Chapter 97

Sixty thousand dollars a year is the price William gave Lanse, which he thinks is relatively reasonable for a councilor to have some value.

"I don't know how much you earn a year now, but obviously, these things are still far away from you."

"What you should consider now is to stabilize your work, then open your vision. When you become richer, you don't need to invest in those councilors, they will take the initiative to find you."

William lowered his voice a little: "The ten city councilors in New Jincheng all have connections with the Koda family, but no matter who it is, they were not pushed up by the Koda family, do you understand what I mean?"

Lanse nodded: "I understand."

But understanding is understanding, the things that should be expressed still need to be expressed: "William, I mean if, if I plan to operate you to become one of them, do you think you have hope?"

The grade of this coffee shop is not low. After all, across the street is the City Hall, and two cookies will be given with each cup of coffee.

There are chocolate beans on the cookies, not the kind of soft chocolate or chocolate sauce, which will have a good taste, especially when chewing.

The sweetness it emits and the coffee cooperate to form a good chemical reaction. William picked up a small cookie and stuffed it into his mouth: "If I plan to run, the Federalist side will definitely support me, in the case that I don't need them to fund."

He clapped his hands and leaned back on the chair: "Winning will be a surprise to them, and losing won't make them feel regret or have any loss, but are you really planning to do this?"

Honestly, he was also a little moved. After all, as a federal middle-aged man, he still hopes that he can shine and heat up, whether it is being a "waiter" in the City Hall or choosing to be a city councilor with a face.

Looking at Lanse's confirming eyes, William gained some energy: "The political party will definitely support me, and there are many capitalists with Federalist backgrounds in New Jincheng. These are my help."

"But they won't be the key help. You know, this is the Socialist territory. They can give me a check for two hundred dollars at most, rather than standing out and supporting me clearly."

"So we need to choose a district very carefully, a district with low competitiveness and easy to get votes.", he said and couldn't help asking again: "Are you really planning to do this?"

Lanse took a cigar out of his arms and threw it to him: "Am I joking with you?"

"Tell me, if I plan to help you become a councilor, what level do I need to reach?"

Looking at the cigar in his hand, William said thoughtfully: "Money, votes, and creating momentum."

Lanse wrote down these three keywords in his mind after hearing this, then got up: "I still have to go to the Land Administration Bureau. I will contact you after I am almost ready."

Looking at Lanse's free and easy back, William's calm heart suddenly had a ripple.

The Land Administration Bureau is not far from the City Hall. It takes at most five minutes to walk. After explaining his intention in the lobby, Lanse was invited to an office.

A middle-aged man received him.

The deepest impression this guy gave Lanse was his shiny head, a head that could reflect the light bulb!

"Mr. Lanse, all the plots are here.", as a map was unfolded, the entire New Jincheng appeared in front of Lanse in another form.

It was marked into many regular shapes and painted with different colors.

Residential land, commercial land, docks, ports, public utility land...

The city has therefore become a bit... trendy!

Finally, his gaze was guided by this gentleman to the place where the industry in the west of the city is concentrated: "This part is the land where we have done infrastructure construction. The ground has been hardened, and there are simple factory buildings and supporting warehouses."

"If you set up a factory here, you only need to pay us rent."

"And this part is all the original land that we haven't processed at all. If you want to take them down, you first need to pay the City Hall the cost of purchasing land according to the marked price above."

"Secondly, the factory you plan to build needs to comply with the New Jincheng Industrial Management Regulations."

This management regulation refers to the basic "social responsibility" that needs to be fulfilled when opening a factory, which is hiring workers and the like.

"I heard you plan to open a clothing factory?", the Mediterranean looked very outgoing and was still talking on the side when Lanse was observing those maps.

Lanse handed him a cigarette: "Any good suggestions?"

The price of each piece of land is different. The cheapest place only needs twenty dollars to buy an acre of land, but the same area in different places requires nearly four hundred dollars. This price difference is too big!

Lanse doesn't know much about these things. It seems that the Mediterranean in front of him can provide him with a little help.

The Mediterranean took the cigarette and lit it: "If you don't plan to open a large factory with thousands of people, my suggestion is to rent the basic factory land we provide for small enterprises directly."

