Lan Yan's study is also in the factory headquarters.
The rooms in the factory are naturally not much better. At most they have better lighting, but it is already night.
The copper bell town outside the window was brightly lit, and the temporary military camp was brightly lit with candles. Lan Yan picked up the kettle, poured a glass of water, and handed it to Le Yu: "Please, this is a cup specially prepared for guests. It is clean."
"Ah, thank you."
Although he was thinking about how to steal Lan Yan's high-level player account, Le Yu was still very polite on the outside.
After all, I don’t hit the smiling person. No matter how many times Lan Yan has conflicts of interest with him, openly or secretly, he doesn’t have any arrogance as a ‘superior’ when getting along with him. He has been well-behaved and polite since he was a child, even paying attention to the sound of water when peeing.
It's hard to say bad things to someone.
Moreover, when getting along with Lan Yan, he unconsciously entered into Qian Yuliu's memory. Even as a boss, Le Yu had a pleasant time getting along with Lan Yan, the director of the Statistics Department.
He is not a character who can be regarded as a 'best friend', but he is like the monitor of the university, the big brother at work, the enthusiastic veteran in the gaming union, the hemorrhoid cream in a man's bedside table, and the sanitary napkin in a woman's bag.
Likewise, it is a trustworthy existence.
Rich experience, enthusiastic and rational, elegant and easy-going.
To describe it in terms of attributes, it has a very high charm value, and it also comes with passive effects such as 'leadership', 'morale boosting', and 'initial favorability improvement'.
However, Le Yu has no interest in becoming his accomplice in exploiting the people of Dongyang.
"General Lan, let me explain in advance." Le Yu said, "I will not agree to your excessive request."
"What request is considered 'excessive'?" Lan Yan stood on the balcony, looking at the military camp outside: "Is asking for money considered too much?"
"It depends on how much you want."
"I don't know how much money I want. After all, Young Master Jing, you are more familiar with the Silver Blood Society than I am, and you are also the actual operator." Lan Yan sat down and said, "I can leave this decision-making power to you."
"You trust me so much?" Le Yu felt a little weird: "Just because you fell in love with me at first sight?"
No, can the favorability I accumulated as Qian Yuliu continue to be used in the account Jing Zhengwei?
In fact, Le Yu felt a little strange. Although he and Qin Leyin both handed in blank papers, his attitude was actually very obvious. It was obvious that he was unhappy with Lan Yan, and the white papers were really white papers.
After all, Le Yu came here to challenge Lan Yan, so naturally he was as arrogant as he was.
However, Lan Yan went on his own to help him explain the meaning of the white scroll.
He was also strongly chosen to be the president.
How should I put it, this feeling.
It's a bit like the ordinary girl Bai Lianhua who doesn't give face to the overbearing president, but arouses the interest of the overbearing president, and then there will be youth love plots such as "Woman, you are playing with fire" and "It's you Pikachu"...
No matter how optimistic Le Yu was, at this moment he couldn't help but wonder if Jing Zhengwei was too handsome...
"That's one of the reasons." Lan Yan put his hands on the table and suddenly asked: "Young Master Jing, do you think there is reality in this world?"
"Ah?" Le Yu blinked.
Do you want to discuss philosophy with me?
"There are barbaric troubles outside, there are thieves inside, the intrigues of the imperial ministers, and the rebellion of the frontier officials. It is obviously a country that yearns for light, but it is always shrouded in darkness." Lan Yan stared at his palms: "We come to this world.
Is it just to accept the hardship?"
Le Yu: "You shouldn't be qualified to say 'accept hardship', right?"
Lan Yan smiled: "Do you think I practice the 'Hidden Sword Combat Technique' out of personal interest? Even if I don't have to lose my life, I just lose a kidney?"
"It's not just me, even my current master, Consul Lu Zhong, where do you think he will go? With the overt and covert fighting among his subordinates, the numerous factions in the army, and the dissatisfaction and anger of the civilians, he may not be able to sleep peacefully with you and me.
.”
Le Yu's face showed disdain: "But in the area you rule, there are more people who live a more miserable life than you, more desolate and more dire."
"Yes, this is the source of our uneasiness."
Lan Yan clasped his hands and said calmly: "Because there are people who are worse off than us, we are always afraid."
"Don't worry about scarcity, but worry about inequality."
"If the world is peaceful and everyone has a family and a job, and my wife and children sit on the bed in the evening, and in my spare time I fish, play cards and listen to books, what should I fear?"
Le Yu narrowed his eyes and looked at Lan Yan, his mind wandering.
"you……"
"In fact, no matter what you write on the white paper, I will choose you to become the president." Lan Yan said bluntly: "From the beginning, you are my only candidate."
There is something wrong here, boss, please continue... Although he was complaining in his heart, Le Yu's expression was very serious:
“Youth Daily?”
"That's right." Lan Yan took out a newspaper from the drawer: "So I said, Master Jing, you really gave me a big surprise."
"What exactly do you mean?" Le Yu had a bold idea in his mind: "Are you from Bai Ye?"
As soon as he said this sentence, Le Yu felt stupid - if Lan Yan was from Bai Ye, then Xingke County would now be Bai Ye's first ship.
