Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

March 6, 2276

7 a.m.

The central square located in Area 43 on the middle floor was crowded with people. Many citizens were gathered at the entrance of a large shopping supermarket. The supermarket was closed, and bright red characters were clearly written on the large light and shadow screen directly opposite.

Protest against unfair investigation!

None of the shops in the square were open, and subtitles like this were played on the light and shadow screens outside the shops. Many hungry people had no choice but to go home. A strike of this scale has never happened before.

Not only food-related stores, but also some daily necessities stores are closed. What surprises many people the most is that many corporate TV stations have announced a market strike without exception.

This has never happened in the past. Citizens are constantly asking about the members of Section 5 on the street. Basically, there are two-thirds fewer members patrolling today. There are problems in the film and television area and Qinglong Street, as well as the problems of some gang members at the bottom. Problems require a lot of manpower.

Section 5 has mobilized all the people who can be removed from the 120 districts. The middle and upper classes are almost the same. Most of the shops and companies are on strike. The streets are full of people wandering around. Many people are Discussing this 5-section investigation, only CBV is still functioning as a TV channel, while most other media outlets have gone out of business.

At the door of a store, some people were knocking on the door, but no one responded at all. Many people who needed to buy daily necessities panicked. The situation became similar to the big riots in January.

As the temperature of the sun rises, the streets become lively, and most people are talking about today's big event, which is no less important than the riot in January.

At this moment, in the subway station next to the square, mutants carrying huge boxes came out one by one. Some individual businessmen immediately took out their loudspeaker equipment and shouted directly.

With the opening of the big box, many daily necessities appeared. Several mutants quickly formed a human wall. The merchants began to sell, and most of the people swarmed over.

This was rare in the past. Although merchants would come to sell some things like this in the past, that was a long time ago. At that time, merchants would drive small trucks to sell, but such sales would affect To transportation, but now that cars have been outlawed, there are very few individual businessmen carrying out such a sales model.

Firstly, hiring a mutant to carry a mountain laborer is not cheap. Secondly, this street vending model gives a bad impression to many people passing by. The price is not much cheaper, and many of the goods obtained by such individual traders are It's the next level.

But today was different. In less than 10 minutes, the fresh vegetables and meat that a merchant had just wholesaled had been sold out. People from Section 5 were trying their best to maintain order nearby. The merchant immediately asked the mutant to bring the mouth box and bought him a ticket directly. The mutant returned to the subway and headed towards the food exchange in the east.

"What to do boss?"

A manager looked at more and more individual businessmen appearing below. Their goods were sold out in less than a moment, and all of these things were available in supermarkets.

The boss, who was sitting by the floor-to-ceiling window and smoking a cigar leisurely, laughed.

"It doesn't matter. This model can't last long. It simply can't meet shopping needs. We have to fight now."

Several product managers behind him nodded.

A long queue formed in the square, and there were noisy hawking sounds everywhere. However, the dozens of merchants who came over had already sold out all their basic goods, and the round trip took at least about an hour.

These individual businessmen do not use logistics channels, and can only rely on mutants to carry mountain workers directly to some places for wholesale purchase.

"What, why is it out of stock?"

"Oh, it's not like you don't know what time of year this is. All my places have been evacuated."

A businessman looked helplessly at the empty boxes. The items he purchased were all sold out at once. He originally ran a grocery store on the ground floor. Many items in the store were out of stock because it was difficult to get them. Supply, most of the supply is directly monopolized by the company, they can only wait. This morning he moved everything in the store, and all three big boxes were sold out in just one hour.

Everything at the bottom is still business as usual, and there are very few people participating in the strike, because whether the strike or not will not have much impact on the bottom.

Many businessmen are making phone calls, but many places are out of goods. It is basically impossible for them to get the goods directly from the factory. The goods in the factory are basically given to some large supply and marketing merchants, and these Basically, supply and marketing merchants will only supply goods to the company, and will only supply some goods that are not needed by the middle and upper classes to their lower-level merchants.

At this time, in a warehouse on the ground floor, mutants were constantly loading large boxes with goods. A middle-aged man holding a phone and smoking a cigarette was yawning.

"I'm really sorry, everything here is sold out wholesale."

A lot of goods have been backlogged in the warehouse for a year or two, but now they are all sold. Most of them are daily necessities. Some items have long been eliminated by the middle and upper classes. The sales at the bottom are not very good, so we can only It's normal.

Most of the small suppliers at the bottom level usually have mini factories directly, and the output value is generally not high, and the goods produced can only be supplied to the bottom level.

Everything was as usual on the streets on the ground floor, except that many people found that many shops were empty, with almost no goods, only liquid food. Lifters kept falling, and mutants moved boxes of liquid food one after another. Go to some shops.

Many goods are sold directly to some middle-level individual businessmen by merchants in the stores, and they can be sold directly by adding a little price to the original price.

The most serious situation now is the western factory area at the bottom. A large number of workers are outside the factory, constantly shouting for work to start. However, the factories in the western part have completely stopped working, and only some surrounding mini factories are very busy.

"50 yuan a day, work quickly."

A man shouted among the workers, and a large number of workers ran over. Soon the man recruited 20 workers and left. The other workers who were not recruited could only watch them leave with their heads down.

Nowadays, most workers have not signed long-term contracts with factories. Only a few workers can sign long-term contracts, and most of them are temporary contracts. If they cannot start work, they will not have any income today. The city has just recovered a little, and many people After spending that month of suffering, I just wanted to be able to work every day and make money.

