mtl008 Chapter 3309 Bloody New City (58)
Chapter 3309 Bloody New City (58)
Chapter 3309: Bloodshed in New City (Fifty-Eight)
Schiller was standing on the top floor of the municipal building, overlooking the city. The steel jungle made of reinforced concrete was constantly tilting and collapsing towards somewhere. Everything was being drawn into an unknown vortex. Schiller, who had created all this chaos with his own hands, just sighed with satisfaction.
Although the process was somewhat complicated, Schiller came here to do only two things: first, to get rid of the cowardly reformists; second, to thoroughly intensify the conflict between the upper and lower classes.
In a series of actions taken by Schiller against the city government, the Pale Knight was gradually excluded from the center of power.
After the city government initially closed down, the municipal system has been in a semi-paralyzed state and almost nothing can be done.
Although they had money later, everyone was busy making money, and not much money and manpower were actually invested in municipal work. On the contrary, because Schiller had cleaned up the previous bad debts, they were more happy to make money and had no time to work.
Although Gotham's municipal system used to function poorly, it did have some effect after the Napier Act was implemented: it improved the welfare of the lower-class communities, and public security and sanitation standards also improved.
After the municipal system collapsed, all departments stopped working. No one maintained the community, the road system was left to fate, and no one cared about the sanitation. Eventually, everything became a mess.
This simultaneously achieved the goal of marginalizing the Pale Knight and making the conflict between the rich and the poor more intense.
The series of actions against GTO made Batman exhausted, and also made this organization, which had improved the situation in Gotham, begin to waver and its work efficiency declined.
This also simultaneously achieves the goal of keeping Batman out and making life more difficult for the lower classes.
The final death bet scandal was the final culmination, using the feelings of the Pale Knight and Batman towards Harley and Jason to kick them out completely. Then the scandal was made public, using Gordon's failed arrest plan to stimulate the upper class, making the conflict reach an irreconcilable point.
At this point in the plan, the main line has been basically completed.
As they fell step by step, the lower-class people in Gotham finally chose to give up relying on others and realized what they should really do. Thousands of words can be summed up in one sentence - there is no savior in this world, and we can't rely on gods or emperors. The only one we can rely on is ourselves.
Judging from Schiller's methods, he is even more cruel than the upper class, causing the lives of Gotham's lower class, which had improved somewhat due to the Napier Act, to fall into the abyss again.
Even the worst rich people in Gotham couldn't have caused the living standards of the entire city's lower classes to drop so much and completely destroyed the order of the lower classes in such a short period of time. But Schiller did it.
But Schiller is not a bad guy. He doesn't want to torture ordinary people, so all of the above is just the first step of the plan.
If a person is kneeling, he must first stand up before he can learn to walk. But Schiller does not want him to walk slowly, but to run.
But this man had been kneeling for too long. His legs were weak and his body was thin. If he ran now, the intense exercise would kill him.
Therefore, the first thing to do when he stands up is to provide support for his legs, then provide him with adequate nutrition, and then conduct moderate exercise, so that he can transform from a skinny patient into a strong athlete.
In order to prevent him from kneeling down again due to weakness of his legs as soon as he stood up again, the first thing Schiller had to do was to put steel plates on their kneecaps.
There was a knock on the door behind him, and Schiller turned around. Ruth came in with a stack of reports, handed them to Schiller, and said, "This is the bill from Cobert. He said that if there is anything else he needs, we are welcome to come next time."
Schiller took the bill and took a look at it. The items on the bill were various civilian munitions: some rifles and pistols commonly seen in gun stores, plenty of bullets, and some grenades with not very strong power, but no heavy weapons.
Schiller threw the bill aside after a quick glance, then looked at Ruth and said, "Go tell him that this is not enough. Ask him to find out where the shipment of goods that involved Balk in the maritime arms smuggling case went."
Ruth frowned deeply and said, "Are you planning to take that batch of goods? The boss behind them is not easy to deal with. Balk was almost sent to jail by him. Although the New Jersey congressman is not a big shot, Balk has been doing business here for most of his life. He was unable to cope with it, how could Cobert do it?"
"Don't underestimate him, ma'am." Schiller turned around and picked up the wine glass on the table, then said, "If I'm not mistaken, he should have already started investigating. He knows the current situation in Gotham, and he also knows that if he can get that batch of goods, no matter how much there is, I can eat it all. There won't be a better deal than this in ten years."
"Then I'll go and deliver these things first." Ruth said, "The boxing boy named Hick has a lot of connections in the downtown area. He will be willing to help us."
