"Normally speaking, we are absolutely not qualified to participate in a dinner of this level, nor can we buy invitations from the black market. They will only give them to recognized organizations on a per-capita basis." Utsumi looked embarrassed, "But this time There is an exception, but..."
"You thought that speaking out would make me unhappy, so you deliberately used hesitant words to arouse my interest. Do you want me to speak proactively to avoid being scolded?" Yuanye glanced at Utsumi and asked calmly, "Or is it true? What’s the unspeakable secret?”
"I'm very sorry, I thought too much." Utsumi quickly said, "It's just that the way to enter conflicts with one of your previous orders, so..."
"Tell me." Yuan Ye interrupted Utsumi's words, "In what age are you still a traditional leader? I have said it many times, I am not that kind of traditional authoritarian leader, and I hope to be able to work with you as a traditional leader. Let’s do things together through discussion, but since you expect so, I don’t mind playing that role.”
"Speak quickly." Yuan Ye's tone became stern, "If you don't tell me, get out."
"Yes." Utsumi replied in a panic, "The theme of this charity banquet is to help the poor. Of course, this is a very common theme, but this time the theme is related to the work-for-relief program that Kasumigaseki launched last time. , or it is a charity dinner with this theme, and it is said that there will be a series of related activities in the follow-up, so 'active social groups' that actively participate in this plan will also be invited."
"Should we actively cooperate with them in checking residents' information?" Yuan Ye fell into thinking.
The so-called checking of residents' information is actually checking the tax base.
In 2077, a large number of people became gangsters due to various reasons, such as debts or being framed. Normally, the money they earned from their work, except for the little money they needed to maintain food and clothing, was not enough. As soon as the money arrives in the account, it will be transferred by the bank to pay off the debt.
And this group of people simply choose to become gangsters. In this way, although they can only do some low-level jobs because they have no identity, those with skills may be able to do less clean gangster jobs to make a living.
However, making money is definitely better than maintaining food and clothing. After all, 2077 is still post-modern. Lowering the requirements to the qualified line and taking care of food and shelter require too few resources. They are produced by the first and second generation. There has been a surplus of supplies for a hundred years.
After being reduced to a black account, the social security and welfare, as well as the financial and banking systems of a normal society are naturally no longer relevant. However, society does not develop these businesses out of thin air, it is because these services are needed to facilitate people's lives.
In other words, even black households still need these services, but as black households, they have been "rejected" by normal society and naturally cannot enjoy these services.
Nature abhors a vacuum, and so does society. Where there is demand, there is supply. This is the most important principle in the market economy. Therefore, Yakuza organizations like the Black Dragon Society have replaced part of Kasumigaseki's functions at the bottom, providing financial and Social security services.
These gangsters are also one of the financial resources of Yakuza organizations such as the Black Dragon Society. It can be said that due to the large-scale dishonesty caused by the great unemployment wave, middle-class homeless people like those in the United States of the Eastern Pacific before Yuanye traveled through the country went bankrupt due to reasons such as divorce. A large number of them are produced in Yingzhou.
A large number of "productive forces" who have skills and can participate in production have been "expelled" from normal society. These people naturally need people and organizations to protect their own interests, and they will not pay taxes without representation.
In other words, if the interests of these people cannot be guaranteed in normal society, then they will automatically lose the status given to them by normal society, become "black households", and transform into the tax base of the Yakuza organization, and the Yakuza organization will grow as a result.
The rapid rise of Yingzhou's Yakuza organization after the great unemployment wave twenty years ago was not only because Kasumigaseki had no money and could not maintain grassroots security, so it had to outsource these social services.
There is strong economic support behind it, otherwise it will only produce a group of less good-looking security companies, which are no different from community security companies, just larger in scale, and will never produce such a big result.
In the final analysis, money is the most important thing. Without money, an organization with great ideas will collapse instantly. With money, even the most decadent organization in the world can continue to survive.
This is the reason why the radicals who represent the current Yingzhou grassroots management organization are not interested in Kasumigaseki's work-for-relief activities.
If it is just a simple poverty relief, everyone will be happy to cooperate. After all, not all people in our jurisdiction are productive people, there are many people who work hard. Kasumigaseki will provide money to find something for these people to do. , one is to reduce some pressure on public security, and the other is that when they have money, they can also promote economic development in the area under their jurisdiction and increase the turnover of the shops under their names.
But no one is an idiot. Even idiots are assisted by think tanks. It can be seen at a glance that perhaps the original intention of this project is good, but the people who implement this project are not good people. They are not here to relieve poverty at all. They just rush to check the population data and talk about people to sort out the tax base.
The most important reason why those gangsters have become the financial source of the Yakuza organization is that they provide services that "ensure that gangsters can live a normal life without being noticed by normal society."
In other words, if their information is handed over and their current identity is merged with their original identity in "normal society", it will be equivalent to directly selling their customers. It is a naked betrayal and will cause unpredictable but absolutely terrible consequences. Outrageous consequences.
Kasumigaseki's move is no different from directly asking organizations like them to die. Of course, everyone will not cooperate.
"That is indeed a bit difficult to handle, but this party is indeed a rare opportunity to face Yagyu Konobo directly." Genya nodded and admitted, "Besides, if Kasumigaseki holds such an event, there must be a Yakuza organization that is closely related to him to take the lead. , even if we hand in the data, we may not be able to get an invitation letter, not to mention that selling out our core interests for a banquet invitation is still an uncertain opportunity, and it is really not cost-effective."
"No, no one is responding to them at all now, even those second-generation groups who are almost semi-openly doing Kasumigaseki's dogs." Utsumi corrected.
"Humph, is it really harder to sell your profits than your soul?" Yuan Ye smiled.
"Chief." Utsumi suddenly stopped and stared blankly at the air beside him. After a while, he quickly said, "Mr. Yagyu has confirmed that he will attend the dinner."