"It's this piece. You only need to pay rent of ten to twenty cents per square meter every month to enjoy all the basic infrastructure here, and we will also give you a warehouse of one hundred square meters."

"Before your factory area exceeds two thousand square meters, my personal suggestion is to rent."

Two thousand square meters sounds not big, but in fact, according to two square meters per job position, such an area can provide at least five hundred job positions.

If warehouses and the like are used in the factory area, then eight hundred job positions are inevitable.

And his monthly expenditure is only a few hundred dollars.

"If you want to buy land to do it yourself, these lands of about two hundred dollars per acre are very suitable."

"They are very moderate away from the main road and are already within the near-to-mid-term planning of the city. The Planning Bureau has done the basic road planning. You only need to let people construct according to the construction design drawing."

"The ground treatment in this part of the area is relatively simple, there are no huge stones, just find a construction company and it can all be cleared within a month..."

He said a lot of things, including how a piece of land turns from wasteland into a factory area.

This involves many problems, such as the construction of roads. It is not to say that you can build a road to connect the factory and the main road after buying the land.

Maybe there will be other plans between your factory and the main road. You have to ask the Planning Bureau if you can construct like this.

If you are lucky, they will tell you no problem, but if you are unlucky, they will tell you that you have to go around a few kilometers, because there are other plans between you and the main road.

Then there is the problem of water and electricity connection, utility poles, water pipes. If it is a planned area, the service provider will build it for free. If not, they will suggest you build it at your own expense first.

After the area you bought becomes prosperous, they will acquire the power grid and water grid you built at the market price, but if there is no one here, they will never do so—

The Mediterranean told Lanse that in fact, it is very likely that they will press the price very low.

The cheaper the land, the higher the time and investment to turn it from land into a factory area. If Lanse is willing to reclaim wasteland and build a factory in the wilderness on the edge of New Jincheng, the City Hall will only symbolically charge one dollar per acre, and it will completely belong to Lanse!

For large enterprises with strong strength, they don't care, taking hundreds or thousands of acres or even tens of thousands of acres, of course, the cheaper the better.

But for small enterprises, especially start-up enterprises, the Mediterranean's suggestion is to rent a place directly in the factory area that has already done infrastructure.

Of course, buying is also fine, but the price is very high.

Lanse stretched out his hand again: "Your help is very important to me. Re-introduce, my name is Lanse, Lanse White."

The Mediterranean hurriedly threw the cigarette on the ground and shook hands enthusiastically: "John Brown."

He saw Lanse put a five-dollar banknote in his palm, and at this moment his mouth couldn't close.

Having obtained the unexpected joy of five dollars, he naturally introduced the situation here to Lanse more enthusiastically.

"Your suggestion is very meaningful to me. If I plan to rent a factory building of one thousand square meters for the time being, and consider that it might be expanded in the future, where should I choose?"

Looking at that cigarette rather than money, the Mediterranean marked some plots on the map for Lanse: "This is very suitable, not far from the main road, and very close to the public warehouse."

"It is very convenient in all aspects, and it only takes ten minutes to walk from the bus station."

"And the later expansion of the factory is also very convenient, but the rent is a little more expensive, eighteen cents per square meter, and other expenses per month add up to about two hundred and twenty dollars."

Lanse made a decision quickly: "This is the place, then what?"

The Mediterranean helped him fill out a form: "Take the form to the City Service Bureau..."

Lanse's head began to ache. He didn't expect that there were so many gatekeepers in the federal government departments: "This is my first time handling it, this is a bit complicated, is there any agency service?"

The Mediterranean said with a smile: "Yes, generally there are agency companies to help handle it, few people will run this themselves."

"I'm afraid it's too late to find someone now. Listen, John, I think we will become good friends in the future. Can you help me run a trip?"

The Mediterranean was a little confused: "But I still have work to do."

Lanse closed the office door and directly took out ten dollars: "Please drink coffee."

John couldn't move his eyes away from the ten dollars on the table. After a long while, he spread his hands, then looked at Lanse with a smile: "I'm just fulfilling the obligation of a friend!"

Lanse also responded with a smile: "Yes, who can blame you for this problem?"

Soon John asked for leave. This is the benefit of civil servants. As long as the reason is reasonable, the superior will very likely approve it.

And John's reason for asking for leave was that his stomach hurt, asking for leave for two hours.