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Chapter 385 Mine and Consortium
Dawn
The brilliance of the morning sun passed through some old car windows, making the shadows of the people inside the car slender.

However, this peaceful beauty only lasted for less than a moment, and the noisy noise shattered the morning light.

On the streets on both sides, miners with shovels or steel rods were confronting the city defense army or the gang members of the Ice Wolf Gang with electric batons.

The homeless who had been sleeping peacefully on the street were awakened and fled from where they were, but they could not escape very far before they would be caught by gang members on the side.

Some able-bodied vagrants can also be 'miners', so that they can be sold for a good price in private prisons.

Chaos forms the main color of the city.

"This world is getting more and more chaotic."

The driver in front sighed, honked the horn, and scared away the homeless man blocking the vehicle on the main road ahead.

The road has become congested, and many vehicles are running towards the south city one by one. The south city is a commercial area. Although the chaos has gradually become apparent, it is still much safer compared to the north city.

The taxi walked forward slowly.

While waiting for the traffic lights, the driver raised his head and glanced at the young man in a windbreaker reflected in the rearview mirror, "Boy, are you going to the mining consortium building?"

A projected map was unfolded in front of the young man, and he drew some strange patterns on the map with his fingers.

"Ah."

He Ao, who was sitting at the back, glanced at the map in front of him and put it away.

Because there were too many people taking taxis to the south city, He Ao didn't get a taxi with no one, so he paid for a taxi with a driver.

The driver is an old man who looks very old. He has gray temples and an old face. When he looks at He Ao through the rearview mirror, He Ao is also looking at him.

When the traffic light ended, the driver looked away and looked forward.

"It's getting harder every day," he sighed. "It wasn't like this when I was young. Although it was difficult, it wasn't as bad as it is today."

He Ao didn't say much, just pretended to listen and watched the driver.

It seems that the old driver has not met He Ao who is so willing to listen to his passing passengers for a long time. He glanced at He Ao through the rearview mirror, and continued slowly,
"I was a mechanical engineer when I was young. At that time, the mines in Rock City were not in the hands of a consortium like they are now. At that time, I worked in a large mine.

"The big mine is now the Rock City Mining Group. The younger children probably don't know the name."

The driver seems to be in good health, his voice is hearty and bright,

"Rock City was built in a short period of time. It is not comparable to those ancient cities. It is only two or three hundred years since the discovery of large-scale mineral deposits. The mines in the wilderness are not easy to mine. We must avoid strange beasts and be careful of monsters. During the snowfall period in winter Also no way to work.

"And when mining, it is easy to mine some horrible things, so the overall mining cost is very high. At that time, the death rate of miners was also high. Of course, the wages were also high."

Having said that, the old driver turned his head and glanced at He Ao, "Have you seen those small high walls in the mine outside?"

Howard nodded slightly.

"Those high walls were developed by the big mine,"

The old driver laughed and said, "The time I worked in the big mine was the happiest time in my life. Anyone who has suggestions for improving mining machinery can report to the management, and the management will often go to the mining and Transport the front line and listen to the suggestions of the miners.

"Our wages are raised every year, and we can get promoted if we do a good job, and the smart miners below can get the company-sponsored qualifications to go to university.

"The big mine has existed for more than 100 years, and countless new types of equipment have been developed. Every day is better than yesterday. Respected business'.

"It is said that the earliest founders of the large mine were two engineers, and the vast majority of the management were engineers, and almost every executive had one or two patents in their hands.

"At that time, the large mining farms would invest most of the company's profits into the research and development of new machines, and we were the innovators leading the entire Federation at that time.

"Many new equipment developed by the large mines are now also used by most mining companies in the Federation."

"and after?"

Ho asked softly.

"Later,"

The driver leaned on the seat cushion, turned on autopilot, put one hand on the steering wheel,

"Later, the large mining farm acquired a small mining equipment production company in the south.

"Then two investment bank managers came from the south, and they met with the shareholders of the big mine one by one, and they joined forces to drive out the founder's descendants.

"Executive engineers who were tech-focused were fired, and executives from small mining equipment companies who were full of financial jargon were replaced by executives.

“Then they started cutting R&D spending, reorganizing the company, making financial changes, changing the name of the big mine to Rock City Mining Group.

