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Jefferson nodded, understanding.

"Then did she say anything useful?"

Jefferson was looking forward to Su Xiao finding useful information for him.

Although he instinctively felt that the mastermind behind the scenes could not show such obvious tricks.

But he still had some luck.

Unfortunately, Lidya Su’s answer made his intuition come true.

"No, she just knew that Horvath suddenly received help from a noble person. As for what that noble person looked like, she didn't know whether he was a boy or a girl, old or young."

After hearing these words, Jefferson's expression became a lot more irritable and he seemed to be restless.

Lidya Su said nothing.

He could completely understand Jefferson's inner feelings at this moment.

Jefferson grew up poor and spent much of his childhood on the streets.

Unlike those guys who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths, Jefferson was able to climb to his current position and suffered countless hardships.

Seeing that he was about to achieve the goal he had been striving for, he unexpectedly discovered that even the aloof mayor was still like an ant in front of certain forces, with others holding the power of life and death.

So what does all the hard work and struggle that I have done before count?

For what?

However, these are actually the truth of this world.

Giant corporations are the actual controllers of the world.

It is the same no matter which country you are in. The government has given way to the corporations, and now it is the super corporations (giant companies) that rule the world, not the state.

Take New America as an example. Many people think that New America nationalizes military technology, but in fact this is impossible.

Military technology is the complete body of the military-industrial complex. How can a country that had a major collapse at the end of the last century and even its territory be torn apart have the strength to annex military technology?

Even the Night City TV program, "Business Talk" has made it clear:

——Elizabeth Kress, the former president of the new United States, is the former president of Military Technology.

The current president of the new United States, Rosalind Miles, is also the former CEO of Military Technology.

Do you think it's a coincidence?

In the past, the military-industrial complex still found a puppet to be the president, while it sat behind the scenes.

No more pretense now, let’s show off.

Just go ahead and become the president yourself.

……

Jefferson's face was as dark as water, as if he was deep in thought.

Everything that needs to be told has been told, and Su Xiao is ready to leave first.

Just don't bother him now.

But when Su Xiao put the car on the door and was about to open the door and leave, she heard Jefferson suddenly say: "Wait a minute, Su."

"Anything else, Mr. Peralez?"

"Can you make an offer?"

Su Xiao looked at Jefferson doubtfully: "Huh?"

Jefferson said directly: "I know you are very capable. I want to hire you as my security director. Don't worry, I will never treat you badly in terms of remuneration."

Although Jefferson is still only a mayoral candidate, competing with Wilton Holt for the mayor's seat.

But whether it was polls or anything else, Jefferson was way ahead.

Let's put it this way, if Lane is still alive, it's hard to say who will win between Jefferson and Lane in the end.

After all, no matter how many stains Ryan has, he has ensured the independence of Night City after all. This alone is enough for him to have a group of fixed fans.

But now, Lucius Lane is dead, and Jefferson's opponent is only Wilton Holt.

He is not only Ryan's henchman, but also a complete lapdog who begs for mercy from the company.

Because when Huo Te faced the company, he didn't even pretend to be anything. He gave the green light, as if he wished others wouldn't see that he was the company's dog.

Therefore, the next mayor of Night City is 100% Jefferson's.

If he agrees to Jefferson Peralez's invitation to serve as his security director, Su Xiao's status and power will naturally rise accordingly.

This is also a very useful way for many people from civilian backgrounds to break through the restrictions of their own origins and cross class.

However, in this world, everything has two sides.

When you gain something, you are destined to lose something.

Take a rich person as an example. What he gets is money, but what he loses is troubles.

—Okay, just kidding.

But seriously speaking, if you agree to Jefferson's invitation, it actually means that from now on, you will be branded with Jefferson and tied to Jefferson's chariot.

One prospers all, one loses all.

The future seemed bright for a man who would soon be mayor.

But don’t forget, politics is the dirtiest power game in the world.

