41. Citizens' Duel Meeting
For Lu Fuyan, after winning tonight's fighting competition, he is destined to attract suspicion and temptation.
But from Zhou Congrong's point of view, the defeat of Hisun employees has caused a more serious chain reaction.
... In fact, just like what Mr. Zhou and the glasses man said before, he was not unprepared for the defeat of Gola.
After all, when it comes to the struggle for the highest power in the relay station, since he can find Hisun Pharmaceutical to help, it makes no sense that Yan Feng's woman can only sit and wait to die.
Zhou Congrong knew the truth of leniency for the enemy, and even if everything developed in the direction he expected, Mr. Zhou would be suspicious. From this point of view, it seemed that he should not have asked about the defeat of Gila and was overly anxious.
However being beaten by someone also points the situation is discussed...
Foreign aid that is invited at a large price can lose, but it must not be this kind of loss method that will be cut down by someone in the face!
This means that Nightingale has hired far more helpers than his allies, and it also means that his own strategic planning may need to be completely rewritten!
What's more, as the process of tonight's gambling fight spreads in the inner city, the prestige of the magistrate represented by Mr. Zhou will inevitably be greatly reduced. This undoubtedly provided great convenience for the Nightingale Bar to secretly connect and establish factions, and also encouraged some people to take risks.
An increase in the number of speculators means an increased probability of accidents.
Accidents, in turn, lead to increased uncertainty across the system.
For Zhou Congrong, who has an advantage in overall strength by virtue of his first-mover advantage, this is really not an ideal development.
... Of course, all of these thoughts are just a mental trade-off. When facing the employees of Hisun Pharmaceutical, Mr. Zhou still did not express any excessive emotions.
After Gola lost the match, they quickly left the Nightingale Bar with three other referees. After making an appointment to meet tomorrow, each returned to his own place.
It was only at this time that Mr. Zhou chatted with Dixon, the man with glasses, about the duel match.
"What do you think of the young man who just killed Gilla?"
"It's not like a modified person who has undergone surgery - eighty percent belong to the camp of the transcendent."
Dixon's expression was a little more grim than when he stood on the sidelines and watched the game...
As a middle management who is absolutely loyal to the company, on the one hand, he is dissatisfied with the economic losses caused by Rose's unexpected death, and on the other hand, the innate position of the "purist" makes the glasses man have a strong hostility towards those transcendents who are polluted by evil gods.
"The other party deliberately talked about the company before he started, and distracted Gila from it... Presumably, it was at that time that he used the evil power of the evil god to exert his influence on Gilara. β
"What are the specific abilities?"
"It's hard to say at the moment β we can't draw an accurate conclusion until we have examined the data recorded by the sensors on the body."
"How long will it take?"
"Two days at most."
Mr. Zhou didn't reply again, sitting on the hovercraft, he crossed his right leg and looked out the window.
Since the defeat of Guila, he has never clearly expressed his dissatisfaction with Hisun Pharmaceutical. But the subtle change in attitudes is enough for smart people to perceive the client's skepticism about the professional skills of the practitioners.
Dixon naturally caught the hint and immediately responded.
"Mr. Zhou, we are different from the gods and gods who are extraordinary people - all the services provided by Hisun Pharma are based on scientific knowledge that can be repeatedly verified.
You get the level of service you pay for. If you're not happy with your progress, you can continue to invest more.
As long as the funds are in place, I don't think the company will mind sending an emergency response team to directly sweep away all opposition forces in the relay station for you. β
"Each settlement has its own rules of the game, and I didn't entrust Hisun to do anything superfluous."
Faced with the suggestion of additional investment, Zhou Congrong chose to refuse without hesitation - but not just for the money.
"Listen, I don't want any large-scale upheaval at the relay station.
Slaves are vital assets, and any uncontrolled and violent armed conflict is a waste of valuable human resources. β
"Then did you hire us to come to the theater?"
"I have my own arrangements."
"Listen up."
Hisun Pharmaceutical's power far exceeds that of the slave owners in Toutuoling, and even if they collect money to do things, it is still difficult to hide their domineering.
Mr. Zhou is unwilling to cause a conflict with the other party at this juncture, so it is clear that Party A is paying the money, and he can only give priority to compromise at this moment.
"In order to avoid large-scale infighting and damage to the infrastructure of the relay station, the committee has long made contingency plans for similar conflicts β we will solve the problem in a more civilized way."
"Civilization?"
The man in glasses almost laughed out loud.
"It's hard to imagine that a small and remote and backward settlement like Toutuoling has anything to do with this word."
"Whatever you think - but in order to prevent the stronghold that has been built with great difficulty from collapsing in the internal struggle, the relay station has been using the method of citizen dueling to resolve irreconcilable contradictions."
"Like tonight?"
"Much more formal than that."
"Heh... No matter how formal it is, it's just a boxing match, and the transfer of power in Toutuoling is such a child's play? β
"It's a rule that guarantees everyone's survival in the wasteland. Therefore, even if the duel itself does not have any binding force, it is the best way to ensure that the appeal is legitimate. β
Zhou Congrong was not naΓ―ve enough to pin all his hopes on a duel.
He simply wanted to use the old tradition to transform the struggle between the magistrate and Yan Feng from a conflict of interests that attempted to redistribute social resources to a conflict of opinion that occurred within the existing rules.
Only in this way can he and the other magistrates completely negate the reasonableness of Yan Feng's appeal by winning the boxing match.
In order to dismantle the huge offensive and defensive alliance with the Nightingale Bar as the core, and eliminate the rebellion that may break out at any time.
At that time, if Madame Phoenix's insistence on starting a rebellion would be tantamount to pushing all potential allies against each other, and the overall situation would be more favorable to several current magistrates.
"I have no intention of ruling a ruin, nor do I want to waste my energy on other boring things. So I reiterate once again, you and your men don't do anything superfluous until you give the order. β
"Oh, Mr. Zhou, you even want to influence the company's decision-making now?"
"I'm just asking you to strictly honor your contract."
Of course, Hisun has always respected the spirit of the contract. The premise is that the other party has not otherwise jeopardized the interests of the company. β
The man with glasses didn't back down.
It's not just that Lu Fuyan had previously told Rodney before the battle with Guila.
In fact, from the standpoint of Hisun Pharmaceutical, the reason why they accepted Zhou Congrong's entrustment and directly intervened in the internal affairs of the Toutuoling relay station was far more than just for the generous remuneration.
Behind this is the company's overall strategic layout, as well as other more sinister intentions.
- Unlike Zhou Congrong, who represents the interests of local monopolies. For his part, Dixon was happy to see the Toutuoling region plunged into an endless, irregular state of war!
Because only in this way can the biotransformation weapons produced by the company be brought into play and more actual combat data can be collected.
At the same time, with the increasing involvement of the company's forces, the local forces of defense outsourcing will inevitably expand their dependence on Hisun Pharmaceutical.
At that time, the human gathering place in the border area of Toutuoling can be fully brought under the control of the company!