Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Technology Failure
No power or dead?
He Junxia pressed the power button and waited for a while until there was no response before taking out the power bank from her pocket. The power bank had been charging the phone and there was still 21% power left, so it couldn't be that the phone was out of power.
So it's a crash?
According to the setting of the Space-Time Administration, this mobile phone was purchased two years ago for 2,500 yuan. It was the first mobile phone "he" bought for himself after receiving his salary.
He Junxia frowned. Logically speaking, a mid-range phone from a well-known brand that had only been used for two years shouldn't suddenly freeze.
However, no one can predict the lifespan of a smart phone. It is possible that this phone is a hidden defective product.
He Junxia didn't think too much about it. He put his phone and power bank in his pockets and concentrated on enjoying the delicious food brought by the waiter.
There seemed to be a lot of chicken in the casserole. He Junxia picked it up and turned it over. Sure enough, the chicken on the surface was peeled off to reveal a pile of enoki mushrooms, bean curd sheets, vermicelli and potatoes underneath.
Of course, compared to the prices in City B and other restaurants, the small portion of chicken pot that only looks good on the surface is already very cost-effective, and He Junxia has no complaints.
He stood up and served himself a bowl of free rice, scooped the sauce from the casserole and sprinkled it evenly on the rice, using the spoon to disrupt the neatly arranged rice so that the sauce could be mixed more evenly.
This is his habit of eating chicken pot.
He Junxia scooped a spoonful of rice and picked up a piece of chicken covered in sauce, put them into her mouth and chewed them slowly. The taste of the chicken pot was unexpectedly good.
Tired and hungry, He Junxia added two more servings of rice before wiping his mouth contentedly and putting down his chopsticks. He took out his cell phone from his pocket and pressed the power button again. The off screen instantly lit up.
The crash just now was probably just an accident?
He Junxia, who had just purchased a batch of food, medicine and other daily necessities not long ago, had no plans to change his mobile phone. After finishing his late lunch, he opened the APP to continue taking orders.
He had a good income at the end of the day, earning a total of 127 after deducting insurance premiums, fines, etc., which he could withdraw to his bank card after the review is passed tomorrow.
As a reward for his hard work, He Junxia decided to treat himself to some milk tea as a midnight snack when passing by the gate of a university which was lined with snack stalls.
Grilled cold noodles, egg burgers, starch sausages, fruits, cold noodles, kimchi, braised pork rolls, preserved vegetable pancakes, barbecue, milk tea...
He Junxia was dazzled by the array of snacks.
He swallowed and quickly locked onto a braised pork roll stall with a long queue, but when it was almost his turn, something went wrong.
The girl who was supposed to leave with the braised pork rolls suddenly encountered a black screen on her phone when she was scanning the code to pay. Huang Lili kept pressing the power button on the phone, sweating profusely in anxiety.
Unfortunately, there was no movement on the phone.
She glanced at the people queuing behind her, then awkwardly stood beside the line with the braised pork roll in her hand, continuing to struggle with her frozen phone.
He Junxia thought of his phone screen that suddenly went black in the afternoon. Fortunately, his phone was more considerate and only crashed after he paid. Otherwise, he would have to stand in the corner in embarrassment like the girls.
He kindly said, "How much is yours? I'll pay for it for you."
Huang Lili looked up gratefully and was stunned when she saw He Junxia's takeaway clothes, but she quickly replied: "Thank you, thank you. My eight yuan, handsome boy, please leave me your WeChat number and I will return it to you when my phone is turned on."
He Junxia agreed.
Every penny he spends now is hard-earned money. Since the other party has taken the initiative to ask for it, he will not pretend to be a rich man and refuse.
You know, to earn eight dollars, you have to deliver food twice.
He Junxia took out her phone and scanned the code. She said to the owner of the braised pork roll stall, "Give me a ham braised pork roll, extra spicy. I'll pay for it with her."
"16 yuan has been credited to my WeChat account."
Huang Lili visibly breathed a sigh of relief as the announcement came in. She fumbled for a tissue, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and asked, "Handsome guy, what's your WeChat ID?"
He Junxia opened his mouth and was about to say a familiar string of numbers when his mind suddenly realized that he was no longer the doctor He Junxia. He was now an intern at the Space-Time Administration, the kind who would have to say goodbye to going home if he failed once.
Damn medical trouble!
He Junxia cursed the psychopath viciously in her heart again, but her mood suddenly became depressed.
"Young man, your braised pork rolls are ready."