"Don't give it away, sell it," Shiller said. "You can sell it at a lower price, but you can never not charge for it. It's up to you to decide how much money you want to get back."
After Ruth left, Schiller started looking up news online on his phone. Although the TV station had closed down, there was still some news online.
In addition to the riots that broke out in Gotham City, the most eye-catching news recently is the case in which Haviez accused James Gordon of premeditated murder.
But the course of the case was beyond most people's expectations. Public opinion was almost unanimous in its view that James Gordon could not have murdered Haviez, and that this was a shameless frame-up by Haviez.
When Schiller saw this news, he knew that Gordon's tactic of retreating to advance had been successful.
Gordon's resignation as police chief was not really out of despair. If he was so easily defeated, he would not be the last conscience of Gotham.
He did this precisely to counterattack and turn the tables.
Gordon has accumulated a lot of prestige through his hard work over the years. Both the black and white worlds at least give him some respect. From the upper class to the homeless, he can contact them and solve all problems. He can be called a know-it-all in Gotham.
If he resigns, it will not only harm ordinary people. Again, no matter how powerful the elites are, they will not do everything by themselves. Most of them will hire professional managers or cultivate confidants to help them do things.
However, these managers do not do the work personally. Most of them go down layer by layer, outsourcing again and again.
Everyone knows that if they encounter any public security problems in Gotham, they can go to Gordon. On the other hand, without Gordon, there is no one else who can solve the public security problems.
As soon as Gordon stepped down, the first to get anxious were the managers. With pressure from above and no one to help, all the problems, big and small, were on their hands. Less than a day after Gordon left, they were so anxious that their mouths were full of blisters.
Although these people are the running dogs of the upper class, they are also the largest middle class. They themselves could not have anticipated how powerful their class would be when they united.
Everyone cursed Havisham in their hearts. You said Gordon was doing a good job, but you forced him to run away. Who would do all the work you have on your hands? Without Gordon to coordinate with the police, would you have to visit every household yourself?
After all, there are only a few fanatical spiritual converts. Most people want to get more money and do less work. You, Harvey, have caused us to increase our workload several times. It depends on whether I do something or not.
In order to get Gordon back quickly, they used all kinds of means to make Haviez shut up. This group of people had no other skills, but they kept coming up with all kinds of dirty tricks to put the blame on others. They could dig up the stories of Haviez bullying his classmates at school when he was a few years old, and they shouted them so loudly that even the few-year-old kids on the street knew about it.
Due to the existence of the jury system, public opinion before the trial is very important. The party with a worse public opinion environment will bear a lot of pressure.
Regardless of whether the scandal is related to the case, since it can prove that you are such a bad person, it can also indirectly prove that you are more likely to frame others. If the jury is not on your side, even if there is extremely favorable substantive evidence, you may not get a good trial result.
So Gordon's trick is actually: the best way to let your boss know how important you are is to take a day off. When he finds that he can't handle it, he will naturally know how indispensable you are.
Secondly, Gordon's resignation means that the other party cannot accuse him of dereliction of duty. Although he was still the director when he took action, since he really resigned later, it can be said that he was just following the procedures at that time. This is a classic move.
Finally, this can also fully arouse the sympathy of the lower class people. After all, Gordon has just improved the lives of ordinary people through GTO. Even if he makes a huge mistake now, he will at least be exempt from criticism for half a year.
What's more, he did it very cleanly. Havitser couldn't produce any particularly favorable evidence. Instead, the dashcams of some cars driving on the Gotham Bridge captured the scene of Gordon jumping off the bridge to save people. Public opinion was even more one-sided.
Moreover, after Gordon resigned, he was no longer bound by police duties, so he could do more.
As far as Schiller knew, Gordon should be organizing people in the downtown area to establish a self-defense force. He had high prestige and strong ability, and most importantly, he was experienced and efficient.
He built the most central neighborhoods in the downtown area like an iron barrel. The elites sent people to attack and conquer them, and they were very angry.
This was of course what Schiller wanted. Someone had to calm the panicked civilians and prevent them from kneeling down again just after they stood up. Schiller had prepared all the subsequent support and nutrients, but the initial confidence needed to be built up by themselves, and no one could help.
Schiller originally wanted to use Fiona's father's prestige to help her rise up, secretly support her and make her the new leader. But since Gordon is willing to retreat at the height of his career and give up his position to save his own, this tough and experienced director is the best choice.
Next, it depends on how the Penguin performs.