Blackstone Code

Lynch arranged for someone to keep an eye on the plumber and then stopped paying attention. Lan

As long as this guy loses his temper and commits suicide again, as long as it's him, then Lynch will definitely know whether he is the "Plumber Killer" or not.

Not two days after dinner, Gladstone made a phone call to communicate with Lynch.

Mr. Pumpy is willing to reach a settlement with Lynch. Anyone can unconditionally use the patented technologies listed by Lynch without paying any licensing fees to Norinco for the use of these technologies.

In the industrial system, R\u0026D is always at the forefront, preventing many people from entering the industry and causing companies in many fields to bow to them.

That is, these core patented technologies, such as some of the core engine technologies that Lynch requested to be disclosed.

These core technologies are called "core", but it does not mean that they are the technologies currently used by Norinco, or that the importance of these technologies lies in their "basic nature."

They may not be advanced, or even many generations behind, but their fundamental nature and the barriers formed around these foundations are the most troublesome things. Lan

It's like someone invented clothes first and registered a patent. No matter what materials they use to make clothes, people in the future will have to pay for the patent.

It's even possible that the patent holder has the right to prohibit others from making clothes.

At this time, you can either change the industry and start over, or you can lower your head and integrate with the people who set the rules and use its basic patents, or simply design a patent for the dress directly and avoid the patents and barriers of clothing.

For example, the patent barrier "has two sleeves".

But not everyone has the ability to dig a new hole like Lynch's Flight Research Institute, and now the opening of basic patents and the disappearance of barriers allow more people to develop their own skills based on "the most basic clothes" ability.

At least they can make clothes!

Without the barrier to entry, this is actually not a terrible loss for Norinco. Lan

Even if patents are released, their technology is still ahead of other companies, and many, many more latecomers.

It's just that Lynch's request puts everyone in a relatively fair state. In this state, everyone has the opportunity to catch up without having to bear other costs.

This is one of the reasons why Mr. Chunky and his colleagues are willing to agree. The liberalization of basic patents will only increase competition pressure in the future.

But it won’t change the industry structure in a short time, and if they don’t relent, Lynch’s attacks will continue. It’s hard to say who these subsequent patents belong to!

So it is better to let it go, since it may be lost anyway, so it is better to use these in exchange for an armistice agreement.

Lynch asked the chief engineer of the Flight Research Institute to check, and people from the Patent Registration Office of the Social Services Bureau confirmed that the nature of the patent had changed.

"This matter is over now. They have paid the price." Lan

"And now there are some special circumstances where some overseas funds are trying to find agents to enter heavy industry enterprises, which poses a threat to our security."

"We should focus more on these thieves, what do you think?" Gladstone seemed very responsible as a mediator.

In addition to expressing his willingness to support Connor in coming to power, Mr. Chunky also gave him some additional benefits.

This part of the benefit is really not small, and it is difficult for him to refuse.

After taking advantage of others, he naturally had to speak up for others, and he also believed that Lynch did not need to fight those people to the end.

After all, Mr. Trueman is dead. He has done enough. No matter how much he does, it will not have any practical significance.

For politicians, the most important thing is those who are alive and influential. Lan

Gladstone inherited the power of the previous chairman of the committee, but how much respect did he show for the old man who handed over his political legacy to him?

If he really respected that old guy enough, that old man wouldn't go and settle in the city next to Slem!

How could anyone who has ever been in this position completely separate from the past so easily?

Wasn't it because he found that Gladstone didn't care about his thoughts at all, and he didn't even want to pretend?

But then again, Gladstone finally climbed into this position and asked him to follow the instructions of the retired old man and turn himself into a puppet. This was not the result he wanted.

Therefore, there was bound to be a split between the two, but Gladstone's decision surprised the old man. He also understood that his continued presence in the Federation was not only meaningless, but would actually cause trouble, so he left directly.

Listening to Gladstone's words, Lynch smiled and agreed, "As long as he fulfills all his promises, I will let him go..." Lan

"Is it settled?" Gladstone didn't quite believe that Lynch would be so easy to talk to, so he couldn't help but confirm it again.

Lynch is famous for being difficult to give birth to and difficult to get along with. To people who don't know him well, Lynch seems like a psychopath.

