Chapter 52 Ask for my forgiveness (thanks to the leader who fed CLV oranges)
"What Malt Liquor is worried about is simple. She is worried that this place will become Sogo Island."
Before Strangler could attack the malt wine after listening to half of the sentence, the godfather continued to explain:
"You also know Tantra and know what Sogo Island is like."
The mage named "Tantra" is a born uncoded person living in the "black zone" of Sogo Island.
On Sogo Island, the lower city is no longer a paradise for criminals... but has become a slum.
The house prices and rents on Happy Island, as well as the prices of food and other necessities are very low. Because Tianen Group does not need to make profits... they need to use a stable life to stabilize the "happiness value". The really expensive things are
Those lavish entertainment products.
In Happy Island, there are definitely not a few people who use all their income to chase idols, even more than one-third of the total population.
This has even formed a trend. People will compare themselves with each other and determine their status in the circle based on the short-term money invested. Once this investment cannot be maintained, they will be immediately abandoned by others.
Tianen Group doesn’t even need to urge them to spend money, players and fans will urge each other internally.
If they are just outsiders who come to travel, they can feel the real "Happiness Island". There are all imaginable entertainment methods here. As long as you have money, you can play anything and never get bored.
But for locals... it's very difficult to even save money.
Take the game company of Happy Island as an example. If you don’t play its own games or top up money in the games, you will even be alienated by your colleagues. In this case, a large part of the “disposable income” that should be large is
It becomes a social cost.
But Sogo Island is different. Because of the extremely high housing prices on Sogo Island, many people cannot afford houses in the upper city and live directly in color steel houses in the lower city.
Because of the highly developed artificial intelligence technology, even the lower city area of Sogo Island has patrol robots and cameras all over the lower city area. For ordinary people, there doesn’t seem to be much difference between the upper city area and the lower city area...except that they can’t see the sun.
, not decent enough, and too far away from work.
Among the uncoded people on Sogo Island, they are almost all "high-end intelligent criminals" such as psychic hackers and fraudsters, followed by high-end killers who can evade artificial intelligence tracking. Sogo Island calls this profession "accidental designers". Simply
Criminals who use force, thieves who rely on dexterity, and fraudsters whose intelligence is not high enough have all been completely locked up by the overwhelming surveillance... They can only hide in a small corner.
"Although the Tian'en Group looks down on Xiacheng District at all, they would definitely be happy if they could cast some traitors as free agents."
The godfather said with great certainty.
It was as if he really saw the company executives who sent moles to Xiacheng District.
"The company doesn't even need to personally send troops to destroy us. They just need to send some weapons and some logistical supplies to our opponents...or be more subtle and tell those 'temporary weapons address' through a traitor.
If they are residents of Xiacheng District, they may grow up quickly, or at least they may become a tough nut to crack.”
Those without codes have no dreams or beliefs to speak of.
As long as there is no gun behind you and no leader watching, once you see that the situation is not good and the opponent's firepower is stronger than yours, you will definitely turn around and run away.
If the opponent's firepower is too strong, and the leader behind him is too anxious to join forces, it is not impossible to join forces to kill the leader, and then betray them on the spot.
Since everyone is a mob, it is natural that whichever side gets more support will win.
"...Then if we ignore them, we will be squeezed out of our living space by them; but if we ignore them, we will directly stand on the most direct opposite side."
Hangzhou frowned and felt a headache: "Then aren't we already defeated?"
"The lesser of two evils."
Malt Liquor calmed down instead: "My plan is to control the situation first... and then use this as a basis to negotiate with the company."
"We can't talk about it."
The godfather replied without hesitation: "Even if we successfully unite, we are not monolithic.
"Remember the 'Maze'? Even mages can penetrate it, and those ordinary uncoded ones are naturally easier to corrode. They just need to keep giving some help to our hidden opponents inside, and we will be exhausted...repeating the 'internal cleansing' process over and over again
This process, until people leave us in fear or disgust.
"It seems that we are numerous and have strong fighting power. But we are not united at all.
"Unity is the most important thing."
He finally figured it out.
Why did Malt Liquor specifically pull Strangles out of conversation.
Because among all the mages, only the two of them can be regarded as "surrenderers" in a certain sense and need to be recruited.
But from another perspective, perhaps only the two of them have a little sense of "responsibility".
The other mages are either lunatics and just want to take revenge on the upper city or the company; or as long as they can run away, it doesn't matter even if they are dogs, they don't want to care about other people and they might want to go back and deal with the lower city after running away.
The purpose of Strangler and Malt Liquor has always been to "maintain the general structure of the Lower City" and turn it into a legal organization...at least to prevent companies from attacking them. Just like the Hudson Marine Mining Company,
Default to the existence of those who do not code.
They know very well that it is absolutely impossible for them to defeat the company. But this matter requires the director's approval.
But the truth revealed by the godfather made them despair. It was not that Malt Liquor couldn't see this scene, she just felt a little lucky.
That's why the godfather lamented that he had indeed underestimated her.
At least in this deadlock, she would choose to give it a try... even though it was not just her own life that was on the line, but the existence of the entire Lower City.
