Shadow Empire

Chapter 845 Differential Treatment and Reporting [666+18]
What does it feel like to have adrenaline flooding your body?
Carl felt the blood vessels behind his ears bulging. The sounds around him seemed to be coming from very far away. He could only hear his own heartbeat.

Holding a steel pipe in his hand, he rushed towards the person closest to him, his whole body filled with power.

His eyes turned slightly red due to the high blood pressure, and he swung the steel pipe in his hand and smashed it at the man's head.

"Fuck Fuck!"

He cursed, because apart from these simple words, there was no other vocabulary in the common language that could allow him to vent his emotions completely!
The man facing him had a face full of panic and astonishment. The severe pain froze his thinking ability for a moment, and then Carl swung the steel pipe and hit him again.

His hands holding the steel pipe were so painful from the shaking!

Blood flowed out from the hit head, but not much. After all, the steel pipe is not a square piece of wood and has no blade surface.

The bleeding was only due to the bruise, so the blood did not flow quickly.

But the person whose head he smashed started pushing and shoving, trying to fight back, and even wanted to call for help!
Carl doesn't care about all that, his only thought now is to knock these people down!

At the same time, the policemen who formed a human wall around and had not moved even when provoked suddenly moved.

The worker who led the strike breathed a sigh of relief, holding his head. He pointed at Carl and shouted, "That's the man, that's the man, he's the leader of this gang!"

As he gazed, the policemen rushed over and a smile appeared on his face, but the smile soon froze!
Because the policeman used a painful rubber baton to hit him hard on the head.

After being hit by the steel pipe twice, his head was once again whipped by a solid steel rod wrapped in rubber. His brain made a buzzing sound and his eyes began to stare blankly.

Two policemen pinned him to the ground and punched him hard on the head.

The iron claws on the soles of the leather shoes directly tore open the worker's scalp, and blood gushed out.

Two policemen took off the handcuffs and handcuffed the guy. One of them nudged Carl with his elbow, signaling him to stop daydreaming.

Carl came to his senses and immediately rushed towards the second one!
The rushing blood in his body made a thunderous sound. At this moment, he felt that he was terribly strong!
In an instant, the streets became completely chaotic. In this chaos, it was actually difficult for people to confirm whether those who were arrested were the perpetrators or the demonstrators.

The reporters didn't care who was arrested, they only cared about the big news.

And those onlookers fled screaming. Every time there is a riot, there are always some unlucky people who get really unlucky!

The striking people did not react when they were initially attacked, but are now gradually reacting. They are trying to fight against these "attackers", but the effect is not very good.

Because the attackers had steel pipes and wooden sticks in their hands, while they had nothing.

These things may not kill people, but they really hurt when they hit the body or the head!
And the most important point is, if you get injured, who will pay for the medical expenses?

In people's eyes, the arm of a striking demonstrator was broken and twisted at a strange angle while blocking the steel pipe.

This scene scared many people!
As workers, everything they have is based on their bodies, arms and hands!

If their arms were broken, they could become incapable of working.

What does it mean to lose the labor force in this terrible society?
It means that they will lose their current jobs and their stable monthly income, and their wives and children will leave them because they cannot support the family!

Eventually, they may not be able to pay the property tax or land tax, which may be only one or two dollars, and the bank may take away their house, sell it at a half-purchase, half-free price, and then drive them out onto the street.

They will lose the remaining money in their pockets, and then become homeless along with their fellow street dwellers, gradually disappearing from people’s memory!

The demonstrators began to disintegrate. Although there were still some people resisting, they were soon surrounded and beaten by the refugee groups.

After the beating, they were beaten by the police again, and after the beating, the police pinned them to the ground and handcuffed them!
The people who were marching and demonstrating behind had no idea what was happening in front. They could only see some people in front of them with blood all over their heads and faces, running away in panic.

Fear also made the people behind start to flee.

Most of the people standing at the back of the demonstration were there because of moral coercion by their fellow workers. They might not really be willing to participate in the strike, so when they found a way to avoid it, they fled in all directions as soon as possible.

The originally massive strike, accompanied by the continuous disintegration of the crowd, finally miraculously disappeared. The whole process lasted less than forty minutes.

