Chapter 43: The beginning of change

The group of people who walked out of the conference hall were surrounded by more tabloid reporters. The cameras were firing like machine guns. People holding microphones kept trying to break through the security line and try to get Duncan to be interviewed.

They all watched Duncan's speech after entering the venue from the live broadcast outside the conference hall. Naturally, they realized how big this news was and it was not an exaggeration to say that it would directly affect the world order.

If they wanted to get promoted and get a raise, they only needed Duncan to answer a few questions.

But Duncan obviously had no intention of answering these reporters' questions. He just waved his hand casually and stepped onto a hideous-looking military armored vehicle under the escort of the clone bodyguards.

This car was sent by the New York branch of the Umbrella. It was a product that participated in a bidding for armored vehicles for the National Guard. It had superior performance, but it was relatively expensive, so it was not adopted. There is only one at present.

And Duncan flew from Raccoon City across half of America to the New York Airport, and then took a car to the Joint Conference Hall.

It's not that he didn't want to arrive before the meeting started, but the speed of the plane was there, and he was able to arrive in time for the first half of the meeting.

Passing through the enthusiastic crowd, Duncan climbed onto the high-chassis armored vehicle and left the United Courtyard with other escorted vehicles.

The capitalists who chased him saw the convoy going away and gritted their teeth secretly.

Under the escort of armored vehicles and a large number of armed security guards, Duncan's bionic man successfully boarded a private plane and left New York.

His departure made many people nervous, and even some congressmen who supported the umbrella were a little hesitant.

Duncan's three promises almost offended the three largest capitals in the United States, namely, the military-industrial complex, and energy companies.

It seems that the three promises only apply to the cities established by the umbrella and the employees of the umbrella company, but looking left and right, horizontally and vertically, "fairness" seems to be a product of socialism.

"Safety" has even touched the cake of the American Rifle Association and military-industrial enterprises. The impact it brings will sweep across the United States, causing some residents who are dissatisfied with the status quo to complain about the local area, which will definitely affect the election and Wall Street.

The final energy plan is acceptable to them, and the congressmen can also use the low electricity prices in cooperation with the Umbrella Company to win votes, but such behavior makes it difficult for some people funded by energy giants to do it!

The products of the Umbrella Company involve all aspects, but they have not involved in energy. Now they have to rely on better products to swallow the business of the giants in the energy field. How can they agree so easily?

The congressmen formed a small circle and discussed it when Duncan boarded the plane. Finally, they decided to wait and see whether the Umbrella Company can withstand the attacks of the jackals whose interests have been touched, and then see whether the Umbrella Company will donate funds to their parties.

There are fence-sitters who wait and see, and there are also radicals.

The Umbrella Company used to be managed by Isaac. Isaac's management made the capital circle acquiesce and accommodate such a behemoth as the Umbrella Company.

But after all the management was replaced, it was fine that the newly appointed Duncan didn't give them face. After all, Umbrella was about to die and had some strength left. I didn't expect that he actually wanted to eat up the meat in the pot and leave nothing for them.

Even if they didn't want to really confront Umbrella Corporation head-on, it would be difficult for them to beat the absolutely competitive Umbrella products in the market.

In this way, the only choice they had left was to confront Umbrella Corporation or steal the production materials of Umbrella Corporation's products.

At present, the people's hearts are all for Umbrella Corporation, so the capital tycoons only take relatively mild measures for the time being.

There are a large number of high-tech talents competing for various positions recruited by Umbrella Corporation. In one day, there were so many resumes sent to the official website of Umbrella that the queen couldn't handle them.

The first thing Duncan had to do when he returned to Raccoon City was to fulfill his promise.

Raccoon City began to ban guns completely. If you are unwilling to surrender your gun, Umbrella Corporation will expel you from Raccoon City. If you are willing to surrender your gun, Umbrella will also recycle it at 5 times the price of the gun.

The Ark Reactor is to be built in the direction of the industrial zone, so there is no rush. The first thing to be done is to ban guns.

The administrative system of Raccoon City is almost entirely made up of Umbrella people. The order to ban guns has been implemented without a doubt. The Raccoon City Police Department is fully cooperating. Every day, police cars with small loudspeakers promote the ban on guns and ask citizens to hand in guns to the Umbrella Company.

If you are found to be hiding guns, you will no longer enjoy the free education, free medical care and free water and electricity provided by Umbrella, and you will be driven out of Raccoon City.

Three days after Duncan returned.

At a surrender point on the streets of Raccoon City, Jill and five team members who had nothing to do and some volunteers also joined the work of collecting guns.

The whole city has a population of more than 100,000. If five people form a family, and each family has a gun and several bullets, the whole city will have to collect more than 20,000 guns. The actual number will only be much more than this!

This is not an easy job. The police station has only a few hundred police officers, and it is simply too busy to collect guns if they are all scattered.

Looking at the citizens who were chatting and laughing in line under the awning, Jill, who was doing the registration task, quickened his movements, handed the voucher to a middle-aged man in front of him, and smiled and indicated that he could go to the next door to line up to get the money.

Ever since seeing Duncan "resurrected" and miraculously appear at the hearing site, Raccoon City has undergone earth-shaking changes.

More capital poured into the city, bringing more vitality to the citizens.

Road reconstruction, urban housing allocation, some low-income people moved out of cramped rental houses and moved into small apartments with at least independent bathrooms. All the unemployed people on the streets disappeared, and there is no darkness at night here.

The future is promising!

Seeing the hope brought by the change, the citizens smiled more. Whenever they talked about the Umbrella Company, they were no longer just talking about an unattainable rice cooker as before.

Now when talking about the Umbrella Company, the people will praise its greatness and the series of measures implemented by Duncan.

The working class used to never care about what they should do for a better tomorrow. Now they go out with a smile every day, looking forward to what changes will happen tomorrow, and no longer have a pessimistic view of tomorrow.

The Umbrella Care Agency will help all those who really need help. This behavior of spending money to buy a good reputation is not in line with capitalism, but it is in line with the citizens' understanding of "goodness".

"I hope this beauty will not disappear." After sending off the last citizen who surrendered his gun, Jill stood up from his chair and stretched his stiff muscles after sitting for a long time with his hands raised high.

He was happy for the peace of Raccoon City, but also worried about the challenges that might come.

Payton, who was helping to pack up, heard this and curled his lips and said, "That guy did this to go against some people. No one outside will really like him. Maybe one day he will be killed by a bullet!"

He was originally depressed for a while because of Duncan's death, but after Duncan came back a few days ago and made a series of reform measures, his mood began to deteriorate.

These measures are good things, but he still doesn't like Duncan, and the reason is very simple...

"Peyton!" Jill looked at him angrily, "If you can't speak, just shut up. I don't remember you being an unreasonable person. What's wrong with Raccoon City now?"

Before Jill could say the next sentence, Payton surrendered first and moved the table onto the pickup truck.

He didn't want to argue with Jill, because he couldn't argue with Jill...