Blackstone Code

In late October, Mr. Trueman had an indescribable premonition, and he began to speed up the work at hand.

And put the main energy on the organization and evaluation of the Anti-Monopoly Law.

In any society, there are people who go against the mainstream and go against the trend, and they are not rare.

In a highly commercialized and capitalized world like the Federation, there will always be some people who remain highly vigilant against capital.

There are many pure scholars and experts among them.

These people submitted many constructive suggestions during the drafting meeting of the "Draft Amendment to the Anti-Monopoly Law."

Lynch also participated in the meeting, but he did not speak during the whole process. He could not do such a thing against the capitalists in the entire federation.

It's not that he doesn't have the ability, it's that he's not stupid enough.

If he's stupid enough, he'll definitely say something.

But he is so smart that he doesn't even want to give anyone any clues.

In the revised proposal that has been drafted so far, some key provisions have been added.

For example, "actual and indirect owners of a company can only own no more than three companies with the same content in the same industry."

This article is equivalent to directly guillotining those large capital groups that take advantage of loopholes in the Anti-Monopoly Law to dismantle single monopoly companies into group companies.

A company may or may not have a product, but it controls most of the market. This is a monopoly.

A company that has 99 subsidiaries and 99 products and monopolizes 99% of the market is not a monopoly.

There are no substantial changes.

After adding this item to the previous content, many large industry leading groups are facing the end of being dismembered!

Others have put forward the suggestion of "adding more social links" to re-disrupt the distribution of upstream and downstream enterprises to avoid corporate monopoly on the industry.

To put it simply, most steel mills now have their own mines, and they mine and make steel themselves.

In the new proposal, steelmaking companies cannot directly own mines themselves, but must purchase various ores from second parties and then smelt them.

This adds more social links and helps to avoid and guard against the emergence of market monopoly.

If necessary, as long as one of the links is blocked, the company will not be able to achieve monopoly.

Various suggestions and proposals were added every day, and by the end of October, eleven new articles had been added to the Anti-Monopoly Law.

This is also called the "New Eleven" by some people and has attracted widespread attention.

This also makes the capital forces unable to sit still.

If Mr. Trueman intends to push for the passage of this amendment bill through Congress, no problem, the capitalists can still tolerate it.

But it seems that he intends to use presidential prerogatives to force it through before the end of his centralization of power. This is unacceptable to everyone.

Since you can’t accept it, you have no choice but to not accept it!

On November 7, as the armistice agreement between the Federation and the Pengeo Empire was signed and implemented, a large number of troops evacuated from the Pengeo Empire began to return to the Federation.

Except for part of the garrison that will stick to the "New Federal Port", other troops will withdraw to the federal mainland.

For a time, almost all ports on the east coast were full of people every day, holding various flags and slogans to welcome these victorious sergeants home!

Of course, there's a lot of grief, and tons of urns are being returned to the Commonwealth every day.

The bodies of those who died there could not be transported back and could only be burned on the spot.

In fact, the ashes in the urns in many people's hands came from the bottom of the furnace.

Those were the ashes of thousands of people, not just one person. It would be a good idea to mix them all together.

As long as there is still one family paying homage to these heroes, the heroic spirits will never be far away.

On November 16, based on a tip, the FBI uncovered an illegal card game.

In the Commonwealth, gambling is a special industry, and gambling must be legal in designated places, that is, licensed casinos.

Otherwise, gambling elsewhere is illegal.

The reason why such behavior is illegal is that most people who organize poker games will not take the initiative to file tax returns.

Secondly, this also violates laws and regulations related to the management of special industries.

The organizer of the card game who was caught in the report was a federal indigenous woman. Other card game participants were also punished with fines and voluntary community work.

People who participate in gambling are relatively lightly punished.

But the organizer of the card game will be severely punished.

It is said that the cash involved in the reported card game exceeded 1.3 million!

This is already a considerable amount of money in the current illegal poker game, and it has also attracted a lot of media attention.

But in such a seemingly unremarkable arrest, investigators discovered an IOU when searching for evidence.

An IOU of four million, the debtor is Joanna.

This makes everyone feel troubled. There are many people named Joanna in the Federation, but can they owe four million, or are there only one or two people in Bupen?

