Chapter 334 Prototype
After the general election, the Bahasa Samajwadi Party came to power and Mayawati began her first term in office.
Her first major move was to announce that thousands of civil service positions in government departments would be opened to Dalits.
This policy caused great controversy. The upper-caste students in the school took to the streets to protest and threatened to go to New Delhi to file a complaint if Mayawati did not retract her decision.
The domineering Dalit queen didn't care about all this. She even threatened to recruit one-third of the backward caste students into high-caste schools.
Such behavior naturally made the upper class dissatisfied, but the backward castes took to the streets to celebrate ecstatically.
Civil servants, the ultimate golden position that can change your destiny and allow the entire family to leap forward.
That was a good thing that many people would never dare to dream of in their entire lives, but Mayawati easily promised it.
She became more popular and was treated like a saint among the backward castes.
In fact, it goes without saying that Mayawati will definitely allocate those 1,000 places to her own people, or treat it as a business deal.
It is said that each civil service post pays 2.5 lakh rupees and it does not matter what caste you are, as long as you pay the money.
In order to avoid being transferred by her, the original high-caste civil servants had no choice but to pay bribes.
All in all, Mayawati might earn hundreds of millions of rupees.
It's outrageous. When it comes to making money, this Dalit is even more ruthless than Yadav.
But she is still highly admired among the lower castes because she gave hope to the lower classes.
Before Mayawati came to power, there were hardly any Dalits in Uttar Pradesh's civil service.
Although the Yadavs are considered to be of a low caste, they only care about their own family and the untouchables are not within their consideration.
Now Mayawati has broken this situation. It is true that there is power and money involved, and it is also true that Dalits can enter government departments.
As long as there is hope, people will become fanatical.
The complex political landscape of Uttar Pradesh has become increasingly chaotic, with all sorts of evildoers beginning to appear on the scene.
Ron ignored the protests and celebrations on the streets as he was hosting a banquet in Lucknow.
As the biggest winner of this election, he decided to let the Sur family officially enter the stage of Uttar Pradesh, that is, to raise the flag!
When it's time to be high-profile, you have to be high-profile. You need to let people know which businesses are your territory and who are your allies.
Show the flag and announce it to the world, so that everyone will know what to do when dealing with each other in the future.
Ron chose the five-star Taj Hotel in Lucknow as the venue for the luxurious party, and all important officials and well-known businessmen in Uttar Pradesh received invitations.
It was a luxurious invitation, not only hand-painted by the famous Indian painter Hushan, but also embroidered with many gold ornaments.
Well, literally, gold jewelry, made of extremely pure gold.
Some officials were so shocked just by receiving the invitation that the country bumpkins from North India had never seen such a scene before.
They secretly communicated with each other and guessed that the invitation cards alone were worth more than 10,000 rupees each.
If we take into account the hand-painting by famous painters, the estimated value will be even higher.
The wives of the officials immediately put away the invitations carefully, preparing to sell them on the black market later.
Some even prepare to frame them and hang them on the wall as art collections.
If the invitation amazed everyone, then the souvenirs at the entrance of the Taj Hotel were truly extravagant.
Every man who entered the venue received a Rolex watch, while every woman received a Bulgari scarf.
Everyone was stunned by the extravagance of the party; they had never seen anything like it.
A Rolex watch costs at least 60,000 to 70,000 rupees, and a Bulgari scarf costs more than 20,000.
A couple attending a party at Sur's house is likely to receive gifts worth more than 100,000 rupees.
How many people were there at the Taj Hotel? A conservative estimate would be several hundred.
In other words, Sur probably spent tens of millions of rupees on this banquet, and including other expenses, it might be close to 100 million.
Seeing the stunned looks of the guests, Ron remained quite calm.
The key is not how much you spend, but how much you spend.
Ron was making friends with the crowd with a glass of wine in his hand. The police chief of the headquarters patted his chest and said that no case would be filed in the future regarding the Suhr family.
The judges of the Supreme Court also actively stated that they would give special care to the Suer family as long as necessary.
Of course, the gift of 100,000 rupees alone was not enough, Ron also promised to reserve an apartment for them.
Well, Sur Properties has acquired land in the heart of Lucknow to build a luxury apartment.
The land didn't cost much, and the Minister of Urban Development and Housing is from the BJP, so he thought it would be easy to get the land.
By the way, Ron also selected a piece of land for himself and planned to build a large manor covering an area of 50 hectares.
It doesn’t matter whether you can live there or not, what matters is the cards.
At his stage, he has to start paying attention to the matching of identity and status.
For example, at today's banquet, Chief Minister Mayawati and BJP's Singh were both present.
Ron had a few disagreements with the Dalit woman, but she still attended the party happily as if nothing had happened.
