20demayo Chapter 64
Chapter 64
Chapter 64: Night City.
After Ali’s explanation, Jack Wells, who was still hanging out in Heywood at the time, had his three views exploded. In his understanding, cyberpunk was the helper of the middleman, and the two parties helped each other and made money together.
Just like the priest, and Okada Wakako, they all talked and laughed with Jack Wells, and sometimes revealed some little secrets to Jack to help him get through the difficulties.
But now that Ali said this, he found that the fact was not like this. The priest and Okada Wakako were just exceptions. They were kind by nature.
But middlemen are middlemen after all, and they are always one level higher than these mercenaries. In the eyes of most middlemen, these so-called”cyberpunks” will only be regarded as cheap and easy-to-use consumables, so how could they be regarded as helpers or friends.
Jack Wells thought carefully and it was really the case. This made him sweat coldly and made this big guy feel a little sad.
If it was really as Ali said, if there were not so many changes in the process of getting the goods, if he did not bring Ali with him on this mission.
Then Jack Wells would probably foolishly hug this cargo box and go to seek death, and when he is about to die, he would help others count money, and finally be buried in some unknown corner of Night City, dying in obscurity!
“Damn, it’s true that the older generation always says that people who work in companies are all cunning, especially when working in a company, you have to be extra careful.”
“I used to scoff at this matter, but now, I think I should think twice before accepting a job from a related company.”
“Okay, take this iguana back to Heywood and sell it to the priest. After all, apart from him, other middlemen probably don’t have the courage to eat military technology.”
“You can sell the priest a lower price to save his face. Not only can you get the license plate and license, but you can also get the priest’s protection.”
“The priest’s means and qualifications are much stronger than Faraday’s. Even if Faraday later finds out that you are the one who bought the contraband and turns the tables on him, he won’t dare to do anything to you with the priest around.”
“But he himself is different. If he loses the”pet” that his leader wants, even if Faraday doesn’t die, he will be severely beaten.”
“Everything will be done as you say, Ali. I need to digest everything that happened today. This is really the first time that I, old Jack, have encountered so many things in my life.”
After explaining the plan clearly, Ali and Jack Wells drove away from the abandoned garage. Ali parked the car in the open space near Mrs. Wells’s house according to Jack’s instructions.
The two of them found some tools together, and Ali spent some time installing the command system back in the night. Tomorrow Jack will return the rented red car to the rental company, but he will probably be fined for illegal use and private disassembly of the command system. Of course, with Jack Wells’s eloquence, the compensation will not be much. After all, the rented broken car is not worth much.
“Brother Ali, we have been busy for so long today, from morning till night and have had nothing to eat. Old Jack is starving. How about I take you to eat something delicious?”
“Forget it, it’s getting late. I didn’t go home last night. If I don’t go home early today, my old sister V will probably go crazy at home.”
“When the time comes, a positioning person will come to kill you. Jack, you don’t want Old V to come to you in Arasaka’s hovercraft to cause trouble, right?”
“That’s all, your sister is pretty fierce.” After hearing what Ali said, Jack Wells was also scared.
After finishing everything, Ali said goodbye to Jack Wells and planned to leave for home. He walked on the streets of Heywood and took out his mobile phone to look at the income tonight.
Because he gave Jack a part of the money, the money he got was a little less, but it was still a considerable amount in general. First of all, he got 15,000 euros from selling the”Night Walker” car, and then he got 2,000 euros from Faraday’s account chip. Ali put all the other account chips he got from the border guard into his own pocket. At a glance, there were more than 30,000 euros in this pile of chips.
All in all, Ali earned nearly 50,000 euros in just one day, which is a very astonishing amount of wealth. You have to know that a ministerial-level person like Female V only earns more than 80,000 euros a month. Yuan.
Of course, these 50,000 euros are definitely more valuable than V’s salary of more than 80,000 euros, because the money given to V by Arasaka is nothing more than digital currency.
These digital currencies are managed by Arasaka and can only be circulated within Arasaka. In addition to daily expenses, large expenditures also require an application to the Arasaka Finance Department, and only after a signature and approval can they be exchanged for euros that can circulate outside.
This is also a means for Arasaka to control the company’s employees. Once an employee does something that violates the interests of the company, or the company fires the employee, the employee’s implants, including trauma team insurance, and even the digital currency for monthly salary will all be cleared, leaving him with nothing.
