"In 1094, my district was rated as the worst district in Chernobog."
Leonid stood up, walked through the crowded crowd, pushed past the murderous gangsters, stretched out his hand and extinguished the low-quality cigarettes they were holding with Originium skills. The smell of smoke in the carriage was very strong, which made him frown.
"why?"
He stood in front of the carriage door, waiting for the next stop he was about to arrive at. An empty vodka bottle struck his heel. Leonid looked in the direction where the bottle was rolling and saw a drunk man lying on the seat and sleeping soundly. Standing around the chair were several scantily clad Ursus girls, wearing Letania "imported" headphones from an unknown small workshop on their heads, shaking their bodies as if suffering from epilepsy.
"Horribly high crime rate."
The in-car TV was playing the latest news, and almost half of the time was discussing the recent war between the Growlers against the other four major forces. Fortunately, because of their quick actions, the battles usually take place at night, and their logistics are also very powerful. They can clean up the mess after the battle before early morning. This war between black forces was only mentioned on TV. Some people are dissatisfied. But still acceptable.
But because of this incident, Chernobog's crime rate directly increased by several percentage points, ranking first in the southwestern region of the Ursus Empire.
“The number of infected people below the poverty line ranks first in the country.”
Leonid touched his arm, and he could clearly feel something hard on the skin of his upper arm. On Leonid's collar, a black source stone revealed a corner of it.
"There's no denying that that's the truth."
When the end was reached, Leonid followed the flow of people and walked off the subway, looking at the tall buildings in the distance. Although the feudal monarchy is implemented here, and although the people at the bottom here are still struggling to survive, there is no denying the prosperity and wealth here.
Of course, only in the inner city.
Separated by a wall, outside, civilians work hard every day for bread and beer, and the slums are full of criminals. Inside, the rich stayed in their villas and lived a luxurious and luxurious life, attending parties, drinking parties, or some shady gatherings.
“There is still an endless stream of people coming to live here.”
This is the station closest to the inner city. Leonid slowly walked towards the exit of the station, gently pushing aside the crowd blocking the way. This is the place with the largest population flow in Chernobog. Countless people come here every day, pursuing their dreams and trying to grasp the glimmer of hope of getting ahead.
"This city always gives you some hope."
The scene changed and Leonid stopped in front of a building. He slowly looked up and saw a huge roaring bear head symbol.
This is the logo of the Growlers, and the building in front of him is the new Growlers headquarters building.
"It doesn't matter whether it's a lie or an illusion, but it's so close at hand, as if it's within reach, making you risk your life and forget about death."
Leonid walked into the building, and the staff around him bowed slightly when they saw him and said hello to him. Yesterday, the Growler's headquarters was still in Xicheng District, but now, they have moved their headquarters to Zhongcheng District. It is larger and more imposing than the original building.
Everything in front of me was like a dream. Leonid stepped into the elevator and looked at everything around him through the window. Clean streets, row upon row of buildings, running cars, well-dressed pedestrians, police on patrol, and the rising sun in the east. This is a prosperity and order that could not be felt in the original Xicheng District, and a peace and tranquility that could not be felt at all.
"Psychedelic city."
Leonid walked to his new office and pushed in the door.
"I am the one chasing dreams."
The camera stopped at the door, and the picture of Leonid walking forward slowly gradually blurred. Finally, it went completely dark, and the Growler's logo appeared on the screen, with two phone numbers and a line of small text underneath.
"The Roarer welcomes people with lofty ideals from all walks of life to join us and build a harmonious society together."
Valentine pressed the pause button and nodded with great satisfaction. This was adapted from a promotional video for a game called Cyberpunk 2077 in his previous life. The purpose was to make a promotional video for the Growler and distribute it throughout Chernobog to attract more talents to join them. It was not made into CG like in the previous life but was shot in real locations in order to look more real. What they made was not a game trailer, but an advertisement, and everything in it was real.
Although Leonid and others thought this was just because Valentine was full and had nothing to do.