"Then let me give you a suggestion."
The godfather said slowly: "You still remember those mercenaries, right?
"My suggestion is related to them... I suggest that a mercenary alliance be formed to unite all the mercenaries in the lower city... and I will be the leader."
"...but how to deal with those 'temporary residents'?"
As he rubbed his eyebrows, he felt as if his brain was boiling: "They are the key, right?"
"Don't worry, big lion."
Malt Liquor seemed to realize something.
"Any more?"
A sweet and innocent smile appeared on her face again: "Dad~"
"...Don't call me that."
The godfather choked.
He always felt that she was disgusting with him, but there was no proof.
"Forget it, I'll continue..."
The barber coughed lightly and continued to explain: "We can allow the mercenaries to share internal information.
"In other words, we are not united openly. But the various mercenary groups controlled by us can transcend the organizational relationship between us and form a mercenary organization.
"Because mercenaries are in urgent need, once an organization is formed, we will essentially become a monopoly organization in the 'mercenary industry'.
"What can we do if mercenary mission information can flow to each other?"
"Can the task price be increased?"
Malt Liquor thought actively: "Or, make those middlemen dare not silence the mercenaries anymore?
“Essentially, we have become a ‘super middleman’ that all middlemen must connect with.”
"Yes, we have established a mercenary platform."
The godfather nodded: "And this means one thing...
"Mercenary missions are generally confrontational. They are either confrontations with companies, security guards, or other mercenaries.
"Once human resources can be deployed, it means that the efficiency of mercenaries in performing tasks will be greatly improved.
"And we can even affect the situation in the upper city by controlling the 'win or lose' of the mercenaries..."
For example, two companies have a business war and hire mercenaries to attack and defend each other.
But what if, The Godfather wants one of the companies to win?
Then the other company will not be able to hire any reliable mercenaries. It will be a losing battle.
"In other words, since the company wants to control our downtown area through them, let them come as they please... and we will give them the territory."
The godfather said slowly: "But in contrast... we also need to simultaneously control the large and small companies in the upper city.
"Your idea was wrong from the beginning, Malt Liquor. No matter how big Xiacheng District becomes, it doesn't mean anything. Because the company is not afraid of us at all, and we can't come up with anything that can be used to negotiate with the company. You are blindly expanding like that
, on the contrary, it will make Xiacheng District more conspicuous... and give the head office a feeling that 'they have begun to gradually lose control'. It will only make them determined to destroy Xiacheng District.
"It is precisely that we cannot have an entity. We can only exist in the form of a thought, an idea, and an organization. When necessary, the territory and stronghold can be abandoned... Like the lurking fog, visible but intangible
.
"The head office can control those small companies, and we can also control them. From this perspective, we have become on the same level as them and become chess players instead of chess pieces.
"It doesn't matter how they destroy them. We can live here, we can live there, we don't even have to be in the lower city area...because the only thing that affects all of this is us and this is my 'intention'.
"Let those companies look at us! Let them respect their godfathers, just like you.
"If they don't respect their godfather, they will no longer be able to hire reliable mercenaries. But if they plan to fight us with all their strength, it is impossible... because we are not the primary enemy of these companies at all.
"A company's enemies can always only be other companies; companies and companies cannot be united for a long time. They only have interests in their eyes.
"Then, we can in turn... attack the companies that are our enemies by controlling other companies. To truly negotiate, we need this level of influence.
"For those directors, as long as it does not affect them, it is a trivial matter; as long as they are people who cannot come into contact with the board of directors, they are civilians. They will not care about those who have something or not... Only those who truly benefit them
Only when we are damaged can we make them look at us.
"Since the head office will regard us as its competitor according to the malt liquor approach, then we'd better really have the strength to become its competitor."
"...Isn't this equivalent to the fact that the company has become our mercenary?"
After hearing about it, Hangsha was a little worried: "But can this be done?"
"able."
"...It is indeed possible, but it is difficult."
Ale frowned, but made no objection.
Her expression was very complicated, and she looked at the godfather with a bit more respect and caution: "It is possible. But it is very difficult to execute... and there will be many emergencies, which are very dangerous."
"I can do it."
The godfather replied without hesitation: "Without a doubt."
If he was really just the "godfather" of Xiacheng District, it would be really difficult. He couldn't even find the contact information of those people.
But...he also has another identity.
So this matter will become very simple.
If everything goes well, even the unrest in the upper city area can be smoothly transitioned.
"You still don't have enough style, malt liquor."
The godfather looked deeply at the woman with horse ears: "Your cleverness has almost put the lower city into a more dangerous situation."
He replied without hesitation: "Call me godfather and ask for my forgiveness. I will solve these troubles for you."
"godfather."
This time, Malt Liquor bowed his head honestly.
She deeply understood the absolute gap between the two, which she had not realized in the last meeting: "Please help me... Please forgive me for my previous self-assertion. I really do it for Xiacheng District."
The barber straightened up from his seat, reached over and touched her head and her ears.
This is her spiritual characteristic.
It is proof that she is a "beast".
"I agreed."
There was tranquility and compassion in his eyes: "I forgive.
