"We want to eat!"
Accompanied by a loud shout, a tsunami-like shout came to him in an instant. Alpha stood quietly on the busiest street outside the headquarters of Section 5, District 75, in the north.
Alpha held a cigarette in his mouth and stared quietly at the mutant people gathered in front of him. The situation still broke out uncontrollably. A large number of media reporters had begun to report on the incident. A large number of mutants participated in the illegal arms trafficking.
Word of the sale has spread.
Alpha knew exactly what this would lead to. It was an extremely difficult decision, but in the end Alpha arrested the mutant people involved in weapons sales for crimes against the city.
A city-wide investigation into street dealers has begun. The mutated people who organized these weapons sales bases have already explained that they are a weapons sales industry chain organized by some black market joint merchants, and the weapon manufacturers
No arrests have been made so far, but underground workshops for making weapons have been found in 29 places in the city.
Those who manufacture weapons are unscrupulous people who have not registered their demographic information. Today's whole-day investigation has caused qualification problems for many companies in the northern region. Many companies have announced that they have suspended work. Most of them have
The mutants only signed temporary employment contracts with the company. Once the company stops operating, the mutants will lose their jobs.
Although Congress has announced that it will temporarily provide food for these unemployed mutant people, it still cannot calm the anger of the mutant people.
Many places in the northern area were investigated and sealed off. We even found places where criminals who had sneaked back from the north were harbored, and some of the criminals who returned to the city from the barrier area were arrested. It was only just after 5 o'clock.
The city was instantly ignited because of a small problem, and many problems that had gathered in the past began to erupt in full force.
Alpha knew very well that the more times like this, the less he could choose to retreat. If it was just because he didn't have enough to eat, Congress had promised to provide unemployed mutants with three meals a day, but the mutants still gathered together on a large scale.
Protests have begun, and a large number of mutants have gathered towards the headquarters of Section 5.
No matter when, the final question will come back to the multiple-choice question between the majority and the minority. No matter which choice is made, the result will be the same. The only way is to discuss the matter and contain the problem before it becomes too serious to be dealt with.
Alpha has done this many times in the past, each time making a choice under extremely difficult circumstances, but each time the choice was made, the city stabilized.
The dissatisfaction is certain, because the city has allocated more resources to ordinary people, and many resources that originally belonged to mutants have been allocated to ordinary people. After what happened last year, most ordinary people have an indifferent attitude.
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No one cares about the survival of the mutant group. If the problem can be solved by simply eating and sleeping, the mutant people will not be so angry.
All walks of life in the city are now out of control. Alpha knows very well that only by strictly cleaning up most of the chaos can the city return to health, but there is nothing that can be done about the unrest before it is restored to health.
Originally, the presidents of the eight major associations wanted to divide the city's economy, stabilize the economy of each area first, and then slowly divide the economy in the region to create an economic chain that allows everyone to survive. But now
It's no longer possible.
Compromise is the most serious problem that Alpha has seen in recent years. The executive branch is compromising, and the councilors are also compromising. It is becoming increasingly difficult for capital to control it, but if the city's economy is not driven by capital, many people will not be able to survive.
The sounds of footsteps and chaotic protests were getting closer and closer. Alpha looked at the ground beneath his feet. The people from Section 3 and Section 5 were already preparing to suppress it. The reporters were still working hard to report on the situation at the scene. Alpha's lips raised slightly.
rise.
What Alpha thought of at this time was a question. When he was very young, Alpha once asked Jean why there was enough food, but it could not be distributed to everyone for free. Alpha still clearly remembered Jean's answer at that time.
"If everyone is full, who will want to produce food?"
Alpha didn't understand it very well before, but it wasn't until Alpha actually saw how one person's kind deeds destroyed an entire street in an area on the ground floor that Alpha became very clear.
In that low-level neighborhood at that time, dragons and snakes were mixed, the security situation was very bad, and there were many criminals, because the local people lived a very difficult life, and a middle-class rich man walked out after being born here, and he began
Buy some low-priced food locally to support people in the neighborhood every day.
The situation was very good at first, and many families who received free food were better off. But gradually the whole neighborhood began to become depressed, many people became unemployed, and some shops and businesses even closed, and crime became more rampant.
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In just six months, the originally good neighborhood collapsed because of the distribution of free food. In the end, the wealthy businessman was criticized by a large number of people in the neighborhood.
Even the food donated every day was collected by some criminals from others at low prices and resold.
This businessman's act of kindness ended up causing the entire neighborhood to completely collapse. Alpha was still very young at the time and didn't quite understand why.
If the city cannot achieve a normal balance of supply and demand, big problems will definitely occur. In recent years, the presidents of the eight major associations have wanted to achieve a balance of supply and demand in all aspects of the city, but businessmen will always do something in private
, in the end, the people in charge, the councilors, compromised for the sake of the continued stability of the city.
