As the leaders left, the atmosphere in the square gradually relaxed, but the fund investors still had a somewhat complicated look in their eyes.
This "model member of the Spark Base" is not as perfect as imagined. The sacrifices and injustices hidden behind it are like a mirror, reflecting the shadows beneath the shiny surface of the Spark Base.
However, now is not the time for them to think about these things. Today's commendation ceremony took nearly 3 hours, and they still have tasks to complete.
After all, the three hours spent on the commendation ceremony are not included in the 14-hour workday of the fund investors.
In other words, they still have to work 14 hours today.
Time was running out, and the fund investors quickly got to work.
The scene was immediately cleared out, leaving only the body recovery team cleaning up the site.
At today's commendation ceremony, a total of 97 people froze to death in the square, most of whom were elderly, frail, or seriously ill Christian investors who could not survive the long hours in the bitter cold. The body recovery team members silently carried the bodies, their faces expressionless, seemingly accustomed to such scenes.
The base does not give much attention or compensation to these deceased people.
After all, resources are scarce at the Fire Seed Base, and every resource must be carefully calculated. These elderly, weak, sick, and disabled people have long been regarded as a burden on the base's development.
These elderly, weak, sick, and disabled people are unable to work on weekdays and spend their days lying in bed, barely surviving.
However, since they have relatives supporting them, the base can't say anything.
After all, it would be too inhumane to simply remove them.
Each forced assembly, however, is a good opportunity to get rid of these burdens. Therefore, the base's leadership often adopts a tacit attitude towards this natural selection process.
They knew that in such an extreme environment, the base's resources had to be used wisely, and those who were old, weak, sick, or disabled and unable to contribute to the base naturally became the ones to be eliminated.
The body collection team transported the remains to a designated processing area at the base, where rows of incinerators were set up specifically for handling the deceased.
Each incineration signifies the end of a life and another redistribution of the base's resources.
Furthermore, the base will not waste the energy from the burning of corpses in the incinerator; they will utilize it to supply the base's heating system, allowing the last warmth of life to continue contributing to the base's operation.
Next to the incinerator is a small monument inscribed with the names of all those who died at the base.
But as time went by, more and more names appeared on the monument, and the base's management gradually lost interest in it.
After all, in a world where survival is the primary goal, death seems to have become the norm, an unavoidable fate.
Most of the investors who lost loved ones only briefly mourned them before quickly returning to work.
After all, in this extremely cold apocalypse, countless people freeze and starve to death every day. Most of their family and friends have perished in this extreme cold apocalypse, and they have long been numb to such things.
The deceased are gone, but the living must continue to fight for survival. If they give up now, they will be the next to die.
On the contrary, some people even feel fortunate because most of them work hard every day and the food they receive is not even enough for themselves, let alone to support their relatives who cannot work. Now they feel much more at ease.
At this moment, Chen Yu was listening to the report from Liu Long and the others.
Because the Fire Seed Base operates under a system of separation of military and civilian administration, he did not attend today's commendation ceremony.
The specific details of the situation on site can only be found out from Liu Long and his group.
Liu Long and his group explained the situation to Chen Yu in detail, including Li Yi's appearance at the Fire Seed Base, the awards and stories of the "Fire Seed Model Fund Investors," and the reactions of the fund investors present.
When Chen Yu learned of the reactions of the fund investors to the story of Xue Tao, the number one "Spark Model Fund Investor," a faint smile appeared on his lips.
Xue Tao was someone he deliberately arranged; he nominated her and made her the first choice.
Originally, the human resources department intended to give the first place to someone with connections. However, after Chen Yu "coincidentally" learned about this, he directly pointed at Ye Kexin, the head of the human resources department, and berated her, saying that she was abusing her power for personal gain, betraying the leader's trust, and ruining the leader's important matter for a little bit of personal gain. She couldn't bear the responsibility!
When Ye Kexin heard Chen Yu say that, she was so frightened that her face turned pale.
For a moment, they were actually stunned by Chen Yu.
Although she was the Minister of Human Resources and a high-ranking leader in the Fireseed Base, Chen Yu was just a company commander in the Fireseed Battle Group. Although it was an independent company, their statuses were worlds apart.
However, none of these high-ranking officials are unaware that "Qian Peng" is now highly regarded by their leader, Li Yi, and is poised to become one of his confidants.
The selection process for these "Torchbearer Exemplary Citizens" was drafted by Chen Yu and received Li Yi's support.
This shows his status in the leader's heart.
At the Fire Seed Base, leader Li Yi is like a god. He can promote whomever he wants and remove whoever he wants.
Ye Kexin naturally dared not be presumptuous in front of "Qian Peng". Thinking of this, she immediately yielded to Chen Yu and asked him to give her advice in order to remedy the situation before it got worse.
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