The fact that Otis is not a good place to govern has become the opinion of almost all members of the old and new parties, because the traces left by Doolin are so deep that no new mayor can change the style of the city, unless he wants to move somewhere.

From the time it was a small city with no hope of the end of the world, Durin had made his mark here. The city has been given a new glow and vitality by his presence, and there are rules that Dohrin has set for them in all walks of life, and whoever dares to break this rule is the enemy of all. Here, the interests of almost everyone are entangled with the interests of the whole, and it can even be said that it is not easy for Durin to break the rules he left behind.

Especially on the side of the seven casinos, which is also the economic pillar of Otis City, the shares in the hands of each shareholder are cross-held with other shareholders, and if you want to dig out one shareholder, it may involve the interests of the other four or eight shareholders, and if you want to settle these four or eight shareholders, then there are sixteen or thirty-two shareholders who are implicated in their interests to stand up. Unless it's all in your hands, it's a joke to try to move the rules here.

What's more troublesome is that including the city hall of Otis City, the land used is Durin's private land, and 64% of the land in the entire city is owned by Doolin personally, and he wants to erase Durin's brand from the city?

You can try, but the ending is definitely not good.

Since he can't resist Dulin, he can only obey him, and with Dulin's words today, Mayor Webster wants to have a little idea of his own, and he will not be unanimously opposed by everyone, he is like a hand-picked prince...... , I don't know why this sentence is a bit ambiguous.

After talking to Durin for a few words, Webster stepped aside very sensibly, and the next thing was that the members of the Otis City merchant group came up to meet Durin one by one, the word "audience" may have been used incorrectly, but it was the case.

"Mr. Doolin......"

This sentence kept coming to Durin's ears, and it lasted for about ten minutes before stopping, and Dulin took the mayor's car to the largest and most luxurious hotel in the city, where he needed to rest and chat with everyone, and then he would go to Namirlinders tomorrow. Of course, by the way, he also has to go around some of his own industries, such as token companies.

Otis City Token Company has not yet been listed, and the appraisal company on Xie Lisi Street has rated it with more than one billion total assets, and this market value is still appreciating, the reason for this situation is due to the acceleration of the overall development pace of Otis City. In layman's terms, more and more people are coming to Otis to gamble, and with more tourists, it has become an official currency of Otis as a city-wide token. In order to ensure the interests of the city hall, Doolin, who was still the mayor at the time, established this token company to bind the seven casinos.

Casinos and shopping in the city's business districts are settled with tokens, which are provided by the company, and finally these casinos and merchants take the tokens they receive to the token company for settlement. The company collects the tokens and pays cash for a 1% fee. As soon as any business or casino does something that breaks the rules, the token company stops settling the bill, which means that they will have a huge loss in the settlement cycle. At the beginning, a settlement cycle was only three days, but now everything is on track, and with the support of a more urban system, the settlement cycle has been expanded from three days to 21 days, that is, three weeks is counted as a settlement cycle.

Any casino has a daily chip throughput of more than one million, which is just a bottom line, in fact, a relatively well-run casino like Good Luck Casino has a daily token throughput of about five million to ten million. Withholding funds for a settlement cycle can make these shareholders pee their pants in fear!

And Durin has the safest trick, and that is his land!

So, in this city, Durin is the king, the only king.

By the way, Durin also met with Barker, Dove's younger brother, and Ernst.

Ernst's expression was a bit like he had been constipated for a long time, and to be honest, he didn't know if this was the life he wanted. The reason why he abandoned the mayor of Illian and chose to follow Durin was because Horston had promised that he would nominate Ernst to succeed him as the next mayor after he left office, but Ernst did a good job and made Horston comfortable for eight years, so the bastard who didn't abide by the agreement planned to leave Illian with Ernst and let him continue to be his secretary. This immediately angered Ernst, who had been running before and after for so many years, wasn't it just for his own side of the government?

Since Hothton couldn't do it, then he didn't have to continue to serve a man without credit, and ran to Dorin's side.

