Cosma Empire

? In addition to the current problems, Julio also discovered some other problems. Compared with the closer cooperation between the officials and capitalists in the southern cities, the capitalists in the west seem to have a bit...cold attitude towards the officials!

Yes, that is indifferent. In yesterday's conversation, Julio threw out these problems raised by Duhring as a topic more than once, and asked the capitalists present how to solve them. If it is in a developed city in the south, there will definitely be many capitalists who will actively stand up and express their willingness to bear these problems and provide solutions as soon as possible. The cooperation between the city hall and the capitalists is almost in a semi-open state, and the capitalists are also happy to help the city hall solve these troubles.

From the perspective of the city hall, many problems can be solved without using a penny of public funds, especially medical problems and basic security of citizens' lives. These are the two most profitable areas, but they are also the most invested two fields. Just medical insurance may require investment of millions or even tens of millions of funds, and there will be follow-up continuous investment. People say that the medical group recognizes the money but not the people, but ignores the investment, cost and maintenance cost.

It takes about three years or even longer for a brand-new hospital to be put into use until it returns to its capital and becomes profitable.

From a businessman's point of view, the city hall will endorse their upcoming project investment. In addition to ensuring the safety of the project, the Imperial Central Bank is also happy to grant loans to such projects. Compared with the somewhat rigid businessmen in the north and middle of the empire, businessmen in the south are more inclined to invest in capital means. In layman's terms, merchants in the north will use real money to do things. There are actually many reasons why they do this.

For those merchants with aristocratic backgrounds, since they have money at home anyway, there is no need to ask anyone to borrow money to do business. Their self-esteem and pride do not allow them to say the word "borrow" to others, which will hurt them self-esteem. The same is true for those officials. They will never accept any risky investment with a rigorous and careful attitude. Even if a project cannot be completed, they will never let this project take risks.

But the environment in the south is different. Businessmen are more inclined to capital games. The example of doing things well without spending money inspires all businessmen's dreams of getting rich, and at the same time provides them with a very complete template. With the government's endorsement, businessmen can borrow a large amount of funds from the Imperial Central Bank or the Southern Commercial Bank with a contract of intent signed by the city hall, use these funds to develop projects, and finally repay the loan after making a profit. The favorite way of Southern merchants.

Doing the largest project with the least cost is the method of the capitalists in the south, which is why Henry told Du Lin that the businessmen in the south are all liars. Because these southerners are always thinking about how to get things done without spending money or spending less money, it is inevitable that Henry, who lacks social care, will feel that he has been cheated.

Julio was a little puzzled by the collective indifference of the merchants in the west,

As long as someone proposes any solution that seems to work, he is willing to nod and let these people do it. But the question is no one is showing an active desire, are they not interested in these things, or are they being silenced? Julio thinks the latter is most likely to be the latter. He is an outsider and has only been here for less than a week. No one knows how far he can go, so naturally he will not blindly bet on himself. He still maintains the mentality of running a city in the south, but ignores that the south and the west have completely different economic ecology.

This requires a long process, and only after fully understanding the economic ecology of the west can Julio understand how wrong he is now. Of course, before doing these things, he must settle another matter first.

Opening the blinds and looking at the cowboys and miners with shotguns on their backs outside the city hall, Julio felt a slight sadness and pain in his balls. The desolation of the west and the abundance of predators in the wild make almost every household here own a shotgun, which is also specially permitted by the state government. Villages and towns outside small cities like Tenel are also allowed to form militias and own shotguns, the purpose is to protect people's lives and...property safety.

Horse bandits are also predators, so it is not surprising that a family in the West has a shotgun. But when this group of people marched and demonstrated outside the city hall with guns on their backs, Julio couldn't calm down. He had never seen such violent citizens. Don't people say that the folk customs in the west are simple and honest? Why does the simplicity he sees seem to be different from his own understanding of simplicity?

These people started to march because of the death of Memnon and the arrest of the Kadima Party. The Three Guarantees Policy has become a "finished" under the promotion of some people with ulterior motives. No one will continue to be responsible for them. No one can ensure that the three guarantees they have purchased can continue to be implemented. This has seriously hurt the feelings of westerners, destroyed their trust in the government and the implementation of policies, so someone must take responsibility for this matter.

This responsibility did not belong to Julio. Memnon's death was an "accident". The death and arrest of members of the Progressive Party had nothing to do with Julio. It was a collective killing operation in three western states. From the beginning to the end, nothing had anything to do with Julio, but he became the first person to face this matter directly. Some people say in private that the reason Memnon is finished is because he blocked Julio's way, who gets the most benefits after Memnon's death?

Undoubtedly, of course it is Julio. Didn’t you see that Julio has become the mayor of Vallier? He is sitting on the chair that Memnon used to sit on under his buttocks. ?

Driven by such rumors, some angry westerners who felt they had been deceived and treated maliciously came to the city hall with shotguns on their backs. They needed an explanation and an arrangement. It is impossible to inexplicably lose a lot of rights and interests without even a statement. As the biggest beneficiary, Julio must say something, right?

These people are really stupid!

Actually not, there are some idiots and idiots in it, but there are still many smart people. It is impossible for ordinary people like them to bear the bad influence and consequences caused by the turmoil. Throughout history, there has never been a single person who was blamed for political events as ordinary civilians. Even if there were, under the influence of some special forces , They have also become special people with "political influence". But more, it is still a legitimate politician who will bear the blame.

