Chapter 423 Profit (one more update)
[Little Octopus: Brother, three universities in New York have suspended classes for demonstrations today. They are still contacting students and staff from other schools. 】
[Little Octopus: Roxon may try to persuade some state governments to dispatch the National Guard to suppress riots. 】
[Lille: We can provide free assistance to all peaceful people so that they can rest assured. 】
[Little Octopus: Okay, by the way, brother, the power plant drawings have been finalized. Do you want to take a look at them again? 】
[Liel: No, help me watch Brick’s human experiments. We need to get the second-generation prosthetic body online as soon as possible. 】
[Lille: Staff expansion. 】
[Little Octopus: National summary: 367 retired soldiers have become cyborg warriors, and 1,347 will complete implantation surgeries in the next seven days. The increase in the next month is estimated to be 120% to 160%;
There are 14,523 qualified workers, 35,535 are being trained, and 135,264 will complete implant surgeries in the next seven days. The increase in the next month is estimated to be 300% to 340%. 】
[Little Octopus: Night City Summary: 441 OCT domain users; 1,333 interdimensional workers. 】
"Mano, after hearing what you said, I feel like these little Japanese are quite miserable."
After leaving the door, the three of them were chatting in the elevator.
Jack began to sigh: "The first time I fought, I fought little Japan."
"How did the fight start?" V asked with interest.
“That kid said he bought a genuine Arasaka tablet and showed it off to us, looking down on the second-hand goods we bought from street stalls.
What else can I say? Anyway, he is quite pretentious. No one pays attention to him and he keeps forgetting about us. "
"Then I won't complain."
Jack shrugged: "But he bought it with a loan shark. Later, the loan shark came to take away one of his kidneys. Then he disappeared. I don't know if he was kidnapped by a scavenger and cut off the remaining kidneys." .
If he hangs out with us, maybe the scavengers won't be able to take a liking to him. "
“Ha, what about his loan shark?” V sneered, “It’s a coincidence that my first fight was with the Tiger Claw Gang, so it was with the Tiger Claw Gang.
I was hanging out on the streets at that time, and there was a mentally retarded man who I talked to twice who kept buying me a drink. Fortunately, I was smart. It turned out that he borrowed money from the Tiger Claw Gang through an online loan, and planned to kidnap me to be a sex doll.
If I hadn't had a gun at that time, I would have killed him directly - but I guess the Tiger Claw Gang who called him wouldn't have seen me and would have opened up his asshole long ago. "
V looked at the silent Lille as he spoke: "Actually, Mox also came to see me, and said that I would be at a huge loss if I didn't do this job with my face."
But Lille was thinking about other things.
The atmosphere suddenly became a little awkward.
Snapped!
V slapped Lille on the head: "Why are you so dumb again!"
Lear rubbed his head and said with some helplessness: "I didn't have as wonderful a childhood as you."
V looked at Dian Wei nonchalantly: "Then what do you think of my face?"
"It's good. It's true that you'll be at a huge loss if you don't do this business - I'm talking about the mercenary business."
V's eyes widened: "Wait a minute, why do you think you're going to be a mercenary?"
"Still watching." Lille replied slowly while processing the data, somewhat without thinking.
What he was thinking was that if V hadn't had this face in Atlanta, he wouldn't have been able to think of any tricks at once.
It's just that my brain is a little overloaded and I don't understand what it means.
In addition to reviewing some data, Lear was also thinking about a question:
He can now continue to track down the Brain Demon Gang, but Muramasa has been hanging on him, and he doesn't even know how long it has been since he was caught.
Didi——
An NCPD pickup truck drove through the street. The Centaur mecha in the cargo compartment went into hibernation. Through the gaps in the mecha's parts, you could see that the operator on it was very tired.
The current Night City is far more chaotic than the Night City before.
The three of them stood at the door of the skyscraper, looking at the police cars rushing to the next place, and at the anxious residents on the street, swearing in low voices.
Jack suddenly asked a question: "Mano, do you think we did something wrong when we did these things?"
Lear glanced at Jack: "What? Do you doubt yourself?"
Jack thought for a while and continued, "We destroyed almost every gang. I also think they went too far, but why is the street more chaotic?"
Every gang has been busted and there are serious problems in the area.
