Chapter 1413 - 458: Thanks to Saint Tesenkai Open Source_3

Chapter 1413: Chapter 458: Thanks to Saint Tesenkai Open Source_3

Lin Miao said

"Of course it’s related, Johnson. You must realize one thing: whether it’s you, Walt, or Todd... these people who seem unrelated to you actually share the same interest—a stable job and a well-maintained social environment."

"The gang issues in Detroit have stretched on from a hundred years ago to today. The police don’t care about the security of any areas other than the wealthy districts and city center. How many of your superiors have connections with the gangs? How much protection money do you have to pay them each month?"

"...."

Johnson and the workers’ faces turned very unpleasant.

Don’t think that going to work means you don’t have to pay protection money. For lower-tier workers like Johnson, their superiors often have unclear connections with the gangs.

Foremen and captains will force workers to gamble with them. If they lose, they get nothing; if they win, they have to hand over the money willingly. If they have no cash, they borrow high-interest loans from the gangs and perhaps even become drug dealers in the process.

Don’t want to comply?

The best outcome is being kicked out. Otherwise, prepare to be dragged away by the gangs and sold as a slave.

The police never care about how many people die or go missing in the slums every day.

"Imagine this: if we could organize the veterans and open a security company specifically to serve everyone, using a fund as company operating capital to provide them with jobs rather than handing out money or food directly—we could have them maintain Detroit’s law and order. Wouldn’t that be better?"

Trying to make money from the process?

By distributing salaries instead of cumbersome materials, we can greatly reduce the shenanigans in the middle. Directed procurement?

Sure

Talk to my established procurement department.

"I’ve even thought of a name for this company, let’s call it ICE. They will strike down criminals like a company’s firewall and protect the safety of the people."

Lin Miao pulled out a red baseball cap from under the table and put it on his head, with the letters [MAGA] on it, and then started playing the accordion in public.

"Make America Great Again, that’s the slogan of President Miles and me."

Thank the Sacred Source for the inspiration. ℯℯ𝑙.

Lin Miao said with deep emotion

"Although I grew up in Night City, I’m still a patriot. When I listen to Lee Greenwood’s song ’Proud to Be an American,’ I choke up."

"When I was 16, I swore that every time I saw a veteran, I would go over to shake his hand and salute him, even though it might be a bit abrupt and awkward. For this, I specifically shot the movie ’Saving Private Ryan.’ Even today, I can’t help but shed tears at the end of it."

"My grandparents told me our country once had its greatest and most beautiful period; their words became the guiding light of my childhood. Whenever I face difficulties, as long as I think of America’s greatness, I believe tomorrow will be better."

"When I finally set foot on this land, the first place I went was Detroit, because I once heard that Detroit has the best auto workers in the world. From the assembly plants here came the wheels that pushed the entire United States forward—it’s you, with your own hands, carrying the whole of New America forward!"

"Veterans deserve a stable job! You deserve a safe community, you deserve a better tomorrow!"

Miles wants to wrest government power back from Military Science, focusing first on military and economic areas. She needs to form an army independent of Military Science; the few agents of the Intelligence Bureau are simply not enough.

But Military Science certainly won’t agree, because that would weaken their grip on New America.

However, Lin Miao is different. Lin Miao already has an exceedingly powerful mercenary force under the Horizon Corporation; these New American veterans aren’t even backup among them—take them to Cuba, and they might not last a month before dying completely.

Nobody cares about the difference between 100 and 101.

Plus, in Military Science’s eyes, Lin Miao and his Horizon Corporation aren’t aligned with Miles at all. They’re highly ambitious, and they believe that Miles will eventually face a downfall and will have to ask Military Science to clean up the mess.

What about Miles?

She thinks Lin Miao’s fate is in her hands, tightly controlled, so Lin Miao’s soldiers are her soldiers too.

All three parties are pleased with the arrangement.

But if it’s just like this, then the people Lin Miao gathers will only be a ragtag group. Maybe in the short term, they can exhibit good cohesion, but it won’t be long before they’re infiltrated and shattered from within.

In this game, the Losers’ Alliance represented by Walt is crucial. They have culture, understand company operations, and are ready-made managers.

But they are weak, money-hungry, and desperately want to return to their old lifestyle. They are far too easily bought back by the companies. As long as they are promised some vague benefits, they will immediately turn their guns on Lin Miao and explode the revolution from within.

And it’s not just them, there are countless people at the bottom too.

Due to the long-term promotion of accidental success by the capitalists, the fortunate ones complete the class leap, making everyone believe they will one day succeed in such an environment.

They instinctively align their interests with the upper class, naively believing they will be the strong ones in this Darwinian society rather than the sheep butchered by others.

What if?

What if I hit the jackpot overnight?

No reason needed, no process needed. They don’t even know how to achieve overnight success; they just believe they will one day be wealthy and successful.

That’s why so many contemporary Americans despise Roosevelt. Under massive propaganda by capitalists, people genuinely feel that Roosevelt’s heavy taxes were targeting them.

You could say they have strength and potential, but you must realize that without systemic education, people are really stupid.

So Lin Miao must let these people know that once they join, they will be forever cut off from the past and can never go back.

And there’s only one way to achieve that

That is blood.