Chapter 844: It’s our turn to do this (please vote for the big chapter)
"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."
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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%.
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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.
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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.
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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."
The middle-aged man with glasses said.
"It's a waste,"
The young female voice continued, "So we want to save United Industries? After all, we are still their largest shareholder."
"Their mining licenses have been suspended,"
The middle-aged man with glasses said slowly, "There is no point in saving them anymore."
"We need to teach this reckless new city government a lesson first. The separation of Winter City will affect the overall situation of joint energy extraction we shape. Other cities similar to Winter City will also be affected,"
A new voice in the crowd said, "The people of Winter City are really stupid to elect such a mayor."
"Speaking of which, have you settled the Eternal Secret Cult matter?"
The young female voice looked at the middle-aged man with glasses, "It was you who convinced us to 'cooperate' with the Eternal Secret Cult, but it seems that the 'ally' you chose is not reliable."
"Endir is a shrewd man. He will not leave anything behind. We just need to take care of Irons. As long as there are no accidents, we will be fine."
The middle-aged man said slowly, "Moreover, cooperation with the Eternal Secret Cult has indeed increased our production and reduced costs."
"What you said now is good, just in case..."
The young female voice spoke again.
"alright."
A hoarse and old voice sounded in the silent office.
Everyone shut up at the same time and looked at the head of the conference table.
"The situation in Winter City still requires some 'punishment',"
The gray-haired old man sitting in the main seat raised his head and looked at everyone sitting on both sides of the conference table. The old voice slowly sounded, "We cannot see a city being ruined because of the irresponsibility of its people.
Break away from the trend of joint development of resources.”
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February 16
Rockville Energy Group announced that it had to reduce the number of caravans heading to Winter City due to snowstorms and attacks by wilderness wanderers.
According to Chenxi Daily:
'More than two-thirds of the food and more than one-half of the industrial products in Winter City are supplied by the trade routes maintained by Rockville Energy Group. This reduction in caravans will directly affect the price of goods in Winter City.
.'
'In the city of Winter, which has just gone through the disaster, it is very likely that there will be a mild famine and panic buying.'
Winter City Daily published an article on the federal network saying that the purpose of Rockville Energy Group's move is to "attempt to control the City of Winter" and to force the Winter City Municipal Government to abandon the investigation of "United Industries" in which it holds shares. It is an attempt to interfere.
The 'underhand tactics' run by the Winter City government.
Rockville Energy Group held a press conference to respond to the incident. They expressed their "sincere apology" to the citizens of Winter, and showed the caravan attacked by wilderness wanderers and the mountain road blocked by the snowstorm to express their
Really 'powerless'.
United Industries shares continued to fall.
Rockville Energy Group attempted to reorganize the United Industries board of directors, but encountered opposition from some shareholders, resulting in little progress in the reorganization process.
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February 17
Just as the previous Sky Behemoth incident was about to disappear, another piece of information came out that Rockville Energy Group had "deep cooperation" with the United Industries and Eternal Secret Cult involved in the Winter City Sacrifice Incident.
Rockville Energy Group even dispatched its "extra staff" mercenary group to help the Eternal Secret Cult achieve its sacrificial purpose.
The data also shows that among the thirty-seven cities where the Eternal Secret Cult strongholds were discovered, fifteen are directly controlled by the Rockwell Energy Group, and the remaining twenty-two are all closely related to the Rockwell Energy Group.
Cooperation's resources are jointly developed in the city.
Once this information was released, it instantly exploded on the Internet.
Chenxi Yinuo Media stated that it had "received some anonymous information" and "will continue to conduct in-depth reports on the events of the Eternal Secret Cult."
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February 18
Rockville Energy Group held a press conference to respond to the "materials" spread on the Internet, stating that these materials are "false" and "malicious forgery" and that the publishers of these materials will be held legally responsible.
At noon, Inno Media began a special report on the relationship between Rockville Energy Group, United Industries, and the Eternal Secret Cult, which displayed a large number of former members of the Eternal Secret Cult, as well as inquiry materials from captured officers of the supernumerary corps.
Inno Media also announced the list of interviewees for the next stage, which even includes the current deputy mayor of Winter City, Wei Li.
On the evening of that day, the headquarters of Inno Media in Chenxi City was attacked by members of the "Eternal Secret Cult". Because the security was well prepared, there were no casualties.
Various public opinions about Rockville Energy Group began to erupt.
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February 20
After several days of fermentation, more and more information has emerged about the collusion between Rockville Energy Group and the cult, and public opinion has become stronger and stronger.
Shares of Rockville Energy Group plunged at the open.
At noon that day, Winter City reported that there was a shortage of supplies due to the ‘embargo’ imposed by Rockville Energy Group.
An anti-Rockville Energy Group demonstration took place on the streets of Dawn City.
The mayor of Chenxi City gave a speech and announced the beginning of an investigation into the entire Rockville Energy Group and all its affiliated companies. During the investigation, its operating qualifications will be partially suspended and all purchases by Chenxi City government agencies from Rockville Energy Group-related companies will be stopped.
That night, shares of Rockville Energy Group fell more than 10%.
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February 21
There was a demonstration against the Jieco Municipal Government in the Yundu District of Winter City, but the municipal government still did not stop its investigation of United Industries.
Rockville Energy Group held a press conference and stated that the information circulating on the Internet is "all fake" and that Rockville Energy Group has always been a "good company that operates in compliance with the law."
The Chenxi City Government announced that it will step up its investigation into Rockville Energy Group.
