Chapter 171: Disharmonious Sounds (Part 2)

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the square of the General Affairs Department was still crowded with people. At night, the number of people standing in the square increased significantly, twice as many as during the day. Many people were still demonstrating and shouting from time to time.

In the face of interviews by reporters, more people said that they could not accept people from the barrier area entering the city at present, and some said that the Operations Department had violated the law.

A large number of voices gathered in just a few hours. Gary Locke sat in a private lounge area, quietly watching the news reports, frowning. He couldn't bear it anymore, but he had to be patient now.

Some members of the parliament have submitted some protest statements, most of which are about people from the barrier area entering the city. It is true that allowing these people to enter the city may violate the law, but the law does not clearly state this point.

This is why Gary Locke did not want to respond positively. Although Michelle had already written a response draft and asked Le Xiao to reply, Gary Locke immediately rejected the proposal to answer after dinner. After all, once the answer is given, many things will follow.

This is what Locke is most reluctant to see. Behind these big and small businessmen are family members. Locke has been thinking about it all day and has probably guessed something.

After a knock on the door, Michelle came in.

"Mr. General Manager, I think it's better to respond."

Locke shook his head.

"I thought of more things, Michelle, what is behind this, I think you should be aware of it."

Michelle said after thinking for a while.

"Mechanical biochemical transformation technology is commercialized."

Locke smiled helplessly. The interest groups have begun to make a fuss about people from the barrier area entering the city, and they want to reach a consensus with the Action Department as in the past, and this consensus is biochemical mechanical transformation technology.

If the mechanized era is really to be promoted, now is the best time. If the gods are still dealing with things in the city, they will definitely open it, but now it is different.

"I will not allow such a thing to happen. We still have a chance now. As long as we solve the current problems, we humans will definitely be able to catch everything before this planet perishes."

Michelle did not answer. What Locke said was indeed a problem. Although many so-called human rights groups had criticized this technology before, these voices stopped after Le Xiao's explanation that night.

Especially after the elderly who had undergone biochemical mechanical transformation returned to society normally yesterday, the tone of the city changed in just one day. Most people began to agree with this approach. Transforming the elderly without labor can not only save food and water resources in the city, but also increase the labor force in the city.

This is good for many people, but if this technology wants to develop rapidly in the long run, it is best to use it directly for business, and it can be developed in a short time.

But in this case, the city will definitely fall into a bigger gap again, and this time there is no chance for the city to stay safe.

"Mr. General Manager, I'll tell that girl to let her rest."

Gary Locke hummed. He looked at the news reports on the screen. Many media were hyping up this matter. Obviously, this matter is beneficial to the city and the barrier area, and it can fill the gaps formed little by little, but now there are such abnormal voices, just because the capital wants to continue to make money.

So the capital will actively gather together without anyone's leadership, because the bottom layer is now a very good place to make money, and the bottom layer currently does not allow big capital to enter.

Including the investment and construction of waste treatment plants, Congress accounts for the majority, and the rest is scattered to some small and medium-sized businessmen for investment. Many middle and upper-level big capitals are currently difficult to invest in the bottom layer, because the industries at the bottom layer are extremely scattered, and they are all small-scale, complicated, and complex.

Big capitals can't monopolize, which is what makes many middle and upper-level businessmen headache, so they gather together, hoping that Congress can give them a share.

Gary Locke felt that he had to withstand all the pressure this time. After all, the most urgent thing for the middle and upper class businessmen now is to move into the ground floor. Once they move in, the ground floor will undergo earth-shaking changes, and in the end, all this will return to the hands of these investors, and the ground floor actually creates value for these people several times.

Such things have been staged again and again in the Brilliant City. This time Le Xiao has made a good start, so Gary Locke will not give in to capital anyway.

At this time, a phone call came in, from Wu Qun.

"Mr. General Manager, are you free?"

"Come up directly."

