Chapter 12 Layoffs



There are many islands connected to the main urban area of ​​​​Gotam, and these islands together make up Gotam.

The Town Hall is located in the Old Town, while the Kuromon Prison is located on Kuromon Island.

It took about an hour to take a helicopter from the City Hall to land on Heromon Island, and this hour was enough for Weiwei to buy all the goods in the gold coin mall.

There are three items here, namely:

[Shengna couple ring, price 4400 gold coins]

[A pair of pinky rings, a device that uses sound waves to explore the surrounding environment, with a CD cycle of 30 seconds. The discovered environment map will be automatically uploaded to the panel, and the detail is related to the distance]

[Even if you leave it alone, it will automatically emit sound waves and can be used as a monitoring device when necessary]

[Slogan x3, single item price 700 gold coins]

[Are you still troubled by your lack of reputation? Do you want to leave your own color in the city? Use this prop to leave a "slogan" directly at any location on the map. This is a large-scale graffiti on your city (a single sentence cannot exceed 30 words)]

[The viewer will have a deep impression of the slogan, and certain situations will affect the other party's concept]

[Barber blades, single item price 3000]

[Too much desire is the beginning of chaos. For all those whose hair is cut with this blade, their desire will decrease as the length of their hair decreases. Unfortunately, this has no effect on bald heads.]

[This may be one of the reasons why prisoners are always shaved in prison? The blades will wear out and become unusable if used too much.]

The rings of sound can obviously be used to complete the [Main Quest: Underground Map], the slogans can improve reputation, and the blades can be used to hit criminals. Weiwei bought them all in one go, and there was still a balance of 78,200 gold, which made her heart overflow with the joy of a poor person suddenly becoming rich. She put the rings in the package, and the three [slogans] Weiwei thought about it and chose the landmark places in the city to use.

She didn't take out the last barber blade. It was obviously a durable prop that could only be used on difficult criminals. Besides, hair would still grow after being shaved. It was just a tool to reduce the crime rate in the city for a short period of time when necessary.

…So why not just sell them by the dozen?

There are so many good things in the Gold Coin Mall, which made Weiwei firm in her belief:

"We have to keep making money."

It was obvious that Gotan's bad situation had been going on for a long time. If the normal infrastructure construction route was taken, the office would not be able to accommodate the pile of corpses. Weiwei had no choice but to be forced to take an unusual path.

She looked quietly at the ground getting closer and closer: "But when the city government makes a profit in the future, I won't do this again..."

……I guess so.

On the map, even though Blackgate Prison had been notified that she was coming, the dot of the warden of Blackgate Prison did not move.

The [Killer] was sandwiched between two guards. While on the plane, he kept staring at Weiwei but didn't say anything.

Refusing to let the prison police take over the [Killer], Weiwei asked the guards to escort him behind her -

Using the map, she took the shortest route to where the warden was, obviously, his office.

When the prison warden Joseph Ronald saw the blonde woman pushing the door open, he just raised his eyebrows in surprise. The room suddenly became quiet. Vivi was standing at the door. She seemed to have noticed that the mayor did not come in. Then the man walked over slowly with a cold smile on his face.

"My dear Madam Mayor, allow me to--" He did not finish his sentence.

"Crack", this was the sound he heard of his bones hitting the wall.

Joseph was stunned for a moment, and started struggling the moment he regained consciousness. However, the opponent only used one hand, and he could not move away no matter what he did.

“Wuwu, um——”

"I know," Weiwei held the other person's head with one hand, her movements casual, "I know I have to treat you as human beings..."

After all, the AI ​​of these NPCs is so high that they look like real people.

"But I really don't want to have these boring 'necessary negotiations'..." Because there is no button to skip the CG and dialogue, Weiwei can only "manually" interrupt, "I don't want to think about what you are thinking, and then 'conquer' one by one. I just want to emphasize one thing-"

"I am the boss."

Is it worthy of her to marry a guy whose attributes are not outstanding enough, who is of no use to her and can be replaced at any time?

She loosened her hand and let Joseph slide to the ground. She also ignored the prison guards who had their guns pulled out like stressed cats but didn't know whether to raise them or not. She naturally pushed them aside and sat in the position of the warden.

"Now, prepare the cells as I have ordered, and bring here the files on all the prisoners currently in Blackgate."

Now that eleven guards have been fired, it's time to look for suitable replacements.

She pulled out the M1911 that Sergey had donated (and later forgot to return) from her pocket and gestured awkwardly at Joseph twice - she didn't know how to shoot, but it seemed she could learn on the spot.

