Law Enforcer's Handbook

Chapter 153 Economic Lifeline
Lu Xiang's love strategy is the same as her style of fighting crime, they are all straightforward.

Facing her frontal attack, Song Lan was really overwhelmed.

Seeing Song Lan's faltering and speechless appearance, Lu Xiang smiled. She just teased him just now. Given the current complicated situation in District [-], they don't have the extra energy to take care of their children.

"A politician is coming to us this afternoon. He is very interested in the person who made the Law Enforcer's Handbook. He hopes to meet you."

"politician?"

"It is said to be a strong contender for the next mayor."

"Come here to canvass votes."

Song Lan had no interest at all. He had to admire the politicians' sense of smell. Now is the day when the mayoral election is in full swing. With the influence of the "Law Enforcer's Handbook", it will undoubtedly bring them huge support from voters.

He can imagine the power-for-money transactions that may happen next.

"Can I be absent because of a stomachache?"

"No."

Lu Xiang said, "If there is no accident, he may be the next mayor. It is not a bad thing to deal with the other party earlier, but..."

"but?"

"If your stomach hurts, I can rub it for you."

"It's okay, don't worry, it's getting better all of a sudden."

Song Lan coughed lightly. Now that the big leaders had spoken, he could only nod his head.

The meeting time was agreed at one o'clock in the afternoon, and the place was in the conference room of the office building, and the other party came to visit in person.

Since the Foster family withdrew from the Seventeenth District, their work has become significantly more busy. Since the release of the first issue of "Law Enforcer Handbook", more and more companies have contacted them, but most of them still adhere to the Follow the past thinking, hoping to use money to buy them off.

Lu Xiang directly divided these companies into low-quality partners and objects that need to be investigated in the future.

Using the time before one o'clock, Song Lan reset the way Nami greeted Lu Xiang, and obtained the name of the culprit through coercion and temptation.

It is a pity that there is a problem with Comrade Valen's ideological consciousness.

In order for her to use her ingenuity to the right path, Song Lan had to bear the pain and increase her workload.

For the fishing party, the time for lunch break is never enough.

He felt that he had done nothing and that it was time for the interview.

For the face project of the law enforcement department, Song Lan left the office a quarter of an hour earlier and prepared coffee and black tea in the meeting room.

Moments later, he met the candidate who had recently been in the limelight.

The resolute eyes and knife-like face, it has to be said that just from the appearance, this is undoubtedly the kind of trustworthy appearance in people's minds.

The man looked under 40, which is pretty young for a politician.

"Aureliano, that is my name."

The man stretched out his right hand to Song Lan, and said in a calm tone, "You must be Song Lan, I have read the "Handbook for Enforcers" you edited, and I have wanted to see you for a long time."

"Happy to meet."

After being seated, it was nothing more than some unnutritious greetings.

It can be roughly described as "I have admired you for a long time, you are very good", "You are not bad", and the so-called scene work is probably like this.

And a politician usually throws out the purpose of his trip after these innocuous pleasantries.

Aureliano is no exception.

He took a sip of his coffee, and when he spoke again, his aura was much sharper than before, "Actually, I'm here this time to ask you a question - what do you think of border trade?"

When he posed the question, there was a brief silence in the conference room.

This topic is completely different from Song Lan's imagination. He thought that the other party would take advantage of the trend and lead the topic to canvassing. After all, for the candidates, being the mayor is the most important job right now.

For this reason, even if it is unscrupulous, it will not hesitate.

Seeing that Lu Xiang and Song Lan didn't answer, Aureliano continued, "After Chai Ke's death, the border trade in District [-] has come to a standstill. But the business is eyeing."

Although Chai Ke is dead, the supply and demand of border trade will not disappear.

And this is why the big families in the core area are eyeing the border cities.

In the past, the right to interpret the border trade in the Seventeenth District was firmly in the hands of Chaike and the Foster family behind him. Any large enterprise that needed to conduct border trade in the Seventeenth District had to follow their faces.

"You might as well speak up."

Song Lan vaguely felt that the ambition of the man in front of him might not stop at becoming the mayor. Before the dust of the election was settled, he had already thought about his plans after taking office.

However, whether this is good news or bad news for District [-] remains to be verified.

"This is the only way to get the [-]th District out of the control of big companies and even the coalition government. Only those who control the lifeline of the economy can really decide the future of this city...Of course, these are just some of my superficial thoughts view."

Having said that, there was no hint of modesty in Aureliano's tone.

In his view, the mayor of Lyon is only halfway there.

The Foster family was expelled from the [-]th district in a way that almost died together, and the city was given a short-lived freedom. However, this freedom will not last long. Once the city's economic lifeline falls again, Sooner or later, District [-] will return to what it used to be.

"Therefore, I hope to discuss with you the feasibility of maintaining order in border trade."

It will take more than a couple of new policies to keep this economic lifeline in the hands of the government, and without the armed forces to defend it, it will be nothing.

Once the reform touches the interests of big companies, they will do everything possible to undermine the establishment of the new policy, and the enemies are far more than the big companies in the [-]th district, and the "outside" criminal forces are also a big problem that must be solved.

And the person who can help him complete these reforms is sitting in this conference room right now.

"I want to know, with the current strength of the law enforcement officers, can this line be kept? Especially in the face of 'outside' criminal groups, the agreements they signed with the Foster family in the past may have all been invalidated."

And this is the real purpose of Aureliano's visit today.

He wanted to make sure for himself that he could find a truly trustworthy ally before pushing for reforms himself.

"There's a popular saying in the Gold Digger's Bar recently—the law enforcers are the biggest power in this city."

The downfall of the four criminal groups fully confirms this point.

He witnessed with his own eyes the whole process of the law enforcers fulfilling their promise and expelling large criminal groups from District [-], which also gave him confidence.

"Fighting crime is our job."

Lu Xiang said that she did not intend to give the other party any clear answer, "Any criminals who endanger the seventeenth district are our targets."

Whether they come from "the outside world", large corporations or government departments.

　Thank you Stardust Dragon 5 for the reward of 100 starting coins!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)