Shadow Empire

Chapter 342: All small problems [666+10]
At 9:40, the secretary came to the study and the mayor was still working.

He is thinking about who will fill the gaps after the five major families are completely wiped out, and considering how to develop the new bay area and new port area.

These two districts are projects he has vigorously promoted. Once successful, it means that the throughput of Jingang City will be able to reach a higher level!
From then on, it was far ahead of other ports and terminals in the federation and became a unique one.

And this honor will accompany him throughout his life. Even if he dies one day, people will still remember him.

Because of him, Jingang City has become the most developed port city in the Federation, no doubt about it!

People may even build a statue in his honor to commemorate what he did here.

By that time, all those who had once been his enemies might have completely disappeared in the long river of history.

Only he, in another form, achieved true immortality.

Unless the city of Jingang is destroyed by war, or the entire federation becomes a colony, but the probability of both is low.

"Director Dale just called and said that he has arranged for people to go to the dock to raid the Lans family's warehouse for smuggled liquor."

When the mayor heard his voice, his eyes rolled up and he looked at him from the gap between his eye sockets and forehead.

He looked for about two or three seconds before he straightened up again, leaned back in his chair, and took off his glasses.

He pressed his eye sockets with the palms of his hands, took a deep breath, and inflated his lungs, "Lance..."

He said.

Every time he heard this name, he felt some inexplicable emotions surge up. This might not be the first person to reject his kindness, but he was the first person to reject his kindness and then slap him hard in the face!

Even now, he had heard that the assassin he hired had failed.

Lance is still alive, but one of the killers died, one escaped, and they have not been found yet.

He tried to kill Lance several times, but Lance always miraculously escaped death. This made him wonder if Lance had some kind of luck or something. Why did he always manage to escape?
"Are you sure it's Lance's warehouse?", he asked.

The secretary nodded. "It is said that Dell had planted an undercover agent in Lance's gang, but they have not been able to get any valuable clues until today."

The mayor shook his head. "That's unreasonable."

He said, "We couldn't get any valuable clues before, so why can we get some today?"

"Don't tell me you think these are reasonable." He looked at his secretary. He often raised some questions and then discussed them with his secretary.

This is a way to keep one's thinking active. As a superior or a ruler, the thing one fears most is having one's thinking restricted.

Once the ruler's thinking is confined to a very narrow space, he will fall into a terrible thought cycle and cannot get out.

Therefore, it is important for every ruler, especially the older ones, to activate his thinking ability. At the same time, he also seems to be training his secretary.

The secretary smiled and said, "I asked Director Dale this question. He said that the undercover's identity is very special and he has initially gained the trust of the Lance family."

The mayor then nodded, but it was unclear whether he accepted this statement or the whole thing.

The secretary then talked about what happened in the afternoon. "There was a conflict between the dock management company and the dock workers in the afternoon. Do you need me to handle this matter?"

The mayor raised his hand to stop him from thinking this. "You don't have to do anything. Those guys in the Bay Area won't allow this to get any worse."

"You know, most of them have staked their interests on the dock. If something happens at the dock, they will be more nervous than us."

"So we just have to watch."

The secretary became curious again, "What if we give a push from behind?"

The mayor had been relaxing with his head tilted back and his eyes squinted, but when he heard this, he opened his eyes wide and looked at the secretary. After looking him up and down, he smiled and said, "You have become a mature politician, Owen."

"As politicians, the process, the means, everything is not that important to us. What matters is whether we can achieve our goals."

"Your idea is good, but I don't recommend using it this way because the traces will be very obvious,"

"This matter is a little strange, but it does not conflict with our purpose anyway, so we don't need to worry about them for now."

“The Bay Area, the longshoremen’s union, the terminal management company, they will handle the issues with the workers.”

"Instead of worrying about these, you should think about how you will handle the city's affairs while I'm in the hospital."

The mayor will be shot and hospitalized on Wednesday, four days later. He will definitely not be able to take care of the city's daily work arrangements at that time, so he will temporarily hand over the authority to control the city to his secretary.

This is when people are truly tested. Doing this job is completely different from how it looks.

