Chapter 351 Six years later, Knight died, seek cooperation
"Boss, this is the budget for the police station of this Night City. Please take a look at it."
Xie Yuan, who was wearing an iron mask, took the iPad from the hand of the charming-looking secretary and slowly studied the above information.
The little secretary didn't say anything, but quietly waited for Xie Yuan's verdict.
While looking at the information on the iPad, Xie Yuan also used the camera set in the iron mask to send the information to security experts from Xia Tu Country, Arasaka, and Military Technology.
When it comes to budget matters, there is nothing that the Xiatu people can do their best to compress. Xie Yuan doesn't mind spending money, but he doesn't like to see his money being wasted.
Thirty minutes later, after Xie Yuan made his decision through the plan drawn up by Xia Tu, Arasaka, and military technology and security experts, and then using AI to analyze the details of the crime rate in the past year and summarize it on the screen in front of him.
I quickly made notes and decisions on all aspects that should be added, subtracted, and canceled. Then I calculated the total amount, prepared a reserve fund of two million euros, signed my electronic monogram, and handed it to
Little secret.
"Let our bureau chief go to the foundation to withdraw funds based on this budget."
The secretary glanced at the general content of the tablet, covered her mouth and chuckled: "He will definitely feel particularly uncomfortable watching it."
"Being uncomfortable is no reason for him to set up random projects to make money for himself, and I have given him enough benefits."
Xie Yuan thought for a moment, then took his iPad over and unchecked a cross, and then clicked a tick: "This year, let him work hard until retirement and live a comfortable retirement life.
Let’s do it this way.”
"One more thing, boss," the secretary bowed and asked Xie Yuan for instructions, "The star you are following, Johnny Silverhand, seems to have a concert tonight. Do you need to attend it?"
"Johnny is back?" Xie Yuan's eyes flashed with nostalgia, but then he shook his head, "I will continue to work overtime in the office tonight and will not be present in person, but you will send me a bouquet of flowers from the fans.
Bar."
"Yes, boss." The secretary picked up the iPad, then turned around and left the office.
Xie Yuan then stood up, looked at the towering commercial buildings outside, and sighed helplessly: "I didn't expect that the good city of Colorado would eventually become a dragon's pit and a tiger's den similar to Gotham.
Night City, hum, Knight, your wish is just wishful thinking after all."
It is now 2013. Sitting on the top of the tall gear building, Xie Yuan looks at the technological prosperity of Night City, which is a dense flow of people... I wonder, how many people will die today?
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Twenty years ago, Knight presided over the establishment of Colorado City, which was completed in May of the following year. Knight attracted investment from many large companies through generous tax incentives, thus promoting economic development and providing future citizens (corporations
employees) has laid a solid foundation.
The plan was very good, and the nascent city of Coronado was indeed a wonder. Thanks to careful planning, the city was well built, loving, and safe.
You must know that at that time, other places in Yingjiang were already in dire straits. After the fact that the Fourth Bureau Gang manipulated the direction of world securities broke out in 1994, this news was made public and led to the outbreak of the world financial crisis.
This event was later collectively called the "Great Crash" by historians. The municipal governments of many cities were weakened by the collapse of the world stock market, and were hit by factors such as a large number of unemployed people, homeless people and serious corruption, and eventually collapsed.
Or go bankrupt. The federal government, plagued by staggering deficits and the conspiracy of the Gang of Four, has completely lost its role.
At the beginning of the second half of 1996, the President and Vice President of the United States were assassinated respectively. While the Speaker of the House of Representatives was undergoing heart bypass surgery, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate also refused to take office as President. As the current highest official in the federal executive branch, the Secretary of Defense
Jonathan Seward announced the temporary abolition of the Constitution and the implementation of martial law. The "Four Bureaus" (NSA, IA, FIB, and DEA) gained nearly maximum autonomy within the U.S. federal government.
Chaos! Although Xie Yuan made a lot of money this year because of the Fourth Bureau, Xie Yuan still has to say this.
However, the military is not without counterattack: the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff established mic (military intelligence cooperative) to deal with a large number of duplication problems among the nine intelligence agencies of the U.S. military. But the Fourth Bureau Gang believes that the military
This move showed that their conspiracy was exposed and they began to carry out sabotage activities by delaying or concealing important information.
It can be said that the only ones that do not have much influence economically and politically are the New Alliance, which has a perfect industrial level, and Xiatu, which adjusts its policies and focuses on rural construction.
In 1997, most of the Middle East was destroyed in a strictly controlled thermonuclear war. Radioactive fallout spread to the entire world, and world crude oil production was halved.
Immediately after the man-made disaster, there was a violent natural disaster - floods broke out in Xia Tu and Europe. Fortunately, Xia Tu worked together to prevent the severe floods. Europe was not so lucky, and large areas were flooded, including Hamburg.
Eurasia is experiencing floods, while Yingjiang is experiencing severe drought.
The severe drought that occurred in 1998 turned most of the Midwest into a wasteland of withered grass. Under the dual pressure of agribusiness corps and the drought, family farms have all disappeared. Food exports from the United States have stopped.
So you can imagine how enjoyable it is to enjoy a paradise land that represents stability, food, clothing and security.
It's a pity. Murphy's Law shows that when the world situation is not good, a Colorado city cannot be safe.
On the evening of September 20th, Xie Yuan, who had just finished handling company affairs at home, suddenly heard a "bang" gunshot. He listened casually and saw the direction from which the gunshot came. Xie Yuan could only shake his head with a solemn expression.
