Chapter 27

Back at the distribution station, Shan Zhuang was startled by a dark shadow in the corner.

He turned on the light: "Brother Sheng, why haven't you come home yet so late? And why haven't you turned on the light?"

After so long, Ge Sheng's hair had dried, but his body was still wet, and his whole body and eyes were as cold as ice.

He hid the resentment in his eyes and chuckled.

"It's just a client with a budget of 30 million, and you look so happy."

"Thirty million? Brother Sheng..."

Before Shan Zhuang finished explaining, technicians came in carrying equipment, and more than a dozen people rushed in, immediately making the exhibition hall lively.

Ge Sheng frowned.

When Shan Zhuang left, he saw clearly that there were only two technicians in the starship sent by the company.

Why are there so many people here all of a sudden?

He quickly understood and sneered again.

"Da Zhuang, you're incredible! You brought in so many people just to please a small client. What's going on? Are you afraid of losing your job, so you just divide up all the commissions?"

Ge Sheng made a quick estimate and continued with a cold smile: "The commission for 30 million is at most 30,000. I'm afraid it's not enough to share. Do you want me to lend you some out of my own pocket? It's okay, we have a good relationship. If I can lend you a few thousand, just ask. Otherwise, if this gets to your parents, I'm afraid they will have to stay up late to do farm work again..."

As he spoke, the entire exhibition hall fell silent.

Everyone's eyes were focused on his face, either confused or surprised.

Ge Sheng suddenly had a bad feeling and stopped talking involuntarily.

"What 30 million?" a technician turned to Shan Zhuang and asked.

Another technician also said, "Yeah, what 30 million? Shanzhuang, did you take any other small orders today?"

Other... small orders?

A huge question mark flashed through Ge Sheng's mind.

"Sure, Dazhuang. I just closed a billion-dollar order. Do you still have time to take on smaller orders?"

A technician who knew Shan Zhuang patted him on the back and said, "I knew you were capable. You keep pestering me with technical questions and you know more about the profession than I do!"

Hundreds...hundreds of billions?

Ge Sheng stood up involuntarily. The wet clothes stuck to his skin, making him shiver.

"What..."

He was interrupted.

The technician patted Shan Zhuang on the back again and said, "Alright, hurry up and get to work. We have to produce the drawings within a day. Da Zhuang, where are we going to sit?"

"...Oh." Shan Zhuang looked at Ge Sheng, whose cheek was twitching, and walked inside with the technician. "That's the workstation where our distribution station's technicians used to work. Coincidentally, I just cleaned it this morning. It's spotless."

"Everyone at your distribution station has been evacuated, and you're still cleaning up? Oh, what's the old saying, opportunity favors those who are prepared? Shan Zhuang, you deserve to earn tens of millions in commission!"

This again drew praise from the technicians.

A commission of one thousandth of a percentage point, tens of millions of commissions, and a billion-dollar order...

Ge Sheng felt dizzy and fell back into the cold chair.

The sound coming from the office next door was so loud that it made him see stars and break out in cold sweat.

Shan Zhuang arranged work stations for everyone, served tea and water, and ran out to buy food. When he finished all this, it was already early morning.

He finally remembered Ge Sheng.

"Brother Sheng! Why do you look so bad?! Oh no, Brother Sheng, you have a fever. Your clothes are all wet, why don't you change? I'll go get the treatment device!"

But Ge Sheng held him back.

Shan Zhuang felt the other person's nails almost digging into his arm, and asked hurriedly: "What's wrong, Brother Sheng?"

"A huge order worth hundreds of billions...who is it?" Ge Sheng was in a daze and only remembered this question.

"Who? Oh, Brother Sheng, are you asking which client it is? It's Miss Ji, the one you've seen before, the one with silver hair... Brother Sheng, Brother Sheng!"

Shan Zhuang hurriedly supported him, only to find that Ge Sheng had fainted.

He was stunned for a moment, remembering that he had fainted once in front of a client. He freed one hand to scratch his head, his face embarrassed.

Why is Brother Sheng just like me, getting dizzy when he's happy...

With the nutrient solution that relieved fatigue and boosted spirits, the all-nighters of the interstellar workers felt less miserable. After a day and night of overtime, the technical team finished the design drawings the following afternoon.

After a short rest for an hour, he urged Shan Zhuang to go to the 29th star zone to meet clients.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, a group of people boarded the company's dedicated starship.

There were not many people going this time, only three technicians, including Team Leader Lu, Shan Zhuang and Ge Sheng.

Team Leader Lu was in his forties and had developed a pair of sharp eyes. He only needed to take one look at Ge Sheng to know what he was up to. Yesterday, there were so many people around, and he was happy to watch the fun, so he didn't say anything.

But Ge Sheng also wants to go on the 29th.

Team Leader Lu looked him over and smiled, "Manager Ge really loves his work. He came along to meet with clients right after his fever subsided."

Ge Sheng said nothing.

Shan Zhuang smiled and said, "Brother Sheng is good at speaking and is proficient in products. He can communicate with customers much more smoothly than I can."

"Oh?" Team Leader Lu smiled inexplicably. "Then why did you, Manager Shan, take Miss Ji's order?"

"Uh, haha, good luck, good luck." Shan Zhuang scratched his head.

To be honest, he was also hesitant about taking Ge Sheng to No. 29. After all, Miss Ji had specifically told him yesterday that anyone could join this business, except Brother Sheng.

No matter how dumb he was, he could see that Brother Sheng had definitely offended Miss Ji. But Brother Sheng had begged him for half the night... and he just couldn't get away with it.

Having said that, Brother Sheng used to take good care of him.

