Chapter 115: |
In another room, the mayor sat on the sofa as he sighed. He took a sip of coffee, and suddenly asked, "Have the people from Listoan arrived?"
Listoan Group was one of the local economic pillars of Sabin City, and also a well-known light industrial group company within the Baylor Federation.
With more than seventy brands under its umbrella covering various aspects of people's lives, some had become famous trademarks, while others were just ordinary. However, overall, this was by no means an ordinary small company.
Roughly thirty to fifty thousand people in the entire city were providing services for the industrial chain connected to Listoan Group. Listoan Group itself was an excellent enterprise standing on the position of the Progressive Party, and the cooperations between them over the years had been very pleasant.
As usual, whenever there was a small meeting to share dividends from society, representatives from Listoan always appeared on time and strived to show their leading role in these matters.
But this time, no one from Listoan came.
Another advisor beside him shook his head, "I just called Neo, but no one answered on the other end."
The mayor casually nodded, making no further comment.
Neo was the current president of Listoan, as well as one of the major shareholders on the board of directors. Having just celebrated his forty-fifth birthday, Neo, who hadn't even reached the halfway point of life's long and fleeing journey, had already reached the pinnacle of his career.
The problem stemmed from the Progressive Party's "arrangement" with EverBright Group. Before EverBright collapsed, Listoan's idea was to directly take over EverBright completely, but this idea was clearly impossible.
Listoan was indeed an important supporter of the Progressive Party, but supporters like them were not singular; there were many within the state.
After a behemoth collapsed, everyone wanted a piece of the pie. It was clearly impossible for Neo and his people to monopolized it. Even their so-called concessions, like the idea of swallowing at least a third of EverBright, couldn't be negotiated.
Although Listoan's contribution to EverBright's downfall was significant, they did not reap the initial benefits they had planned for. This left many Listoan shareholders very dissatisfied.
Feeling betrayed, Neo immediately showed a different side from before. He began reducing his appearances with the mayor and other Progressive Party politicians in public, and there were even rumors that he wanted to change his stance to support the Conservative Party in retaliation for losing out on the EverBright case.
With Neo not coming and not sending anyone, it exacerbated the turmoil among the people in the meeting room outside.
No one was willing to wait to hand over benefits to others. They were greedy and cunning, wanting to take the benefits while Listoan was absent.
Even if they had to spit it out later, not to mention whether it was nauseating, at least they would have a taste of it.
The fiercer they argued, the more the mayor realized a truth: when facing these capitalists baring their fangs, one must have a more ruthless predator standing in their position to suppress them.
Otherwise, even if he held considerable sway, in the face of raw profits, those bills emitting the scent of ink might be more persuasive than his words.
The idea of cultivating his own vicious capitalist began to take root in the mayor's heart the moment it appeared. If there really was such a person, would those outside still dared to continuously question his plans in front of him?
No political persecution, no assassination struggles, just make them feel the threat of bankruptcy, then they would know how to behave like obedient dogs.
Inadvertently, the young face of Lin Qi flashed through the mayor's mind. He didn't know why he thought of this young man at this moment; it might be related to the reminder from the advisor just now, or perhaps it was because Lin Qi left a profound impression on him.
While many young people were still indulging in seeking thrills and so-called happiness, he had already begun to accomplish things that even his peers' parents couldn't.
Should it be him?
With this thought, the mayor sighed once more before putting on a smile and finishing his coffee in one gulp. He had rested enough; he needed to go out and face those capitalists outside, who were eagerly licking their sharp teeth, ready to tear their prey apart like wild wolves.
Wearing an apparently calm expression, maintaining his good mood, the mayor engaged with these capitalists who couldn't wait to tear their prey apart for a long time, and finally negotiated a result that everyone could accept.
All investments of EverBright Group in Sabin City would be auctioned off internally in a non-public manner, and those attending this auction would be the people present here.
At the same time, these people also received a ticket to attend a bigger banquet.
Sometimes the world was just so cold, cruel, and disappointing. Perhaps it had its reasons for having to operate like this, but it still disappointed most people.
Before dismissing, the mayor briefly mentioned the issue of the land in the city center. He hinted that the municipal government might have a new development plan within a planning cycle, which might involve some changes in land prices.
