death of hope

Chapter 257 "Corporate Warrior" (173) Cohabiting Couple

With a gunshot, the leader of the kidnapper committed suicide in fear of crime, and the mission ended perfectly.

Interrogating the arrested kidnappers, a conspiracy gradually surfaced.

Everything stems from the Kalius energy development project. In order to gain a firm foothold in this most potential new colony, twelve large companies have invested huge resources in bidding for energy development.

As an emerging upstart in Internet services, Nextville invested a lot of manpower and material resources, and the bidding plan given was quite ambitious, posing a posture of winning, but in the end it still lost to the old industrial giant McMillan Group and lost bidding.

The CEO of Nextville was furious, and Koji Ikeda, the person in charge of the bidding, became a punching bag, demoted and cut his salary, and could not lift his head on the board of directors.

A distraught young business executive colludes with local gangsters in Kallius, providing funds and weapons to disgust his competitors.

Especially targeting Baron Alkin, the head of development, he planned to kidnap and kill several senior McMillan engineers, including Baron Alkin's son-in-law.

The evidence was solid, and the FBI arrested Koji Ikeda for kidnapping, first-degree murder, and unfair competition.
If he is convicted of all charges, he will be hanged, shot and electric chair, and he will not be able to obtain probation bail.

Due to the leak of FBI news, the public opinion turmoil caused by this matter continued to ferment. On a talk show, the editor-in-chief of "Federal Citizen" and three federal editorial experts had an in-depth discussion on this matter;
On the surface, the Karius incident was a tragedy caused by commercial bidding.

If you dig deeper, you will find that this is a conflict of interest between the old aristocratic industrial capitalists and the new financial capital nouveau riche.
In today's chaotic and corrupt Terran parliamentary political arena, it is reflected in the increasingly fierce and irreconcilable conflicts between the red and green parties.

As the talk show drew to a close, one of the guests, a professor of sociology, expressed great concern,
The power of capital expands uncontrollably, the control of the Terra Federation gradually declines, the conflict of interests between giant enterprises intensifies, and business competition becomes more and more bloody and violent, and becomes highly militarized.

If the situation is allowed to develop in such a vicious way, a brand-new world war model, corporate war, will become a threat to all mankind.

A federal civil war spreading across the civilized world of mankind may become a reality.

Due to the high ratings of the talk show, this inconspicuous case caused panic in the stock market. Hundreds of billions of funds were evaporated within 12 hours, and many stockholders would go to the rooftop to smoke.

The most gratifying is Baron Alkin, the executive of McMillan's Department of Energy,
The development plan of Karius is back on track, and the competitors are also on death row. The most important thing is to avenge his son-in-law. The baron hosted a banquet in the family castle and entertained the five corporate fighter teams involved in the operation.

A week after the Karius mission was completed,

New Brisbane,
An apartment building in the lower city.

From the living room to the bedroom, the old floor is littered with clothes,

"Boom!" Lynch's broken bed collapsed.

The two were silent at first, and then laughed.

"It can't be blamed on the poor quality of the bed, we are too heavy."

"Let's shop on the floor tonight, and go to the furniture store tomorrow."

Lynch glanced at the old clock hanging on the bedroom wall, and sat up abruptly:
"It's 07:30, turn on the TV!"

"Oh! Packers vs. Fuel, the winner enters the playoffs, don't miss it!"

They came to the living room with bare feet and clothes all over the place. The two of them sat on the sofa in pajamas, drinking cold beer while watching the football game, with their feet dangling on the coffee table, feeling very comfortable.

"Bump him!"

Sigdrifa crushed the can and shouted: "Bump that number 12! Beautiful!"

"Helmet charge foul, whistle blows, halftime."

"You male fans, just wait for the intermission to perform."

"You know it too well. Look at those cheerleaders, they wear so little short skirts in the cold weather, and they are not afraid of freezing."

