Chapter 124: Repaying a Kindness
With Gu Xiangming's attack on Huimao Commercial Building as an opportunity, it is naturally reasonable for Chaozhen, as his voting district, to protect him.
As one of the most chaotic areas in Kyoto, the fighting prowess of Chaozhen outlaws is well known.
With Xiao Chuan and others as bodyguards, Gu Xiangming's personal safety was indeed guaranteed, but at the same time, it also brought a certain negative impact, causing his competitors to accuse Gu Xiangming of being a gangster in Chao Town, and he was the spokesperson of the underworld.
But this incident did not have much impact on Gu Xiangming, after all, everyone in Chaozhen knew Gu Xiangming's personality, and the votes in other places could not be obtained by virtue of favor.
Zheng Xiaochuan felt like he had gone shit luck.
First of all, a God of Wealth fell from the sky inexplicably and provided him with a well-paid job, and secondly, he didn't know how to tell Xia Laosan that he wanted to quit, and Xia Laosan was arrested by the police for being involved in crime.
For this matter, the people of Chaozhen have different opinions, after all, everyone knows that this is a black nest, and the police will never easily set foot in this land, and Xia Laosan is still the first gang boss who was arrested for gangsterism in Chaozhen.
Xiao Chuan originally wanted to take advantage of this matter to retreat and concentrate on helping Wu Mian, but Wu Mian asked him to participate in the election of the new boss, and his competitors were all arrested as the backbone of Xia Laosan's gang, allowing him to successfully take over Xia Laosan's position.
After Wu Mian and Gu Xiangming reached an agreement, Lu Dayu began to withdraw funds to prepare for Wu Mian's investment in District 6, and sent two accountants to District 6 to start buying votes for Gu Xiangming with the cooperation of Zheng Xiaochuan.
Gu Xiangming himself is a very charismatic person, he inspired to change the concept of the bottom group, attracted a large number of free three votes, coupled with Wu Mian's money offensive, he gained a large number of votes in just a few days, and became a group of dark horses in the election of the six district councils.
Within a few days, Gu Xiangming was attacked again many times, but all of them were defused by professional mercenaries hired by Wu Mian privately.
In order to prevent Gu Xiangming's opponent from jumping off the wall in a hurry, Wu Mian even sent an elite team of the Hidden Dragon Organization, but the development of things went a lot smoother than he imagined.
Although the thirteen wards of Kyoto are all controlled by different forces, they are still nominally administrative districts of the coalition government, so all elections need to be supervised by the coalition government, and the votes are counted together.
The final election result greatly surprised the coalition government, and it seems that even they did not expect that Gu Xiangming could be successfully elected as the speaker of the sixth district with a vote rate of 7% ahead of the second place.
A very interesting thing happened in the sixth district, on the day Gu Xiangming took office, the parliament did not hold any welcome ceremony, but more than a dozen councillors submitted their resignations, which shows how serious the threat Gu Xiangming poses to them.
Even those councillors who were closer to Gu Xiangming didn't talk about the welcome ceremony, these people were all old foxes, and they knew that this way was easy to shoot Gu Xiangming's horse legs, but the people in the six districts spontaneously organized a huge ceremony, beating gongs and drums in the square in front of the parliament, which was so lively.
In the speaker's office in the office building, Wu Mian sat at his desk, holding a teacup and spitting out the broken tea leaves in his mouth: "Now you are standing at the peak of power in the sixth district, and this kind of broken tea leaves does not match your identity." ”
"For me, the speaker of the sixth district is no different from the councilor, I want to go to a higher position, it's just to better realize my ambitions, I don't have much pursuit of personal life, you just let me do the position of president, I am still the same as I am now."
Gu Xiangming saw Wu Mian staring at him playfully, and smiled: "You think I'm fake, you think I can bear it, right?" ”
Wu Mian did not deny it: "I thought you didn't realize it yourself. ”
Gu Xiangming got up and stood in front of the map of the coalition government region on the wall: "Do you know where my hometown is?" In Luanzhou County, a suburb of Beijing. ”
Wu Mian is familiar with the terrain around Kyoto: "The United Industries Group is located in a rich place. ”
"Yes, this wealth was bought with the blood and sweat of the people at the bottom."
Gu Xiangming's eyes revealed a touch of pathos: "My parents are both workers of the United Group, since I can remember, they have lived a life of three points and one line, my family is not rich, but it is very warm. Later, the United Group introduced automated production lines on a large scale, and workers began to lose jobs in large batches. ”
"This is not only a problem faced by Luanzhou, but the inevitable result of the development of science and technology, and now there are voices against automated production lines all over the country, but with little effect, because enterprises only pursue profits, and they naturally prefer machines that are tireless and able to work day and night compared to workers who are difficult to manage."
Wu Mian withdrew his gaze from the map: "Enterprises are not in power, and they do not need to consider such things as employment rates, profits are the only things they pursue, and ordinary people can only fall victim to this era." ”
"Yes, and my family and I are what you call a victim."
Gu Xiangming sat back in his chair: "After my mother lost her job, she couldn't find a job, so she could only go to a roadside stall to sell vegetables, but she died in a car accident. My dad thought that all this was caused by the United Group, so after getting drunk, he wanted to go to the United Group to ask for an explanation. He stormed the office building of the United Industries branch, got into a confrontation with an executive, and was killed in the lobby by security. ”
Wu Mian didn't interject.
"From that day on, I was an orphan and lived a life under the fence. The poverty allowance that was supposed to be given to me was embezzled by a bastard, and not a penny was sent to me. I was raised by my dad's old colleagues and neighbors. ”
Gu Xiangming lit a cigarette and took two puffs: "I know that enterprises have no responsibility to support workers, although I hate enterprises, but according to the law and corporate immunity, they do not need to be responsible." I also know that with my ability, it is difficult to get revenge, the only thing I can do is to study hard and change my life, fortunately, the hardships I endured when I was young have inspired me to this day. ”
Wu Mian saw the sadness on Gu Xiangming's vicissitudes of life, and put down the water glass: "I seem to be able to understand what you are doing now." ”
"I don't like money because in my subconscious, I am full of resistance to the group of rich capitalists, and the reason why I can stick to my heart and speak up for the people at the bottom is also because I know better than anyone how difficult it is for this group to survive in this seemingly prosperous world!"
Gu Xiangming mentioned the old things, and his eyes became firm again: "Everything I do today is just to make those strata groups who have helped me live better, I am not very great, everything I do is just to repay a kindness." ”