A few minutes later, Wu Qun walked in with a smile at the door of the room, and Gary Locke walked over and closed the door.

"Just say it directly, no polite words."

"How about Mr. General Manager talk to Mr. Rockefeller."

Gary Locke looked at Wu Qun's appearance, smelling of alcohol, and he probably knew what was going on.

"So do you think I should talk to him?"

Wu Qun smiled and shook his head.

"What on earth are they thinking?"

Wu Qun sighed, and Locke took out a glass of wine from the wine cabinet and poured it for Wu Qun.

"This matter is really a bit difficult to deal with."

After Wu Qun said this, Locke probably guessed that the supply of materials was in urgent need every day. Although many factories were already working 24 hours a day, many consumables were still in short supply. There was only one possibility, that they deliberately delayed the time for the goods to leave the warehouse.

If they only delayed a little every day, the city would be in short supply, so now many commodities can only passively increase in price because they are in short supply.

Locke knew what the businessmen meant very well.

"Do they have any other requirements?"

"There is also hope to invest in a waste treatment plant."

Locke slapped the table angrily. The businessmen still found the weak link of the city and wanted the Action Department to take the initiative to negotiate with them. Once they negotiated, they could put forward conditions.

Wu Qun smiled helplessly, took the initiative to pick up the bottle, unscrewed it, and poured two glasses of wine.

"Don't be angry first, let's talk slowly, and those guys outside will probably disperse in a while."

After Locke sat down, he took a sip of the wine. Wu Qun closed his eyes and sighed helplessly.

The most fatal thing now is that the big capital has gathered together. If this continues, it will be very harmful to the city, because the purpose of capital is too clear. Now they must do something at the bottom. If they miss this opportunity, they will lose the opportunity to make a lot of money in the bottom market.

"What do the other people say?"

Wu Qun replied after thinking for a while.

"No way, it's hard to control this matter now, because the capital has gathered together."

Locke let out a long breath, walked to the window, opened the window and a breeze came in. He let out a long breath, his heart full of helplessness and bitterness, the same thing is happening again.

And this will cause the city to fall into a new round of storms. Once the sound gathers to a certain point, it will have power.

Although many media in the city are still reporting on the situation at the bottom and the changes brought to the city by the people in the barrier area after entering the city, the deep-rooted concept over the years has made many people only have one impression in their minds when they mention the barrier area, violence and crime.

Under such a concept, coupled with the stirring of businessmen, the wind direction of the city has begun to change.

9 o'clock

Le Xiao yawned, looking at the manuscript in front of her, she wanted to sleep. Michelle just informed her that she didn't need to continue reading because she didn't need to respond to anything.

Le Xiao looked at a lot of news reports, and she felt more and more annoyed, because many people really should go to the bottom and the barrier area to take a good look. She didn't know why so many people were speaking out and wanted to stop people from the barrier area from entering the city.

Although Wu Lei had already said the reason, Le Xiao still felt that this was not the reason. It was understandable that merchants were for profit, but people from the barrier area entering the city did not conflict with the interests of merchants, but could increase their profits.

"What's wrong with this? I really don't know what those people are thinking!"

This matter looked very strange to Le Xiao. Le Xiao had thought about the reasons behind it a lot, but she just couldn't figure it out. At this time, a phone call came.

"Su Li, what's wrong?"

"Are you free now? I asked you to come pick you up. I want to talk to you."

Le Xiao yawned and was indeed a little sleepy.

"Okay, what are you talking about? Where are you?"

"I'm at the Su family. You have to come here in person."

Le Xiao said, then yawned and went upstairs. As expected, she came to the rooftop. The Su family's takeoff and landing plane was already waiting. After Le Xiao went up, she closed her eyes. She was really sleepy.

