Chapter 237:
The public's attitude towards the Listoan issue had become increasingly peculiar. Initially, through Listoan's internal propaganda, press releases, and appeasements, they successfully shifted the blame onto the city hall.
Especially when Neo, dressed in a worker's uniform, appeared before the workers and passionately fabricated a story about the corporation being persecuted and unable to complete its transformation, inevitably leading to bankruptcy, it garnered significant sympathy.
Workers even organized several protest marches during the strike, right outside the city hall. They chanted the mayor's name and juxtaposed his image with those of historical tyrants and dictators. At that time, the mayor was indeed in a passive position.
However, now things had changed. The mayor and the state government had decided to tear apart the facade regarding the Listoan issue.
Essentially, this was a poor display for both the mayor and the governor. It presented a very negative impression to the business community. If they were to become candidates for projects involving capital power in the future, the capitalists with the power to make choices might consider their current actions and thus deprive them of opportunities.
But they had no choice; Neo had pushed them to the edge of the cliff, and they had no way out.
Faced with the choice between a weak government and a strong one, they chose the latter.
This made Neo realize that when these rulers abandoned their scruples and rules to accomplish something, their destructiveness was not something a capitalist could resist.
The head of the Finance Department couldn't withstand the friendly care of the Federal Bureau of Investigation agents and, with some subtle hints from senior agents, started to make wild accusations, disrupting Neo's plans again. He had overestimated himself and underestimated others.