Try persuading him to style himself after the First City
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From: Confer with the Manager as (City Name)
Perhaps the inhabitants would find it a more congenial environment; perhaps he would prefer to live in such a way.
Unlocked with 
Hinterland City - Foundation 5000, 
10 x Trace of the First City
Locked with 
Hinterland City - The Style of a City 1 - First City
Success
You dream the city as it could be
[…]
The Manager […] has known many cities, and […] people.
So, though it is new, the refuge […] seems millennia old. Its cenotes […] Third City. The […] statue-faces […] the Second.
Most of all, it is built as a place of refuge and hospitality, walled without and gardened within. […][Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
You've lost 10 x Trace of the First City
An occurrence! Your 'Hinterland City - The Style of a City' Quality is now 1 - First City!