They don't think a two-minute video will strike gold. But at Valentin's strong request, Leonid did it anyway. I've been busy for so long, so I should take a vacation.
And this was his first time on TV, so he was a little excited when he thought about it.
"I think the last sentence is a bit bad." Leonid looked at the line of small words on the screen and expressed his opinion.
"Build a harmonious society together... Boss, we are a gang. Do you think those people will believe it?"
If the gangs of a world are related to a harmonious society... then probably only the utopia in the book can do it.
"I think we are quite harmonious now, don't you?" Valentin looked directly into Leonid's eyes, wanting to hear his rebuttal.
Leonid had nothing to say.
Because Valentine is telling the truth.
After the war a few months ago, there was a gang in Chernobog called the Growlers. Of course, it is undeniable that some people will escape and form new gangs outside the city walls to reject the rule of the Howlers, but those newly established small gangs are just a bunch of rabble, and they only dare to operate in the slums and dare not set foot in the city. step. Valentine didn't bother to care about them. There was no good road in the slums, but it was connected in all directions. People who were unfamiliar with it could easily get lost in it. Instead of spending so much effort to deal with them, it was better to concentrate on their own business.
The Griffin girls went back a few days after the war ended, and Valentine had nothing to do. He spent a few days looking at the financial statements of various industries. After confirming the truth, Valentine was even Shout out three times.
This is too much profit...
Then he issued a series of welfare policies to help every gang member escape poverty and become well-off. He even allocated funds to build a hospital so that every gang member could receive free medical treatment.
When these welfare policies were implemented on the ground, everyone was excited, and Valentine's popularity reached a new height. Of course, so many benefits come at a price. For example, he ordered all gang members to learn law and other knowledge compulsorily, so that everyone can become a law-abiding intellectual.
At least that's what it looks like. Continue to do the work that should be done, and try not to use your hands to solve problems that can be solved with words, so as to establish a new gang image in the new era.
This article persuaded many scum members who had hard-core nature to quit. These guys who were persuaded to quit were also stabbed by Valentine and sent to prison for various reasons. They are all scum of society anyway, and it is better to reflect on them behind bars than to stay outside.
Although some people left, the gang attracted more high-quality people to join. Although they are not as good as those employees who work seriously, for the gang, it is already very good. With the current development of the entire Growler Gang, Valentine feels very much like a Japanese gangster in his previous life.
Legalization, professionalization.
Another cost is that Valentine has less money in his pocket, but this has no impact on him. Money is meant to be spent, why put it in the bank? Giving birth?
While implementing welfare policies for gang members, Valentine also secretly opened several infected clinics, using some large hospitals under the name of the growler as a cover. Because of the special status of the infected person, Valentine did not dare to be too explicit. After all, there was a government watching over him.
He didn't dare to bet that the government wouldn't target those infected clinics.
In these campaigns to "comprehensively improve the personal qualities of gang members", many bad boys were corrected, and some were stubborn and did not want to be bound by rules. Valentin would ask Xing Yihuang to send people to talk to their families Have a good chat, understand their inner world, find the knots in their hearts, and then slowly untie them. During that time, Xing Yihuang rarely stayed with Valentine. He wandered around outside every day and was very busy.
The price is that Xing Yihuang gets the nickname "Intimate Sister".
After learning about this incident, Valentin felt that Xing Yihuang's temper was much better because he didn't hit people with his fists.
If you pay, you will be rewarded. Many gangsters have changed their minds, crying and saying that they will reform themselves and not embarrass their families, and then embark on a path of atonement.
They were the first group of people to change, and they were also the most loyal group of people under Valentine. They go to work at 9 o'clock in the morning every day and work overtime until 8 o'clock in the evening before going home. At Valentin's call, they gave up smoking and only tasted wine. Go to bed at 11 o'clock every night and sleep for 8 hours every day. Before going to bed, they would drink a glass of warm milk, and then do 20 minutes of gymnastics, yoga and other exercises that can help them sleep. They would fall asleep immediately after going to bed and sleep until dawn, never leaving fatigue and stress until the next day.
