After talking about his experience during this period of time, Sean found that Robin had been silent for a long time, so he said with some displeasure: "Robin, what do you want to talk to me about?" ”

"Oh! ~Sorry, your success was so shocking, please forgive me for my gaffes. Hurriedly pulling his mind back to reality, Robin smiled and complimented.

"Haha......" Sean laughed triumphantly, as if Robin's surprise made him extremely satisfied.

"Sean, I originally wanted to give you a business, but now that you've taken on such a big project, I really don't know if you're still interested in participating in my project." Robin lowered his posture and asked tentatively.

"Project?" Sean is now extremely sensitive to the word project, and after obtaining the absolute rights to Alex, he is desperate to prove that he is better than his father, so he hides an almost endless expansion** in his heart. Hearing the word project at this moment, Sean subconsciously sat up straight: "Let's talk about it." ”

"I think you know about my capture of the City of Chaos, so I'll be straight to the point."

Robin recounted his attempt to apply for the autonomous region in the briefest possible way, noting that his proposal had been supported by the Commerce Department. Therefore, he hopes that Sean's Alex company will allocate a sum of money and manpower to establish a branch in the chaotic capital, so that the autonomous district application plan of the chaotic capital can appear to be more weighty when it comes to approval.

"More than 7,000 spaceships are regularly repaired?" After listening to Robin's story about the project, Sean was slightly moved.

Unlike Calvin, Sean had been interned at an Alex maintenance facility at Spaceport Hermes by his father before he officially became a commercial representative, so he knew better than Calvin about the spending power of the Freedmen. Although the maintenance of more than 7,000 spaceships is inconspicuous in terms of a single number, it is also an astonishing number over time.

"If your application is successful, it's a really good project. But ......" Sean spread his hands with some regret: "There is no problem with allocating an investment fund, but there is a big problem in terms of manpower." As you've already seen, I'm working on such a big project right now, and with the current progress of the project, it's hard for me to allocate enough people to set up a branch in the City of Chaos. ”

Listening carefully to Sean's answer, Robin suddenly asked, "As far as I know, it seems that you have fired quite a few freedfolk employees before?" ”

"Yes, I don't want my ship to be attacked by pirates." Sean acknowledges this fact with a smile.

In the past, Alex employed a large number of free men, most of whom were smugglers of a certain level of professionalism from the Republic. Later, after the pirate riot, Shaun fired all the freedmen like any other company, fearing that the freedmen would reveal the route of his fleet and be attacked by pirates.

"There are no pirates anymore, so you don't have to worry about your ship being attacked by pirates anymore. How about re-hiring them? If you don't worry about them getting involved in your track construction, you can let these mechanics follow me to the City of Chaos, but it won't be a big problem if you repair the broken ships of the Free People. In this way, you will hardly need to put in any effort other than to pay some upfront investment. If you can trust me, I'll send you the financial details every month, and you just have to wait for the payment. ”

"Hmm...... That's a good idea. Sean was visibly moved by Robin's words. His success began to come from Robin, so he had an almost superstitious trust in Robin, and he was ready to take Robin's advice unconditionally.

"Then I wish us a happy cooperation." Shaking Shaun's hand, Robin said casually as if he remembered something: "By the way, Martina is recently proposing a bill to the council to revoke the freedman purchase restriction order, if you can, I hope you can also co-sponsor it." Only by lifting the purchase restriction can the economic conditions of the freedmen be completely improved, and it will be more beneficial to our project. ”

"Okay, I'll contact Miss Martina shortly. I think the parliamentarians will take our views into account. ”

…… Three days later, the Othello Autonomous Council, under pressure from the population, decided to hold a public trial of Governor of Police Brandon for dereliction of duty. During this time, Robin was almost constantly busy, meeting with Martina in the hope of gaining the support of the majority of the parliamentarians and obtaining federal citizenship in the name of special talents. At the same time, Martina and Sean's motion to lift the freedman's purchase restriction order was also formally accepted by the parliament and will be discussed in the Executive Council after the public trial of Governor Brandon.

"Robin, I feel like you're a lobbyist right now. I finally know how you did a miracle, your mouth is the most powerful weapon in your body. Lee, who was temporarily serving as a driver, casually drove the car on the way to the Ministry of Justice on Othello, and while listening to the news on the radio, he teased Robin's busy life in the last three days.

Robin was squinting and leaning on the seat in the car to close his eyes, but when he heard Li's words, he couldn't help but sigh and said, "Yes, keep convincing others, this is my job now." To be honest, the job was more difficult than winning a knight. ”

"I agree." Zhuo Luo agreed with Robin with a cold face.

During these three days, he acted as Robin's bodyguard, so he also saw the scene when Robin met with those councilors. In his opinion, those meetings with Robin were simply insane, and almost all of them ended in naked blackmail.

