Armor: I can only summon the general

The next morning, the crackdown officially began. Groups of police appeared on the streets and police cars drove through the city.

All the bars and other business places in City D were acting as if they were facing a great enemy and closed their doors at the same time. However, Xizhao had no scruples. He made great efforts to renovate the acquired territory and at the same time put out advertisements to recruit staff in preparation for opening.

During this process, Xi Zhao called all his men together for a meeting. At the meeting, Xi Zhao pointed out that all illegally seized places must be cleaned up and no necessary procedures should be omitted.

Now is the time for severe crackdown. We cannot let anyone catch us with our weaknesses, otherwise we will be the first to be exposed, and the consequences will be serious.

Naturally, no one had any objection to this. What Xizhao said made sense. Only when they were upright, their shadows would not be slanted, and they would feel at ease when facing public inspections.

Immediately afterwards, Xi Zhao issued a second instruction, that the shadow warriors should disperse from today to run their own places, completely cleanse their identities, and begin to change their roles, and must become people with conscience.

Everyone still had no objection and nodded in agreement. They did not intend to keep fighting and killing. Since they had the conditions to live a good life, they were of course willing to do it.

Next is Xi Zhao’s third instruction. The people in charge of each place must not only control their subordinates, but also restrain the idle people in society within their coverage area, reduce the crime rate in the city, and create a good living environment for citizens.

In addition, from now on, all industries under its command must operate legally and in compliance with regulations, and illegal activities in all venues must be completely eliminated. Even when illegal activities are discovered, they must be stopped and the police must be notified as soon as possible.

No one has any resistance to this, they know that there are benefits to doing these things, and whitewashing is to go faster and further.

Besides, why do they do illegal things? Most people do it for money, but the places they run are more profitable than the others, especially the bars.

They are not short of money anyway, so why would they touch contraband items? Earning clean money is safer to spend, right?

As for why they have to crack down on illegal and criminal activities on their own territory, the people below will not ask because they already have the answer in their hearts.

They fought hard to expand their territory, not just to make money, but for Xizhao's ideals and the peace and stability of the city.

Prior to this, the various underground forces in City D relied on their own backgrounds to divide the entire city into countless fragments, and each had a different management method. This resulted in the entire city D becoming a scene of chaos as soon as daytime passed.

Various gangs wantonly recruited their own men and expanded their territory without restraint, which led to violent conflicts and made the city full of gunpowder.

The most crucial thing is that the disorderly development of these gangs has successfully led some young people astray. They rushed to join various gangs and started a new life of self-righteousness.

Some of these people were tempted by the gang members' glamorous lifestyle, and some just wanted to avoid being bullied. In short, the young people were deeply attracted to gang communities and embarked on this wrong path.

Without people, the society is nothing. But if there are enough people, a group of dwarf mules can accomplish great things.

Under such a social atmosphere, batches of young people were affected and went astray actively or passively, which directly led to the increasingly deteriorating public security in City D.

As the public security environment deteriorates, the lives of the lower classes become increasingly difficult, and they are suffering from this filthy environment.

Sometimes people would just glance at the gangsters and be responded with "What are you looking at?". If they didn't keep their heads down and swallow their anger, there was a high probability that they would be beaten up.

There are even some small thugs who rely on the gangs behind them to do whatever they want and do not care about human lives. They shout and call for killing, but it is common for them to draw their knives and start chopping when they get angry.

Some evil forces have even united together to establish a monopoly, bully the market, and use any means necessary to make money. Harming innocent people is as common as eating and drinking.

Of course, these are all darkness hidden under the light, and you can’t see anything if you stand under the sun.

From a macro perspective, City D as a whole is still thriving, with only a few bad apples that do not hinder the city's development.

In such an environment, people's quality of life is getting worse day by day. They have to be cautious when going out for fear of getting into trouble.

In the past, when Xizhao had not yet left the film industry, what did the good or bad of the city have to do with him?

From the perspective of the film industry, they are unhappy when the city is good, and they are happy when the city is bad. At that time, they naturally will not care about how the citizens live.

But ever since Xizhao left the film industry and planned to return to society, he had to consider these things. As a member of the opposition, he believed that he was carrying sins, so he had to do something for the city to offset the wrong things he had done.

At first he just had this idea but no specific plan, but after some persuasion from Abao, he gradually made up his mind to reorganize the underground world of City D and create a better living environment for the citizens.

Xizhao also told his subordinates about this wish, and they also supported Xizhao in doing so, so no one asked Xizhao why he couldn't do illegal business, and no one would consider why they should meddle in other people's business.

Due to their dependence and obedience to Xizhao, the shadow warriors followed Xizhao's orders as the golden rule. After the meeting, they immediately returned to their respective places to begin preparations.

A few days later in the morning, bursts of firecrackers suddenly rang out in the East District, and all the entertainment venues under Xizhao announced at the same time that they would open that evening, offering discounts on all consumption and welcoming the public to patronize.

This is undoubtedly good news for the citizens. Since the crackdown began, the only places where people can drink alcohol in City D are a few delicatessens, and none of the other KTVs, nightclubs, bathing centers, etc. dare to open.

To this day, no venue other than those under Xizhao's command dares to open. The citizens' spiritual needs are not met, so they are naturally extremely crazy.

People originally thought that these venues would reopen after the crackdown ended, but unexpectedly, venues in the East District opened today.

As soon as the news came out, the citizens were overjoyed and immediately called their friends to go to the East District in the evening to have some fun and relax.

In the evening, people who had just got off work couldn't wait to go to the East District, and before the sun completely set, they entered the bars and started partying.

In an instant, all the roads leading to the East District were congested, with heavy traffic and bustling crowds, and the streets and alleys became bustling with activity.

All the bars and nightclubs in the East District were packed. Those who couldn't squeeze in could only stare outside. The streets were filled with people, and even to use the restroom one had to queue up, as if everyone in the city had flocked to the East District.