Chapter 351

352. Chapter 348: Chaos

The mayor likes to light a cigarette whenever he encounters trouble. Dopamine can make him less anxious and restless.

The secretary stood on the side, "Should tomorrow's speech be postponed?"

The mayor looked at him, "Why postpone it?"

"Because of the strike?"

The secretary nodded, "If there really is a strike, the entire port will come to a standstill, and the attention of the whole country will be concentrated here."

"By then..."

The mayor closed his eyes, shook his head and said, "How do you solve the strike problem?"

The secretary was silent, "We can talk to the management company and let them satisfy...", he said, and then stopped, because he suddenly realized that if this was Councilor Williams' "move," then the management company would absolutely not agree to the workers' demands.

They are creating irreconcilable contradictions, not solving them.

When the only party that can solve the strike is not considering solving it, but intensifying the contradiction, then this contradiction cannot have a day of being solved.

Unless the person intensifying the contradiction gives up intensifying the contradiction!

No one knows the situation inside. He doesn't know, and the mayor doesn't know, but the mayor clearly has his own ideas.

"Tomorrow's speech doesn't need to be postponed. We have chosen a long time and made a lot of preparations.", he took a puff of smoke, and the smoke gave him a sense of relaxation, "Since they want to make trouble, let's come together!"

"Owen, you have to understand one thing. No one cares what we have experienced before we achieve our goal."

"What people care about is only whether we have fulfilled our promises and done what we should have done!"

The secretary lowered his head and accepted this thought, although the reality behind this thought might be bloody and cruel.

After a night of fermentation, the strike officially began the next morning.

A large number of dock workers appeared outside the dock. They would stop other workers who were going to work and ask them to join the ranks of the strike.

The management company didn't do nothing. The manager was constantly bribing some workers whose positions were biased toward the company, influential workers, and letting them pull more workers back to their posts.

Just a simple "this has nothing to do with me" did indeed persuade some people to return to their posts.

The vast majority of these people have great pressure to support their families. This cannot be blamed on them. It can only be said that they are the best employees carefully selected, that's all!

And others refused to go to work unless the manager stood up to apologize to Jonny and restore his job.

But this is clearly something the manager cannot accept. If he really achieved this point, then he would be further away from his ultimate dream.

Also just as the big strike began, the mayor appeared in the middle of the New Jincheng stadium.

He was wearing very simple and plain clothes. The cotton and linen short sleeves gave him a strange feeling that could not be described.

Although the clothes were plain, they would not give people a cheap feeling. Perhaps this is the value of temperament.

Many people came to the stadium, and more were reporters. The mayor stood on the wooden platform in the middle.

The sunlight sprinkled on him, adding some justice and positive feeling to him.

The time pointed to 9:50, and he began his formal speech. The stands were also almost full—not crowded, just looking full, and many people needed to go to work.

So this speech was broadcast to the entire region and even surrounding cities through radio.

In factories and offices, many people turned on their radios. They also wanted to listen to what this mayor could say in such a chaotic city?

The mayor's voice when he spoke was a bit low, but very emotional, and also contained a power that had not yet been revealed!

"I know that many people are waiting, wanting to hear what I will stand here and say."

"Some people are waiting for me to say some nice things to whitewash our actual situation."

"Some people are also looking forward to me saying some unpleasant things, letting more people have a more intuitive understanding of the current chaos."

"Since when did our city become this terrible look?"

The whole city seemed to have been pressed with a slow-motion button because of a question. People's movements seemed to have paused. The movements of workers on the assembly line in the factory were also not as agile as before.

Since when?

It might be the change during this period, or it might have been for a period of time. Everyone's understanding of stability and chaos is different, so when interpreting the mayor's speech, it will not be all the same.

"Every mayor hopes that their city is prosperous, stable, and constantly moving forward."

"I am no exception."

"On the first day I came here, I once harbored the most beautiful hopes and dreams for this city. I wanted to build this place into the most brilliant pearl of the federation."

"But I overestimated my own ability and underestimated the trouble I encountered."

"Big trouble!"

Councilor Williams frowned slightly behind the table. The masters who were drinking and chatting in the Bay Area also gradually put down their wine glasses and began to pay attention to the radio.

They had a premonition that the mayor intended to lift the fig leaf!

What rulers dislike most for people to know is the inside story of the rule, which will make people have more doubts about them.

Once distrust is generated by the ruled, the ruling work will become very difficult to do.

This is like when people always firmly believe in the rulers, the rulers tell them that they need to sacrifice to get a good life, they believe it, and start to get a good life through sacrifice, of course, it may not be so good.

