Chapter 800 Vibration
When everyone was shocked by what Arasaka Group did, the news about Night City spread throughout the world as quickly as possible, which surprised everyone - indeed, the Arasaka Group tried to turn everyone into a cyber-madman who was obedient by implanting the body, but in fact, with Arasaka''s urinary nature, everyone was not surprised at all.
At most, it is the degree of "I really plan to do this by **** this hairy Arasaka."
After all, the Arakasaka Group has always been infamous, and it said it would blow up the earth and everyone believes in it.
However, one person ruled the Night City and declared that he would confiscate all company assets - this directly shocked everyone else.
And soon, the situation changed rapidly.
Religious organizations everywhere responded quickly - yes, even if humans entered the universe, this kind of thing that appeared from the primitive era would not become extinct.
Soon, a group of religious institutions with titles such as "bishop" or "priest" appeared on the media screen, whipping the greed and sin of companies. In fact, this is already a cliché topic. Many religious institutions have always accused the nihilism promoted by companies and believed that they are responsible for the moral corruption of the world.
Of course, the company has no interest in this kind of accusation of not being painful. After all, they made money, and being scolded by a few crazy religious fanatics can''t change anything. Besides, in this era, as long as you have money, you can install a very powerful prosthetic body, and in an instant, you can turn an ordinary person with no power to become a top expert. So you don''t have to worry about the harm those religious madmen can do to you.
But now the situation is different.
Because the angel appeared.
That''s right, angel!
Everything D did was also live broadcast at the time. After that, the whole process went crazy online. A girl with an unparalleled beauty, her pure and flawless white wings, and the powerful force that could not cause any damage to her by bullets or gunpowder. This made many religious believers cry. They believed that this was the dawn of the arrival of the sacred. The great **** finally could not bear the depravity of his people and planned to make trouble!
For a time, many people gathered at the company''s door and began to express protests, and the companies were also panicked.
After the Fourth Corporate War, the power of companies has begun to be restricted in some major powers, but they can still do whatever they want in most places. In some places, companies and local governments are even entangled.
Take Night City as an example. Arasaka Group is undoubtedly the world''s largest company. Why is military technology competing with it in the Night City? The reason is very simple. Because military technology has a close relationship with the new US government, it dares to confront Arasaka in the city of Night. After all, their hometown is right next to them. It is not impossible to directly pull out a team to kill him if you are anxious.
So this is why Arasaka and military technology fought **** the surface in Night City. Other companies even hate Arasaka, but because they are beyond their reach, they can only secretly make some small trips.
But in the final analysis, even so, in most countries, companies still occupy a strong position compared to the regime. Many times, it is the government that needs to cooperate with the company, not the other way around. For companies, buying up politicians and allowing them to advance policies that are beneficial to them is also a very cost-effective investment.
This is also the reason why they have been boasting about democracy and freedom, because only in this way can vote produce leaders. Once a vote is needed, there is room for capital to intervene and play. They control the media, intelligence, and everything is in the hands of the company. They can easily erase those who they don’t like and then praise the people they like.
But now, they are anxious.
They are really anxious!
If one person does this, then the company has ten thousand sayings that can discredit them, such as dictatorship, tyrants, autocracy, etc., and describe the other party as an unforgivable villain, so that they can avoid other people from having similar ideas.
However, the enemy that appeared in front of them this time was not humans, but angels!
So the problem arises.
They accused the other party of autocracy and dictatorship. The believers said that God created our world and everything, and it was natural for God to rule us, and we were willing to go through fire and water for God''s will!
So the capitalists suddenly became anxious.
This is a double-edged sword, and now it is starting to be bad for them in turn. After all, politicians came to power through elections, so when the lower classes unanimously oppose something, even if they have a lot of money in their pockets, they dare not implement policies that are beneficial to the company. After all, it is certain that this can definitely bring unimaginable disasters.
What''s more, the government and companies have never been one mind. If they have the opportunity, they naturally want to seize the assets and power of these companies - no qualified politician will allow this kind of capital thing to ride on their heads and **** and pee.
The company also knew this very well, so they were immediately panicked.
The videos and news of Kanbi Building are everywhere, and they can''t stop all of this, let alone the matter of Arasaka Group''s soul chips, which makes it even worse. For a time, almost all governments began to hold meetings to discuss how to limit corporate power and prevent things like the Arasaka Group from happening - after all, most of these implants and prosthetics are made by companies, and even politicians are unwilling to be controlled by others to become puppets, right?
As for the Arasaka Group, it was directly divided by various countries. After all, you have done everything to control such a big villain in humans. If you want someone to have evidence, physical evidence, then isn’t it natural to deal with you?
Of course, the reason why governments dared to do this is because the chairman of the Arasaka Group was dead and the heir was also dead. Even Saburo Arasaka''s daughter, Kazuko Arasaka, was found that ICE overclocking was overclocked and died in her own apartment that night. For a time, the Arasaka Group had no leader and was in chaos. Below are either fighting for power and profit, or running away with the money. Once a world giant company was just overwhelmed.
And the City of Night is naturally the core of all this. Especially the videos of the bodies of senior officials in the company being hung on street lights made many people feel even cold. Of course, no one doubted this, thinking that it was too cruel and not civilized enough - but the other party would not even miss you, so who would listen to the whine of the defeated dog?
In the next few days, many reporters from all over the world also went to Night City to see what the city is currently in.
In their opinion, such a city must be full of conflicts and chaos.
However, the facts exceeded these reporters'' expectations.
When they came to Night City, what they saw was a clean, tidy and vibrant city. The streets of the city are clean and there is not even a piece of paper. Most people are working hard, and street robberies and shootings have disappeared.
