Blackstone Code

There is a story in the Federation about His Majesty the Emperor——

In all the fables, fairy tales and other stories of the Federation, whenever "His Majesty the Emperor" appears, then this His Majesty the Emperor must refer to a certain His Majesty the Emperor of Gevra.

This is a...conventional approach by the authors. Perhaps in their eyes, only the Gaevra royal family is the group that can truly support the title of "royalty".

The content of the story is that in order to test the three princes, His Majesty selected a reliable successor from among them, and then gave the three of them a task.

They have to be invited by an ordinary family outside the palace to attend the family's family banquet. In the process of making friends with this family, they cannot reveal their identity as members of the royal family.

You cannot give out a lot of wealth or show your power. If someone cheats, he will completely lose his identity as the heir to the throne.

There is a time limit here, they only have half a year.

His Majesty the Emperor and all the ministers felt that this was actually not a very difficult task. They just wanted to see how much the three princes knew about ordinary people and their lives.

After all, some of them will become the future emperor of this country, and the emperor of a country will not know his people at all.

Then it will be a disaster both for His Majesty the Emperor himself and for the people!

However, the ending of this story is not interesting at all, because none of the three people completed the task.

After the eldest prince left the palace, he had no idea what to do.

He hasn't experienced any of this, and he doesn't even know how to greet ordinary people.

The second prince was a little better. He took the initiative to contact ordinary people, but because of the huge difference in knowledge and environment between the two parties, he could not find anyone with whom he could communicate normally.

The third prince had more ideas. He went to find a job. He believed that his status as colleagues and friends at work could help him quickly integrate into this ordinary society.

But because he had never really done any work, the performance of his production team was very poor. People were complaining about him, and no one wanted to be friends with him.

On the one hand, this is a characteristic of federal literature. On the other hand, many people engaged in cultural work crazily admire Gevra's aristocratic culture.

At the same time, they mercilessly criticized the various stupid practices of the Gefra aristocracy, magnifying their shortcomings and making them look like idiots.

This is a very contradictory mentality, wanting to get closer but trying to deny it.

On the other hand, this story actually reflects a real situation. In addition to strict social classes, huge gaps in wealth and privileges between the upper class and the lower class, there are also differences in perceptions of the world.

When a noble heard that someone froze to death because he couldn't afford cotton-padded clothes, he was surprised and asked the people around him why the man who froze to death didn't wear leather clothes. From the noble's point of view, his doubts were not a problem.

Because there are cotton clothes and leather clothes in their world, and leather clothes are not difficult to obtain.

But from the perspective of ordinary people, the perspective of the frozen people, this is a big joke, and people will laugh after hearing it.

One such situation existed between the ex-husband and Senator Landon at this time.

The ex-husband asked how much it would cost to solve this problem. He meant that Senator Langdon would only be willing to let go of how much money Senator Langdon could get from him.

On Senator Langdon's side, he thought his ex-husband's question was how much money it would cost to make the sewage issue passable.

For Senator Langdon, the guy in front of him was the professor's ex-husband, and maybe Lynch also knew that he came to see him.

In terms of political factions, they are actually a "family" relationship, just direct lines and branches.

So he never considered that the "numbers" the other party talked about with him would be related to bribery!

The difference in the two people's understanding of the world and values ​​caused a small misunderstanding between them, and this misunderstanding amplified the problem of three perspectives.

Senator Langdon carefully calculated that the cost of various sewage treatment equipment is not cheap, but if you can buy it with his business card, the price will be reduced.

Just like sending money to agencies such as the Food and Drug Supervision Commission every day, after the passage of Senator Langdon's supplementary bill on environmental protection, some business groups dedicated to solving pollution problems will also send him money. Some benefits.

Some of the benefits were obvious, such as trading a small share of a foundation registered in the name of Langdon's family.

As environmental issues become more and more important, the value of these shares is increasing, at least one or two million.

They didn't give away money directly, but gave away shares for the purpose of tying up Senator Langdon.

The more stringent environmental issues are regulated, the higher their stock prices will be, and the more benefits Senator Landon will receive!

