Life Copy Game

"Boss, let me tell you, the photos I took this time are really good."

At the corner of the street, huddled under a narrow eave, a young woman with a bun, round-rimmed glasses, and red short-sleeves was talking on the phone and looking at the camera in her hand.

The dripping raindrops slid down in front of her, forming a bead-like rain curtain that spread on the darkened street that had been moistened by rainwater.

The neon lights that rise and fall on the street reflect the light on the transparent umbrellas of the hurried pedestrians, and also on the slightly childish profile of the woman.

"We will definitely make headlines this time,"

The woman looked through the photos in the camera one by one while talking quickly to the person on the other side of the phone, "Huh? Did you capture the assassination scene? Where should I find the assassination scene!!! But I captured the mayor returning to the mayor. Fu... ah? Everyone took the photo, right? My photo is particularly beautiful, do you believe me... ah? It’s pretty but useless..."

The woman raised her head and looked at the passers-by. Her shoulders that were slightly raised slowly lowered, "I don't know who released the news. Now everyone knows that the mayor has been assassinated. We can't get the first place at all." Live news."

Then she seemed to remember something, stood up her shoulders again, raised her eyebrows, and said quickly,

"I also called the mayor's office to ask about the situation. The mayor's office said that the mayor will give a live speech tomorrow morning. Is this a headline? Ah? Has this been reported by other newspapers?"

The woman's originally raised eyebrows drooped again, "Then I really have no news... If it doesn't work out, how about we write a topic on the mayor? Mayor Lin En seems to have made a lot of reforms, and there seem to be many people who oppose him. , we asked an expert to analyze these reform measures, the background behind these measures, and why some people oppose them. Maybe it will be useful?

"... No big news? Should there be big news? Isn't it news if the mayor is alive? Is it news if the mayor is dead? Is it the same in every city hall? But I feel Mayor Linn may be different..."

The woman's voice gradually became quieter, and at this time, something seemed to be said on the other side of the phone.

Her droopy eyebrows were raised again, and her two willow eyebrows stood up into an inverted figure.

She puffed out her chest and raised her throat, as if she was about to open her mouth to speak. However, after a brief hesitation, her raised eyebrows dropped again, and the voice she was about to speak softened, "Okay, okay, I'll go find it again." Let's see if there is any new information, and if we can find the location of the assassination, yes, yes, goodbye, boss."

Finally hanging up the phone, the woman let out a long sigh of relief. She slumped down under the eaves a little weakly. She glanced at the bracelet and saw the note on the bracelet as 'The miser who won't pay the money he owes'. The contact person raised the corner of his mouth and gritted his teeth viciously.

"No, what can I do? Other major newspapers and magazines drove directly to the mayor's palace after hearing the news. I also have to take a taxi, and I have to pay for the taxi myself. I can arrive on time and meet the mayor when he comes back. That’s great, so what can I do?”

She raised her index finger and poked the contact picture on the screen, "Last month, last month, the taxi fare I paid in advance was not even given to me."

Ding-

The frantically clicked profile picture began to flash, and a new message was sent.

[Your internship period is coming this month. You haven’t achieved anything suitable in the past three months. If you don’t have good results...]

Looking at the lighted up message, the woman's hand shook. She gritted her teeth. After a brief pause, she quickly edited a message.

[Okay, boss, I will work hard. ]

Finally, she let out a long breath, looked at the rain curtain in front of her, and leaned back against the wall behind the eaves with some exhaustion. "There must be a limit to exploiting people. Why do you think I am a fresh graduate?" What kind of big news can a useless intern make? I have that ability, and I get an internship salary of more than 100 per week from you? Don’t you know that it’s cheap but not good?”

Ding-

At this time, another new message was sent.

Ives Apartment: [Your rent bill for next week has been issued, totaling 130 federal dollars, and the management fee is 15 federal dollars. Please pay it in time. Thank you for your support. It has rained recently, so please bring an umbrella with you when you go out. ]

Looking at the information in front of her, the woman slowly stood up straight, raised her hand, took a screenshot of the billing interface, and sent it to a contact named 'Liz'.

