"Hmm? What do you mean?"

"Most people think that the current work model is a waste of human resources and can be adjusted appropriately. However, a few people think that the work in our units is already easy and stable, and if the working hours are shortened further, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction among others."

When people heard Zhu Shiliang's words, they were somewhat worried. They had indeed heard a lot of dissenting voices over the past year or two.

After all, with such a high unemployment rate outside, many people either stay at home or work as laborers. Those who are as carefree as them are truly a minority.

"So how was it finally resolved?" Yu Shui asked anxiously.

"Working hours will be changed from 9 to 5 to 10 to 3. Because working hours will be almost halved, salary and benefits will also be halved."

As soon as Zhu Shiliang finished speaking, several colleagues who were under a lot of pressure stood up.

Zhu Shiliang sighed after seeing this and said, "There's no other way. The higher-ups have already issued documents. If we don't do this, it might cause some conflicts, you know what I mean."

Moreover, you must understand that in the future, money won't be the only thing that matters. To put it bluntly, having land and grain is the key to success.

Instead of worrying about the wages that have been deducted, you should think about how to stock up on food. In this day and age, even if your wages weren't deducted, you could still buy food and vegetables with the money.

"With that time, I'd be better off learning from Shen Yanming and trading some things, making a profit from the difference—that's better than earning a fixed salary."

Shen Yanming was once again speechless; being mentioned like that wasn't exactly a pleasant experience.

Seeing that everyone seemed to be deep in thought, Zhu Shiliang continued, "There's one more thing. Because Qinghe Alliance needs to supply electricity on time, everyone's work will have to be concentrated between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the future."

In other words, you must improve your work efficiency and compress a whole day's work into less than three hours. I believe this is something no one can do.

Everyone nodded, indicating that there was no problem.

"We had a meeting all morning, and that's all we talked about. Anyway, things aren't going to be easy from now on, so we're all mentally prepared."

Starting next week, Haishi will be receiving nearly 20 million relocated residents from Beiha City. Our unit will be assisting with registration and arrangements. Everyone should prepare for the cold weather.

Barring unforeseen circumstances, all employees will return to work next week; no leave is permitted.

After Zhu Shiliang finished speaking, he sent the contents of today's meeting to the company group so that those colleagues who did not come to work could also know about it.

Then the list was taken out and grouped, and arrangements were made for each person.

Bi Qiaoan was once again taken care of and was assigned to a group with mostly male colleagues, which meant that Bi Qiaoan would no longer have to do physical labor.

Zhu Shiliang sent the group list to the colleagues who couldn't come. After reviewing it, they all said there were no problems, and so the task was settled.

Soon it was time to leave work, and Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan had just driven to the entrance of Qingyu Residential Area when they were stopped by the security guard on duty.

"Mr. Shen, many people have come to ask about dried fruit today. Are you serious about exchanging it for grain?"

The person who asked Shen Yanming was a security guard he didn't know very well; he only found out about it last night from his colleagues.

But who would have thought that when I came to be on duty early this morning, some residents came over to ask me about it? I don't know how they found out about this, they're so well-informed!

Shen Yanming was quite surprised to hear this. He nodded and said, "That's true, but how did they know? I just brought the dried fruit back yesterday, and someone already knows about it today?"

The security guard scratched his head and said, "They said they saw a truck enter the community last night and unload a lot of things from it, so they were curious and asked around, and that's how they found out."

See, this is the result of not hiding it from people, especially during such a sensitive period, when your every move may be being observed.

When the security guard saw that Shen Yanming admitted it, he went back to the security room and gave Shen Yanming the list he had compiled.

Shen Yanming glanced at it; the names were listed first, followed by contact information and the quantity of dried fruit they wanted to redeem. It seemed everyone wanted quite a lot.

Shen Yanming handed the list back to the security guard and asked, "Can I entrust you to help me exchange it?"

The young security guard stared wide-eyed, somewhat confused. Shen Yanming didn't say much, but smiled and asked, "Could you tell me your security captain's contact information?"

"Sure, sure!" The security guard took out his phone, found the captain's contact information, and read the number to Shen Yanming.

Shen Yanming took out his phone's storage and discovered that it was Chen Shunwei's phone number.

"Chen Shunwei has become the team leader?" Shen Yanming asked.

"Oh? Yes! The former team leader resigned to become a labor worker, and Chen Shunwei was promoted to security team leader. It happened not long ago, just about half a month ago."

The young security guard was a bit confused, and only realized what he meant after he finished speaking. "Oh right, you and our captain are quite familiar with each other. I often hear him mention you. Otherwise, I wouldn't have recognized your car."

"Then I'll call him and tell him."

"Okay, I'll head back now," the security guard nodded and said.

Shen Yanming got back into his car and called Chen Shunwei. After telling him what had happened, he learned that it was Chen Shunwei who had leaked the information about exchanging dried fruit to the homeowners.

“Mr. Shen, I was thinking that since you didn’t hide the fact that you were talking to Wang about selling dried fruit last night, then this matter should be able to be revealed to outsiders. I hope that what I’m doing hasn’t caused you any trouble.”

"No, no, I should thank you. It doesn't matter who I sell this batch of dried fruit to, you helped me sell so much, saving me a lot of effort."

"There's something I need to trouble your security team with. Since Qiao An and I have to go to work, could you please help me exchange dried fruit for the residents of the community? I can give you a commission," Shen Yanming said.

"No commission is required. These are all small things that require little effort. Tomorrow is my shift, and I will deliver goods to the residents' homes."

Shen Yanming chuckled, "The security team isn't just you. Others have helped, so they should be rewarded in some way. Although I can't distribute food to everyone, I can still leave some dried fruit for everyone to share at the end."

Chen Shunwei thought for a moment and said, "Can we be middlemen? That is, we can get the goods from you and then resell them. If we can sell some, we can have some extra income."

“Of course, if you do a good job, I can give you my friend’s contact information, and you can get the goods directly from him,” Shen Yanming said.

"Alright, let's give it a try first. Don't mention giving us a commission or anything. If this approach works, everyone will thank you."

"Ha, no need to be polite, it's all mutually beneficial."