And one of them is the First Lady of the Federation.

And this is the full name, not just the name "Joanna", but also her surname, the full name.

The news was quickly sent to the presidential palace. Mr. Trueman had more gray hair and had been busy working on the draft amendment to the antitrust law.

When he first heard that Joanna owed four million outside, or because of gambling, he didn't react!

"This is unlikely. Joanna has no gambling habit. Maybe she got the wrong person."

He paused and said, "No, I will ask her tonight. Don't reveal this matter for now."

For several hours he could not concentrate on his work.

The FBI quickly sent over the original IOU.

It is added between two pieces of transparent material, which can well reflect the content on it without causing people to accidentally damage it.

Looking at the familiar signature, Mr. Trueman knew that it was his wife's autograph.

He was so familiar.

In the evening, Joanna came back after nine o'clock as usual, smelling of alcohol.

Mr. Trueman was already sitting on the bed, with the quilt covering his legs.

When he was young, he didn't think he would be as afraid of the cold as his father or grandfather, but at this age, he realized that he was also afraid of the cold.

Joanna glanced at Mr. Trueman strangely, because he had done nothing tonight. He just raised his head, leaning on the soft bag at the head of the bed, looking at the ceiling.

After rinsing her body, Joanna lay on her side in her pajamas, then turned off the bedside lamp and said "good night".

They even communicate less now.

This time, Mr. Trueman didn't give her a chance to rest directly.

"Can you play cards?"

he asked suddenly.

Joanna's originally calm heart was like a lake where someone had suddenly dropped a huge boulder, and suddenly there was a shocking wave!

She swallowed, "No, what's wrong?"

Mr. Trueman had no expression on his face, but slowly turned his eyes to his wife.

"When I was young, my father told me that there are many things in this life that you should never be curious about."

"Gambling is one of them."

"I have always been obedient. As an adult, I have developed my own judgment. I know that as a person, you don't need to do anything. You can get money by just participating in some games."

"It's enough to get addicted to it because not only do you get pleasure, but you get money as well."

"I stay away from it. If there are really unavoidable card games, I will also declare that I will not play with money."

"I remember we talked about this issue when we met."

"You said you don't play cards or gamble."

Mr. Trueman was very principled when he was young. Before marrying Joanna, he asked her if she had any bad habits.

Joanna replied no.

These words, these words, suddenly made Joanna sit up in shock. She turned on the bedside lamp again and looked at Mr. Trueman.

She stared at Mr. Trueman with a seemingly tough attitude and expression, "You don't believe me?"

Mr. Trueman sighed softly, "Did you lose four million at once?"

Joanna, who was still preparing to argue with Mr. Trueman, turned very ugly in an instant, with a hint of panic hidden in her face!

"How did you know?"

Mr. Trueman suddenly sneered, "The woman you wrote the IOU to was reported for organizing an illegal card game and was arrested."

"While collecting incriminating evidence, they discovered the IOU."

"When I saw the signature, I knew it was you."

At this moment, Joanna was stunned for a moment, and an indescribable...surprise suddenly appeared on her face?

She moved her body and grabbed Mr. Trueman's arm with both hands. "As long as this IOU disappears, everything will be fine!"

"You can do it!"

Mr. Trueman looked at his wife with great disappointment, "You know, I never use my power for myself."

"It doesn't belong to me, and it doesn't concern me."

"Besides, I don't think your trouble is as simple as this IOU!"

"Joanna, in my memory, you have always been very cautious. Why are you like this?"

"How many questions do you have?"

Joanna gradually calmed down, she was silent for a while, and shook her head, "I lost a little money, and the money for this IOU was paid for by that woman."

"The part I lost is all legally owned. As long as the issue of this IOU is resolved, everything else is not a problem."

"I promise, I will never gamble again, nor will I cause any other problems..."

"Help me, for the sake of us being husband and wife!"

Mr. Trueman had mixed emotions. He didn't know what to do because this was about someone he felt very guilty about!

He didn't give Joanna any reply, and went to the guest room to rest with the quilt in his arms.

One night, neither of them slept well.

Early the next morning, at dawn, Mr. Trueman was woken up and saw the headline on the front page of the Federal Daily News——

"Who stole the charity money!" 》