Of course she had to come. Uttar Pradesh officials had never gathered like this before. No one was absent, which was something even she, the chief minister, could not do.
"Sul, we are allies, right?" She walked over with a glass of wine.
Perhaps she was trying to smooth things over, or perhaps she was trying to emphasize something, but in the end, her arrogant demeanor remained unchanged.
"Yes," Ron replied without emotion.
"Very good, we can definitely make Uttar Pradesh better. I'll come up with the policies, you provide the money."
"What do you want to say?"
"I am planning to enact the Rural Employment Guarantee Act in Uttar Pradesh, which will help the poor in rural areas live better," she said confidently.
"I'm sorry, I don't quite understand. How can this law make the lives of the poor better?"
"The new bill will provide people with opportunities to do manual labor for 100 days. Anyone who wants to do it can participate. They can get the prescribed minimum wage, which is about 10 to 30 rupees a day. The first batch of funds is expected to be 300 million rupees."
"What do you mean by manual work?" Ron continued.
"Anything, like filling potholes in the road, clearing garbage pits, repairing riverbanks, and cleaning irrigation canals."
"I think I understand. You want to increase farmers' income by using the work-for-relief method."
"Yes, that's it." Mayawati was a little pleased with herself. This was a brilliant idea that came from the think tank behind her.
"Okay, let me ask you one more question, what do you want me to do?"
"The government can't just give money directly to democracy. We can contract this project to you, but I have to get half of the grant first."
"Half?" Ron raised an eyebrow.
"You don't have to pay them in cash. You can also pay them with equivalent grain. There is a price difference, and I believe you will make a profit." Mayawati was very shrewd.
"If you ask me, this policy of yours will not increase farmers' income at all."
"What?"
"Building roads, clearing garbage, digging rivers—that's all physically demanding work. The food the government pays them isn't enough to feed them.
In addition, hungry and ignorant farmers cannot build high-quality roads with their bare hands.
The filled road surface will become uneven again after the next monsoon, the river bank will collapse after the first flood season, and the irrigation channel will become silted up again within two months of being built."
Whoever came up with this brilliant idea is wasting their time. Even if they wanted to implement work-for-relief, they wouldn't have to do it this recklessly.
If Mayawati follows this path, there's a high probability that nothing will be accomplished. The money will be spent, the road won't be repaired, and the farmers will still be left hungry.
“You think this bill will fail?” Mayawati frowned.
"hundred percent."
"Do you have a solution?"
"Just give me the money, and I'll help you build roads, repair reservoirs, and clean up the garbage. Don't mess around, the water here is deep, you can't control it."
"That won't work. If you make all the money, what will happen to the farmers' income?"
"My construction team will try to hire locals as much as possible. Furthermore, if these infrastructure projects are completed, they will be the biggest beneficiaries. They will know who to thank, and I believe your team will seize the opportunity to promote them."
"half."
"All I can say is that we can only do as much work as we have funding."
"Twenty percent kickback. My assistant will contact you, starting with the Halola area."
"no problem."
Halora is Mayawati's constituency and she takes care of her constituents first.
Ron was in a good mood after easily getting the project. He had made back all his expenses for the day with interest.
Not only that, he persuaded the Ministry of Health to build a new hospital in Mirzapur.
Well, it's near the village of Kana, where Muna had pointed out the three foundation stones.
It was still Suer Construction Company that undertook the project. Not only did he fulfill his original promise, he even made a profit.
After the banquet, the Suer family’s reputation was truly established.
The media in Uttar Pradesh were reporting gossip about the banquet, and everyone who was invited felt honored.
After establishing connections with all parties, Ron immediately started building on a large scale.
Not to mention the apartments and manors in Lucknow, construction of a five-star hotel in Varanasi has also begun.
After Aditya took office, he was thinking about what other infrastructure projects could get approval from New Delhi.
He was going to do something big and, well, make some money at the same time.
Of course, the real big projects are in the south, and the cement plant in Mirzapur will be further expanded.
The mine at Sonbhadra is also on the agenda. The limestone reserves here are greater than those in Mirzapur and even exceed the size of Gujarat.
Ron decided to build Songbadra into the center of Sur mining, as the coal reserves here are also very good.
The electricity generated by cement plants and mines alone is far from enough.
So Ron prepared to enter another industry, private power plants.
It is well known that India suffers from power shortage, and the government power company is far from meeting the daily needs of the people.
The policy of economic opening has been implemented for five years, and the dividends of social development are gradually benefiting the grassroots people.
Even in rural areas, every household has electrical appliances such as electric lights and electric fans, and those with better conditions also have televisions.
As a result, people cannot enjoy the convenience of the electrical age due to unstable electricity.
Where there is demand, there is a market.
Ron plans to take the opportunity to enter the power industry and consolidate his monopoly.
(End of this chapter)
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