But at least they believe in the rulers, and also believe that sacrifice is a prerequisite for obtaining a good life. They will not oppose the requirement of sacrifice, nor will they resist sacrifice.

But if one day, they start to question the ruler's requirements and orders, then they will also start to doubt whether obtaining a good life must be obtained through sacrifice.

Then they will observe whether the ruler is happy, whether his happiness is obtained through sacrifice, and what he, they, and the entire ruling class have sacrificed to obtain such a happy life?

This is a very frightening thing, but now, the mayor, as one of the ruling class, actually intends to lift these things. How can this not make some ruling class angry and terrified?

Even Councilor Williams and Councilor Wei De, who had already stayed out of it, felt a panic.

The mayor did not stop because of their anxiety and panic.

"The trouble in New Jincheng has always revolved around 'interests'."

"I once tried to continue building the new port area and the new bay area to expand for the future development of New Jincheng."

"Our dock load has reached 80%. Soon it will become crowded, and the ships coming and going must queue up."

"But if we build the new port well, then we will have more berths and become more competitive!"

"These constructions will provide more job opportunities, allowing more people to enjoy the era dividends brought by the development of New Jincheng."

"But the new port has not been built well until now because I touched the interests of some people."

"Some people who call themselves 'the interests of the locals'!"

"You know who they are. You have heard their names from newspapers or other channels. They are common guests in high society and big shots in people's eyes."

"They and their families have forged the brilliance of New Jincheng, but they have also limited its future."

"For me, this city is like a huge cage, and you who live here, everyone, are the prisoners in this cage!"

"Slap!", someone slapped the table and couldn't sit still. He looked at the people around him, "Should we do something?"

"Can't let him go on like this!"

But the reactions of others were very cold, "We can make him unable to do what he wants to do, and we can also make him lose the rights he should have, but we can't make him not speak!" The person speaking leaned on the sofa, "I really hope someone can give him a shot now and let him shut up forever!"

Others also appeared a bit depressed and even desperate. The mayor's speech will inevitably attract higher-level attention. If the Congress really thinks that New Jincheng has "lost control," then it will be a very bad situation for them!

It is possible that they will intervene directly at this critical moment!

Once the Congress starts to intervene actively, whether it is the mayor or the locals, they will lose real "power."

This is also the reason why they think the mayor is crazy. He clearly still occupied some advantages, why did he suddenly mess around like this?

They don't understand.

This is like in a company, when the board of directors asks a small manager of a department whether you can handle your department and work, everyone's answer is the same—

"I can, sir!"

No one will say, "Oh, my God, I can't manage my department and my subordinates at all. Who the hell can come and help me!"

No one will say that, because apart from making the board of directors think you are a waste, it will have no other meaning.

The country is also like this. The mayor seems to be cutting off his own political future with his own hands. Is he really crazy?

Could it be that everyone gave him too much despair and pressure?

Shouldn't be!

They can't figure out here why the mayor suddenly wants to do this, but the mayor's speech will not stop.

"Those actual rulers are the owners of the prison cage. They use a hound to manage the people living in the prison cage. By the way, you may not know who that is. He has a very unique nickname, 'Bay Area Hound'!"

The mayor laughed, "A very unique nickname. If someone called me that, I would definitely feel that those people were insulting me."

"But this 'Bay Area Hound' doesn't feel that way at all. Instead, he feels that this is an honor, because he reached a height that many people cannot reach by relying on the opportunity to become a hound."

"He even wants to run for municipal councilor!"

Speaking of this, the mayor couldn't help laughing. Except for those who didn't understand and followed the laughter, feeling how could there be such a stupid or boring person, others couldn't laugh.

Including Charlie himself, he couldn't laugh either, and his face was livid!

He knew that after this incident, even if he could run successfully, he would not be a respected municipal councilor.

With people from the Bay Area taking care of him, he couldn't fail in running for municipal councilor, but this was not the success he wanted!

But he, on the other hand, had no way!

There was some hatred hidden in the bottom of his eyes, but also some yearning, some longing.

This is a politician, a top politician in terms of the city's size. As long as he can let go, he can ignore all the rules, say whatever he wants, and destroy whatever he wants.

"I feel uncomfortable, citizens, every citizen who is at the scene and listening to the radio."

"It's like there is a thick layer of dark clouds pressing here, making me unable to exert my ability, pressing me so that I can't move."

"Officials and capitalists colluding with each other, who should have guarded justice but became the lackeys of the rulers, layer by layer, circle by circle, making me unable to breathe."

"They are like a big mountain, making people feel desperate!"

"I thought for a long time, wanting to change the current situation, the only way is for me to borrow a little power from every citizen of New Jincheng."

