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Chapter 116 - 0115 How to Be a Successful Person [Extra Update for This Month - 2/2]

Chapter 116: 0115 How to Be a Successful Person [Extra Update for This Month - 2/2]

In another room, the Mayor sat on the sofa, sighed, took a sip of coffee, and suddenly asked, "Has anyone from the Ristone Group arrived?"

The Ristone Group is one of the key economic pillars of Sabin City and a well-known light industrial group in the Bail Federal.

With over seventy different brands under its banner, their products cover all aspects of people’s lives. Some have become famous trademarks, while others remain ordinary, but overall, it is by no means a small company.

Approximately thirty to fifty thousand people in the city work for industries connected to the Ristone Group’s supply chain. The Ristone Group itself is also an outstanding enterprise from the Progressive Party’s standpoint, and over the years, cooperation has been very pleasant.

Traditionally, whenever there are small meetings to share dividends from society, Ristone’s representatives always appear on time to demonstrate the leading role they play in these matters.

But this time, no one from Ristone came.

A personal attendant beside him shook his head, "I just called Neo, but there was no answer on the other end."

The Mayor nodded casually, without further comment.

Neo is the current CEO of Ristone, as well as one of the major shareholders on the board. Just past his forty-fifth birthday, Neo hasn’t even reached the midpoint of life’s long yet short journey, but his career has already peaked.

He is also "good friends" with the Mayor, though recently, some issues have arisen between these good friends.

The issues stem from the Progressive Party’s "arrangements" for the Henghui Group. Before Henghui’s collapse, Ristone planned to take over Henghui completely, but that was clearly impossible.

Ristone is indeed an important supporter of the Progressive Party, but they’re not the only ones; there are many such supporters in the state.

After a giant fell, everyone wanted a bite, and it was clear that Neo and his team couldn’t swallow it all, including their so-called concession to acquire at least a third of Henghui, which couldn’t be negotiated.

Ristone actually contributed significantly to Henghui’s downfall, but they didn’t achieve their initial goals, leaving quite a few Ristone shareholders dissatisfied.

Feeling betrayed, Neo immediately displayed a side different from before. He began to reduce his appearances with the Mayor and other Progressive Party politicians; there were even rumors that he was considering switching support to the Conservative Party to retaliate for the lost benefits in the Henghui case.

Neo didn’t come, nor did he send anyone, exacerbating the disputes in the meeting room outside.

No one would wait to give away benefits to others. They are greedy and cunning, wanting to take advantage of Ristone’s absence to gobble up the benefits.

Even if they have to spit it out later, leaving aside whether it’s disgusting or not, at least they would have tasted it.

The fiercer their fight, the more the Mayor understood a truth: when facing these capitalists baring their fangs, there must be a predator more vicious than them standing on his side to suppress them.

Otherwise, even with significant sway, he may not be able to make them comply as well as those fragrant, ink-scented banknotes do.

The idea of cultivating a capitalist attack dog of his own took root in the Mayor’s mind. If such a person truly existed, would those people outside dare to constantly question his plans in front of him?

No political persecution, no assassination struggles, just making them feel the threat of bankruptcy would be enough for them to tuck their tails and be obedient dogs.

Unconsciously, Lynch’s young face flashed in the Mayor’s mind. He didn’t know why he thought of this young man at that moment; maybe it was related to the reminder from his attendant, or perhaps Lynch left a deep impression on him.

While many young people were still absorbed in seeking thrills and so-called pleasures, Lynch had already begun doing things that even the older generations couldn’t achieve.

Could it be him?

At this thought, the Mayor sighed, smiled, and drank down his coffee in one gulp. He had rested enough; it was time to face those capitalists baring their fangs outside.

Wearing a seemingly composed expression, maintaining good humor, he negotiated with those capitalists who couldn’t help licking their sharp teeth ready to tear apart their prey like wolves, finally reaching an outcome everyone could accept.

All of Henghui Group’s investments in Sabin City will be auctioned internally in a non-public manner, and the participants in this auction are all present.

At the same time, these people also received a ticket to a larger feast.

