I have reservations about your statement about picking quarrels and provoking trouble. Wu Ming closed the book with a snap and looked up at the Sheriff. I just sang some songs on the street with Liz, my companion, in the afternoon. I met your fellow Sheriff by chance, and then went to Night City. A frank, efficient and very creative conversation about the current working hours system
Then your colleague may have thought that my views were novel and my angles were strange, so he called on friends and more police officers to join our discussion. Then we both fully exchanged our opinions, and the atmosphere of the conversation became tense. Very lively.
Although it was said vividly and almost described a scene, the sheriff came to the door just for this matter. How could he not know the true situation at that time? He listened to Wu Ming's confusion of right and wrong with an indifferent expression, and couldn't help laughing angrily: Okay, since you said that, I'd like to hear what opinions you guys exchanged?
I think there is something wrong with the sixteen-hour work system you are currently implementing. It is a very oppressive and exploitative thing. Seeing that he had spoken like this, Wu Ming was not polite and spread his hands, and said his opinion in a carefree manner: The workers worked day and night, but the wages they received were very meager.
Take this kid for example.
Wu Ming pointed at Agou. The latter who was standing aside was already so frightened that his legs were shaking a little, because in his opinion, Wu Ming's behavior was simply unacceptable in front of the sheriff, in the company, and even standing in the whole night. Dance in the city's minefield.
I don’t know how old he is this year, but I guess he is only in his teens. Such a child has to work intensively in the factory for more than 16 hours every day, all year round, and often has to face the foreman. Fourteen hours of unpaid overtime was required, but the remuneration he earned made it difficult to even support himself, let alone a younger sister to support.
With a polite smile on his face, he asked the Sheriff: I would like to ask, is this situation common in Night City? Don’t you think there’s something wrong with this situation?
However, the Sheriff's expression remained unchanged, as cold as a robot: there was nothing wrong with that in my opinion.
The company provides them with shelter, clothing and food, so everyone should work to repay the company and do their part to create value for the company. Only such people are considered the chairman of Night City. Good staff.
As for idlers and untouchables, they will all be expelled from Night City by the company.
Oh, in the afternoon, your colleagues also expressed this point of view. Wu Ming nodded thoughtfully, slowly stood up from his chair, took two steps forward, and then we discussed the eight-hour work system, the weekend system and the sixteenth day. The advantages and disadvantages of hourly work systems were discussed, which enhanced mutual understanding.
The eight-hour working day and weekends are both decadent systems from the old world. The sheriff was so angry that the veins on his forehead twitched slightly, but he still maintained a minimum of calmness. If the report hadn't mentioned that the gangster in front of him was extremely dangerous, he might have entered the door with a group of sheriffs and kicked him first. He kicked open the door of the dog's house, broke in, and then took out his gun and pointed it at the gangster and beat him up.
He refused to stop until the gangster was shot dead on the spot.
Gathering people on the streets to sing reactionary songs, encouraging workers to gather in crowds to cause trouble, attacking police officers, and even spreading anti-human and anti-company remarks many times
Even if it is the most minor crime, if it is singled out, you will need to be thrown into the Sun Prison for dozens of days.
Dawn Prison is the most famous prison in Night City. Only the most vicious prisoners who have committed countless heartbreaking crimes will be thrown into that prison. It is said that the average life span of prisoners living in that prison does not exceed thirteen days.
For the people of Night City, being thrown into the Prison of the Sun would end in the same way as being pinned to the ground by a sheriff and having his head stabbed with a gun for half an hour. Either way, they would definitely die in the end.
However, you can't do it.
Judging from the report in the afternoon, these two strangers obviously have a certain degree of extraordinary characteristics. Shooting cannot cause any effective damage to them. If you use firearms here rashly, I am afraid that not only will you not be able to hurt him, but you will also alert the snake.
The Sheriff resisted taking out his gun from his arms
The idea of shooting at close range: History has proven that the eight-hour work system is not feasible in the doomsday wasteland. If you want to survive, you must work non-stop every day and night, otherwise Night City will be like those that perished on the tundra. Like the settlements, they became ruins, lying in the ice and snow waiting for those who came after them to discover the resources they left behind.
Wu Ming twitched his lips: This is sophistry with a secretly changed concept.
It is true that in the emergency situation of the apocalyptic wasteland, when the survival of the race and civilization is at stake, there is no problem in activating the twelve-hour work system or even the sixteen-hour work system.
This is a very simple and intuitive question. If all races and civilizations are extinct, how long do you think you can survive alone in the wilderness at dozens of degrees below zero?
At this time, we must form a collective, each perform his own duties, report to the team for warmth, squeeze the potential, and do everything possible to increase production capacity and tide over the difficulties.
But that is only in the early stages of the Doomsday Wasteland. The state of emergency cannot exist for a long time. It may last for one year, two years, or four, but it cannot last for decades.
In cities, after the collective has gone through the most difficult period and the situation gradually stabilizes, there will inevitably be a need to change strategies.
The situation in Night City has stabilized. Maintaining a sixteen-hour work system will only create excess production capacity, and what good will it do to the city?
Wu Ming knew that his question was impossible to answer. Even if someone could answer it, it wouldn't be the Sheriff in front of him.
The Extraordinary Countermeasure Team has been deployed around the area, and the preliminary preparations have been done. The next thing is left to the experts. I only need to be responsible for delaying the time and helping them take down this Extraordinary Person from a foreign land.
The Sheriff thought in his mind, while staring at him coldly, carefully paying attention to his every move: This is not what you need to know. Now I am going to arrest you for multiple charges such as provoking trouble, disrupting company order, attacking the peace officer, spreading anti-humanity and anti-company remarks, and intending to subvert Night City. I hope you can cooperate.
