Chapter 423 Profit (one more update)
[Little Octopus: Brother, three universities in New York have suspended classes for demonstrations today, and they are still contacting students and faculty from other schools. 】
[Little Octopus: Roxon may find a way to persuade some state governments to dispatch the National Guard to suppress riots. 】
【Lille: We can provide free assistance to all peaceful people, so that they can rest assured. 】
[Little Octopus: Okay, by the way, brother, the power plant drawings have been finalized. Do you want to take a look at them again? 】
[Liel: No, help me watch Brick’s human experiments. We need to get the second-generation prosthetic body online as soon as possible. 】
[Lille: Staff expansion. 】
[Little Octopus: National summary: 367 retired soldiers have become cyborg warriors, and 1,347 will complete implant surgeries in the next seven days. The increase in the next month is estimated to be 120%~160%;
There are 14,523 qualified workers, 35,535 are being trained, and 135,264 will complete implant surgeries in the next seven days. The increase in the next month is estimated to be 300% to 340%. 】
[Little Octopus: Night City Summary: 441 OCT domain users; 1,333 cross-dimensional workers. 】
"Mano, after hearing what you said, I feel like these little Japanese are quite miserable."
After leaving the door, the three of them were chatting in the elevator.
Jack began to sigh: "The first time I fought, I fought Little Japan."
"How did the fight start?" V asked with interest.
“That guy said he bought a genuine Arasaka tablet and showed it off to us, looking down on the second-hand goods we bought from street stalls.
What else can I say? Anyway, he is quite pretentious. No one pays attention to him and he keeps forgetting about us. "
"Then I won't complain. "
Jack shrugged: "But he bought it with a loan shark. Later, the loan shark came to take away one of his kidneys, and then disappeared. I don't know if he was kidnapped by a scavenger. The remaining kidney was also removed.
If he hangs out with us, maybe the scavenger won't be able to take a liking to him. "
"Ha, what about his loan shark? V sneered, "It's a coincidence that my first fight was with the Tiger Claw Gang, so it was with the Tiger Claw Gang."
I was hanging out on the streets at that time, and there was a mentally retarded guy who had spoken to me twice who kept buying me drinks. Fortunately, I was smart. It turned out that it was an online loan that borrowed money from the Tiger Claw Gang, and he planned to kidnap me to be a sex doll
If I hadn't had a gun at that time, I would have killed him directly - but I guess the Tiger Claw Gang who called him couldn't see me and would have opened his asshole long ago. "
V said as he looked at the silent Lille: "Actually, Mox also came to me and said that I would be at a huge loss if I didn't do this job with my face. ”
But Lille was still thinking about other issues.
The atmosphere suddenly became a little awkward.
Snap!
V slapped Lille on the head: "Why are you so dumb again!"
Liel rubbed his head and said helplessly: "I didn't have as wonderful a childhood as you. "
V looked at Dian Wei nonchalantly: "Then what do you think of my face?"
"It's pretty good. It's true that I'd be losing a lot if I didn't do this - I said. It’s the mercenary business.”
V's eyes widened: "Wait a minute, do you think it's important to be a mercenary?!"
"It depends." Lille answered slowly while processing the data, somewhat without thinking.
What he was thinking about was that if V hadn’t had this face in Atlanta, he wouldn’t have been able to think of any moves at once.
My brain is overloaded and I don’t understand what it means.
In addition to reviewing some data, Lille is also thinking about a question:
He can now continue to track down the Brain Demon Gang, but Muramasa has been hanging on him, and he doesn't even know how long it has been since he was caught.
Didi——
An NCPD pickup truck drove through the street. The Centaur mecha in the cargo compartment entered a dormant state. Through the gaps in the mecha, the operator on it could be seen. exhausted.
The current Night City is far more chaotic than the previous Night City.
The three of them stood at the door of the skyscraper, looking at the police cars rushing to the next place, and at the anxious residents on the street, swearing in low voices
Jack suddenly asked a question: "Mano, do you think we did something wrong when we did these things?"
Liel glanced at Jack: "What? Do you doubt yourself?"
>Jack thought for a while and continued, "We beat up almost every gang. I also think they went too far, but why is the street more chaotic?"
Every gang was beaten up. It exploded, and there were serious problems in the region.
