"Negotiated?" , the mayor withdrew his gaze from the window, he glanced at Ferrell and asked, "How did it go?"
Ferrell, who was back in his office, met His Excellency the Mayor, and at that moment, the complex emotions in his mind were like a truck crashing into a chemical store, with all sorts of reactions coming one after the other.
The only thing left for him to feel more comfortable was the check that belonged to him in his chest pocket, in fact, agreeing to Lynch might not be a bad thing.
City Hall does not provide a salary for Ferrell and these people, the salary is spent by the mayor's own private office, in other words the mayor pays a salary for Ferrell and these people, then this salary can't be too high, that's why his salary is only more than five hundred dollars, the mayor is difficult to give him too high a salary.
Ferrell's salary, which belongs to the private office of the mayor, including the expenses of the private office, comes from the political contributions donated by the capitalists.
The use of political contributions also has certain standards and requirements, not that the capitalists gave the money to the politicians, politicians want to spend it how they want, it has a relatively perfect process, and also subject to supervision.
If a personal staffer like Ferrell, who is employed by His Excellency the Mayor, is overpaid, the panel overseeing the use of that money has the power to lower Ferrell's pay rate or ask the Mayor to fire him.
It's a very rigorous, complex and hilarious process, to put it simply the capitalists give the money to the politicians and then they have to prevent the politicians from just taking the money and not doing anything, and at the same time preventing the politicians from expanding their greed, so they come up with a whole bunch of ways to limit how this political contribution can be used until it meets certain needs so that this political cash can be withdrawn to the maximum extent possible without any strings attached.
But until then it has to play by the rules and many pairs of eyes are watching them.
At the same time this has become the biggest weakness, or shortcoming of the job, for staffers like Ferrell.
Once they were fired for some reason, it would be hard for them to find the same job again, even if they went to a general business, it would be hard for the business to give them a satisfactory job, so even if they got some aggravation out there, they would have to put up with it as much as they could.
In the future, if one day the mayor was able to realize his ambitions and ideals in politics, they might not be without the opportunity to go from behind the scenes to the front of the stage.
In the history of the Federation, there were many examples of handlers-turned-politicians who had helped their original employers realize their ideals in life, and who had gained enough experience themselves, and more importantly, who had gained the friendship of capitalists.
With capitalists backing them up, along with their experience, their experience, it was easy to achieve success, which is why Lynch acted a little strong and Ferrell didn't resist.
For one thing, if it got too ugly and Lynch patted himself on the back and walked away, people would just say that his political stance was not on the same page as the mayor's, so he left.
But Ferrell would be prone to problems, when people talk about Lynch, they will also talk about the mayor, a mayor forced out a capitalist it's not a laughing matter, it will make more capitalists wary.
Ultimately it will only be Ferrell who will be unlucky, acting like this is something not only he and Lynch would do, but the mayor would do it too - "commiserate for a while ..." and then the rest of his life will be over.
If he doesn't, maintaining a degree of closeness with Lynch will instead help him in his future plans.
Once he decided to run for a certain position, Lynch, who had a good relationship with him, could immediately become his supporter, the key to winning an election these days was not how competent a person was, but whether or not he could put on an act, as well as how much campaign money he had.
The mayor was taking a small sip of his coffee while looking at Ferrell.
It was true that he had a lot of work, but he also had quite a few staffers under him, with Ferrell he had a total of four staffers, and two boys who did the dirty work.
Often his job was just to get everyone together, discuss the content of the work, and then complete his "homework" according to the results of the collective wisdom, so the mayor's work was actually not as complicated as people thought.
What is really difficult to accomplish is not so much related to his work on paper, which is aimed at the community.
This time, his staff found out about this thing called the second-hand goods trading auction, and immediately realized the value of it, using less money to buy the things people needed, or reducing the desire to shop, which could allow a family to save more money.
Having money in reserve, even if life can be a little difficult, is not completely impossible to survive.
These are only the most superficial views, but the real concern of the staff is the word "action".
Most politicians always use words like "we are dealing with it", "we are discussing measures" or even "we can't do anything about it" to explain why they haven't taken any action. We can't do anything about it" to explain why nothing has been done yet.
Although most people do not expect their rulers to provide immediate solutions, as long as they do not make things worse, they are satisfied.
However, people sometimes feel dissatisfied and angry with the inaction and indifference of their rulers, so a successful politician, a ruler, must let the people see that he or she is not doing nothing in the face of difficulties, but is doing something.
The second-hand goods trade is the best answer to the recession that the mayor can send a signal to the people of Sabine that he is not a "brainless zombie" and that he is contributing for the sake of the city and its inhabitants.
As for the result, if it is a good result, then people will not be stingy in their praise, from the civil society to the political arena, will give him a high enough evaluation.
If it was a bad result, first of all, he had at least tried hard, and secondly, whether the execution was on point, whether it was in line with his initial plan, and whether there were some problems that led to the failure of this plan had nothing to do with him.
On the contrary he could use this opportunity to accumulate some experience, as a kind of political experience and knowledge reserve, which could still be used when necessary.
A perfect plan, and it wouldn't even cost him anything to make it happen, so why not do it?
Ferrell faced the mayor's gaze and nodded a little, having sorted himself out and becoming subdued as if everything had turned out the way he had planned.
"I have spoken with Lynch and talked to him about something more far reaching, with my help Lynch recognizes the role that you and the party behind you, Lord Mayor, have for Sabine and he is very keen to have dinner with you ..."
His Excellency the Mayor just smiled when Ferrell said that, there were more than eight hundred thousand people in this city, but only one in ten thousand of that number had such an opportunity at best, and he didn't think Lynch was one of those ten thousand.
Ferrell was well aware of His Excellency the Mayor's style and the way he approached his work, his life, and the Mayor's lack of utterance was to be expected.
"Lynch has promised to create a statewide distribution channel for used goods with Sabine as the centerpiece, providing a minimum of five hundred jobs for the community by the beginning of next year, plus ..."
Ferrell pulled the transfer check out of his pocket and placed it on the table, "This is a spontaneous employee donation he's mobilized to donate to you in appreciation of the help you and the Progressive Party have given Sabine, your Honor, Mayor, in the hopes that it will help you, and Sabine, as well."
The mayor raised his eyebrows and came to some interest, he took the check and flicked it with his index finger extended after taking a look at it before handing it back, "Give it to the accountant to be entered into the books ..."
The political contribution would be given to a specialized accountant, and then the money would also go within a specialized counter account, which was nominally at the mayor's disposal.
He paused as he said, "What did you just say?" , not waiting for Ferrell to answer, he asked himself, "Lynch wanted to invite me to dinner?" , he said with more than a hint of a smile on his face, "Tell him I agreed, and that for some responsible young entrepreneur, as a local administrator, I should pass on my not-quite-outdated experience to help him take the road less traveled."
He raised the tip of his eyebrow, "Take a look at my itinerary and help me organize it."
It was obvious that His Excellency the Mayor was in a good mood.