blackstone code

Chapter 2326

The Ministry of National Defense is a little to the west of the security zone, on the outskirts of the special zone, a little distance from the city circle.

When he arrived at the Ministry of Defense, Lynch was greeted by a civilian major general.

The current Minister of Defense was appointed by Mr. Truman, but he is already in the process of transitioning his powers to the next Minister of Defense in the President's cabinet.

The Ministry of National Defense will not be paralyzed because of the change of regime, because it is mainly "lower-level" officers who are mainly responsible for daily work.

It is said that they are the lower class, but in fact these people are real workers. Even if some people contradict the minister, they will not be punished too severely.

Regardless of the fact that only a major general greeted Lynch, in terms of the structure of the Ministry of National Defense, he was already quite high in the power ranking of the Ministry of National Defense.

"Mr. Lynch!", the major general in his 40s, looked energetic and enthusiastic, "Please come with me, everyone is waiting for you!"

Lynch shook hands with him, a little surprised, "It looks like I'm late."

The major general quickly denied his statement, "No, I mean we are all looking forward to meeting you earlier, Mr. Lynch."

"Too many bad things happened this year, and the military clubs in the South Central Military Region are all closed."

"A lot of places have written to complain about this, and we really want to get it up and running as soon as possible, but you know, it's not that easy to operate."

The Peleus family was uprooted from the army system, and the central and southern military regions were filled with a large number of officers from the northern military regions.

The soldiers are actually at a loss. They are not the actual beneficiaries of the Peleus family, but they have become "victims" because of the scandal.

The military club is a place for soldiers to release stress and is an important part of the entire military system.

Now the central and southern military region itself is under great pressure, and the military club has been closed. The people below are actually very dissatisfied.

After the Ministry of National Defense took over the Central and Southern Military Region, it was also a bit tricky. The reason for the trouble was that these office workers suddenly left the army, and their theoretical knowledge could not help them control the army well.

And so many clubs need a lot of money to reopen, and when the new cabinet comes into power next year, it will take at least April and May to apply for military expenses until the funds are allocated.

Such a long time will definitely cause unnecessary trouble.

Lynch just said at this time that he was willing to take over this mess, which is a good thing for the Ministry of National Defense.

While the two were talking, they entered a conference room, where there were already many people.

Everyone got to know each other and found a place to sit down.

The major general asked Lynch to bring coffee, and said at the same time, "Mr. Lynch, you can talk about your views on the operation of the Soldiers Club. If we don't have any big differences, we can sign the contract today!"

Lynch sorted out his thoughts, and said after a while, "I have a plan."

"This scandal has caused a lot of people to have a great misunderstanding of the military. Not all soldiers and officers are like this."

"In addition to the special nature of the army, I thought about it for a long time before I thought about talking to you."

"Let me talk about my views on the club first..."

"Currently, the facilities of the Federation's military clubs are backward, and the content is outdated and outdated, which cannot keep up with the development of the times."

Lynch's criticism of the military club's business model will not actually arouse the dissatisfaction of the Ministry of Defense, and it is not their fault anyway.

"Tell me what you think..."

"My idea is to first make the military club have more stress-relieving characteristics. For example, I will hire a psychotherapist to station in each military club for a long time."

"No matter who has psychological problems, they can get free care from here to avoid a small number of extreme cases!"

There are really many problems in the federal army. Soldiers commit suicide or kill their comrades almost every year.

And this is also regarded by some soldiers as a "tradition" and a feature that needs to be preserved.

Obviously, these are actually dross, including bullying, beating, and mistreating recruits.

Some people can adapt, some people can't.

Those who cannot adapt, either sink in silence or break out in silence.

Once it breaks out, it will not only be a scandal, but also a big trouble!

People in the Ministry of National Defense nodded in support of Lynch's move. In fact, they also know that it is good for the construction of the army to arrange more psychiatrists to deal with psychological problems.

But still the same sentence, who pays the money?

"I intend to expand the size of the club and provide more entertainment facilities, instead of having a group of soldiers huddled in dilapidated couches watching pirated videos!"

This sentence caused some embarrassing expressions on the faces of some officers of the Ministry of Defense.

Videotapes are expensive.

Film is more expensive.

But bootlegs are cheap.

A videotape dubbing machine costs more than 2000 yuan a piece, and then it can continuously copy the content of the "master tape" at the price of [-] yuan per roll.

It's going to be a little blurry, but it's cheap.