Joseph held his forehead, forced a look at the woman, and then quickly looked away.

He had seen the eyes of many criminals, so he knew what the eyes of someone who really didn't care about his life looked like: he didn't care about other people, he didn't care about himself, he was a real madman.

The parliament actually pushed a madman to become the boss of Gotan City, but in reality they just wanted to find a temporary replacement, a puppet to sit in that position.

...This is such a funny black joke!

Weiwei got the file she wanted.

As the [data cards] were unlocked one by one, she clicked on a certain page.

"Blackgate Prison...why is there an innocent person locked up there?"

Ratcatcher, Sheila Flannigan.

She is the daughter of Otis Flanagan, a former criminal known as the "Ratcatcher". Otis was once responsible for exterminating rats in the sewers, but one day he was wrongly imprisoned, and his life was changed. After being released from prison, he retaliated against the officials and tried to infect the entire Gotham with plague, so he was imprisoned again-Weiwei noticed that this time it was "Batman" who caught him-the data said that he had some ability to control rats, and after his death, his daughter also gained this ability.

Weiwei stared silently at the word "superpower" on the document, then looked at the confirmed description on the data card, and slowly, slowly... frowned.

Wait a minute.

Isn't this world scientific?

"Go get ready," she slammed the papers on the table, "I need to see Sheila Flannigan."

Sherk crawled out of the archives hungry.

Since this morning, he has been busy under the command of Mayor Anna, who is even more severe than the most severe female tyrant. She seems to be completely unaware that humans need to eat and rest. Sherk can only find ways to eat and take short rests in between work - if he doesn't eat, he will pass out and will not be able to complete the task assigned by the mayor.

But although he has a lot of work to do, the new mayor never seems to rest and always looks energetic. The closer Sherk gets to her, the more he can't understand her, and the more he respects her.

Anna's request to him was to move everyone to a nearby museum before ten o'clock, as well as to investigate a list of people who had been assigned a task earlier.

This is a layoff list.

There are more than 400 staff members in the City Hall, and 72 of them are on the layoff list. This is a large-scale layoff plan, but the mayor did not ask him to investigate whether these people should really be on the list, but to fill in some of the positions.

Here, we have to mention which employees' salaries should be borne by the City Hall.

In addition to the more than 400 employees working in the old city government, there are naturally grassroots employees in charge of other city districts. In addition, prisons, the Ministry of Education, courts, police stations and other public security departments are also closely related to the City Hall. Sherk first has to sort out the list of all the personnel, and then rely on investigating old files, visiting and some small channels to find out which of them are unworthy of their positions and should not stay in their current positions and receive salaries issued by the city government.

Does Ms. Anna want to fire them and save some wages?

No, how could it be possible? The new mayor clearly wants to kick these lazy and useless guys out of the civil service. She is bringing a drastic reform to Gotham.

Sherk licked his lips. He felt as if he had become an important chess piece in the opponent's hands. He was very excited and ecstatic.

When he left, the employees who had been laid off during the chaotic period had returned to their original positions. They were working absent-mindedly and whispering about the gunfight that had just happened.

They also talk about female mayors -

This time the action seemed to be under the control of the other party. Sherk could see that the mayor's prestige had increased.

They may not love her, but they are certainly afraid of her.

In a city like Gotham, fear is enough, love is not needed.

The outsourced repair work was also returned to the Logistics Department - because the wall was old and was also one of the protected buildings, they had to outsource the work again and again at a high price to find someone who could really repair such a wall - although it was said that the mayor directly replaced one wall with steel bars.

Sherk smiled reservedly, nodded to Millie who seemed to be talking to a worker, ignored Millie's speechless stare and returned to his secretary's office.

But when he saw the scene outside through the window, Sherk: "..."

He subconsciously grabbed the boy who seemed to be a temporary worker and asked: "Did you see what they were doing?"

Peter, who happened to be questioned by him, was stunned for a moment: "I saw them painting slogans, sir."

He added: "The mayor called 10 minutes ago and asked for the slogan to be painted. The paint is still drying."

The red slogan was painted on the wall opposite the municipal office, completely destroying this building that was full of art a hundred years ago. But the words seemed to have magic. Just one glance at it made people feel their blood boiling, as if they subconsciously wanted to do as the slogan instructed.

【Be frugal and improve efficiency. Take the initiative to reduce your salary, starting with me. 】

Sherk: "..."

He silently looked at the layoff list he had just compiled in his hand.

What's wrong?


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