Public board meeting room.
Looking at the proposals submitted by several representative directors, Kawamoto Masayoshi remained silent.
At the oval conference table, Lu Ming, Sun Chonggu, Zhang Jingsheng and other representatives from Longbei and Northern Xinjiang were chatting in low voices.
The proposal was jointly put forward by Lu Ming, Longbei representatives Li Tan and Sun Chonggu, and Northern Xinjiang representatives Zhang Jingsheng and Zhu Sangao. It was a proposal for the appointment of standing deputy chairmen to the six management committees of the Public Board Bureau.
The Public Board has a total of thirteen committees.
Except for the Entertainment Management Committee, which is chaired by Takeru Kawashima, a Japanese native, the chairmen of the other twelve committees are from the four major provinces, and each province occupies three committee chairperson positions.
This proposal is to appoint a standing deputy chairperson for each of the six committees chaired by people from Longbei and Northern Xinjiang to assist the chairing committee in managing the daily work of the committee.
A few days ago, the Transportation Committee caused a general strike on bus routes in the Central District due to careless handling.
These thirteen committees are actually the real administrative agencies that manage all aspects of Shengjing.
It is conceivable that the four major provinces hurriedly took over, and it was easy for Shengjing to fall into chaos.
After all, they all lack the real talent to manage modern cities.
The Japanese people were probably waiting for trouble to arise. They were retreating in order to advance. They only asked for an entertainment committee, but they were waiting for problems to arise and asked several provinces to beg them to intervene in the city management of Shengjing.
There may not be Japanese people behind the scenes of the bus strike in Chuo District.
Unexpectedly, the six committees now directly invited talents from Montenegro. In fact, many of Montenegro's management talents came from the eastern region of the empire, and there were many elites from the East China Sea.
The Montenegrins obviously did not want to overstep their authority, but used their status as executive deputy chairman to assist.
In this way, it quickly received positive responses from Longbei Province and Northern Xinjiang Province.
Not to mention the Longbei Province, the two representative directors, Li Tan and Sun Chonggu, were already wearing the same pants as Commissioner Zhang from Heishan.
Northern Xinjiang Province has been most influenced by Westerners. The chief judges of county-level courts used to be Westerners.
It is easier for him to accept new things. Zhang Jingsheng seems to know that governing Shengjing is not easy, so he supports Commissioner Zhang's proposal.
As for Anshan Province and Haixi Province, Lu Ming did not talk to their representatives at all.
Masayoshi Kawamoto looked at the proposal in his hand. It was actually only two thin pages, but he read it over and over again.
In terms of the composition of the representatives of the public board of directors, there are three Japanese representatives, two representatives each from the four major provinces and the Montenegrin Concession, and one Western representative James, for a total of twelve representatives.
The chief director, Masayoshi Kawamoto, has the power of two votes.
It is absolutely possible to reject this proposal.
But the problem is that the distribution of the thirteen committees is like dividing spoils. The six committees involved in personnel changes in this proposal were originally assigned to the Longbei Province and the Northern Xinjiang Province.
If it is rejected, the basis for cooperation among all parties in Shengjing will immediately cease to exist, and chaos will immediately occur.
"Everyone should have no objections to this proposal." Masayoshi Kawamoto finally spoke up.
Next, there are some miscellaneous matters.
When the meeting ended, Liu Kui walked up to Lu Ming and smiled slightly: "Commissioner Zhang, there is a game tonight, the Ginza Club. Commissioner Zhang, are you interested? I, Mr. Asaba Nagamasa, Mr. James, Zhang Jingsheng joins politics, An Laoxi Representative, it would be really great if Commissioner Zhang could come! There are still three cards that Commissioner Zhang is good at."
Lu Ming smiled and said, "Okay, I don't have any plans tonight." He won over hundreds of thousands from this guy last time, and it was impossible to say that he didn't hate him to the point of itching his teeth.
And in this game, if Liu Kui didn't want revenge, he wouldn't have invited him at all. It was obviously from another circle.
Especially when Zhang Jingsheng, a native of Northern Xinjiang, and Liu Kui, a native of Haixi, participated in a card game in private, there must be some intrigues involved.
Northern Xinjiang and Haixi have always been incompatible with each other, but in the two provinces, there are many sympathizers of the other side or entangled interests.
