Chapter 222 Merger
After Han Dongling invited everyone to take their seats, Cheng Hui and Lu Lu took the initiative to pour water for everyone and bring out some snacks, making it like a tea party.
Because of the food and drinks, the other base commanders were once again shocked by Han Dongling's wealth and generosity, and their tense mood also relaxed.
Han Dongling's courteous treatment of them meant that she wasn't angry with them.
Indeed, Han Dongling already knew what had happened today, because she had given those survivors who were trying to take advantage of the situation a puppet potion when she was at the door. So she already knew that today's incident was caused by Feng Yuan and his group at Base 37.
Although they were disgusting, she had more important things to do right now and would deal with these jumping grasshoppers later.
"Chief Han, please speak."
"That's right. I believe everyone has seen the situation of our base as we've come this far. I won't hide it from you. Actually, if more members join our base, we can continue to expand the dormitory area, and the canteen can also feed more people."
Upon hearing Han Dongling's words, the other base leaders, being quite astute, immediately grasped her meaning. Their breathing slowed considerably. "You mean?"
"Yes, that's right. I sincerely invite you to bring your base members to join our Spark Base. The relevant systems will follow those of Spark Base, but the corresponding benefits will also follow those of our base."
It's actually similar to our previous barter system. Everyone can directly use points to redeem the supplies they want, which will speed up the process and also improve everyone's accommodations.
"But your base isn't that big. Can it hold so many people? We have quite a few people in our bases."
“We can expand outwards, and everyone’s base locations are also quite good, so we can directly set up sub-districts. Moreover, we have already started preparing to build roads, which will make it very convenient for people to travel between the sub-districts.”
"What? You're going to build roads too?" The commander of Base 35 stood up excitedly.
“That’s right. If you want to get rich, build roads first. We are also speeding up the production of materials here, so I hope you can consider it carefully. Moreover, you all have rich experience in base management. I hope that you seniors can also join the management of the base in the future.”
After Han Dongling finished speaking, the base leaders present all fell silent. Some lowered their heads to consider it seriously, while others discussed it in hushed tones in pairs.
To be honest, those present had served as base commanders for so long and had enjoyed the power they wielded. But now, in this apocalyptic world, the responsibilities of a base commander were even greater. If Han Dongling hadn't appeared, they didn't know how much longer they could have held on.
In addition, Han Dongling's character speaks for itself. Just today, I saw the infrastructure construction at the Xinghuo Base, as well as the members working and walking around inside. Their mental state was very different; they were full of energy and spirit, and you could tell at a glance that they were living a very hopeful life.
Although life in their bases had improved considerably thanks to the supplies Han Dongling had exchanged, the large number of people in each base and the significant wealth disparity among members meant that many still struggled to make ends meet.
In short, all the base commanders were very tempted, but they were also somewhat reluctant to give up the power that their current positions brought them.
Several people then began asking Han Dongling various questions about the merger, including the situation of supplies at the Xinghuo Base.
Han Dongling answered them all with ease.
Judging from the expressions of these people, Han Dongling knew that the chances of merging were quite high, but a decision couldn't be made immediately. Han Dongling decided to continue demonstrating her strength.
She glanced at the time and interrupted the discussion, "It's getting late. How about this, everyone, let's go to the cafeteria for a quick meal first, and then you can go back and think it over. Just give me your answer within three days. During these three days, you can choose to go back to your respective bases or stay at our base. We still have spare rooms here. What do you all think?"
Hearing Han Dongling's words, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that they didn't have to give an answer immediately. Although they already had some idea in their hearts, it would be better to wait a couple of days to give themselves enough time to prepare.
As for whether to go back to the base or stay at the Xinghuo base first, let's have a meal first and then decide.
So everyone readily agreed.
In fact, Han Dongling could have easily had someone bring the food over to eat in the conference hall, but she deliberately made them eat in the cafeteria so that they could better see the strength of their base.
I saw with my own eyes that their base wasn't deliberately squeezing out resources to cook for them, but that their canteen genuinely provided meals for so many members every day, and then I saw the quality of their base's food.
As Han Dongling had predicted, when they arrived at the canteen, the leaders of the bases were even more shocked than when they had seen the various buildings outside. After all, in the apocalypse, food is the most fundamental thing.
Not far from the cafeteria entrance, they smelled an incredibly enticing aroma—the same smell of cooking and food they often encountered at home or in the food courts of shopping malls before the apocalypse.
By this time, many members were already seated in the cafeteria, and several guests were casually observing the food in everyone's lunchboxes.
Xinghuo's plates are the kind of stainless steel plates with compartments, so that rice and vegetables can be kept separate.
Several people looked over and saw that everyone's dishes were similar: one meat dish and one vegetable dish (stir-fried meat and a green vegetable), or two meat dishes and two vegetable dishes (chicken and stir-fried meat), one vegetarian dish (tofu and a green vegetable), and then there was soup...
Even if they were the base commanders of a base holding tens of thousands of people, they hadn't had such good food in a long time. They were basically eating expired food, and it was good enough if they could fill their stomachs.
But now the members of the Spark Base are eating either one meat dish and one vegetable dish or two meat dishes and two vegetable dishes. They have rice, meat, vegetables and soup. The food is not bad even before the apocalypse, okay?
"These meats and vegetables?"
The base commander closest to Han Dongling swallowed hard several times before finally asking.
Han Dongling casually replied, "Some of them were stockpiled before, some were raised by ourselves, and some were grown."
"What? It's not that the land is polluted, making it impossible to grow plants, let alone raise animals, but that they've all mutated!"
In his shock, Wu Mingshan, the commander of Base No. 16, completely forgot to control his voice, which attracted the attention of everyone in the canteen.
Wu Mingshan lowered his voice a little, feeling embarrassed.
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