Death Game: Starting as a fraudster, pretending to be a god.

Chapter 532: Sheng Lankui's Ambition and Blueprint

After arriving in the study, Sheng Lankui carefully locked the door and drew the curtains. After repeatedly checking to make sure that no one was around, he looked at Lin Yu and spoke.

"How did you know?"

Lin Yu had just heard someone ask the same question and statement.

So, his answer remains the same.

"Could it be that my connections in the outer city are any worse than those of you princes and nobles?"

Sheng Lankui nodded thoughtfully: "It seems that my disguise is still not perfect..."

"I thought no one would have imagined that a prince or noble would secretly run out and take the risk to personally accept a commission."

Lin Yu was a little surprised when he heard Sheng Lankui's words: "Don't the Shenglan family know what you are doing outside?"

"I don't know," Sheng Lankui said proudly, "They just thought I went to the outer city to have fun... Although that's true, they probably don't know that my way of having fun is to take on commissions."

Then, he began to boast again, "This is what makes me better than Saint Lanlai and even most of the princes and nobles—I'm not some greenhouse flower. I've actually taken on those commissions and worked hard in the outer city!"

"In the City That Never Sleeps, no noble understands the actual situation of this city better than me."

"Therefore, I am certainly more suitable to lead the Shenglan family than Shenglanlai..."

"Our Shenglan family is inherently different from the other four families. Every successive head of the Shenglan family has presided over Parliament, enacting laws and granting titles. The Chief Justice and the Speaker of the Parliament are all subject to review by our Shenglan family... Therefore, we need to understand the people of Never-Sleeping City better than those who are based in companies. After all, we need to enact laws that all residents of Never-Sleeping City can trust, and implement policies that are conducive to the development and stability of Never-Sleeping City."

Hearing Sheng Lankui say this proudly, Lin Yu looked at him and spoke unexpectedly.

"Really? Then, Your Excellency Saint Lankui, what do you think is the biggest problem facing the City That Never Sleeps right now?"

"Of course it's the gap between the rich and the poor, and the increasingly difficult paths to advancement," Sheng Lankui said without hesitation. "Outer city fringes, outer city, inner city... The citizen rating system was initially implemented with good intentions... but now it's been completely mismanaged."

"People in the outer city are getting poorer and people in the inner city are getting richer. It's almost impossible for people from the outer city to work for big companies or settle down in the inner city, so they can only take up dangerous jobs."

Lin Yu listened to Sheng Lankui counting on his fingers and talking so seriously, and for a moment his opinion of Sheng Lankui changed.

I didn't expect that this guy from a royal noble family could actually see and think of this level... It's really not easy.

For a moment, Lin Yu was planning to really support Sheng Lankui - after all, he was not really bound to Buye Tian Huo Le, and Sheng Lanlai was not familiar with him at all.

Anyway, it doesn’t matter to Lin Yu who comes to power in the Shenglan family, so why not choose someone who will really benefit the City That Never Sleeps?

Lin Yu looked at Sheng Lankui and asked again: "So where do you think the problem lies, and how do you plan to improve it?"

"The crux of the problem," Sheng Lankui pondered for a moment and said, "Of course, it's that those inferior people are not working hard enough!"

"Of course, we can't blame them entirely for not working hard. Ultimately, we have to blame the other four and three major companies for enacting the 'Never-Sleeping City Production Human Rights Act', which prohibits those at the bottom from working excessive overtime. Now they can only work a maximum of 60 hours a week, which is simply outrageous!"

"Of course, I will not repeal this bill outright, but I will relax the restrictions - first, the working hours of the lower third class will be relaxed to 90 hours a week, the middle third class will be relaxed to 75 hours... and the upper third class will remain at 60 hours."

"This kills two birds with one stone: it renders this evil bill ineffective while at the same time reinvigorating the corrupted citizen hierarchy system."

At this point, Sheng Lankui became even more proud: "Besides, I heard about the 'social welfare' system from you 'Visitors from Another World' - it's really a good thing, I will also follow suit when the time comes!"

"As the head of the Shenglan family, I can have the parliament distribute large subsidies to every resident. This will increase everyone's assets and willingness to spend. The City That Never Sleeps will surely thrive and prosper!"

Lin Yu looked at Sheng Lankui: "Where does the subsidy money come from?"

"Just print it! I'm talking about printing money, but are the three major companies going to give me face?" Sheng Lankui slapped his thigh and said, "You can even directly issue asset points - even the printing costs will be saved!"

Sheng Lankui continued, still unsatisfied, "Furthermore, I've noticed that the crime rate in the Outer City is actually very high, with serious crimes and deaths climbing year after year... Even though the inner city residents and nobles are supporting the gangs, it's undeniable that these low-level people are always harming each other. Some gangs and societies don't even have nobles behind them, yet they still organize themselves spontaneously... This fully demonstrates their inherent belligerence... I suspect those people may have lived in the Outer City for too long and picked up the habits of the people of the Great Wilderness."

"Therefore, we must station more security personnel in the outer cities, increase the number of 'security stations', and let the outer city people rule the outer city people - select a large number of outer city people to participate in security management as non-staff members."

"Of course, the supporting laws also need to be improved... I think we could try out more severe public security penalties in the outer cities and give security officers greater powers, allowing them to carry weapons freely and detain and investigate suspicious individuals before releasing them. We might also try policies like 'curfews' and 'alcohol bans'."

Hearing Sheng Lankui's enthusiastic words, Lin Yu fell silent.

He felt ashamed of having had even a slight fantasy about Sheng Lankui.

"I shouldn't have had any illusions about these princes and nobles."

If the three policies that Sheng Lankui implemented after taking office were truly implemented, the lives of the lower-class residents in the City That Never Sleeps would become even more difficult.

However, this also indirectly reflects that Saint Lankui may have extraordinary abilities in aristocratic matters such as political struggles.

Otherwise, how did such a person become one of the two most popular heirs?

You can't just rely on "sufficient understanding" of the grassroots people, right?

But anyway...

Lin Yu still hopes that Sheng Lanlai can defeat Sheng Lankui in the competition within the family - this guy must not become the leader of the Shenglan family.

Of course, Lin Yu also became more cautious this time.

"I'll go back and ask Buyetian Huole what kind of person Saint Lanlai is..."

Judging from the current samples, none of the princes and nobles are normal.

So, even though Sheng Lankui is already talking nonsense...

But maybe that Saint Lanlai is actually an even bigger heavyweight!