Even the builder of the city, Richard Knight, was assassinated without any explanation, and this major murder remains unsolved to this day;

Even Lucius Lane, who maintained the independence and freedom of Night City, was killed by an electronic virus in the club for unknown reasons, and even the cause of death was tampered with...

The position of security director is not easy to do.

If someone

If you want to harm Jefferson, you will first attack yourself.

Agreeing to Jefferson's invitation was tantamount to voluntarily exposing oneself to the spotlight.

Lidya Su is not that stupid.

After all, the wisdom of our ancestors is - build walls high, accumulate grain widely, and be king slowly.

Although this passage was originally intended to be an opinion on the strategic policy of pacifying the world, it is quite appropriate to use it here.

In short, just don’t be a pushover.

After thinking about this clearly, Su Xiao declined with a look of regret on her face.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Peralez, and it's not that I'm being modest, but you'd better find someone else. I'm not suitable for this job."

Jefferson was a smart man. He heard that Su Xiao was not being polite, but really had no intention of doing so. He nodded and stopped pressing.

Since the topic of security came up, Su Xiao took advantage of the situation and said, "Mr. Peralez, who is responsible for your security now?"

"Ye's Company."

Hearing Jefferson's answer, Su Xiao immediately frowned: "Ye's Company?"

Seeing Su Xiao's confused look, Jefferson also became surprised: "What's wrong? Is there any problem?"

Lidya Su said nothing.

But more than ten seconds later, Jefferson suddenly received a communication request.

The person who requested to connect to the communication line was none other than Su Xiao, who was very close at hand.

He was stunned for a moment, and wanted to ask Su Xiao what he was doing, but he saw Su Xiao using gestures to tell him not to speak.

Jefferson hesitated, but finally passed the request.

"It's an encrypted channel so only the two of us can hear it and no one else can hear it but the two of us."

Jefferson said in surprise: "Why are you doing this? You don't trust my security?"

"It's not that I don't believe it, it's just in case the walls have ears." Su Xiao looked around and saw that none of Jefferson's bodyguards behaved unusually. This is good news, "Mr. Peralez, I need to take the liberty to ask you. one question."

"Please say."

"Why don't you look for Arasaka or an established security giant like Military Technology? Instead of looking for a mysterious company like Ye's Company?"

"Does it matter?"

"I'd like to know, if I could."

Jefferson hesitated for a moment and felt that he could trust Su Xiao, so he didn't hide it.

"Because a large amount of my campaign funds came from Ye's Company, and when I was studying, I was sponsored by Ye's Company to complete my studies. Otherwise, a poor boy like me who was born on the streets, How can you afford to go to school?"

Su Xiao thought for a while: "Jefferson, I suggest you find another company to provide you with security. It's better to find an established security giant for peace of mind."

"Why? Have you found out anything wrong with Ye's company?"

Jefferson had been helped by Ye's Company when he was a student. Even after becoming a congressman, Jefferson continued to receive funding from Ye's Company.

Although not all of his political donations were provided by Ye's company, they also accounted for a large proportion.

If he wants to replace Ye's company's security, then Ye's company will definitely withdraw its funding for him, and he will become an ungrateful villain who burns bridges.

Over the years, he had gotten along very happily with Ye's Company. Ye's Company had never cheated him, and he really couldn't think of any reason why Ye's Company wanted to harm him.

"No problem, this is just a suggestion I gave as a friend."

Intuition told Su Xiao that something was wrong with Ye's company.

As for what was wrong, he couldn't tell.

If it were anyone else, Lidya Su would not mention it even if she felt something was wrong, because it was purely thankless.

But he had a good relationship with Jefferson Peralez, so he was willing to take the risk to give Jefferson a heads-up.

Of course, if Jefferson didn't listen, that was his business.

Jefferson instinctively felt that there was no need to change security, either because it was too troublesome or simply because it was unnecessary.

But Lidya Su also had good intentions.

Therefore, he did not refuse bluntly, but said tactfully: "Let me think about it."