Chapter 1690
The Alliance of Interests
Chapter 1690 The Alliance of Interests
Francis has been a senior military attache in Manila for several years, and he has a lot of experience in the official arena. He knows very well that with his Hispanic identity and past experience, he wants to win the trust of the Haihan people, and then single-handedly make a career under his rule. It's not easy anymore, even if he is now given the position of director of the Western Management Bureau, it is just a vain position with no real power.But if you can have an interest alliance that gathers all forces behind you, the process of achieving your goals will be much easier, and by the way, you can also pave the way for future generations.
Francis was willing to give up resistance and obey Haihan's arrangement before, largely because of his reluctance for his son.He himself has already confessed, no matter whether Hai Han fights or kills, he has nothing to say.But if he let his son Francis Jr. take his life into account because of this, he would find it too unacceptable.Now that he could no longer return to Spain, he had to create a secure future for his son while he was still able to do his best.
Little Francis is relatively simple by nature, and his brain reaction is not flexible. Whether it is business or an official, it is not his field of expertise. If he is not surrounded by such a powerful father, he may be a small farm at best. The Lord's order.But of course Francis is not willing to let his son live his life in such an ordinary way. If possible, he still hopes to pave his son an avenue of success in the officialdom, so that the Francis family can spread out and become nobles in the Far East.
During the period of the Western Union, Francis had already tried this, but at that time Aragones was not willing to allow Francis to arrange for his family to enter the officialdom to take over the real power position. In the end, Francis could only choose to compromise. Became a businessman.Anyway, the Ding family planned and took care of the specific affairs, so there was no need for little Francis to waste his brains.He didn't do anything, but he made a lot of money.
But now that the ruler has become Haihan, and the Manila area is in disrepair, and there are still many vacant official positions, Francis wants to fight again to see if he can create opportunities for his son.Of course, it is definitely not enough to rely on his own efforts, so Francis wants to form an alliance of interests as soon as possible to seize the current favorable opportunity.In addition to the patron of the Ding family, Francis believes that it is also a good choice for La Qinhuacheng to join the gang. As the maintainers of social order in Manila, the security police can do too much locally.
So under Ding Feng's arrangement, Francis and Qin Huacheng had a secret meeting to discuss the alliance and cooperation between the two parties.
"To make a long story short, as long as there are enough benefits, it's fine to join you." Although Qin Huacheng didn't understand the real purpose of the two companies inviting him to meet, it was clear that they didn't want to gain benefits from him.But before that, he did get a lot of money from the Ding family, so he judged that the other party made an appointment with him, and most of them still wanted to spend money to let him do things.
Francis said: "I just like a person who speaks straightforwardly like you! Then I will simply say that the three of us need to form an alliance of interests and advance and retreat together, so that we can make money as soon as possible and get the opportunity for promotion."
Qin Huacheng said: "I didn't mention the money in advance, but what is the promotion opportunity you mentioned?"
Francis said: "Since you are working in the security police force, you should know that this department is a temporary establishment. That is to say, at some point in the future, you may be suddenly dismissed, and you will go home and find your own mother. But if you If he can be transferred to a more critical department in the future, he may not be fired."
"Your words... seem to be pointing..." Qin Huacheng savored Francis' words carefully, as if he had figured out a different meaning from them.Many of the same group of people selected by the public security police force as him have resigned voluntarily or passively, and more and more Hispanic personnel who have no official positions have been replaced.
Ding Feng intervened and said, "Little brother, you don't know much about Haihan's methods. Although the security police are a temporary establishment, they will definitely establish a formal police department in the future. Most experienced subordinates like you are Will be transferred to the official department."
"Really?" Qin Huacheng really didn't understand this. He only knew that Haihan's recruitment standards for security police were extremely low. As for whether he would transfer from a temporary staff to a more formal police organization in the future, Qin Huacheng had never heard of it before. exact news.
"The Haihan people have always done this in their overseas colonies, but not everyone can become a regular." Francis continued: "If you are willing to cooperate with us for a long time, then we will also try to help you get a chance to become a regular. "
Qin Huacheng is not a simple character who believes in everything. Hearing the words, he asked, "How can you help me fight for it?"
"The Ding family can spend money, and I can provide you with information." Francis gave his conditions very straightforwardly.Of course, he can't brag about it in fact. After all, they don't have any official contacts at present, and the conditions that can be offered are limited to this.
"This condition is not bad." Qin Huacheng still did not affirm Francis' condition, and smiled and said, "Spending money and providing information are too ambiguous. In fact, to put it bluntly, it depends on luck, right?"
