"How's the preparation going?"

Lucius Lane sat in a black-leather soft-wrapped car with a copy of the speech in his hand and words in his mouth as he prepared for the next speech.

Next year will be the year of the "big" "election" in Night City, and he plans to make an official campaign speech today.

The venue for the speech was chosen in the company square, on the fifth floor of the disc hub, where Kerry had his concert last night.

In the passenger seat, the mayor's secretary immediately reported: "Mayor, the podium has been built, and the crowd, security, and propaganda slogans are all in place. ”

"After the company riot ended last night, municipal sanitation workers have been arranged to clean it up in a timely manner, and all the damaged public facilities have been replaced."

When Lucius Lane heard the word "riot", his fat forehead wrinkled with a Sichuan character, and his tone seemed a little unhappy, and he reminded in a deep voice.

"Remember, last night in the company square was not a riot, but a movement, a movement of 'self', 'by 'lord' and 'righteousness'."

The theme of his speech today is "self" and "reason", and he wants to take advantage of the east wind of the riots in the company square to attract a wave of votes.

Back then, Night City was about to be trampled by metal wars, and there was a risk that the city would be destroyed at any time.

As a councilor, Lucius Lane tries to contact the Arasaka family against the crowd in order to fight against the menacing military technology.

Ultimately.

Under the mutual checks and balances of the two companies, Night City survived the flames of war, preserving the "independence", "independence", "self", "by", "system" and "degree".

With this achievement, Lucius Lane was successfully elected as the new mayor of Night City, and won the titles of "self", "by", "city" and "mayor".

As time goes by, the period of merit dividends has passed, and the people of Night City have more demands.

His approval rating began to decline continuously, and what made matters worse was that various scandals broke out one after another among the municipalities, councilors, and office workers, resulting in a worse and worse reputation for this year's night city government.

In particular, some time ago, the content of the purchase agreement between NCPD and Military Science and Technology was leaked, and a scandal broke out, which greatly affected the stock price of NCPD.

The entire Night City knows that the municipal budget has a big hole, and it is still working with military technology to transfer benefits.

Next year's "big" "election" will come again, and according to this situation, it will be even more difficult for Lucius Lane to continue to "be" and "elect" mayor.

Other than that.

Lucius Lane also has a strong contender, and the momentum of "competition" and "selection" is far beyond imagination.

Jefferson Perarez.

Jefferson worked as a lawyer and district attorney in Night City.

Now he is a member of the Council of Night City, and with the support of many forces, he is ready to "compete" and "elect" the mayor of Night City.

With his poor birth background, high-quality ability level, sunny and handsome appearance, and the slogan of thinking about the poor people everywhere, he quickly occupied a place in the political circle.

In the eyes of some Night City people, Jefferson dared to speak up, vowing to change the roots of Night City's injustices, which was quite a bit of a Knight of Light.

So.

In order to deal with this strong opponent, Lucius Lane chose to take out his hole cards - "self" and "by".

He firmly believes that as long as the "self" and "self" are persistently implemented, he will be able to win the overwhelming majority of support.

Because in the eyes of the vast majority of people in Night City, what they crave is "self" and "reason" rather than fairness.

After all, the word "fair" in Night City is a joke in itself.

Lucius Lane looked at the time and saw that there were only ten minutes left before the start of the press conference, so he ordered the staff to drive the convoy into the Circle Hub in the company square.

A convoy of black business cars is slowly entering the roundabout of the company square.

The convoy passed through almost 10 steps and 100 steps, and the NCPD invested a lot of police forces to escort Lucius Lane.

After the convoy arrived at the designated destination, a black-clothed bodyguard immediately stepped forward to open the car door for it, and guarded the surroundings at any time.

Lucius Lane stepped out of the car and waved to the crowd gathered around the podium.

The scene erupted in thunderous applause and cheers, warmly welcoming him.

Surrounded by everyone, Lucius Lane dragged his fat body and slowly walked onto the podium.

Deputy Mayor Holt followed Lucius Lane and stood behind him, clapping his hands lightly.