The Zhang Jingsheng family seems to have a tradition of marriage with a family in Haixi.
Over there, seeing Lu Ming agree to participate in the card game, Liu Kui smiled happily and asked: "Commissioner Zhang, I heard that Mrs. Margaret is at your residence?"
Lu Ming glanced at him. This guy really couldn't forget her, and he also found out about Margaret's whereabouts.
Lu Ming smiled: "I do have a maid named Margaret, but I don't know if she is the Lady Margaret you mentioned."
Liu Kui pondered, "I wonder if Commissioner Zhang can bring her to attend this card game? If a price can be set, Commissioner Zhang can give a price."
Lu Ming smiled and said, "That's not enough. To be honest with Brother Liu, the maids in my house are all persons, not just objects." He felt slightly guilty when he spoke. Of course he thought so, but from the perspective of In the East and West palaces, Qing'e, who manages the maids, such as Granny Camel Dragon, how can she regard these slaves as human beings?
"What if I am willing to offer 500,000 yuan! I am not buying her. As Commissioner Zhang said, she has personality. I am willing to pay 500,000 yuan to restore her freedom." Liu Kui gritted his teeth.
Lu Ming was startled and looked at Liu Kui. This guy seems to be really obsessed with Margaret? I just met him once, but somewhere, I touched this guy's soul.
This guy is greedy, despicable, cruel and cunning in what he does. All the words that can be used to describe a bad person cannot be overstated.
Will there be true love?
Maybe it's because the best thing is what you can't get, so Liu Kui never forgets it like this.
Moreover, Liu Kui firmly believes that everyone has a price.
It can be considered that I am overestimating myself, half a million yuan, just one woman.
Even an ordinary rich man would be afraid of selling his wife, let alone his maidservant.
"I'll think about it." Lu Ming smiled.
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1500 in the study room.
"I told you, that person is now willing to pay 500,000 to buy your freedom." Lu Ming looked at Margaret standing in front of him, paused, "Of course, what he said is high-sounding, but you Those who have regained their freedom but not still need someone to protect them, but in any case, five hundred thousand means that he is very interested in you, and he will not be wrong in the future. If you think about it carefully, is this the truth? "
"Five million..." murmured, a trace of sadness flashed across Margaret's blue eyes.
Indeed, she was once a noble lady from a wealthy family hidden in Shengjing, and her husband's monthly income was more than 500,000 yuan. Now that someone has clearly priced her at 500,000 yuan, she seems to be flattered.
"I want to buy the master's foot-warming girl for half a million..." The camel dragon's mother-in-law showed a trace of disdain on her lips, and whispered to the side, "Even if it is ten million, tens of millions..., it is still not worth the master's body. Healthy..."
To say that she was unwilling to sell these foot warmers, it was really hard to find them these days.
There was a wry smile on Margaret's lips, and she didn't know whether she should be happy or sad after hearing what this mysterious and scary old lady said.
But at the very least, the value of being a warm baby seems to be very high, and it is a value that outsiders simply cannot recognize.
Lu Ming waved his hand: "Okay, let's stop this problem. I'm a villain in vain."
Glancing at Granny Tuolong, Lu Ming said, "I'm going to have a card game in the Japanese territory tonight. You said last time that there are people from Jintianmen over there. Do you think I can win hundreds of thousands back?"
Kanedamon, when he was suppressing bandits on Wanzhou Road, he met someone who was very good at using the terrain to hide his hiding place, similar to his ninjutsu in his previous life.
Granny Tuolong said that there were several such people in the Black Dragon Club, and she often went there to investigate.
"It's a small skill, just a trick to cover your eyes and change cards. It wouldn't be surprising if there is a master in Jintianmen." Granny Tuolong said: "I or Miss Yuluan can accompany the master."
Lu Ming frowned, "But you keep saying that these tricks will fail in front of me? You've always been complimenting me, right?"
Grandma Tuolong laughed dryly and said, "No matter what, Master, it would be better to take me or Miss Yuluan with you this time."
"Forget it, I want to see if you guys are trying to flatter me." Lu Ming said, "Just go with me, Da Guo!"
"The old slave is still waiting outside to meet the master." Granny Tuolong nodded gently.
