Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

January 1, 2206

In the dark night, just after 0 o'clock, the bells were still echoing in the city. A lift landed silently on the fourth floor rooftop of a house in District 58. Locke looked at Li Xin with suspicion.

"You kid, don't lie to me."

"Can I joke with you, fat brother?"

Locke yawned and looked at Li Xin, who was already a little taller than him. He used to be very thin when he first entered school, like a little monkey, but now he has grown to a height of 1.85 meters. He is a handsome young man with short, lean hair and a strong look on his pretty face.

"Grandma Li is on the third floor. I have already told her in advance, let's go."

Li Xin was also a little surprised, because Locke would believe this, which surprised Li Xin.

"Fat brother, it's useless no matter how hard you calculate. In the future, you will be the general manager of 12 departments and the general manager of the general affairs department. Everyone recognizes this position and is willing to listen to your arrangements. After all, you have been here since childhood. After taking care of us, I think it would be the most suitable for you, fat brother, to take this position."

Locke Jiahui slapped Li Xin on the back.

"You have been too close to the local administrator recently, and"

Li Xin smiled awkwardly.

"I grew up here, and everyone in the neighborhood was very nice to me, and I wasn't."

"Okay, I didn't say anything unnecessary. You brat, as the secretary of Section 8, just don't do anything that violates the law. Got it?"

Li Xin nodded with a smile.

"Don't worry, fat brother."

When he arrived at a room on the third floor with the door half open, Li Xin walked in respectfully, and after a while he let Locke in.

Sitting in the room was an old woman with gray hair, who looked to be at least eighty or ninety years old. She looked at Locke kindly.

"Little fat man, this is the second time you have come to see me."

Luo Jiahui suddenly remembered that this old woman looked familiar. She seemed to be the person who told him fortunes when he was a child. Although he couldn't remember her appearance clearly, the colorful clothes she was wearing were particularly vivid in his memory, especially her forehead. Locke remembers the braids on both sides tied with floral ropes very clearly.

"Put your hand over here little fat boy."

Locke said, and stretched out his hand. The moment the old woman held his hand, Locke felt something strange, but he couldn't put it into words.

"A very broad hand. This hand can grasp everything and lift everything. What do you want to ask this time?"

Locke also explained the situation directly, saying he wanted freedom and no longer wanted to work for the city.

At this time, the old woman turned around and took out some incense with a unique taste and lit it. After a while, with the rising smoke, the old woman said many words in her mouth that were so raw that it was impossible to understand them.

"Pay attention to food, little fat man, if you want to get out of this predicament, you must pay attention to food. I can't see what a person's future will be like, but I can see some points, and my points on you What you see is food. If you want to get out of the current predicament, you must pay attention to food. Food may be your only key to get out of the predicament, or it may become the key to hindering you, but no matter what, you will Become the best among men.”

Locke looked at the old woman with a confused look, and then said thank you.

The two left the room respectfully and planned to return to their respective schools. Now the enrollment has ended. There are 1,000 people in the general affairs department and 100,000 people in the 12 departments of the other 32 schools. The trial education meeting will be on January 8 after the festival. Do it in the morning.

"Fat brother, I think it's better for you to eat less."

Li Xin said as soon as he went out. Locke immediately raised his fist angrily and hit Li Xin on the chest. He covered his chest and coughed several times.

"Shut your mouth and go. There are still a lot of things to do. Have your classes been arranged?"

Li Xin nodded.

"The arrangements have been made."

"What do you mean, let me tell you, your kid is hanging out with the students from Section 5, if the student council president knows about it."

Li Xin's eyes widened and he looked begging for mercy.

"Fat brother, please don't tell the president, otherwise we will be in trouble. It's that kid Gill who took the lead. It's none of my business."

Locke stared sideways at Li Xin who was sitting in the passenger cab.

"Then you have to tell me carefully, which subjects of your students went out together? If the other girls in the school find out, I estimate that you will be disliked by them for the rest of your life."

Li Xin smiled awkwardly, then leaned his head over and spoke quietly.

0:31

Many middle- and lower-class streets have fewer pedestrians. This year’s New Year is completely different from the lively scene in the past few years. On many streets that used to be lively, only some shops are still open, and they look very deserted. There were only some drunkards on the street who were invited together in twos and threes.

