Start in Night City

Why do so many legends who stand at the top of Night City fail to resist the company?

Why are Arasaka and military technology leading the unification war?

Why is the Fourth Corporate War called this instead of the Second U.S.-Japanese War?

If we want to change the world dominated by corporations, we must first change the new America.

If you want to change New America, you must first change Night City.

If you want to change Night City first, it's not enough for just one person or a team.

To defeat magic with magic.

By the same token, companies will only be defeated by companies.

Chapter 223: Too far from heaven, too close to Arasaka (3K)

During the period before Jefferson Peralez called, Su Xiao was not idle.

In the past few days, he has been wandering around the Night City looking for venues for the company.

Since you plan to open a private military company, this company must not exist only on paper.

Even scavengers can find a place to engage in "creation", so they must not be inferior to those who cut kidneys.

At first, Su Xiao thought of using her apartment in the Valley area as the company address.

Just like those private detective agencies in town.

But he soon gave up the idea.

Contributing the place where you live so that you have no place to live is the next best thing.

The main reason is that although the apartment in the valley area is a duplex structure, it can only be used as an office and reception place at best, and cannot take on more functions.

At the same time, there is also a lack of room for expansion.

For the same reason, he didn't plan to locate the company in Company Square.

Moreover, the rent in Company Plaza is more expensive, and there is no need for that.

Immediately afterwards, he turned his attention to the industrial area in the north of the city in Watson District, Santo Domingo and Taipingzhou.

In the next few days, he visited these areas respectively.

He spent a lot of time inspecting the city.

Then, he excluded the industrial area in the north of the city first.

On the surface, there are a large number of abandoned factories and warehouses in the industrial area in the north of the city, and the rent is also cheap. Both Rogge and the Mox Gang also rented a large warehouse in the industrial area in the north of the city in case of emergency.

However, there is a huge hidden danger in the northern industrial zone, which is that it is too close to the Arasaka seaside and is only separated from Arasaka by a wall.

You must know that the industrial zone in the north of the city was not in such a depressed state back then.

In the early years, there were many industries here, providing thousands of jobs. It could be called the Little Manchester of the Night City.

But all this prosperity came to an end after Arasaka returned to Night City.

Arasaka's lawyers and bankers caused the factories and companies in the industrial zone in the north of the city to spill blood on the shopping malls one after another.

As a result, the Chengbei Industrial Zone changed like this.

The industrial zone in the north of the city no longer provides employment opportunities, leaving many people unemployed.

Outdated factories and workers have been abandoned by the times, leaving empty chimneys to bear witness to the glory of the past.

There is this

The bloody lesson was before his eyes. Su Xiao would not build the company in the industrial zone in the north of the city unless he was showing off.

Too far from heaven, too close to Arasaka.

This is a true portrayal of the industrial zone in the north of the city.

Even though the current patriarch of the Arasaka family and the CEO of Arasaka Company is Arasaka Yorinobu, if you place all of yourself on others, it is tantamount to handing the other party a knife.

This is an extremely stupid approach.

Even if Su Xiao knew that Arasaka Yorinobu was a person who wanted to overthrow Arasaka and change the current situation in which the company dominates the world, he would not put his company in danger.

After inspecting the industrial zone in the north of the city, Su Xiao's next stop was Santo Domingo and Taipingzhou.

But neither location was suitable.

Because of rampant gangs, crime, and extremely poor security.

Let’s talk about Santo Domingo first.

The dominant local gang is the Six Street Gang.

Although the Clementi family has been destroyed, the other families of the Sixth Street Gang are still there.

The valley area of ​​Santo Domingo can itself be considered the industrial area in the south of the city, but the river valley area is dirtier and more desolate than the industrial area in the north.

Most factories declared bankruptcy and unemployed people were displaced. The remaining factories that were still operating had to sign contracts with security companies to fend off gangs.

Why do giant companies such as Kang Tao, Arasaka, Military Technology, Biotechnology, and Qiluji Optical choose to open their companies in the company square in the city center? Instead of Santo Domingo, where land is cheaper?

A company is not only composed of armed personnel, but also includes a large number of civilian personnel and valuable equipment.

These cannot withstand turmoil.

The company square has a good public security environment. Employees do not need to worry about stray bullets when commuting to and from work. When sitting in the company building to work, they do not need to be afraid of a grenade being thrown in from outside...

If the location of the private military company is chosen in Santo Domingo, Su Xiao can almost imagine that there will be endless troubles in the future.

The same is true for not choosing Taipingzhou, and Taipingzhou is even more chaotic and full of dangers.

Su Xiao picked and picked, but there was no suitable and satisfactory address.

Seeing that it was already noon, I was feeling a little hungry.

That’s it for now, let’s eat first.

He found a restaurant and parked his motorcycle on the side of the road.

When I walked into the restaurant, I found that there were not many customers inside.

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 ray of vitality in 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 third on the list is that it is given 6 days of vacation a year.

Yes, just giving six days off a year can rank third.

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.

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"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.