Blackstone Code

"Mr. Lynch, I already know what you asked me to inquire about last time..."

"After Peleus's group evacuated, almost all the clubs in the central and southern military region were shut down, and all the money in the club accounts disappeared."

"The Ministry of National Defense has no plans to restart the clubs yet. If you want to win them, now is a good time!"

The club culture at Federation exists from top to bottom and is extremely widespread.

Military clubs, retired military clubs, police clubs, corporate clubs, government clubs, bowling clubs...

There are various clubs, large and small, in almost all walks of life. Clubs are actually a less direct organization that has a certain role as a trade union.

It will not be as strong as a workers' union or an industrial employee union, and it will always have to fight against someone.

At the same time, it also has the power to win over designated groups of people and expand its influence!

The military also has military clubs.

In the previous Gianna scandal, most of the venues where female soldiers were violated were in clubs, so almost all clubs in the Central and South Army Military Region were closed pending review.

Subsequently, Peleus and his family left the Central and Southern Military Region, and the club's resources were directly drained by them.

Now that the Ministry of National Defense has taken over, it has no plans to immediately restart club-related matters.

On the one hand, clubs within the military have become notorious in society. When it comes to clubs, it is difficult for people not to think of the tragic experiences of Gianna's female soldiers.

Whoever restarts the club may become the target of public opinion attack.

Officials of the Ministry of National Defense are more politicized. Although they look like soldiers and wear military uniforms, they are politicians at heart.

Military uniforms are just their "uniforms" and they will not really bring themselves too much into the role of soldiers.

Therefore, all military clubs in Central and South China are currently suspended indefinitely.

Secondly, even if public opinion lets the club go, restarting the club will still require a lot of money.

At present, the entire Central and South Army Military District is the largest military district in the Federation, with a total of more than 750,000 soldiers serving in it.

There are more than 100 large and small military bases in total, covering many sensitive conflict areas at home and abroad.

If clubs are to be restarted, then at least the clubs on every military base must be restarted, not counting those on temporary bases.

A club requires at least ten to twenty employees, not including dancers and so on.

Not counting the cost of housing and other business premises, the monthly maintenance cost of a club is approximately 15,000 yuan or more.

Six thousand of them were used to pay wages, four thousand were used to hire dancers, and the remaining five thousand were used for daily maintenance and general expenses.

For one hundred clubs, the monthly fee is 1.5 million, and for 150 clubs, it is almost 2.2 million or more.

Even if the expenses are reduced a little, it will still cost 2 million.

Twenty-four million a year, which the Ministry of National Defense currently cannot come up with.

Moreover, this part of the budget may also be choked by Congress. With so much money spent on meaningless maintenance of club operations, it would be better to spend it elsewhere.

The idea within the Ministry of Defense is to establish a foundation-like institution that would use a certain percentage of the proceeds each year to help soldiers facing financial problems out of trouble.

This is much more meaningful than simply giving soldiers a place to drink, eat meat and watch dancers take off their clothes, and it is also easier to pass in Congress!

The view of the Ministry of National Defense is indeed correct. The military club is being besieged by bad public opinion and it will be very difficult to restart the club.

People will not agree to use taxpayers' money to run a place where they can eat, drink, have fun and abuse ordinary female soldiers.

So, now is a good opportunity!

Lynch nodded slightly, "Thank you for your information. I will discuss these issues with the Ministry of National Defense. If nothing else happens, the club will resume operations after the election."

"I even hope to take over the club operating rights in the Northern Military Region..."

Lynch, the club in the Western Military District, is already talking about it, and it's almost done.

Lynch gives them two lieutenant generals 300 million in military expenses and a 10% kickback every year. They will not dig their necks into this small issue.

Moreover, running the club itself also costs money. If it is done well, money cannot be spent less.

If it is not done well, the soldiers will be dissatisfied again.

In a high-pressure environment, the club has almost become the main channel for soldiers to release stress!

Lin Qi is willing to share everyone's worries, and the two lieutenant generals will naturally not stop him.

If he wins the operating rights of the military clubs in the Northern Military Region, then Lynch will be equivalent to controlling the actual operating rights of clubs in 80% of the federal military bases.

A seemingly inconspicuous club has the strongest penetration and influence on the military!

The colonel glanced at the brigadier general, who nodded slightly, "I will call the general to discuss this matter."

