The private room of Saint Western Restaurant, with bright tableware and four glass walls reflecting the light, has a sense of surreal magic.
Opposite Lu Ming sat Li Cangyou, chairman of the Beiguan Health Committee. He was an old man in his sixties, with short white hair and a strong spirit.
At this time, he was smiling bitterly, "Lawyer Lu, old man, I will retire in a few months, so just let me rest and rest!"
Indeed, after the parliamentary elections are completed at the end of the year and a new seven-member committee is formed, the seven-member committee will appoint candidates for the heads of each administrative agency.
He could still work for a few more years at his age, and his body is strong, but it is rumored that Bucklow, the chief member of the seven-member committee, will be nominated again by the Duke family and be re-elected. Deputy Director Zhang Zhenbang seems to have been criticized by Sir Bucklow recently for some unknown reason.
His son Bucklow Jr. took a fancy to it and was once invited to watch the horse racing with him.
There are rumors that Zhang Zhenbang's youngest daughter-in-law has an unexplained relationship with little Buckloo.
Li Cangyou had a premonition that his official career would come to an end in a few months.
Once every four years, after a new seven-member committee is established, it is customary for the first chiefs of all administrative agencies to submit letters of resignation to the new seven-member committee. However, as long as there are no major problems, most of them may be retained. From a legal perspective, it is
It is the new committee that has formed a new governing team and appointed a new candidate for the chief official of the governing department.
Sometimes, the seven-member committee will actually leave a letter of resignation and appoint a new candidate.
However, the replacement of chief officials of most administrative agencies is not completed just after the change of office.
However, Li Cangyou feels that after handing in his resignation letter, he will truly leave the Health Commission.
But I didn't expect that such trouble would happen before I left.
At this time, he smiled bitterly and said: "So, Lawyer Lu, how many years older am I? I want you to call me brother. Brother Lu, please don't make things difficult for me!"
Lu Ming smiled and said, "Brother Li, how can you say that I'm making things difficult for you? In fact, bad things can turn into good things, right?" After thinking about it, he leaned forward slightly, lowered his voice, and said something.
Li Cangyou's face was gloomy and uncertain, and he slowly fell into deep thought.
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The sun was shining in the sky on the lawn area of the Liberty Building. Lu Ming was sitting under an umbrella, biting a straw and drinking a drink. He looked at some forms, questionnaires and percentage rings of voters' political leanings in his hands.
There was a soft sound of footsteps behind him. Dressed in an elegant red skirt, light-colored stockings and beautiful legs and high heels, it was Murong Xue, the chief secretary of the campaign office.
A while ago, she was applying for an ordinary position in the public relations department of Huaxia Service Industry. When Pan Mila saw her resume, she found that she was once a member of the campaign team of a famous congressman in the Eastern District. Although he was an ordinary affairs officer, to put it bluntly, he was just a handyman.
But we have a good starting point, so I recommend coming to Lu Ming's campaign office.
She walked over lightly and put a pile of documents in her hand on the small white round table under the umbrella. "Boss, these are from the office and need your signature. Also, the latest ones include the 'Lemonade Girls Movement'
The newspaper reported..."
Lu Ming nodded, picked up the document, read the contents, and signed it very quickly.
There are relevant documents and permissions for Xiuxiu to open a fund account, which require the signature of the law firm.
Shortly after meeting with Li Cangyou, Xiu Xiu, the representative of the firm, signed a secret settlement agreement with the Health Commission. That is to say, the contents of this agreement can never be made public in the future.
The Health Commission paid a compensation of 50,000 yuan, and Lu Ming paid 20,000 yuan out of his own pocket, but still raised 70,000 yuan for Xiuxiu's fund.
In addition, the document also contains a letter of intent for the firm to cooperate with the Health Commission to establish the "Lemonade Girls" charity health fund.
The Health Commission provides money, and in addition, it also raises donations from the society. The donations are mainly used to support poor people and provide free medical care and other assistance.
The office is responsible for supervising and disclosing accounts to the public.
This is what Lu Ming proposed to Li Cangyou, to turn bad things into good things.
At the current social level, the Lemonade Girls Movement actually calls for social justice.
Lu Ming suggested that the Health Commission should respond to this movement and set up a charity fund under the supervision of his own firm. In this way, bad things would become good things, because the disputes between the parties represented by his firm and the Health Commission are also their own affairs. The firm's actions became the spark for the Lemonade Girls Movement. Now that my firm has cooperated with the Health Commission to establish a charity fund, the outside world's impression of the Health Commission will also change.
Of course, the Health Commission needs to set up a fund, and in particular, it has to contribute its own money every year, which means to withhold part of the money that should be turned over, which will definitely need to be voted by the seven-member committee or even the parliament.
In fact, it was a very troublesome matter. After Li Cangyou agreed, Lu Ming understood that he did not want to retreat. He would take the opportunity to do something. It might improve his reputation, or it might cause a lot of trouble. No one would be willing to take over. Of course, even if The worst outcome is that he is dismissed from office, which is no different from the normal trajectory.
After signing all the documents that needed to be signed, Lu Ming picked up the newspaper that reported on the Lemonade Girls Movement.
Murong Xue stood aside and glanced at the reports from the corner of her eyes. She always felt that the Lemonade Girls Movement had suddenly become a fashion. It was not that simple, but it was not something she should care about.
Anyway, it's very good for the boss's campaign.
However, in actual fact, all campaign affairs are decided by the boss himself, and he, as chief of staff, is actually just a decoration.
But having said that, if you want to choose a serious campaign secretary, it will never be your turn.
I still remember the first day I met my boss and the day when Director Pan recommended me to come.
At that time, the boss's campaign office was really full of talents, including a well-known campaign expert who was also the chief affairs officer at the time.