Francis replied: "Of course luck is required, otherwise how could I sit here and talk to you. But luck did not come for no reason. If I hadn't been a city defense commander before, how could the Haihan people give me a rebirth Opportunities. In the same way, if you lack our help, you may lose the opportunity to transfer to a formal police establishment in the future."
Qin Huacheng always felt that the "reason" Francis said was a bit crooked, and even a little preposterous, but there was one thing he agreed with Francis's statement, that is, luck did not come for no reason.If good luck comes, it must be that a correct choice before the war played a role, just like he had served the local Spanish armed forces before the war, but his father let him return home early to avoid the Manila war, so he could fight in the war. Later, he was hired by Haihan as a moderate official.
If you want to fight for a chance to transfer to the official establishment in the future, then maybe the decision you make now will affect the result.For Qin Huacheng, there was no difficulty in agreeing to or rejecting Francis' request, but he really couldn't see the consequences of these two choices.
"It seems that we should talk to Master Qin directly about this matter." Seeing Qin Huacheng's hesitation, Ding Feng was about to lose the patience to negotiate with him slowly.
"Well, maybe you are right. Unity and alliance is the most sensible choice at the moment." Qin Huacheng didn't want his family members to interfere in his choice, so when he heard Ding Feng's urging words, he couldn't do it anymore. Continue to hesitate.
Qin Huacheng's resignation meant that he had agreed with the ideas of the other two, and decided to become their ally, advancing and retreating with them.But Qin Huacheng also expressed very cautiously that if this alliance of interests wants to oppose the Haihan government in the future, then he will not accompany him.
In fact, at this time, Qin Huacheng didn't really understand how much benefit this alliance of interests could bring him, but he knew that the foundations of these two companies were stronger than his own, so it shouldn't be a disadvantage to form an alliance with them.
Ding Feng originally wanted to make a written agreement, signed and pledged by the three parties, but Francis vetoed this suggestion.He thought the nature of the matter was too sensitive to leave any physical evidence.Qin Huacheng also deeply agrees with this. During his time as a public security policeman, he has led a team to search many homes, but almost all of the property lists or ledgers found in the homes were searched by comparison. net.If the official's secret gang formation was discovered by the Eagle Claw of the Ministry of Security, wouldn't he immediately lose his position and go to jail.
Ding Feng saw that the two of them strongly opposed it, but he didn't insist on his own opinion any more. He said that we are a gentleman's agreement, and the effectiveness of verbal agreements depends on their own self-control.
The first thing after the formation of this interest alliance is to serve the job that Francis is currently receiving.The Temporary Management Committee has handed over the security incidents of the Hispanic personnel to Francis to handle it with full authority, and this requires Francis to maintain close contact with the security police.Although Qin Huacheng is only a detachment leader and has a limited area of jurisdiction, he is in the organization of the security police, so he can naturally get relevant information faster than Francis, and with his guidance, Francis can deal with the security police well. Save a lot of twists and turns.
The Ding family can't play any direct role in this aspect, but it can still make a difference if they want to help Francis.For example, those Hispanic people who were arrested by the security police because of public security incidents, generally as long as the nature of the incident is not serious, they will be fined.When some Hispanic people who were impoverished due to the war could not afford to pay the fines, Francis would notify the Ding family to come forward and pay the fines in advance for these Hispanic people in the form of loans.Of course, the money was paid by Ding's family, but the favor was received by Francis.
Therefore, within a few days, Francis' reputation among the local Hispanic people also increased. Everyone knew that as long as Francis could be called to negotiate with the security police after the accident, most of them would be able to guarantee that he would be able to escape safely.On the other hand, the public security police don't have to urge to pay fines like before. The efficiency and economic benefits of handling public security incidents have been significantly improved, and the evaluation of Francis is mostly positive.Especially in Qin Huacheng's jurisdiction, the handling efficiency of Hispanic personnel after committing crimes is estimated to be the highest in the city.
Spending money to build reputation, this efficiency is naturally faster than doing things honestly.However, this method is not a secret, and it will naturally spread slowly if it is used a lot, so when Francis' performance was submitted to the Provisional Management Committee through the Western Management Bureau, Qiu Yuan actually knew Francis's specific affairs All these little tricks.
Although Francis is indeed suspected of being opportunistic, Qiu Yuan can't say how disgusted it is.He has too many affairs in his hands, so he doesn't have much energy to pay attention to the livelihood of the Hispanic people. He transfers Francis to be responsible for this aspect, hoping that Francis can handle these security risks.As far as the results are concerned, Francis's handling method has achieved quite good results. Whether it is the Hispanic people, the Western Management Bureau, or the security police, they all praise him, and what Qiu Yuan values is the results.
