Gotham Mayor Simulator

Chapter 185 Extra 2

"..."

The airship painted with slogans flew in front of them, which was funny but also cute.

"She's so pretty, isn't she?"

She meant Gotham.

Weiwei exhaled slowly and looked at the flags flying wildly in the distance, the crows perched on the gargoyles, and the clouds dyed golden red. She did not think about the mission or the gang for the time being. At this moment Just quietly enjoy the joy of the game itself.

"Yeah." Sheila was a little strict, obviously the kind of character who had to reply when someone spoke to her. She thought about it, took out a one-eyed gray mouse from her arms, and said, "Scott is also very cute."

Weiwei: "...Yeah."

Forget it.

After getting off the plane, Weiwei packed up Sheila and gave it to her secretary Milly to make arrangements. Then she returned to her office. As expected, Shelke was waiting and handed Weiwei a "dismissal list."

In addition to the seventy-two people marked by Weiwei, one hundred and eighteen borers were also caught from other units. However, Sherk hesitated and put forward his own opinion:

"Boss, it might not be a good idea to fire them all at once."

Weiwei motioned for him to continue.

"There are some who embezzle public funds, some who arrive late and leave early, some who bully other employees, and some who are simply not capable of holding their current positions... But they are all Gotham locals, which means that in addition to being employees, they are also brothers. Tan family’s financial source.”

“The employment rate in Gotham is not very high. Many migrant workers have taken up local jobs, and locals cannot receive adequate education due to economic reasons, creating a vicious cycle. If they are laid off, the unemployment rate will rise again. In order to survive, these bad bugs will become gangsters, or they will bully the women in the family because they have no livelihood..."

Sherk seemed to have guessed what Weiwei wanted to do, and the IQ attribute on his panel was indeed not fake.

The central idea of ​​this advice is that a large number of layoffs will cause social instability - although the city has always been unstable - the game design is meticulous and common sense, but Weiwei has her own ideas: "Even if we continue to develop in order to maintain stability, If you give them a salary, will the money go to their families and they will choose to raise their own children? Rubbish will always be rubbish, but... you have done a good job.”

Weiwei opened the document, and all the information was automatically loaded into her game panel and quickly classified.

Sherk can tell this because he has naturally investigated these people's family information and even their private behaviors and habits. A reliable secretary will never ask his boss to order the same task twice.

——In this aspect, Milly still needs to learn a little bit.

Weiwei quickly scanned the messages and checked the document quickly: "Those with a c will be fired directly. Those with a b will be fired and their wives or children will be notified to come to work, but the position will be changed to a temporary worker. The basic salary is 70, and those with "a" can choose to work as a temporary worker or be fired."

She fired the C-level employees directly on the panel. B and A still had to ask Sherke to send someone to communicate, but they still had the opportunity to retain the 70 minimum basic salary. After all, Weiwei was not a devil.

If you do well (the property panel is beautiful), there is a chance for promotion.

"I was originally going to call all these people here for a talk," Weiwei looked at the respectful man beside her, "but since your investigation is so clear, there must be no omissions, so I don't need to waste my time."

If you fire later, you will get an extra day's salary.

But to Sherk's ears, this sentence was a slap in the face. He thought it was very reasonable, so he became more respectful.

[Municipal government property: 1.415 million gold (activated)]

[Month-end settlement [water, electricity and maintenance costs 100,000 gold]/[employee salary 1 million gold] fixed allocation]

[Fixed salary expenses are reduced from 1 million gold to 800,000 gold]

This is the first time that the hidden fixed salary is shown. It may be because Weiwei's behavior has significantly changed the amount of this fixed expense.

she:"……"

"As the mayor, I can only receive 5,000 yuan at the end of the month..." Weiwei said weakly, "Why do we need to spend 800,000 yuan on salary?"

And this was after she laid off a batch of employees.

Sherk, who was working and didn't hear clearly:?

Weiwei originally thought that the 70,000 gold she had on hand was a lot, but now she thought about it, what could she do?

What was refreshed in the gold coin mall were all small things. If a power generation unit or a nuclear bomb base were refreshed one day, she would not be able to afford it, regardless of whether to buy it or not!

It is no longer possible to reduce expenditures, and we must open up resources!

but--

"I remember there was a young man among the five members of the construction team. He was not Black Mask's subordinate nor participated in the previous riot, right? Did he work? Didn't he get paid?"

After all, there is no gold coin expenditure in the system records.