A few minutes later, Le Xiao came to the Su family and soon came to the meeting room of the Su family. At a glance, everyone in the Su family was there. Le Xiao was a little surprised. Su Li was sitting at the top of a long table. There was an empty chair. The person behind her bowed to Le Xiao when she went out. At this time, everyone in the Su family stood up and bowed to Le Xiao. She waved her hand uncomfortably.

"Don't be so polite. What is it?"

"I have a plan. I hope you can listen to it and make a decision tonight. Otherwise, the city will fall into a very embarrassing situation in the next few months."

Le Xiao swallowed. What she feared most was making decisions. If she was not careful, it would be troublesome if something went wrong.

Su Li looked at Le Xiao with a serious expression. After Le Xiao walked over, she looked around the chair. Su Li stood up and pressed Le Xiao to the position of the patriarch.

"You have to talk to Locke and let our Su family inject capital to help him build Districts 119 and 120, and it must be built in a short time."

Le Xiao exclaimed.

"How can I talk about this? This matter..."

Le Xiao thought of Wu Lei's warning. Now the businessmen are watching the construction of the two districts. After all, once the two districts are built, piles of money will flow there, and the investment money will be able to return quickly.

"This is not good, and if the businessmen take over, they will want to add some miscellaneous things, which will interfere with Mr. Locke's overall construction, and......"

"You are also a businessman now, aren't you!"

Le Xiao smiled awkwardly, and glanced at the people of the Su family around her. She felt a little uneasy.

"Businessmen in the city want to gather together to carry out various commercial activities on the ground floor. Capital is completely out of control, so we can only build a place where capital can flow quickly."

Le Xiao hummed, and Su Li stood up and brought up a light and shadow screen.

"Nowadays, what many middle- and upper-class businessmen and family members want to invest most is the waste treatment plant and the construction of two areas, so our Su family has to win these two areas."

Le Xiao swallowed again. Doesn't this mean that the Su family directly takes over the bottom floor?

"If you think so, you are wrong. My uncle once told me something. It is better to hand over many things to a kind person than to fall into the hands of a profit-minded person."

Le Xiao pointed at herself in confusion, and Su Li nodded.

"I just, I just want to make everyone's life better."

Su Li hummed.

"So you must hold everything in your hands. It is true that our Su family can earn a lot of money, but everything is under your control. You can control the capital of the Su family and not get involved in other things or for profit. Exploitation and exploitation, but what about them? Can they do this to you?”

Le Xiao glanced at the people of the Su family again, and many people nodded.

"You have to take on this important task, because it wouldn't be possible if it were someone else, and it wouldn't be possible if it were me. If I really intervene, I'm afraid I will only seek greater benefits for the Su family, and What about you? Go and seek greater benefits for the bottom barrier area and the city. Try every means to allow our Su family to invest in the bottom layer. The money earned from investment only needs to be deducted from the investment costs and You can use part of the profit and do whatever you want with the rest.”

Lexiao's head buzzed and she felt a little excited. Su Li walked over and grabbed her ears.

"Buying a house or luxury goods?"

Le Xiao hurriedly denied it, but still blushed and looked a little embarrassed. Many people in the Su family laughed, and Su Li laughed even more.

"You can buy as much as you want, but the most important thing is the lack of money for the construction of the agricultural base in the barrier area. You must have a clear understanding of this. Although our Su family can invest, the risk of such investment is too high, so you We have to change our perspective and find a way to transfer our Su family's money and risk-free investment to the construction of the agricultural base in the barrier area. "

Le Xiao seemed to understand something and scratched his head.

"You mean to let the Su family get a lot of business rights at the bottom, and then make money from people in the city. After the Su family takes part of the money earned, all the other money earned can be invested in the agricultural base in the barrier area. under construction?"

Su Li nodded, and Le Xiao laughed excitedly. This was indeed a good idea.

"After all, the Angus family still has to maintain the city's huge subway system, water and electricity system. The money their family can spend is only part of it, which is not enough to build the agricultural base. So our Su family has to take action. In order to Don’t let this bill fail.”