only need to sign an authorization contract and hand over their work cards to Wanli to use, and they can get an income of at least thirty-two dollars a month.

They don't need to worry about the problem of contact with illegal immigrants; the labor agency has handled everything itself, and they only need to wait to collect money every month.

In the morning, Lanse made an appointment to meet George, the reporter from "Today's New Jincheng."

George was very punctual. For Lanse, he had an indescribable emotion similar to worship. In his eyes, everything Lanse did was like a miracle!

After a simple greeting, Lanse welcomed him into his office at the firm and called for two iced coffees from the side.

"It's very lively here; I'm glad you chose an industry full of prospects!", George offered his congratulations first, then asked about the purpose of Lanse's appointment this time: "So you want me to publish an advertisement for you?"

"Today's New Jincheng" is definitely a major media outlet in the state. Although it is only a local newspaper, it has sales points and fixed readers throughout the state.

For people in remote or backward small cities and towns, compared to the boring and dull life around them, they prefer to know what happened in New Jincheng today.

Even many media newspapers in other regions will buy news from them to publish.

This is the only reason he could think of for himself to appear here.

But Lanse shook his head: "Have you considered doing a special topic?"

George asked while drinking iced coffee: "About what?", not knowing if it was the ice of the iced coffee or some other reason, he suddenly became a little interested.

"About the difficult life of illegal immigrants in the Federation.", Lanse looked at him: "Voting will start next month, and we all know that the President will definitely be re-elected..."

George shook his head and complained: "This is the shittiest part of the Federation; whether the President is re-elected or not can be used as a transaction, and we even knew the result before voting. Capital controls everything!"

"And then?", he asked.

"The President promised to solve the problem of illegal immigrants, even if it's step by step. Perhaps we can focus on the problem of illegal immigrants in advance before the Presidential Palace shifts its attention from other things to the illegal immigrant group."

"At that time, the Presidential Palace will thank you, illegal immigrants and immigrant groups will thank you, everyone will."

George was a little moved after hearing this. Everyone wants to win the highest "Gold Newspaper Award" in the federal news industry; that is the highest honor that all media people want to win!

But this award is hard to get. If you want to get it, you must report a pain point that people want to avoid but cannot avoid, and at the same time, you must analyze it more deeply and seek a way to salvation.

Illegal immigrants are indeed a good entry point. As there are more and more illegal immigrants, it has gradually become a marginal force that has begun to affect people's lives and cannot be ignored, like a small piece of psoriasis.

George took out his notebook and pen: "I'm interested. Do you want to co-sign?"

"Yes."

He wrote a few strokes: "Then where do we start?"

Lanse's fingers tapped on the table: "Start right here."

George immediately realized: "You are actually still advertising for yourself!"

He said this with a smile: "But this kind of advertisement won't make people feel disgusted. I even had a moment where I felt I should give you some money so I could justify writing my name before yours."

He paused: "Then when do we start working?"

"Let me talk about my thoughts first.", before he started working, Lanse had to set a tone for this report, or even a series of reports.

George knew Lanse's "skill" and immediately began to prepare to record.

"We can start with my labor agency, which specializes in providing job opportunities for illegal immigrants who need work. We will rent work cards to those people."

"Then their work income is divided into three parts: the owner of the work card gets the majority, we get one dollar, and they get a small part themselves."

"Start with whether our work is legal and reasonable, then delve into the contradictions between local workers and immigrant workers, and between competitiveness, to find the core problem."

"Then go to report the bad situation of illegal immigrants now. I will find some typical examples for you, guaranteed to be the kind that readers across the country love to see."

"We must shape whether illegal immigrants can find work into a moral issue of the Federation."

"We cannot sit idly by just because they don't have a legal status, watching them starve to death, die of illness, and even have to be a pusher to accelerate their death rate in the civilized world!"

"The more civilized, the more humane it should be, even if we don't like them, we must give them the most basic right to survive."

"How to guarantee the rights of local workers, whether illegal immigrants have the right to survive, who will pay attention to their health and survival problems, and conflicts and contradictions."

George recorded it in great detail and added some of his own thoughts. He began to feel his blood boiling. This will definitely be a big hit news!

"If I win the Gold Newspaper Award, I will let them engrave your name on the base too.", George said very seriously: "There is half of you in this."

"I thought you would say give it to me.", George laughed after hearing this: "Don't even think about it!"

"Even if you want to have dinner with my wife, I can tolerate it, but the Gold Newspaper Award, absolutely impossible!"

Lanse made a phone call to Elvin, and not long after, he came over: "Take Mr. George around, let everyone cooperate with him, and find some typical examples among illegal immigrants, those who have cooperation with us, and those who don't, find some of both."

Elvin's mind is very flexible and can understand Lanse's meaning, which is to find some miserable ones. This kind of person is everywhere among illegal immigrants.

If it weren't for Lanse, they would be living very miserably now.

In the afternoon, it rained again in New Jincheng. After the rain, the bleakness and chill of autumn finally made people feel more clearly. The old tailor happened to bring Lanse's new clothes. Lanse was looking forward to the new clothes.

Of course, the old tailor also lived up to his expectations. It was completely handmade. Inside the left collar, there was a "G·J" letter embroidered with thread of the same color. This is the old tailor's unique mark.

It fits well and is smooth, unlike ready-to-wear clothes that are either a bit too big or a bit too small, and you can never buy one that is just right.

Others were drooling, but there was no way. Pure handmade production is slow. Now there are only the old tailor, his daughter, and his son-in-law. It was already the result of working overtime to make two sets of clothes and a windbreaker for Lanse in a few days.

Others also want to be made so quickly, I'm afraid they have to wait for a while.