Psychics don't die from gunfire

Chapter 36 Pallows Morning News

"Recently, the workers' demonstrations in Rota have intensified. This station will not comment on the protesters' demands for "additional factory safety equipment", "a 20% salary increase" and "a reduction of the minimum working hours to ten hours a day".

"But we must acknowledge the fact that, so far, the demonstrations have resulted in the deaths of 15 people and injuries to over 300 people. At the same time, the economic losses caused by the strike are conservatively estimated to reach 12 million credit points."

Various pop-up ads kept popping up on the projected floating light screen because the video membership service had not been purchased.

And in the gaps between pop-up ads, a news anchor in a suit and tie, with a perfect smile and a soft voice, was reporting today's morning edition.

After getting up, Song Shi bit an energy bar while watching the news program "Parousse Morning News".

Although the company controls public opinion and information, and weaves a unique "information cocoon" for each user through one targeted push after another, wantonly playing with people's cognition and emotions, some things are still difficult to cover up - just like the workers' march in Rota district these days.

Therefore, news programs like "Palosser Morning News" still have certain value, and Song Shi also needs to use this information to judge and analyze the situation in Palose.

"The city government's new round of power supply network facilities bidding has announced the final results the day before yesterday, and Fubo Energy has successfully won the contract for this project."

"According to our exclusive interview, Mr. Brooks, the manager of the branch of Fubo Energy in Plosser, will provide an additional batch of new solar sails at a price lower than the market price to create a more stable power supply for Plosser in order to show his sincerity and optimism about the development prospects of Plosser. We believe that with the construction of Fubo Energy, Plosser's future will definitely be better-"

【Fubo Energy】, one of the nine giant companies in the "Corporate Alliance", is a monopoly giant in the fields of renewable energy and non-renewable energy, power supply network supporting components, and cutting-edge energy weapon development.

Their space-based weapons cluster, "Punishment," is said to be able to wipe out a city of a million people from the continental map when in full power mode.

"Next, the third piece of news. The spokesperson of Emerald Pharmaceuticals in Palose suddenly announced yesterday that the preparations for the fourth phase of the expansion and renovation project in Rota District are about to be completed and will officially start in March next year. It is reported that more than 30,000 related jobs will be provided by then, and the industrial structure of the city will be more complete and reasonable."

"Mayor Kent has decided to temporarily change his schedule and visit Emerald Pharmaceuticals' branch in Pallows to further deepen cooperation and discuss regional deployment."

Rota district, commonly known as the "new industrial district".

After the old industrial area was blocked, after years of vigorous development, the Rota area has already surpassed the former in size. The "Third Institute of Mental Psychiatry" that he escaped from three days ago is also located here.

“Are you going to expand again?”

Looking at the news, Song Shi pondered for a moment.

On the map, Rota and Deep Moss are two adjacent urban areas.

When it was originally planned, this was also to facilitate the former's large number of cheap laborers, allowing them to return to the latter's homes faster and at the same time improve attendance efficiency.

But this time the Rota District is expanding again, which is bound to occupy a part of the original Deep Moss District - even if the former expansion will absorb a part of the population to settle down, it is just a drop in the bucket compared to the huge population of nearly 60% crammed into the Deep Moss District.

Nearly 60% of the population lives in slums, which is considered a very serious situation even in the cities of the corporate alliance.

In this case, the deep moss area will become even more overwhelmed, and many people will probably die.

"Tsk, the actuaries employed by those companies have probably already calculated it. They are sure that the "benefits" of doing so outweigh the "losses."

"Oh, that's right. People are something that can grow a lot more in a short time. Why would you worry about not having enough?"

Song Shi was smiling, although the smile was a little cold.

But he had to admit that given his "current" situation, there was really nothing he could do.

Even in his previous life, there was something he couldn't do.

If you kill a high-ranking director, there will be candidates who are ready and excited to take his place.

If I burn through a company's headquarters with fire and burn everything inside, companies with the same business that have been eyeing it will rush over to devour my corpse, suck my blood while it's still warm, and seize the market I've vacated. Should I continue to kill?

Although it’s not impossible…

But even if a giant company collapses - and this has already happened, and more than one company has collapsed - the "Corporate Alliance" still stands, and the order is the same as it has always been and will be in the future.

Song Shi thought.

Apart from the friendship between himself and a few friends, perhaps this was also the reason why he was willing to be employed by [The Enlightened One] in his previous life.

But it was just "hiring". I really couldn't do what they did, throwing everything including myself into the ideal fire of "anti-corporate order" and turning it into a short-lived burning firewood.

Beep—beep beep.

A flash of icons on the retinal projection interrupted Song Shi's memories.

A strange communication.

Song Shi's eyes narrowed slightly, and he suddenly realized something, and his whole temperament changed.

then.

When Jarridan answered the video call, the young man on the other side of the screen looked clumsy and at a loss, as if he was afraid and even dared not look the other person in the eye.

"Huh"

Jaredon raised an eyebrow, quite satisfied with the scene.

"Let me think about it, um, He Yue, right?"

Jaredon entered the session with ease: "It's the third day now, how do you feel? Have you found a job?"

The other person opened his eyes wide: "I'm still looking. Wait a minute, no matter what, I can't find it so quickly! And didn't we agree on a month?"

"Then you still don't work hard?"

Jaredon grinned, and suddenly forced out an ugly smile: "It's just a joke, don't be too nervous - we are a legal loan company, since we agreed on a month, it must be a month."

"I just suddenly remembered something that I forgot to tell you at the time, so I came here to remind you now."

The other party looked a little nervous.

"Don't think about not paying back the money you owe, and don't think about running away."

Jaredon stretched out his bent index and middle fingers, tapped his eyes, and said coldly:
"——I can guarantee that you will regret this idea every day for the rest of your life."

Communication hang up.

Having successfully completed the intimidation, Jaredon nodded with satisfaction and couldn't help laughing.

On the other end of the line, Song Shi also laughed as he picked up a scalpel.

"First of all, putting aside the loan, how dare you threaten me?"

(End of this chapter)