Cyberpunk: Legendary Life

"How are the preparations going?"

Lucius Lane was sitting in the black leather soft-packed carriage, holding a speech script in his hand and mumbling words. He was preparing for the next speech.

Next year will be the year of "big" and "election" in Night City, and he plans to make a formal acceptance speech today.

The location of the speech was chosen in the company square, on the fifth floor of the Disc Hub, where Kerry held his concert last night.

From the passenger seat, the mayor's secretary immediately reported: "Mayor, the podium has been set up, and the crowd, security, and promotional slogans are all in place."

"After the riot at the company last night, municipal sanitation staff have been arranged to clean up in time, and all damaged public facilities have been replaced with new ones."

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

"Remember, last night's company square was not a riot, but a movement, a movement of 'freedom', 'lordship' and 'righteousness'."

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

Back then, the City of Night was about to face the trampling of the metal war, and there was a risk of the city being destroyed and people destroyed at any time.

As a congressman, Lucius Lane tried to contact the Arasaka family against all objections in order to fight against the menacing military technology.

finally.

Under the mutual checks and balances between the two companies, Night City survived the flames of war and preserved its "independence", "independence", "self-control", "freedom", "system" and "degree".

Lucius Lane also relied on this achievement to be successfully elected as the new mayor of Night City, winning the titles of "self", "free", "city" and "chief".

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

His approval rating began to continue to decline. To make matters worse, various scandals broke out one after another in the municipal government, parliamentarians, and office workers, causing the reputation of Night City's politics to become worse and worse this term.

Especially some time ago, the content of the purchase agreement between NCPD and Military Technology was leaked, resulting in a scandal, which greatly affected NCPD's stock price.

Everyone in Night City knows that there is a big hole in the municipal budget and that it is still transferring profits from military technology.

Next year the "big" "election" will come again. If the situation continues, it will be even more difficult for Lucius Lane to continue to "be" and "elect" the mayor.

in addition.

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

Jefferson Peralez.

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

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

With his poor background, high quality and ability, sunny and handsome appearance, and his slogan of caring for the poor, he quickly occupied a place in the political circle.

In the eyes of some people in Night City, Jefferson dared to act and speak out, and vowed to change the roots of injustice in Night City. He was a bit like the Knight of Light.

so.

In order to deal with this powerful opponent, Lucius Lane chose to pull out his trump card-"self" and "free".

He firmly believes that as long as he persists in implementing "self" and "freedom", he will definitely gain the overwhelming majority of support.

Because in the eyes of most people in Night City, what they long for is "freedom" rather than fairness.

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

Lucius Lane looked at the time and found that there were only ten minutes left before the start of the press conference, so he ordered the staff to drive the fleet into the company square disc hub.

A fleet of black business cars was slowly entering the company square disk hub.

The place where the motorcade passed was almost full of people every ten steps and one post every hundred steps. NCPD invested a lot of police force to escort Lucius Lane.

After the convoy arrived at the designated destination, black-clad bodyguards immediately came forward to open the car door for it and guard the surroundings at all times.

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

The audience burst into 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, applauding gently with both hands.

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

He found that the crowd in the audience was very different from what he expected.

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

When Kerry held a concert, the five-story disc was filled with black clouds.

And now.

Only the fifth floor was full of people, the fourth floor had a few people standing loosely, and the first, second, and third floors were just scattered crowds of onlookers. After a quick glance, they left feeling bored.

The key is.

Lucius Lane knew that many of the people at the scene were paid shills and were not real supporters at all.

In order to gain more popularity, the shills were specially asked to dress in shabby denim clothes and pretend to be veterans or homeless people, hoping to win over these people's votes.

He is cold in his heart and smiling on his face. No matter how many real supporters there are, he must complete this scene.

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

Lucius Lane faced the audience and said in a deep voice: "I'm sorry to keep you waiting for so long."

The words just fell.

Thunderous shouts and applause erupted from the scene, and many people began to shout the titles of "自", "Yu", "City" and "Chief".

Lucius Lane paused for a moment, then held up the microphone and smiled: "Thank you very much, thank you, I love you."

"Of course I also love this city of freedom."

"Night City."

The audience burst into cheers again, and many people shouted until their faces turned red.

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

There was laughter from the audience, matching the humor on the podium.

"A lot of people would chalk up last night's concert at Company Plaza to a riot, but I don't think so."

