I have reservations about your so-called argument of picking quarrels and provoking trouble. Wu Ming snapped the book and looked up at the sheriff, I had just been singing songs on the street with Liz, my companion, in the afternoon, and I had a chance encounter with your fellow sheriff, and then had a frank, efficient, and very creative conversation about the current working hours system in Night City

Then your colleague may think that I have a novel point of view and a strange angle, so he called friends and called more sheriffs to join us in the discussion, and then we had a full exchange of opinions, and the atmosphere of the conversation was very lively for a while.

Although it is said vividly, it almost depicts a scene, but this sheriff came to the door for this matter, how could he not know the real situation at that time? He listened indifferently to Wu Ming's reversal of black and white, and couldn't help but laugh a little angrily: Okay, since you said so, then I want to hear what opinions you exchanged?

I think there's something wrong with the 16-hour workday that you're implementing now, it's a very oppressive and exploitative thing. Seeing that he opened his mouth like this, Wu Ming spread his hands unceremoniously, and said his idea with a big grin: the workers work day and night, but the salary they can get is very meager.

Take this kid for example.

Wu Ming pointed at Ah Gou, and the latter who was standing on the side was already trembling a little with fright at this time, because in his opinion, Wu Ming's behavior was simply jumping in front of the sheriff, in the company and even standing in the minefield of the entire Night City.

I don't know how old he is this year, but he should only be in his teens, such a child, but he has to work more than 16 hours a day in the factory at high intensity, all year round, and often has to face the foreman's 24-hour unpaid overtime requirements, but the remuneration he earns, it is a little difficult to support himself, not to mention that he has a sister to raise.

With a polite smile on his face, he asked the sheriff, "I want to ask, is this common in Night City?" Don't you think there's something wrong with this situation?

However, the sheriff's expression remained the same, indifferent like a robot: it seems to me that there is nothing wrong with that.

The company provides them with shelter, clothing and food, so everyone should work to repay the company and do their part to create value for the company.

As for the idlers and untouchables, they are to be expelled from Night City by the company.

Oh afternoon, your colleagues also expounded this point of view Wu Ming nodded thoughtfully, slowly got up from his chair, took two steps forward, and then we had a discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of the eight-hour working day, the weekend system and the sixteen-hour working day, and enhanced our understanding of each other

The eight-hour workday and the weekend are rotten systems of the old world. The sheriff was so angry that the blue tendons on his forehead jumped slightly, but he still maintained a minimum of calm, if it weren't for the report mentioning that the gangster in front of him was extremely dangerous, I am afraid that the way he would enter the door would be to take a group of sheriffs, first kick the door of Ah Gou's house open, break in, and then take out a gun and face this gangster.

He didn't give up until he was killed on the spot.

Gathering people in the streets to sing reactionary songs, instigating workers to gather to make trouble, attacking sheriffs, and even spreading anti-human and anti-corporate rhetoric on many occasions

Even if it is the lightest crime, it will be necessary to put it into the Sun Prison for dozens of days to squat in prison alone.

The Dawning Prison is the most famous prison in Night City, and only the most heinous prisoners who have committed countless heart-wrenching crimes are thrown into that prison. It is said that the average life expectancy of the inmates living in that prison does not exceed thirteen days.

For the people of Night City, throwing themselves into the Sun Prison is basically the same as being pressed to the ground by the sheriff and using a gun for half an hour in the head, and they will definitely die in the end anyway.

However, hands-on is not allowed.

Judging from the afternoon's report, it is clear that these two strangers possess a certain degree of transcendent characteristics, and shooting them will not cause any effective damage, and I am afraid that the rash use of firearms here will not only not hurt him, but will also startle the snake

The sheriff forcibly pulled the gun from his bosom

The idea of shooting at close range: History has proven that the eight-hour workday will not work in the Doomsday Wasteland, and that if you want to survive, you must work every day and every night, or Night City will be in ruins, like the settlements that have fallen on the tundra, lying in the snow and waiting for the newcomers to unearth the resources they have left.

Wu Ming tugged at the corners of his mouth: This is a sophistry that has changed the concept.

Admittedly, in the emergency of the Apocalyptic Wasteland, at a time when both races and civilizations are at stake, there is nothing wrong with activating a twelve-hour workday, or even a sixteen-hour workday.

This is a very simple and intuitive question: if the race and civilization are extinct, how long do you think you can live alone in a wasteland of tens of degrees below zero?

At this time, it is necessary to form a collective, perform its own duties, report to the group for warmth, squeeze potential, and do everything possible to improve production capacity to tide over the difficulties.

But that's only for the early stages of the Doomsday Wasteland, and the state of emergency can't last long, it may last for a year or two, four, but it can't last for decades.

In the city, as the collective has gone through the most difficult period, the gradual stabilization of the situation will inevitably necessitate a change of strategy.

The situation in Night City has stabilized, and what good is it for the city to maintain a sixteen-hour workday, which will only create excess capacity

Wu Ming knew that his question could not be answered, and even if someone could answer it, it would not be the sheriff in front of him.

The transcendent countermeasures team has been set up in the perimeter, the preliminary preparations have been completed, and the rest is left to the experts, and I am only responsible for delaying the time and assisting them in taking down this transcendent from a foreign land

The sheriff thought to himself, staring at him coldly, cautiously watching his every move: this is not what you need to know. Now I want to arrest you on charges of picking quarrels and provoking trouble, disrupting the order of the company, attacking the sheriff, spreading anti-human and anti-corporate rhetoric, and attempting to subvert Night City, and I hope you will cooperate.