from night city

I found a seat by the window and sat down.

The waiter came over with the menu and handed it to Lidya Su.

Su Xiao looked at the menu for a while, and then ordered a grilled sirloin steak with iron pot rice, a piece of herbal chicken nuggets (salt and pepper flavor), a small portion of corrugated French fries, a bowl of chicken minced mushroom soup and a large Glass of iced Coke.

While waiting for her meal to be delivered, Su Xiao noticed a faded poster posted on one wall of the store.

I don’t know how long this poster has been hanging on the wall.

The pattern on the poster is of a small town standing in the wilderness, as if it is full of vitality and everything is competing.

Next to the pattern, there is a line like this:

Stoneridge Mountain - a haven away from the hustle and bustle of the big city.

A new development adjacent to Night City!You can afford it without breaking the bank (the first phase of apartments is now open for reservation). The expressway expansion plan brings convenient commuting. It is also the first vitality of the prime location and a strong guarantee of new employment opportunities.Don't build your house on sand!If you want to build it, build it on Stone Ridge Mountain!

"Stoneridge Mountain?"

Panan and I had been to this place when we were ambushing the Luan Dao Club.

At this time, a flash of light suddenly flashed through his mind.

Yes, why did he forget Stoneridge Mountain?

The place has ready-made infrastructure, and the electrical wiring and water pipes are all good. When they went there before, although the electricity and water were cut off, that was because there were no residents and no one paid.

As long as you pay the water and electricity bill, you can use water and electricity.

Although Stone Ridge Mountain is far away from Night City, it is inconvenient to go back and forth.

But there are houses there, ready-made houses.

As long as they are cleaned, some buildings can be used as employee dormitories, so that employees can live in the company without having to travel back and forth every day.

Just give them one day off a week and let them go back on that day.

Some people may think that having only one day off a week and four days a month is too sinister.

In fact, this holiday has gone far beyond the treatment of giant companies.

You know, in the annual inventory list of the top five employers in Night City, the reason why "biotechnology" ranked No. 5 on the list is that it is given 3 days of vacation a year.

Yes, just giving six days off a year can rank No. 3.

Su Xiao only gives four days off this month. Doesn't this kill biotechnology?

Why bring good people? This is it.

Even he felt that the back of his head must be emitting endless holy light at this time.

Moreover, choosing the company address in Shijishan has another advantage:

When their company grows larger and has more employees, they can also use Stoneridge Mountain as the center and slowly expand to the surrounding areas.

Anyway, there is nothing outside Night City, just a lot of wasteland.

Lidya Su is a person who will do it immediately if he thinks of something.

He first called Jefferson and asked about the real estate situation in Stoneridge Mountain.

when informed

When the price to purchase the permanent ownership of the Shijishan real estate was just an incredibly low number, Su Xiao secretly kept it in mind.

The next day, Su Xiao grabbed Lucy and V and rode in an armored SUV to Stone Ridge Mountain.

This armored SUV was obtained from Military Technology when they were working for Dexter.

Meredith Stout, the special operations director of Military Technology at the time, knew that Su Xiao was harvesting military technology, but compared with the benefits Su Xiao brought to them, an armored SUV seemed less important.

So he just followed the trend and gave it to Lidya Su.

Su Xiao transferred the car to Jack on the spot.

Jack regarded it as a treasure and couldn't put it down.

But since he was trained by the priest as his successor, he no longer has to drive by himself.

The car had been sitting in the garage of the Wild Wolf bar gathering dust.

Until some time ago, Lucy felt that they should not take the Delamain taxi all the time.

Later, for some reason, Jack found out about this and gave the car key to Su Xiao. Instead of letting the car gather dust in the garage, he might as well give it to his brother for use. Even if it was worn out, it didn't matter.

……

"Is there something wrong with your navigation? What are we stopping here?"

The two girls were called out by Su Xiao early in the morning. They didn't say what they wanted to do, they just said they were going to a place.

V and Lucy didn't think much about it.

Just put on your weapons, get in Su Xiao's car, and let Su Xiao take them out of the city.

Unexpectedly, the further we drove, the more we drove, and the surrounding scenery gradually became desolate, until we came to this uninhabited ghost town.

Maybe Lucy, an outsider, doesn't know this clearly, but as a native of Night City, V still has a deep impression of Stoneridge Mountain.