Julio didn't believe that Westerners could be so tyrannical at first, until he took an arrow to the knee.

"We should find a solution to this matter as soon as possible. I don't want these impulsive bastards to continue to appear outside the city hall..." Julio let go of his fingers. There were five people sitting or standing in his office. Everyone is his private team, or called the decision-making group. This kind of small group is very common in the south. Whether it is a businessman or a government official, they are used to hiring some smart people to form a problem analysis group to help them improve their work efficiency. It is said that Magus also has a private similar small group, which is called a think tank.

The young man standing on the wall with a wine glass was the first to speak. He is a social elite who graduated from the Economics Department of Southern Commercial University. He was hired by Julio to serve in his decision-making group and provide some necessary economic help, "boss, I looked through some of the files left behind by Mr. Memnon, and found that a total of nearly 2.2 million people in the entire west had purchased 3.7 million insurances of various types, and paid forty-eight for these insurances. From one month to seventy-seven months, the total amount exceeds 80 million yuan!"

"About 60 million yuan was invested in the construction of thirteen cities, the largest expenditure was used for land replacement and the construction of commercial centers. Another 23.5 million yuan was used for other purposes, of which nine More than one million is in the Kadima Party's Imperial Central Bank account, which has been frozen at present, and the remaining more than ten million have no specific documents to prove the flow of these funds, but they have all disappeared."

"In other words, even if those people lower their requirements, as long as they return the money they paid, the problem can be settled. You, the city hall, including the state government, cannot afford to spend about 100 million yuan to return all the money at once. Western citizens who have participated in the Three Guarantees Policy. So if you want to say that the Three Guarantees policy is suspended for a refund, you can’t come up with money.”

Julio suddenly felt a throbbing pain in his head, his balls didn't hurt anymore, but his head hurt.

100 million funds?

Where did he get 100 million yuan, even if he sold him, he could sell it for several million or tens of millions. The muscles in the corners of his eyes twitched uncontrollably, and he looked at the other people, " Gentlemen, how should we face the next disaster? Money, we definitely don’t have it. Even if the cabinet agrees, it’s impossible to allocate 100 million yuan to appease the anger of citizens. I’m afraid we can’t afford it. Less than twenty million."

At this time, a young man in his thirties who looked like a social elite in a formal suit smiled, "Mr. Julio, in fact, we might as well think about it in a different way. Memnon can maintain the three guarantees policy, so why should we Can’t it be maintained? According to the data just now, a scale of about 10 million can continue to maintain the three guarantees without any problems, and every year we can get more profits from it to develop the city!”

Julio nodded noncommittally, "This is indeed a method, but it is also the most inappropriate method. The foundation of the Three Guarantees Policy was established before there was no fraudulent guarantee. We know that Mr. Memnon was cheated just before he was assassinated. We are not familiar with the Three Guarantees Policy, nor do we know enough about the personal information of every citizen participating in the Three Guarantees Policy, and we have to deal with many capitalists, which is full of various such a risk."

"We may need to form a huge organization to complete the handover of these things. The reason why Mr. Memnon can play with the three guarantees policy is that he is the leader of the Progressive Party. The Progressive Party is spread all over the West, and every city has a Progressive Party people. So they have an organization large enough to do these things, but we don't."

"If we want to achieve Mr. Memnon's level, we must first solve the specific work people, and then we must wrestle with the capitalists and find a way to make the money roll!"

"Gentlemen, this is not an easy task, because we have 'shortfall' about seventy-five million. If we can't get back the money and get the frozen funds of the Kadima Party, then we may become Sacrifice!"

In fact, what Julio is most worried about is that some people are pushing these people to participate in troubles behind the scenes. If his subordinates hadn't told him that Memnon had stolen nearly 100 million yuan from the west, he would have no idea that there is such a big pit here, a large enough pit. Call it the Pit of the Abyss.

Even if only one million people demand a refund, it is enough to make Julio helpless. He simply does not have so much money to operate these things, and he does not have the foundation of Memnon, and not so many people are willing to do things for him.

Julio's legal adviser thought for a while and said, "Then the only way now is to question the three guarantees policy to the state legislature and the cabinet, and ask the state government and the cabinet to form an investigation team to conduct an in-depth investigation of the three guarantees policy passed by the state legislature. During the process of the bill, whether any congressmen were involved in duty-related crimes. My personal opinion is that someone must have received benefits before this bill will be passed. As long as evidence is found, we can submit an application for the abolition of this bill and deliberate. Then put all the blame on Mr. Memnon and the Kadima Party."

"Then what about those citizens who have suffered losses?" Julio was very moved. He knew what the lawyer meant, but he refused to admit it anyway, and asked the Western Military Region to suppress the riots. The consequence of this is that he does not need to bear any responsibility for the Three Guarantees Policy, although there may be some stains on his resume, which are not so important compared to the former.

The legal adviser smiled slightly, "Of course it is to provide them with legal aid and let them sue the Kadima Party and Mr. Memnon. As for whether the money can be recovered and how much can be recovered, that is another matter.", for Let Julio and other friends understand the feasibility of his doing this more deeply, and he also gave an example, "The great scam of the century happened a few years ago, a group of people used some actually very common means to get from Xie Lisi Street They fled the empire with more than 70 million yuan in funds, and so far the case has not been solved, let alone the main culprit, and even the funds have not been recovered."

"This is actually the same as what we need to face. As long as we expose the Three Guarantees policy as a scam, then this matter has nothing to do with us!"