The supreme commander of the Northern Military District is a federal army general, because there have been border frictions between the north and a courageous general is needed to preside over it.

And this general was actually transferred from the Western Military Region!

"It would be great!"

Lynch had a smile on his face, "After we reach an agreement, I will renovate the club and add more entertainment items to make it truly a good place for soldiers to relieve stress!"

After saying a few beautiful words, Lynch was ready to end the conversation. Of course, before ending, there was one very important thing that needed to be done.

He picked up a suitcase, put it on the coffee table, and pushed it towards the brigadier general. Then he picked up another suitcase and pushed it towards the officers around the coffee table one by one.

"What is this, Mr. Lynch?", the Brigadier looked at the suitcase, confused.

Lin Qi didn't speak. He crossed his hands and placed them on his waist, "Why don't you open it and take a look?"

The Brigadier General hesitated for a moment, opened the suitcase, and was immediately stunned by Lynch's generosity!

Inside is a set of accessories that match the military uniform, including cuff links, collar buttons, belt buckles, a pure gold watch chain, a high-end watch, and a platinum ring with the words "Central-Southern Military Region" engraved on the inner ring.

There are also lighters, pens, wallets, a few gold coins that look very exquisite, and six neat stacks of 100-yuan banknotes.

"All the accessories are customized according to military standards. The total price is about a little over 30,000 yuan, which adds up to exactly 100,000 yuan."

The other officers couldn't help but open their suitcases. These things were neatly placed together, which was pleasing to the eye and made their hearts beat faster!

They knew that Lynch was very rich, and that the Peleus family had made a lot of money while running the Central and Southern Military Region.

But they didn't expect that Lynch would be so rich and become so rich by serving as a soldier here!

The Brigadier General feels that the money is a little bit hot to handle.

If it was three to five thousand, or two to thirty thousand, he would just take it, but the things here are worth almost one hundred thousand yuan.

Too much!

Sometimes too much can also breed fear in people!

"this……"

The Brigadier was about to refuse, but Lynch raised his hand to stop him.

"Don't refuse in a hurry yet."

"On the one hand, these things are my thoughts on behalf of Austin. Although she is no longer here, I will still do what needs to be done."

"On the other hand, this is Bupen. Going south from here, the more prosperous it becomes, the higher the consumption level."

"I don't mean to criticize the current salary standards of the military, but I have to say that this amount of money is actually not enough for anyone."

“Treat each other to a restaurant once, go to a bar a few times, and then it’s gone.”

"You also have families, and your families also need to live. I believe you may be facing such a problem."

"In this small place in Sabin City, you can rent an 80-square-meter apartment for forty or fifty yuan."

"But here, it costs more than 100 yuan, and the apartments in the city center even cost thousands of yuan a month!"

"If you don't think about yourself, you have to think about your family."

"Those big shots, the congressmen, take much more than you, and they will never refuse."

"In Bupen, there is a mechanism that you don't understand yet. You may not like it, but don't oppose it!"

"And if you don't take it, how dare people outside take it?"

After finishing speaking, everyone was silent for a moment. Officers, you looked at me and I looked at you. Through eye contact, it seemed that you finally made a decision.

"Then... let me thank you for your kindness on behalf of everyone, Mr. Lynch." The Brigadier closed the suitcase again with a smile on his face.

In fact, these officers are not all clean, or their views are not without any dirt.

The simplest reason is that the Northern Military Region has always been responsible for border anti-smuggling issues.

It seems vigorous, but why are a large number of various materials smuggled into the federation from the north every year?

In fact, in the final analysis, they are also related to the smuggling gang.

Before Shijia was acquired, the tobacco they grew themselves was simply not enough, let alone the large amount of Croft that needed to be produced.

Many are smuggled in from Marillo.

They always sponsor some military expenses. They say it is sponsorship, but in fact it is "protection money" to build relationships so that their people can bring fodder back.

In Bupen, the rules of survival are slightly different, but the core is the same – trade!

They haven't gotten used to the life here yet, and when they get used to it, they won't feel like this.

Lynch nodded, "After the club starts operations, you can get an additional subsidy from the club every month. Remember to collect it on time!"

He stood up as he said, "I have some conference calls at night. There is a separate room above with good sound insulation..."

The officers stood up and saw him off until he was sent outside the gate...

Looking at Lynch's convoy leaving, the Brigadier sighed.

People like Bu Payne are so damn rich!