Hearing Chen Yu say this, Liu Long and the others breathed a sigh of relief. After all, they all came from humble backgrounds and hadn't yet adapted to being in management positions. They were still somewhat resistant to the idea of ​​oppressing their working-class brothers.

In reality, in this world, those at the bottom often become even more ruthless in oppressing others after gaining power.

However, this is ultimately a gradual process. Liu Long and his colleagues have just risen from the bottom to the management level, and they haven't adapted to this process yet.

After all, they are all honest people who rose to management positions by chance, not by using underhanded tactics. Therefore, at least in the short term, they still have sympathy for the lower-level workers.

Next, Chen Yu formulated a detailed plan for the group.

First of all, as the new company commanders, they must establish their authority. Aren't those former company commanders dissatisfied?

Then just demote them to the lowest level and completely extinguish their hopes.

And there's no need to worry about those people having connections or anything like that. If they did, these unfortunate spots wouldn't have fallen to them in the first place.

At the Fire Seed Base, a company commander like a transport squad is nothing more than a slightly larger ant. The higher-ups don't care about their lives at all, let alone a demoted company commander.

Liu Long and his group were different. Although they had just been promoted to squad leaders and had become slightly larger ants, they were specially appointed by the base leader and were set up to inspire the other lower-ranking members.

Under such circumstances, not only the battalion commander, but even the people in the human resources department dare not touch them at will. As long as they do not do anything that harms the interests of the base's senior management, no one will care what they do.

Secondly, to express their gratitude for the base's nurturing, Liu Long and his colleagues will work even harder than before after taking office.

They significantly increased the workload of the transport teams. Previously, a transport team's task was to transport two truckloads of supplies within a 50-kilometer round trip. Now, they were given an additional truckload, and each team had to transport three truckloads of supplies. Otherwise, the day's transport task would not be counted, and no food would be distributed.

Once everyone has gotten used to the amount of supplies in three truckloads, we'll add another truckload for a stress test.

In short, don't give those low-level transport teams any breathing room.

As Liu Long and the others listened to Chen Yu's plan, they couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.

Although they understood that this was a deliberate attempt to incite discontent among the lower-level team members, the high intensity of the task still made them somewhat worried about the team members' ability to cope.

"Mr. Chen, isn't this a bit too harsh?" Liu Long asked hesitantly. "After all, they are human beings. I'm afraid their bodies won't be able to handle such a high-intensity mission."

Chen Yu gently patted Liu Long's shoulder, his eyes revealing a profound determination: "Liu Long, I understand your concerns. But you must remember, our initial goal is to liberate them and awaken them on their own. If we don't push them to the brink, when will they develop the will to resist? A year, or two?"

Chen Yu shook his head with a wry smile. He knew that in his previous life, during the three years he spent in the Fire Seed Base, the people under him never once launched a violent rebellion.

Although the managers of the Fire Seed Base were full of bad intentions, they were very sensible in their actions.

Although the lower-level workers are not treated like human beings, they are not given excessive tasks. Although the daily porridge is not enough to fill them up, they are not allowed to starve to death.

It always gives everyone the illusion that "we can still survive," and from time to time, it promotes a few outstanding lower-level employees, assigns them slightly better jobs, or gives them some meager rewards, making others feel that as long as they work hard, they may be able to change their fate.

Take, for example, the promotion of Liu Long and his colleagues to squadron leader.

In fact, in the eyes of the higher-ups at the Fire Seed Base, whether it was the lowly rank-and-file laborers, or the squad leaders, company commanders, or even the battalion commanders and other lower-level managers, they were all insignificant commoners.

It doesn't matter who holds these basic management positions. Occasionally, a few people from the bottom can be picked to replace the former. This doesn't cause any loss to them, and they don't even have to pay any extra. It also allows other low-level workers to work hard without worry. Why not do it?

Moreover, the Fire Seed Base has always paid attention to public opinion at the grassroots level. First of all, they set a very high standard for the base, claiming that the Fire Seed Base's mission is to protect the human spark and continue human civilization.

Under such a noble mission, although the lives of ordinary people are difficult, they always hold a glimmer of hope in their hearts, believing that their suffering is for the future of mankind and that they are contributing to a great cause.

The base's leadership cleverly exploited this, maintaining a delicate balance through occasional "favors" and "promotions," ensuring that the lower classes neither fell into utter despair nor truly united in rebellion.

After all, if one can survive and see a glimmer of hope, few will choose to risk their lives to rebel against the existing system. People tend to silently endure within their tolerance limits rather than challenge seemingly unshakeable power structures.

Although occasionally a small group of people complain or even harbor "malicious thoughts," before they can take any action, the people around them will take the initiative to drag them out, criticize them, or even beat them to death without the base management personnel having to intervene.

In such an environment, the people at the bottom of society are tightly bound by an invisible force. They dare not resist, nor do they know how to resist. Most of them have had their edges worn down by long-term oppression and exploitation, and have lost their will to fight.

However, Chen Yu saw another side to all of this. He knew that this seemingly stable balance was actually built on a fragile psychological mechanism. Once this mechanism was broken, the people at the bottom of society could unleash astonishing power and overthrow the existing system.

It was for this purpose that Chen Yu assigned Liu Long and the others this high-intensity task of oppressing the cattle and horses at the bottom of the base.

Although Liu Long and his group are currently just the captains of many transport squadrons among the many types of cattle and horses at the Fire Seed Base.

However, each of them also manages 10 transport teams, with 8 people in each team, so 10 teams would be 80 people, and the five of them manage a total of 400 people.

Although 400 people is insignificant in the Fireseed Base, a single spark can start a prairie fire. Under their intense pressure, if these people desperately try to keep up with the Fireseed Base, then other management and even lower-level staff will take notice and, driven by their own competitive spirit, spontaneously force their subordinates to join in. The lower levels of the entire Fireseed Base will then face even greater difficulties.

The goal is to disrupt their current balance and awaken a segment of the lower classes first.

Of course, Chen Yu's plan doesn't stop there. Awakening some of the lower classes is just the first step. He is also planning the next steps.