Many shops have even closed. Since January 1 last year, the life-span vaccine injections have all ended in mid-February. In the following period, the problem of infertility among the urban population was completely solved.

In the past 10 months or so, nearly 1 million women have become pregnant. This ratio is the highest in history. Together with the maternity subsidies accumulated over the years, Congress has , are encouraging some families to have children.

Many industries in the city began to decline from stability three months ago. Now, excluding the elderly who have almost no large labor force, there are nearly 5 million people, and the urban young population is less than 12 million.

After subtracting the students who are still in school, there are nearly 1 million. In fact, the working population is only more than 10 million. Among these more than 10 million people, there are still many people who get something for nothing. The number at the bottom is the majority, plus some who do not. Registered black account.

In fact, the working population only has a maximum of 9 million. With the birth of a large number of newborns in the future, the city's resources will begin to be tilted towards the next generation of young people. Congress has successively introduced a large number of affordable policies that are conducive to population growth. Marriage rates rose significantly throughout last year.

Nowadays, consumption has begun to gradually decline. Most businessmen have even chosen to close their stores and fire store employees. The cold winter of the consumer market is about to come, because more resources are used for childbirth.

In the past, those who had families, but both sides of the family had workers, could basically afford to buy a house under today's cheap housing prices. But now that they have children, many of their past entertainment consumption expenditures have begun to shrink.

However, the unemployment rate has not increased significantly, because at the end of last year, Congress has publicly conducted bidding for large-scale buildings in 12 places in the city, and most companies have enthusiastically and actively participated.

The bidding will last for a full year, and construction will begin in July next year. Most companies that participated in the first round of bidding are rumored that this is an extremely difficult construction project, but Congress will open up new technologies to these construction projects. Company use.

Nowadays, only the basic food industry, water and electricity industry, and medical industry are still stable in the city. These industries are even growing slowly. The overall clothing industry has begun to decline. A large number of clothing stores have closed directly, and some factories have stopped operations.

Consumption levels in most industries are declining, but there are some signs of recovery in industry. The Eastern Grain Base signed an order with many industrial manufacturing companies in May last year. Machinery will begin to replace manpower. Large-scale land reclamation.

Grain production will usher in a new round of huge growth next year.

1 o'clock late at night

Gene sat quietly by Violet's bed, holding a glass of wine in his hand. Avano next to him was a little drunk.

"That kid Alpha, there's actually no need to blame yourself so much."

Violet nodded, labor was imminent, maybe within a day or two, and the child named Nia would be born in her belly.

In the past few months, mother and daughter had had several conflicts because Violet verbally agreed to Wilsey's request.

Gene smiled and nodded.

"I'll go over and talk to her later, don't worry."

Violet shook her head.

"That child has a strong self-esteem and a stubborn temper. She always feels that the decision I made a few months ago will affect Niya's life. She has mentioned it to me many times."

"There are pros and cons!"

Gene sighed. It is true that Wilsey's situation in the Chen family is much better now. Her husband Chen Liang finally left the house and began to help the family take care of some things, and his life has also changed.

People from the Chen family also visited Angus' house frequently during this period, and a smile appeared on Wilsie's face.

Avano nodded.

"Mr. Jean, actually I think you should have paid a little attention to this matter from the side from the beginning, but it seems that there is nothing you can do."

Gene smiled and drank the wine in the glass. Alpha returned to school after having a big fight with his mother a month ago. Gene talked to her. Alpha also knew that he was wrong and shouldn't be like this with his mother. quarrel.

The reason is that some of the power plants and water plants owned by the Angus family have begun to have people from the Chen family enter, and the two families have indeed reached cooperation agreements on some seemingly insignificant small industries under their control.

"This matter has now spread wildly in the entire family circle. You have agreed to the marriage between our daughter Niya and Chen Jie, the son of Chen Liang, the fifth eldest son of the Chen family."

Violet nodded silently.

"Don't worry. Once the branch is established, the family's immunity will be gradually reduced."

Gene said and Avano nodded.

