Expedition to Europe

Qin Zhiyuan understands the power of power, and also knows the extent to which Chinese people worship power. Therefore, establishing a power system that can check and balance each other has always been Qin Zhiyuan's goal.

For power check, it seems that the "separation of powers" advocated by Americans is the most effective, but the "separation of powers" of Americans is actually based on the two-party system. If the United States is a one-party system, or if there are no political parties in the United States, then the situation can be imagined. The "separation of powers" of the United States will eventually become a formality.

Compared with Americans, if the "separation of powers" is copied in Lan Fang, the "separation of powers" of the Chinese society, which pays more attention to interpersonal relationships, will be even more in name only.

Qin Zhiyuan has always tried his best to avoid this situation. Therefore, in Lan Fang, all judges are lifelong. When they try cases, they will not be disturbed by others or affected by public opinion. They are the most independent units in Lan Fang.

Of course, this lifelong system is also relative. If some judges are partial to their own interests and pervert the law, the person being tried can also apply for reconsideration. If the reconsideration result overturns the judgment of the previous judge, then the previous judge will have to pay a price, and this price is much greater than ordinary crimes.

In fact, it is not easy to implement the party system in Chinese society. Chinese society has always had the saying that "gentlemen are in groups but not in parties, villains are in groups but not in groups". On the one hand, this shows that gentlemen are self-disciplined and do not go along with the crowd. On the other hand, it also expresses the contempt for forming parties for personal gain.

But in modern society, the concept of "forming a party" is completely different from before. The party itself is just an ideology, a form of organization used to gather people with common political positions and common political goals.

It is completely different from the meaning of "forming a party for personal gain".

In mid-December, the "Penglai Island Materials Laboratory Spy Case" was finally heard in court. A total of eleven people involved in the case were brought to justice, making it the case with the most criminal suspects in the same case since the establishment of Lan Fang.

The Coconut City District Court conducted an open trial of the case. The final result was that the main culprits Lin Lekang and Huang Yingrui and six others were sentenced to death, and Huang Xinyuan and Huang Chengping and five others were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from six months to ten years.

The Daily News opened a column for this case in the newspaper, and the newly established Propaganda Department also expressed great attention to this case on the radio. As a result, this case has become almost a household name in Lan Fang.

As for Lin Lekang and Huang Yingrui, no one cares about them. No one cares whether they were shot once or twice when they died. Everyone's attention is on Huang Xinyuan, who was sentenced to two years and six months in prison.

Huang Xinyuan is the son of the Prime Minister. At the same time, in this case, strictly speaking, Huang Xinyuan did not have the main responsibility. At most, he failed to supervise properly and could be labeled as "negligence". However, even so, the Coconut City District Court still sentenced Huang Xinyuan to two and a half years, and it was not a suspended sentence. This means that Huang Xinyuan must go to prison and serve the two and a half years of his sentence honestly.

For many people, this is a powerful deterrent.

Indeed, the salary of civil servants in Lan Fang is not high, but it is still no problem to support the family. At the same time, because of the good welfare benefits and certain power in hand, the profession of civil servant is still relatively attractive in Lan Fang.

But Huang Xinyuan's case sounded a wake-up call to all civil servants in Lan Fang. If you want to get rich, it is better to resign and go into business. If you want to make money in the position of civil servant, the final result can only be bankruptcy.

You must know that Huang Xinyuan's case did not end with Huang Xinyuan's imprisonment. Huang Xinyuan also had to pay a large fine. This fine is all the gross income of Huang Xinyuan's "Coconut City Entertainment Company" in operating the casino.

Gross income, not profit, this is a lot.

Huang Xinyuan's "Coconut City Entertainment Company" had a daily turnover of 1.1 million Lan Fang yuan in the later period. Counting from the beginning of operating the casino to the present, all the turnover has exceeded 150 million Lan Fang yuan, which means that Huang Xinyuan has to pay a fine of at least 150 million Lan Fang yuan.

The 150 million is just cash flow. In fact, Huang Xinyuan has earned far less than that. It is a pipe dream to ask Huang Xinyuan to take out so much money at once.

Let alone Huang Xinyuan, even Huang Bohan, who was once the 14th richest man in the world, would find it difficult to take out so much cash at once.

Huang Bohan is indeed rich, but most of his money is real estate or factories, which are indeed worth so much, but when it comes to cash, let alone 150 million, Huang Bohan does not even have 15 million.

However, even if he has no money, Huang Xinyuan has to pay the fine. If he cannot pay it, Huang Xinyuan will have to do labor in prison and use the value created by labor to offset the fine.

It is not easy to determine how much value labor can create, but based on the current salary of an ordinary person in Lan Fang, it will take Huang Xinyuan about 125,000 years to pay back the money through labor.

Ten thousand years...

He really has to spend his life in prison!

So the day after the Coconut City District Court pronounced the verdict, rumors began to spread in Coconut City that Huang Bohan wanted to sell the shipyard on Sulu Island to raise cash to pay Huang Xinyuan's fine.

Compared with Huang Xinyuan's trial, this news is more moving.