"They definitely don't lack boyfriends. When I think of college, I was always ridiculed by my classmates as an old maid. I wore rustic student sportswear all day long and went to the cafeteria to eat alone."

"That's envy, jealousy and hatred. You are the cheerleader, but they are not. Their so-called handsome boyfriends must always be sneaking at you, and those little Bitches are even more jealous."

"Haha, this is too real, by the way, Lynch..."

"what?"

"Did you... wear protective measures just now?"

"Sorry." Lynch was full of guilt: "Too excited, I forgot."

"What!? Too much!"

"Ah... well... go take a shower."

"Want to change the subject? No way! You don't intend to take responsibility for this, do you? You playboy! Scumbag!"

"Don't be so loud, the neighbors can't hear you well."

"Tell me, how are you going to be responsible!"

Lynch joked: "I'll transfer you some money, kill the kid, and then find an excuse to kick you out of the squad."

"Do you believe me!"

"Oh...don't fight, just kidding, I will marry you."

"It's almost the same, hey? Why are you leaving, and you won't watch the second half?"

"The Fuel team is in such a bad state. They are behind by 30 points, and the gods can't save them. They will definitely miss the playoffs."

"That's true. It's better not to watch it, but to take a bath."

After taking a bath, Lynch picked up a Gillette razor to shave, and Sigdelifa sat on the bench and washed socks with a washboard, like a couple living a lazy life.

Lynch used the toothbrush handle to help the little spider in the washbasin climb up, and carefully placed it next to the water pipe. The little spider swished into the shadows and was never found again.

"Men never grow up, you are so free."

"Spiders are beneficial insects. They use spider webs to catch mosquitoes. I hate mosquitoes the most. During the tropical war, I was severely injured by these small flying insects, and my whole body was covered in pimples.

Sigdrifa looked at the spider web in the corner: "I will step on it without hesitation, and step on this poor little guy until it's smashed and crushed."

"I was like that when I was a kid, but not now."

"So, you've become merciful?"

"No, I just think it's unnecessary to deliberately murder a spider no bigger than my fingernail."

"Don't make senseless killings, isn't that still kind, you can slap it to death with a slap,"

"When you have spent more than ten years licking blood, and your body is covered with alien blood and brains, you will inevitably be physically and mentally exhausted, and you will want to seek some peace and tranquility."

"You know, that day, seeing how you treated a stray dog, I made up my mind to confess my love to you."

"If I hadn't met you, I would have been a bachelor for the rest of my life."

"Me too, hurt too deeply, hostile and suspicious of everyone, so, before you, when someone wants to kiss me, the first reaction is to back off to avoid the possible attack, really, like that It's very tiring."

"Unfortunate people can always attract each other and report to the group to keep warm."

"That's exactly what I'm worried about, Lynch. I'm thinking, if we two freaks out of society, if we have children, can we live an ordinary life like an ordinary couple."

"Ah, this, if you don't try it, who knows."

"You sound less confident."

"It's the same with you. Neither of us are children of a happy family. Don't talk about life. It's good to take care of yourself."

"How about this, don't get a marriage certificate and register for marriage, live together for a while, live with a partner, and see if you get along well, if you always quarrel, break up quickly, don't worry, I won't take a penny of your property."

"make a deal."

"Deal? What kind of nonsense are you talking about! Are we talking about love or doing business?"

"Just kidding, these days, isn't falling in love just doing business?
Houses, cars, credit cards... stocks... all have to be carefully calculated. There are not many fools like the two of us who see each other, ignore everything, and decide to be together. "

The TV in the living room was shouting loudly, and the two went to check it out of curiosity.

The football game was over, and the host was very excited. In the second half, the New Dallas Fuel's defense team, offense team, and special teams exploded together, winning the Packers 42-36 and breaking into the NFL playoffs for three consecutive years.

The two Fuel fans hugged and celebrated wildly.

"Fortunately the TV was left on! What a miracle! Long live the Fuel!"

"How to celebrate?"

"Go for supper!"

(End of this chapter)