"But Mr. Jean, I want you to pay attention to one thing. Give all the rights to those children. Alpha is only 19 years old. In our opinion, both brains and strength are very outstanding, but she is still A 19-year-old girl."

Gene hummed.

"This city will not have only one voice. If the rights cannot be checked and balanced, they will be out of control at some point. Please rest assured that after the establishment of the administrative department, a rights group will be born. Complete the city’s checks and balances.”

Avano looked at Jean in surprise. Judging from the step-by-step actions of the gods, it seemed that everything had been set up. The gods would decide something that would affect the city at a specific point in time. event.

"Okay, it's time for me to leave. Violet, have a good rest. Avano will keep an eye on her. If you have any questions, just call the students next to you at any time!"

Avano nodded, stood up and bowed. After Jean put down his wine glass, he turned around and jumped out of the window. The due date is January 5th, which is still a few days away. Yesterday afternoon, Jean brought five girls from Section 4. Come here, let them stay here.

"How about giving Alpha a call?"

Avano said and Violet shook her head.

"If I don't fight, is it the rebellious stage? She actually dares to talk to me, a mother, like that, and she doesn't even think about who went through all the trouble to give birth to her."

Avano smiled helplessly and planned to call his daughter later. At this time, Jean, who was walking on the lawn, sighed helplessly. Recently, many students seemed to have entered a certain degree of rebellion. He often disobeys some orders originally issued by the section chief authorized by the gods. Although he will do things honestly in the end, he is always reluctant.

"We can only take one step at a time!"

Jean looked around, planning to go to Mo Xiaolan's house. Now everyone calls her Mo Xiaolan, and no one calls her by her original name. The most rebellious one among them is Mo Xiaolan. She often Xing said she quit, and the students in Section 2 couldn't do anything to her.

Jean planned to let her stay at home with her parents for a few days before trying out education. While looking through the guardrail of Angus' house, Jean stood at the 5-meter-high guardrail and looked towards the end of First Avenue. The Chen family, the brightly lit Chen family, was still holding a regular dinner party tonight. Mr. and Mrs. Angus did not return until 11 o'clock.

In a bedroom, Wilsie was quietly holding her baby and breastfeeding her baby. She had just returned from the banquet, and she had received blessings from many people.

dong dong dong

There was a knock on the room door.

"Come in."

Chen Qiao walked in with a drunken face and seemed to be in a much better mood. He also took advantage of the marriage that Wilcy had negotiated last year and got the permission of his eldest brother and three sisters to return to the Chen family's company. , do the job of a subsidiary purchasing department manager.

In the front, relying on Wilsey's jewelry, they bribed the servants and contacted Wu Qun. Finally, Wu Qun gave them some suggestions to open a breakthrough first, that is, let Wilsey have children, whether they are boys or girls. Become a tool for the Chen family's marriage. Once the breakthrough is opened, they can move freely.

"Be careful!"

Wilsey said with a solemn expression, Chen Qiao nodded and made an OK gesture.

"As long as we succeed, we won't need to follow the instructions of my brothers and sisters in the future. We can just break away from the Chen family. The ideas you gave me are quite good. I will start to do it when I have a firm foothold. From now on, our sister The two brothers jointly opened a company. You are the planner of the company, and I am the practitioner. We just need to get enough of our share and then leave the Chen family."

Wilsey smiled, but at this moment she lowered her head in shame, thinking that she had raised such a thing with Violet last year, and now everyone in the family circle knew that her son Chen Jie would marry into the family in the future. She went to the Angus family and got married to Nia, the second daughter of the Angus family.

"It's not true. Xiaojie is your son. There is still a lot of time in the future. You can teach him well and let him receive the best education in such a good family environment. As for my good-for-nothing brother"

"Don't mention him, he has long been dead in my heart."

Chen Qiaoen shouted.

"An Xin, we are allies who share the same problem. The Chen family really doesn't matter anymore. They are all a bunch of scum. One day I will let them know. Although I have no ability, I have Old Wu to help me. This time I will listen to Lao Wu carefully."

Wilsey nodded. Although she had never met Wu Qun, she had heard about the guy's knowledge and conversation on the phone. He gave them many ideas, which also benefited the two of them a lot. They thoroughly benefited from this. The situation was turned around in a difficult situation.