On the first day, I still couldn't figure out the situation, so I remembered that the expert kept chattering to the boss about what he should do and what he shouldn't do.
The boss seemed to be irritated and told him directly that from now on, you will no longer be the chief clerk.
Then, she lit herself on fire. From now on, she will be my chief purser.
The campaign expert was very angry and asked why.
The boss said that because she is beautiful, I am attracted to her.
At that time, everyone was stunned.
I was also frightened, and even wanted to type a resignation letter right away.
It was Director Pan who explained himself and told many things about his boss.
Now I have long understood that the boss just disagreed with what the campaign expert said, and his ideas were completely different from his. The expert was too verbose, so he fired him, but he had to use a ridiculous excuse.
It made me think that I was the former pervert boss who often harassed me, so shameless.
Thinking of the past events, a layer of gloom appeared on Murong Xue's face.
"Well, it's time to make some political donations. What kind of business is this? It would be too shameful to run for a council member and make yourself lose money. Xiuxiu, I have already lost 20,000!" The boss suddenly muttered.
Stand up.
Murong Xue was helpless, Xiu Xiu's 20,000 yuan was considered as part of the campaign?
"Prepare the car and go to Wendebao!" the boss made a gesture.
Murong Xue hurriedly picked up the slightly bulky walkie-talkie and asked for the car to be driven in.
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Wen Debao, I don’t know when, started to become a gathering place recognized by most Beiguan merchants. Not only did the club have more members, but its level was also significantly higher than before.
The club private rooms on the second floor are no longer just three rooms, No. 8, 88, and 888. Instead, there are more than a dozen private rooms for club activities, which can accommodate more than a dozen businessmen from different circles to gather here at the same time.
Today, more than twenty businessmen gathered in private room No. 6, all of whom are leaders in the Beiguan business community who support the Ecumenical Party.
But Lu Ming was in room 7 next door, chatting casually with Wen Liangyu.
"Qianxing, it all depends on you. I didn't expect that I would see Wen Debao live like this. When my old man was still here, there was no such grand occasion!" Wen Liangyu's heartfelt emotion was also expressed with emotion.
Lu Ming smiled and said to the neighbor next to him, "Where is Dong Wenquan's speech?"
Wen Liangyu smiled bitterly: "Yeah, isn't this going to have to be a formality? You are the only one who talks about political ideas and makes promises to the funders, and you don't even give the funders any face."
He took out another check and a page of paper, "Here, it's yours."
Lu Ming only kept the paper and handed the check to Murong Xue who was sitting next to him, "Deposit it later."
For political donations, the campaign office has a special account and can only be used for campaigning.
Murong Xue knew that although her boss often deviated from the usual path, he had never broken the rules he should abide by. He took the check and immediately opened his eyes wide, "Ah..." and exclaimed softly.
Because I really can’t imagine this number.
Lu Ming glanced at her and said, "You, I will leave you as the chief of staff later. You have never seen the world. Next time, I think fourth brother won't be able to do so much for me."
Wen Liangyu smiled bitterly, "This has nothing to do with me, they are all people who want to support you."
Murong Xue had already known the boss's temper, and she didn't feel like she was being scolded. Before she put the check away, she couldn't help but take another look at it and counted the zeros at the end. Yes, 1 million. This is to run for the seat of the Donghai District.
That’s more than enough, right?
Lu Ming looked at the piece of paper in his hand, which was a list of donations.
Frowning slightly: "What does Phila Oil mean by donating 300,000 yuan to me? They have no business in Beiguan, and I don't know their people."
The first person to donate the most is Rabbi Fila, the vice president of Fila Petroleum and the youngest son of Fila Sr., the current helm of the Fila family.
Lafite Petroleum is one of the three major oil companies in the empire and a super company with assets of over one billion.
Twenty years ago, the first billion-dollar company appeared in the empire. Even now, a billion-dollar company is the standard for the top companies.
Wen Liangyu smiled and said: "I don't know, maybe it's because you are very optimistic about Qianxing and it's an investment in the future."
Lu Ming looked down again, "Well, Century Pictures, Gao Jingtai, 50,000 yuan, Director Gao is still very particular."
Of course, the headquarters of Century Pictures is not in Beiguan, but Lu Ming saved his life, so this can be considered a reward.
Looking again, Lu Ming couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I, Brother Liu, really don't want to live anymore."
Liu Laocai donated 50,000 yuan, which was a year's dividend from New Era Mall, after deducting various expenses. It was already a good figure for him to achieve this figure.
Lu Ming shook his head: "There really should be a limit!"
Like a major Western country at the same time, there are no limits on political donations, donations to a single person, or total donations.
However, in major Western countries, even during the quota period, there are super committees that circumvent regulations and take advantage of legal loopholes, because through the super committee's overall planning, they avoid the one-on-one limit, that is, the limit on individual donations to a certain candidate.
And, later, the country's Supreme Court considered the limit on political donations unconstitutional and abolished the limit clause.
As he spoke, Lu Ming looked down again. In the end, Wen Liangyu's number was 65,000, which was equal to a round number for himself.
Lu Ming shook his head: "You guys, if you make friends with me, you'll all become paupers in the end!"
Wen Liangyu smiled and said, "How could that happen?"
Indeed, nowadays, his social circle is getting bigger and bigger, and he is moving upwards. In the future, he may be able to realize the ideal of whitewashing that his father wanted to realize throughout his life.
All of these are changes that gradually occurred after getting to know this little brother.
"Okay, fourth brother, it's time for me to go! Go see Mr. Qing." Lu Ming stood up.
"Okay, come and sit here often when you have time." Wen Liangyu stood up and said goodbye.