At present, the price of a legitimate movie video tape is about 20 yuan to 30 yuan, which does not seem to be much more expensive than the pirated version.

Taking into account the number of clubs and the update speed of movies, if you watch the original version, you will spend 60 to [-] per year.

But for a pirated video tape, one hundred thousand is enough!

In Lynch's next idea, not only the football field, basketball court, tennis court, swimming pool, but also a professional boxing gym and playground should be built.

"In my opinion, many problems in the military are caused by excess energy, and they lack a suitable channel to vent their energy, and they also lack people to give them correct guidance, which leads to some scandals."

"For example, the mutual comfort between comrades in arms."

Today's meeting has always made the officers of the Ministry of Defense very embarrassed. This topic is still shocking in society, but it is more common in the army.

In a way, the atmosphere in the military and in prison is pretty much the same when it comes to this issue!

But now there is a slightly better place, that is, there are female soldiers in the army, but this also led to the outbreak of the Jaina scandal.

"We can let the lads use their excess energy in sports, which will not only vent their excess energy, but also make them strong."

"And I plan to introduce a league system and establish sports games within the military. This can also cultivate the collective sense of honor among soldiers and make them more tacit understanding..."

Hearing this, the officers of the Ministry of National Defense immediately felt that this suggestion was good, and that if it got bigger, they could get some profits as a "by-product".

At the same time, this is also an image project, which can show the positive, sunny and healthy side of the army to the public.

The Ministry of National Defense is not a purely military institution, it is a "government department", so these people value political interests more!
There is no doubt that Lynch's proposal attracted them.

The most important thing is that it is healthy, it can grow big, and it can be recognized by the public, which is a good thing!

Lynch said a lot more, including providing more stress-relieving content in the military club, including eating, drinking and so on.

It can be seen that he is well prepared.

A lieutenant general of the Ministry of National Defense coughed lightly, temporarily interrupting everyone's discussion.

"Mr. Lynch, these ideas you mentioned are very constructive, but I think there are still many problems in it."

"For example, the issue of funds, it is impossible for us to spend so much money on the operation of the club."

"According to the military expenditure records of previous years, we can spend up to 200 million yuan a year to operate clubs in the Central and Southern Military Region..."

It seems that 200 million is a lot, but in fact it is not much at all. It is no wonder that the Military Club has not been able to play the role of a club.

Lynch thought for a while, "Money is not a problem, but I need some extra compensation."

"land!"

"Secondly, I want to build a commercial ecological environment around the club. By then, some ordinary businessmen may gather here."

Originally, the people in the Ministry of National Defense were a little worried that Lynch would ask the lion to open his mouth, but they did not expect that his requirements would be so low.

Most of the military bases are not located in the urban areas of the cities, many of them are in the suburbs, and the land is not worth much at all.

Even if they don't give it, Lynch can go to the local city hall to get the land at a very low price.

Of course, whether he is allowed to buy or not has to be approved by the military, but this requirement is the same as not mentioned to the Ministry of National Defense.

As for the second question, it can be seen that Lynch intends to operate some profitable services in the club.

In fact, this is not surprising. For example, many clubs provide beer and the like. These are not provided free of charge. Soldiers have to spend their own money.

The officers of the Ministry of National Defense discussed for a while, and felt that this provision could also be agreed.

Even if they don't agree, there are some commercial ecological environments outside some large military bases.

They usually don't have the energy to manage these operators, so why not take this opportunity to let Lynch manage them, which not only meets Lynch's requirements, but also solves some minor problems along the way.

There was no difference between the two sides, and even the officers of the Ministry of National Defense felt that they had taken advantage of it and were a little embarrassed.

In such a friendly atmosphere, the two parties signed a cooperation letter for the operation of Vito.

The military provided Lynch with the land he needed free of charge, and the ownership of the land belonged to Lynch. Anyway, it was basically worthless land.

If there are plans to expand or relocate the military base, Lynch will have to make concessions when he needs to make concessions to those plans.

But after the program ends, he can move back or get new land from the military.

The military pays Lynch 200 million a year as commissioned operating expenses, and Lynch needs to do a series of things for his success.

The contract is signed for 30 years.

In Lynch's words, the initial investment is huge, and he would not agree if the contract is only for three to five years.

The Ministry of National Defense considered it and thought that they would not suffer, so they agreed.

Of course, this is just a letter of intent. The Ministry of National Defense must hold a meeting to study it. They will not sign a formal contract with Lynch until they confirm that there is no "trap"!

(End of this chapter)