The hole in the wall was not patched up, but dark curtains were hung both inside and outside to temporarily isolate the inside and outside. The corpses and blood stains had all been cleaned up, and only the spray paint patterns under the wool carpet bore witness to what had happened here. What.

Hearing Weiwei mention Peter, Sherke came back to his senses; "Although he is a temporary worker, he does not have a stamped certificate, so he does not comply with the process of issuing work subsidies. However, he followed the logistics to complete your arrangement. This is my job. Frankly speaking, this work experience is more important than any money. ”

It's free. Peter's name is very common, but he has a long list of attributes. Weiwei's favorability towards him has increased again.

I hope there will be more employees like this.

However, she doesn't want to repair this wall that has suffered so many disasters. It doesn't cost as much as the mayor's monthly salary (5,000 gold) to repair a normal wall. It's all because of the artistic bonus of the city hall building itself. An engineering team with special skills must be used to do the work. Anyway, it doesn't matter if there is no wall, so just leave it like this.

...After Weiwei saw the monthly fixed expenses, every gold coin of the city hall had to be split in half.

Saving money has come to an end, and it is necessary to increase revenue.

Weiwei took a deep breath and opened [Fund Allocation-Business Investment]——

[1. Become one of the shareholders of AT Construction Company]

[2. Become a supporter of the Sionis family]

[3. Reach a cooperative investment with Wayne Enterprises]

[4. Become one of the directors of Gotham College]

[5. Create a spray paint art museum of your own]

[6. Create a sewer rat catching housekeeping company]

[7. Become one of the shareholders of Iceberg Restaurant]

Each activated business investment corresponds to Weiwei's game behavior, summoning the construction team, Black Mask Sionis, Wayne learned through the computer, temporary workers from Gotham College, spray paint and banners, subdued rat catchers, and the Penguin who was angered by her... She directly clicked on the last item. She was quite interested in Black Mask and Penguin.

[Become one of the shareholders of Iceberg Restaurant]

[You can choose to invest in real name or anonymously. Under the notarization of the game, neither party can violate the investment contract]

[Introduction: Iceberg Restaurant is the property of Penguin, Mr. Cobblepot. It is located in the richest area of ​​Gotham - Diamond District. It has a huge customer flow and extremely high economic effect (the current comprehensive evaluation of the city is too low and taxes cannot be received)]

[Other information, please explore by yourself]

[Recommended investment level: five stars]

"...Huh?"

Cobblepot... How come this surname looks so familiar?

The room was filled with the smell of blood that had not yet dissipated. Sherk had returned to the secretary's office to do his remaining work (and he might work overtime tonight). Millie hadn't brought Sheila back yet, so only Vivi was here.

She walked around the room and chose to go to the study, where she took out her first well-preserved corpse from under the bookcase.

[An unnamed corpse with the word "vv" engraved on the back of the neck]

[Players can choose -

a. Spend 1000 gold (personal property) to burn

b. Spend 2000 gold (personal property) to buy an ordinary tombstone

c. Spend 5000 gold (personal property) to buy a luxurious tombstone (there is a chance to meet investor Cobblepot)

d. Spend 50 diamonds (personal property) to buy a super luxurious tombstone and publish an obituary in all Gotham newspapers (there is a chance to meet investor Wayne)]

[Current personal property: 78200 gold coins]

Wow.

Is this Cobblepot?

Peter spent a not-so-special day in his life today.

Well, although a lot of things happened today, from the day he was bitten by a spider, every day after that was a special day.

So today is not a number for the time being.

After learning that the dead were not good people, Peter's guilt of "they died right next to me" was slightly reduced, but he was still not very excited. He intuitively felt that something was wrong, and his pure sense of justice made him hope that those guys would be punished by law, rather than die in a gunfight under a ridiculous misunderstanding, uh, a gunfight in the city hall.

... Whether it was the beginning of the matter or the stage of the development of the matter, it seemed a little strange.

And he still couldn't find the girl from last night, even though he had a little guess in his heart.

Huh...

At this time, they were in the car of the logistics department, and Peter was just here to help, painting slogans and other things somewhere in the city.

Anyway, he was relatively free, and for some reason, he was very happy when he helped install curtains and handed tools in the mayor's office before, and even diluted the unhappiness caused by the "accident", so he naturally mixed in with the logistics department.

Just... um! ?

"It seems to be in front of us..."

"Ah," the senior who led him patted his shoulder vigorously, "It's the island of Nahe in front of us!"

