Alexander's hesitant decision is very much in everyone's heart, not everyone can give up their interests in a big way. He has been a hotel for half his life, and it is actually impossible for him to cross the line to do other things, and his so-called desire to partner with Doolin is actually a long-term investment. He took out the money to join Doolin's plan, and then gave him a pro-rata dividend every year, which was much better than keeping it in the bank.

But when Dührin pointed out that he had a gold mine in his own hands and wanted to partner with him, he hesitated.

He didn't know how to answer Durin's question, if he answered yes, did Doolin really plan to partner with him in the hotel business, did it mean that he was no longer the person in the company who could decide anything, did it mean that there was still a share of Doolin in the money he might make in the future? If he answered no, would there be a crack in his relationship with Doolin, and would it make Doolin feel that he was a very stingy person?

In the face of money, no one can be generous, especially when the money involved may be calculated in millions.

Durin suddenly laughed, he patted Alexander's shoulder, looked at him with a somewhat blank look and said: "Okay, don't joke with you, where do I have the money to build hotels everywhere?" I'm just joking, but what I said is my real opinion, the hotel industry has great potential for development, instead of doing those unfamiliar things, it is better to do something familiar to yourself." ”

He patted Alexander on the shoulder, and after the two of them touched glasses, Durin left for a moment.

After the banquet was over, Scott found Durin again, who was also present at the time, and also heard Durin's "high talk". Scott is a City Hall man, and he knows only a little about business operations, but he is very good at politics and cares about it. As Dührin put it, the empire's economy was recovering rapidly from its post-war devastation, and there were already signs of this in the imperial capital and in the more developed regions.

The top brass of the empire believed that this had a lot to do with the ruling philosophy of the new party, which was more in line with the current situation in the empire and closer to the international trend than the rigid ruling style of the aristocracy.

Why did the empire lose to the group of monkeys of the Federation in the Great Patriotic War? It is not that the weapons of the empire are inferior to the other side, but in terms of weapons, the various war weapons and weapons carrying platforms of the empire can be said to be superior to those of the federation. What made the empire almost lose this war was the economic problem, the soft power problem. A best weapon-carrying platform can hold at least ten times as many Federation combat units of the same level, but the problem is that the Federation is not ten, but twenty, thirty, or even fifty.

Like a tsunami, it directly destroyed the Empire's defenses, and when the Empire began to take it seriously and fight back, it was embarrassing to find that their production capacity could not keep up with the money and was not enough! This also made the Empire realize the importance of the economy. The first thing the New Party did when it came to power was to liberate the oppression of merchants by the royal family and aristocracy during the imperial period, and thus to make the empire's economic environment recover rapidly.

As with many options, letting go of the merchants and the capital in their hands has brought a certain amount of trouble, such as monopoly, while it has been effectively rewarded.

Monopoly was an unhealthy business model from a political point of view, but in order to quickly restore economic power and rebuild the foundation of the empire, the empire had to let go of power at that time. But now the empire is a little helpless against the big capitalists and big conglomerates who have begun to go crazy, they occupy an absolute leading position in one industry after another, and touching their sensitive nerves is like stabbing a hornet's nest.

This is related to the stability and sustainable development of the entire empire's current society, each trust enterprise represents hundreds of thousands, even millions or more employees behind them, if so many unemployed people appear in the society at once, one can imagine how much law and order will be destroyed! The empire cannot solve the problem of trusts, but can only think in a different way, they no longer want to dismember these trust enterprises, but want to manage them in a controlled way.

But another problem arises, although the empire has a department in charge of commerce, it does not actually have any power, because the power is firmly held by the members of the imperial chamber of commerce. Those people in the general chamber of commerce will only think that the power in their hands is not great enough, and capital has not yet fully obtained real freedom, so how can they make their own rules to restrain themselves? This has become a point of conflict, the new party wants to take back the power of the general chamber of commerce, but the general chamber of commerce resolutely refuses to give it!