He is cultivating his own power, or in other words... he is playing a business game. After the war, many members of the other four gangs were recruited and all were taken under Leonid's command, not to mention Leonid's own Growler gang. If one day Leonid wanted to kill himself... He can't die, but he can still kill seven in and seven out.
However, judging from the current situation, Leonid is very honest. Except for some of the orders he issued that were too unreasonable and were rejected, all others have been basically implemented. Especially this reform plan, Leonid is better than Valentine. Interested, which also reassured Valentine a lot.
"Since you all have no objections, let's leave it as it is. Prepare to put it on TV stations and also on the Internet."
"I think the government will be suspicious...because this is so abnormal." Leonid wanted to insist a little longer. Open recruitment of gang members to the public? And through TV stations and the Internet? Even if you really want to do this, at least change that sentence, right? Otherwise, if it is actually broadcast, a lot of people will have to open their calendars to see if today is April 1st.
"Will the government get to the bottom of it?"
"No. Since they agreed to our request at that time, it means they acquiesced to our existence. As long as we remain as before, the government will not cause us trouble."
"Of course, if the aloof King Ursus wants to cleanse the black forces in his country on a whim, then there is nothing we can do."
Valentin thought of the anti-gang and anti-evil campaign that was being carried out in the country before he traveled. At that time, the whole city was filled with slogans of the campaign to eradicate gangsters and gangsters. Slogans such as "Thanos, sweep away gangsters" and "Eradicate evil and gangsters" could be seen everywhere. Thinking of the growlers under his command...
It's really not that evil. They have serious factories and enterprises under their control, all have business licenses, pay taxes, collect protection fees and bully the people. This may have been the case before, but with the progress of the "comprehensive improvement of the personal quality of gang members" campaign, These practices have disappeared, if at all, only in the slums outside the city, places that are not under the jurisdiction of the growlers.
So, what is he afraid of?
"We have paid our taxes properly and have not done anything illegal or criminal. The arms trade and human trafficking were done by other gangs in the past. We have not done such things since we accepted their territory. Customs Karma...Oh, they don’t check this either.”
Valentine began to think back to the undertakings he had taken care of.
"Are we still doing Source Stone smuggling?" Valentine suddenly remembered something.
"Still. There are very few Origin Stones in circulation on the market, and most of them are supplied to the government. Only a small amount is sold to major companies, but it is just a drop in the bucket and not enough at all. So it is certain that there will be Origin Stone smuggling. Regarding We growlers are professionals in this regard and nothing can go wrong.”
Leonid assured Valentine.
"Isn't that enough? Since the government can't find anything, let's just put ads in."
"The worst that can happen is that I'm considered a crazy guy."
Not only are you out of your mind, the outside world will probably think that the entire Growler is out of your mind... Oh no, right from the beginning of that movement, gangsters in other cities already think that the Growler is out of their minds.
Leonid complained in his mind.
Valentine doesn't care about this. After all, he was once a glorious successor to socialism, and the gangsters must be reformed into socialist gangsters.
"I'm going home. If anyone wants to join us, let me know and I'll go for his interview immediately." Valentine put on his coat and opened the door.
"It's so damn cold." Valentine tightened his coat tightly. It is now January of 1095, Ursus is still in severe cold, and there is still heavy snow in the sky.
"Boss, you want to be lazy again... There are still a lot of documents waiting for you to review. There are two CEOs from other companies who want to talk to you about cooperation this afternoon."
Leonid's voice was extremely helpless.
Valentine is good at everything, but he likes fishing and wants to go home and sleep when he has nothing to do.
"It's snowing so hard and there's still a ghost to see. Let them wait until the snow stops. And you know how to deal with those things better than me, don't you?" Valentine said the matter without even looking back. Pushed cleanly.
Leonid looked at the car driving away and sighed in his heart.
Yes, I have to work overtime again.
