Chapter 105: Gotham Longzhong Strategy (Part 2)

When the staff member who reviewed the election candidates saw the name on the first page of the information submitted by Gotham, he almost threw the information in his hand away.

Gotham's old godfather plans to go into politics? ? ? ?

Of course, calm down, this is not impossible. Let's put it this way. Although Falcone's age is a bit old for a gang leader, it is because the gangs are updated very quickly. Few gang leaders can hold this position for so many years, so Falcone is very special.

But when it comes to politics, there are a lot of people of Falcone's age. The average age in Congress is now over 50, and there are also many old politicians in their 70s and 80s. If Falcone plans to go into politics now, it is not too late, because his starting point is much higher than others, not starting from scratch.

At the very least, if he wants to be the mayor of Gotham City and then become a state legislator of New Jersey, no one can stop him.

After becoming a state legislator, if the Wayne Group is willing to continue to help him run for election, it is not impossible for him to enter Congress or even move up a step.

However, this mayoral election was originally to deal with Roy's gangster mayor-style speech. Now, if Falcone runs for election and is elected, and becomes the mayor of Gotham City, it would be like catching a great white shark in order to release a loach.

The legislators of the state government believe that Falcone will not make such arrogant remarks like his godson, but the problem is that this is worse than making arrogant remarks!

The king of strong mouths is annoying at most, but the first place in the country is deadly!

If Falcone really becomes the mayor, the entire ground and underground world of Gotham City will be in his hands.

How difficult is the old godfather to deal with? Countless people have already experienced it with their lives.

The state government members had to call Falcone's manor in a hurry, and then what made them feel that they had escaped was that the old godfather seemed to only support his godson and did not really want to run for election.

The godfather's biological son, Falcone Jr., told them that his father was old and had already started to retire, and did not intend to enter politics.

This news undoubtedly made everyone feel relieved. After all, Roy's mayorship might be a small fight, but if Falcone entered politics, it might be an unimagined path.

With this incident, the state legislators had to strengthen the review of the candidates for Gotham Mayor.

Then they found that it was almost as difficult to find a person who could really be the mayor among these candidates as to find gold in the shit.

Anyone with a normal mind knows that the mayor of Gotham will not live long, so there is no need to say what kind of people would sign up.

Of the 23 candidate applications submitted, 19 were submitted by well-known gangsters in Gotham. Of the remaining 4, 3 were submitted by underage applicants, the youngest of whom was 6 years old, and the last one was a cat raised by the Gotham Gold Cup Bar.

What's even more ridiculous is that among all the information, only this cat filled out all the information completely, and most of the others, how can I say, can't be written without two bottles of vodka.

It's really difficult for state legislators to really find a candidate who can be mayor from these materials.

First of all, even if they can pick one, it's a question whether this person can understand the voting rules.

Secondly, if he is really elected, whether he will curse more harshly than Roy is a bigger question.

Most importantly, if they choose one of them, and the other gangster families who have a grudge against him think that this election is biased, then their fate will definitely be to shoot themselves in the back eight times.

Facts have proven that Gotham is a complete quagmire. Anyone who has anything to do with this city will not have a good ending. The state legislators are now completely stuck.

Those who can be elected are unwilling to come, and those who are willing to come cannot be elected. What else can be done?

After thinking about it, the state legislators found that it would be better to let Roy continue to serve.

Think about it, Roy did not use more than 10 swear words in the entire speech, but those candidates, in the short 300-word application reasons, the conservative ones used more than 100 swear words. If any of them became mayor, I am afraid that all members of Congress would be in danger.

In desperation, this election became a formality again. From the suspension of review to Roy becoming a candidate again, to the announcement of the voting results, and re-election as mayor, the whole process took no more than a week.

The impact brought about by this is huge.

The gang leaders in these cities are really frustrated. They are fed up with those reporters and critics who are not afraid of anything. When it comes to slamming people, these gang leaders who have been in the streets since childhood are not afraid of anyone.

The first city to start slamming was not the coastal cities close to Gotham, but Detroit.

If we talk about the worst city in the history of modern industrial development, we have to mention Detroit.

Between 1960 and 1970, the oil crisis caused heavy losses to the automobile industry. Detroit, the automobile city, was transformed from a prosperous industrial metropolis into a mess with displaced people and rampant gangs overnight.

Because the economic decline of Detroit was too fast, not even more than a generation, the group of people alive now watched how this prosperous city went to ruin. They are simply living evidence of Roy's theory.

When Detroit fell, there was no savior. The ordinary people who lost order overnight almost fell into hell in an instant. Racial conflicts, riots, shootings, and countless nights of gunfire in Detroit were as bright as the lights of the once prosperous factories, all night long.

