Inside an abandoned factory.

The freshly picked dried rose leaves were piled up into a small hill in the open space in the factory. The refugees who had been restored to consciousness by Bai Liu were staring at the pile of "loot" that had been brought here this morning in amazement.

Several sweaty refugees leaned against the rose bush, shook the sweat off their hands and let out a long sigh. They were the ones who were taken away by Bai Liu this morning to help dry the rose petals, and they were the migrants who had worked in a rose factory.

This large pile of dried rose leaves was also brought back by them.

Someone was frightened by the pile of rose petals that were brought back. He stumbled forward and asked these people with visible fear on his face: "How did you steal so many roses? If you are caught by the factory staff, you will be executed!"

"Yes, yes, go back!"

"If more than 1kg of dried rose leaves are stolen, the perpetrator will be killed and his third cousin will not be able to work in the rose production industry!"

After the global spread of dried rose gas, people related to rose factories called on all countries to enact a set of special protection laws for dried roses in order to protect this precious and limited resource.

Despite all the controversy, this set of laws was still issued.

The content of this set of laws covers that civilians who criticize dried roses or spread the harmful theory of dried roses will be fined and detained. The exclusive copyright of the dried rose gas perfume can be used for 10 million years without sharing with anyone. The act of privately researching the proportion of the perfume is a serious infringement and can be fined more than 10 million yuan.

Any ordinary citizen who steals, robs, smuggles, or illegally trades more than one kilogram of dried rose leaves or more than three bottles but less than five bottles of low-grade dried rose leaves will be sentenced to death. If the rose factory is willing to hand over the roses privately, the sentence may be reduced to life hard labor.

A simple translation of the punishment at the end means that if the rose factory wants to, the prisoner who has committed a crime related to dried roses can be handed over to the rose factory for processing - regardless of life or death.

When this law was first enacted, half of the world's people protested against the heavy punishment, but no one questioned the rationality of this punishment. Later, with the popularity of dried roses and their rising prices, more and more people could not afford dried rose gas, and the voices of resistance grew louder.

At this time, the rose factory issued a regulation: if you report people around you who are hiding illegally obtained dried roses or making perfumes, the factory will give you ten years of free perfume supply.

For a while, there were sounds of mutual attacks everywhere. It is said that at the peak, the Rose Factory received 100,000 reports a day. After this battle, the Rose Factory dealt with many criminal civilians efficiently and effectively. The voices of opposition gradually weakened, and few people questioned this set of rules anymore.

Everyone had resisted fiercely at the beginning, but now they were afraid when they saw the pile of stolen roses - not only afraid of the rule itself, but also afraid that someone among them would betray them.

Because the reward for reporting Rose Factory still exists today, but the reward has been reduced from ten years to one year, but there are still a steady stream of people calling the reporting phone number.

There are even desperate mothers or sons who, in order to keep their dying children or parents alive, take the initiative to steal dried roses and become criminals, and then force their own families to report them so that they can get this perfume that can prolong their lives for ten years.

But now no one has said the reason why they are afraid of this level.

"I don't care whether I live or die." One of the refugees who had carried the roses took a deep breath, looked up at the terrified refugees around him, and smiled bitterly, "Mr. Bai took such a big risk to get this pile of dried rose leaves out for us. He is not afraid of death. Why should we be afraid?"

Someone stood up, holding a rose, and sighed with a complicated look, then raised his head with a determined look: "Mr. Bai, he is a processor, he could have lived a life of luxury without worrying about food and clothing, but he is willing to work hard to help us, and he has so openly put such a big handle in our hands... He really trusts us, the scumbags."

The scene suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at the pile of roses with heavy eyes.

"I also know that you are all suffering and you are all afraid." The man said, then turned to look at the other porters who stood up, "These flowers are moved by several of us. We just discussed it on the way. If any of you really want to get the perfume reward of that year through the report of the rose factory——"

He looked at the miserable faces of the refugees and said, "Then report us, the movers. We were the ones who moved them in the first place. We can't let the good people who stood up for us die."

