Blackstone Code Chapter 143: Two big troubles

"The first trouble, I plan to do import and export business, but I don't have any indicators of import and export..."

Given the Conservative Party's isolationist policies and fears in the face of war, they believe that exporting goods to or importing goods from a country at war will bring the war into their own hands.

This kind of idea was actually shared by the vast majority of the Bayer Federation in the early days of the World War, including the fact that the Federal Progressive Party was not able to reach a consensus on this issue, resulting in almost no Conservative Party. It was difficult to get the result of this election.

It is precisely this kind of isolation policy. Even today, after the world war has been completely stopped, the international trade of the Federation has not recovered, and only a limited number of trades that cannot be refused are going on.

For example, some commodities are exchanged from other countries for some raw materials that the Federation itself cannot manufacture, or that are not available locally. In addition to this unavoidable foreign trade policy, it is difficult for ordinary individuals or companies to operate large-scale international trade. .

And here we have to mention a special office in the Conservative Party Presidential Cabinet Government - the International Trade Approval Office. This office is affiliated to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but the Ministry of Defense also has cross management powers. how vigilant it is.

This office decides what commodities can be exported and what commodities can be imported every year.

A person like Lynch who wants to live in the export business, basically don't think about it for a short time. Without this possibility, he doesn't even have the chance to work hard.

The mayor's brows slowly tightened, and then clenched, which made the center of his eyebrows wrinkle and fold together, and the two eyebrows seemed to be raised, with a feeling of not being angry and arrogant.

In fact, this feeling most of the time stems from his title, Your Excellency Mayor.

If the frowning man is a homeless person, he may be facing not awe-inspiring glances, but swearing swearing and a potentially phlegm-stained sole.

"I need to ask, but I don't have much hope, at least if there is no change in international affairs policy in the short term, there is not much chance."

He quickly came to a conclusion. In fact, many people have proposed to carry out international trade so far, but the world war has just ended, and no one knows if there will be an accidental border fire incident. Let the war engulf the world again.

So it will take some time to wait and see, but Your Excellency the Mayor did not tell the truth. At the top of the Progressive Party, it has been determined that the world war has basically come to an end.

It's not that everyone has become civilized, it's that most of the countries participating in the war have played a dog's brain, and they have no ability to continue fighting, unless they really want to subjugate their country.

Judging from the current world situation, war is to fight the thickness of a country's overall strength. If the thickness is lost, it can't even build bullets. What else is there to fight?

But the Conservatives, built on isolation and achieving some results, don't think so, or they share the same view as the Progressives, but benefit from the peace that isolation brings to the Commonwealth, and the fact that this policy brings For the time being, they are not willing to give up the policy of isolation before realizing all the influence of the policy into political potential, so it will take some time.

As for the inside, it has actually been loosened, but this kind of loosening will never let ordinary people know. Don't watch the Conservative Party's President, His Excellency, criticize some of the "fallacies" of the Progressive Party on TV all day long, and the leaders of the Progressive Party also It is said on TV that the President of the Conservative Party is a pig. In fact, at a certain level, there is still some consensus between the two parties.

Ah, I forgot again, there is actually the Federal Socialist Party, but it doesn't matter, they are used to being forgotten by people, and even sometimes the newspapers only say "two parties" instead of "three parties".

If Your Excellency the Mayor really wants to do this, he may not be able to do it, but he used his favor to do this for Lynch, and he could not get much in return. is a suitable choice.

Sometimes politics is a very troublesome thing, but sometimes it is very simple, so simple that it is just a matter of size.

Lynch was not too surprised by this conclusion. He continued to cut the steak with an elegant demeanor, and said in a casual tone, "If I can get free trade rights, I can solve Risto for you. After the An Group left, there are issues related to employment.”

He put a piece of tender and juicy beef in his mouth, and when he chewed with his lips closed, the gravy splattered, it felt great, "Maybe there will be more, we can push the unemployment rate down, I also believe that the more Is this the case now, the more willing people are to work, what do you think?"

You don't need to ask, everyone knows that if there is a suitable... or even unsuitable job that can get paid, everyone is willing to work, even if it is tired and dirty, they don't care.

