Chapter 3840: The Same Trouble
Lin Feng and Mayor Kilpatrick came to a western restaurant. .
Detroit has declined, the old city is dilapidated and has become a cradle of crime, but the new city is still sunny and full of new ideas. However, behind this new idea, the sparse traffic and the occasional passing crowds still highlight the helpless current situation of Detroit's decline.
"Mayor Kilpatrick, thank you today!" Lin Feng thanked him.
"Mr. Lin, why should I say thank you. I really sincerely invite Mr. Lin to come to Detroit as a guest, inspect, and even invest here!" Mayor Kilpatrick laughed and revealed this tacit topic.
"Mayor Kilpatrick, I won't be polite. I only had a rough impression of the current situation in Detroit, but after coming here yesterday, I found that it is really bad here. Gangs are rampant, citizens are fleeing in large numbers, and the whole city is full of a smell of decay. Moreover, the economic pillar of Detroit is too single, and 80% of the economy comes from the automobile industry. Trapped by the sluggish real economy of the United States and the preference for high-tech and finance, Detroit's decline is difficult to reverse!" Lin Feng said.
Kilpatrick shrugged.
"Yes, Mr. Lin, your analysis is indeed correct. But I also know that Detroit has a little advantage!" Kilpatrick said with a smile, "That is, Detroit has the reputation of being a car city. Although the automobile manufacturing industry in the United States is in decline, the global automobile industry is still booming. Especially in third world countries, their automobile industry is developing at a rate of several hundred percent every year. And Detroit has the most skilled workers, the most outstanding technology, and equipment!" Mayor Kilpatrick emphasized the word "equipment".
Lin Feng's eyebrows jumped.
Equipment, what China lacks most is equipment. Why is China's manufacturing industry inferior to others, and why has 'Shenlong Automobile' been unable to catch up with the European and American automobile industries? It's very simple, two points. First, the technology is not up to standard. Nowadays, the technical level of China's technical workers is getting lower and lower, and fewer and fewer people are willing to be workers and go to factories to work. The second point is equipment. Without good enough equipment, no matter how good your technology is, it's useless. But Western developed countries will never sell the best equipment to China. No matter how much money you pay, you can't buy it. Of course, Western countries can help you process it, but it's just a high price.
As for China's so-called reputation as the world's processing factory, in Lin Feng's view, it is even more of a shame. The world's processing factory, that is mostly labor-intensive industries, purely manual, and the technical content is not too high.
What does Kilpatrick mean by saying this? Does it mean that he can transport some equipment that China needs very much back to China by investing in Detroit? If so, then we can cooperate.
But how to cooperate is worth discussing.
"Mayor Kilpatrick, I think we can have a good talk." Lin Feng said with a smile.
"Yes, we can indeed have a good talk." Mayor Kilpatrick smiled meaningfully.
At this time, on the other side.
"How is it, is there any new evidence?" Agent Joseph asked his many agents.
"No, there is no new evidence at present. And the Detroit police are extremely uncooperative. It is extremely difficult for us to get more information." The agent said helplessly.
Ever since the commotion at the Detroit Police Department in the morning, the agents felt the difficulty in the case against Lin Feng. The Detroit police were uncooperative and difficult everywhere, making them very angry.
But they couldn't get angry. If they really made a fuss, the city of Detroit might just let them get out of Detroit. According to the US Constitution, the city of Detroit really has this right. Who makes this the United States, a country with highly strict laws and highly developed enforcement rates.
"It must have been done by that bastard Lin Feng!" Agent Joseph said angrily. When Agent Joseph thought of Lin Feng's face, he was furious. He even asked him to apologize to him in public. Damn it, he was too arrogant! He must teach him a lesson! He must!
"By the way, are there any movements from those gang members?" Agent Joseph asked.
"At present, the gangs in the whole city of Detroit are already restless. They are all looking for who killed the two gangs. Now they are in a mess." The agent reported.
Although "Crazy Rage Cut" and "Highway Rage" are not big gangs in Detroit, they are also considered medium-sized gangs. As a result, they were settled by a mysterious force within one day. In this case, how can other gangs not be in danger? These people must at least figure out what force solved these two gangs. Does this force want to seize the Detroit market, or does it have other purposes? These gangs naturally have to figure it out. So the gangs in the city are out, causing a storm.
"Do we need to catch a few gang bosses and warn them!" the agent asked.
