"Mr. President, more than ten groups have decided to march and demonstrate in Golden harbour City to protest against too many immigrants bringing criminals and crimes to the federation."
"Congressman an expressed his public attitude this morning. He supports your opponent and believes that strengthening the management of immigrants and illegal immigrants can effectively improve people's happiness."
"Also, Mr.... and Mr.... both hope you can give them a call back."
The President raised his hand to stop his aide from continuing. It was obvious that the matters of these two gentlemen were more important than anything else.
They are all campaign donors of the President. When they participated in the campaign before his victory, the President promised them that he would provide more cheap labour to society.
In fact, these two gentlemen are not the only ones who have received such promises, there are many more campaign supporters.
The federal economy is developing rapidly. With the advancement of science and technology, the cost of raw materials and rough-processed materials has gradually decreased.
On the contrary, labour costs began to increase year by year. Four years ago, they only needed to pay 28 yuan to hire a worker willing to work.
Now you have to pay at least thirty-five dollars to recruit a lazy worker. If you want a diligent worker, it is impossible without forty dollars.
By next year, the average salary may start from 40 yuan, and some positions may even pay higher!
For example, in some large factories with thousands or even tens of thousands of employees, if the labour cost can be reduced by three yuan per month, tens of thousands of yuan can be saved, which is hundreds of thousands per year.
This is the core motivation for the President to promote the legalization of illegal immigration. He must full-fill his promise to these donors and provide society with a group of cheap labour.
He has no way of asking his citizens to give up their high incomes and demand wages below the social wage level for jobs doing heavy physical labour.
Then we can only target these illegal households.
He thought for a while, adjusted his thoughts, and dialed a number first.
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, he promised the president of the consortium on the other end of the phone that he would resolve these issues as soon as possible. He also mentioned that if he could resolve this issue, he hoped that in exchange, the other party would fully support his re-election.
Then I called the second gentleman, and then the third.
He then called his staff team and held a morning meeting in his office.
"I have communicated with some gentlemen, and the most important thing at the moment is to gain the support of these people."
"I don't want to say something discouraging, but our campaign situation is a bit difficult right now. If our supporters leave us again, the possibility of re-election will be very small."
"You must find a way to solve this problem. We don't have much time left..."
The Presidential Palace is still busy, and everyone seems to have endless things to do. The staff discuss it, but it is difficult to get any good results.
"Mr. President, I think the most important thing right now is to suppress the exchange of fire in Jingang City. Eleven law enforcers died, and this result has a huge impact on society."
"Our opponents have already started to use this news to build momentum, and we either have to stop them or be more aggressive than they are."
"but..."
The aide did not continue speaking. Now it seems that the President has two choices, but in fact he has no more choices.
The president thought for a while and said, "Let's find a way to solve this problem first. Don't let people always focus on these contradictions. Report some positive news. People need positive content."
"As for this news, try to downplay its nature..."
Just as the President is thinking about how to downplay the problems caused by the exchange of fire, his competitors are also trying to create more trouble for him.
Each of their goals is actually very simple and harmless, which is to make their opponent lose the election.
As for what will happen in this process and what new changes will result in social development, they don't actually care too much.
It doesn't matter if the house is set on fire, if they can become the owner of the house, they will build a new house according to their own ideas, or at least a new decoration.
If they don't own the house then why would they care?
A few days after the incident, some large-scale demonstration groups appeared in the city of LOS. They were all protesting against the local government's tolerance of illegal immigrants, and also denounced the federal government for ignoring the harm caused by smuggling and illegal immigration to the country.
Indirectly, they are actually criticizing the president's policies and decisions.
The Federation is a free country and the law allows people to say whatever they want, so even if the content of these protests seems a bit excessive, they and what they say are legal.
Driven by the funding of capitalists and the political influence of the campaign team, this case, which should have been concluded soon, seems to have no momentum to stop.
A parade holding placards on the street passed by the bakery. Everyone looked very angry. Their demand was to send all the thieves, prostitutes and criminals who illegally came here back to their hometowns.
It's as if all thieves, prostitutes and criminals are illegal immigrants.
If the federals were really so kind and beautiful, this country would have perished long ago.
Lance watched from behind the cupboard as public opinion in LOS City became increasingly complicated.
There were not many customers in the bakery in the morning, just three or five old men there.
With a ten-cent toast and a fifteen-cent cup of coffee, they could sit here for most of the day.
The fat boss seemed to have learned his lesson recently. He rarely provokes Lance. In fact, he always wanted to put some pressure on Lance and tame him.
But the result is often that he accomplishes nothing except being angry. Now that he has become much smarter, he wants to see if Lance, who owes him more and more money at the end of this month, can still laugh.
Now Lance owed him twelve dollars.
At the rate of 10% interest per month, he would owe himself 15 dollars at the end of this month, plus one dollar and fifty cents in interest for one month.
It may not seem like much, but as long as he continues to be not paid, he will be working for himself for free for the rest of his life.
"I don't know when these parades will end. They are almost affecting our lives." A guest started chatting with his friends while holding a newspaper.
This is the truest appearance of the Federal Bakery at this time. It is not necessarily just a place to sell bread, it also has social attributes like a tea restaurant or a cafe.
Some people buy bread and sit here, order a cup of coffee, and chat while enjoying these things.
This is an indispensable part of the slow-paced life of the elderly, and it is also the most relaxing time of the day for some of them.
Chat, brag, read the newspaper, and express your own opinions.
The guest sitting next to him also sighed, "Who knows?"
"Maybe it will quiet down before the election…"
As they were talking, suddenly a newsboy waving a newspaper and running past the bakery door in worn-out shoes, shouting as he ran, "The Empire has withdrawn its ambassadors, and the international situation is about to undergo a dramatic change..."
Everyone in the bakery was stunned for a moment, followed by a long silence.
There is no doubt that the purpose of withdrawing the diplomatic ambassadors originated from the absurd "idea" of the imperial emperor.
By this time, many people at the bottom of society had already realized that the so-called declaration of war might not be a "joke" from His Majesty the Emperor.
Although most people rationally did not think that this war would break out, the shadow of war eventually loomed, making people feel a little breathless.
The guests who were originally in the mood for conversation left their money on the table and then got up and left.
The fat boss also came back to his senses at this time. He looked at Lance with a complicated expression, "Do you think there will be a war?"
This might be the first time in a while that he had spoken to Lance proactively without trying to get him to do more work.
Lance wiped the window to make it look spotless and replied, "No... unless Mr. President..."
Suddenly, he stopped talking.
Because he realizes that if the president is at a disadvantage in the election, breaking out of war may be the best course of action in his interest.
This was not a ridiculous act made by the emperor in desperation, but a political speculation without any cost!
If he failed, he would only be laughed at. He had already been driven out of the imperial capital by the rebels. There was nothing funnier than this.
The situation of declaring war on the Federation was only second funniest at best.
But if he succeeds, he will be able to pick up again everything he has lost.
And this is not random, because there is really a considerable probability of success.
According to the federal constitution, there will be no general election during war and the president will automatically be re-elected until the war ends.
The President doesn't even need to maintain the state of war for too long. Three months will be enough for him to be re-elected.
Lance's sudden silence made the fat boss feel something unsettled in the air. He wiped his hands and said, "I'm going to go out for a while. You guys take care of the store."
He returned to the room with a serious expression and changed his clothes. If there was really a possibility of a war, he must prepare enough flour and ingredients.
Whether you make it into bread and sell it, or sell it directly to others, you can make a lot of money.
The apprentice leaned against the door frame and looked at everything happening outside in a daze. His confusion was like the gradually darkening sky, without any ray of wisdom in sight.