"When everyone's power is gathered together, we will have the ability to move this big mountain!"

"Move it away from our heads, and then throw it away."

"I don't know if life will become better, but I know, at least it won't be worse..."

In the VIP box where no one should be, a gunman was aiming at the mayor who was speaking. They had already done several experiments, from what angle, shooting in, would produce the biggest and most amazing effect, but would not be fatal.

Although some people did die in this experiment because they couldn't be rescued in time, those people were criminals with hundreds of years of sentences. No one cared about their life and death, including their relatives.

The gunman pushed a bright yellow bullet into the chamber, pulled the bolt, and began to aim.

This position was chosen after he specifically discussed it with the mayor, allowing him to have a panoramic view of the mayor and shoot steadily.

The distance here is not too far from the mayor, so he doesn't need to excessively refer to the influence of parameters such as wind speed, and this is inside the stadium, the wind speed will not be so outrageous.

He glanced at the flags on the steel cables above the mayor, estimated the wind speed, then adjusted the sight, and then began to wait.

Waiting for the mayor to say that key word!

"I will use my remaining time and energy to fight against these interest groups. I may not represent justice, but I can represent myself and declare war on evil!"

Reporters took pictures frantically. At the same time, a gunshot resounded through the entire stadium. With a bang, the mayor suddenly fell to the ground, and then blood stained his clothes!

Countless lenses were aimed at the mayor who fell to the ground with his eyes closed. The blood on the ground and his pale face formed a sharp contrast. Every reporter was so excited that they wanted to pee. This is big news!

The staff around were shouting in panic, and the bodyguards also rushed over to protect his safety. The scene was in a mess in an instant!

The radio broadcast all the sounds at the scene very faithfully. Except for those citizens, the masters in the Bay Area couldn't help but smile after hearing these movements.

They also asked each other who did the good deed.

Councilor Williams and Councilor Wei De frowned deeply. They felt that this shooting was too strange. Who the hell would go to assassinate a mayor for no reason?

To be honest, if they were to be a killer and had to assassinate a politician.

They would rather assassinate the president than assassinate a mayor.

Assassinating the president may not necessarily have serious consequences, but assassinating the mayor is definitely dead!

In a Socialist Party stronghold like Likai State, the key positions in the entire state are all Socialist Party members. There is no hatred between them, which means the mayor has no enemies at this time.

Assassinating the mayor is equivalent to declaring war on the Likai State Socialist Party and declaring war on the Likai State government!

But assassinating the president is not so bad. After all, the president has enemies, and some people hope you die, but some people will hope you live!

Councilor Wei De had a moment of speculation, wondering if this was a political show directed and acted by the mayor himself, but he soon denied it.

After all, to take a shot, can the mayor trust the gunman, and can the gunman trust his own hands?

A large number of police surrounded the entire stadium, and Director Dai Er also arrived at the stadium with a large number of agents, but it was useless.

Except for finding a rifle with the serial number erased in the VIP box, they had no gains.

The mayor was urgently transferred to the best hospital in New Jincheng to undergo surgery. Before he fell into a coma, he designated his secretary to preside over the work of New Jincheng during his coma.

The whole city seemed to have become different. Many big shots came to the hospital, including Councilor Wei De and Williams Hospital.

Through their connections, they learned that the mayor's situation was indeed very dangerous. The bullet penetrated his body, but I don't know whether to say he was lucky or unlucky, it did not cause too much damage.

This is also the reason why they didn't find the shell casing at the scene. The gunman used a non-standard bullet head.

In short, the mayor fell, and the whole city seemed to have become even more chaotic!

The mayor's speech and the shooting incident had a huge impact in Likai State and even the entire federation!

Many people began to discuss and study the "stubborn forces" and "interest groups" in New Jincheng, and the Congress even demanded that the killer must be found within a time limit and the other party sent to the gallows.

This is a blasphemy against justice and a blasphemy against the efforts of politicians!

The Governor of Likai State decided to use the state police as the backbone and draw elite police forces from various regions and departments to investigate the stadium shooting case.

The mayor's distrust of the New Jincheng police system headed by Charlie in his speech also made people feel terrified of this web of interests!

If even the police are their lackeys, perhaps the despair and helplessness in the mayor's speech did not have exaggerated components!

Even the Shengli Bank was robbed that afternoon, and more than 500,000 in cash was robbed by robbers. The whole city seemed to have fallen into chaos all of a sudden!

Although this time Charlie let the police deal with these cases and maintain order at the first time, it seemed that it was a bit too late.

The Wolf Gang, which had been quiet for many days, also suddenly launched an attack on Lanse's territory, just like... it was agreed upon!