The boss's voice interrupted He Junxia's memories. He suddenly looked up, took the packaged braised pork rolls, opened his phone and told the girl a string of unfamiliar numbers.
Huang Lili nodded, repeated it several times, and then told He Junxia her WeChat ID and asked him to send her a friend request.
Otherwise, if you forget the other party’s WeChat ID, it will be difficult to repay the money.
After watching the other party send a friend request, Huang Lili thanked him again and left in a hurry. She even took a bite of the fragrant braised pork roll in her hand. She had a strong desire to return the money.
He Junxia didn't take this little matter to heart.
He ate the braised pork rolls, feeling the complex texture of the flexible dough, the crispy cucumber and potato shreds, the soft braised meat and the spicy sauce being crushed and chewed by his teeth in his mouth, while wandering aimlessly in the snack street.
What exactly is a disaster?
Nuclear radiation, war, sudden outbreak of mutant virus, volcanic eruption, meteorite falling from the sky, zombie mutation
It has been five days since I came to this world, and I have stockpiled a lot of food, drinking water, medicine, etc. in the rental house.
But so far he has not seen any signs of disaster, and everything is peaceful online and offline, with the hot searches being all about trivial matters in the entertainment industry.
He Junxia was a little anxious.
He is now like a college student who stays up late to study for his final exams. He wants the exam to come earlier so he can finish early, but he also wants the exam to come later so he can memorize more key points.
It's so tiring.
Worried, He Junxia bought another pickled mustard greens cake to have for breakfast tomorrow.
His decision proved to be a big mistake.
The pickled mustard greens pancake, which had been refrigerated overnight, was extremely hard, putting a great burden on his teeth, cheeks, and fragile throat, so that He Junxia had to take a bite of the pancake and two sips of water.
Even so, he almost choked to death on the hard biscuit.
After swallowing the last bite of pickled mustard greens cake, He Junxia rubbed his sore cheeks and gulped down water. Soon, the 550ml bottle of mineral water was empty.
He Junxia stuffed the empty bottle back into the takeout box at the back of the car, which also contained several bottles of the same mineral water. However, this mineral water wasn't new water; he had finished it and filled it with bottled water himself, using the mineral water bottle as his regular water bottle.
Time passes day by day in busyness.
On the ninth day, after the two-hour lunch rush, He Junxia found a relatively clean restaurant and sat down.
The boss from the kitchen poked his head out: "What would you like to eat?"
He Junxia looked up at the menu and said, "A bowl of egg and shredded pork rice."
Boss: “Okay.”
A few minutes later, the boss came out with a regretful look on his face: "Sorry, the gas in the store is out, so we can't cook now."
He Junxia: ...
Perhaps because he was too surprised by his expression, the boss said embarrassedly, "I don't know what's going on. There's still plenty of gas on the watch, but I just can't light the fire."
Okay, what else can I do? Let’s go to the next one.
I don’t know if He Junxia was particularly unlucky today. He went to several stores in a row, and the response he got was that they were sorry, the water, electricity, and gas were cut off, and they were unable to open for business.
He Junxia was shocked and puzzled.
In which good city, the water, electricity and gas were suddenly cut off at 2 pm? Also, you guys didn’t use semi-finished meal kits?
Oh, I almost forgot, the cooking bag also needs to be heated.
He Junxia reluctantly opened the map on her phone to look for the nearest chain convenience store. Most of the current chain convenience stores also sell snacks such as fried chicken, oden, and grilled sausages on the side, and they are already ready-made products.
“Ding Dong”, “Ding Dong”, “Ding Dong”…
The moment he pressed the power button, various messages popped up one after another and occupied the notification bar.
He Junxia paused, City B was actually on the hot search.
It wasn't the local trending search with few followers, but the overall trending search list. Although it was currently ranked relatively low, he could see the popularity and ranking of the entry rise rapidly every time he refreshed the page.
#People in City B but starved to death#, #Has City B gone crazy? #, #Water, electricity, and gas outages in City B#
Three hot search terms related to City B appear very abrupt when squeezed between entertainment news and national policies, and the highest-ranked one, #People in City B but starved to death#, has entered the top ten of the hot search list.
He Junxia clicked on it out of curiosity, and it was full of emojis of people from City B with black faces and question marks, complaining about City B suddenly going crazy.
Some people just used the toilet and had no water to flush, so there was a line of people waiting outside; some people's mobile phones only had 3% battery left; some people had to go to the 18th floor to deliver documents to the company; and some people had waited in line for hours at an internet celebrity restaurant but it was forced to close, so they had to leave the restaurant hungry, and they couldn't even eat instant noodles because there was no hot water.