The Sixth Street Gang was defeated, the second and fifth gangs emerged, and the locals were unable to do business because of the civil war;
The Tiger Claw Gang was defeated, all kinds of monsters and monsters appeared in Westbrook, gun battles continued in the streets, people did not dare to go out at night, shops were out of business, and all businesses were in ruins.
The Maelstrom Gang was destroyed, and there was a huge gap in technology transactions throughout Night City.
Lille smiled and asked: "Valentino, we didn't defeat them either. Didn't they also have a mole because they wanted to get the upper hand?"
"That being said, that's right."
“If we hadn’t intervened, yes, they probably wouldn’t have declined and the streets wouldn’t be as chaotic.
The Sixth Street Gang will continue to help biotechnology distribute vaccines. If he makes this money, people will not discover the problems in the river, and many people will still die inexplicably.
The Tiger Claw Gang will continue their dirty work with the deputy mayor, and Jotaro will continue kidnapping innocent passers-by.
Royce from the Uzumaki Gang will be in power. They will grab people from the street and modify them into prosthetics to help them film Black Mewtwo.
Valentino, a man who is completely inconsistent with your gang's values will gain power, and slowly, it will turn into someone you don't recognize - a lackey in the deputy mayor's office, and it will be a matter of time before he becomes another Tiger Claw. .
If we don’t beat them violently, they will be beaten violently by another thing. Do you know what it is? "
Jack shook his head, and V waited curiously for Lear to reveal the answer.
"It's profit, it's money. The root of all these problems is that they gradually abandon the concept when the gang was founded and pursue more money endlessly.
As they expand, they begin to discover how important profit is to maintaining an organic community within society.
Profits will break the ties that link these gangs: family ties, friendships, dreams, honor, ethnic ties, community ties.
Ultimately they are connected only by profits and are essentially attached to the most profitable collectives in the world.
These guys who are emerging now are only because there are people sponsoring them, and their operating profits are higher than those of these weakening gangs in the short term.
But with our intervention, everything is different. "
"They've changed." V concluded.
Lille looked at V in surprise: "That's pretty much what it means. The summary is quite accurate."
Jack scratched his head: "When you say that, we seem to be a stumbling block that always stands in their way of making money."
"That's true." Lille shrugged, "Our relationship is not maintained solely by money, so sooner or later, like these unlucky gang bosses, we will be squeezed out by these guys who are chasing higher profits. in the corner.
Then they are either crushed or assimilated. "
"It sounds scary. It feels like I'm against the world."
“It’s quite scary, but these gangs are putting the cart before the horse, and those who pursue profits can only become puppets of profits.
do you remember? They were built with absolutely no money to make, and no one is born with everything.
It’s more like they chose to become puppets after struggling for a while. "
"Tsk." V curled his lips, "I'm going to object to this. It's not like there are no people who are born rich."
Lille smiled: "That's right, but the rich people you want have, the rich people have played the things you want to play, and the rich people have done what you want.
So you do nothing? Are you just lying on the ground? Do you want to do these things, or do you want to be rich?
If it were me, I would want to do these things, whether they have been done by rich people or not.
But they have to pray that their assets don't get in my way, otherwise their end may not be good. "
"Oh." V also laughed, "It sounds like a gangster, but I like it."
The NCPD convoy in front passed, the red light turned green, and the two walked down the stairs and prepared to cross the road.
Jack chewed on Leal's words and stayed there for a long time watching the green light.
It wasn't until V and Lear turned to look at him that he realized what he was doing, ran over at a trot, and hugged Lear:
"Hey, mano, I've told you a long time ago that you are doing big things, and what you just said is really not bad!
I'm going to put it in a manual, and it's going to be like this: 'When I'm doing something, other people better pray not to get in the way',
what do you think."
[Little Octopus: Brother, I think what you say makes sense, so what is our goal? What is the purpose of doing these things? 】
[Little Octopus: (._.) I humbly ask for advice. 】
[Lear: But those at the top of the food chain who really make big money are not guided by pure profits, but by their ambitious goals that surpass other groups and individuals, and their excellent execution capabilities. 】
[Lille: Fools chase profits, but the strong decide profits. 】
[Lille: Mobilize your thoughts and prepare for battle. 】