Scott came to Durin to ask Durin if he had any ideas that could solve this matter, in fact, Scott did not think that Durin could do this, the reason why he looked for Durin was nothing more than to marvel at Durin and the performance at the banquet, maybe he could say what effective way to do it? However, he was soon disappointed, this is not something that Durin can solve, capital itself is harmless, but it becomes troublesome driven by interests.

In another world, in order to dismantle the monopoly of all walks of life, Western countries do not know how many people died and how many shady transactions were made to make the monopoly exist in a form acceptable to everyone. Here, Durin thinks that neither he, including Scott nor the mayor behind him, can do this!

In the evening, Alexander contacted Doolin, and as a thank you to Doolin for helping him out today, he invited Doolin to participate in a game of cards, which meant that Dhurin had successfully integrated into Elion's social circle and had a certain status.

You must know that gambling in the Shining Star Empire is an illegal act, and gambling has been labeled as serious since the theocratic era. As early as the *******, the priests believed that gambling was an act of self-indulgence, a breeding ground for greed, and a magnet for the devil's eyes. In the context of that era, anything that had anything to do with the devil or the devil was not going to be easy, and many people who gambled openly were tied to the judgment stake and burned alive.

Sometimes there is some problem of overcorrection in religion, and of course it can be understood as a characteristic of the times.

Gambling and the opening of casinos were also prohibited during the subsequent Imperial period, and any game that used money as chips or was settled with cash was considered gambling. The reason why it is so strictly forbidden is not for nothing. In the early years of the empire, many people lost their possessions due to gambling, including their land, as well as their houses and everything that could be sold.

Some of them have become slaves in order to pay off their debts, but some have gone down the wrong path, and they have committed crimes to obtain more money for gambling, hoping to repay the debts by pulling money, which forms a vicious circle. In order to put an end to this kind of behavior, the imperial law directly copied the theocratic law, and imposed heavy sentences on all those who opened casinos and participated in gambling.

It's like the more you ban something, the more it will be prevalent among the people. After the high-pressure period, this kind of game that everyone loves is back again, and it may be that the royal family also understands that there are some things that cannot be banned by a decree, so they changed the terms and turned a blind eye, as long as the amount of gambling is not large, they don't care much.

Folk gambling is actually not serious, and there are not many of them, because everyone has no money. However, this behavior is more common among the rich, and only the wealthy with good ties will organize the game and invite friends to join. This clearly criminal behavior allows these rich people to experience excitement and deepen their friendship with each other, while also killing time.

Durin agreed to Alexander's invitation without much thought, and he wanted to see what gambling was really like in this world.

The game was on the fourth floor of the Alexandria Hotel, in a suite, and when Durin stepped into the room, the game had already begun. Five people sat at a table with cards in their hands, and they said hello to Doolin and the game continued, unable to integrate the new players until it was over. Durin wasn't going to sit down and play right away, he wanted to see how they played.

After only watching it for a while, he had a general understanding of the rules of this kind of gambling, which was a bit like blackjack in a dream. Then Durin exchanged the chips and sat down, the largest denomination is 100 yuan, the smallest denomination is 10 yuan, in fact, everyone is not playing very big, it is a game of cards, but it is a way to socialize. At this time, playing cards became second, and communication was first.

After playing for a while and getting familiar with the rules, the atmosphere became more relaxed, he casually dropped a card into the discard pile, asked for a new card, and casually asked, "If I want to buy a boat, who should I go to?"

Alexander was the organizer of the game, and he invited Durin to come, so it was up to him to answer the question. He glanced at everyone's cards on the table and threw two hundred chips up, "Just look for that guy Garfield, he's very familiar with the people at the shipyard, you can buy ready-made ones from there, or you can get them to order." However, if it is custom-made, it may take a while to be made, and it will not be ready so quickly. ”

"By the way, why do you suddenly want to buy a boat?Do you want to go fishing??Or take the girl for a ride?", Alexander was a little curious, there was no place in Durin's current career that needed a boat, so he naturally thought of other things.

Durin withdrew the small stack of chips in his hand, and replied casually: "I need a ship for some business, and the cost of sea freight is much cheaper than that of a steam locomotive!"

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