"On the contrary, I think last night was a movement symbolizing freedom, just like fanatical people who listened to a fanatical concert and did some fanatical things. The last ones to suffer are the biotech companies.”

"But this fire I want to burn is not unjust."

"If you are willing to wait, the representatives of the biotechnology company will do some review here later. It is up to you to decide whether to accept it or not. After all, this is your 'freedom', isn't it?"

The audience burst into applause again.

Lucius Lane said bluntly: "I have always been in favor of our rock kid Kerry holding a concert."

"Even if today's young people are no longer obsessed with rock and no longer pursue the band Samurai, the significance of rock is indispensable to Night City."

“Because we are truly a city of ‘free’ and ‘free’, this city needs a variety of voices to express their love for this city.”

"Just like me, I try my best to maintain my 'freedom' to express my love for you and the City of Night."

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

“So, in order to continue to implement ‘self’ and ‘freedom’, I announce that I will run for the new mayor next year.”

Arasaka Tower, Counterintelligence Department on the 33rd floor.

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

"That's pretty good."

Tang Yu picked up the teacup, took a sip of warm tea, and made a good comment on Lucius Lane's speech.

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

After all, he planned the riot in the company square last night, and the attitude of Night City's top political leaders will also affect his plan.

If Lucius Lane wants to dig deeper into this matter, Tang Yu must vaccinate Kerry, Aunt Mei and others in advance.

In addition, Gloria and the Mann team also need to make some preventive arrangements to prevent this matter from involving them.

But now it seems.

Tang Yu could tell from Lucius Lane's speech that the mayor no longer planned to pursue the matter.

on the contrary.

Lucius Lane also wanted to use the riot in the company square to ride on the popularity of Kerry's concert, so as to attract a wave of support for his 'election'.

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

have to say.

Lucius Lane looks fat and big-eared, but his mind is very flexible and he came up with a good trick.

If the riot in the company square is pursued, there will be no winner. It is simply a dead end.

The main reason is that the riots in the company square seemed to be out of control, but in fact they only targeted biotechnology companies.

Due to the limited duration of the riot, it would be difficult for the rioters to maintain unity once the fanatical atmosphere dissipated, so only half of the biotechnology floor was burned.

Biotechnology executives and core facilities have not been too seriously affected.

The massive electronic short circuit only destroyed some electrical appliances and office equipment.

Most important facilities have already installed voltage regulators. Even huge voltage fluctuations will hardly cause the facility to burn down.

Overall.

Biotechnology has indeed suffered a lot of losses, and various aspects such as security, fire protection, property, real estate, and office systems have all suffered considerable impact and damage.

But the fundamentals of biotech companies have not been shaken.

If the security force is not enough, you can increase purchases from Kangtao.

Damaged office systems can be rebuilt by corporate hackers.

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

As for the building that is burnt down and burnt out, if you spend money to renovate it, it will be back in normal operation within a few months.

These problems can be solved with money, and are not a problem for top giants like biotechnology.

The real headaches for biotechnology companies are probably the plummeting stock prices and damaged market credibility, coupled with the multiple scandals of 'painkillers' and 'new antibiotic trials', which have triggered a wave of counterattacks in many places around the world.

Even though the biotechnology companies knew that the riot was against them, they still had no choice but to find ways to calm the situation.

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

Putting the matter to rest and pretending it never happened is the best outcome for biotechnology companies.

Biotech wants to keep things quiet, the municipal government wants to get votes, and other major companies have nothing to do with them.

Naturally, it is impossible to publicly pursue accountability for this riot. At most, all parties will arrange secret agents to investigate.

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

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

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

Unless the top management of the two giant companies pays attention, outsiders will basically find the end of this clue.

At this point in Tang Yu's analysis, things were basically understood, and he had no interest in Lucius Lane's subsequent speech.

Lucius Lane, a fat-headed and big-eared man, talks a lot during his speech, and is a perfect example of a hotelier.

Tang Yu also has a certain understanding of Lucius Lane. He has a lot of connections with the company. He will indulge in sex at night when he has nothing to do. He enjoys the cruel and cold Black Super Dream in the Red Queen's secret racing club.

But this guy didn't live very long, and he died suddenly and mysteriously next year.

The death of Lucius Lane was inseparable from his deputy Holt.

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

He put away his eyes and sat back in front of his desk, ready to check the work at hand and make sure nothing was missing before leaving get off work.

suddenly.