"They listed the newly-born Luo Mining Group on the financial market, then borrowed money to buy the mines, which further increased the stock price, and then they kept repeating until they acquired most of the mines and became the only mining consortium in Rock City.

"The big mine has gradually become a big mine in the real sense, but there is no exciting slogan at the entrance of the mine anymore, and it is replaced by the corporate idea of ​​'stock price first, profit first'.

“After the monopoly was completed, the new board of directors and executive team cut labor costs while entering financial industries such as real estate.

"A large number of mining farms have brought a lot of profits, and these profits are no longer invested in research and development, but are used to invest in new industries and repurchase stocks. Because these behaviors can increase stock prices, and the return cycle of research and development is too long.

"Each of the executives has received a generous 'equity incentive package', and the rise in stock prices means that their net worth has risen, which means that they have become 'respectable' rich people.

"In order to increase the stock price, they are also constantly reducing costs, adopting more aggressive strategies, and using worse materials. The death rate of miners who were originally trying to reduce the death rate of miners due to the continuous development of new machines by large mines has rebounded again under their governance. .

"Not only that, but they also drastically lowered the wages of miners and basic engineers, increased the working hours of employees to 'reduce costs', made financial statements look better, and stock prices rose faster."

Having said that, the old driver laughed and sighed,

"I resigned later. I couldn't go against my conscience and manufacture some machines that would kill people in order to reduce costs. The big mines are dead, and what survives is only a mining consortium that only has interests in its eyes.

"After leaving my job, I was blocked by the industry, and I couldn't find another job as a mechanical engineer. I changed careers many times, and finally became a driver. The income was not high, but I lived a comfortable life.

"Later, my son wanted to go to the mining consortium, but I didn't let him go. Now it seems that maybe he saved his life.

"These people have no bottom line in doing things for the sake of stock price and profit"

The taxi driver turned the steering wheel in a circle, and the taxi made a right-angle turn and stopped not far from a towering building, "But they have mercenaries and money, and we ordinary people can't deal with them - the mining consortium building arrive."

"Thank you."

He Ao handed over the fare.

The driver did not take his money, but said softly,
"Son, I know you're a good boy.

"I saw you on the news, I don't know what happened to you, but I know you can't deal with them, don't be impulsive, it really doesn't work, let's leave this city.

"My family and I are ready to leave this city. We will leave tonight. If you want, we can pick you up. Don't be impulsive."

"Uncle, don't worry, I won't be impulsive."

He Ao shook his head with a smile, put the money on the seat, reached out and opened the door, and got out of the taxi.

The location here is actually still some distance from the building of the mining consortium, but no matter how close it is, it is surrounded by mercenaries, and taxis cannot enter.

These mercenaries were brought back from the wilderness to protect the safety of the board of directors and executives.

The taxi driver watched him get out of the car, took a long look at him, sighed, turned the steering wheel and left.

He Ao stared at the building not far away with deep eyes.

The old foreman gave him a hint, but he didn't tell him clearly that he had to realize it by himself.

In other words, there is a high probability that the people behind the scenes do not know that they have been exposed.

As a result, during this short period of time, He Ao was in the dark, and the people behind the scenes were in the light, and the positions of the two were reversed.

So He Ao now has some arrangement time that will not be interfered with.

But this time is not long, because now the conflict in Rock City has been intensified to the limit, and the purpose of the people behind the scenes is likely to be achieved.

He Ao must complete all the arrangements before the last moment.

He stared at the building not far away, pulled out the red dagger at his waist, held the sword in his backhand, then stretched out his wrist, and raised it up with the red light, bright red blood oozes out little by little.

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With the hazy light on, a mercenary with blond hair wearing a mercenary regiment costume yawned on the small high wall of a mine in the north of Rock City.

"When will the shift start?"

The blond mercenary looked at the white snow outside in a daze.

"In half an hour."

The mercenary beside him also yawned.

"Those old men have transferred all their manpower back, and they are not afraid of danger in the mine, so I have to stand on guard for three more hours."

The blond mercenary complained.

"Stop complaining, let's do things with money," the mercenary beside him scanned the surroundings with sleepy eyes,

"Besides, winter hasn't completely passed yet. You are new here and you don't understand. Most of the strange beasts will also hibernate. There is no danger in this day.

