Golden Fishery

v2 Chapter 686: .The Mayor of St. John's Election (686)

Qin Shiou asked about the price. The price of this special rocket fire extinguishing vehicle is about 250,000 Canadian dollars. The main reason is that the car is expensive. The price of the rocket launcher is not high. The rocket launcher is only half the price, which is less than 150,000. Take it down.

  Even civilian fire extinguishers cannot be sold to private persons in accordance with the policy. Qin Shiou called Hamley and asked him to help order five sets of domestic fire extinguishers in the name of farewell town.

  Five sets are the limit. Canada and China have jointly formulated an anti-dumping law. This type of heavy mechanical equipment can be sold at most five sets at a time.

  Hamley really didn’t want to do such a thing. It was too risky. He came to Qin Shiou with a bitter face, hoping that he would stop playing with fire and just protect a fishing ground. How could it be like a war?

Qin Shiou calmly showed him the attack on the fishing grounds, and said: "Look, everyone knows that the fishing grounds on Farewell Island are in the hands of a Chinese. Everyone thinks that the Chinese are stubborn and bully. Everyone wants to come to my fishing grounds to get a share. You say, what should I do?"

  Hamley bitterly scolded ‘Fack’, it can only be said that the white fishermen were dead by themselves.

Qin Shiou said: "If you can, I also hope that everyone can live together peacefully, but this is obviously not good. But I can promise, Hamley, my buddy, as long as the fishermen who steal the fish do not do too much, I will not. Use these things."

  From beginning to end, Qin Shiou only referred to all kinds of fire extinguisher equipment as ‘things’ instead of ‘weapons’.

  Hamley has nothing to say. The fate of Farewell Island and Qin Shiou’s fishing ground are connected together. If the fishing ground collapses again, the town’s tourism industry will not want to continue. In a sense, he and Qin Shiou were standing in a trench.

  This matter is settled. Hamley did not leave. He hesitated and said: "Qin. I don't know if you are concerned about our Canadian politics. The election for the mayor of St. John's is about to begin. Have you paid attention to this matter?"

  Like the United States, the appointment of a mayor has nothing to do with the president, governor, governor, or governor. It is elected by voters in the city.

  Qin Shiou knows that this year is the general election year of Canadian cities, but he is really at a loss about the government system of this country. Throughout the world, the government system can be less cumbersome than Canada.

  Canada’s government system can be summarized as a ‘monarchy’, a ‘federal system’, and a ‘parliamentary system’. It is simply a result of absorbing the political systems of European and American countries. But in the end it became a four-dimension.

Qin Shiou still remembers his introduction to the political systems of European and American countries when he was in junior high school history: Britain is a constitutional monarchy country, the United States is a federal country, Germany has a democratic parliamentary system, and Canada is a constitutional monarchy federal country with parliamentary democracy. System, following the separation of powers...

  If you want to introduce it in detail, it is very troublesome. You have to start with the origins of several systems.

  It’s easy to introduce it briefly. That is, the nominal ruler of Canada is the Queen of England, but she rules the country but does not manage the country; the Canadian prime minister and cabinet assembly, including the Senate and the House of Representatives, control the country; and the mayors of the cities are the ones who actually manage the localities.

  A little more simple. The central political system of Canada is similar to that of the United Kingdom, but dispersed to the city level, and the political system is the same as that of the United States.

  So. Like every city in the United States, mayors are elected by local voters. They do not have to consider the central and provincial governments when formulating local economic development policies. They only need to be responsible for local voters within the scope of the law.

  From this point on. The current Mayor of St. John’s Dennis O’Keefer did not make sense. This guy is a bit racist, as can be seen from his attitude towards Qin Shiou.

  In the past year, Qin Shiou has successively acquired so many fisheries to contribute so much tax to St. Johns. O’Keefer only hosted Qin Shiou at the press conference for the Special Contribution Award for Economic Recovery, but he never said anything at other times.

This is unbelievable in the United States. Even if the top cities such as Los Angeles and Chicago are strong, the mayor will attach importance to the wealthy of Qin Shiou, because his money is not stored in the bank, but is constantly investing abroad. This is a big deal. Gold master.

  Qin Shiou is also a bit arrogant. Since the Lord Mayor doesn’t catch a cold to himself, he doesn’t have to put a hot face on his cold buttocks. We only need to keep the water from the river.

  Now listening to Hamley’s question, Qin Shiou said: "I didn’t pay much attention to it, what's the matter?"

Hamley looked at him and said slowly, "I guess you don’t know much about our country’s political party system, so I won’t say more. Anyway, my party intends to support me as the mayor of St. John’s. Candidates."

  This is heavy news. Qin Shiou blinked and looked at Hamley with a colorful expression on his face. What is it? Mr. Mayor, is running for mayor? Are you fooling yourself?

   Hamley was unnaturally seen by Qin Shiou. He shrugged and smiled bitterly: “It seems that you really don’t pay attention to the politics of St. John’s. That’s not good, Qin, you are the owner of a big fishery, you have to pay attention to this.”

  Qin Shiou said: "I understand, I will pay attention to it in the future. But Hamley, I want to know how likely you are to succeed in the campaign?"

   Speaking of his future, Hamley’s expression became solemn, and said, “My candidate is O’Keefer, and he is fighting for re-election. In terms of approval ratings, I am not at an advantage for the time being because voters lack understanding of me.”

  "But I have an advantage, that is, during my administration, we bid farewell to the town’s economic take-off. However, the St. John’s government under O’Kevel’s economic downturn for years, and some voters, especially new immigrants, are particularly dissatisfied with him."

  "According to the statistics so far, I can probably account for 28% of the voter's support rate."

   Hamley finished in one breath, and then a little bit frustrated, but O’Keefer had an absolute advantage.

  Qin Shiou asked, "Do you still have a chance to be elected?"

  Hamley said: “Yes, as long as the voters know me enough, I believe that with my past political achievements, I can definitely win the support of a large number of voters. What they lack now is their understanding of me.”

  Smart people don’t need to talk too much. Qin Shiou is not a smart person, but he is not stupid. With Hamley's words here, he understands what he means to deal with. Hamley lacks the voters' understanding, but how do the voters understand him? Promote! What is needed for publicity? Money!

   "How much money do you lack?" Qin Shiou asked.

   Hamley avoids the heavyweights: "We only started the promotion in June. So far, the total cost is about 15 million yuan."

  15 million yuan in publicity expenses is not a lot, but not a lot, because this is Canada, not the United States, this is St. John's, not Toronto, Ottawa, not Los Angeles or New York. (To be continued...)