That was many years ago. At that time, in order to promote Shiji Mountain, capital did not hesitate to spend money on advertising.

Not only is Stoneridge Mountain mentioned in every TV program, but advertisements for Stoneridge Mountain can be seen on screens in the streets and alleys of the city.

Even Vice Mayor Wilton Holt came out to advocate for the Stoneridge Mountain community.

However, contrary to expectations, the number of applicants for the community that was built so hard was far lower than expected.

Developers invested too much and were unable to recoup their capital, which not only led to the bankruptcy of subsequent development plans, but also failed to take care of the people who spent their life savings and empty wallets to buy houses in Stoneridge Mountain.

In the end, as the last residents moved out of Stone Ridge Mountain, the community died completely, just like the Haikou it boasted before, disappearing into the long yellow sand.

Su Xiao ignored the doubtful looks of the two women and walked to the roof of the house where he was standing when they ambush the Luan Dao Gui.

He faced the wind and sand, opened his arms, and shouted to V and Lucy below: "What do you think of this place?"

Chapter 224 He gave too much (3K)

Seeing Su Xiao standing at such a high place, posing in a classic pose from the Titanic movie, both women looked worried about Su Xiao's mental condition.

"Su, if you've been too tired recently, how about you take some rest?"

"Why rest? I feel like I'm in pretty good shape. In fact, I feel like I've never been in such good spirits."

Su Xiao wiped the sand from the tactical eyepiece: "Do you think this is a ghost town with nothing to see?"

V and Lucy looked at each other, and then the two women had a tacit understanding. They did not look at Su Xiao, but avoided Su Xiao's sight.

"That's what you said, not what we said."

Lidya Su laughed.

"Yes, today it is just a ghost town, but before long, it will be a new beginning, a starting point."

Both V and Lucy looked confused.

"A what?"

"A starting point, a beginning...Okay, I won't be the Riddler anymore," Su Xiao came down from the roof, walked in front of the two women, and said with a serious and solemn expression, "I plan to open a private military company here. "

"company?"

V doesn't understand what a private military company is, but she knows what a company is.

Her eyes swept across the rustling windows, the rusty rolling shutter doors, and the road that was filled with sand when the wind blew.

It is really difficult to connect the scene in front of me with the company in my impression.

Lucy asked curiously: "Are there just the three of us?"

Lidya Su nodded.

"Yes, there are only three of us at the moment, but don't worry. It's better to recruit people in short supply than in excess. It doesn't matter if there are fewer people at the beginning, but loyalty must be guaranteed."

V came over and patted Lidya Su on the shoulder: "Although I don't know what you plan to do, I will support you no matter what you do."

Lucy also said: "Me too."

"Thank you, I knew you would support me."

V smiled: "If you are not joking, then Lucy and I are the veterans of this company?"

Su Xiao thought about it seriously and said: "Yes, I will not lose any part of the part that should be given to you, but this needs to be studied first, and I will give you an answer when I have it done."

V suddenly said angrily: "What are you talking about? Lucy and I have been with you for so long, do you think we are that kind of women?

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But Su Xiao shook his head and said sincerely: "Brothers must settle accounts clearly. This is what we should do. Since we have established a company, we must do things according to the rules. Even if you don't want it, I will set aside what should be given to you." you."

The atmosphere was made so serious by Su Xiao, which made V feel a little uncomfortable.

Su Xiao was willing to divide the interests between her and Lucy, instead of holding all the interests tightly in her hands and only fooling them with empty words.

Although she didn't say anything, her heart was still as sweet as drinking honey.

The corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up.

Lucy on the side asked curiously: "Have you thought about the name of the company?"

"Well, I've already thought about it."

Lucy put her hands behind her back and tapped her right foot gently on the ground: "What name did you give me? Tell me."

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Shuguang Private Military Company, referred to as Shuguang Society.

This is the name Su Xiao came up with for his company.

His full name is Su Xiao, and the word "xiao" also means dawn.

As for society, it can be used not only to refer to companies and firms, but also to organizations formed by people who are connected with each other.

The most typical ones are the Bow and Arrow Society, which was a self-defense armed organization of the border people in the Northern Song Dynasty, and the Loyalty Patrol Society, which was an armed organization of villagers from all over the country to resist the Jin Dynasty in the early Southern Song Dynasty.

Dawn Society refers to the Dawn Private Military Company and is also the spark that resists the twisted world ruled by this company.

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