Of course, Qiu Yuan did not immediately delegate power to Francis because of this. He could feel the ambition of this Spanish official to make a comeback, and he was worthy of Francis if he did not suppress him.The operation of the Western Administration Bureau is quickly on the right track. Francis has played a positive role, but it has not yet reached an indispensable level.Qiu Yuan planned to observe for a while to see if the Spaniard could hold his breath.If Francis has been too flashy in the interim, it's probably better to treat him as a mere puppet.
In mid-March, the shipping market in the Port of Manila has finally begun to gradually return to normal. The operating scale of Ding's Shipping Company has shrunk a lot compared to before the war. In addition, after the war, several Haihan shipping companies intervened in the local market. Operations have taken a big hit.If it weren't for Ding Feng's extensive contacts in Manila, and relying on his contacts to attract some business, it would be really difficult for the Ding family to compete head-on with foreign predators.
The more this is the case, the more Ding Feng wants to complete the business transformation as soon as possible, gradually shifting the business project from shipping to the local Hispanic settlements, and making money from these Hispanics, and this depends on Francis' influence in the local area strength.
Ding Feng's management direction for the Hispanic community is very clear, which is to start with the necessities of survival and provide basic living materials to the Hispanic people.Before the war, these high-sighted Hispanics would never look at Han-American businessmen like Ding Feng, they would only do business with Hispanic businessmen like Francis Jr.But now and then, after the war, although many Hispanic people saved their lives, their family property was more or less seized by Haihan, and the channels for obtaining daily necessities became even more blocked. Many people even if they have money It is not necessarily possible to buy medicines, cloth, food and other daily necessities in the market.
But now the Ding family, who is willing to provide them with these necessities, has become a life-saving existence. No one cares about the Ding family's Han nationality. The most important thing is to be able to buy these scarce items and store them home.Although the prices of these daily necessities sold by the Ding family are not cheap, and the medicines are several times more expensive than before the war, people can only pay for them after complaining, because there seems to be no other merchants besides the Ding family. Willing to sell these things to them.
Of course, this is just an illusion of the public. In fact, the status quo of this kind of monopoly operation is nothing more than a joint operation of several parties in an interest alliance.
(End of this chapter)
Francis has been a senior military attache in Manila for several years, and he has a lot of experience in the official arena. He knows very well that with his Hispanic identity and past experience, he wants to win the trust of the Haihan people, and then single-handedly make a career under his rule. It's not easy anymore, even if he is now given the position of director of the Western Management Bureau, it is just a vain position with no real power.But if you can have an interest alliance that gathers all forces behind you, the process of achieving your goals will be much easier, and by the way, you can also pave the way for future generations.
Francis was willing to give up resistance and obey Haihan's arrangement before, largely because of his reluctance for his son.He himself has already confessed, no matter whether Hai Han fights or kills, he has nothing to say.But if he let his son Francis Jr. take his life into account because of this, he would find it too unacceptable.Now that he could no longer return to Spain, he had to create a secure future for his son while he was still able to do his best.
Little Francis is relatively simple by nature, and his brain reaction is not flexible. Whether it is business or an official, it is not his field of expertise. If he is not surrounded by such a powerful father, he may be a small farm at best. The Lord's order.But of course Francis is not willing to let his son live his life in such an ordinary way. If possible, he still hopes to pave his son an avenue of success in the officialdom, so that the Francis family can spread out and become nobles in the Far East.
During the period of the Western Union, Francis had already tried this, but at that time Aragones was not willing to allow Francis to arrange for his family to enter the officialdom to take over the real power position. In the end, Francis could only choose to compromise. Became a businessman.Anyway, the Ding family planned and took care of the specific affairs, so there was no need for little Francis to waste his brains.He didn't do anything, but he made a lot of money.
But now that the ruler has become Haihan, and the Manila area is in disrepair, and there are still many vacant official positions, Francis wants to fight again to see if he can create opportunities for his son.Of course, it is definitely not enough to rely on his own efforts, so Francis wants to form an alliance of interests as soon as possible to seize the current favorable opportunity.In addition to the patron of the Ding family, Francis believes that it is also a good choice for La Qinhuacheng to join the gang. As the maintainers of social order in Manila, the security police can do too much locally.
So under Ding Feng's arrangement, Francis and Qin Huacheng had a secret meeting to discuss the alliance and cooperation between the two parties.
