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When the staff reviewing the election candidates saw the name on the first page of the information submitted by Gotham, they almost threw out the information in their hands.

Gotham's old godfather plans to enter politics? ? ? ?

Of course, calm down, this is not impossible. Let’s put it this way, Falcone’s age is a bit old for a gang leader, but that’s because gangs are changing rapidly, and there is rarely one The gang leader has been able to hold on to this position for so many years, so Falcone is special.

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

At the very least, if he wants to be the mayor of Gotham City and then become a state legislator in 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 to enter Congress or even take a step forward.

But this time the mayoral election was originally designed to clean up Roy's gangster mayor-style speeches. It would be better now. If Falcone ran for the election, was elected, and became the mayor of Gotham City, then It's like catching a great white shark in order to let go of a loach.

The state government legislators believed that Falcone would not make such arrogant remarks as his godson did, but the problem is that this might as well be an arrogant statement!

A strong-mouthed king is annoying at best, but being number one in the national server is fatal!

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

How difficult it is to deal with the old godfather has been tested by countless people with their lives.

State legislators had to make frantic phone calls to Falcone's estate, and then, to their relief, the elder godfather appeared to be merely showing support for his godson and not really wanting to run.

The godfather's biological son, Falcone Jr., told them that his father was old and had now begun to retire and had no intention of entering politics.

This news undoubtedly relieved everyone. After all, Roy's mayoralty may be a small success, but if Falcone enters politics, it may be an unimagined path.

With this news, state legislators have to step up their scrutiny of Gotham mayoral candidates.

Then they discovered that finding someone among these candidates who could really be the mayor was almost as difficult as digging for gold in shit.

Anyone with a right mind knows that being the mayor of Gotham will not last long, so there is no need to say more about the composition of the people who will sign up.

Of the 23 candidate applications submitted in total, 19 were from well-known gangsters in Gotham. Of the remaining 4, 3 submitted by minors, the youngest of whom was 6 years old, and the last one was A cat kept at the Gold Cup bar in Gotham.

What's even more ridiculous is that among all the information, only this cat has completely filled in all the information. What can I say about most of the others? They can't write less than two bottles of vodka.

State legislators are really overwhelmed by trying to find a candidate who can be mayor among these materials.

First of all, even if they can pick them out, there is a question of whether the person can understand the rules of voting.

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

The most important thing is that if they elect one of them and the other gangster families who have a grudge against him feel that the election is rigged for personal gain, then their end will definitely be to shoot themselves eight times in the back.

Facts have proved that Gotham is a complete quagmire. Anyone who has anything to do with this city will not end up well. The state legislators are now completely in trouble.

If no one who can choose is willing to come, and no one who is willing to come can choose, what else can be done?

After much thought, state legislators realized they might as well keep Roy in office.

Think about it, Roy did not use more than 10 curse words in the entire speech, but those candidates used more than 100 curse words in their application reasons of just 300 words. If any of them becomes the mayor, I'm afraid all the members of Congress will have to die.

In desperation, the election turned into a formality again. Roy stopped the review, became a candidate again, announced the voting results, and was re-elected as mayor. The entire process took less than a week.

The impact this brings is huge.

These gangster city leaders are really frustrated. They have long been fed up with reporters and commentators who stand and talk without any pain. When it comes to criticizing people, these gangster leaders who have been in the city since childhood are not afraid. who.

It was not the coastal cities very close to Gotham that started the attack first, but Detroit.

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

Around 1960 to 1970, the oil crisis caused heavy losses to the automobile industry. Detroit, the automobile city, transformed from a prosperous industrial metropolis to a mess where people were displaced and gangs were rampant almost 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 going to perish. 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 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. path of.

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 bring 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 here is 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 it is going against the grain. At this time, there is still steady progress.

The mayor of Imperial City also has an unexplained relationship with the largest gangster here. After all, it is almost impossible for something like a casino not to be related to gangsters.

The day after Roy returned to office, he received a call from the mayor of Imperial City.

They had an exchange of views on the phone about the process of friendly exchanges between Gotham and Chicago. Both parties put forward their own views on the future development of their respective cities and initially reached an agreement.

The two mayors who care about the citizens jointly reflected on the painful history of the east coast port city and also looked forward to a prosperous future. Both parties expressed their wishes for a bright future of win-win cooperation.

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

After hearing the news, the Twelve Families expressed that everyone has a responsibility to develop Gotham, and they were willing to do their part during this inspection.

The potential of the gambling industry is unlimited, and it also has the foundation for the development of tourism. Once the complete black industry fails, gambling and tourism are the best directions for urban transformation.