Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

At 10:21, in the lobby of No. 13 of the Phoebes Manor Hotel, dark gray and khaki lion pattern carpets covered the spacious lobby. Gene was sitting on the right side of the door, chatting with some women.

Jewell's eyes widened in displeasure, and Lu Xi next to him pulled Jewell's arm.

"I'm really sorry, very sorry, Master Jewell. I have contacted the technical staff to deal with it. There is a small problem with the facilities in Room 1386 and Room 1387 you booked. If you wait any longer, we will solve it. It’s been dealt with.”

"Don't you understand what I'm saying? Give us two rooms."

At this time, many people in the hall were extremely surprised. After all, they could see the two section chiefs. Most of the women's eyes were always on Jean, while some men were talking nonsense. After all, Jewell His name is a topic of conversation in the city after tea and dinner.

"I'm really sorry, Master Jewell. Many guest rooms have been reserved for today. Please calm down!"

The hotel manager brought a bunch of foremen, and some waiters had already brought out some good pastries, hoping that Jewell and the others would wait for a while.

"Okay, okay, let's understand their difficulties."

At this time, Jewel just wanted to go to the room to sleep. After all, he didn't have enough sleep, so he was very irritable and angry. Lu Xi dragged Jewel to sit next to Jean and their sofa area. Immediately some waiters brought flowers. He put the pastries and tea in his hand and stood aside respectfully.

The manager nodded and stood aside. He glanced at the door from time to time. Jewell seemed to realize something. He hated others for treating him as an idiot. Lu Xi also seemed to understand. The manager said that the facilities in the room were broken. It was just an excuse, but it was actually to hold them back until someone came over.

Lu Xi suppressed Jewell as much as possible and held his arm tightly. Ran Zai was already lying on the sofa on the other side and fell asleep.

"How about this, manager, I'll open two more rooms. If there are spare rooms, book two for us."

Gene stood up and said with a smile. The manager was completely stunned at this time. He looked at Gene and Jewell with some fear. At this time, Locke in a black suit finally walked in from a distance.

"Aren't these Lord Jean and Lord Jewell?"

Locke walked in with a smiling face and immediately came over. Jewell stood up. At this time, he could no longer bear it.

"What I personally hate most is that people treat me as a fool. If the facility is really broken, then take me to have a look. I have the repair technology for lighting and shadow products. Compared with your technicians, let me I'll go help you fix it."

Gene smiled and nodded to the women next to him, and walked over.

"Mr. Locke, we just want to take a vacation today, so we won't bother you."

Locke immediately approached with a smile.

"It's better to meet by chance on another day. How about a meal? After all, when you two come here, just have a light meal together."

Jewell looked at the manager angrily, and Gene raised his head, smiled, and lit a cigarette.

"There's no need to eat. After all, newlyweds need time alone, and I don't want anyone to bother them."

Locke hummed and winked at the manager, who immediately told Jewell with a smile that it had been repaired and would take them up immediately.

"If you want to eat, I will accompany you, Mr. Locke, and that boy over there."

Locke looked at Ran Zai who was sleeping on the sofa with confusion. He felt that he looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him before.

"this way please."

Locke said and Gene nodded, lifted up the uniform on the sofa, raised a hand, and light blue light particles floated over. Ran Zai was slowly dragged up, and then Gene pulled him Holding his collar, Ran Zai was dragged away like cargo.

"What happened?"

Accompanied by bursts of laughter, Ran Zai woke up with a start. He immediately got up and kicked him with a fierce kick. Jean nimbly dodged it.

"Who is this?"

Locke looked at the two children's playful behavior and felt a little weird.

"The grandson of the wise man!"

Locke's eyes tightened and he nodded numbly. He didn't expect to hear this name again, although he had already heard that he was released from prison, received amnesty, and became a member of Section 13.

But at this moment, Locke's long-standing anger suddenly burst out of his heart.

"You are really kind to that kind of guy, Mr. Jean."

"Times have changed."

Soon Locke took Jean through a garden in front of the hotel and crossed a small bridge. Opposite was a wooden octagonal five-story building. At this time, many people were busy, and there was a drunken breeze above. In the words of Huayue, Locke notified the chefs to come here early in the morning. He also explained that this place would not be open during lunch today.

In a chic and antique small private room with a screen on the third floor, Gene and Locke sat down.

"Don't look at me, old man. It's not me who tricked you, but my grandfather. If you want to hate me, you should hate my grandfather."

As soon as he sat down, Locke felt terrible, especially since the guy next to him was the grandson of his enemy. He felt a little dizzy.

"The blood pressure is elevated."

Locke stood at the checkered window, looked at the calm lake below, and sighed.

