When we came out of Yuri Hotel, it was already afternoon. Martin also came out together, and the three of them headed southeast.
The negotiation with Martin went smoothly... too smoothly.
Martin almost treated Zach and Benjamin as his own company bosses and reported the results of his inspection in Barton. The whole communication process is a bit long, because it involves 'professional' issues in this special security industry, so I won't copy it in full. I will focus on the stages.
The density of aliens in Barton is not high. By the standards of western cities, Barton is not even ranked in the top 100. Therefore, based on Martin's professional market research, it is inferred that security intensity belongs to the lowest level, just like any industry. The lower the intensity of professional demand, the more profitable the market will be...
Don’t think it’s ridiculous, low-intensity professional demand means the lower the maintenance cost, the lower the risk, especially for industries like security services, which are either fine or fatal.
In other words, when the market prices of security services are the same, the security service transactions in the city of Barton can almost be regarded as a one-time transaction. Customers will inevitably pay for a complete set of security procedures, but there may not be a time when the security service actually triggers the effect of 'enjoying' it. Then, after the security company reaches the transaction contract, there will be no subsequent additional risk expenses and it will be pure profit.
In addition, Barton's alien composition, according to Martin, is that optimal level vampires account for the vast majority of the alien population. Of course, there is a reason why Martin cannot see the devil.
Not to mention the devil. Martin has an explanation for why Patton is the optimal level. Because, the more vampires there are in a city, the more stable the city will be.
When Zach first heard this statement, he thought it was Martin using his experience in western society to make a subjective judgment. But Zach was wrong. This is a universal fact.
Martin said, because vampires are the most human-like alien race of all alien races. This is true whether it's the West or not.
Of course, the West is the upper level of the social class controlled by vampires. Rather than saying that vampires have adapted to the human social structure, it is better to say that humans live in the social structure created by vampires. The West is certainly stable and has an 'excellent' security level.
And then even if it wasn't the West, this phenomenon was still replicated.
reason? Vampires are more powerful than other alien races. Vampires are the kind of aliens who are very willing to integrate into human life.
This is determined by the vampire inheritance method. Vampires must choose their descendants from humans. Other alien races do not have this rule. This directly causes other alien races to be unable to take advantage in a society with a large number of vampires, and the benefits must be in the hands of vampires and humans.
You can refer to the middle part when the Secret Alliance was still there. More than once, we have said that the chaos in the central region is a rebound after the departure of the Secret Alliance, right? Need to say more about what rebounded.
Putting these two aspects together, Barton is almost a golden mountain to the special security industry represented by Martin~
However, there is something about the Barton market that makes Martin uncertain, and that is that unlike the West, ordinary humans know too little about the threat from alien races.
If no one realizes that they are in danger, no one will be willing to pay for security services. This is not the first time this has been said.
Martin has been in Barton for such a long time, walking around the streets and experiencing the relationship between humans and aliens in Barton. Driven by the desire to obtain the market of Barton, we strive to explore the relationship between humans and aliens in Barton.
Martin did not hide anything, he did not have any 'good intentions', he was not a social observer, he was an employee of a security company, and all his actions had clear profit motives. He even tried to sow discord between humans and aliens in the early days of his arrival in Barton:
Martin said that after learning about the origin of the city, he wanted to do something in the West End, hoping to use the "leading" role of West End people to develop the Barton market.
The idea was correct, but it died midway because he saw the evil spirit in Bishop Manor and did not dare to step into the West End again. It is worth mentioning that Martin commented on Bishop's evil spirit, "In the West, it is impossible for alien souls to have such a sense of existence." Of course, this is purely the experience of Western society.
After the setback in the west, Martin changed his mind and began to explore Barton's security issues. This has the same origin as ordinary security services. Citizens will demand additional security only because society's law enforcers cannot meet their needs.
Then something happened that frustrated Martin again.
As a westerner who knows a lot about foreign races, he summarized all the social events that happened in Barton in the past two years. He was very sure that all major events that happened in Barton (reported in the news) were related to alien races, but actually every event turned into a simple human social event.
Hunters kill aliens, Ravenci kills Herman's son Connor (possessed by Ravenci), and becomes an illegal armed group in Barton.
Papa's dead apostle at midnight, the corpse in the abandoned station in Pai Siying, became an extreme cult member in the grave migration wave in Barton.
The Saints' Fight Club, the public destruction of society's minorities, in Barton is directly the remnant of Newton's anti-social elements.
Rimel'Valmina', the drug that flows into the central part of Barton, is just a simple Smith family fighting against competitors in Barton.
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One thing after another, we talked for a long time.
When Zach was listening to this, he recalled the 'good' times when James was still following him...
The point, what makes Martin helpless is that the traces of the alien race in these incidents have been completely wiped out, unless someone now goes to the ears of every Barton citizen and says, 'This is what the alien race did! 'No one feels that there is anything more than a 'human' element to these events.
Zach was proud.
Moreover, Martin's words were verified before. With more and more vampires in Barton, Barton's society has indeed become stable. The events described by Martin were only known to the citizens of Barton in the past six months, only the cargo ship collision in Port Massa. The 'big news' was caused by an alien siren other than Barton.
There are more and more incidents that the people of Barton have no way of knowing about, and they are all being dealt with in the dark. Events that make big news are becoming increasingly rare in Barton. For example, did Andrew massacre civilians at a carnival and make the news? Which Patton civilian knows about this? Huh, civilians do know that the police stations in the North and South Districts 'robbed' an Indian suicide case (Sibella)...
The best thing is the recent drug overdose incident in Seaside Park. Martin keenly felt that there must be a foreign race playing a role in this incident. However... the ones who suppressed the influence of this incident were Barton's law enforcers, the police.
In conclusion, Martin knew that he could not find a gap for his security company to break in from the shortcomings of the Barton police, because the Barton police would not give him this opportunity. A security company that offended the police? Martin wouldn't do anything stupid like this.
At the end of the day, Martin honestly confessed that he was ready to give up. This city made him...stomach ache, as if he was acclimatized.
So Zach and Benjamin gave Martin new hope, "There is a market for you in Barton, you just didn't find the right place. You were too deliberate in following the locals, and just like your accent, you ignored the southeast, which is yours." market."
"Southeast?"
"Let's go to the southeast, Aix Security Company."
"That money laundering company raised by the Falcon family?"
"Why do you have such an idea?" Zach was curious, "Saidil said this?"
"I don't have to listen to what Seidir, who I've only worked with once, has to say. I can see for myself. The vast majority of businesses on Lister Street are customers of Aix Security." This is what we know, but Martin has Talking about the details that we don’t know, “I have observed it carefully, so I wouldn’t call it a fake service but... I really can’t compliment it. Maybe the cleaners in this city have better security capabilities than the people at Aix Company.”
"Is the security service in Aix so bad?"
"Yes, it's so bad that it's unreasonable." Martin replied, "There's not a single day of security shift, and I haven't seen anyone maintaining the monitoring facilities..." Martin said a lot, "I can only understand that it's the law in your Barton." A shell company used by the Erken family to satisfy their private interests."
"Well, you misunderstood. Aix just has an awkward position in the Falcon family now." Zach said, "But this is not something you need to care about. Now you only need to know that Aix Security Now you are determined to provide the services they need for a group of humans who need special security services, and you are the manager of this service. Do you want Barton’s market?"
"I want."
"Then let's go~"
Now. The three of them headed to the southeast together.