Agent Joseph nodded. These gang leaders are too violent, making residents feel insecure, which will directly accuse them of incompetence as law enforcement officers. Therefore, generally speaking, when a gang is too arrogant and disturbs the residents, they will go out to talk to them. As for completely eradicating the gang, this is not realistic. First, there is not so much evidence, and second, if you eliminate one, there will always be another one to replace it. The best way is to support an obedient one, that is the best way.
"Wait! Don't go!" Agent Joseph suddenly called the agent back, "Come here."
Agent Joseph summoned him to his side and whispered in his ear for a while.
"Remember, let these bosses know that it was Lin Feng who did it, and the reason why Lin Feng did it is that Lin Feng is going to invest in Detroit, so he wants to rectify the gangs in Detroit to prevent these gangs from causing trouble. Remember, if these gangster bosses don't make trouble for Lin Feng, then you can send a few people disguised as Lin Feng's people to teach them a lesson." Agent Joseph smiled sinisterly.
He really didn't have evidence to deal with Lin Feng, but if he couldn't find evidence, he could fabricate evidence. As long as these gangster bosses made trouble for Lin Feng, Lin Feng would definitely take action. As long as he took action, it would be evidence. He would keep an eye on Lin Feng 24 hours a day, staring at him tightly, waiting for Lin Feng to make a mistake, and then arrest him! After catching him, he could report to his superiors. He believed that Director Mueller would be very happy after he caught Lin Feng.
When Agent Joseph set up the conspiracy, Lin Feng and Mayor Kilpatrick also reached a preliminary agreement. Lin Feng will invest 10 billion US dollars to build an overseas base of "Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen Automobile" in Detroit, which will provide "Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen Automobile" for the entire North American automobile market. In terms of Lin Feng's investment, Detroit will give Lin Feng preferential conditions in all aspects, help him choose a site, and help him find the best workers. And negotiate with the Detroit Union on behalf of Lin Feng to let the union lower the wage standard and avoid asking for too outrageous wages. You know, one of the most important reasons for the Detroit auto factory to flee the car city is because the union's offer is too high, too high!
In 2004, a Detroit auto worker, an ordinary blue-collar worker, could get a salary of 4,000 US dollars a month. His annual salary, including various benefits and dividends, was enough to get more than 60,000 US dollars. 60,000 US dollars, in the United States, is already a middle-class income standard. And Detroit is just the salary of the most ordinary auto worker.
Such high wages, coupled with the downturn in the domestic auto manufacturing industry in the United States, are the fundamental reasons that directly led to the withdrawal of auto companies from Detroit and put Detroiters in trouble. Mayor Kilpatrick assured Lin Feng that as long as Lin Feng invested 10 billion US dollars to build a factory here, he could convince the United Auto Workers Union to reduce the workers' wages to less than 3,000 US dollars per month. Although this would inevitably be an extremely difficult negotiation, Mayor Kilpatrick believed that after experiencing the difficulties for two years, the workers of these unions would choose to compromise.
From a monthly salary of 4,000 US dollars to suddenly having nothing and living on social welfare. Mayor Kilpatrick believed that after experiencing these hardships, Lin Feng's arrival would make them compromise. A monthly salary of 4,000 US dollars is really too high.
Of course, these are just the open agreements reached between Lin Feng and Mayor Kilpatrick. In fact, secretly, Mayor Kilpatrick also agreed to Lin Feng transporting some equipment back to China. As for which equipment, Mayor Kilpatrick did not ask, and would provide convenient transportation in Detroit. But how to transport it, how to transport it, he did not know, and did not care. Of course, in return, Lin Feng needed to help him solve a small problem.
"Yes, a small trouble. Mr. Lin, I have a small trouble now, and I hope you can help me solve it." Mayor Kilpatrick said with a smile.
Lin Feng looked at the black mayor in front of him. He is a rising star in American politics. He is only 36 years old this year and has a promising future. He has encountered a small trouble, and Lin Feng instinctively knows that this small trouble is definitely not small!
"Mayor Kilpatrick, what small trouble? Let me see if I can help." Lin Feng asked.
"Mr. Lin, I heard that Mr. Clinton is an investment consultant under you, right?" Mayor Kilpatrick asked.
Lin Feng nodded. Why did he ask Clinton? Could it be that he hopes to contact Clinton through himself and let him help his Detroit? Or use Clinton's connections in the United States to solve the current situation in Detroit? While Lin Feng was thinking, Mayor Kilpatrick showed a hint of embarrassment.
"Mr. Lin, I have also encountered the same trouble as Mr. Clinton recently. So, I want to consult him. Can you help introduce him?" Mayor Kilpatrick asked awkwardly. (To be continued.)
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