Chapter 230: Society and Interests
"Are you trying to win me over?" Zheng Jieming asked bluntly, "Do you find yourself likely to be in an embattled situation, so you want our support?" β
Yu Zekai smiled, he was even more satisfied when he saw Zheng Jieming being so direct.
"You're right. The current doomsday government is not monolithic. Judging from the current situation, there should not be much of a problem in killing zombies, and reconstruction should be on the agenda. Yu Zekai said.
"Are you overly optimistic about the current judgment? There are still a large number of zombies wandering around!! Food, water, and nothing is absolutely sufficient! Autumn and winter are just around the corner! Isn't that a problem with the increased lack of food sources? Why did the so-called political struggle begin? Zheng Jieming was dissatisfied with Yu Zekai's statement and said.
"Where there are people, there must be struggles. If there is only one possibility if there is less struggle, it is that there are too many resources and they are too easy to obtain. Yu Zekai smiled, "I'll give you a thorough explanation, although we have established the Doomsday Government, do you know how many days our food reserves -- attention, we collected the results of our collection of the urban areas in the west of the northern metropolis -- can provide us for many days?" β
"At the end of the month?" Zheng Jieming didn't answer too angrily.
"It's not that exaggerated, three months should be enough to supply more than 100 people." Yu Zekai replied, "It will be cold then." β
"And you still have so many people? Isn't it a burden for the doomsday government? Zheng Jieming was puzzled.
"Baggage? Hahaha, that's not the case. The more organized you are, the more you will be able to overcome difficulties. If all the people were scattered, do you know what the outcome would be? Yu Zekai asked Zheng Jieming rhetorically.
"What result?" Zheng Jieming asked.
"Whoever has food must die!" Yu Zekai replied coldly.
What he envisioned was a horrific scene. Since none of the individual survivors have the ability to produce their own food or defend themselves against large-scale zombies, it is likely that everyone will be in a difficult situation as a result of fighting and surviving on their own. In the end, in order to keep themselves alive, the survivors may have a life dispute with each other over food.
"Then what method do you plan to use to get everyone together to tide over this difficulty?" Zheng Jieming asked.
Yu Zekai smiled and said, "If there are more people, it will be easier to do more, and it is completely possible to organize everyone to try to restore certain municipal functions, such as water supply." As for food, I am now organizing this group of survivors to farm and hunt for fruits, dry and store food, and the efficiency can be greatly improved when there are more people. β
Zheng Jieming did not speak, he thought that Yu Zekai's assumption was correct. However, these things can be led by any one person.
"I'm a businessman. I don't really have a real interest in politics in my eyes, but I want profit. You support me, and I will give you the greatest benefit, which is an area of the amusement park for you to develop and control. Yu Zekai once again mentioned the conditions he could give Zheng Jieming.
"What if I don't support you?" Zheng Jieming asked.
"Then I will see you as a potential partner of my enemies, a potential enemy of mine." Yu Zekai regained that arrogant look of rejecting people thousands of miles away.
"And what kind of support do you need?"
"I don't have to do anything specific for the time being, I just need to know that you can support me on key issues." Yu Zekai replied.
This answer means that this kind of support is maximized, and there is no need to do anything, which means that at a critical time, Zheng Jieming needs to pay a lot for Yu Zekai!
"I have another question, is there any difference between supporting you and supporting others?" Zheng Jieming asked.
"Hahaha, that's a matter of vision. Actually, you don't have a choice to support me, as you saw just now, the armed forces are under my orders, and all the survivors are also protected by me. What's more, I can have a way to get you through the difficulties, just ask, those high-ranking politicians, who can do this? Who wants to bend themselves down to something as concrete? β
Yu Zekai's words are not rough, Zheng Jieming weighed it repeatedly, and felt that there was no benefit in confronting Yu Zekai, and was inclined to cooperate with him.
Zheng Jieming nodded and said, "I need to discuss it with my companions. I'll get back to you at the next morning meeting. β
"The style is quite close to the people, hahaha, okay, then I'll wait for the results of your lobbying." After Yu Zekai finished speaking, he didn't shake hands or say goodbye to Zheng Jieming, turned his head and left.
Other politicians left the venue one after another, and Ouyang Yan was in a wheelchair, slowly passing by Zheng Jieming and others. His eyes were staring at Zheng Jieming like a torch, like a vulture looking at its prey. This look made Zheng Jieming's heart chill.