It's like... you can glue yourself and master many kinds of glue techniques, and enjoy it, and you think you are a glue master. But if you want to glue others, those skills may not be useful.

You may even have a blank mind and not know what to do!
This is a test and an important experience for the secretary.

In the future, he can write this line on his resume with confidence:

When I was serving as the mayor's secretary in Jingang City, the mayor was hospitalized due to injury. I was authorized to manage Jingang City for a few days until the mayor returned from recovery.

Although he is not a real mayor, he has managed a huge city. This resume is extremely impressive anywhere and cannot be ignored.

The secretary took a deep breath and said, "I am a little worried whether I can do a good job."

The mayor smiled kindly. People who knew him had never seen him so kind before. "Everyone has a first time!"

Yes, everyone has a first time, and you must always take the first step to face a better life.

The secretary encouraged himself and clenched his fists, "I will do my best to do my best!"

"Just do your best!" The mayor didn't ask for too much.

At this time, a large number of police cars and armored vehicles drove out of the yard of the Hazardous Materials Administration, and Lucard himself drove a car following at the end of the convoy.

There were no police lights or sirens during the entire process, everything was quiet.

They decided to launch a surprise attack, and they even took a detour to avoid being followed near the Hazardous Materials Administration.

At this time, some of the workers were still chatting in the club about what happened in the evening. Usually, more than half of the people here were gone at this time, after all, there was still work to be done the next day.

But what happened tonight was indeed very infuriating and it concerns everyone's interests. Everyone is discussing how to negotiate with the management company tomorrow.

Johnny is here too. Normally he is not very popular here, but today, there are quite a few people around him.

There are several people here who have considerable prestige among the workers. A bearded man picked up his glass and clinked it with Johnny's. "You acted like a real man today, Johnny. I think highly of you."

The two of them gulped down two mouthfuls of wine, and the bearded man wiped the foam from his mouth and said, "I will be with you tomorrow. By then, even if they want to force you at the negotiation table, we will be able to help you a little."

"Regarding your proposal to raise everyone's salary..."

Johnny had already drunk quite a bit of wine, and none of his drinks tonight were paid for by himself. When he stood in front of the bar, someone immediately came out and offered to buy him a drink, which made him feel a little embarrassed.

This was the first time in his life that he had experienced such a glorious moment. He felt an unprecedented feeling and he didn't know how to describe it.

If I were to say, the pleasure of being a bully and bullying other workers and immigrants is like playing glue.

So now the feeling is like entering, and it’s still a very sweet place!

His whole body was shaking!
Johnny also took a sip, "I've been saying this all along, actually!"

"They've been stealing our labor. Other industries are raising wages every six months or a year, and even if it's not much, it's an increase."

"What about us?"

"There has been no wage increase for two years and I used to think it was the fault of the migrant workers."

"They are willing to do any job and accept any low salary, which is why our salary has not changed much."

"But recently I suddenly figured it out!" He made an "explosion" gesture next to his temple, "In just a moment, I figured it out."

"Whether wages are raised or not is a decision made by the capitalists. It has nothing to do with the migrant workers who are being exploited just like us!"

"They just don't want to give us a raise, that's all!"

"Someone has to stand up and say something. I didn't want to be that person, but they forced me to do it, so I had no choice but to stand up!"

He raised his glass and said, "No matter what, in the next few days, I will definitely take everyone's wishes and have a good talk with the management of the company, and try to raise everyone's salary, at least forty yuan!"

Everyone around was smiling. A price increase of two or three yuan seemed to be a very exciting thing for them.

Some people may think that it is just a matter of two or three dollars, why is the terminal management company unwilling to compromise?

But in fact, there are more than 10,000 people walking on the dock. If the price increases by two or three yuan for each person, the expenditure will be at least more than 30,000 yuan per month.

As capitalists, they will not agree to this!

Just as a few people were discussing how to make the capitalists kneel on the ground and beg for their forgiveness, suddenly someone shouted loudly outside the club, "There are so many police cars..."

I hope more chapters will be added because of the accumulated reward of 333, rather than the accumulated monthly ticket of 666
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(End of this chapter)