Became a CyberPunk Tycoon - Chapter 166



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Episode 166. Eyes and Ears (7)

“That’s why Hansan is thoughtless. It’s good to pour money into Blacrohn, but it’s called a search, but it’s charity work.”

“Right? Right!”

The baby smiled and played with her hands. The young man smiled brightly for a moment at the sight of her cute appearance, but then continued what he had been saying.

“Where did Hansanwoo make his money and spend it all? Isn’t it Stella City? If he had such intentions, he should have taken care of the unemployed people in Stella City first.”

“You, are you watching the kid well? You’re not talking about useless things again, are you?”

Across the room, the voice of a middle-aged woman washing dishes rang out. The young man flinched in surprise.

“Hey, sis! I told you you were doing well.”

“I told you to take care of it because you said you didn’t want to do the dishes, but now you’re teaching me something weird again?”

“What’s strange! The sooner you learn about how the world works, the better-.”

“Do you think he will understand what you are saying?”

The young man kept his mouth shut and said nothing.

As the middle-aged woman returned from washing the dishes, the child ran towards her mother with a bright smile.

“mom!”

“Oh, that’s right. Our daughter. Didn’t your uncle bother you?”

“Yeah, that’s right, I did it! I had to do it!”

It was a bright smile. Her mother felt the fatigue built up in her body disappear.

“Stop talking nonsense to the kid and get ready to get a job.”

“Oh, I said I was doing it.”

“Where did you start a gang, you don’t have any money saved and you don’t have any intention of working.”

“What do you want me to do with the gang being ruined! And when I got home, you were just grateful that I came back in good health-.”

“I didn’t know you would stick around this long!”

Even from the young man’s perspective, it was no different from a natural disaster.

He didn’t have much loyalty to the gang. He wasn’t stupid, and he knew they were going to use ‘passionate young fools’ as cannon fodder.

But in the end, the only job he could choose was a gang. Now, it’s been shattered.

“They keep blaming society and companies…….”

“I wasn’t wrong! The citizens of Stella City are the ones who are going to use Hansanwoo’s money to go to Blakron.”

“Even if what you say is true, that’s not something a do-nothing like you should say.”

The young man pursed his lips, but he could not deny her words.

“Just go to a job search site. I’m trying to keep an eye on my husband.”

“No, I told you I went in the day before yesterday. The factory and everything was full…….”

Stella City was receiving a lot of immigrants. The reason the city’s population didn’t grow endlessly was because Stella City was reducing its population on its own.

Gangs fight each other and kill each other. Criminals with no business being around kill civilians on impulse.

They squeeze people to their limits and send them out just before they die in order to create things that are just a little more valuable than human life. They don’t care if someone dies in the process.

A drug addict who has lost his place lies sleeping on the street, and at some point meets a miserable end in the cold night air.

“Even people from Blakron are coming in these days. I told you there’s no competition.”

But not now. Recently, Stella City has been unable to reduce the ‘city population’ as it should have.

People kept coming in, or rather, more than before. Fewer people were leaving Stella City, and they were piling up, creating serious unemployment.

“But at least pretend to see it once!”

The young man, who had been fidgeting with his cell phone, was startled when he saw the job posting before his eyes.

“……Is this an error? Why are there so many?”

Job openings from Hansan and its affiliates were lined up, filling the screen.

“You’ve become more and more familiar with people.”

“Isn’t it all thanks to you, boss? I never imagined I would receive a gift like this.”

Ronald lowered his head as if he had committed a crime. It was an extremely humble posture for a city council member of Stella City.

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“Isn’t it all for Stella City? Any proper company should be committed to civil society.”

“It’s embarrassing. I’ve received so much from you, sir, and now I’m in debt again.”

“Isn’t the congressman also working day and night for Stella City?”

“But… I don’t have the face to face with the boss. Even though Hansan is being blatantly harmed, I can’t say anything-.”

“Why do you care so much about that between us? Aren’t we friends, friend?”

Ronald raised his head slightly, looked into my eyes, and nodded slowly.

“Friend… I see.”

Ronald’s political capital has increased significantly because of the passage of several bills I supported.

“But… I’ve been thinking lately that my abilities are lacking. I think someone more capable than me could have done greater things with the assets you gave me.”

“You are flattering me. If there were a politician who could do that, they would not have joined hands with Congressman Ronald in the first place.”

Of course, if Ronald had more influence within the party, he could have promoted my achievements more.

But for me, I was just thankful that he didn’t betray me.

In the process of creating and implementing the new labor law, he must have had many temptations, as he could have nullified the bill by persuading just one city council member.

“We didn’t meet to talk about old times. It seems like the broadcast preparations are almost done, so let’s get going.”

A firm determination was evident in his eyes. Soon, Ronald came out of the waiting room and stood in front of the podium.

After a few minutes of meaningless talk, Ronald stood in front of the reporter and confidently got to the point.

“Stella City has succeeded in attracting large-scale investment from Hansan, and has created large-scale employment stability and jobs.”

Standing behind the stage, I swallowed my laughter with difficulty.

Ending rumors and accusations is not an explanation. People say they want truth and fairness more than anyone else, but in reality, they don’t like it.

I don’t want to see the picture of an ‘evil corporation with two faces’ winning with the obvious truth.

Those who criticized Hansan will not admit that they were wrong, no matter what evidence is presented. It is not a matter of right or wrong, but of like or dislike.

“This is not an achievement of my own, but one that was achieved through the active cooperation of President Hansanwoo and the efforts of the staff.”

But no one hates someone who offers them money. Even people with fairly upright beliefs will give up or at least turn a blind eye the moment their own interests are involved.

Neither politicians nor ordinary citizens can express their firm opposition to companies creating more jobs.

“Hansan Electronics has already posted a job opening, and it is estimated that a considerable number of jobs will be created through direct hiring.”

People are caught up in the atmosphere. No matter how skeptical a person is of Hansan, if he is surrounded by people who are friendly to Hansan within Hansan, he cannot help but be absorbed into the atmosphere.

Ronald’s speech was over. I left the waiting room and slowly walked up to the podium where he was standing.

We shook hands. There were a lot of reporters taking pictures of me and Ronald.

As soon as the explanation was over, the reporters’ questions followed as if they had been waiting.

“Why are you hiring workers so quickly when the factory hasn’t even been built yet?”

“Wasn’t there an attack during the dispute with the landowners? There are rumors that Hansan was involved in that!”

I calmed the reporters down.

“I would like you to ask your questions one by one… but since they are related, I will answer them all at once.”

Anyway, they don’t know what conversation happened between me and Hansanmok.

“We regret that the negotiating delegation was attacked by criminals. We were negotiating with them and achieved positive results.”

When an obvious event occurs and the cause is unknown, people start to come up with their own explanations. That’s how conspiracy theories are created.

People seek causes. No matter how absurd the evidence may be, if they feel that the hypothesis built on that evidence is ‘organic’, they will believe the conspiracy theory.

And I could use that too.

Because it meant that I could freely draw out the causes and causal relationships between the ‘clear and difficult to understand events’ that were revealed here and there.

“The new factory complex is not small, but we judged that it could be completed within three months using Hansan’s new technology.”

“But if the landowners had started a lawsuit-.”

The reporter was right. If there were people who refused to give up their land, time might have passed without construction even starting.

“Negotiations were moving in a positive direction. We were trying to hire people based on that time.”

“The accident happened after that, but the related work was already in progress. It couldn’t be canceled.”

It emphasizes that this happened regardless of my intentions. It makes me realize that Hansan is not perfect.

“We, too, are victims.”

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