Peter: "?"

As we all know, there are only two famous buildings on Nahe Island, Arkham Asylum and Gotham College.

Peter swallowed his saliva.

"Of course we are not going to Arkham, it's too dangerous there. The next stop is the last place where slogans need to be painted. Oh, it's Gotham College. Have you been there?"

Peter:? !

Wait a minute--

"Ah, sorry, do you have a mask or a hat or anything? Please lend it to me!"

How should he explain to his classmates who are not familiar with him that he did not go to the library to study on weekends and turned down the invitation of the academic competition team in order to work as a temporary painter in the city government!

... Or the kind that does not charge money.

Half an hour later, wearing a large doll rabbit head mask, Peter silently got off the car.

Even his back was bleak.

A certain unfortunate atmosphere enveloped him, making him unlucky from morning to night.

First, in the morning, half of the members of the City Hall Guard he infiltrated had gone to hell, and the other half were sent to the prison hospital. After the operation, they served their sentences, seamlessly connected.

In the various departments of the city government, the people he planned to bribe were still hesitant, but when this happened, they immediately stopped cooperating with him-

The new mayor doesn't seem to be someone who is easy to provoke. This killing of the chicken to scare the monkeys indicates that if you resist her, the end is either prison or hell.

After this battle, the cooperation between Penguin and Black Mask was temporarily cut off, of course, only "temporarily", people like them don't have eternal enemies... except Batman.

However, our dear Mr. Cobblepot has other troubles, that is, the urging from the Court of Owls, because some of the business with Black Mask is probably unable to continue, a batch of goods is piled up in his hands, and on the other hand, the Court of Owls needs him to give a lot of cash.

These disgusting termites may deserve to go to hell more than "businessmen" like him.

Cobblepot sneered.

But his business still needs to go on, and he needs to continue to feign friendship with the Court of Owls - they are part of the darkness of Gotham, or the darkness itself. Most of the members of the Court of Owls are the real power holders in Gotham, and they make Cobblepot's business unimpeded.

Compared with them, Mayor Anna Elek is just a stupid, reckless fool. I believe that after finding out her details, this mayor will disappear silently and turn into a corpse like her predecessor and more predecessors.

Therefore, Cobblepot needs cash, and the court members who are unwilling to be exposed do not accept virtual transfers.

However, in a short period of time, he cannot get a large amount of cash. His capital turnover has problems, not to mention mercury transactions and Robin. Compared with the capital problem, it is just a small episode.

This made Penguin very irritable all day, until this moment -

["Hello?"]

He got "investment" from the mysterious man, or "befriending".

【“You can call me Mr. C.”】

The voice on the other end of the phone was obviously a synthesized voice, and it was hard to tell whether it was a man or a woman. Most of Cobert’s customers were like this, hiding their true colors, and the mysterious man brought a cooperation.

“Mr. C” solved his capital turnover problem, but…

【“I am addicted to all gambling games, and I like to gamble at any time - 15 days, and return all the money I invested in 15 days, regardless of profit or loss, as long as I give me the original amount, how about it?”】

If “Mr. C” is really a gambler, then he must not be good at gambling.

“Then what is the price?” Penguin was still very cautious, and Mr. C, who appeared inexplicably, was very suspicious.

【“I like excitement,” the other party smiled, “If you can’t return it, you must give me all you have.”】

——If this guy really likes gambling, then he must often choose “Solid/Hah”.

“That’s not fair,” Penguin said cunningly, “unless you also put everything on the table.”

【“Then it’s decided.” The other party’s voice was brisk, and then there was only a dead tone on the other side of the phone. 】

Cobert: "..."

The next second, a huge amount of money was transferred into his account, which was the amount they had agreed on.

The light shone on half of his gloomy face, and the Penguin gnashed his teeth, but he didn't think there was anything wrong. Would he not be able to pay back the money in half a month? How could it be possible? But he might not pay it back.

So this is really just a gesture of goodwill?

Staring at the number on the account, he casually threw the brandy beside him on the forehead of the subordinate in front of him, the wine splashed, the blood slowly flowed down, and the subordinate dared not move.

——They had just lost to Robin, and even the goods were taken away.

A bunch of trash.

At the same time, the call on Weiwei's interface disappeared.

In the slow burning special effect, a contract with red letters on a black background appeared with the flames, like a devil's contract.