In the face of the reporter''s interview, most of the residents of Night City praised this. Although Night City''s gun order did make them very dissatisfied, the security of the entire Night City has improved a lot. After the senior officials of NCPD who colluded with senior company officials were arrested or executed, the remaining police officers also began to work hard to do their jobs. It can be said that except for the unlucky guys who were hanged on street lights, everyone else seemed to be doing well.
Of course, the attitudes of those senior executives were completely different. In the face of interviews by reporters, they denounced D as a tyrant, believing that she had trampled on the concept of freedom and democracy, and also said that Night City has lost the glory of the City of Freedom and has become the back garden of the dictator. Such a city cannot meet their business needs. They will leave the city and completely withdraw from the business to avoid the tyrants plundering the property they have worked hard to fight for...
Experts from various countries have also commented on this, and most of these experts believe that Night City may not be supported for long if it continues like this. In their opinion, the reason why Night City can prosper is because the companies are doing business here. But now, Night City''s unfriendly attitude towards companies and enterprises will cause them to suffer a lot. Even if Night City has confiscated a large number of company assets, no other company dares to do business with Night City in this way.
In this case, if Night City itself lacks resources, then there will be only a dead end next.
"I have to say that although these experts have crooked butts, they are not wrong."
Looking at the comments from experts on TV, D chuckled, and of course she understood the problem of Night City. The prosperity of Night City is indeed based on free and open economic policies. This is actually a bit similar to the Cayman Islands. It is a mere island that houses all the well-known Fortune 500 companies in the world and the fourth largest financial center in the world. Is it because of its good geographical location? Of course it is because it can avoid taxes and launder money!
Just like Swiss banks, why do rich people deposit money in Swiss banks? Isn’t it because Swiss banks are independent and keep their customer information completely confidential?
Once this advantage is lost, these places will be done.
The same is true for Night City. In the past, companies were willing to do business here because this was the world of capital. They could do whatever they wanted here and even do some anti-humanity experiments - experiments like Arasaka''s soul chips are quite common in Night City, because this is an independent city-state and is not bound by any national laws. Therefore, if you do illegal things in other places, you can do them in Night City.
That''s why these companies come to Night City to invest and do business.
Now Night City does not allow them to do whatever they want, so these companies will naturally stop losses and run away in time.
After all, they have seen the fate of the Araka Group. If they don’t run away, they will be their turn to be afraid that the next one will be.
But D doesn''t care about this little thing, the reason is very simple.
On the one hand, although the company left, Night City was not kept away from it. On the contrary, for many religious believers, with their appearance, Night City seemed to have become a place similar to a religious holy place. The fact is that according to the data recently obtained, many religious believers have tried to make pilgrimage to Night City these days - but Night City does not intend to welcome a large number of foreign populations at present, and is in a semi-closed state.
As for the other hand, it is even simpler.
Just run away if the company runs. Can’t you find a new business?
At this moment, the communication sound in D''s ear rang.
"Sir, the agreed reporter has arrived."
"Let her come in."
"yes."
D turned around and sat back on the chair. Then he saw the door open. Then a female reporter walked in, followed by a photographer behind her.
The moment they saw D in front of them, their steps were stagnant, and an incredible expression and confusion appeared on their faces. Of course, D knew what was going on - after all, his 99-point charm is real... Well, how to say it, this **** charm that has nowhere to be placed.
"Please sit down."
D looked at the two of them and snapped his fingers. At this moment, they seemed to have come back to their senses from a trance state, and hurriedly sat obediently on the chair, obediently like primary school students - this is of course also the influence of D''s charm, just like Duanmu Huai itself has a large-scale halo such as fear spiritual light, D also has a similar "tempting spiritual light". People who see D within a certain range will pass a round of will identification. If the will identification fails, they will enter a charm state, and the charm state is almost permanent and cannot be eliminated.
Of course, the main reflection of the game is that the initial favorability is high, which can easily attract NPCs to release hidden tasks, and the rewards you get are more abundant.
But in reality...
"Hello, I am Shandora, a reporter from News Channel 54..."
Shandora looked at the girl in front of her, very nervous. Although there was no fully armed security guard here, the other party seemed very gentle, just looking at the girl in front of her, Shandora felt ashamed, as if compared to this extremely holy and perfect existence, she was like a defiled and incomplete product. Even if she doesn''t say anything, just standing here is enough to highlight all other ugliness and flaws.
"Don''t be so nervous, Miss Shandora."
D chuckled and looked at the female reporter in front of him.
"Just call me D, then, can the interview begin?"
"certainly……"
D''s voice was like a clear spring, soothing Shandora''s trembling and uneasy heart. She took a deep breath, then came to her senses, looked at D again, and returned to her calmness.
"So………"
After calming down, Shandora also resumed her job as a reporter and asked D many questions, such as the future planning and conception of Night City, as well as the concerns of the people of Night City.
Faced with these questions, D also answered them one by one. Until the interview was about to end, Shandora stared at D and asked the last question.
"Did you know that the new US President Miles has publicly requested that Night City be re-entered into the new US?"
“I heard something.”
D nodded. Of course she understood what this matter meant. After the end of the last war, the war between the new United States and the Free State was stopped due to the intervention of the Arakasaka group, and the two sides reached nominal unification, while Night City became an independent city-state because of Arakasaka.
Now, with Arasaka''s end, Night City fell into his own hands, and the new United States obviously wants to take back Night City and completely unify the entire North America.
"So, what do you think of President Miles'' demands?"
“Views?”
Hearing Shandora''s inquiry, D smiled slightly.
"The new America is not worth my concern yet. Night City is my city, and this will not change. If Miles is stupid enough to occupy this city, then I will let her understand... the consequences of this matter are something that the new America cannot afford."
(This chapter ends)