Sometimes the world is just this cold, cruel, and disappointing. Perhaps it has to operate this way, but it still disappoints most people.

Before the meeting adjourned, the Mayor brought up a plot of land in the city, subtly suggesting that the City Hall might have a new development plan within a planning cycle, which could involve changes in land prices.

This is why the capitalists frantically pour money into political campaign accounts in every legally permissible way. After contributing their cheap loyalty and costly wealth, they need returns.

As for whether the Mayor had any purpose in bringing this up, it’s unclear, but they will watch and find out the reason. If necessary, they don’t mind making a bit of a small fortune on the side.

Time flew by to Friday. The changes in the upper echelons of society were completely imperceptible to the lower ones, except for the rising unemployment rate and the increasing anxiety among the lower classes, there wasn’t much change.

Occasionally, a police car would roar past, which might be the most direct change. The increasing sirens signify a quiet and rapid rise in crime rates.

Lynch was arranging the setup at the sports stadium. Sabin City’s stadium can accommodate eight thousand people to watch indoor events at the same time. Interestingly, the original purpose of building the stadium wasn’t for indoor sports but to watch football matches.

Though it’s unclear why a stadium, meant for watching football games, was shrunk into an indoor venue, overall it is satisfactory. At least Sabin City’s City Hall proved they had not forgotten to develop sports while promoting economic construction, also showing concern for the public’s health.

Tomorrow, this place will host this week’s second-hand goods auction.

Some temporarily hired workers were setting up the venue, while Lynch looked at a group of young men.

Richard and Wood, among others, had successfully been promoted to the popular sales manager position. Each of them had some anxious young men behind them.

These individuals were young people recruited from employment centers, without any base salary, insurance, or guarantees. They aren’t even considered employees of the Interstellar Trade Company.

To avoid certain legal issues, these individuals are Lynch’s "partners." Yes, they’re not Lynch’s employees but self-funded partners, so Lynch doesn’t need to establish any substantial employment relationships or actions with them.

This solved some minor issues for Lynch and avoided small troubles arising from those issues.

Of course, he would resolve these issues, but not now.

Inspired by the call from Monday’s newspaper, these young men were relatively easy to find these suitable young people from the employment center.

Lynch told Richard and the others that a suitable salesperson must first be outgoing, passionate, have good organizational language skills, and be sufficiently shameless.

It was even said that during Richard’s interviews, he would ask some young people he favored to kneel and polish his shoes!

He is a shameless person, but it must be said that among everyone, Richard is the most fitting candidate in Lynch’s mind to become a sales elite. He is gradually mastering the essence of this industry!

Compared to Richard’s shrewdness, Wood seems like a lucky lad. He quickly amassed some people, who appeared somewhat dull and seemingly not too useful, but that’s okay.

Wood is still very young; he is the same age as Richard—this is not a joke. Wood and Richard are the same age, though reality is annoying, but that’s the reality.

Aside from this minor issue, Wood’s youth afforded him more opportunities to make mistakes, and even if he erred this time, he could correct it in time if he wished to continue progressing on the path to wealth.

Others also recruited some candidates, completing the goals Lynch set for them the first time.

Recruiting these individuals wasn’t simple because they needed to "purchase" seats. Out of five thousand seats, thirty-nine hundred were sold to these salespeople at five bucks per seat, except for the eleven hundred.

In other words, the moment they became Lynch’s partners, without any reliable guarantees or assurances, they first paid a price ranging from a couple of hundred to three to five hundred dollars.

Not everyone in this era possesses such courage, which is why Lynch praised the first batch of young men. Regardless of what they’ve achieved, at least they’ve mastered a certain degree of rhetoric and can earn the trust of these people. It’s the most challenging, yet essential first step.

Of course, as their boss, Lynch needed to motivate them and make a statement.

Just as he was about to say something, Richard and Wood pulled out their notebooks, and others gradually did the same.

Lynch was a bit amused. He originally intended to speak casually, but now it seemed he had to teach these young people another lesson, considering the two thousand he was about to earn from selling transaction seats.

He’d already thought of the lesson’s content: it would be titled "Enhancing Customer Initiative."

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