This was the reason why capitalists crazily funneled money into political donation accounts through various legally permissible means. After contributing their cheap loyalty and expensive wealth, they also needed returns.
As for why the mayor mentioned this matter, everyone was not sure, but they would pay attention and figure out the reasons behind it. If necessary, they wouldn't mind making a little fortune in passing.
Time flew by, and it was already Friday. The changes in the upper echelons of society were completely imperceptible to the lower levels. Apart from the increasing number of unemployed people and the anxiety among the lower strata of society, there were not many changes, in fact.
Occasionally, there were police cars whizzing by, which might be the most tangible change. With more police cars blaring sirens, it also meant that the crime rate was silently and rapidly increasing.
Lin Qi was arranging people to set up the scene at the gymnasium. The Sabin City Gymnasium could accommodate eight thousand people to watch indoor sports events here. Interestingly, the purpose of building this gymnasium was not to watch indoor sports events but to watch rugby matches.
Although it was unclear why a place built to provide a venue for watching rugby matches had shrunk into an indoor sports arena, overall it was still satisfactory. At least the Sabin City Hall had proven that while developing the economy, they hadn't forgotten about developing sports and caring about people's physical health issues.
Tomorrow, there would be a second-hand goods trading auction held here this week.
Some temporary hired workers were setting up the venue, while Lin Qi looked at a group of young men.
Richard, Wood, and others had successfully been promoted to become the sales managers, a role that was very common in this world. Each of them had some young men behind them who seemed a bit nervous.
These people were all young people recruited from the employment center by them. They had no basic salary, no insurance, no guarantee. They were not even considered employees of the Interstellar Trading Company.
To circumvent some legal issues, these people were all "partners" of Lin Qi. Yes, they were not employees of Lin Qi but self-funded partners, so Lin Qi didn't need to have any actual employment relationship or contract with them.
This solved some small problems for Lin Qi and avoided the small troubles that may arise from these small problems.
Of course, he would eventually solve these problems, but not now.
Inspired by Monday's newspaper, these suitable young men were quite easy to find from the employment center.
Lin Qi told Richard and them that a suitable salesperson must first be outgoing, enthusiastic, have good organizational language skills, and be shameless enough.
He even heard that during Richard's interview, he would demand that some of the young candidates he favored kneel down and shine his shoes!
He was a shameless man, but it must be said that among everyone, Richard was definitely the most suitable candidate in Lin Qi's mind to be a sales elite. He had gradually mastered the essence of this industry.
Compared to Richard's cunning and cleverness, Wood was like a lucky boy. He quickly assembled a group of people, who seemed a bit dull and seemingly useless, but that was okay.
Wood was still very young, he was the same age as Richard—this was not a joke, Wood and Richard were the same age. Although reality was frustratingly discriminatory like this, this was the reality.
Ignoring this small issue, Wood's age gave him more opportunities to make mistakes. Even if he made a mistake this time, he could rectify it in due course, provided he was willing to persist on the path to wealth.
Others had also recruited some candidates themselves, completing the first task assigned by Lin Qi.
Recruiting these people was not easy because they needed to "buy" their seats. Aside from one thousand one hundred seats, the other three thousand nine hundred seats were sold to these salesmen at five dollars each.
In other words, at the moment they became Lin Qi's partners, they not only had no reliable guarantees and assurances, they also had to pay a price ranging from one to two hundred to three to five hundred.
Not everyone had such courage in this era, which was why Lin Qi praised the first batch of young men. Whatever they achieved, at least they had mastered a certain degree of rhetoric to gain the trust of these people. This was the most difficult but also the most crucial first step.
Of course, as their boss, Lin Qi still needed to give a motivational speech and show some presence.
Just as he was about to say something after standing firm, Richard and Wood took out their notebooks, and others also took out their notebooks and notepads one after another.
Lin Qi was a bit amused and sighed inwardly. He had originally intended to speak casually, but now it seemed that he had to give these young people another lesson, especially since he was about to get his hands on twenty thousand bucks from the sale of auction seats.Please vote for this novel at https://www.novelupdates.com/series/blackstone-code/There are advance chapters available nowAccess will be granted 24 hours after the donationTier 1: 7 Advance chapters Link
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