The two of them were preoccupied with their own thoughts, while the technician closed his eyes to rest. The cabin fell silent. Ge Sheng suddenly turned his head when he saw the dimly lit survival barrier of Sector 29.

Two rows of starships appeared on the side and rear.

That's right, there are two columns, one on the left, with five planes, and one on the right, also with five planes, traveling side by side with their dedicated starships, and their destination is obviously also Star Sector 29.

"What's going on? There's pollution on the 29th?"

Ge Sheng was startled, and then he felt inexplicably happy.

What a coincidence! If it were any more coincidental, that woman surnamed Ji would have been swept into the contaminated area...

Upon hearing this, Team Leader Lu opened his eyes and looked around, then shook his head. "They're not military starships, but they all look very new."

As he finished speaking, Shan Zhuang finished reading the message on the computer, looked up and smiled, "They are indeed new. Miss Ji wants to buy a private starship, and I happen to know a classmate who works as a salesperson at Xingyao Cruise, so I contacted her."

"My classmate said he would personally bring a prototype over. I didn't expect to see him here. He's quite skilled. Wow, this guy is really good. He sent out ten at once?"

Shan Zhuang had just counted the number of starships on both sides.

Ge Sheng's expression, which had finally relaxed, became stiff again.

Just placed a 10 billion order, and now you’re buying a starship?

Then she said last time that the budget was only 1.5 million!

More than a dozen starships passed through the barrier and landed on the desolate land.

However, as soon as Shan Zhuang stepped out of the cabin, he heard a noisy voice. The sound came from the bottom of the ravine, and it was so clear from such a distance, you could imagine how loud the voices were.

"This is public land, owned by all citizens of Number 29. What gives you the right to occupy it?!"

"Yeah, what does it mean if no one lives there? If there's an empty room in my house, that room isn't mine? You can poop whenever you want and farm whenever you want?!"

"Put it down! Put down all your hoes!"

Shan Zhuang hurried over to take a look, and was surprised to see that the entire ravine was filled with people, crowded together at both ends, surrounding a small piece of farmland in the middle.

Li Kangwen and others were holding hoes on the cultivated land. There was an old wooden table next to the cultivated land, and Xiyue was sitting behind the table.

"Miss Ji, Miss Ji!"

Shan Zhuang saw that the situation was not right, and wanted to boost Xi Yue's morale, so he hurriedly called the technicians over.

"What happened? Did they gang up on you?"

Xiyue raised her head and glanced at him without answering.

She had decided last night to expand her recruitment efforts while the survival barrier was under construction. She immediately put her plan into action, having Li Kangwen and the others spread the word this morning.

We did attract people, but unexpectedly, we also attracted a group of thugs.

Xiyue couldn't figure it out. There were at least a few hundred people on the 29th, so where did all these hooligans come from? She opened the contaminated area and killed a wave, Yuan Xu killed another wave, and yet there was still another wave.

Zhu Yuanfu knew the local tyrants well and stammered to explain the identities of these people.

There are three gangs in the 29th star zone. Brother Sun in leather jacket is in charge of the northern zone. He has a very good relationship with the former security guards and is known as "Big Brother Leather" in the underworld.

Presumably, in the eyes of trash citizens, leather jackets can best show one's identity. The leaders of the two gangs in the South District are called Brother Erpi and Brother Sanpi respectively.

After Brother Sun died in the contaminated area, Brother Erpi naturally took over his position and led his men into the Northern District. Unfortunately, he was killed by Yuan Xu within two days. Brother Sanpi then took advantage of the situation and unified both the Northern and Southern Districts.

Maybe the other party didn't know the cause of Erpi's death yet. He just thought that as soon as he unified the martial arts world, someone spread the news everywhere, openly divided his territory, and swept his territory. Then Sanpi immediately came to kill him with his younger brothers.

The troops split into two groups and blocked Xiyue and the others at the "recruitment point".

It's not difficult to deal with Brother Sanpi and his men. Just a click of two remote controls is enough to wipe them out.

The difficulty lies in the fact that the other party is quite clever and accused Xiyue of occupying public land in front of many underground residents.

This charge is very clever. It not only discredits Xiyue, but also awakens the residents' sense of ownership, making them feel that their interests have been violated.

Even though they may not go to the other half of the South District all year round.

Seeing that everyone was attracted by Shan Zhuang's rough voice, Xi Yue stood up and walked slowly to Sanpi Ge.

The young man, who was about twenty years old, had a scar on the tip of his nose, which just separated his two nostrils. At first glance, he looked like a pig. The pig's nose twitched, and Sanpige smiled smugly.

Just when he was about to say something harsh, Xi Yue didn't even look at him and just walked past him.

Brother Sanpi was stunned to see Xiyue standing in front of the residents who were watching and condemning him, raising one arm and pointing to the ground.

"Do you know who they are? Technicians from Photosynthesis Technology."

"You've all heard of photosynthetic technology, right? All the survival barriers in the entire galaxy are produced by their company."

"Do you know why I called them here?"

"It's simple. I'm going to plant crops and build a survival barrier in Garbage Star Area 29, a place no one wants to look at, let alone come to. I want everyone to live with me, a life where they don't have to get up early and work late to find temporary jobs, or endure hunger and wait for the minimum living allowance!"

"You're saying I'm occupying public land? Excuse me, the jurisdiction of this star region lies with the central government. All land belongs to the central government, not yours. I'm occupying the central government's land to create stable, long-term jobs and a stable, long-term income for all of you. What's wrong with that?"

Xiyue's calm but firm gaze slowly swept over everyone.

Finally it fell on Sanpi Ge’s face.

"That's all I want to say. If anyone still thinks I've done something wrong, please raise your hand so I can see who's so short-sighted."