At first, Wilsey felt a little sorry, but Wu Qun said that both of them were treated like waste and tools by the Chen family, so what reason did they have to continue to endure it? Because of the marriage between Wilsey and the Chen family, My own Huosen family has just escaped from the predicament. Why can they ignore their sister who is a member of the family.

The two of them have suffered enough cynicism over the years, and Wilsie has been domestically abused by her husband, ranging from bruises and swelling to the hospital.

There were many times when Chen Qiao couldn't stand it anymore and had no choice but to grab his brother, only to be injured himself.

Family love is no longer necessary for Chen Qiao, and because he has been labeled as a waste, it is well known in the entire family circle. Although he may have been used as a tool for marriage before, this Girls in his age group are already married. For girls younger than Chen Qiao, it is impossible to have a small family. There is no big family. As a result, Chen Qiao is still alone. He originally fell in love with an ordinary girl. He originally thought Anyway, he was a loser, so he should be able to get married. However, his brothers and sisters always disagreed, and even sent the woman to a shop on Qinglong Street in order to cut off his thoughts.

Love has long since dried up in Chen Qiao's heart. To his family, he is just a waste of free time.

At this time, accompanied by the sound of footsteps, Chen Liang, smelling of alcohol and holding a woman in his arms, stood at the door, his eyes red and he laughed.

"You two trash, even if you want to do something, don't do it in front of so many people at home, wait until the night is quiet."

"Chen Liang, if you are really crazy, it would be better to get treatment as soon as possible. I don't want to say anything to you anymore."

Chen Liang wanted to step in angrily, but at this time the child in Wilsie's arms was frightened and started crying.

"Please leave!"

Wilsey said something indifferently, and Chen Liang laughed.

"Look, my wife and my brother have been together for a long time, hahaha!"

Chen Liang left with the woman in his arms. Chen Qiao wanted to kick the door frame in anger, but he held back. He sighed and looked at his nephew Chen Jie in his arms.

"We can't let this child be burdened with these things from the family."

Wilsey hummed.

Eddie quietly looked at the investigation reports one after another. In front of him, a group of tribesmen of various ages were standing in front of him, their heads lowered.

"Small medicine workshop! You have a good hand, Freya."

Looking at orphanages everywhere, they have completely turned into drug plantations. Nowadays, a large number of low-priced drug raw materials produced in these small workshops are circulating on the market, and have entered the medical market at very low prices. The cultivation methods are even No less than most drug companies, drug prices have dropped. Suppliers who want to buy drugs from this small drug workshop based on the orphanage system must sign a drug sales price maintenance agreement. Only in constant value contracts.

Anyone who violates this will be immediately disqualified.

Nowadays, most of the children in orphanages across the city are growing medicines. There are 137 orphanages in total, and there are also children with deformities. These small workshops have easily obtained business qualifications, as well as those in the eastern food base. Some planting soil.

This made Eddie immediately think that the guys behind Freya's actions could only be students from the Academy of God.

Most of the drug prices at the middle and lower levels are directly stabilized within a certain range and cannot change significantly. Some drug raw materials purchased from large companies will be eliminated if the price is higher than this range after being manufactured into drugs. However, the price remains unchanged. At this price, profits will decrease.

Eddie had always felt that the eight classmates back then had become ordinary people, but now he felt surprised and surprised.

After looking at another investigation report, Eddie laughed and recalled that night at the class reunion. Except for Freya, several other people left as losers.

"This guy Beckinsale, haha!"

The movie "The Queen" released last year was a great success. The society now has very high evaluations of this movie, and the driving force behind it turned out to be Beckinsale. At the end of last year, a movie called "Starry Night" The novel began to sweep the entire city, and Beckinsale was the driving force behind it.

Including the up-and-coming director Lanny, he has now become a hot favorite.

Many girls without any background have been discovered and participated in TV series or entertainment programs, and the driving force behind the scenes is Beckinsale.

"It's really amazing."

Eddie waved his hand, and everyone in the family left the room. Eddie continued to look at the next investigation report.

