Faced with Roland's series of sharp questions, Natasha was speechless. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Indeed, as you said, food security is of paramount importance, no matter how deep our personal relationship with the Yangbo sisters is, we cannot put all our eggs in one basket, and we cannot pin the more than 200,000 lives of the whole city on the trading fleet of Baiou Harbor!" Beowulf resolutely decided, "Compared with the unpredictable sea, the land transportation line is safer, and we need to establish a long-term cooperation with the 'Harvest Ring', as for the Yangbo sisters...... They had better learn to be considerate of their friends' grievances. ”

"Your Excellency has made up your mind, and I can contact Lady Valentina on my behalf, and I believe there will be a satisfactory result." Roland stood up, "It's getting late, if there's no other problem, I'll—"

"Hey! Don't be in a hurry to leave! Natasha slapped him on the shoulder, and Roland's newly raised ass was forced to sit back again.

"Still have questions?"

"Yes! The biggest problem now is money. "Natasha really has something to say, and she doesn't see him at all.

Money doesn't solve everything, but her problem is that there is no money.

Roland's proposed operation plan is very good, through the sale of tickets, equipment, lottery tickets, advertising and other commercial operations can indeed make up for the deficit of the tournament, but these revenues cannot be obtained immediately, and the arrears of construction workers must be paid immediately, otherwise they will strike at the instigation of the union.

"Even if you don't count the arrears of wages, the unfinished project of the Colosseum will need at least an additional 2 million yuan to be completed on schedule, and this money has not yet been raised, where will the money come from to buy grain from the Harvest Ring?"

The tournament not only involves the renovation of the stadium with a huge amount of work, but also needs to hire a large number of people to provide high-quality services for tens of thousands of contestants and spectators.

Listening to Natasha's complaints, Roland couldn't help but complain in his heart: "You two treat me as a fortune boy, right?" ”

Spit and complain, the problem still has to be solved, he simply asked Natasha directly: "On the premise of the smooth operation of the tournament, you give me a specific number, how big is the total financial gap?" ”

The couple on the other side exchanged a few words, and finally Natasha gave a number.

"At least five million more, eh...... Gold. ”

Million! Roland couldn't help but gasp. Kitland City's fiscal deficit was worse than he had imagined, and pre-sale tickets alone could not fill the gaping hole.

"Five million, five million......" Roland read the words, his right hand on his cheek, and his left hand subconsciously wrote and drew on the desktop, as if he was calculating some data.

Beowulf saw him so exhausted, and he couldn't bear it, after all, Roland and the couple were not related to each other, and it was already a great favor to provide the operation plan of the martial arts conference for free, and it was difficult for the strong people to force others to help solve the huge financial gap.

After hesitating for a moment, he finally spoke: "Brother Roland, what is your impression of the Twilight Fund?" ”

Roland immediately became alert, looked up and asked him, "I don't know much about the Twilight Fund, you talked to Tamara about the loan?" ”

"Yes, Miss Tamara is willing to provide five million to help us tide over the difficulties." Beowulf was blunt.

"And what about her conditions?" Tamara was by no means a philanthropist, and the Naraku Order's purse strings were not so easy to pick up.

She proposed a privatization plan that would use the money to exchange 51 percent of the shares in Kitland's two largest state-run mines. The statistics department of the town hall provided me with a balance sheet, and the net assets of the two mines together did not exceed five million gold coins, so they thought that exchanging a controlling stake for five million cash was a good business, and I didn't think it was appropriate, the two mines provided a total of 40,000 jobs, and Tamara advocated for downsizing and increasing efficiency, promising to keep half of the employees, and was unwilling to pay extra for layoffs, and this burden would eventually be passed on to the government, to be honest, compared to the temporary financial difficulties, I am more worried about the social unrest caused by the surge in unemployment. Beowulf's face was solemn.

"In addition to the problem of unemployment, we also have to consider the mood on the side of Port Baiou, and yesterday Victoria heard about this and came to remind us that we must not accept this deal, otherwise Tamara and her greedy managers will ruthlessly exploit and exploit workers like vampires to generate more profits, and at the same time use all kinds of means to squeeze the smaller private mining companies and force them to go bankrupt and buy them at a low price, while the workers and bankrupt families who are forced to work overtime will only take their anger out on us, I don't think Tamara is really that ruthless, but she is a vampire, and this gives the union a lot to do, and Sergey and Shabalin will never miss this good opportunity to make a splash. Natasha shrugged helplessly.

"In fact, just as Viktoria predicted, as soon as the news of the Twilight Fund's stake in the government-run mine came out, the city's Coal and Iron Workers' Federation was ready to move, and more than one reliable person has warned us that the top of the trade union has been in frequent contact with General Sergei recently, and has let out the wind that they are going to hold a general strike that will sweep the whole city, so that we will not be able to hold a competitive meeting, and we will be embarrassed in front of 200,000 citizens and countless tourists!" Beowulf couldn't control the resentment in his heart, and slammed his fist on the table, and with a bang, the tea set jumped up.

The maid hurried over, her face full of fear. Natasha waved her hand, "It's none of your business here, let's get out." ”

Roland sneered and thought to himself: "Is it true that Shabalin is only colluding with Sergei's party?" I'm afraid that it is not likely, the magic prop shop he runs also has business dealings with the Yangbo Chamber of Commerce, and who knows if there is any sponsorship money from Baiou Harbor in his account? ”

Victoria said a lot of sensational things, but the most crucial one she didn't say: Tamara would raise the price of ore after monopolizing the mining industry in Kitland, and even increase the welfare of workers as a reason to raise the price, which was not necessarily all bad for the people of Kitlander, but it was a big bad news for the Yangbo Chamber of Commerce, which profited from the ore trade, and Victoria and her sister would have to bow to Tamara and give up a part of the trade profits.

The upright Lori knight is actually not as scheming as she appears. (To be continued.) )