blackstone code

Chapter 826
Mayor Langdon..., no, he should be called Councilor Langdon now.

Through a series of political exchanges, Mr. Langdon finally became a member of Congress as he wished.

This is a change that is not easy to calculate, and it is difficult to say whether such a result is appropriate.

From the perspective of power control, the mayor's power is obviously much higher than that of congressmen.

It may sound far-fetched, but that's exactly what's really going on in federal politics.

A mayor holds most of the power in a city.

He can ask the police chief to act according to his own ideas, he can ask the militia to follow his command when necessary, and he can formulate the direction and urban planning for the future development of a city with tens of thousands of people.

The fate of tens of thousands of people, their joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys are firmly grasped in the hands of the mayor.

When he tried to make people unhappy, everyone had to cry.

When he wants to make people happy, everyone will laugh out loud to meet his wishes.

What does a member of Congress have?
Nothing, except for voting in Congress, their work is also related to each committee, but even in these committees, it is not up to a certain congressman to have the final say.

It is up to many MPs to vote and then decide who to listen to.

They can formulate regulations and policies one by one, affecting the political landscape of the entire country and even the world, but this is expressed in the form of an "overall".

Narrowing the lens down to individuals, they actually don't have that much power.

Not only do people not necessarily respect them, but sometimes some angry people will rush to them and point their noses and curse a few words in response to them passing some proposals that may seem ridiculous.

Being a member of Congress doesn't seem good, but why does everyone like being a member of Congress?
On the one hand, there are too few positions such as mayor and governor, and they are firmly held in their hands by the two major parties. Not everyone can become mayor. Networking, ability and funds are indispensable.

Second, councilors make more money than mayors.

If the mayor's funds have a large amount of transactions, it is very likely to alert the internal affairs department and the Anti-Official Crime Investigation Bureau, but the councilors are different.

As long as you sit in the stepped meeting room of the Capitol at the beginning of each meeting, someone will transfer a staggering amount of money into the accounts of members of Congress in various legal ways, and it will not affect themselves.

It's not even a matter of conscience for them to have to do it - just cast an inconsequential vote when necessary.

Regardless of whether it is against, in favor of or abstention, as long as it meets the requirements of capitalists, they will not be stingy with the money in their pockets.

Langdon, who has just become a regular assistant, is actively developing contacts. He has served the old councilors for a long time.

In the end, the old congressman had to leave the job he loved because of his health, and nominated his assistant, Langdon, to take over his job.

In addition, Langdon gained support from the governor and the party through the exchange of interests, so after a fair and just vote for this position, everyone recognized Langdon's ability to work and made him the new member of Congress.

Everyone chose him because of his outstanding personal ability. There was absolutely no black box manipulation, and everything complied with the federal rules.

From the first day he took office, Langdon felt the importance of this job and the heavy burden on his shoulders. He vowed to guard this post for the rest of his life, serve the people of the Federation, and learn from the old congressmen. ...

Just after he came out of the Capitol, Langdon was still thinking about a question he talked about not long ago.

People in the Duncan family are blowing air, hoping that they can pass a proposal called the Overseas Security Act.

Langdon has not read this proposal yet, but he has already felt the sincerity of the Duncan family.

To put it in a style full of written language - truly worthy of the Duncan family!
Just by blowing the wind, the foundation he holds shares has realized a profit. Although the money is not a lot, only 2 yuan, it means that they are not short of money, and they are not afraid of spending money.

This was the first time Langdon saw the magnanimity of giving money before something was done, or even before the other party expressed his opinion.

People say that the Congress is the back garden of the capitalists. Langdon didn't quite understand it when he was the mayor below, but now he understands.

Not only the back garden, but also the back garden of Sky City.

Just thinking about these things, he got into his new car, a limousine that seemed low-key but actually had a very luxurious interior.

He didn't spend a penny on this car, because he did a field investigation not long ago, and washed the dirty water that people poured on it for a company.

Some people reported that a heavy industry had serious environmental pollution, and the sewage discharge did not meet federal standards.

Langdon paid attention to this matter immediately and launched a thorough investigation.

