Shadow Empire

Chapter 674 Instructions [666+19]
What could be more attractive than the love and hatred among the upper class in the city?

The answer is: no!

Yes, not at all.

People have known this situation for a long time, otherwise why are the stories adapted from those classic novels and operas almost all about the upper class?
What about a poor boy falling in love with a noble girl, and a poor girl falling in love with a handsome prince.

The story of the queen and the prince, or the story of a poisoned melon, or the story of a down-and-out noble being framed and eventually taking everything back...

how?

Don’t the poor deserve love among each other?
Aren't there conspiracies between the poor?
No, it exists just as well, but the love and intrigues of the poor are meaningless.

What people like to watch are passionate love stories, such as launching a war to destroy a country for a beauty, rather than pawning their pants to buy a wooden ornament for the girl next door.

Being interested in the grievances and hatreds of the upper class, perhaps this is a beautiful wish of ordinary humans——

They have no similarities with these upper-class people in terms of money, status, power or anything else, except emotion.

Everyone has rich emotions, and this is something they can find, something that they can connect with each other.

Although many people are aware of the conflict between Mayor Williams and the Bay Area, for the middle and lower classes of society, this is still a story that is very far away from them.

Now, the story that was obscured by the fog has begun to unfold fully to the public. They have no reason not to be excited. There is finally big news!
Mayor Williams stood in front of the reporters and the cameras, remaining silent for a while.

There was no talking, no movement, everyone just stared at him, until some people could hardly bear it anymore.

Just when they were about to ask Mayor Williams what he wanted to say, Mayor Williams rubbed his forehead and said, "This is a question I don't want to face."

“Our cities are rotting.”

"I don't know how I can describe these problems to you. I want to do something for you, for the people here."

"But what I did would harm the interests of some people. They wanted to stop me and embarrass me."

"Even trying to blackmail me!"

"After the old industrial areas are demolished, larger living communities will be built, where there will be more free public facilities and more cheap housing to reduce people's living costs."

"The better the city develops, the more opportunities there will be for our residents, including more jobs and other opportunities."

"At the same time, demolition and construction also provide more jobs for the city. But even for such a good thing, some people still deliberately make things difficult for me because they didn't get the benefits they wanted!"

"They speculated that the land, which was worth less than 1,500 yuan per mu, was worth 20,000 yuan per mu."

"They want City Hall to pay for their greed with taxpayers' money and I will not accept this kind of blackmail."

"Okay, I don't want their land, so let them keep it."

"We can do what we want to do on the land that we have vacated and build our beautiful home."

"When they saw they couldn't achieve their goal, they colluded with the refugees and launched this inhumane terrorist attack in an attempt to sabotage all our plans!"

"This is a most despicable and shameful act, gentlemen!"

"More than twenty federal citizens were killed in this incident. These people lost their lives because of their greed and ambition."

"Besides these people, there is another group of culprits for what happened today, the refugees!"

"Some people said before that the influx of refugees was the root cause of cholera. I don't quite agree with this view. After all, they didn't come here willingly."

"But now I think I was too superficial and I didn't realize the seriousness of the problem!"

"When their homeland is facing the attack of invaders, their land is burned by the enemy's flames, their homes are destroyed by the enemy, and their relatives, friends, and compatriots are being slaughtered."

"But they came to the Federation!"

"They gave up on revenge, gave up on seeking justice from the invaders, gave up on joining the war to protect their homes and loved ones, and fled to the Federation."

"I can't understand their spiritual realm!"

"In my eyes, this is no different than treason!"

"I used to naively think they needed help, but now it seems that they don't need it!"

"We should expel them..." At this time, a reporter suddenly interrupted and said, "Mr. Mayor, some people say that the Williams family has kept and used slaves for generations. Because you treat refugees as slaves, this incident broke out, right?"

Mayor Williams frowned. "Some say the Williams family once owned thousands or tens of thousands of slaves. Yes, that's right, we did!"

The reporters at the scene were suddenly shocked. In fact, not many years had passed since that era, only thirty or forty years. However, thirty years were enough for many young people of the new generation to regard "slavery" as history rather than something that happened not far away.

Their outcry can be imagined. Is it really appropriate to talk about slavery at this time?

Mayor Williams looked calm, "But after the slave emancipation movement began, we freed all the slaves and respected the legal rights of every federal citizen."

"Our family does not currently own any slaves, nor have we ever treated anyone like a slave."

"The slave era is a thing of the past. It is a microcosm of an era. Almost all the big families in the Federation have the habit of raising slaves. We are not the only ones."

"We can't bear the blame and blame for what our ancestors did. That's not fair to us."

The reporter interrupted again and asked, "Can you name some people?"

Mayor Williams glanced at the reporter and said, "Next time you better raise your hand before asking a question, and I agree before you speak."

“You look like a representative of capital interests, but I will still answer your question.”

"The President's family, the Senate President's family, the Majority Leader's family, the Speaker of the House of Representatives' family, the Secretary of State...how much more do you want to know?"

"Are you going to cause them trouble?"

"I could talk about this family for days!"

"I don't deny that these things happened, nor do I think they are right or wrong. That is history. All we need to do is face it squarely, instead of standing on a special standpoint and wearing tinted glasses to argue whether we are right or wrong!"

"Our ancestors relied on the bad things they did to the indigenous people of this land to gain our foothold. Do you now also want to bear the consequences of the bad things your ancestors did?"

"Fuck, remember his name and the newspaper he works for, and don't let people like him in next time!"

Some reporters began to applaud, but some others looked unnatural.

The reporter who asked the question was asked to leave by two security guards, not that he was obedient enough to follow the security guards and leave.

Instead, the security guards had a red armband on their left arms. When he went out, his face was pale. He was thinking about when he would commit suicide out of shame for what his ancestors had done!

After everyone left, Mayor Williams calmed down for a while and continued, "I want to do something for everyone. I want to continue to expand the size of the city to accommodate more people and add some infrastructure to make people's lives easier and freer."

"Where was I just now?"

"I'm old now, and sometimes I can't remember what to say when I'm interrupted."

The reporters nodded at him, and he smiled apologetically and continued, "We should expel these refugees. They bring instability to the city. They sell their bodies, steal, rob, and occupy empty houses. I don't know how many excessive things I can name. They have done."

"These people have made our city less and less safe, they have abandoned their country, their faith, and now they are willing to commit such atrocities just for some money."

“Capital gangs and refugees have become the cancer of this city!”

"I used to think that gangs were the biggest problem we needed to solve, but now it seems that they are no longer our biggest problem."

"I used to think that the police who accepted bribes were the most difficult problem we had ever faced, but now look at those policemen, have any of them ever accepted bribes from you?"

“It wasn’t until I stood here that I realized that our enemies are never who we think they are, but what’s hidden beneath their harmless surface!”

"They want to force me to compromise, but today, I stand here and I promise you with the honor of the Williams family that I will not back down!"

"The moment people elected me as mayor, I had to fight for those who trusted me!"

He pumped his fist. "I know you're very interested in what happened this afternoon..."

"I've asked Chief Blue to come over. He will tell you what he experienced from his perspective and finally restore the truth!"

"I don't mind some people trying to make me bow my head through oppression and struggle, but everything must happen within the rules and within our tolerance."

"If they try to use people's lives and safety to force me, I will fight them to the last moment!"

Soon, Chief Blue came in from outside. He started from the call he received from James. Of course, some details were modified. He kept saying, "When those workers, under the command of some people, refused to stop their violence and began to attack our police team in a large-scale and organized manner, I authorized them to shoot..."

(End of this chapter)