0128 A Ticket to Entry
After breakfast, Ferrell made a call to Lynch, saying that he would be coming over later, so Lynch didn't leave in a hurry.
Around ten o'clock, Ferrell hurriedly arrived at Lynch's place.
He glanced at Catherine with some curiosity, and after Lynch introduced him he said hello to Catherine, who went back upstairs to her room.
Ferrell didn't talk about the girl after Catherine left, it was Lynch's private life, and in the Baylor Federation, it was a very important etiquette to respect other people's privacy and their private lives, he just paid a little attention to the girl.
He then brought something Lynch wanted, some reply from the mayor's side.
"The mayor agreed to the land you want, he can give you five hundred acres, but you need to provide at least eighteen hundred jobs locally, or three thousand jobs in the state!"
The Baylor Federation has such criteria for purchasing non-residential land, providing a certain number of jobs, or completing some economic program.
If the owner of the land fails to fulfill these criteria, the "offending" land in his name is seized and either auctioned off or re-inactivated.
Of course, this includes all the real estate on the land, which is why most entrepreneurs and factory owners pay a famous designer to design a plan for them before they enclose the land.
They plan the scale of their industry in three different periods: short, medium and long term, and then sign a land transfer contract with the local municipal office in this way - transferring the land in installments.
This way, the factory owner or business owner will not be pressured on certain issues, such as the jobs that must be available and the payment of appropriate remuneration.
Lynch hadn't initially asked for five hundred acres, but now that the mayor had more than doubled his plans straight away, it meant that there was no room for negotiation on the matter.
In the face of the exceeding plan, Lynch's reaction was decisive, "I can't solve these requirements in a short period of time."
Lynch's reaction was not out of Ferrell's expectation, eighteen hundred jobs, each worker giving him two hundred dollars a month, a month just for wages will have to pay three hundred and sixty thousand dollars, this amount of money right now, even if Lynch can get it out, next month he will be finished.
"This is just a medium to long term goal set by the mayor, you have two years to address this employment requirement." , Ferrell said slightly lowering his voice here, "In fact, you only need to be able to solve two thirds of it, after all, you solved two thirds of the problem!"
This is where the consultant's value lies and benefits, he knows better than Lynch where the mayor's bottom line lies, solving two thirds, that is one thousand two hundred jobs.
If Lynch hired twelve hundred workers to work on this land, at that point in time even if he couldn't fulfill those targets behind him, the mayor wouldn't let him get out so easily, because these one thousand or so workers and the families behind them would leave the city hall without any peace.
Lynch nodded thoughtfully, Ferrell didn't realize that this information he revealed had already leaked some more important intelligence, such as the fact that Sabine's current predicament was even more serious than Lynch had imagined.
But at the same time, it had also brought more fog in front of his eyes, he had no more opportunity or information to clear the fog, and naturally, he was not aware that the severity of the situation did not come from the social developments as a whole, but rather from the Ristoan Group and their president, Mr. Neo.
After a brief pause, Ferrell stated the second thing, "The Mayor would like to have dinner with you on Sunday evening this week, while you adjust your schedule."
Monday through Friday were weekdays, and even after work, there were often one or two social engagements scheduled, and those could not be avoided.
Saturday was a day off, but Saturday night was more on the orthodox "weekend" side, so dinner on that day would be utilized as well.
On the contrary, Sunday, the first day of the week, was the only day that the mayor could control himself, he could only spare a dinner time to chat with Lynch on that day, otherwise it might take at least two weeks before he could find a time to have dinner with Lynch.
After Lynch nodded again, Ferrell pulled out an envelope from his pocket and handed it over.
"What's this?" , Lynch flipped through the envelope, the seal was not glued, he directly opened it and took a look, inside was a small card similar to a star piece, he then took it out.
It was an expensive looking card, with a slight metallic texture, and the contrast between the black and bright gold color gave it a more noble and mysterious aura.
There was only a time and place written on it, as well as the signatures of two people, but nothing else.
"This is an invitation card for an auction, only with this card will you have the qualification to enter the auction." , Ferrell's tone was permeated with a small, special emotion.
Lynch smiled, "What does it auction off, used goods?"
"You could also say that!" , Ferrell didn't retort, anything that went up for auction meant that it was second-hand merchandise, even though it might not even have been unpacked, it was definitely second-hand merchandise.