[Contract requirements: Penguin returns the investment of 500,000 gold coins on April 18]

[If Penguin returns successfully, everything of investor "Mr. C" will belong to Penguin]

[If Penguin fails to return, everything of Penguin will belong to investor "Mr. C"]

[Everything of both parties has been put on the scale]

[Contract has come into effect]

The most amazing thing is that there are signatures of Vivi and Penguin on the contract.

They are "Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot" and the "c" that Vivi made up.

Compared with Mr. Cobblepot who put his full name on the table, Vivi's signature seems very perfunctory.

What is all Mr. C has... Vivi thought about it, it should be "his" name.

But she would not consider what would happen if she really failed, anyway, it was just a game.

At present, the balance in the public account is less than 800,000 gold coins, and Vivi's personal account is still sufficient, but if it is according to her plan, it will probably not last for more than fifteen days.

In this situation, she opened the gold coin mall and was reluctant to spend money——

[Colorful Time Street Tree, Price: 300 gold coins]

[Can only be planted in open areas in the city, it will light up different lights when it senses strong emotions of nearby humans, perhaps it can be used to create a festive atmosphere]

[Can be purchased repeatedly, upper limit 0/10]

[Speed ​​limit warning license plate, price: 400 gold coins]

[A round license plate with "60" on it. There are always various accidents in the city. Maybe they should know the dangers of speeding.]

[Enforce speed limit. It is recommended to place it in areas with frequent traffic accidents.]

[Second-hand AI, price: 88888 gold coins (discounted)]

[A second-hand product that can only appear on the computer. It has been replaced by the previous owner, but it is powerful and can carry part of the panel data to complete some necessary deductions.]

[It is only used for one-way transmission and cannot appear directly on the player's system panel. Because it is a second-hand product, the price is already discounted.]

Every time I feel that money is really not enough... Weiwei looked at her balance and felt sad.

Forget about the roadside trees and license plates. The second-hand AI is what Weiwei urgently needs but can't afford. From the description, she understands that it should be used to export the "map" or "file" on her system panel to the computer, which will definitely be useful when completing the main task of underground construction later.

Sometimes she would not use the props she bought from the gold coin mall immediately, such as the hammer, but the mall was limited to purchases and refreshed every day. If she did not buy some goods, they would probably be gone - she did not know whether the trash can on the first day would refresh again.

Faced with the words "limited quantity and limited time", no matter how cunning the players were, they could not beat the evil planners, damn it!

Since she could not afford the most expensive ones, Weiwei simply did not buy any.

Considering that there would be errors in Robin's existence at night, she simply took out her computer and took advantage of the NPCs to make up for the news reports one by one while they were resting.

The night was dark, most of the lights were off, and in the city hall, there was only the faint reflection of the computer screen.

The next few days were uneventful.

The task of exploring the underground and the two rings were given to Sheila, who was much more efficient in controlling the mice than Weiwei; Sheila gradually became familiar with Millie, and it seemed that they were roommates; Sherk quickly adapted to his new position after learning about it, perhaps there is no limit to the real social animal.

Black Mask didn't make any moves. Maybe he was still observing her? It's also possible that the plot on his side has been temporarily completed and he has to wait for the next plot node to be triggered. Weiwei just focused on dealing with the Penguin Man. However, the gold coin mall didn't produce any special props. Most of them were ordinary decorations like the trees on the roadside. It is worth mentioning that AI was put on the shelves again, but Weiwei still couldn't afford it and could only sigh at the screen.

Special events were still triggered in the past few days. One was Sheila:

"I met strange people underground. Some of them I saw last time, some I haven't seen, and some people didn't look like humans, but some reptiles."

"I avoided them and left."

It seems that a new branch line will be triggered here, but Weiwei needs to accompany Sheila.

The other one is Sherk:

"The people in the black mask tried to contact me... But I avoided them without leaving a trace by working. What do you think I should do, Ms. Alec?"

This should be the follow-up task of triggering Black Mask. Weiwei asked Sherk to "stay alert and ignore it for the time being."

She can postpone this task.

In addition to collecting information, she also did not forget to touch her body once a day, and chose option "c". Her orders from Penguin were already scheduled for next month - Weiwei had discovered it before, and she seemed to have discovered a loophole in the system. The transaction of three liters of mercury was mandatory. As long as the order was placed, both parties had to trade, but she never triggered the "probability of encountering Cobert".

Interesting option c, who would have thought that both investors and mysterious buyers were actually code-named "c"?

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