Lucius Lane looked at the crowd below, and his mood suddenly became a little gloomy.

He found that the crowd under the audience was far from what he expected.

The quantity and quality of the audience are completely incomparable to last night's Kerry concert.

When Kerry held a concert, the five-story disc was full of black and dark discs.

And now.

Only the fifth floor was full of people, the fourth floor was loosely populated, and the first, second, and third floors were only sporadic crowds of onlookers.

The point is.

Lucius Lane knew that many of the people at the scene were paid to hire childcare, and they were not real supporters at all.

In order to better rub off on the popularity, the nurseries were also deliberately asked to wear shabby denim clothes and pretend to be veterans or vagrants, in order to win the votes of these people.

He was cold in his heart, smiling on his face, no matter how many real supporters there were, he had to do this scene enough.

Reporters from all major media outlets were present, and cameras of all sizes were pointed at the podium, transmitting Lucius Lane's speech to every electronic screen in Night City.

Lucius Lane looked at the audience and said in a deep voice, "I'm sorry to keep you waiting. ”

As soon as the words fell.

The scene resounded with thunderous shouts and applause, and many people began to chant the titles of "self", "by", "city" and "chief".

Lucius Lane paused for a moment, then leaned into the microphone and smiled, "Thank you very much, thank you, I love you." ”

"Of course, I also love this city of 'self' and 'self'."

"Night City."

The audience once again set off bursts of chanting, and many people blushed when they shouted.

He continued: "Last night, a big event happened in the company square, and I believe that our journalists have a lot of material to write about in the past two days, and there is no need to worry about choosing a topic. ”

There was a burst of laughter from the audience, matched with the humor of the podium.

"A lot of people would have chalked up last night's concert in Company Square to a riot, but I don't think so."

"On the contrary, I think last night was a movement that symbolizes 'self', 'self', 'Lord' and 'righteousness', like fanatical people, listening to a fanatical concert and doing some fanatical things, but in the end it was the biotechnology company that was unlucky."

"But this fire, I don't want to burn unjustly."

"If you're willing to wait, the representatives of the biotech companies will do some review here later, and it's up to you to decide whether you want to say it or not, after all, it's your 'self' and 'reason', isn't it?"

There were bursts of applause from the audience.

Lucius Lane said bluntly: "I've always been very much in favor of our rock kid Kerry's concert. ”

"Even if today's young people are no longer obsessed with rock and roll and no longer follow the martial arts bands of the past, the meaning of rock and roll is indispensable for Night City."

"Because we are a true 'self' and 'from' city, this city needs a variety of different voices to express their love for the city."

"Just like me, I will do my best to maintain my 'freedom' and 'reason' to express my love for you and for Night City."

"I believe you all know that this 'self' and 'self' is extremely important to each of us, it is the soul of Night City, and I will defend her to the death."

"So, in order to continue to implement the 'self' and 'reason', I announce that I will run for the new mayor next year."

Arasaka Tower, 33rd floor counterintelligence department.

The panoramic floor-to-ceiling screen of the minister's office is playing the scene of Lucius Lane's speech in the company square.

"That's pretty good."

Tang Yu took a sip of warm tea from his teacup and made a good evaluation of Lucius Lane's speech.

He had just finished his work and had some time to take a look at Lucius Lane's attitude.

After all, the riot in the company square last night was planned by him, and the attitude of the top municipal officials of Night City will also affect his plan.

If Lucius Lane wants to dig deeper into this matter, Tang Yu has to give Kerry and Aunt Mei and others a preventive shot in advance.

In addition, Gloria and Mann's team also need to make some precautionary arrangements to avoid involving them.

But now it seems.

Tang Yu heard from Lucius Lane's speech that the mayor had no intention of pursuing the matter.

Opposite.

Lucius Lane also wants to take advantage of the riots in the company square to rub off on the popularity of Kerry's concert, so as to attract a wave of support for his 'competition' and 'election'.

From the police force invested by the NCPD last night, it can be seen that Lucius Lane has already made corresponding public relations preparations in advance.