Carl dropped the steel pipe with his heart pounding and dispersed with the crowd, but some refugees were also caught. This was all part of the script.

We can't just arrest people who are on strike or march, we have to capture some refugees and then get from them what the media, public opinion and society want to know.

A large number of injured were sent to the nearby police station with injuries, and some with serious injuries were sent to the hospital.

The news spread quickly.

Mayor Williams, who had been standing by the window, smiled and shook his head, then returned to his desk and continued to work. Some capitalists in the city also smiled with satisfaction and began to indulge in their lives.

As soon as Attorney General Terry learned the news, he asked the local prosecutor to find out whether there were any individuals or organizations trying to use this demonstration to achieve ulterior motives...

Tom also told the news to the senator as soon as possible. The senator was very calm and composed. This is not enough, it is just the beginning, but Lance made a good start.

Everyone has different opinions on this matter, and they are also looking forward to further developments.

Lance was actually at the scene, but in a place where no one could notice him. When he saw the crowds of demonstrators on the street being dispersed, he nodded with satisfaction, "Carl did a good job."

The others also nodded. They also saw Carl who was the first to rush forward. He was working very hard and everyone liked this kind of person.

Seeing that the strike was temporarily over, Lance picked up the phone and said, "It's time for the next step."

Soon, the editor-in-chief of "Today's Jingang" newspaper came to Lance's office in person.

In the past, George had exclusive resources with Lance, which made many people in the newspaper envious and jealous. Even the editor-in-chief thought that this kid was so damn lucky.

But as some things happened, he also realized that good luck does not always accompany everyone.

After George got into trouble, he took the initiative to call Lance, explained the situation, and then said that if Lance needed anything for the newspaper, he could contact him directly.

Although the editor-in-chief hasn't written an article himself for a long time, he is definitely a leader in this field.

When he saw Lance, the editor-in-chief had a flattering smile on his face. What happened today made him realize once again that whether this city is in chaos or not is entirely up to Lance!
"Mr. Lance."

"Please sit down!"

After both were seated, Lance said, "I hope you can arrange some coverage soon."

The editor-in-chief took out the notebook and pen he carried with him and asked, "What do you want us to report on?"

News Corporation stands on the side of Mayor Williams, which indirectly means it stands on the side of Lance, so the editor-in-chief has no burden at all.

Even if News Corporation knew what he was going to do, they would only cooperate with him fully and would not let him stop.

Moreover, Lance is a major shareholder of the TV station. No matter what, Lance’s request will not be rejected.

"The first thing is to interview those who were bleeding and injured in this conflict. I noticed that many people had broken their limbs. Interview them about their conditions."

"Then do a follow-up report to find out who pays for their medical expenses."

“And how the union and the AFL-CIO will arrange for them after they finish their treatment.”

Lanston paused, "I heard that the place where they work is planning to fire them."

"We should try to point the finger at the unions and the labor federation. They were responding to calls for demonstrations. The injuries they suffered were not work-related injuries, so the company does not need to be held responsible."

"Those refugees have no money, they can't afford it, only the labor federation and the unions have money and have the reason to pay and report it."

The editor-in-chief's eyes lit up. He knew Lance's purpose, which was to create conflicts between workers and trade unions, as well as the Labor Federation.

The cost of treatment in the federal government is not a small amount of money. Now it is wartime and the price of medicines has doubled. Just a broken bone may cost thousands of dollars in medical expenses.

If surgery is still required and it is complicated, the cost will probably be much higher!
There is a high probability that labor federations and trade unions will not pay this money, because once they pay it, it will become a "routine."

In the future, whenever anyone gets hurt in a demonstration or march initiated by them, they will have to pay for it, and they themselves cannot afford such expenses.

There will definitely be people who will join the activity and take the initiative to make trouble. There are too many such people.

"Also, report the damage to production and the disruption and inconvenience to society caused by their strike to satisfy their selfish desires."

“Interview those factory owners and ask them to talk about the situation they are facing now because of the workers’ strike.”

"They are about to be fired. Interview their families and report on the problems they are facing."

"You can pick some particularly tragic reports, even artificially edit them, but they must be tragic."

"Finally, report on the workers and factories that did not participate in the strike, so that people can see how much benefit a stable society brings to factories and workers, and form a contrast..."

(End of this chapter)