In the eyes of money-hungry politicians, no good reason can compare to the extra numbers on the accounts. Moreover, the politicians are as cunning as foxes, and they capture Robin's strong desire to establish an autonomous region, knowing that Robin must solve his awkward identity problem if he wants to achieve his wishes. So, they can open their mouths without scruples, hoping to squeeze more political donations out of Robin.

Originally, Robin really wanted to use money to dredge up the relationship and solve the identity problem that plagued him. This should be an easy problem to solve in his opinion, after all, in the Commonwealth, a citizenship is not really worth much. However, due to miscalculation of the greed and cunning of the congressmen, Robin first went to the Department of Commerce to find Calvin, and although Calvin persuaded the Minister of Commerce to come forward to support Robin's plan to establish an autonomous region, it also made Robin's ultimate goal completely exposed.

Any commodity can only be sold for the highest price when it is sold to those who need it most.

This phrase is the most popular business saying in federal business circles, but it does not cover only the business world. The shrewd legislators understood this adage no less than the business elites, who saw citizenship as the only obstacle to Robin's establishment of the Autonomous Region, which under the federal constitution required their vote. Therefore, they can use the rules of the game of the Federation to extort Robin's money with impunity.

Speaking of money, Robin actually has a lot of money now. From Martina, Robin advanced up to 500 million federal dollars in liquidity, which even exceeded the price of the 280,000 tons of rare metals. With such a net worth, even in the place where the Federation is full of wealthy families, Robin can already be regarded as a top rich.

In the eyes of others, Robin's rocket-like meteoric rise is the undoubted business genius. But they don't know that Robin spends money far faster than he can make money.

In order to settle the 60,000 soldiers of the Republic under his command, the Ultra Nebula, far from the federal jurisdiction, is the best base. Even if he can't apply for the autonomous region qualification, Robin can only do his best to run that barren place on his own, so in order to stabilize the more than two million free miners who rely on the chaotic capital for regular supplies, Robin must scavenge a large amount of daily necessities in a short period of time and send them to the Ultra Nebula. Although this money will be earned back from the freedmen in the future, it will still be a huge burden that can overwhelm all the rich people to provide for the daily necessities of two million people, even for a short period of time.

On the other hand, Robin, who replaced Bloody Harry, knows very well how Bloody Harry established order in such a chaotic place. Strong force is the only guarantee for survival in the chaotic capital, so it is imperative to repair the 'Knife' frigate as soon as possible. The cost of repairing a 10-million-ton warship is unimaginable, and because there is no supply of weapons, Robin can only rely on purchases to equip the ship's armament, which further exacerbates the cost of repair.

Money! ~Money! ~Money! ~ Robin is making more and more money, but correspondingly, his expenses are also surprisingly huge.

If he were to satisfy the sky-high demands of many legislators for citizenship, Robin felt that even if he had five billion now, he might spend it all at once.

"I hate this damn place, and I hate that damn citizenship even more, I really should have dragged out the guy who invented the money and hanged it! ~"Robin was almost breaking down under the intense pressure he was facing, his brow furrowed, and he cursed angrily.

Beside him, Nishizawa, who served as his business consultant, secretly glanced at Robin's financial situation, and said with a bitter face: "Boss, in fact, I have one bad news that I haven't dared to say." ”

Seeing Nishizawa's expression at the moment, Robin suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart: "Don't tell me it has anything to do with money." ”

"But it's really about money." Nishizawa opened a few emails from the electronic file and reminded him fearfully: "Boss, the 50 million loan you handled at the Hermes spaceport branch is about to expire, and the Federal Bank has sent an official text message, asking you to pay off the 57 million debt within a week. ”

Even with 57 million in interest, although this amount is not large, Robin has never planned to repay the money, so he is unwilling to return the money to the federal bank for nothing.

"That loan? Don't you say I almost forgot that I had borrowed money from the Commonwealth Bank......" Robin was a little worried at first when he heard that he was going to repay the loan, but soon, a bold idea came to his head.

Pulling out a small piece of McCenae metal from his pocket as a souvenir, Robin shoved it into Nishizawa's hand: "Show this to the business manager of the Commonwealth Bank and tell him that I am going to take out a mortgage on the mining rights of Planet Bruno." I need a billion more than a billion in my account after paying back those 57 million, and if I can't, I'll make you regret being born in this world. ”

After speaking, before the frightened Nishizawa opened his mouth to argue, Robin threw a few pieces of change to Nishizawa: "I'm in a hurry to attend Brandon's public trial, I don't have time to send you to the Federal Bank, you get off at the intersection in front of you, and find a car yourself." By the way, don't lose that thing in your hand, it's worth more than your life! ”

“……”

(To be continued)