Chapter 837 Jirafa Industries

This is indeed an acquaintance.

Night City once had a lot of European mercenaries, including these two guys.

One of these two people is codenamed Phantom, and the other is codenamed Iron Hand. When they first met, they were responsible for protecting Yoshida Kurosaki and letting the Mewtwo dealer escape from David.

But then the car was blown up by V and Jack, and he stayed in Night City ever since. Finally, he helped Lear with some things in Dog Town. Although it wasn't much, he still had some contact.

As for the reward, the reward they wanted at that time was: they had to videotape the entire process.

It was obvious that these two people were media people disguised as mercenaries.

[Johnny: Legend is always surrounded by media people who are willing to risk their lives. It seems that you also have followers. 】

[Lille: That was the market situation 50 years ago. The media that dare to do this now are just asking for trouble. But they are doing better than I imagined. 】

Even in a free place like Night City, liberal media people are just a label and a persona.

Some people are pure good citizens, and they will believe in any news as long as it is labeled with an official label. This group of people is the majority in the European Community. They only read media reports such as XBC, and it is best to have royal endorsement.

But in Night City, the opposite is true, or in other words, the proportion of another group of people has increased a lot.

In the hidden corners of the public Internet, as long as you put things like "exclusive news" and "unofficial history", a group of people who firmly believe in conspiracy theories will flock to the forum. Looking at these messages, they feel that they have mastered the truth of the world. The truth about how the world works.

50 years ago, the Internet allowed all kinds of hackers to show off their skills. The intricate network structure was as difficult to trace and understand as a mountain of shit code. However, since entering the new era, any network construction basically cannot bypass the black wall——

After experiencing the tragic situation of collapse, no one is willing to bet with their lives whether rogue AI will sneak into their network.

If you can't get around the blackwall, you can't get around network censorship. If you can't get around network censorship, it means it's almost impossible for you to get around the mainstream public opinion controllers and publish something they don't like.

Unless you have another opinion controller behind you who wants to attack another opinion controller.

This is also true in Night City: News 54 and WNS would have been doomed without the support of Military Technology and Arasaka.

In Europe, this situation will only become more severe. If you want to live a good life, it is impossible to operate a truly self-owned media.

Where can the poor get the money to support these media people in their pursuit of the truth? The poor have no money to pursue the truth.

Lear's warning about the situation for media people flashed through his mind. When he saw the two people entering the door, Elliot stood up quickly:

"Two good men, I really want to thank you this time. If you hadn't been leading the way in the city, I would have been in trouble this time. What do you call me?"

Phantom plopped down on the sofa and grabbed the synthetic pie on the table very naturally:

"My name is Phantom, his name is Iron Hand, and we are here to make a film - freelance media people."

Upon hearing the name, Elliot and Severns were stunned for a moment.

And Elliot's reaction was much greater!

"You are. You are the chief producer of "Mysterious Burger King"!"

This time, he was not the only one who was stunned. There were both physical and non-physical objects in the room. Only he and Lille didn't react much. Everyone else had at least one second to react.

[Title: "The Mysterious Burger King"]

[Producer: Unnamed freelance media person: Northland Storm Studio (digital anti-counterfeiting label)]

[Producer: Phantom, Iron Hand]

[Introduction: North America's legendary Burger King trades idiot big shots and caused a bloody storm in Night City. The whole world is paying attention to what kind of legend this mercenary with a strange name will leave behind.

At this moment, no one thought that this strangely named mercenary gang would become a large-scale criminal gang that all of North America would avoid in the future. 】

[This documentary will give you a closer look at the mysterious Burger King businessman. Through this documentary, you will have an in-depth understanding of this organization with a weird name but one that is not to be underestimated. 】

[Is it a joke, or a legend; an evil terrorist leader who makes Night City deeply afraid, or is it a symbol and symbol that has other meanings to Night City? 】

[This epic about violence, ambition and humanity will be presented to you by Northland Storm Studio. 】

As mentioned before, Elliot is extremely concerned about Night City. Like everyone who likes to express their opinions on the Internet, he pays attention to the free Night City and has collected many mysterious discs——

This is one of them, and one of the few among the many Mewtwo films, most of which use first-person vision.

"It's your fault, I'm a fan of Burger King!"

"Uh" Phantom glanced at his partner and smiled brightly, "Then you should know what I'm here to do. We're here to record these big events. People these days need a little excitement, a little... look. There is something very exciting going up there to stimulate the nerves.

Our studio doesn’t bother to make that kind of low-level film, this is high-level fun! "

[Johnny: This Burger King they are talking about.]

[Muramasa: That’s him! 】

Leal appeared next to Elliot expressionlessly and pinched his shoulder:

[Lille: Let’s talk business, stop talking nonsense. 】

"Indeed. I want to know who you are here to represent? I mean"

Severns took over decisively: "Do you have a license and broadcast number from the cultural management department?"

"Of course."

Under the instruction of the phantom, Iron Hand showed a string of laser codes.

"Since we can be considered colleagues, I won't hide it from you. Northland Construction Group has seen your potential and hopes that we can increase our influence."

Severns nodded beside him. After confirming the code online, he was about to speak, but Elliot interrupted him directly:

"Impossible, Northland Construction Group is just a poor bastard doing civil engineering. They don't have the money or the ability to do this."

Severns was stunned, and at the same time he became anxious: No, buddy, are you born to speak so aggressively?

But Phantom's reaction was very different from what he thought.

"Haha, you're so damn sweet, I thought this was Night City.

If I were the PR of Northland Construction Group, I would withdraw my investment right now, but... your guess is correct, the sponsorship is indeed not decided by Northland Construction Group.

But I'm just a lousy worker."

"What's so shameful about this?"

With Lille's ideas and Lille's usual reminders of what attitude he should have, Elliot is getting better and better at controlling his body and speech.

He raised his hand and shrugged his shoulders, as if there was really nothing to hide: "We are partners, and the benefits will eventually fall to the company behind the scenes. The people behind the scenes will definitely know who is sponsoring you.

We can know or not, but we are colleagues now.

I am just a poor worker, trying to make a living by putting my head on the belt. You know me inside and out. If you hide something, don't blame me for being wary of you."

After listening, Phantom thought for a while: "Okay. What you said makes sense. It is Jilafa Company that is sponsoring behind the scenes."

Jilafa Company is one of the largest companies in the Soviet Federation.

In Europe, there is only one kind of company that can be called a large company: the internal senior management of this company can be exchanged with senior administrative staff.

And their real owners can even reserve and predetermine the positions of relevant democratic decision-making positions.

However, the Soviet Federation only has one Su Petrochemical, and half a level below is a company like Jilafa Industry.

Unlike Su Petrochemical, a super enterprise whose senior managers repeatedly jumped between administrative agencies and companies, Jirafa became a giant enterprise simply because it mastered a large amount of high-tech and was too profitable:

Almost all construction groups in the world must use Jirafa Industrial's engineering machinery when carrying out projects, otherwise they will be ruthlessly eliminated by the market.

Thinking of this, Lil thought: In Night City, Adekado also rented Jirafa's machinery to repair buildings.

If nothing unexpected happens, the large-scale construction in Taipingzhou after Night City will also provide Jirafa with many orders.

It seems that Jirafa has always been thinking about making a big move, which is much more active than they appear to be.