In short, the official department staff, gang leaders, and civilian representatives among them all stood up to denounce each other, and then united to scold those critics who stood up without any pain, and pointed the spearhead directly at Congress.

Schiller was a little surprised that such a fierce reaction would be caused. In the manuscript he gave to Roy, he had deleted some radical debates as much as possible and avoided some sensitive topics.

The purpose of this speech was actually just to pave the way for the subsequent city union and industrial transformation and upgrading. Simply put, if you want to fight, raise the flag first.

It was to give these crime capitals in the same situation a reasonable excuse to unite together.

Since our rottenness is not our fault, what's wrong with us uniting to make money?

But Schiller did not expect that this actually pointed out the biggest dilemma of economic development in the eastern United States in this era.

The economic crisis cycle brought about by the fundamental contradictions of the system will lead to rounds of unemployment, and the unemployed will spontaneously form associations if they cannot be effectively controlled and dealt with, and then become organizations like gangs.

The existence of gangs seriously threatens local security, which in turn makes it impossible for investors to develop in a safe environment, and then they will withdraw their investment. New investors are also unwilling to come because of the city's bad reputation, resulting in a more and more economic recession, more and more unemployed people, and more and more rampant gangs.

The prosperous maritime trade on the East Coast naturally provides soil for the development of illegal industries. Once the gangs prosper, all kinds of illegal industries will naturally prosper.

The prosperity of illegal industries will instinctively exclude those normal industries, which will lead to the further development of normal industries, so the city will fall into an endless cycle of darkness.

Most cities do not have a man like Falcone who can find a way to bring evil order with extreme violence in the increasingly vicious cycle, and then bring profits through this order to feed back the entire social structure itself.

Therefore, most of these cities cannot be like Gotham, which is evil but rich. Most of them are messy and poor, and are madly testing the edge of bankruptcy.

The resentment of the people in these cities is definitely much greater than that of Gotham. After all, Gotham is actually ranked among the top in the United States in terms of infrastructure, population density, and living conditions. Except for the weird weather and ecosystem here, it is actually a very modern and prosperous metropolis.

But this is not the case for post-industrial cities like Detroit. The rapid development of the automobile industry has brought about industrial imbalance and backwardness of other infrastructure and cultural environment in the city.

People have found that it was not a problem to have money before, but now that they have no money, this backwardness will bring all kinds of troubles, making their lives worse.

As the saying goes, not as good as the best, but better than the worst, this speech written by Schiller from the perspective of Gotham and Chicago still has some Versailles flavor.

Chicago and Gotham can be regarded as the best in this type of city, and even Detroit can be regarded as pretty good. At least it was once glorious, and most people still have some foundation in their hands. Those smaller cities are even more miserable.

Almost overnight, the situation in major cities on the East Coast became a little turbulent. They felt that what the gangster mayor said made sense. If no one came to save us, then we would find a way to save ourselves.

What Schiller didn't expect was that the initial cooperation between Gotham and Chicago in the Gotham, Chicago and Miami trinity system he had set was quite effective, but before the next step, the connection with Miami, was taken, the gangs from another city came to the door first, that is, Imperial City.

Imperial City is also a unique city in DC comics. It is the hometown of the superhero hunter Paul and a megacity on the East Coast.

Of course, the situation in Imperial City is definitely much better than Gotham. There is still basic order here. The gangs are part of the city, but not all of it.

But just like all other East Coast cities, the black industry is also the main source of income here, but the most famous here are tourism and casinos.

Imperial City is a city with beautiful scenery and pleasant climate. The gambling industry here has a long history. Casinos of all sizes have also become part of the tourism industry. In recent years, the economy has developed very well. Even when most cities are going against the trend, it is still making steady progress.

The mayor of Imperial City also has an unclear relationship with the largest gang here. After all, it is almost impossible for casinos not to have a relationship with gangs.

Roy received a call from the mayor of Imperial City on the second day of his re-election.

They exchanged opinions on the process of friendly exchanges between Gotham and Chicago on the phone. Both sides put forward their own views on the future development of their respective cities and reached a preliminary consensus.

The two mayors who care about the citizens reflected on the painful history of the East Coast port city together, and also looked forward to the future prosperity. Both sides expressed their wishes for the bright prospects of win-win cooperation.

Roy will also go to Imperial City for inspection and visit next month to see if there is anything that Gotham can learn from.

After hearing the news, the twelve families said that everyone has a responsibility to develop Gotham, and they are willing to do their part in this inspection.

The potential of the gambling industry is unlimited, and there is also a foundation for the development of tourism. Once the complete black industry fails, gambling and tourism will be the best direction for urban transformation.