The next one is Chris. There are many rumors about him, which are very complicated. Because of his unique adjustments in basic education, the college admission rate of many schools has begun to rise sharply. Most people in the education field have very high evaluations of him. Gao, plus he is still running around, has helped many schools complete their own adjustments and reforms.

"That stupid guy, I really can't tell that he is someone who can do such a thing."

At this time, Eddie saw a photo of Wang Ying laughing and chatting with a group of women on the street. She looked like an ordinary woman from a middle-class petty bourgeois family, with no trace of vigour.

But it was what Wang Ying did that made Eddie feel amazing. Over so many years, she provided advice on home purchase and decoration to more than 5,000 families, which had an indirect impact on changing the real estate structure and structure of some areas. Economic consumption within the region.

She is still doing this kind of thing now, but according to the investigation, in addition to traveling every day, she will stay in a small room for a while. There are still many people waiting in line to get her advice. Eddie opened it at will. On the computer, Wang Ying opened a website, and the number of families queuing up exceeded 10,000.

"Old Wu, you and Freya are probably the most powerful."

In the middle of last year, Wu Qun closed the Taste of Food restaurant, and then began to walk around the city. Basically, he only had meals and chats with the owners of some food shops. It seemed that he was enjoying life, but in fact he was not. He would make some Food related people gave suggestions, such as restaurant prices in the local area, etc., and most of the bosses followed Wu Qun's suggestions.

The number of recipes Wu Qun registered is as high as 1,000, and these 1,000 recipes are licensed to all restaurants in the city at a very low price, and they can use them at any time as long as they want.

Eddie stood up and looked out the window at the noisy lawn. He seemed to understand a little. He would notice these things that were irrelevant to the upper class because his classmates are so famous nowadays. Their fame has even It spread to the mouths of many upper-class businessmen, and Eddie had heard the names of these people at most banquets.

Even the fat man Baozhen, who seemed the most useless before, has now become a legend in the clothing industry. Now, under her leadership, many factories have gradually transformed before the impact began, and are now making She did not charge any high fees for the workers' labor protection clothing and the mix and match designs she helped create for a large number of clothing stores. Even though the Su family had suppressed her before, they found that it was useless. Most of them were not within the scope of the clothing association. The businessmen didn't listen to the Su family at all.

Eddie returned to the table and looked at the investigation data. Pullman, who had been completely exiled by the legal profession, was back again, but he only fought 10 lawsuits a year, with a winning rate of less than 20%.

However, as a large number of new lawyers entering the profession have turned to Pullman, a wave of protests has now set off in the city. More than 1,000 lawyers have gone on strike. Now the Bar Association has suffered the most serious conflict in its history. There is a huge backlog of cases, and Congress, under pressure, is already negotiating with the Bar Association to let them carry out internal reforms.

A very powerful force was gathering in all walks of life in the city, which made Eddie feel a little afraid. He knew very well what those eight people could do.

Finally, there was Lin Xiao, who was rumored to have had inappropriate relationships with many women in the industrial products industry. Another investigative report that amazed Eddie.

Because of an order signed between the industry and Congress last year, the industry began to flourish again. With the signing of the order, Congress opened up a resource recycling technology that can break down resources to the particle level and recycle resources. selection and reorganization.

In the past few years, Lin Xiao was also known as the Prince of Garbage. He would recycle a large number of old industrial products and pile up the garbage that even the people at the bottom were unwilling to take in some no-man's land on the western edge. Many years have passed, but now Lin Xiao has become a businessman with a large amount of raw materials in the city.

The most incredible thing is that how much Lin Xiao paid to recycle this garbage back then is still sold for how much now. The buyer only needs to bear the freight. This has shocked everyone in the city's industrial circles. Some people think He is a fool, or he is too nice.

Eddie knows very well how terrifying the power of people's desires is. This kind of people's hearts are not bought by strength, nor by rights, nor by money. It is very scary. Now eight people have begun to have it. If the time comes one day in the future, they will make big moves.

The eight people who originally started giving speeches on the streets and basically had only sporadic followers now have a large number of followers around them.

"It's just a pity that you have no rights and can't do anything! As long as I am willing, you are just cannon fodder!"

Eddie said and sneered.