All of these can be summed up in one sentence: City B, you are guilty of heinous crimes!
City B: ???
City B: QWQ
City B said that he felt really wronged.
As a megacity with a population of nearly 10 million, unless an emergency occurs (such as water pipes and cables being dug up) and temporary repairs are necessary, written notices will be issued in advance for routine maintenance, stating when water and electricity will be cut off and when water and electricity will be restored.
Who would suddenly order the city's water, electricity and gas to be cut off for no reason? Is it because their butt is too hot?
The staff in the water, electricity and gas related departments were also muttering and speculating in their hearts. They didn't see the people above send out any notice. Why didn't they notify them in advance about such a big thing?
If no reasonable explanation can be given, given the embarrassing situation that has now been brought to the attention of the entire nation, it is absolutely a serious dereliction of duty - water, electricity and gas are of vital importance to people's livelihood, and are related to all aspects of people's lives. They cannot be stopped or unstopped at will.
What's more, City B is the provincial capital and the face of the province. If such a big thing happens, the higher-ups will definitely be held accountable, and various inspection reports will be necessary.
Who is so wicked?
Yes, no one thought about the possibility of machine failure.
After all, water, electricity and natural gas are managed by three different departments. If there is no order from above, it is impossible for the water, electricity and natural gas in the entire city to be cut off at the same time.
The heads of the three departments: ...
It’s so unfair, so unfair. They are really more wronged than Dou E.
Fifteen minutes after the news broke, City B issued a formal notice in white letters on a blue background, which could be summed up in one sentence: Sorry, a major three-party overhaul.
Angry netizen: Are you crazy or am I crazy?
The major overhauls of water, electricity, and gas must begin on the same day and at the same time. So, must the nine administrative districts of a large city like B work together?
Then why divide City B into nine districts? Why not just merge them and manage them under a unified management? It would save time and effort.
Besides, even if maintenance is needed, why not notify in advance? Why do they have to wait until it becomes a hot topic to explain it? Don’t they know that cutting off water, electricity and gas at the same time will cause a lot of trouble?
Angry netizens in City B were making sarcastic comments in the hot search terms, so that the popularity of the terms not only did not decrease, but also grew rapidly in various "hell jokes", attracting laughter from netizens in other provinces and cities.
City B is truly disgraced.
Sixty minutes after the news broke, the water, electricity and gas that had disappeared in City B suddenly returned.
Upon learning the matter had been resolved, most netizens in City B stopped harping on the issue, and the popularity of several trending search terms quickly dropped. However, a small number of people persisted, angrily criticizing City B for treating the lives of ordinary people as a joke.
Don't blame them for thinking that.
Normally, power maintenance in a small area takes several hours. City B made such a big fuss about the comprehensive maintenance, but it was completed in just 60 minutes. It is hard not to doubt their professionalism.
If you don’t want to do it, don’t do it. If you want to do it, do it well.
Every decision made by a megacity with a population of nearly 10 million affects the lives of tens of millions of people, and people's livelihood projects are not just playing house.
However, most people have already stopped protesting, and the remaining few cannot cause much trouble even if they are angry.
The public opinion staff in City B finally breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the hot search terms disappear from the rankings, but they were still full of resentment towards the three departments that caused this bizarre incident.
The three-day holiday is coming soon, and the Culture and Tourism Bureau of City B is ready to promote its own attractions.
They had already been assigned a large number of tasks by their superiors, requiring them to cooperate with the work of the Culture and Tourism Bureau. At the critical moment, this kind of trouble happened, affecting the reputation of City B and increasing their workload.
Water, Electricity and Gas Department: Mask of Pain.jpg
Let me say it again, the water, electricity and gas outages are not their fault!
God knows, as soon as they saw the trending search, they sent people to check the situation, and the result was that the machine malfunctioned.
Although it is not clear where the machine broke down, the all-round surveillance video can prove that no one has taken the initiative to shut off the water, electricity and gas in the entire city.
But the machines of the three companies suddenly failed at the same time, and then suddenly returned to normal at the same time. Who would believe that it was a coincidence? If there were no surveillance video to prove it, they would never be able to clear themselves even if they jumped into the Yellow River.
Those who can get ahead in the system are not fools. After the three departments discussed it, they suspected that foreign forces were causing the chaos, so they reported it directly to the security department and used the excuse of a major overhaul to appease the angry people.
The poor three departments were blamed for this.
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