blackstone code

Chapter 211 Everyone Has Their Own Thoughts

The people are dissatisfied with the mayor, and the capitalists in the city are also dissatisfied with the mayor. They are the last group of people who are unwilling to see social unrest. Once social unrest means that their business will be ruined.

The gathering held by wealthy businessmen is said to be to protect property against illegal activities, but in fact there should be some "ideas".

Lynch didn't make a statement, but just stood aside quietly. Although people paid attention to him, it was clear that the core of the party was not him, but the wealthy businessman.

What he said is not entirely correct. In the federal law, "break into" often refers to the infringement of non-business private territory, that is, the place of residence. In this case, direct counterattack is protected by law.

However, there are still some technical and moral problems whether the business premises belong to the concept of "break-in" and whether the intruder can be killed without hesitation. I can't stand anymore.

In order to kill those who snatched their property, some gunmen were deliberately placed in the store. The jury would never give these people a good look. They would think it was an intentional murder.

Maybe the gunman will be acquitted, but he, the proponent, may be convicted of murder, so everyone did not respond positively to what he said, and there are not many fools here.

He talked for a while, seeing that the atmosphere was not bad, so he started the main topic of the party, "Speaking of these problems that have happened in our city recently, there is a person who has some different ideas, I don't know if you know Edward MP?"

Some people nodded. Congressman Edward is one of the members of the State House of Representatives. He has initiated some proposals on urban reform, and he often goes deep into the people and goes to the people.

What he is most proud of is that he has mastered blacksmithing and logging skills proficiently. He claims that he learned these skills from blacksmiths and lumberjacks in order to experience the hard work.

People at the bottom love this kind of trick, and he still has some fame in society.

But his scripts are not very accessible to the upper class, and a member of the State House of Representatives, although honestly speaking, is very powerful, but it is limited to this.

While the rich businessman was talking, someone knocked on the door, and it happened to be Mr. Edward who came in.

The wealthy businessman explained a little bit, "I have exchanged a lot of ideas and opinions with Mr. Edward these days. I think Mr. Edward is a person who is very enthusiastic about our lives and cares about our interests."

"Some things that have happened recently have also made me realize that we need someone to speak up for us!"

At this moment, people finally understand the purpose of this gathering, it is actually a political act, some people are very interested, they really think there is no problem with what the rich businessman said, so far nothing has changed.

Moreover, investing in politicians has always been a tradition. Politicians take money from capitalists to increase their influence everywhere. Welfare.

The most common ones are tax reductions and exemptions, and of course local policy preferences, these are things that capitalists value.

There are also people who think it is boring, such as Lynch, who knows some deeper inside information. Councilor Edward and his potential supporters have offended the mayor, as well as those behind the mayor.

Regardless of whether they belong to the same party or a faction within a party, there will inevitably be some small conflicts between them.

This is understandable.

For a party, resources are limited, even if it is a big party like the Progressive Party and the Conservative Party, the Socialist Party has once again been subconsciously forgotten.

Their resources can only be concentrated on a few people, and other people can only fight on their own. A certain person who kills a bloody way out of thousands of low-level politicians may become one of these people. one of the.

Now the mayor of Sabine City also won this position by himself, so he was able to enter the eyes of some people and become a part of the candidate.

The competition at the bottom is always cruel, whether it is for ordinary people, small businessmen, or these "bottom politicians".

Thousands of small circles in thousands of rooms make up the various forms of this society.

Among the many bad news, there is good news. The drinking water company and their employees have reached an agreement. Time-limited water supply hours.

The deal was possible because the employees of the drinking water company found out after two days of strike that they themselves were victims of the strike.

It is true that others have no water to drink, but there is not a drop of extra water in their own faucets. Only after several rounds of intense negotiations, a compromise intention has been reached.

Roughly two hours less work per week, monthly salary plus [-]% based on the hourly wage standard, and three extra days of paid holidays per year, that's all there is to it.

The workers are content to enjoy the legal strike holidays, so they are not in a hurry to go to work, and they have to build up momentum for other strike groups.

Perhaps seeing Lynch standing alone, Congressman Edward, who had just finished a topic, came over with a glass of wine.

Lynch is currently regarded as a businessman who has attracted much attention in Sabine City. In this era of countercurrents, it is not easy for every enterprise to ensure that it will not lose money, let alone make money. The kind that can puff out the chest.

However, Lynch's company not only does not lose money, but also makes a lot of money every week.

What is even more incomprehensible is that most ordinary people have a negative view of capitalists, but when it comes to Lynch, many people are thanking him and his business.

Even the mayor sometimes needs to use Lynch's influence to promote something, not to mention that they plan to cooperate with the TV station and the communication company to launch the live auction and telephone auction!
If these things can really come true, everyone can feel that a terrible monster is being born.

The outside world's valuation of Lynch's company has almost reached the listing standard. If their auction in the state capital can maintain the "style" of continuous success in the past, more companies and individuals will invest in Lynch.

Getting Lynch's help is almost equivalent to indirectly getting the attention and even help from those behind him.

"You didn't bring a female companion?" Edward took the initiative to walk to Lynch's side, and he didn't despise Lynch because of his youth.

Lynch turned around and nodded slightly, "I don't have a girlfriend yet, you know, people like us always feel that we don't have enough time, let alone have time to fall in love."

He shook the wine glass in his hand, and the liquid in the glass shook a little, "Maybe when I'm 30, I'll think about these things."

This is a very common opening remark. Edward and Lynch clinked glasses of wine, "What do you think is our current problem?"

This is a very general question, Lynch thought for a while, "Communication."

If both employers and employees can calm down and sit down to communicate instead of expressing their demands through radical means such as general strikes, perhaps the problem will not be as serious as it is now.

But any problem has two sides. Maybe they have tried this before but failed, so strikes have become a common method, because only in this way are capitalists willing to listen to what workers have to say.

It's just that this time the general strike is far better than the previous ones in terms of scale, influence and destructive power.

Congressman Edward pointed at Lynch with a glass of wine, "You're right, communication. So far we haven't seen any effective channels of communication. Appeals and speeches can't change any actual situation."

He was implying that what the mayor was doing was pointless, and it seemed to be.

He said with a smile on his face, "I am different from Langdon and the others. They are either politicians from academic schools (Holy Harmony Alliance) or elite schools (famous universities). They don't know what the people really want."

"And I..." He took a step back, and there were some movements in his hands. His body language was very rich, which made his words look more contagious, "I come from an ordinary elementary school, ordinary High school, regular college, I know what those people want because I came from them."

This sentence is actually not true, because those real "they" can't afford to go to college, and the least able to afford college is the middle class, at least!
He changed the topic, "I am familiar with the branch president of the trade union. I plan to talk to them about the solution to the conflict between labor and capital in the past few days. If you need anything, maybe you can do it during the negotiation process." Say it together."

This is how he attracts others. He talked face-to-face with the president of the trade union branch. There are many people here who are eager to end and resume work immediately. Congressman Edward firmly grasped their needs. His Chips are shiny.

It's just that this chip is not easy to use with Lynch, because he doesn't have too many workers under his command, he only has a large group of partners!
Besides, he never forced those people to work hard. It was his attitude whether he wanted to do it or not. Personal interests would always motivate these people more than supervision, and money was better than a whip!

Lynch shook his head, "I'm glad you thought of me, but I don't have these troubles here yet."

Edward was a little disappointed, but it was just a disappointment. He didn't expect to get everyone to support him at a random gathering. If he could really do this, he would have been the president long ago.

(End of this chapter)