"To make a long story short, as long as there are enough benefits, it's fine to join you." Although Qin Huacheng didn't understand the real purpose of the two companies inviting him to meet, it was clear that they didn't want to gain benefits from him.But before that, he did get a lot of money from the Ding family, so he judged that the other party made an appointment with him, and most of them still wanted to spend money to let him do things.
Francis said: "I just like a person who speaks straightforwardly like you! Then I will simply say that the three of us need to form an alliance of interests and advance and retreat together, so that we can make money as soon as possible and get the opportunity for promotion."
Qin Huacheng said: "I didn't mention the money in advance, but what is the promotion opportunity you mentioned?"
Francis said: "Since you are working in the security police force, you should know that this department is a temporary establishment. That is to say, at some point in the future, you may be suddenly dismissed, and you will go home and find your own mother. But if you If he can be transferred to a more critical department in the future, he may not be fired."
"Your words... seem to be pointing..." Qin Huacheng savored Francis' words carefully, as if he had figured out a different meaning from them.Many of the same group of people selected by the public security police force as him have resigned voluntarily or passively, and more and more Hispanic personnel who have no official positions have been replaced.
Ding Feng intervened and said, "Little brother, you don't know much about Haihan's methods. Although the security police are a temporary establishment, they will definitely establish a formal police department in the future. Most experienced subordinates like you are Will be transferred to the official department."
"Really?" Qin Huacheng really didn't understand this. He only knew that Haihan's recruitment standards for security police were extremely low. As for whether he would transfer from a temporary staff to a more formal police organization in the future, Qin Huacheng had never heard of it before. exact news.
"The Haihan people have always done this in their overseas colonies, but not everyone can become a regular." Francis continued: "If you are willing to cooperate with us for a long time, then we will also try to help you get a chance to become a regular. "
Qin Huacheng is not a simple character who believes in everything. Hearing the words, he asked, "How can you help me fight for it?"
"The Ding family can spend money, and I can provide you with information." Francis gave his conditions very straightforwardly.Of course, he can't brag about it in fact. After all, they don't have any official contacts at present, and the conditions that can be offered are limited to this.
"This condition is not bad." Qin Huacheng still did not affirm Francis' condition, and smiled and said, "Spending money and providing information are too ambiguous. In fact, to put it bluntly, it depends on luck, right?"
Francis replied: "Of course luck is required, otherwise how could I sit here and talk to you. But luck did not come for no reason. If I hadn't been a city defense commander before, how could the Haihan people give me a rebirth Opportunities. In the same way, if you lack our help, you may lose the opportunity to transfer to a formal police establishment in the future."
Qin Huacheng always felt that the "reason" Francis said was a bit crooked, and even a little preposterous, but there was one thing he agreed with Francis's statement, that is, luck did not come for no reason.If good luck comes, it must be that a correct choice before the war played a role, just like he had served the local Spanish armed forces before the war, but his father let him return home early to avoid the Manila war, so he could fight in the war. Later, he was hired by Haihan as a moderate official.
If you want to fight for a chance to transfer to the official establishment in the future, then maybe the decision you make now will affect the result.For Qin Huacheng, there was no difficulty in agreeing to or rejecting Francis' request, but he really couldn't see the consequences of these two choices.
"It seems that we should talk to Master Qin directly about this matter." Seeing Qin Huacheng's hesitation, Ding Feng was about to lose the patience to negotiate with him slowly.
"Well, maybe you are right. Unity and alliance is the most sensible choice at the moment." Qin Huacheng didn't want his family members to interfere in his choice, so when he heard Ding Feng's urging words, he couldn't do it anymore. Continue to hesitate.
Qin Huacheng's resignation meant that he had agreed with the ideas of the other two, and decided to become their ally, advancing and retreating with them.But Qin Huacheng also expressed very cautiously that if this alliance of interests wants to oppose the Haihan government in the future, then he will not accompany him.
In fact, at this time, Qin Huacheng didn't really understand how much benefit this alliance of interests could bring him, but he knew that the foundations of these two companies were stronger than his own, so it shouldn't be a disadvantage to form an alliance with them.
Ding Feng originally wanted to make a written agreement, signed and pledged by the three parties, but Francis vetoed this suggestion.He thought the nature of the matter was too sensitive to leave any physical evidence.Qin Huacheng also deeply agrees with this. During his time as a public security policeman, he has led a team to search many homes, but almost all of the property lists or ledgers found in the homes were searched by comparison. net.If the official's secret gang formation was discovered by the Eagle Claw of the Ministry of Security, wouldn't he immediately lose his position and go to jail.
