Became a CyberPunk Tycoon - Chapter 169



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Episode 169. Eyes and Ears (10)

“That’s why I’m saying it wasn’t Hansan’s fault!”

As usual, the bar was filled with drunken people arguing about politics.

“Think about it! This time too. Those poor bastards are worse, so why don’t they just take the compensation and run wild? Does it make sense to take the money from other bastards and run wild?”

“There are dead people there, it’s too much!”

“Who knows if that’s another one of those self-directed plays? Did you know that the delegation was split this time and a second group of residents are negotiating? According to what he said, negotiations with Hansan have already progressed to a certain extent!”

“He must have taken Hansan’s money. Isn’t that obvious? I heard he’s already met with Hansan’s employees a few times?”

“Fuck, then of course the Hansan staff would have met that guy. They have to meet to negotiate!”

The two old men were close friends, but they were always ready to raise their voices on political issues, especially after a few drinks.

“And if you do that, then the original residents’ delegation, didn’t they also change people and get involved with corporations?”

“No, that’s-.”

“You think about it logically. Does it make sense to open a sushi restaurant made with real fish on that trashy street?”

“That’s true, but…….”

“Not only that. I have a friend who lives there too, and he says they’re all weirdos.”

“You got a really free lawyer! How much did you get in retainer fees?”

“If I’m a free lawyer, are you a free prosecutor?”

The two men glared at each other as if they were going to kill each other, but everyone else in the bar just looked at them as if they were finding something amusing to watch.

“Isn’t there anything you like these days, including the Blakron immigrant issue?”

“That’s what the city council agreed to! Even the councilman you elected agreed to it!”

“It’s obvious that they did this after receiving bribes from Hansan! There are so many unemployed people in this city, and they’re bringing in immigrants? We have to stop the immigrants coming in now!”

It was true, every word of it. The city council could not be free from the influence of any megacorp, including Hansan, and the city was overflowing with unemployed people.

“I don’t think the people here are angels, but these Blakron guys are something else!”

“I’ve been incited again. That’s why I told you to filter the article! How many jobs are taken away by a few hundred immigrants, and how many accidents are caused?”

“But even if there is just one person-.”

“If you’re going to do something to even just one person, what did that ‘one person’ save this time?”

But even though the old man refuted his words, everything that came out of his mouth was true.

“If it’s Hansan guys, they can easily manipulate something like that! Think about it calmly!”

“Are there only a few reporters who are calm and quiet and cursing Hansan right now? If Hansan really did it, he would have done something even worse than this!”

“What I mean is, nothing is certain-.”

The old man, who had been talking nonsense to Hansan, realized that the atmosphere around him was strange and closed his mouth.

I checked the mood to see if the noise was too loud, but no one was paying attention to the two old men talking.

Everyone’s eyes were focused on the old TV mounted on the wall of the bar.

The old man naturally turned his eyes to look at the TV. Then, he closed his mouth after seeing the news flowing out of it.

“According to recent investigations, it has been revealed that the residents’ delegation at the center of the controversy was in contact with General Techina.”

The silence didn’t last long. The citizens who had been watching the fight as if they were watching a fire across a river just moments before began to vent their anger.

The fight has begun.

When General Techina’s name was revealed, not all citizens were outraged.

To be exact, I’m getting angry.

I could think to myself, ‘Were all the attacks on Hansan up until now all due to General Techina’s schemes?’ and I had a bad feeling about the situation.

But that anger doesn’t always lead to action.

People had their own occupations. There weren’t many who would give up their jobs and go out into the streets to denounce General Techina.

Moreover, General Techina was a company that led the way in high-tech. Instead of being amazed by their incredible technological prowess, ordinary people were astonished by the outrageous prices they offered.

People living outside the central district had virtually no means of dealing with their misdeeds.

I couldn’t boycott it, and I wasn’t angry enough to hate everyone associated with the company.

The fact that Hansan was wronged was ultimately Hansan’s problem, and not a matter related to their interests.

