Blackstone Code
Chapter 1658

I Had a Bad Feeling

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The Maliro reconstruction project would have to be put out to bid.

All of capitalist society was watching this matter. Projects worth billions could provide the Federation's capitalists with enormous profits while also creating more jobs.

Most importantly, these projects were practically guaranteed to make money! Since they were guaranteed-profit projects, naturally everyone wanted to join in and get a share of the feast.

That was why they needed to bid for them.

The entire Board of Directors spent the whole morning discussing this, summarizing their own advantages while concealing some of their less competitive aspects.

Then they integrated everything and redistributed the work, ultimately producing a document along the lines of "What We Can Do" and "What Advantages We Have."

That way, when different projects were announced, the company could immediately offer the most optimized and competitive proposals.

Besides legitimate methods, some outside-the-venue methods also had to be used—for example, chatting with the congressional Masterminds.

Congress had established a relevant committee for Maliro's reconstruction—the Maliro City Reconstruction Committee.

There were twenty-four members in total: eighteen senators and six representatives.

All specific work related to the Maliro reconstruction project would be handled by this committee.

This was also one of the Federation's most distinctive features. At certain times, even the President's words did not carry much weight!

In truth, this was also the result of Mr. Truman voluntarily giving up some power. During the war, the President's special authority had become highly concentrated, and Congress had essentially become a mere decoration.

If relations between the two sides were not eased at this point, the congressional Masters would be extremely dissatisfied, and both parties would be unhappy as well.

They couldn't eat the meat, drink the soup, wipe up every last drop of grease from the bottom of the pot with

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