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As the old saying goes, a hero's life is short. No matter how good Knight's work is, he still can't let go of some persistence in his heart... When using his advanced construction technology and materials, he rejected some of the things that have already been done.
There are labor unions and construction companies - many of which are controlled by well-organized criminal groups.
Xie Yuan, as Knight's potential nemesis, once hinted very slightly that Knight had crossed the line, but unfortunately he didn't listen.
And the gunshot just now was the death knell for him.
Whether Knight dies or not has nothing to do with Xie Yuan. To be honest, his method of purchasing land was too shameless, and there was an enhanced gang in Morobe that should have been wiped out immediately. He had his acquiescence.
It would be very magnanimous not to kill him.
However, there were downsides to Knight's death. The leaders of several major gangs brought Coronado City under the control of the gangs and renamed the city "Night" in honor of Richard Knight.
"Special)" city.
After the gangs came to power, crime, drugs, prostitution, random violence, and cyberterrorism quickly replaced the law. By privately contracting projects to associates, selling drugs and extortion, and recruiting the scum of the Badlands into their ranks,
The gang successfully turned this neat, modern city into a battlefield filled with smoke.
In the first year after Knight's death, Mirian, who had recovered from the pain of losing her husband, could not bear the thought of her husband's ideals being ruined like this.
Under this circumstance, Night International is the Night City Public Foundation founded by Mirian with huge investment. The purpose of this company is to protect and realize Richard's perfect city vision.
However, Night International is not an old company after all. It does not have any secret accumulation and manpower, how can it quell the chaos? Without accumulation, Night International began to ask for help from the large companies that initially invested in Night City, hoping to help and let Night City
The city returns to the rule of law.
But in this case, the forces that are fighting against the mob gangs, the mainstream organizations that are plundering in the city, come from the vassals of big companies - they need these gangs to do their dirty work, and they are using them! How can they get rid of them?
And this is also a lesson given by big companies to punish Richard Knight for not abiding by the rules among giant companies after taking power.
Mirian, who had a hot face but a cold butt, should have stopped, but sometimes you have to admire a woman who is crazy for her lover.
She directly sought help from Metal Gear Company, which was also stationed in Night City and gradually progressed to the bottom of the echelon of large companies - you must know that Metal Gear Company has always been at odds with Knight.
The public didn't quite understand the reason for the conflict between the two parties, thinking it was a failure in the fight for public construction rights. However, Knight once told her in private that the real conflict between the two parties lay in the "Moro Bay Massacre" that occurred in 1992.
There are many residents of the former town of Morro Bay in Metal Gear. Because Knight happened to appear at the time when land prices in Morro Bay plummeted due to the massacre, everyone in Metal Gear unanimously believed that Knight was the instigator.
But what exactly happened? Knight just said, "The matter is done, and there is no way to pursue the details."
However, an important reason for finding Metal Gear to come forward is that unlike other companies like ebm, Arasaka Group, and Pezo Petrochemical, Metal Gear's headquarters building is in Night City!
As the only local company with military strength and experienced backstage, Mirian is the only one he can turn to for help despite all kinds of conflicts and grievances.
There is one thing. The boss of Metal Gear Company, John Ironface, is an extremely reclusive guy, and he is extremely afraid of death!
No one has ever seen him going to and from get off work, but he will definitely be in the office when it is time to go to and from work; when he goes out to meet clients, he also drives by car. When the clients arrive at their destination, he is already waiting attentively at the scene; meetings are never held in transparent meetings with good lighting. Instead of sitting in a dark room, the meeting was held with the curtains down - I heard that the curtains have special coatings that can prevent thermal imaging prying eyes.
When he appears in front of the world, he must be wearing a black iron mask, and his voice is hoarse - his voice has been changed, as if he is not afraid of someone pretending to be him.
It is indeed very difficult to find him, and it is best not for outsiders to know about the meeting between two top executives of a large company.
But fortunately, when late husband Knight was still alive, he once made a secret cooperation plan between the two local forces - unfortunately, Xie Yuan later regarded it as "you ignored me in the past, but you can't reach me today".
Yu refused... After all, when Xie Yuan wanted to invest in Night City, he was rejected by Knight.
But at this moment, at that moment, Knight had too many choices around him at that time, but now he has none. He can only look to John to talk about the reason why his lips are dying and his teeth are cold.
Fortunately, Knight met John in secret back then, and the location was in an ordinary residential building. No one was allowed to live in the building above and below to prevent eavesdropping.
Mirian came to this special residential building alone. Holding back his nausea, he put a piece of red cloth that had been lying nearby for who knows how long and covered it on the lampshade outside the guardrail.
Then he picked up the key and opened the door, turned on the light, sat on the tea table, and waited quietly... I didn't know if I was right to come here today.
"Poof!" Suddenly the light went out and the tea room fell into darkness.
"Well..." Mirian bit her finger suddenly, suppressed the fear in her heart, stood up and turned on the light.
"Crack!" The light turned on again, the light returned to the room, and then Mirian suddenly heard the sound of water being poured from behind!
"Gululu"
Mirian turned around stiffly and saw a man in a suit with a black iron mask on his face sitting opposite the seat where she had just been sitting. He picked up a pot of hot water and made a cup of tea.
The tea cup was moved to Mirian's, and Tie Mian stretched out his hand to invite: "Mrs. Knight, please have a cup of hot tea. I hope you can express my condolences about Mr. Knight."
When it came to sad things, Mirian bowed his head in pain again.