This is how V was at the beginning of Cyberpunk 2077. On the surface, he is the minister of the company, and the second-in-command of the counterintelligence department under Prime Minister Jenkins. He usually sits in a hovercraft, drinks red wine, and overlooks the entire In Night City, he lives in a company mansion, is equipped with minister-level implants configured by Arasaka, and is a platinum member of the trauma team. He is a powerful leader in Arasaka and even in the entire Night City.
And then? Then, with a wave of the company’s hand, all of this turned into nothing. The mansion was sealed, the implants were scrapped, he lost his position, lost his money, and lost the insurance of the trauma team.
In the end, he was almost caught by Abernathy’s men and dealt with humanely. If Jack Wells hadn’t stepped forward that day, there would be no story of V becoming a legend.
This also shows how amazing the wealth Ali earned today is. Of course, the money from half an iguana will be transferred after Jack sells it.
Ali looked at the small treasury that had become wealthy. There were almost 80,000 euros in assets in it. He became rich directly after a wave of tasks.
In fact, the female V is still quite poor. She Although her monthly salary is more than 80,000 euros, most of it can only be stored in the virtual currency warehouse of Arasaka and cannot be withdrawn.
Because the maintenance of her implants, the intake of various nutritional supplements, the rent of the mansion and the use of various home appliances, as well as the daily eating, drinking, defecating and urinating with Ali, and the tuition fees of Arasaka Academy are all consuming the digital currency she has in Arasaka.
These daily expenses do not need to be applied for.
When she works in the company, the company arranges her food, clothing, housing and transportation very well.
However, female V will apply for an additional tens of thousands of euros every month because she has to pay various fees, most of which are related to Ali, including her and Ali’s Delaman car service, and Ali’s trauma team gold membership fees, and give Ali hundreds to thousands of pocket money every day, and she often goes shopping, buying clothes and cosmetics.
With all these miscellaneous calculations, female V actually doesn’t have much money left. Although she looks like a ministerial figure with a glamorous appearance, she is actually almost a moonlighter. Of course, she doesn’t care about these expenses. After all, she has a continuous salary issued by Arasaka every month.
In other words, although Female V is richer than Ali, her current savings are probably not as much as the money in Ali’s account.
Back home, Female V sat on the sofa, wearing casual shorts and a T-shirt, her plump thighs crossed in black stockings, her hands around her plump breasts, looking at Ali who had just opened the door with a dark face.
“Little brother, you finally decided to come back, didn’t you?”
Ali went into the room silently and closed the door behind him. He could feel that the look in the female V’s eyes was a little hot, but he could only pretend that he didn’t see the female V sitting on the sofa and wanted to go back to his room.
“Hmm? Are your wings getting hard?”
“You came back without even saying hello to me, your elder sister?”
The icy voice of the female V gave goose bumps to Ali, who was about to go back to the house. He could only smile sweetly:”Ahem, that’s impossible. I think about you every day, my dear elder sister V.”
“Hey, look at that beautiful girl sitting on the sofa. Who is she? Tsk tsk, isn’t this my awesome V? Why did you get off work so early today?”
Hearing Ali’s perfunctory greeting, an angry”井” character suddenly appeared on V’s dark forehead. She stood up and pressed Ali against his own door with her black silk legs.
Ali leaned against the door with his back. He swallowed and looked at V’s feet next to his face. He didn’t expect that the”Shadow” who had a great reputation in his life, killed so many people in the evil land today, and was terrified, would actually be”kicked” one day.
“Didn’t I tell you that V is just my code name? You should call me Sister Valerie! You little bastard!”
“You dared to stay out all night yesterday, and you dared not report to me, your sister! Will you dare to start a family outside and forget your sister tomorrow? Will you dare to imitate Johnny Silver and use a nuclear bomb to blow up Arasaka Tower the day after tomorrow?!”
“Damn it, the more I think about it, the angrier I get. I must be happy… I must teach you, my little brother who forgets his sister for the sake of beauty, a profound lesson, otherwise you won’t know who is in charge of this family and who has the final say!”
Female V said domineeringly, and then she lifted up Ali’s chin and kissed him forcefully. Ali’s eyes widened. Why is it still a little sweet? Did Female V eat pineapple just now?
“Hehehe, little brother, you can’t run away tonight. You must test the marksmanship you have learned these days. If the level is too poor, you will be in trouble!”
Tonight, the wooden door of Ali’s room trembled slightly. It was also shaking with excitement for Ali’s [Legendary Human Development Technology].
A new day, Ali got up with dark circles under his eyes. He was tired all day yesterday and didn’t rest very well. Female V slept in beside him.
