Indescribable cyberpunk - #649 - Chapter 632 High-Level Council

After Thousand Sail City was upgraded to a super city, the five major consortiums jointly established a high-level council in order to minimize the federal government’s influence on the city.

Almost all of the parliamentary representatives are elected by large and medium-sized capital consortiums in Qianfan City. Although the federal government also has a few seats among them, most of the power is controlled by the top consortiums.

However, in order to maintain the credibility of the Qianfan City government in the eyes of the people, the top executives of the major financial groups have tacitly agreed not to mention it in public.

This makes it clear that the Thousand Sail City Government, or the Thousand Sail City Government established with the consent of the federal government, is still considered the highest authority by the people, but truly important matters often require the approval of the high-level council before they can be implemented.

The development of Thousand Sail City in recent years can be said to be smooth, and the internal meetings held by the high-level council have basically been maintained at regular meetings once a month.

However, as various strange incidents occurred one after another in Xiacheng District, the holding of meetings has become the norm in the past two months. The scale has also evolved from a small meeting of key departments such as the Security Department and the Epidemic Prevention Center to one that is now close to all employees. Attend large meetings.

For the people of Thousand Sail City, it is undoubtedly a good thing that the top government officials pay so much attention to these matters.

But these frequent meetings have become the most troublesome thing for the Minister of Security, Bulwer, besides the Ouroboros organization.

No way, who made him the main person in charge of security in the lower part of Qianfan City?

Almost every time there was a meeting, he had to go up and report on the current situation of Thousand Sails City like a war criminal.

Not only that, most of the time he had to endure questioning from representatives of major financial groups. Those aloof guys didn’t care what was hidden behind the terrorist activities in Lower City. What they wanted to hear from Bulwer was that the matter had been resolved. Just a report.

“A bunch of idiots!”

He grabbed the glass made of irregular sections, yelled in a low voice, then raised his neck and drank the wine in one gulp.

The cold wine slid down his throat, and the strong aftertaste made Bulwer’s face turn red.

“Sorry, sir!”

Colonel Sacco, who had just opened the communication channel on the light screen in front of him, quickly apologized, even though he had no idea what he had done wrong.

“I’m not talking about you. Forget it, now is not the time to talk about this. How are the matters in Community No. 23 and Community No. 37 being handled now?”

His gaze stopped at the upper right corner of the light screen. There were still 43 minutes left before the meeting started. Bulwer needed to come up with a reasonable plan in less than an hour, otherwise he would be greeted by another wave of laughter that made people want to turn over the table. The sarcasm and ridicule of going up to beat someone up.

Due to Colonel Sacco’s outstanding performance in the Scavenger Plan, he has now become Bulvo’s right-hand man. Given that the former has extensive experience in dealing with the Ouroboros organization in lower-class communities, he is still responsible for these matters.

“The two intersections have been sealed off, and our people and the research team from the Archaeological Association are conducting inspections on site.”

Behind Sacco on the screen was the street scene of Community No. 23. As he spoke, his footsteps seemed to be moving, and finally he turned into an alleyway, and then he continued,

“Sir, the situation is a bit troublesome. According to the latest test report, there is some kind of special energy field at these two intersections. They cannot give a clearer explanation, but it is certain that anyone passing by these two places Your mental state will be eroded.”

“What’s the reason? If a street that was running normally before suddenly has problems, there must be a reason. Do you want me to tell those guys later that this is God’s will?”

He wiped his face with his left hand and pulled the tie that the secretary had just arranged for him. The heating in the car made Bulwer inexplicably irritable.

“The intersection of Community No. 23 collapsed a few days ago. I asked the construction team responsible for this part of the project. They said that the cause of the accident was an extremely strong impact force exerted on the center of the street. I suspect it may be related to This situation is related. The surveillance video has been extracted and is being analyzed as quickly as possible. As for other reasons, we have not found them yet.”

Sacco was clearly aware of Bulwer’s difficulties, and he was also racking his brains to find reasons for his new patron to cope with the next meeting.

“Man-made impact. Please continue to follow up. If you have any news, please contact me at any time.”

After turning the contents of Sacco’s report several times in his mind, Bulwer looked at the government building getting closer and closer in front of him, as if something suddenly occurred to him, and then said,

“Later today, the president of the Archaeological Society may find you about the Scavenger Project. Tell her whatever you know then.”

Specifically explaining this matter was somewhat of a show of goodwill to President Virginia. Although the latter said that he had told him everything he knew during the phone call just now, Bulwer was still worried that the other party would do it because of the previous government. Deliberately concealing key information from him in response to the Archaeological Society’s ban.

After hanging up the communication, the airship stopped in front of the government building.

