Chapter 104: Gotham Longzhong Strategy (Part 2)
When the staff member who reviewed the candidates for the election 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. Now the average age in Congress is 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 not as good as making arrogant remarks!
The king of strong mouths is annoying at most, but the first 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.
Countless people have tried with their lives how difficult the old godfather is to deal with.
The state government members had to call Falcone's manor in a hurry, and 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 plan 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 as panning for gold in shit to find someone who could really be the mayor among these candidates.
Anyone with a normal mind knows that being the mayor of Gotham will not last 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 with less than two bottles of vodka.
To really find a candidate who can be the mayor from these materials, the state legislators are really overwhelmed.
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First of all, even if they can pick one, whether this person can understand the voting rules is a problem.
Secondly, if he is really selected, whether he will curse more harshly than Roy is a bigger problem.
Most importantly, if they choose one of them, the other gangster families who have a grudge against him will think that this election is biased and fraudulent, and 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?
The state legislators thought about it and 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, conservatively 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. Roy stopped reviewing, became a candidate again, and the voting results were announced. He was re-elected as mayor again. The whole process took no more than a week.
The impact this brought was huge.
The gang leaders in this city are really frustrated. They have long been fed up with those reporters and critics who talk without any hesitation. When it comes to slamming people, these gang leaders who have been in the market 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, turned from a prosperous industrial metropolis into a mess with people displaced and gangs rampant overnight.
Because Detroit's economy declined so quickly, it didn't even last more than a generation. The group of people alive now are watching helplessly how this prosperous city is dying. They are simply living evidence of Roy's theory.
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When Detroit fell, there was no savior. The ordinary people who lost order overnight almost fell into hell instantly. Racial conflicts, riots, shootings, and countless nights in Detroit erupted with the light of gunfire, just like the once prosperous city. The factory lights are bright all night long.
In short, official department staff, gang leaders, and private representatives among them all stood up and denounced each other, and then joined forces to scold those critics who stood still and pointed the finger directly at Congress.
Schiller was a little surprised that it would arouse such a violent reaction. In the manuscript he gave Roy, he had tried his best to delete some radical debates and avoid certain sensitive topics.
The purpose of this speech is actually just to pave the way for subsequent urban unions and industrial transformation and upgrading. To put it simply, if you want to fight a war, you must first raise the flag.
It is to allow these criminal capitals in the same situation to have a reasonable excuse to unite together.
Since none of our shit is our fault, what's wrong with us joining forces to make money?
But Shiller 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 caused by the fundamental contradictions of the system will lead to waves of unemployment. If the unemployed cannot be effectively controlled and dealt with, they will spontaneously form associations and turn into organizations like gangs.
The existence of gangs seriously threatens local security, which in turn prevents investors from developing in a safe environment. They will then withdraw their capital, and new investors are unwilling to come because of the city's bad reputation. As a result, the economy is in recession, more and more people are unemployed, and gangs are becoming more and more rampant.
The prosperous maritime trade on the east coast naturally provides the soil for the development of illegal industries. Once the gangs prosper, various illegal industries will naturally follow.
The prosperity of illegal industries will instinctively exclude those normal industries, which will further prevent normal industries from developing, and the city will fall into an endless dark cycle.
Most cities don't have a tycoon like Falcone who can find a way out of an increasingly bad vicious cycle to bring evil order through extreme violent rule, and then bring profits through this order, feeding back the entire social structure itself. road.
Therefore, most of these cities cannot be like Gotham. Although they are evil, they are rich. Most of them are chaotic and poor, and they are on the verge of bankruptcy.
The grievances of people in these cities are definitely much greater than those of Gotham. After all, Gotham ranks among the top in the United States in terms of infrastructure, population density, and living conditions. In addition to the weather and ecology here, Apart from the somewhat weird system, it is actually a very modern and prosperous metropolis.
But this is not the case in post-industrial cities like Detroit. The rapid development of the automobile industry has brought about industrial imbalances and the backwardness of other urban infrastructure and humanistic environments.
People find that this was not a problem if they had money before, but now that they have no money, this backwardness will cause all kinds of troubles and make their lives worse.
As the saying goes, it is not as good as the superior but more than the inferior. Schiller's speech, written from the perspective of Gotham and Chicago, actually still has the flavor of Versailles.
Chicago and Gotham can already be considered the best in this type of city, and even Detroit is considered pretty good. At least it has been glorious in the past, and most people still have some foundation. The smaller cities are even more miserable.
Almost overnight, the situation in major cities on the East Coast became somewhat turbulent. They felt that what the gangster mayor said was very reasonable. If no one comes to save us, then we will find a way to save ourselves.
What Schiller didn't expect was that the initial cooperation between Gotham and Chicago in the trinity system of Gotham, Chicago and Miami was quite effective, but before the next step could be started, that is, For the Miami connection, gangsters 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. Gangs are part of the city, but not all.
But like all other East Coast cities, the black industry is also the bulk of the income here, but the most famous ones here are tourism and casinos.
Imperial City is a city with beautiful scenery and a pleasant climate. The gambling industry here has a long history, and casinos of all sizes have also become part of the tourism industry. In recent years, the economy has developed very well, and even in most cities, things are going against the grain. At this time, there is still steady progress.
The mayor of Imperial City also has an unexplainable relationship with the largest gang here. After all, it is almost impossible for something like a casino not to be related to gangs.
The day after Roy returned to office, he received a call from the mayor of Imperial City.
They exchanged views 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 cities 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 the 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 the 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 completely black industry does not work, gambling and tourism are the best direction for urban transformation.