Lan Yan asked back: "Young Master Jing, are you?"
"Haha, of course I'm not. Who in the right mind would join Bai Ye?"
"Yes, normal people will not join Bai Ye." Lan Yan nodded: "An organization gathered by a group of idealists will only end up falling."
"But Young Master Jing, your path is right."
Lan Yan clicked on the newspaper: "You made the right choice to awaken the common people at the bottom and overthrow the silver-blooded nobles. From the newspaper you opened, I saw your deep sympathy for the bottom class who are angry at them but do not mourn their misfortune, and I also
I see you are looking forward to the demise of the silver-blooded nobles."
"To be honest, Lan originally just wanted to come to Dongyang District to extort military expenses. It doesn't matter who the president of the Silver Blood Association is, but in every sense, Young Master Jing, you are the best and the only candidate.
.”
"Why do you say that?"
Le Yu raised his eyebrows. Since Lan Yan saw it so clearly, he stopped pretending and showed his cards:
"Since you know that I am on the side of the civilians, you know that as the president, I will only treat workers preferentially and give workers political groups as many opportunities as possible to rise. I will not agree to your unreasonable demands. You need the military expenses extorted from Dongyang District.
, I can’t give it to you at all.”
"Why can't you give it?"
"The common people in Dongyang have no money at all."
"But don't the silver-blood nobles have a lot of money?"
Looking at Lan Yan's kind and elegant smile, Le Yu instantly understood what he was thinking: "Do you want to support me..."
"I support you in improving workers' treatment, supporting you in giving opportunities to workers' political groups, and supporting you in doing whatever you want to do, which naturally includes..."
Lan Yan clasped his hands together and lowered his voice and said:
"Eradicate those officials and businessmen who are lying on Dongyang people's bodies to suck blood."
"There are too many rich people in Dongyang District."
"As long as they disappear, won't the property they leave behind be used as a gift to the Linhai Navy for military expenses?"
"And you, the new president of the Silver Blood Association, can fully accept the 'legacy' left by the Silver Blood Association, flex your muscles, and transform Dongyang District into the 'future society' you expect." The novel "Future Echoes"
I’ve also read it, and the deduction on the social system is really interesting.”
"Young Master Jing, this is an equal transaction. I use Linhai as a bargaining chip and am willing to remove obstacles for you and intimidate Heyang's army and Dongyang's political circles; and you use the wealth of the officials and merchants of the Silver Blood Association as a price in exchange for your transformation of Dongyang.
, an opportunity to recreate the sun and the moon.”
"I believe that this transaction will be beneficial to you and me."
Le Yu was dumbfounded. After a long silence, he couldn't help but ask: "This road is much more difficult than finding a spokesperson to squeeze Dongyang District. I can't guarantee success myself, so why do you support me?"
"Because elite politics is destined to die." Lan Yan said: "In recent years, production technology has been greatly advanced, the number of junior high school students has increased year by year, the extension of railways has reduced regional isolation, and the popularity of firearms has increased the destructive power of civilians... The bottom class
Sooner or later, they will demand a status commensurate with their own, the aristocracy of the old world will inevitably decline, and a new class is being conceived."
"Even if the death of the late emperor had not occurred, the working class political class would have entered the stage of history sooner or later."
"You may not succeed, and my support may also result in losses. But Young Master Jing, your cause is 'just'. I believe that supporting 'justice' will definitely yield longer-term rewards."
Pfft.
Lan Yan raised his eyebrows slightly: "Why is Young Master Jing laughing?"
"Nothing." Le Yu held back his sneer: "I just suddenly remembered that General Lan seems to have brutally suppressed the Backlight Organization in Xingke County and destroyed Bai Ye's plan to seize the city..."
"So, do you think it's funny that Lan said such high-sounding words?" Lan Yan didn't mind at all and said with a smile, "However, these are indeed Lan's sincere words."
"Bai Ye's kind of fraternity can often win the yearning of more people, just like the sun in the sky, which will make Grand Master Chuanyun unable to help but walk away in the light."
"But that's unrealistic, illusory, and stupid."
Lan Yan raised two fingers: "Twenty years, we only have twenty years to change the day, otherwise when the emperor pulls out the holy sword again, it will be another glorious hundred years of reincarnation. I can't believe Bai Ye's
Backlight-like organizations, not because they are wrong, but because they require too much time; eh."
"But Young Master Jing, you are different. You have your own ideas, your own foundation, and you have sympathy for the bottom class."
"More importantly, you know very well that your abilities are limited."
"If you have any strength, use your strength."
"When you are incapable, you run a newspaper to wake up the people; when you are incapable, you fight for power and slowly reform."
"I don't like the 'illusion' of chasing the sun, but I am willing to support the 'justice' of being down-to-earth."
Le Yu was silent for a long time: "I thought you should be a realist through and through."
"Indeed, your evaluation of Lan is correct." Lan Yan nodded and said, "All my decisions are based on interests."
"I will only stand on the winning side and the side with the greatest interests."
"so."
"I am willing to support you, Young Master Jing, and stand on the side of 'justice'."