I have to say.

Lucius Lane looks fat, big-eared, but has a nimble brain, and has come up with a good idea.

If the company square riot continues, there will be no winner, it will be a dead end.

The main reason is that the riots in the company square seem to be out of control, but in fact they are only aimed at biotech companies.

Due to the length of the riots, it was difficult for the rioters to maintain unity when the frenzy had subsided, so only half of the biotech floors were burned.

The biotechnology upper echelons and core facilities have not been too severely affected.

The large-scale electronic short circuit only burned some electrical appliances and office equipment.

Most important facilities have already installed voltage regulators, and even large voltage fluctuations are difficult to cause the facilities to burn down.

Overall.

It is true that a large part of the losses of biotechnology have suffered a lot of impact and damage in various aspects such as security, fire protection, property, real estate, and office systems.

But the fundamentals of biotech companies have not been shaken.

The security force is not enough, so it can increase the procurement from Kangtao.

Damaged office systems can allow company hackers to rebuild.

If the server is burned or lost, you can find another company to purchase it.

As for the building burned black and burned out, it took a month to renovate it, and it didn't take a month to get back into normal operation.

These problems can be solved by money, and they are not a problem for a top giant like biotechnology.

What really gives biotechnology companies a headache is that the stock price has plummeted, the market reputation has been damaged, and a number of scandals such as "painkillers" and "new antibiotic trials" have triggered a wave of countermeasures in many places around the world.

Even though the biotech companies knew that the riots were directed against them, they had no choice but to try to calm the situation.

If we continue to vigorously pursue the riots, I am afraid that it will arouse more opposition.

Settle the situation and act as if nothing happened, which is the best outcome for biotech companies.

Biotech wants to settle things, municipalities want to get votes, and other major companies have nothing to do with themselves.

Naturally, it is impossible to publicly pursue responsibility for this riot, at most all the forces arranged for agents to conduct a secret investigation.

Even if you really find some clues, you can only find two giant companies, Arasaka and Military Technology.

Tang Yu did use Arasaka's resources to help Kerry solve the trouble of the concert.

Meredith did arrange for News 54 to expose some of the inside story of the painkiller project.

Unless it is the attention of the senior management of the two giant companies, outsiders will basically find this clue.

Tang Yu analyzed this step, and the matter was basically thorough, and he was not interested in Lucius Lane's later speech.

The fat-headed, big-eared Lucius Lane ran the train with his mouth full during the speech, and he was a typical guest who was alive and well.

Tang Yu also has a certain understanding of Lucius Laine, and has a lot to do with the company, and he will indulge in lust at night, enjoying those cruel and cold black super dreams in the Red Queen's Racing Secret Club.

But this guy's life is not too long, and he will suddenly die in the next year.

Lucius Lane's death was inseparable from his deputy, Hult.

As for the fate of the mayor of 'Since' and 'You' this time, Tang Yu didn't have much to care about.

He closed his gaze and sat back at his desk, ready to check the work at hand, and after making sure that nothing was missed, he planned to leave work.

Suddenly.

Outside the main entrance of the office, a visit notice is lit up.

Sasha looked sideways and saw that the screen showed Kate visiting.

Kate was expressionless and stood in the aisle to receive a blue light scan.

Sasha then looked back at Tang Yu, waiting for his instructions on whether to let Kate in.

Tang Yu sat on the soft leather chair, waved his hand, and motioned for Kate to come in.

Soon.

The stainless steel gates slowly open to both sides.

Kate walked straight into the minister's office, the spacious and luxurious layout, as dark as ever.

When she passed by Sasha's office, Yu Guang looked around, didn't say anything, and continued to come to Tang Yu's desk.

Tang Yu looked at Kate, who was not good, with an indifferent expression, and could see through what she was thinking at a glance.

Kate stood across the desk and asked coldly, "Vice Minister Tang, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for you to act as the head of the counterintelligence department like this." ”

"What does it mean that so much work in the ministry is put on hold, and you don't respond and deal with it?"

