How powerful is capital?
Capital can buy everything as long as enough capital is invested.
Xu Zili was very clear about this.
“Everyone has a price, it’s just a matter of how much the price is.”
In the car on the way to the club, Xu Zili said to Li Zhijian beside him.
"All we need is to find a man's price and make him work for us."
Xu Zili's success over the years is based on this point. He knows everyone's price clearly, and then all that's left is to bid.
"So, President, what's his price?"
“Ambition!”
After saying that, Xu Zili looked outside the car and said.
"That kid is just like me back then, ambitious! He has the ambition to change everything!"
Ambition!
Ambition is the most fundamental driving force that drives people forward. Without ambition, who can accomplish great things?
It is because of this understanding that Xu Zili can understand those who have ambitions, especially those young people.
Young people, especially those who are ambitious and capable, have always been Xu Zili's targets of recruitment, because he knows what those people desire and also what they hate.
"Golden spoon!"
In a restaurant in the club, Xu Zili spoke directly to the young man in front of him.
"What do you think a golden spoon is?"
"The nobility of the empire."
Zhang Haitao answered directly.
"It is well known that they are born with wealth that ordinary people cannot even hope to obtain. According to statistics from some research institutions, the personal wealth of the poorest baron in the empire exceeds 100 million yuan. Well, this is just a conservative estimate."
Zhang Haitao said, wiping his lips with a napkin.
"Based on the information I have access to at the local procuratorate, their assets should have more than doubled. It is well known that during the early days of the empire, many dignitaries purchased large amounts of land in Nanhua, Yingtian, and Zhongdu. Their private residences later became part of the business circle. Even the poorest nobles have at least three or four commercial properties, with annual rental income of up to a million yuan. This money is enough for them to squander. Some dignitaries even have annual rental income of up to 10 million yuan. Since the founding of the empire, they have accumulated huge wealth. Almost every dignitary has wealth that ordinary people cannot accumulate in their entire lives since they were born, so they are called people born with a 'golden spoon'."
Zhang Haitao's answer reflects the most common view of the imperial aristocracy by the outside world, that is, they are rich.
“There are no landlords in the empire, only homeowners, and they are the biggest homeowners.”
Xu Zili nodded.
"Indeed, this is indeed the most common view, but do you really think that wealth is their golden spoon?"
Zhang Haitao raised his brows and asked in confusion.
"Please teach me, senior."
In front of Xu Zili, a senior prosecutor who once served as deputy procurator general, Zhang Haitao of course had to call him a junior.
"A hundred years ago, the richest people in the empire were oil tycoons, steel tycoons, passenger transport tycoons, and shipping tycoons. Fifty years ago, they were retail tycoons, electromechanical tycoons, and hotel tycoons. Now? They are the new tech elites. The empire's rich list fluctuates over time, but there is a group of people who always stay on the list."
"Is it an imperial noble?"
"Yes!"
Putting down the chopsticks in his hand, Xu Zili said.
"In this age where money is everything, many people think that wealth is everything and give up power for money. Almost everyone in this city has made this mistake. Money is nothing more than a mansion on Park Street, which has a shelf life of only ten years. Power is an ancient temple that can stand for hundreds of years."
This city is not just a city, it is the heart of the empire and also the heart of the world. Whoever controls the power here is equivalent to controlling the supreme power in the world, and this is exactly what Xu Zili desires.
"The power we pursue throughout our lives - the power to benefit the people - is ridiculous in front of them, because they are born with power, and they hold power firmly from birth to death."
"Many people think that the role of the Councillor is glamorous, but the Council's resolutions need to be reviewed by the House of Nobles before they can be submitted to the Executive Council. Without the approval of the House of Nobles, everything is just empty talk. Because of this, the Council is just like a deaf ear. Why do many bills fail midway? It is essentially because of the nobles. They look down on the common people with a condescending attitude. In their eyes, they never care about the interests of the common people. Power is just a tool for them to consolidate their personal wealth."
Looking at the young man in front of him who seemed to be thinking about something, Xu Zili said.
"How can we ensure the future of the empire with such a bunch of insects?"
"Senior, do you want to change all this?"
"And you?"
Xu Zili asked back.
"Don't you want to change all this?"
Afterwards, they talked a lot. The reason why Xu Zili talked so much with Zhang Haitao was very simple. He knew this young man. In fact, he was not young, but in front of them, he was a young man.
He knew this guy when he was admitted to the Law School of South China University twenty-six years ago.
Because at that time, he was in the Nanhua District Procuratorate, and this guy was interning in the Procuratorate during holidays. Later, after he was promoted to deputy prosecutor, it was he who personally transferred this guy to the Gyeonggi Procuratorate and entrusted him with important tasks. This is how this guy became famous and repeatedly appeared on the front page of newspapers for handling major cases. Zhang Haitao himself is a member of the "Taihe Society", but he has not yet entered the core.
"Senior, if what you said today gets out, I'm afraid someone will think you want to do something."
Hearing this, Xu Zili laughed out loud.
"Rather than calling it ZB, it's better to call it change. Change always comes quietly and unexpectedly, one small step at a time. In the end, we will always achieve our goals. How about it, Haitao, are you willing to join us?"
Would you like to join?
Facing Xu Zili's invitation, Zhang Haitao understood that the reason why he was entrusted with the important task of investigating the "stock market crash" this time was, after all, not because of the stock market crash, but to use the stock market crash as an opportunity to launch an attack on the mountain of the empire.
If he succeeds, he will get unimaginable rewards, but if he fails? He will die without a burial place!
Opportunities, there are always dangers hidden in opportunities, but dangers and opportunities always coexist, Zhang Haitao said after thinking about it.
"Sir, what do you need from me?"
The change of a name shows Zhang Haitao's decision. In fact, this is human nature. When faced with temptation, as long as the temptation is big enough, people will always succumb to it.
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