Think about it, Huang Bohan is the prime minister, but when his son violated the law, he not only resigned himself, but now he has to sell his property to pay off his son's debts. This is really the most vivid lesson for all civil servants in Lan Fang.

Huang Bohan can be regarded as doing his best for Lan Fang and Qin Zhiyuan. For such a person, Qin Zhiyuan must treat him kindly, let alone make the bystanders sad.

So Qin Zhiyuan summoned Huang Bohan again at Yecheng Palace.

As before, Huang Bohan and Lucia Robert visited Qin Zhiyuan.

By the way, Lucia Robert's name should be Lucia Huang now.

"Taiyuan, you are putting me on the fire." Entering the living room, Qin Zhiyuan complained.

"Haha, why did your Majesty say this?" Huang Bohan smiled honestly.

"Why do you say this? You are about to sell your property. If I watch you, the fourteenth richest man in the world, fall into such a situation without asking anything, how will the world see me?" Qin Zhiyuan was half-joking.

"Well, Your Majesty, the fourteenth richest person in the world is already a thing of the past. In the latest ranking of the world's richest people, Your Majesty, you are ranked sixth. This is gratifying and congratulatory." Huang Bohan diverted the trouble to the east.

"Forget about that rich list. If it weren't for this thing, I wouldn't be so miserable." Qin Zhiyuan waved his hands repeatedly.

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Yes, just a few days ago, an American magazine once again ranked the world's richest people. Qin Zhiyuan ranked sixth on the world's richest list because of a series of industries such as "New Baku Oil Field" and "Royal Ocean". Also on the list was Lao Renault, who ranked one higher than Qin Zhiyuan, reaching fifth place.

Qin Zhiyuan's identity is different from ordinary people, and he does not need to rely on wealth to prove his status. Therefore, when that magazine just launched this ranking, Lanfang's Ministry of Foreign Affairs protested to the magazine and asked the magazine to delete it. Go to Qin Zhiyuan’s name.

People in the media have always relied on sensationalism to attract attention, so the magazine would definitely not agree to such a gimmick.

But the will of the country cannot be resisted by a small magazine. Lanfang's Ministry of Foreign Affairs turned around and approached the US Department of Foreign Affairs, asking the US Ministry of Foreign Affairs to put pressure on the magazine. At the same time, Qin Zhiyuan's "big steward" Gaspard instructed Randolph Snow, general manager of the American branch of Lanfang Royal Group, immediately tried to find a way to close the newspaper.

Lanfang Royal Group is a comprehensive group founded by Qin Zhiyuan. Its business projects include nylon, penicillin, steel chemicals, automobile manufacturing, etc. It is now an international company with business spanning Asia, the United States, and Europe. The American branch has also become a giant in the American market.

It would be effortless for a company like this to deal with a newspaper. Randolph Snow, the general manager of the American branch, didn't even have to make the arrangements himself. He just asked the public relations manager to solve the problem.

The manager of the public relations department went to the boss of the newspaper and just said, "Lanfang Royal Group will suspend all business with your newspaper from now on." This directly led to the entire transformation of the newspaper from the editor-in-chief to the executive editor to the columnists. Big blood change.

The survival of newspapers has never depended on selling newspapers, but on advertisements from businesses. Lanfang Royal Group, no matter which city it is in, is a big customer in the publishing industry, and it is the kind at the top of the biological chain.

"Lanfang is in today's situation because of Taiyuan's contribution. Even if Xinyuan is at fault, you should not bear this fault, so it is unfair to ask you to pay this money." In front of Huang Bohan, Qin Zhiyuan No cover-up.

"With your Majesty's words, I will die without any regrets." Huang Bohan's eyes turned red again as he spoke.

"Don't rush to death yet, let's talk about something serious..." Qin Zhiyuan's words made Huang Bohan roll his eyes, but what he said immediately after made Huang Bohan's heart beat: "Chinese people like to gamble. This has been true since ancient times. Gambling is forcibly banned. The effect is not good. It will only make some people take risks and lead to gambling. Going underground makes it more difficult to regulate, so I’m thinking, since Chinese people like to gamble, can we open national casinos, issue gambling industry licenses, and turn these things from underground behaviors into orderly behaviors that the state can control? , will the situation be better?”

Qin Zhiyuan has his own ideas about gambling.

From the perspective of society as a whole, gambling is indeed extremely harmful, but if the country wants to ban gambling completely with a decree, this is too natural. Gambling will never be banned and will only lead to underground banks and underground casinos. More and more rampant.

Thinking about the problem from Qin Zhiyuan's perspective, instead of allowing underground gambling to spread, it is better to turn all this into a state behavior controlled by the state. In that case, the state can not only gain benefits, but also change everything related to gambling. controllable, and at the same time reduce the occurrence of social problems.

Since the casino is owned by the state, it must have some scruples when it comes to lending, and the methods used to collect loans will be much gentler, which can at least reduce the occurrence of family ruins due to gambling.

"The nature of the country... is feasible, of course it is feasible!" Huang Bohan has been doing business all his life and has an insight into human nature. How could he not see the benefits of this? So after listening to Qin Zhiyuan's words, Huang Bohan immediately agreed.