More and more workers are gathering outside some factories, but the factories say they are unable to start work in order to protest against unfair investigations by the administrative department.

At this time, the workers passed towards several liquid food factories. This is the only place where jobs can be found today. Even today, workers are still being recruited, and workers are queuing up to wait to work.

Large lifts and lifts are constantly taking off from the factory loaded with liquid food. The largest factory of Sanlian Company is full of busy workers. In order to deal with today's problem, Sanlian Company also gave each worker an extra 1 yuan per hour. , and sure enough, enough workers were recruited in less than two hours.

On weekdays, the normal wage is 5 yuan an hour, but now it is 6 yuan an hour. Basically, most of the workers have come here. Workers who have experience in food processing can immediately enter the factory and start working.

"You bastards, you three traitors."

Chen Qiao's scolding came from the phone. Bao Chun was holding a wine glass and giggling. Qian Jiazhen, who was answering the phone, laughed helplessly. Lu De was already drunk.

"There is nothing we can do, Lao Chen. If we don't do it, we may be investigated for suspected monopoly in the next step. Then we will be in trouble. You can just ignore it and ignore it."

"This is only the first day. Didn't I tell you not to start work for a month or two? At least show it to the business department and let the business department know what the consequences will be if you anger us."

Qian Jiazhen put away his smile and his expression became serious.

"The times have changed. In the past, the executive department might have given us face, exchanged some things and reached some secret agreement, but it is different now. Have you asked those familiar senior officials? How did they answer? ?”

Chen Qiao fell into silence on the phone, and Qian Jiazhen sighed helplessly.

"This is no longer the era when we could dominate everything. Lao Chen, let's forget it. If we fight head-on, we will be the ones who suffer."

The call was immediately hung up, and Qian Jiazhen smiled helplessly.

"Just let them go, there are some things that I can't stop."

Lude said, and Baochun burst into laughter.

"The situation this time is different from the past. Many problems in the past will be investigated. After all, that little girl has a very hard head. She doesn't care how many people are unemployed or how many people are complaining."

Qian Jiazhen nodded.

"Indeed, those guys who still believe that money is everything will be in big trouble this time."

9:18 am

The dazzling sunlight filtered in through the gaps in the curtains. Niya yawned and climbed out of bed. She was very energetic after sleeping for three hours. She got up, washed herself quickly, put on her uniform and left the dormitory. In the corridor outside, There were nearly 50 directors in the long corridor.

"Niya, if this continues, there will be big problems in the city."

"It's none of my business. The city must live or die. I just solve the problems wherever they are. What are you doing?"

Niya looked at the angry faces of each of the directors.

"Okay, go back to work quickly. If you are still angry, just wait until the problem is solved and I resign. That's it. Are you satisfied? If you are satisfied, work for me."

Niya yelled unceremoniously and walked quickly. The directors behind her followed with helpless expressions.

Many of today's problems will be dealt with centrally in the headquarters of Section 5. The problems have already begun to ferment. The bottom class is okay. The bottom class has weak consumption power. This situation does not have much impact on most people, but in China It's different at the top.

A large number of citizens have gathered to protest and complain, and their lives have been seriously affected.

Regarding the initiator of all this, most people supported and agreed with it from the beginning, but there were curses everywhere, and reporters also lost their voices in this incident.

Someone broke the news because some TV stations reported last night that people from Section 2 were arrested. Nowadays, CBV basically only reports on the affairs section dealing with issues related to the film and television area, Qinglong Street and the underlying area.

There were also a large number of businessmen gathered in front of the square of the General Affairs Department, carrying out various protests. Not only the businessmen, but also most of the people in the upper area gathered together, demanding that the General Affairs Department give them an explanation.

On the originally lively streets, not a single shop was open, and everything was in a state of contraction.

Locke, who had just woken up from a deep sleep, opened the window and heard protests outside. After checking the surveillance camera, he saw that the situation outside was like a busy market.

Locke pressed his slightly aching head and looked at the table with some worry. After a while, Locke ate the breakfast served by the clerk and began to check the current situation. A few minutes later, Locke's forehead was covered with sweat.

"It's gone too far."

Locke stood up. The situation in the middle and upper classes was not bad. The most serious situation was in the factory areas in the west. Many workers had begun to gather angrily.

This is not a small problem and must be handled properly. Locke knows what will happen if he continues. This is just the first day.

"soy Mujer!"

Locke immediately dialed Niya's phone number.

"What's wrong, Fatty?"

"Niya, why don't we deal with it properly first?"

Niya's laughter came from the other side of the phone.

"What's the best way to do this? It's best if you don't check it out, right? Fatty."

Locke said angrily.

"The situation at the bottom"

"Okay, I will start speaking on TV soon. You can arrange it. If there is any problem, I will be responsible for it myself!"

Locke wanted to say something else, but the phone was hung up.

crunch

The window opened and Gene jumped in. Locke immediately looked at Gene with an angry look on his face.

"You bastard, what are you doing?"

"What can I do, because I didn't expect that girl to do this."

Locke sat down distressed. He didn't know what to do now, because the situation had reached the point where it was out of control. If it continued, once the situation reached the point of being out of control, there would definitely be a huge commotion.

Gene patted Locke on the shoulder.

"It's okay, Fatty. No matter what the outcome is, she will take care of it. Okay, Fatty, how about we have a drink?"

Locke immediately stood up and walked out of the private rest area. Gene smiled and walked to the wine cabinet, took out a bottle of wine, opened it and took a big sip.

"That's it for now, hahaha!"