Sometimes I'm very talkative, sometimes I don't listen at all.

"It's settled, can you rest assured?"

Gladstone didn't pay attention to Lynch's little teasing, and his tone became more relaxed, "I'm too busy at the moment. I'll treat you to dinner later."

After saying that, the two chatted for a few more words and hung up the phone.

This is not what Gladstone said. Each state is submitting a new list of senators to Congress. With the addition of eight new states, the number of seats in the Federal Senate has also expanded to 61. Lan

Each of the seventeen local states has two senators, and the District of Columbia has two separate senators, which makes thirty-six people, plus the speaker, thirty-seven people.

The chairman of the Socialist Committee gave him a "friendship seat". Although he was also a senator, he did not join any committees and had no sense of presence.

But it's easy to know who he is. Just look at who keeps abstaining from voting, and it must be him.

Besides him there are five special seats, so that the Senate plus the Speaker has forty-three persons.

And now the sixteen people brought by the eight new states plus forty-three people make up fifty-nine people.

But in fact, Congress has prepared sixty-three seats, and there will be an additional four special seats.

Because with the federal open immigration policy, the population has increased by 60% and now has a population of 70 million. Some states with concentrated populations will naturally receive more attention. Lan

The four new special seats added this time are prepared for the four states with the largest population in the federation.

In this way, there will be 63 seats in the National Assembly, and basically all the lists have been handed over.

If there are no other problems, Congress will soon announce the new list of the Senate for this term.

As for the seat changes in the House of Representatives, except for the position of Speaker, no one pays much attention to the changes in the seats of ordinary members of the House of Representatives.

There are many seats in the House of Representatives, they change quickly, and not many people care.

The change in Congress was a huge innovation for the entire federal political system, which meant that what previously only required the consent of twenty-nine people now required the consent of forty-three people.

It almost takes the previous "unanimous vote" to pass! Lan

The changes in the number of people, the increase in positions, and the competition between the capital forces behind it are bound to bring more unknown things to Congress.

At the same time, internal competition issues will become more serious, because there are currently only so many power committees, and the number has increased by 50%.

We can't let the new senators have nothing to do, right?

This is also not consistent with Congress.

So everyone is writing reports and documents. The regular meeting in February has been postponed to the end of the month or March. In addition to confirming the list, everyone is preparing materials.

According to information disclosed by Senator Landon, the standing committee may have six to ten new members.

Some of them are the splitting of previous committees. For example, the "Federal Council for Science and Education" will be split into the "Federal Council for Scientific Development" and the "Federal Council for Science, Culture, and Education." Lan

The former will be mainly responsible for promoting scientific development, while the latter will focus entirely on education issues.

This happened to cater to Mr. Trueman's original plan for educational reform. Eight years later, educational issues have been greatly improved.

The university alliance promoted by Lynch has also begun to show results. Education is no longer completely controlled by educational interest groups, so it is necessary to separate the education system from the science education system and establish a separate committee.

There are also some new committees that will be added, such as the "Federal Committee on Religious Affairs."

Previously, the Religious Affairs Committee was a temporary committee, and the faith environment in the Federation before the Great Immigration was relatively simple.

Although there are some individual religious organizations, on the whole there is no need to set up a special committee in Congress to manage these people.

For example, some registered religious people only have five people in total, and they are still one family. It is obviously unnecessary to arrange someone to take charge of this situation. Lan

Larger churches, such as churches that support polygamy, have a large number of people, but they have not shown much destructive power.

So religious issues have always been temporary.

But with the annexation of Nagalil and Marillo, as well as the tendency of Cydorus, and the beginning of the Great Migration, the Federation has more and more religions and conflicts.

It is time to set up a committee to take charge of this issue.

These are changes in Congress. Senator Langdon is also writing reports and materials. Of course, he is not proposing the establishment of any new committee.

Senator Langdon currently serves as a member of the Federal Committee on the Natural Environment and is still responsible for federal environmental issues, which is what he did before.

It's just that he used to be a member of the House of Representatives and was an errand boy, but now he is presiding over the work while others do the errands. Lan

What he wants now is just to increase the power he currently has, such as legislating more environmental issues!