It was finally determined that this was a malicious report, and there was no pollution at all. When the TV reporters held up video cameras and cameras and filmed the factory director scooping up a glass of water from the sewage outlet and drinking it, people believed it.

There are always some people in this society who hate the rich. They always feel that this is the injustice of the world, so they will abuse some of the supervisory powers given to them by society.

Fortunately, Congressman Langdon found the truth and showed it to the public, which prevented the company from being affected.

As a thank you, the company donated a cheap car to Mayor Langdon free of charge to thank him for everything he has done for the people.

There is no money and rights transaction involved, and the ownership of this car actually belongs to the company. They give at least the right to use it as a gift. See, everything is legal.

The car quickly merged into the traffic flow, and he was thinking about something while driving.

By the time he returned to his mansion, it was already past four o'clock in the afternoon.

This is the good thing about the job of a member of Congress. The allocation of time depends on the individual, and the place of work is very free.

As soon as he got out of the car, he saw the car parked next to him, and there was a person he was familiar with sitting in the car, Lynch.

"You didn't tell me you were coming!" Senator Langdon was very happy when he saw Lynch. In his eyes, Lynch was also a big capitalist and one of his partners.

In addition, his personal relationship with Lynch is also good, Lynch's sudden visit is not unacceptable.

Lynch greeted him, and after the two shook hands, they entered Representative Langdon's house together.

This is a single-family house located in the upper town of Bupain. It has front and rear gardens, a swimming pool and half a basketball court, covering an area of ​​about [-] to [-] square meters.

The price of this house is not cheap, but as for members of Congress, real estate developers will always find a way to give the house to those important people for almost no money.

Say "lottery", say "model home no one has visited", say "attend an auction with only one person"...

They have a lot of ways to solve these problems, so these politicians live in luxury houses with hundreds of thousands and millions of dollars, which is no longer news in the eyes of the federal people.

It's news that they don't live in those mansions, if any congressman lives in a cheap apartment down the road and wears popular brands, people will just think it's a fucking show!

"Sit casually, do you want something to drink?" As soon as the two entered the room, a maid came up to help them take off their clothes and put them away.

This is a maid in her forties, not good-looking, old-fashioned, and very ordinary.

Members of Congress have privileges in many aspects, and can enjoy various benefits that people know or don't know, but they also have to strictly abide by some rules that ordinary people don't need to do that.

For example, "Keep your family safe and make family members look very harmonious."

So even if those congressmen live in houses with hundreds of thousands and tens of millions, they will not hire young and beautiful female servants to cause trouble for themselves, they will hire some middle-aged women from poor families to work, and by the way Earn a little praise from people.

Lynch looked around for a while, then sat on the sofa, "Whatever, bar!"

The room was very warm, and Langdon sat over with a glass and a bottle of wine, "I've always wanted to talk to you, but you're always busy, and so am I, either you're not in Bupain, or I'm not. , I seem to be lucky today."

He handed the wine glass to Lynch, and the two clinked glasses and took a sip.

"I'm here today to ask you something, do you know about the Overseas Security Act?"

Langdon was a little surprised, "You also know about this?" He said as he walked to the side cabinet, brought his briefcase over, took out a document from it and handed it to Lynch, "Maybe what you're looking for is it."

Lynch said thank you, took the file and read it.

In the conference call, Mr. Geruno was obviously unwilling to discuss the details of the proposal. In their words, those who have the ability to know will know without their words, and those who are not qualified to know do not need to know. up.

This is also a way of screening. After all, in addition to some big forces in the entire joint development company, there are also many speculators and small forces. These people cannot get into the eyes of big shots.

Lynch opened the document in his hand and looked at it carefully.

The content of this document is not much, the core is that Geruno and some congressmen believe that the Federation is not actively sending troops overseas to protect the safety of businessmen when they do business.

life safety, and property safety.

Of course, they did not mean to blame the federal government, after all, the image of the federal government in the world is relatively positive.

Businessmen want to protect their overseas safety by building their own armed forces.

These armed forces are illegal in the Federation, but when operating overseas, they should be recognized by the federal government, and the federal government and the military should also provide assistance when necessary...

(End of this chapter)