According to her, today is her holiday this month. Arasaka Company is still very humane. Female V, as a minister-level figure, also has the privilege of one day off a month.
So Ali didn’t bother her. After gently picking up the quilt that she kicked under the bed and covering it up, he left his room and went to the bathroom to wash, dress, and tidy up his school uniform. Then he set off to Arasaka Academy for class.
“Students, today we will talk about the history of Night City. As we all know, our Night City is located in California.”
“This is an independent and beautiful metropolis under the full control of major corporate groups. Although geographically, it still belongs to the United States, in fact, Night City has long been out of the control of California and even the United States. The laws are made by our major companies.”
In the classroom of Arasaka Academy, Ali lay on his chair and listened to the virtual teacher”blah blah” introducing the city of”Night City”. Of course, as a teacher of Arasaka, he must have praised the rule of the company and secretly mixed his private goods.
“It’s so boring, talking about these useless things every day.”
David Martinez, who was sitting next to Ali, was sitting on the desk with his chin in his hand, daydreaming. He wanted to find someone to chat with, but when he looked at Ali who was resting with his eyes closed, he gave up the idea of communicating and decided not to disturb Ali’s sleep.
“Our Night City began in 1994, when an ambitious entrepreneur named Richard Night arrived here with his vision of a perfect city.”
“During those years, Richard Knight opened a construction company with his partner Halsey Ferris and later founded his own company Knight International”
“Richard Knight launched an ambitious new project.
He bought the entire town of Morro Bay, a neglected town located near the border of southern California and northern Baja California.
In those years, our place was almost razed to the ground by a gang of thugs.
Fortunately, the timely intervention of the army saved the town from complete destruction.
Thus, this ravaged and sparsely populated land became a perfect location for development and construction: safe, clean, free of crime, poverty and chaos-Coronado City (the previous name of Night City)”
“Richard Knight attracted many large companies to invest through generous tax incentives, which promoted economic development and laid a solid foundation for us, the future citizens (company employees).”
“The project was a huge success, and the city of Coronado that took shape was truly a wonder. Thanks to careful planning, the city was built beautifully, lovingly, and safely (compared to after the Great Destruction).”
“However, four years after initial construction began, tragedy struck: Richard Knight was murdered by unknown assailants. It was widely speculated that the attack was arranged by gang leaders with ties to some of the unions and construction companies that had been excluded from Knight’s project.”
“Despite the public outcry following Knight’s assassination and initial resistance to opportunistic crime syndicates, over the next few years, the Mob succeeded in filling the leadership vacuum, turning Coronado into a haven for criminal activity. Prostitution, violent assaults, drug trafficking, and cyberattacks became commonplace, and the city was ironically renamed Night City in his honor.”
“After a decade of rising crime and death rates, the corporations have decided to fight back. In the space of a few days, nearly every major criminal organization’s leaders are killed by unidentified mercenaries, and a new city council is formed.”
“The first decision of the City Council was to enlist the aid of corporate forces, authorizing them to”act in the best interests of the city, and to establish peace and order within its limits!”
“Over the next few months, most of the commercial and central areas were cleared, and over the next few years, the most chaotic parts of the city were pacified, razed, and rebuilt, and thus began the glorious road to corporate rule.”
“Students, remember! It was the company that saved this sinful city, it was the company that brought life to this city, and it was the company that created the beginning of this night city under our feet.”
“From then on, the”Golden Age” in 2020, the Fourth Corporate War and Nuclear Event in 2023, the difficult survival and recovery period in 2023-2040, and the Great Reconstruction in 2040-2060″
“After the United War, Night City even became independent after the success of the company. This colorful history is inspiring to show the countless faces and rich emotions of the people.”
“The redemption of the company is thrilling, inspiring, and exciting, but each of these emotions is part of the spirit of Night City and none of them can be missing!”
“So, are you ready to join the company, join our Arasaka family, and start the action of saving the city and its people?”
“Get ready!”
This kind of class, which encouraged students who were not yet mature, and preached the supremacy of corporatism, made Ali feel more and more sleepy the more he listened.
Soon he waited until the end of the class. As the bell rang, Ali stood up and stretched. Then he said hello to David and followed the flow of people leaving school, leaving Arasaka Academy without looking back.
“Ding Ding,”
When Ali walked out of the school gate, his cell phone suddenly rang. He took out his cell phone and looked at it. His eyes lit up immediately.
Because the publisher of this message was very familiar to Ali. It turned out to be Ali’s cheap master, the subway thief Lucy!