Song Kuiyi and Ma Tengdong left last, when these two people passed by Zheng Jieming, they didn't say anything, Ma Tengdong nodded and smiled at everyone in a friendly way, and didn't seem to really take this group of survivors into account.
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Zheng Jieming and others returned to the express hotel next to the amusement park and immediately organized everyone to discuss.
"What Mr. Xue said before is right, the relationship in the Doomsday Government is not so simple, and all kinds of characters are secretly intermingling and fighting. Yu Zekai has armed forces and a set of good visions for rebuilding society, and hopes that we can support his judgment on various matters of the doomsday government, in exchange for our freedom to manage amusement parks. Zheng Jieming conveyed the content of Yu Zekai's words.
"Joke!! Is our freedom still given by Him? It's the end of the world! Whoever can deal with zombies, who can get food, will be free! Do you need him to give?! This blackmail chip is too ridiculous, isn't it!? Jin Hu scolded Zheng Jieming loudly.
Geng Zhi was opposed, "Having said that, did we have real freedom when we were in Lan Yuting? You guys...... Is there real freedom when you are in the diplomat's house? As long as there is a more powerful threat, our so-called freedom is nothing. β
Geng Zhi was jealous of the force of Yu Zekai and others, and tended to cooperate, "Didn't you find out?" Even the ammunition depot and poison depot under the Lan Yuting were prepared by their people!! Our supplies are the leftovers under their teeth! β
A question flashed in Zheng Jieming's mind, why did her sister Zheng Zhilan go to Lan Yuting at that time, and did she have some kind of connection with Yu Zekai? However, this flash of thought was immediately interrupted by the sound of everyone's dispute.
Other people's opinions are also divided into two sides, and among them, the strongest opposition is Liu Qianwen.
"Absolutely not! Why do we want to maintain relations with the Doomsday government?! We can live well ourselves! Big deal, we can go! Let's leave the North Metropolitan West Side! Let's go south! What's not to do? Liu Qianwen's opposition made Li Xuan feel extremely incomprehensible. He thought he knew her well, but at this point, he realized that he didn't understand her at allβor rather, she was just letting him see himself on the surface.
Zheng Jieming saw that everyone was difficult to reconcile, so he turned to ask Hua Feng's opinion. Hua Feng's relationship with him is a little delicate, and for Zheng Jieming, he seems to regard Hua Bong as the most trusted member of these people because of Hua Hui's previous existence.
However, Hua Bong's answer this time also surprised him.
"I ...... thinks that Yu Zekai must not be trusted. I am categorically opposed to supporting this person. We'd rather lose our free control over the amusement park area than go along with this person. Hua Bong replied, "Big deal, we can go!" Don't have anything to do with the doomsday government. Moreover, several of us have seen it, and I can't quite accept the punishment they used against Rui Zhili. β
Complicity? Zheng Jieming felt a little strange, he didn't know why Hua Bong had such a big resistance to this person.
"Yu Zekai is a person I have been in contact with before, and he is mercenary. If there were more important interests and people, I think he would not hesitate to give up ours. Hwabong continued to explain.
"You've been touched?" Zheng Jieming was even more puzzled. Hua Feng then told everyone about the traffic incident he encountered with Hua Hui a few months ago, and the driver at that time was Yu Zekai!
When Liu Qianwen in the corner heard this, she suddenly stood up a little nervously, walked out of the door, and returned to her room.
Li Xuan could only apologize to everyone, and then chased out.
Zheng Jieming felt quite a headache at this time, he himself tended to maintain a good relationship with Yu Zekai, but everyone laughed at the so-called conditions offered by Yu Zekai. But if we don't cooperate with the other side, and are intimidated by their armed forces and political threats, will we have to relocate again?
Xue Yongti spoke at this time.
"Zheng Jieming, what is the starting point for you to consider cooperating with this kind of person?"
"The starting point...... I think that with him, our safety can be guaranteed, he controls the armed forces, and he has the right to speak. If we hadn't worked with him, I couldn't think of anyone who would have been able to keep us safe -- not to mention the way he proposed for survivors to come together for food and water would indeed survive the apocalypse. Zheng Jieming replied.
"Innocent!" Xue Yongti replied disdainfully, "Only you can help you tide over the difficulties!" Don't be dazzled by the polite words on your face, he cooperates with you, you do have benefits, but with benefits, there is a price! β
Zheng Jieming frowned and said, "I understand what you said, do you think this benefit is not worth the price we pay?" β
"Of course not. In this partnership, we want to get more living space in it! β