She and her friend Liz shared this studio apartment in the Wake District in the north of Yilan City. The rent plus management fee was 145 federal dollars, and each of them was 5 federal dollars.

The rental contract for the apartment was only signed in her name, and she lived alone, so only she received the bill.

The reason for this arrangement is that if one more person stays, the apartment will charge an additional bed fee of 10 federal dollars and a management fee of 5 federal dollars per week.

But the rental company will not really add a bed to the small apartment that can only squeeze one bed into a single room, and the almost non-existent management services will not be improved by adding 5 federal dollars a week.

And this extra 15 federal coins will really affect the lives of two people.

The roommate did not reply to the message immediately, but the woman knew she had seen it and she was well aware of her roommate's habits.

The reason for the lack of reply is also very simple, because wages were not paid.

Liz works as a copy editor at a small online media, and her salary is paid during the week, only on weekends, and sometimes even until the next week.

Putting away her worries, the woman exited the chat interface.

She raised the camera in her hand and looked at the photos in the camera.

The misty drizzle and dark night constitute the background of the photo, and the majestic white palace-like building occupies the main body of the photo.

In front of this magnificent palace, an old man with a brass cane was standing in the middle of a sea of ​​pure white jasmine flowers. He held a dark umbrella, turned his back to the camera, and looked towards the open door of the palace.

Huge mechas spitting flames stood on both sides of the old man like towering mechanical giants, forming a path for the old man to move forward.

The tall and tall old man, walking among the jasmine flowers swaying in the wind, seemed to be walking step by step towards the magnificent palace, and also seemed to be walking towards the night behind the palace that formed the background of everything.

The lonely figure is the smallest object in this photo, but like a towering giant, it attracts all the attention.

Looking at this photo, a smile gradually appeared on the woman's lips.

Beautiful things always make people feel happy.

When taking this photo, she was standing relatively far back, without any high-end auxiliary tools similar to drones. She could only raise her hands high and shoot by feeling.

She took many pictures and finally only kept this one.

She took a deep breath, imported the photo into her bracelet, and clicked on her boss's chat box.

But she hesitated, and still did not send the photo. Instead, she added a hidden watermark and posted it to a forum she often visited.

Then she took out a cheap little bag that looked a little rustic, put the camera in it, and held it in her arms.

Although this camera is not considered professional and is even an old camera that has passed through several hands, the most expensive thing on her body is this camera.

She glanced at the scattered rain curtain in front of her, arched her body, and rushed in.

The brilliant neon lights were shining brightly and reflected in the quiet water pool on the street. The woman in red bypassed the water pool and walked through the rain.

That delicate body is like a flowing shadow, passing between the neon lights on the water and the neon lights in the water. The scattered raindrops create little ripples on the surface of the neon lights in the water.

A graceful old-fashioned luxury car passed quickly through the street and passed through the quiet water.

The middle-aged man sitting in an old tent at the corner of the street, eating hard bread, saw this scene, and immediately turned sideways to cover the bread and closed the curtain of the tent.

The splashing water droplets bloom like blooming flowers under the neon lights, spreading out dense brilliance.

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A floor lamp with a diameter of several meters illuminates the spacious and huge villa hall.

The elegant man was sitting on the sofa, looking at the holographic projection of the man in overalls in front of him, as if he was thinking about what the man in overalls had just said.

Seeing the elegant man's expression, the man in overalls continued with admiration,

"The deputy mayor is the spokesperson of the centrists. His behavior and thinking are more conservative than Mayor Lin En. If the assassination is successful and he becomes mayor, he will definitely be closer to the consortium and have room for cooperation, unlike now. Like Lin En, he doesn't take soft and hard advice and doesn't understand current affairs.

"If the assassination is not successful, the deputy mayor, as the possible biggest beneficiary behind the assassination, will be more or less suspected and ignored by the mayor's office, and we can bring the deputy mayor into our camp openly. Mr. Levis, your plan is really clever."

"Okay, stop flattering me."

The elegant man known as Levi smiled and shook his head. He reached out, opened a bottle of red wine on the table, and poured it into the wine glass on the side.