But, conversely, this also meant that anyone who was ‘connected with profit’ could run out onto the streets at any time.

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“General Techina, get out of the land negotiations!”

“Get the construction going! Allow the construction of Hansan’s factory!”

The second delegation created by Hansan was proudly out on the streets and shouting.

Hansan was already in the process of rebuilding with the help of collaborators. Although there was a lot of support, it was essentially a level of work that required tearing down the store and rebuilding it.

They had spent all the money they had saved to make the biggest investment of their lives. If they didn’t get the new factory up and running as soon as possible and increase the floating population, it was obvious that they would die from debt.

“General Techina, step down!”

“Don’t disturb Hansan!”

It’s a matter of life and death. It’s a matter of life and death. It’s a matter of sincerity.

Although Hansan was not threatening them with a knife to his neck, the local merchants fought for Hansan with a stronger will than anyone else.

“Hey, build a factory!”

“Hey, that’s not it. The company that’s going to build the factory is in a state of limbo, and General Techina is blocking it, so let them build the factory… That’s the same thing.”

“Isn’t that it?”

And between them, merchants who ‘Hansan did nothing for’ came in.

In objective terms, there weren’t that many ‘second delegations’, because unless you were deeply involved in the previous delegation, you wouldn’t know what was going on in the new delegation.

The potential site for the new factory was vast and vast. Not everyone was sure about the local conditions.

There was a merchant who believed the rumor that ‘Hansan released mercenaries to massacre the delegation and drive out the local residents for cheap money!’

Even though they knew roughly what was going on, there were merchants who did nothing because they ‘didn’t want to get involved in a dispute between companies.’

But these people have now joined the protesters and started to condemn General Techina.

“……Thank you for coming, but didn’t I tell you not to do useless things just a few days ago?”

“That was back then, no, did you know that General Techina was here?”

The middle-aged man smiled shamelessly.

Most of it was a lie. He had a hunch that ‘some force’ was involved in this incident, even if it wasn’t General Techina.

“Anyway, I thought that since it was good, I should also speak up for our Chairman Han San-woo!”

What gave them a sense of crisis were the newly built stores.

Even if you are poor, it is natural for your eyes to go to a clean and bright store rather than a dirty and old store.

With Hansan’s help, stores that had been remodeled were opening one by one.

The floating population here is nothing compared to the cost of building and operating a new building.

But on the contrary, the ‘new store’ was sucking up the nearby demand like a sponge, even though it was struggling under a mountain of debt.

The fact that they were now in huge debt and teetering on the edge of an uncertain future did not immediately register in the eyes of the ‘ordinary merchants’ who had lost their customers.

All they could see was their current sales decline and the new stores that were crowded.

“If you work this hard, won’t the chairman give you a store?”

“I told you, sir. And we didn’t get this for free either-”

“Anyway, isn’t it all money that will be recovered once the factory is built? And that guy doesn’t seem to be from here either?”

The middle-aged man turned his gaze. A black couple was screaming passionately. Beneath them, a young child was just screaming excitedly along with his parents.

“You don’t seem to be from here…….”

“Ah, I am…… from Blakron.”

“Blacron? Did he get the job?”

“Yes. I received some help from Hansan.”

The immigrants who came from Blakron were mostly those who helped track down Evan, whether they were big or small.

Since they came from the hellish Blacrohn to the relatively heavenly Stella City, their loyalty was not small.

Besides, this factory problem was one they could not ignore.

If Hansan’s influence weakens, the force that can protect them from immediate happiness will disappear.

Most of the places they got jobs were affiliated with Hansan, so if Hansan later deemed the Blakron immigrants ‘useless,’ they could be discarded.

A few hundred people is not a large number to do anything, but if many of them were to come out onto the street at once, it would be quite a sight.

“Well, what does it matter where we come from? What matters is that we came here!”

A lot of people took to the streets. Not all of them had pure intentions.

But to the reporter holding the camera and taking pictures of them, such ‘minor’ factors were of no importance at all.

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