Ding Feng saw that the two of them strongly opposed it, but he didn't insist on his own opinion any more. He said that we are a gentleman's agreement, and the effectiveness of verbal agreements depends on their own self-control.
The first thing after the formation of this interest alliance is to serve the job that Francis is currently receiving.The Temporary Management Committee has handed over the security incidents of the Hispanic personnel to Francis to handle it with full authority, and this requires Francis to maintain close contact with the security police.Although Qin Huacheng is only a detachment leader and has a limited area of jurisdiction, he is in the organization of the security police, so he can naturally get relevant information faster than Francis, and with his guidance, Francis can deal with the security police well. Save a lot of twists and turns.
The Ding family can't play any direct role in this aspect, but it can still make a difference if they want to help Francis.For example, those Hispanic people who were arrested by the security police because of public security incidents, generally as long as the nature of the incident is not serious, they will be fined.When some Hispanic people who were impoverished due to the war could not afford to pay the fines, Francis would notify the Ding family to come forward and pay the fines in advance for these Hispanic people in the form of loans.Of course, the money was paid by Ding's family, but the favor was received by Francis.
Therefore, within a few days, Francis' reputation among the local Hispanic people also increased. Everyone knew that as long as Francis could be called to negotiate with the security police after the accident, most of them would be able to guarantee that he would be able to escape safely.On the other hand, the public security police don't have to urge to pay fines like before. The efficiency and economic benefits of handling public security incidents have been significantly improved, and the evaluation of Francis is mostly positive.Especially in Qin Huacheng's jurisdiction, the handling efficiency of Hispanic personnel after committing crimes is estimated to be the highest in the city.
Spending money to build reputation, this efficiency is naturally faster than doing things honestly.However, this method is not a secret, and it will naturally spread slowly if it is used a lot, so when Francis' performance was submitted to the Provisional Management Committee through the Western Management Bureau, Qiu Yuan actually knew Francis's specific affairs All these little tricks.
Although Francis is indeed suspected of being opportunistic, Qiu Yuan can't say how disgusted it is.He has too many affairs in his hands, so he doesn't have much energy to pay attention to the livelihood of the Hispanic people. He transfers Francis to be responsible for this aspect, hoping that Francis can handle these security risks.As far as the results are concerned, Francis's handling method has achieved quite good results. Whether it is the Hispanic people, the Western Management Bureau, or the security police, they all praise him, and what Qiu Yuan values is the results.
Of course, Qiu Yuan did not immediately delegate power to Francis because of this. He could feel the ambition of this Spanish official to make a comeback, and he was worthy of Francis if he did not suppress him.The operation of the Western Administration Bureau is quickly on the right track. Francis has played a positive role, but it has not yet reached an indispensable level.Qiu Yuan planned to observe for a while to see if the Spaniard could hold his breath.If Francis has been too flashy in the interim, it's probably better to treat him as a mere puppet.
In mid-March, the shipping market in the Port of Manila has finally begun to gradually return to normal. The operating scale of Ding's Shipping Company has shrunk a lot compared to before the war. In addition, after the war, several Haihan shipping companies intervened in the local market. Operations have taken a big hit.If it weren't for Ding Feng's extensive contacts in Manila, and relying on his contacts to attract some business, it would be really difficult for the Ding family to compete head-on with foreign predators.
The more this is the case, the more Ding Feng wants to complete the business transformation as soon as possible, gradually shifting the business project from shipping to the local Hispanic settlements, and making money from these Hispanics, and this depends on Francis' influence in the local area strength.
Ding Feng's management direction for the Hispanic community is very clear, which is to start with the necessities of survival and provide basic living materials to the Hispanic people.Before the war, these high-sighted Hispanics would never look at Han-American businessmen like Ding Feng, they would only do business with Hispanic businessmen like Francis Jr.But now and then, after the war, although many Hispanic people saved their lives, their family property was more or less seized by Haihan, and the channels for obtaining daily necessities became even more blocked. Many people even if they have money It is not necessarily possible to buy medicines, cloth, food and other daily necessities in the market.
But now the Ding family, who is willing to provide them with these necessities, has become a life-saving existence. No one cares about the Ding family's Han nationality. The most important thing is to be able to buy these scarce items and store them home.Although the prices of these daily necessities sold by the Ding family are not cheap, and the medicines are several times more expensive than before the war, people can only pay for them after complaining, because there seems to be no other merchants besides the Ding family. Willing to sell these things to them.
Of course, this is just an illusion of the public. In fact, the status quo of this kind of monopoly operation is nothing more than a joint operation of several parties in an interest alliance.
(End of this chapter)