my wife is a consul

Chapter 257 Power Center
On April 951, 4, the Beiguan Council elected Scott Stewart as chief member of the new Beiguan Municipal Committee, elected Meng Dezhu as a member of the Beiguan Municipal Committee, and elected Councilor Lu Qianxing as the Deputy Speaker of the Beiguan Council.

The day before, the East China Sea Council had announced that Lu Qianxing would be replaced as a member of the East China Sea District Council.

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The Donghai Parliament Building is located in Xinhu District, not far from Donghai City Hall, the High Court and other institutions. Most of the administrative agencies are located in Changning Road Block, Xinhu District.

In the blocks near Changning Road, there are basically no tall buildings to highlight the grandeur of administrative buildings such as the Parliament Building, High Court, and City Hall.

On the eastern section of Changning Road, there is a row of old Bavarian-style buildings, all three or four stories high.

At this time, Lu Ming was in one of the buildings, whose house number was No. 7 Changning Road East.

The three-story Bavarian strip building has creaking wooden stairs inside, and the two building entrances are connected inside. There are 24 suites in the three-story building, and the area is not large, about fifty or sixty square meters.

Most of the people renting here are clerks of administrative agencies, not just the No. 7 building where Lu Ming lives. In fact, this row of buildings with Bavarian architectural style are all rented out, and the tenants are almost all low-level employees working in nearby administrative agencies. officials, staff.

Room 7 in Building 207 is Lu Ming's chosen residence on Changning Road. Naturally, he will stay here at night for the parliamentary meeting in the future, so he doesn't have to get up early, it's too late.

The East China Sea Council meeting is once a week, usually on Tuesday.

It is much more frequent than the Beiguan Council meeting. The Beiguan Council meeting is once a month, and the Donghai District Council meeting is equal to five times a month.

Of course, it is not uncommon for MPs to be absent from meetings in practice.

According to the statute of the parliament, those who fail to attend the meeting for three consecutive months without a reasonable explanation without the consent of the speaker will lose their qualifications as members.

That is to say, if you are absent without saying hello, and then without explaining, if you don't come, there is no reason, you will have to miss fifteen consecutive parliamentary meetings before you will be severely punished.

It can also be seen that the management of councilors is loose. After all, they are all representatives of public opinion. I believe that no councilor is elected to avoid the sense of non-existence, just to avoid meetings.

Lu Ming felt that if he could catch up, he would definitely come, and if he couldn't catch up, there was nothing he could do, just report to the speaker's office in advance.

After all, as a representative of public opinion, it is also a normal job scope to conduct research outside the country.

However, the place of board and lodging must be prepared first.

There are no high-rise buildings here. If you want to live in a luxury apartment, you will be far away from the Parliament Building, and you will lose the meaning of finding your foothold.

Fortunately, this building No. 7 in the eastern section of Changning belongs to my family.

To be precise, it was one of the many properties left to Jennifer by Leno Sr.

The 24 rooms have been rented out all the time, and they are fully occupied, but 207 just happened to be vacant recently.

Lu Ming hurriedly occupied it and took a look today. The environment was fine, and he was going to have someone paint and decorate it the day after tomorrow.

Talk about some of your own ideas, what style of decoration you like.

Next to Duan Guiqian took a notebook and quickly wrote it down.

He also said, "Boss, the office in Ji Niao Building can be listed tomorrow."

The representative office in Beiguan should not only be facing the third constituency, but should be able to listen to the voices of the citizens of Beiguan. After all, it will represent all the citizens of Beiguan in the future and speak out in the Donghai District Council.

Therefore, for the new office, after going around, I chose Ji Niao Building, the place where my dream in Beiguan started.

As for the rent of the office, there is a special fund subsidy.

The Donghai District Councilor and Beiguan Councilor seem to be only one step behind, but the difference is huge.

The monthly remuneration of district councilors is as high as 1000 yuan, which is ten times the monthly salary of ordinary white-collar workers in Donghai.

In addition, the establishment of an office, communication expenses, and office operating expenses total 29800 yuan per year, entertainment and transportation allowances are 2000 yuan per year, and there are various other subsidies.

That is to say, the annual financial appropriation for each congressman is about 5 yuan.

Renting a house here is naturally drizzle, and the annual rent is only 300 yuan.

But these administrative staff, although there is a small amount of subsidies for renting the house here, it is not a small expense.

Because usually these administrative clerks, especially men, are still in the state of women doing housework at home and men coming out to work.

After all, the more you work in this kind of administrative agency, the more you want to save face. Traditional thinking, the wife has to go out to work, but the husband is not capable.

Most of their annual salaries are between 1000 and 1500 yuan, and the rent accounts for a large proportion.

If you are dual-career, there is no pressure.

But the tenants who rent here, whether they are husbands or wives, are well-dressed and maintain a decent life. For example, every household has a TV.

"Boss, we have an appointment at noon, and we will have dinner with Committee Member Meng Dezhu at the Tower Restaurant." Duan Guizheng looked at the schedule and said again.

Lu Ming nodded. Meng Dezhu insisted on treating him to dinner alone, so he knew what it meant.

He should have heard the rumors that he strongly recommended him, which resulted in the current good results.

He has always had no sense of presence, let alone the entire Beiguan Parliament, even among the members of the Grand Duke's Party and the Alliance Party, he has always been inconspicuous.

But he is not without dreams.

When Qing Lao made it clear that he would no longer participate in this year's municipal committee competition, Meng Dezhu also had a burning flame in his heart.

I also once invited my five brothers together to try to raise money.

But I don't say it myself, after all, I didn't have a close relationship with him at that time, and I didn't have any signs of entering the political world.

At that time, Fourth Brother Wen and others actually regarded him as a joke, thinking that he was wishful thinking, and no one was willing to spend real money to help him campaign.

When he suddenly emerged, he didn't have any thoughts, and followed him honestly. After all, he was an old friend, and he hoped to get more credit.

And he would never have imagined that all of a sudden, his dream would come true and he would be on the municipal council.

It is said that on the day he heard the news, he was crying and laughing, drinking and tossing around in the middle of the night, it is good that he did not go crazy.

Probably, Fan Jinzhongju looked like this.

Thinking wildly, Lu Ming smiled at Duan Guijun: "Then let's go and take the subway. I heard that the citizens complained a lot about the current subway, so I just went to take a look and listen."

The world's first subway appeared in the East China Sea, a hundred years ago.

Donghai also has a subway network that extends in all directions. More than 20 years ago, the Donghai subway connected satellite towns for the first time, that is, the Beiguan Line.

Listening to Lu Ming's words, Duan Guiqian naturally wouldn't object. He picked up the walkie-talkie and informed the vehicles below to leave first, and An An kept the two of them.

(End of this chapter)