"this is?"

As soon as he walked to the desk, Christos saw a piece of paper placed on the table.

"Last week's electric bill,"

The pony-tailed man stood up and said, "Guanghui Palace has been using paper bills for so many years. I just happened to see them when they were delivered to me today. I wanted to take a look, so I brought them over."

"oh,"

Christos picked up the paper and glanced at it, "Why is this bill twice as expensive as before? Did we have any extremely powerful projects last week?"

"It is said that there was a storm on the sea, which affected the mining of energy minerals, and the price of the entire energy mineral market increased,"

The pony-tailed man shrugged, "This will eventually lead to an increase in terminal electricity prices."

"The first month of this year has not even passed yet, and there have been two storms in the Sea of ​​Storms, and the prices have increased more each time."

Christos smiled and dropped the bill in his hand on the table, "Where are the other suppliers?"

"It's the same, all suppliers are raising prices together."

The pony-tailed man shrugged, "But now they are doubling the electricity price. These power companies are indeed becoming more and more shameless. It is said that they are planning to increase the basic electricity price by another 10% next month due to frequent storms at sea.

."

He looked at Christos who was standing in front of his desk, "In the past ten years, the basic electricity price has almost tripled."

"Um,"

Christos inserted the hard drive in his hand into the computer under his desk and showed the files inside. He thought about it while reading the files in the hard drive.

After a while, he slowly picked up the bill on the table and looked at the man with ponytail, "Do you think it is possible that the electricity price is set by the city government and participates in the formulation?"

"I'm afraid this is impossible. This has never happened before,"

The pony-tailed man shook his head, "Those energy consortiums will not agree. For example, Rockville Energy Group, they are the 'big funders' of the city council."

"Maybe it's not that there's nothing, it's just that those who tried have failed, now,"

Christos turned his eyes to the files on the computer and said, "It's our turn to do this."

——

February 3

A piece of information that United Industries colluded with the Eternal Secret Cult and attempted to sacrifice the entire city of Winter was circulated on the Internet.

On the same day, the FBI headquarters held a press conference, stating that it was "very angry" about the cult sacrifice incident in Winter City and would investigate it thoroughly and "will never tolerate it."

At the same time, a large amount of information about the Eternal Secret Cult forcing unbelievers to death was circulated throughout the federal network.

Chenxi City Inno Media launched a special report on the entire case for half a month.

On that day, United Industries' stock price plummeted more than 40%.

——

February 5

Morningside Mayor Christos announced that Morningside City will provide assistance to Winter City.

Rock City Mayor Wright announced that Rock City will provide assistance to Winter City.

The FBI stated that it has organized a professional operation team to launch an elimination operation against the remaining Eternal Tantric organizations.

Winter City reopens general election.

Former Allied Industries executive director Jie Ke and former Allied Industries board chairman Skone's only daughter Willie announced their candidacy as partners.

A former Winter City councilor who returned from Wetterland has also announced his candidacy.

According to Morning News:

The Constitution of Winter City stipulates that candidates for the mayoral election must be Winter residents who have lived in Winter City for more than 30 years. However, there is no specific requirement for the deputy mayor to be a resident of Winter City.

Become an adult over the age of eighteen.

If Jacko and Willie are elected, Willie, who has just turned eighteen, is likely to become the youngest deputy mayor in the history of the federation.

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February 9

After Chenxi City announced its aid to Winter City, Wetland, the largest city in the western part of the Federation, also announced its aid to Winter City and sent relief supplies first.

The FBI announced that the "Special Operation to Eradicate the Eternal Esoteric Cult" has achieved preliminary results. It conducted targeted eradication of the Eternal Esoteric Cult strongholds in thirty-seven cities, seized a large amount of cult materials, and arrested a large number of cult members.

The Eternal Secret Cult's extensive involvement and coverage shocked even the central government of the Federation.

The President of the Federation signed an order requiring a thorough investigation of all beliefs related to the eternal light throughout the Federation.

Some residents of the thirty-seven cities where Eternal Tantric strongholds were discovered began to accuse various municipal governments of inaction on the federal network.

[The Eternal Secret Cult can sacrifice Winter City today, but can’t they sacrifice us tomorrow?]

In response to the surging public opinion, major cities almost simultaneously began investigating suspected cult organizations throughout the city.

At the same time, a video similar to the sci-fi blockbuster "Mecha Fighting a Sky Behemoth" was circulated on the entire federal Internet.

At first, people just thought it was a trailer for a certain movie. Later, as more and more witnesses appeared, people realized that this was something that had happened in Winter City.

"The Sky Beast Enters the City" became the number one hit on the day, but then quickly disappeared.

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February 11

With the help of the federal center, the interim mayoral election of Winter City was concluded.

Former United Industries executive director Jacko won the election with 3% of the vote and became the interim mayor of Winter City. His running mate Willie became the deputy mayor of Winter City. According to Winter City law, the deputy mayor also serves as the mayor.

Speaker of Parliament.

Willie became the youngest deputy mayor and city council speaker in federal history.

On the same day, Jacko announced the reorganization of the city cabinet and began to restore order in the city government.

The video of the mecha blowing up the behemoth in the sky was widely circulated on the Internet, and many people expressed their admiration and even worshiped the mysterious fallen angel mecha pilot.

News broke out that this aerial behemoth that violated federal laws and forcibly entered the city came from Rockville Energy Group.

Rockville Energy Group remained silent.

United Industries' stock price rebounded slightly.

——

February 12

There are rumors in Winter City that there is a strange calm phenomenon in the storm sea outside Winter City, and a large number of marine monster corpses begin to appear on the sea surface.

A crewman drove a ship through a quiet sea full of corpses and discovered a foggy area that stretched for nearly a hundred kilometers.

This foggy area is filled with storms and thunder, and sea monsters are constantly approaching this foggy area, and are then strangled to death by thunder and storms.

According to the crew member who witnessed it, not all life will be killed by the fog. He once saw the slain monsters he had seen outside the fog 'resurrecting from the dead' in the fog.

Shortly after the news broke, the Winter Municipal Government announced the closure of Tranquil Sea.

But most people's attention was attracted by another piece of news.

The new mayor of Winter City, Jacko, issued his first order after being elected to thoroughly investigate all past transactions of United Industries.

The Federal Tax Service said it would investigate joint industrial tax issues together with the Winter City government.

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February 14

The Winter Municipal Government declared that many of United Industries' past transactions were illegal, and it was suspected of illegal acquisitions at prices far below the market.

Mayor Jacko held a press conference and stated that due to United Industries' past sins and illegal measures, the mining licenses of United Industries and its related companies will be suspended, and they will be ordered to suspend operations within a time limit and return the properties obtained from past illegal transactions.

At the same time, the city government will issue high fines to United Industries in accordance with Winter City laws.

At the opening of the day, United Industries' stock price continued to fall, with its stock price less than 10% of its peak.

——

Top floor of Chenxi Rockville Energy Building

"The Winter Municipal Government has taken action against United Industries. It is obvious that their target is us."

In front of the long and narrow conference table, a middle-aged man in a neat formal suit and glasses sitting on the left spoke slowly.

"It seems that the current Winter City government is not 'friendly' to us, and its methods are more direct than those 20 years ago."

A hoarse, old voice interrupted the conversation.

"How come this guy became the mayor of Winter City? Where are our people?"

Another young female voice spoke.

"Our people were not elected, and the number of votes was doubled."
To be continued...