The balance between supply and demand no longer exists and has been destroyed long ago. It only takes a tiny problem to cause supply and demand problems, let alone food, a daily necessity.
In the end, the street became a nest for criminals, and the originally withered street was restored. Before Gene left, he took Alpha to see that neighborhood. This neighborhood is now much better than before.
It is completely different from the chaos before the establishment of the Bureau. The newly decorated and lively streets are all changes in the years after the large-scale crime cleanup. Without crime, people can live and work in peace and contentment, and most vicious competition can be eliminated.
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The past practice of relying on threats from gangs to monopolize the market is no longer feasible in Bright City. Once arrested, it will be a felony.
Of course, it does not mean that the city will get better if we do these things. The current situation is just as bad. It is very difficult to investigate economic crimes, and they are no less harmful than criminal crimes in the past, or even more harmful.
Nowadays, the problem is even more difficult to reverse. It has reached the most difficult stage of decision-making. It is a matter of majority or minority. Naturally, most ordinary people in the city do not want mutants to continue to occupy a larger share of resources, but mutant people can no longer survive.
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In just six months, apart from a very small number of strong mutants, most of the low-level mutants in the mutant community have lost their stable jobs.
Many mutants don't know how to survive in the future. Because of what happened last year, other places in the city can no longer accommodate these low-level mutants, because high-level mutants are more stable.
Alpha looked at the mutants who were already standing in front of him, less than 3 meters away from him. Some of the mutants showed fear in their eyes and began to stop, not daring to step forward.
The situation is only getting worse. The mutated people have gathered near the headquarters of Section 5 and are protesting.
Alpha remained silent and did not say a word. Some reporters nearby wanted to get closer, but finally held back because a conflict might occur at any time now.
5:09
Chen Qiao took a comfortable sip of the wine at hand, and the woman next to him brought a piece of food to him. After Chen Qiao ate it, he looked at Wang Degui opposite him with a smile. Wang Degui looked at Chen Qiao with a smile on his face.
Field said with a smile.
"I think you were influenced by your brother. Nowadays, women never leave your hand."
Chen Qiao glanced at Field angrily, and then the three of them looked at Eddie.
"It's not time yet, everyone, let's wait until the mutated people's emotions reach their highest point. The initiative is now in our hands, isn't it? You don't need to be so anxious at all."
The four of them had been having a banquet at the Sherman family's manor since last night, and had already negotiated and discussed most of the matters. Eddie raised his glass as he spoke, and the four of them took a sip.
"By the way, Mr. Wang, Mr. Chen, is it okay over there?"
Wang Degui frowned slightly, but soon relaxed and shook his head.
"My niece is too naive. I won't care about her previous losses. I just can't let her do whatever she wants anymore."
Chen Qiao hummed.
"It's the same with Lao Wu. I'm wondering why he's getting weirder and weirder in recent years. He's such an insidious guy. People will always grow up. Instead of living in the pain of the past, it's better to look to the future."
As Chen Qiao spoke, he hugged the woman next to him, and the two of them laughed and indulged on the sofa.
"You should be more restrained."
Field said that now he is very satisfied. It is indeed right to cooperate with the Hillman family. After all, he is also a businessman and the patriarch of the family. He needs to consider the interests of the family as a whole. Now most families have moved closer, and even
The same goes for the Eberron family.
In the past, families always had internal conflicts, but now most families are aware of a problem. It is a certainty that the gods want to take back the family's immunity.
"By the way, you three, you have to make good use of some of the materials I gave you."
"But I'm curious, where did you get such accurate values?"
Field glanced at Eddie, who smiled and said.
"After all, our family has also invested in the mutant competition, right?"
When they mentioned this, the other three people in the room burst out laughing. It was right to sell the investment qualifications to others after first obtaining the investment qualifications. As expected, there was a problem in this year's mutant competition.
Because after the problem that occurred this morning spreads, the mutant competition is over, and investors will suffer very serious losses.
There was a sound of footsteps, and Jiang Hao walked in with a smile.
"Sorry everyone, I'm late."
Eddie stood up and bowed slightly, but the other three people in the room looked at Jiang Hao with disdain.
"Jiang Hao, you are the patriarch of the Jiang family. You can't always let your wife ride on your head."
Wang Degui said arrogantly, but Jiang Hao didn't take it seriously. He picked up the wine on the table and toasted with the four people in the room.
"Oh, stop talking. We all had misunderstandings in the past, but now as long as we are willing to cooperate well, the future is not ours to decide."
Jiang Hao said and drank all the wine in the cup. He had a big fight with Honghong at home because Honghong did not agree to recruit some mutants for training and let them become members of the Jiang family, that is, the family
To be continued...