Tang Yu didn't mind Kate's offense, and emphasized that the deputy minister was nothing more than to explain that he was just an acting minister, not a real minister.

He motioned to Sasha to bring the results of the work matters, and said lightly: "I don't know what kind of work you are talking about that has not been handled well, although your position is not qualified to view these contents, but after all, you have just come to the Counterintelligence Department, and you will understand some rules later." ”

Sasha took the electronic tablet and placed it on the desk, on which were the minister's work matters.

Tang Yu made a 'please' gesture, signaling Kate to feel free if she wanted to see it.

"If you have any good opinions, feel free to report them to me, of course, I don't necessarily have time."

Kate glanced at the electronic tablet and found that all the work items on it had been dealt with, except for her own inquiry.

She suddenly felt a nameless fire, and her expressionless face couldn't help twitching twice.

Kate now understands that the acting minister in front of her is deliberately targeting her.

Before, it was an excuse that the field staff did not come to the company, and it was okay not to reply to messages.

Today, Tang Yu sat in the office and deleted the work items about her, which was already public and did not give her face.

Kate's red eyes flickered, and she couldn't see the change in her expression, but said coldly: "Regarding the results of the military-grade Sianweistan investigation, you are in charge of it yourself, right?" ”

Tang Yu was noncommittal and motioned for her to continue.

"There is an obvious problem with this investigation, I have investigated the Uzumaki Gang, and they do not have the strength to attack the three Arasaka special forces."

"On the contrary, the people of the Vortex Gang have lost dozens of people, which is very different from the report you wrote, shouldn't it be clearly explained?"

Tang Yu had long known that she would take advantage of this to make trouble, and she would hold on to the problems of that night, because it was the military technology people who killed the three Arasaka special service teams.

If she is really asked to find evidence and give Tang Yu a hat of not reporting and colluding with military science and technology in private, she can easily bring him down.

Tang Yu didn't pay attention to Kate head-on, but asked indifferently.

"Do you want to reopen the investigation?"

Kate naturally would not let go of this opportunity, and the best result was that Tang Yu couldn't explain it, and then applied to the board of directors to start an investigation.

She can take measures against Tang Yu openly, and if she really digs something out, she will inevitably put him to death.

Kate hadn't had any trouble with Tang Yu before, but she was on the side of Arasaka Yorinobu's faction, and her promotion to deputy head of counterintelligence was arranged by Director Tanaka and Director Susan Abernathy.

Tang Yu is a thorn in their side, and she must pull it out to show her worth.

Kate took over the conversation and said in a cold voice: "Of course, if you can't explain this matter, I will apply to the board of directors to reopen the investigation, and you will not be able to cooperate when the time comes." ”

Tang Yu nodded slightly and encouraged: "Very good, you have a very inquiring spirit. ”

"Then I'll tell you."

"My answer is what is written in the investigation report, and there is no need to repeat it to you."

"You can now go and write a report, reopen the investigation in the name of the counterintelligence unit, and send it here for approval."

Tang Yu was talking, and received a new visit prompt.

He immediately checked the situation and found that it was two of Komichiko's bodyguards who had come to invite him upstairs for 'tea'.

Tang Yu immediately stood up, tidied up his coat a little, and prepared to go out.

"You go down first."

"I've got something to do."

"The report is written and sent to my email."

"Sasha remember to keep an eye on it so I don't forget."

Sasha hurriedly stood up, nodded slightly to indicate receipt, and then watched Tang Yu walk towards the door.

The gate opens automatically.

At the invitation of Michiko's bodyguard, Tang Yu walked towards the public elevator room.

Seeing that Tang Yu had left, Sasha looked at Kate who was standing still again, and urged politely.

"Hello."

"If the report on the resumption of the investigation is completed, it can be sent to Mr. Tang's work mailbox."

"I will confirm it as soon as possible and convey it to Mr. Tang."

Kate stood there expressionlessly, snorted coldly, and then turned to leave the minister's office.

Sasha grimaced at Kate's annoyed look and grimaced at her back.

"Old witch, what a monster!"

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