It can be said that he has a lot of power here, and there is also wealth, and even Mayor Webster has to discuss with him when he wants to formulate a new policy, and finally he agrees to the policy before it is promulgated. It seems that he has about the same power as Webster, but the difference is the difference, and the difference is almost the same.

Now Ernst is the top officer of the City of Otis Policy Research Office, and he has a key staff member named Buck under him. Obviously, these two people are idle, but Webster is very good at being people, but they can't find any reason or excuse to be angry.

When Durin came back this time, Ernst wanted to ask if he still had a chance to be in charge.

He is 37 years old this year, and if he does not get a mayoral seat in the general election in two years' time, then it means that the next opportunity will come when he is 47 years old.

Ten years, how many decades can there be in his life to wait? He had waited for Horston for ten years, and everything came to naught, and he didn't want to wait another ten years in exchange for a future that he didn't have any certainty.

"Durin, we have known each other for many years, can you tell me if I have a chance to become a mayor in my life?", sitting in Durin's villa, Ernst did not say a little nonsense, and threw out the core of the problem as soon as he came up, "I am not young anymore, if I don't have a chance in two years, I may not have a chance in this life." For this, Ernst saw very clearly, at the age of forty-seven he had not yet become the mayor, and it could basically be said that there was little hope.

Here, he couldn't fight Webster, and he didn't have the face to say it. Webster was very good, he always held Ernst high, which made Ernst feel terrified. Even if sometimes he has a chance to fight back, he will give up in the end after weighing the pros and cons. He felt that he might not be able to fight the new mayor here, so the idea of changing places was bred in his heart, but it was not easy to speak.

Durin frowned slightly, "Are you dissatisfied with your current life?" I heard that Weber cares about and values your opinions, and those people in the city also know that you represent my opinions to a certain extent, isn't that enough?"

"But I'm not the mayor. Ernst retorted, no matter how much power and benefits there are, he is not a mayor, he is just an ordinary government official, not a mayor!

Durin chuckled and shook his head, "Is a title that important?"

"You can call me stupid, but for me, that's what I'm looking for. Doolin, honestly, do I still have a chance?"

If Ernst hadn't talked to Durin about these things, maybe he would have had a chance, but if he had talked to Durin about this, he wouldn't have had a chance. Dührin was actually very optimistic about Ernst, at least during his time at Illion, he was able to handle everything properly, so that people could not find fault with it, and he also had his own ideas about the grasp of policy. But suddenly, Duhrin found that this guy was a little too eager for quick success, is the mayor so easy to be, or that he can't even fight Weber now, even if he is given the mayor, he may not be able to be more comfortable than now.

This is his inner demon, which Durin is well aware of, but the continuous growth of his inner demon is unrestrained, and that is Ernst's own problem.

He pondered for a moment and said, "If you believe me, I'll give you a chance when the general election comes, and I'm not going to make sure you're going to be the mayor of a city, but I'll give you the best campaign team, plenty of money, and a city that doesn't have obvious faction biases." If you can complete the campaign and become mayor, I will congratulate you. If you can't win......"

Ernst suddenly perked up, and he laughed twice, "Then I'll accept my fate!"

After a couple of sentences to let Ernst leave first, Durin summoned Buck, who was much more mature than Ernst who was unwilling to accept the status quo. In the past, when Durin was here, Buck didn't feel that work was a difficult thing, but when Durin left, he gradually realized the difficulty of work.

In the past, people could let him in Durin's face, but after Doolin left, he might not be as patient as before, which made Buck suffer a lot in the subsequent work, and it happened more than once that he was left behind for a whole day.

But in general, tribulation is a necessity for life growth, and without tribulation, there is no sharp blade, which is vividly reflected in Barco.

When he entered the door, he did not shout "Duringo" with a hippie smile and find a place to sit like before, but bowed unconventionally, calling him "Mr. Dulin", and even had a sense of awe.

Durin smiled and nodded, pointing to the sofa opposite for him to sit down, "It looks like you've grown up a lot, and that's a good thing." He paused and asked, "How is it, are there any dissatisfaction with your current life?"

"Yes!"

Buck looked up at Durin, "I want to go to school!"