"Besides, we are so close to the city, if we encounter danger, the team leader will bring people to join us."

"Oh," the blond mercenary yawned, "The lives of the men on the board of directors are different from ours. Their lives are expensive, while our lives are cheap."

While talking, he suddenly paused, seemed to remember something, and whispered, "I think there is something wrong in the mine. When I came to work yesterday, I felt that the miners inside looked at me in the wrong way. They wouldn't think about it. What are you going to do?
Their workload, their salary, if I would definitely pick up a gun and kill all the factory supervisors. "

"What can they do?" The mercenary beside him laughed, "You just came here, you haven't experienced it yet, these miners go on strike every year, and they don't have guns, not even a stick, kill them and It's like killing livestock, it's much more convenient than dealing with strange beasts."

"When the time comes, you go like this among the crowd,"

The mercenary raised the gun hanging on his chest, but he didn't reach out to pull the trigger.

bang bang bang-

Rapid gunshots sounded suddenly.

"Fuck, what the hell are you shooting!"

The blond mercenary who was still drowsy woke up instantly, and then he felt something hot and wet on his face.

He took off a glove and touched his cheek subconsciously.

It was hot blood.

And the mercenary standing beside him stared at him with wide-eyed disbelief and open mouth.

Several blood holes penetrated the mercenary's body, taking his life away.

boom--

The mercenary fell forward on the ground that was still lightly covered with snowflakes.

The living blond-haired mercenary looked up and saw a muscular young wanderer standing behind the mercenary, holding a pistol in his hand.

At this time, the young man looked over to him.

"I surrender."

Without any hesitation, the mercenary immediately raised his hands, "I'm new here, I haven't killed anyone before."

A few thin miners rushed out from behind the wilderness wanderer in an instant, disarmed him, took out his shackles and tied him up.

At this time, there were intensive gunshots in the distance.

A thick-looking middle-aged man with a long beard walked quickly through the passage on the high wall, "It's over?"

"It's over, Lord Wick!"

The young wilderness wanderer looked at the middle-aged man as if claiming credit.

"Good job!"

Wick also smiled and patted him on the shoulder lightly.

The captured mercenary opened his mouth, looking at this scene in disbelief.

Wastelanders and miners united?
They came up from the mine, and there were miners working with them inside and out!
The blond mercenary who realized this problem felt his brain was shaken.

However, the weapons and equipment of the wilderness wanderers are not good. Even if the wilderness wanderers join the battle, they cannot form an absolute advantage over the mercenaries. Just wait a while, and the mercenaries may be able to suppress the riot and be rescued by him come out.

The blond mercenary thought for a long time but couldn't figure out how the mercenaries would lose.

It's impossible for them to have giant mechs, right? !
The moment this thought crossed the blond mercenary's mind, he felt that the sky suddenly darkened.

He raised his head and looked to the sky.

A huge body blocked the sunlight like a dark cloud and flew over their heads.

The mercenary's mind was blank, and there was only one thought in his mind at the moment,
They really have armor...

With the appearance of this giant mecha, the gunshots around instantly quieted down, and soon all went out.

At the very top of the mine, the breeze brought up a snow-white flag. In the center of the flag was a pattern of an orbital mining machine, which was the emblem of the mining consortium.

A callused hand reached out from below and grabbed the flagpole.

　I originally wanted to finish the dungeon today, but I'm a bit stuck, wait, I'll finish the dungeon tomorrow.

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By the way, I recommend a book "Why Husband Runs Away" by a friend of the author

Summary:
My name is Lin Bei.

Because the fortune teller said that I have a pure yang body, excellent spiritual roots, and a calamity in my life, so I am easily missed by the female monks and die unexpectedly.

So I cross-dressed for 18 years, and the world thought I was a beauty.

But in that year, the leader of the Demon Cult snatched me into the Demon Cult to get married!
Rumor has it that the leader of the demon sect is a bloody and cruel big devil.

That day, I smashed the body of the daughter of the leader of the Demon Cult!

She turned out to be a witch!The world doesn't even know!
"Look again, husband, I'll goug out my husband's eyes." The woman smiled like a flower.

Multiple female mainstream authors.

Newcomer and new book, please take care of me...

　
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