A visit reminder lights up outside the main entrance of the office.

Sasha looked sideways and saw that the screen showed Kate's visit.

Kate stood expressionless as she stood in the aisle undergoing the blue light scan.

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

Tang Yu sat back on the big soft leather chair and waved his hand, indicating to let Kate in.

soon.

The stainless steel gate slowly opened to both sides.

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

When she passed by Sasha's office, she looked at it from the corner of her eye. Without saying anything, she continued to Tang Yu's desk.

Tang Yu looked at Kate, who had come with a bad attitude, with an indifferent expression, and he could see through what she was thinking at a glance.

Kate stood across from the desk and asked coldly: "Deputy Minister Tang, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for you to act as the head of the Counterintelligence Department like this."

"So much work in the ministry has been put on hold, and you don't respond or deal with it. What do you mean?"

Tang Yu didn't mind Kate's offense. He emphasized that the deputy minister just wanted to explain that he was just an agent, not a real minister.

He motioned to Sasha to bring over the results of the work matters and said calmly: "I don't know which work you are talking about was not handled well. Although your position is not qualified to check these contents, you have just come to the Counterintelligence Department after all. You’ll understand some of the rules later.”

Sasha took the electronic tablet and put it on the desk. On it were the minister's work matters.

Tang Yu made a "please" gesture, indicating that Kate could see it if she wanted to.

"If you have any good suggestions, you can report them to me at any time. Of course, I may not have time."

Kate glanced at the electronic tablet and found that all the work items on it had been processed, except that her inquiry had been deleted.

She suddenly felt an unknown fire, and her expressionless face couldn't help but twitch twice.

Kate finally understood that the acting minister in front of her was deliberately targeting her.

In the past, I used the excuse of field service for not coming to the company, so I just didn't reply to messages.

Today Tang Yu was sitting in the office and deleted all the work related to her, which was already a public disgrace to her.

Kate's red eye prosthesis flashed, and there was no change in her expression. She just said coldly: "You are personally responsible for the investigation results of the military-grade Sian Westan, right?"

Tang Yu was noncommittal and motioned for her to continue.

"There are obvious problems with this investigation result. I have investigated the Uzumaki Gang and found that they do not have the strength to attack the three Arasaka special forces."

"On the contrary, the Uzumaki Gang's people lost dozens of people. This is very different from the report you wrote. Shouldn't it be explained clearly?"

Tang Yu had known for a long time that she would use this to make trouble, and would not let go of the problem that night, because it was military technology personnel who killed the three Arasaka special service teams.

If she really found the evidence and labeled Tang Yu as not reporting the information and secretly colluding with military technology, she could easily bring him down.

Tang Yu did not pay Kate a direct response, but asked indifferently.

"Do you want to reopen the investigation?"

Kate will naturally not let this opportunity go. The best result is that Tang Yu can't explain it, and then applies to the board of directors to initiate an investigation.

She can take measures against Tang Yu openly. If she really digs out something, he will definitely be put to death.

Kate had never had any issues with Tang Yu before, but she was on the Arasaka Yorinobu faction, and her promotion to Deputy Minister of Counterintelligence was arranged by Director Tanaka and Director Susan Abernathy.

As Tang Yu was a thorn in their side, she had to pull him out to show her value.

Kate took over and said coldly: "Of course, if you can't explain this matter, I will apply to the board of directors to restart the investigation, and you will not be able to cooperate at that time."

Tang Yu nodded slightly and encouraged: "Very good, you are very inquiring."

"Then I'll tell you."

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

"You can now write an application report to restart the investigation in the name of the counterintelligence department, and it will be sent here for approval later."

As Tang Yu was talking, he received a new visit reminder.

He immediately checked the situation and found that it was two of Michiko's bodyguards who came to invite him to 'drink tea' upstairs.

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

"You go down first."

"I still have something to do."

"After the report is written, send it to my email."

"Sasha remember to keep an eye on it in case I forget."

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

The gate opens automatically.

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

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

"Hello."

"Once the restart investigation report is completed, it can be sent to Mr. Tang's work email."

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

Kate stood expressionless, snorted coldly, turned around and left the minister's office.

Seeing Kate's angry look, Sasha made a face at her back.

"Old witch, you are causing trouble!"

PS: There will be another update later. (The new rudder’s small theater will be arranged when available. It’s been too busy recently.)

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