The Sixth Street Gang was defeated and the second and fifth gangs emerged. Due to the civil war, the locals could not do business;
The Tiger Claw Gang was defeated, all kinds of monsters and monsters appeared in Westbrook, gun battles continued in the streets, people did not dare to go out at night, shops were out of business, and all businesses were in ruins. The Maelstrom Gang was destroyed, and there was a huge gap in technology transactions throughout Night City.
Lille smiled and asked: "Valentino, we didn't defeat them either. Didn't they also have a mole because they wanted to be in power?"
"That's right."
"If we didn't intervene, yes, they might not have weakened and the streets wouldn't be so chaotic.
The Six Street Gang will continue to help biotechnology distribute vaccines. If he makes this money, people will not discover the problems in the river, and many people will still die inexplicably.
The Tiger Claw Gang will continue to carry out dirty deeds with the deputy mayor, and Zhengfa Jotaro will continue to kidnap innocent passers-by.
Royce of the Uzumaki Gang will be in power. They will grab people from the street and modify them into prosthetics to help them film Dark Mewtwo
Valentino, a guy who doesn’t fit in with your gang at all. People with values will take power, and slowly, it will become something you don't recognize - a lackey in the deputy mayor's office, and it will be a matter of time before he becomes another Tiger Claw gang.
If we don’t beat them violently, they will be beaten violently by another thing. Do you know what it is? ”
Jack shook his head, and V waited curiously for Lear to reveal the answer.
“It’s profit, it’s money. The root of all these problems is that they gradually abandon the concept when the gang was founded and pursue more money infinitely.
As they expand, they Begin to discover how important profit is to maintaining an organic group in society.
Profit will break the relationships that link these gangs: family ties, friendships, dreams, honor, ethnic ties, and community ties.
Ultimately they are connected only by profits and are essentially attached to the most profitable collectives in the world
These guys who are emerging now are only because there are people sponsoring them, and their operating profits are higher than those of these weakening gangs in the short term.
But with our intervention, everything is different. "
"They have changed. "V concluded.
Liel looked at V in surprise: "That's pretty much what it means. The summary is quite accurate. "
Jack scratched his head: "When you say that, we seem to be a stumbling block that always stands in their way of making money. ”
"That's true." Lille shrugged, "Our relationship is not maintained solely by money, so sooner or later, like these unlucky gang bosses, we will be squeezed out by these guys who are chasing higher profits. In the corner.
Then you will either be crushed or assimilated.”
“It sounds scary. It feels like you are against the world.”
“That’s right. It's scary, but it's these gangs that put the cart before the horse. People who pursue profits can only become puppets of profits.
Remember? When they were established, they couldn't make any money at all. No one is born with everything. .
It’s more like they chose to become puppets after struggling for a while. "
"Tsk. "V curled his lips, "I'm going to object to this. It's not like there are no people who are born rich. "
Liel smiled: "That's right, but the rich people you want have, the rich people have played the games you want, and the rich people have done what you want.
So you did nothing? Are you just lying on the ground? Do you want to do these things, or do you want to be rich?
If it were me, I would like to do these things, whether they have been done by rich people or not.
But they have to pray that their assets don't get in my way, otherwise their end may not be good. "
"Ouch. V also laughed, "It sounds like a gangster, but I like it." "
The NCPD convoy in front passed, the red light turned green, and the two of them walked down the stairs and prepared to cross the street.
Jack chewed on Leal's words and stayed there for a long time to watch the green light.< br>
It wasn’t until V and Lear turned to look at him that he realized what was happening, ran over at a trot, and hugged Lear:
"Hey, mano, I told you a long time ago that you are doing great things. What you just said is not bad!
I want to write it into the manual, just like this: 'When I do things, others People had better pray not to block the road',
What do you think."
[Little Octopus: Brother, I think what you said makes sense, so what is our goal? ? What is the purpose of doing these things? 】
【Little Octopus: (._.) I humbly ask for advice. 】
[Lear: But those at the top of the food chain who really make big money are not guided by pure profits, but by their ambitious goals that surpass other groups and individuals, and their excellent execution capabilities. 】
[Lille: Fools chase profits, but the strong decide profits. 】
[Lille: Mobilize your thoughts and prepare for battle. 】
(End of this chapter)