If you have a job, you can at least have an income, and at least you can maintain a living. If you don't even have an income, the wealth they have accumulated over the past ten years, decades or even generations will be evaporated in an instant.

It's cruel, but kindness can't save the world.

"Is the import and export business so profitable?" The mayor was a little horrified. If import and export trade can bring such huge profits, then maybe this will become an important policy for the Progressive Party to cleanly kill the Conservative Party. , as long as the open policy is implemented, which is too simple.

Lynch smiled, and there was something in the smile that made the mayor's heart skip a beat. The man in front of him was covered in wax and had a big back to make him look more mature, but he was actually only twenty years old. The smile on his face is very much like some of the big politicians and big capitalists he has seen before, showing a contemptuous smile that understands the heart and the world.

But before these smiles only appeared on the old man, now it appears on a young man who can be his own son.

Lynch put down the knife and fork, picked up the napkin and dipped the juice on his mouth. The smile on his face did not disappear from the beginning to now, but became more and more clear.

He put his hands on the two corners of the table, leaned back slightly, and stretched his upper body. He was about the same height as the mayor, but a little taller than the mayor, but his current sitting position gave the mayor some surprises of pressure.

"This has something to do with the second trouble I'm facing, are you interested in hearing about it?"

The mayor put down his knife and fork in silence. He stretched out his hand to grab a goblet to drink a little to relieve the inexplicable tension, but when he saw the bright red liquid that looked like blood, he put his hand away again. I came back and nodded, "Maybe I'd be interested."

"I plan to change the current employment method, no longer bear the minimum working hours and other standards, and change the employment to cooperation...", Lynch's words made the mayor's brows tightly together again. .

It has been many years since the "Minimum Hourly Wage Law" was promulgated. Every year, it is revised according to the price level and then announced to the whole society. All business owners, factory owners, as long as they are employers who hire others to work abide by this Act.

The working hours of each worker per week shall not be less than sixty hours, but not more than seventy-two hours.

If the working hours arranged by the factory or work unit are less than 60 hours, except the effective working hours are paid according to the hourly wages of the employment contract, other hours are paid according to the minimum hourly wage method.

In other words, if the factory hires a worker and does not let him work, it will finally pay the other party a salary every month in accordance with the minimum hourly wage law.

If it exceeds 72 hours, the salary will be paid according to the overtime salary. At present, the minimum standard of overtime salary in the Bayer Federation is 120% of the normal working hours, which is the minimum standard.

Generally speaking, this greatly protects the legitimate interests of workers. When this bill was announced to pass Congress, all the working class and the middle and lower classes were rejoicing, and some people even took newspapers to find their Factory owners, business owners, read the above to these nasty capitalists in front of you.

People say it's a law that protects the working class, but it actually protects the capitalists, but of course that's another story.

Since the establishment of this bill, many people have used huge fines and bankruptcy to prove that it is the bottom line that cannot be touched. There is a "punitive sentencing/punishment standard" in the judicial system of the Baylor Federation. Guidance~ IndoMTL.com~ When the court thinks that it is necessary to give a person a heavy punishment to make him and the society realize that some mistakes cannot be made, it will use this standard. Maybe the fine amount of only 10,000 yuan will become one million.

For example, the original sentence of only one year, suddenly increased to five years, ten years, etc., and the purpose of this is to punish and set a model.

Lynch's remarks made the mayor a little nervous all of a sudden. A careless move may lead to a series of events. Workers' protests will then turn into mass demonstrations, and may eventually turn into riots.

You should know that although these people at the bottom of the society are sometimes pitiful, they will do some annoying things more often, such as blaming their misfortunes on the unfairness of society and the unfriendliness of others , they don't look for problems from themselves.

Lynch will trigger this characteristic of them. They will think that their unemployment is the inaction of capitalists or even politicians, or even persecution, and then it will be another storm.

Before Lynch could finish speaking, he interrupted Lynch, "Your thoughts are very dangerous, Lynch, if you're not careful, it will make a big mistake. Even if I'm willing to give you a hand, Can't pull you either."

"There are some things you can touch and people will forgive you even if you fail because you are a young man."

"But there are some things you can't touch, whether you're young or not, if you touch it, you'll be a sinner!"