As soon as he got out of the car and walked a few steps, Bulwer saw a few people not far away standing near the door looking at him. They looked familiar, but he couldn’t remember their identity for a while.

In order to show the majesty of the Thousand Sail City government to the outside world, representatives of the major financial groups had to get off the airship and enter on foot instead of directly hovering the airship in mid-air.

“Minister, they are the Wu Aircraft Group that previously held a charity dinner in Community No. 1. The leader is the group president, Mr. William Baldwin.”

The secretary who was one status behind noticed the confused look on Bulwer’s face and hurriedly stepped forward and said.

“People from Wu’s aircraft?”

Bulwer frowned and paused.

“Are they looking at me?”

Being able to sit in the position of Minister of Security, Bulwer naturally has his own connections, but most of them are concentrated on the two mechanical groups of Yuanfan and Crown. Although Wu Aircraft also has intersections, they are limited to the most basic exchanges. After all, If he, who has already lined up his team, gets too close to other financial groups, he will only cause trouble for himself.

Without waiting for the secretary’s reply, William Baldwin walked towards this side and personally verified Bulwer’s idea.

“Mr. Bulwer, before the meeting starts, I have something I want to talk to you about alone. Do you have time?”

William was followed by two other representatives of the Wu Group in the high-level parliament. In a parliament with a total number of only 26 people, this was undoubtedly a reflection of status.

“certainly.”

With Yuan Sail and Crown Machinery Group standing behind him, Bulwer felt confident enough and stretched out his hand forward.

So the two of them walked side by side, and the secretary and other people in the Wu Group deliberately left room for them to talk.

“The recent events in downtown must be causing Mr. Bulwer a headache, right?”

Entering the government building, William took the initiative to speak.

“It’s just that some cult organizations are unwilling to accept the failure of the lower-level communities and are stubbornly resisting. They only make a fuss about ordinary streets and ordinary people, which is enough to prove that their manpower has suffered heavy losses in previous actions, and they can only dare to do some sneaky things. thing.”

After sitting in the position of Minister of Security for so many years, Bulwer naturally knows what to say and what not to say. The meeting is about to start, and no matter how big something happens in the lower city, he will have to get out of it!

“You also know that most of Wu’s businesses are in Xiacheng District, so they are always somewhat sensitive to this area of ​​affairs. Minister Bulwer, can you tell me whether the situation in Xiacheng District will continue to deteriorate?”

Wu’s Aircraft Group is famous for its airships, but their real main business is transportation in various industries, including intercity railways, aerial rails, commercial logistics, etc., and these are almost all things closely related to people’s livelihood. There is widespread chaos in the city, and it can be said that they will be the most severely damaged among the five major consortiums.

With this thought, Bulwer mentally recognized the reason why William asked him before the meeting started.

“Today there are emergencies in communities No. 23 and No. 37. We need time to understand the situation. The investigation is ongoing. Although the other party’s methods are a bit strange, I believe there will be results soon.”

The words were spoken on the spot, and as for the meaning behind the words, Bulwer believed that the other party could understand them.

“I heard that someone at the meeting would ask to temporarily turn on the fire mode. I wonder what Minister Bulwer thinks?”

William just smiled at Bulwer’s “confession” and mentioned another matter.

“Tinder mode?”

Hearing this term, Bulwer immediately thought of the prerequisite for activating this mode, which was to encounter a major safety accident on the return trip. Then he almost subconsciously lowered his face and spoke in a cold tone,

“I think it’s not time to turn on the fire mode yet. The National Security Department still has enough capabilities to respond to crises. We will never compromise with any terrorist organization!”

What a joke!

If the parliament really chooses to turn on the fire mode, it will be tantamount to telling everyone that he, the Minister of Security, cannot solve the crisis facing Thousand Sail City, and must rely on this kind of persuasive method to preserve power.

Whether he can afford to lose this person is another matter. If such a day comes, he will definitely not be able to keep the position under his butt!

“That’s good. If the fire mode is turned on, the losses to our Wu Group will be immeasurable. That’s why I am so eager to ask for your opinion first. Now that I can have Minister Bulwer’s guarantee, I feel relieved. I still have some business to take care of here, see you later.”

William kept smiling, stretched out his hand to shake Bulwer’s hand, and then turned and left without hesitation, even his steps were much brisker, as if he had obtained a satisfactory answer.

The other two representatives of the Wu Group raised their heels.

“Unsurprisingly, Bulwer was opposed to turning on Tinder mode.”

Gradually slowing down, William turned around and looked at the two people behind him.

“But his opinion has never been important. All we have to do is let him understand that the Wu Group has been on the side against starting the Tinder mode from the beginning.”

The High Council has a provision from its inception.

The final vote on whether a proposal is passed and implemented immediately must be conducted by secret ballot.