"If we hadn't been tricked by a wise man back then, our family wouldn't have ended up like this."

Jean smiled, and Ranzai sighed.

He knew very well about his grandfather and the Phoebus family. As one of the eight major families that founded the city, Phoebus had a leading position in the city at that time, and their company was engaged in automobile manufacturing.

At that time, the wise man took the lead and helped the Phoebus family acquire many small car companies. The Phoebus family was also researching aerodynamic cars instead of cars driven by electric energy. Although the research was successful, the cars still produced a large amount of energy. Thermal energy causes the air temperature to rise.

This is also an important reason why Congress banned above-ground transportation such as cars. Once the urban ecological circle is destroyed, people will inevitably face survival problems.

Just when the subway started operating, the low tolls and convenient and fast travel times made the Phoebus family feel unprecedented pressure, and car sales began to drop like a flood.

But at that time, a wise man convinced Locke that cars could not be banned. It was during this period that a large number of car companies took over the entire market in one fell swoop. Even if there were antitrust laws, there were many companies that could not continue to operate and would go bankrupt. This Congress would not do anything to them if the time came to acquire them, so with the help of wise men, the Phoebes family acquired a large number of car companies at low prices.

In fact, this was just a ploy by the wise man to expand his power. The wise man had long known that Congress was bound to outlaw cars, so the Phoebes family spent a lot of money to acquire all the car companies.

In the end, cars were really banned. A large number of cars became scrap metal and could only be dismantled into raw materials and sold at low prices. The Phoebus family collapsed, but the wise man directly used this method to reduce the huge wealth of the Phoebus family. He looted everything and used more money to consolidate his position as the criminal emperor, and officially began to challenge Congress.

One night, the Phoebus family was left with only their own territory. At that time, Locke was so angry that he vomited blood. He got out of bed after being ill for a long time. He was obviously aware of the danger, but under the wise man's rhetoric again and again, He did something like being kicked in the head by a donkey.

Ran Zai naturally knew why his grandfather was able to convince Locke that cars would not be banned, because his grandfather controlled a large number of members of the executive branch and councilors, and was very powerful. At that time, he still remembered that his grandfather was accompanied by three section chiefs. Tamai was one of those who went to see Locke.

In the end, everyone divided up the huge property of the Phoebus family. The Phoebus family has been unable to recover since then. Finally, with only a little money, they sold off a large amount of property and began to continue to build this resort hotel and manor, stabilizing Taking care of everything in the family will prevent the family from being completely destroyed.

At that time, the Angus family began to rise again. Locke left everything behind and begged the Angus family, and finally got another part of the money to build the manor. Knowing that the secretaries were coming last night, Locke did not go to attend the ceremony. The dinner at Gus's house has been in preparation, because Locke feels that this is his chance to make a comeback.

"Your grandpa is really a cold-blooded and cruel guy. He often turns against others. I was really too naive at that time."

Ran Zai sighed and walked over slowly.

"I think it's better for you, Uncle Locke, to enjoy your life. After all, your body is getting worse every day. Your two ineffective sons, as well as two grandsons and a granddaughter who are completely unable to stretch now, are all worth it." You can't beat today's businessmen."

Locke smiled helplessly.

"Mr. Jean, when will the plan for the barrier zone begin?"

Locke didn't intend to continue talking about anything else, but asked directly.

"Are you going to go back to your old job?"

"Cars are a must. Once that plan is launched, including the construction of abandoned factories, car transportation is necessary. Although it can be done by relying on the subway, short-distance transportation cannot be carried every day by mutants, and Some facilities and bases also need to be temporarily constructed outside the barrier area."

Ran Zai immediately understood what Locke meant. The reason why he desperately held such a big welcome ceremony and wanted to win the favor of the three secretaries was because he wanted to cooperate with the secretaries. Now he saw Jean moving again. He came up with the crooked idea of ​​​​the agricultural base in the barrier area.

"The times are for young people, Mr. Locke. If you are still young, you can go and have a talk with those three girls. They are not some indifferent fairies, they are just mortals. The little girl in our department Girl, you can go find her in person when you have time, and that’s all I’ll say.”

Locke turned around excitedly and bowed to Jean.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Jean!"

Locke's eyes regained their luster. This was his opportunity and he had to seize it.

"He is indeed a qualified businessman!"

Ran Zai seemed to understand. Nowadays, cars are produced by Section 10 and are only useful in guard stations and farms. However, it seems that Locke's previous car technology has been preserved and he has not given up research or discarded some core finished products. .

"Young man, this is the case in business. It's the nature of a businessman to take advantage of any opportunity, isn't it? If you have time, help me give your grandfather a message. One day I will definitely beat him up. In this way, I Only then can we relieve our anger!”