This is a kind of dynamic "bribery". The reason why it is in double quotes is because this method is legal in the federation.

"About two million."

Senator Langdon gave a rough figure, "You have to prepare 2.4 million."

After hearing this, his ex-husband's eyes changed as he nodded. He thought that spending one million would be enough to settle the matter, but what he didn't expect was that Senator Langdon was so greedy!

Two million and four hundred thousand!

A little more would be enough for him to buy sewage equipment!

However, for businessmen and capitalists, as long as they can save expenses, even if it is only a few hundred thousand, three to five hundred thousand, that is great!

There was some embarrassment on his face, and his true nature as a capitalist began to show, "I may only be able to scrape together 1.5 million."

Senator Langdon frowned. He didn't like people who bargained, especially when this person was a low-ranking person.

However, for the sake of the professor, he did not show his displeasure. "Then solve some of the problems first. Stop the ones with particularly serious pollution first, and then solve them when you have money."

If we don't have enough money, we will definitely have to pick up the capable ones first. The two factories with relatively low pollution can be completed with 1.5 million.

If the pollution is particularly serious, the money will definitely be enough, but it is better to solve the two problems that are not particularly polluted first.

Senator Langdon also kindly reminded, "If I were you, I would choose to have the most polluting...factory relocate directly to a farther area."

"The federal government will become more and more strict on environmental protection issues in the future. Even if your current factory's sewage emissions meet the standards, as standards continue to improve in the future, you will still face the same dilemma you are encountering today."

"At that time, continuing to add new equipment to adapt to the new standards will still cost a lot, and the results will be the same. It will be difficult to solve this problem at once."

"And if we think about relocation in the future, the cost of relocation will be higher and higher, and may even exceed the value of the factory itself!"

This is not that he was talking about the summer festival, but an objective fact.

With rapid development in recent years, especially in some economically developed areas, the value of land and labor costs have gradually exceeded the value of the factory itself.

In the past, the biggest investment for capitalists in setting up a factory was the various machines used for production. But now, the machines used for production are no longer the biggest investment, but other things that were not noticed before.

What Senator Langdon said was from the perspective of "one of his own people". He is very aware of the changes in future development trends.

Moreover, "deindustrialization" within the urban area is also becoming a mainstream idea. As the federal economy is getting better and better, people's requirements for the quality of life are getting higher and higher.

In the past, they could tolerate living next to a cement factory and lying at home eating ashes every day.

Now if there is a factory within one kilometer of a residential area, there will be people making trouble everywhere.

But some of Senator Langdon's heartfelt words were viewed by her ex-husband as a threat.

After continuously suffering from his ex-wife and being threatened by Senator Langdon, his mood was naturally not very good!

However, considering that at this stage he still had something to ask of Senator Langdon, he did not raise any objections.

He just said that he would try his best to raise money.

As for how much he can collect, he actually doesn't know.

Not everyone can be like Lynch and have a wad of cash at his disposal.

Among the group of capitalists engaged in international trade, it is actually a very normal phenomenon to have funds squeezed.

He could afford more than one million, but two million was barely enough.

Maybe borrow it?

Or... use some other method to solve this matter?

The ex-husband knew very well that if he could not solve this problem, whether it was relocation or purchasing emission equipment, he might face bankruptcy.

If we don't move, the factory will stop production, and the orders that are already in production will definitely not be delivered on time. The next step will be breach of contract and claims.

The International Development Council has a special economic court for contract breaches, and the federal people themselves serve as the chief judges, but they do not have much tolerance for the federal people.

Buying sewage equipment is simpler, but the cost is very high, including installation fees, debugging fees, and a lot of time.

And what about relocation?

The problem is still the same. He can't afford to waste time, so the only person who can get him out of the current predicament is Senator Langdon.

Seeing that her ex-husband did not refute or raise any objections, the two of them got along quite happily.

After chatting for a while, Senator Langdon left on his own initiative.

He and his ex-husband had nothing to talk about except these things at work.

After returning home, he thought about it and felt that he should talk to Lynch.

After all, this matter involves the professor, and Catherine is behind her!

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