"I am really impressed by your wisdom, Mr. Levis,"

The man in overalls lowered his head and spoke in a flattering voice. However, when he said this, his tone paused slightly and whispered, "But I still have a question. The deputy mayor himself knows that he is innocent. If we do this, he He will definitely suspect that we assassinated the mayor and framed him, will he become angry and stop cooperating with us?"

"Actually, it's not that important whether he cooperates with us or not."

Levis picked up the wine glass and shook it slightly. Then he looked at the slightly surprised expression of the man in overalls in front of him and chuckled,

"People will always look for evidence to prove that they are right. Once the seeds of doubt are planted and cracks are created, they will only get bigger and bigger.

“Even if the deputy mayor knows that we framed him and is unwilling to cooperate with us, the gap between him and Lynn, and the gap between conservatives and radicals within Lynn’s ruling coalition, has already arisen.

“At that time, we only need to use a little force to split Lynn’s ruling coalition and make him constrained by his own people and unable to accomplish anything. It will be easy.

"This was originally a conspiracy, unless our mayor Lin En really had the foresight to see through everything, and took the initiative to appease Lant, who had shown his opposition to him, and had the courage to suppress his inner doubts. Then there can be no problem with this plan.”

He glanced at the man in overalls and slowly brought the red wine to his mouth.

“Obviously, judging from the current results, our mayor does not have such a high vision, nor is he so decisive.

"He has always been an indecisive person;

“I haven’t heard from Captain Fine of the Mayor’s Guard, he may have done something, or he may even be dead.

"Then our mayor can come back alive, most likely because he withstood the sneak attack of his own guard captain.

“He may also know that Lant may have nothing to do with this matter, but his most trusted guard captain has betrayed him, can he really not have any doubts about Lant?

"The fact that he did not answer Rand's call or take the initiative to express his position showed that he was hesitant in his heart. He may have made the right judgment, but he did not have the courage to implement it."

He slowly put down his glass, looked at the man in overalls, and asked with a smile, "If you were Deputy Mayor Lant, and you called the mayor's office now, but the mayor didn't answer, what would you think?"

"The mayor really doubts me?"

The man in overalls said slowly that when he first heard the news, he felt that the mayor's office no longer trusted the deputy mayor.

"The first statement is the most important, because the initial reaction can often show your true thoughts. After that, no matter how you say you believe it, it doesn't matter anymore."

Levis looked at the wine that was rippling like blood in the glass, "As for Deputy Mayor Lant, we need to understand that our goal is to get Lynn to step down so that he can no longer be the mayor. Who will be the mayor? In fact, Our employers don't care;

"If Deputy Mayor Lant doesn't want to be mayor, someone else will."

He smiled, squinted his eyes, and looked at the man in overalls in front of him, "The most indispensable thing in the world is people who want to be mayor."

"Mr. Levi's vision!"

The man in overalls nodded immediately and raised his voice slightly.

Levi brought the red wine rippling in the glass to his mouth, "However, if Lant can get together with Lynn, he must have the foundation to accept Lynn's ideas. It is still unreliable in nature, so even if he surrenders, We, we can’t give him real power.”

"yes!"

The man in overalls nodded heavily, and then he opened his mouth slightly, "The mayor said that the speech will be broadcast live tomorrow morning. Over there..."

"Don't worry, don't let his behavior disturb your rhythm,"

Levis said with a smile, "Everything is business as usual. What he said cannot be separated from its original scope. He wants to prove that his reforms are useful, so let's let everyone 'know' that his reforms are useless. , spend some money, find some people, as usual, I have made arrangements."

"Yes, Mr. Levis is wise!"

The man in overalls nodded heavily, and he looked up carefully at Levis, "However, if Fawn, the captain of the mayor's guard, dies or is captured, will he confess you?"

"No, Faen is very strict, and I signed a contract with him using extraordinary items. There is no way he can tell me..."

Levis shook his head.

Dong dong dong——

Before he finished speaking, a violent banging on the door suddenly sounded.

"Open the door, FBI!"