This was an auction to divide the cake of HENG HUI, all of HENG HUI's local properties would be dealt with by auction in accordance with the Federation's laws, and a part of the money gained from the auction would be used to pay the huge fines, while the other part would go into the local coffers.
As for how much these assets can be auctioned in the end, it is completely uncontrollable market behavior, sometimes a little higher, sometimes a little lower.
After all, even big companies like HENG HUI Group had to resort to tax evasion in order to operate, so maybe some of the assets that people thought were of high quality weren't?
Well, these were just unimportant issues, the important issue was that Lynch was going to participate in this auction, but he wasn't qualified to raise his hand.
Ferrell meant for him to mingle in first to feel the cruelty, coldness, blood as well as insanity of the upper class society, which was also a way for him to feel the truest side of this society.
Ferrell was a good person, he felt that Lynch needed to feel the atmosphere, in his opinion, Lynch may have performed very "magical", but after all, his bottom was too thin, his origin made him not have the opportunity to get in touch with the real side of this society.
Without exposure to this side, it was equivalent to living in a less real world, which would not help his development and growth.
Only when he was made to realize the cruelty and brutality of it would he become careful, and it would also make him more mature.
Before a wolf was injured, it would treat the attacks from its own kind as a kind of playfulness, but only when it was injured would it realize that sometimes "playfulness" could be fatal, and it would be able to stir up the wolf's ferociousness.
Lynch raised an eyebrow and put the card in safe keeping, Lynch never let anyone feel disappointed or offended by kindness.
It didn't take long for Ferrell to leave after saying this, they, the handlers, had been very busy lately, the attitude of Ristoan's president, Mr. Neo, had left City Hall and the Mayor passive and the Mayor wasn't about to compromise.
Once the two sides split and the Ristoan group withdrew from Sabine, the problems he left behind had to be solved or it would be a disaster, with the lives of tens of thousands of families at stake!
In fact, whether it was the mayor himself or Mr. Neo, the president of the Ristoan Group, neither of them had expected the situation to deteriorate to this point.
The mutual intransigence of both sides had created a basis on which they had no way to compromise, in other words, no one could bow their heads first, it was no longer a minor issue where one person would give in and forget about it.
The mayor could indeed keep the Ristoan group if he chose to give in, but he would also bury his political life.
The president, Mr. Neo, could also give in, but his concession would cost him his position as president, and it was even possible that the board of directors would activate the equity recovery mechanism and take away the shares in his hands.
This was no longer a farce tossed out for the sake of distributing benefits; it had turned into a display of power that had to be subjugated by one person!
From the looks of things, it's clear that the mayor is not willing to bow down to the Ristoan group, and he doesn't see his future as being limited to the title of "mayor".
If he is not willing to bow down, Mr. Neo and the Ristoan Group will not be able to compromise on their own initiative. In the world of the wilderness, giving in is not a virtue, but a sign of weakness.
After seeing Ferrell leave with a serious expression, Lynch called Catherine in her room and asked her to come down.
In some large houses, there would be a telephone in every room, and in order to avoid interference with each other when they were used at the same time, there would be a semi-automatic switchboard for such large houses.
It's not as complicated as one might think, as each phone has an individual number, but they can be short-dialed by dialing a "sub-number" that connects them directly from the switch to other phones in the same sub-section.
"Finished?" , Kathryn came down with a change of clothes, she hadn't seen the man who had just looked so impressive.
It was actually quite a refreshing feeling to have a man she was familiar with to the bone suddenly become particularly strange in some ways.
Lynch nodded her head to cope for a bit, then said, "Remember what we talked about last night?" , the girl nodded, while Lynch continued, "Do you have any goals?"
"Like what major do you want to go to, or is there a college you'd ideally like to attend?" , he said walking towards the foyer, "Let's go fill up and then check out the college you want to go to!"
He stood in the doorway and looked at Catherine, the girl couldn't help but laugh, "Is this the life of the upper class?"
Looking at some doubt in Lynch's eyes, the girl laughed and said, "Spending every day eating and talking?"
Lynch froze for a moment, then expressed her affirmation of the girl's point of view, "I'm glad you have a whole new understanding of my current life!"