"In this era, being a good person means breaking the law. No one dares to take the risk to be a good person." He smiled with tears in his eyes, and raised his hand to wipe the cracked corners of his eyes with a choked voice. "Now that Mr. Bai is gone, the next Mr. Bai may have to wait until my daughter and grandson are dragged to death. I don't want him to die. He is too rare."

After this person finished speaking, no one moved. They stood there quietly and motionlessly.

One minute, two minutes...finally someone moved.

The young woman who had been holding the child and asking Bai Liu questions put the child down and handed it to the person next to her. She took a deep breath and walked forward, bent down and hugged a bunch of roses in her arms, then turned to look at those who had not moved yet.

"This pile of roses should be more than 1kg." The roses made her originally pale face look rosy and lively. She looked up at these people and said, "I stole these roses. It has nothing to do with Mr. Bai. If you want to report it, please report it to me."

"I believe Mr. Bai will give my child a brand new, free world where stealing roses will no longer be punishable by death." Her eyes were blazing, the roses in her eyes were as bright as fire, and her words were clear and firm, "I am willing to die for this."

Someone's eyes changed.

Gradually, these refugees moved towards Rose Hill slowly and hesitantly, as if they had made up their minds.

They went forward and embraced bunch of roses. The dry-leaf roses that would never wither bloomed brightly and passionately like fire on their chests and in their eyes.

"This kilogram is mine..."

"There are three of us in the family, excluding the child. Please give me 3kg..."

"Can I take 10kg each? It's a death sentence anyway, it can't be worse than it is now..."

The huge mountain of roses gradually disappeared, becoming a small bunch of roses in the arms of each refugee. They stood on an empty construction site like actors who were presented with flowers, and performed a curtain play called "Resistance" according to Bai Liu's previous arrangements and ideas.

As a reward for their perfect, passionate and wholehearted performance, Bai Liu presented these unknown migrant actors with a bouquet of dried roses as a token of gratitude.

The porter who was standing aside and spoke first looked at the refugees in front of him in a daze.

For so many years, he had never resisted the cooperation of the dried roses, and it was not possible for the rose factory to break up the reward for reporting. He just did what Mr. Bai told him...

This time, no one reported them for stealing more than 1,000 kilograms of roses.

The mover recalled what happened that morning.

While he was secretly moving the roses, he worriedly told Bai Liu about the reward for reporting the crime, and anxiously said that those who helped with the movement would definitely be willing to help Mr. Bai and would not betray Mr. Bai, but he was afraid that someone might have ulterior motives!

Reporting this kind of behavior won't stop it! As their leader, Bai Liu is definitely the easiest target!

Bai Liu stood in the sun and opened his eyelids. The rose in his right eye was more vibrant and beautiful than the refugees had ever seen.

Bai Liu had a strange smile on his face and asked the refugee, "Why do we need to stop this kind of behavior?"

The refugee was startled: "But if we can't stop it, what you've done with us will be completely wasted..."

"First, people are selfish creatures. No one would give up their own immediate benefits and choose to take the risk for what another person is going to do. This is illogical, so this kind of behavior of reporting others for profit is fundamentally impossible to eliminate."

Bai Liu glanced at him and continued, "Second, I think you have been doing one thing wrong. I am not leading you to do this. You are the main body of this matter. I am just a manager for you to purchase the solution. You are the transaction party who paid the price."

"In summary, the only way to completely resolve the issue of reporting is to make the main body of resistance become every one of you, rather than a vague symbol like me."

"When you have the best interests at heart in reporting this, the logic of the benefits of reporting it breaks down."

Bai Liu looked at him calmly: "What you need to do is to make everyone in there realize that they are the subject of the crime, not the object, under your instigation. The targets they need to report include themselves."

"Then, what should I do?" The refugee was a little confused, but looked at Bai Liu with hope, "Mr. Bai, how should I incite them?"

Bai Liu raised the corners of his mouth, revealing that friendly smile that made Mu Sicheng, Mu Ke, Liu Jiayi and Tang Erda feel numb behind their backs when they saw it: "If it were me, I would probably say this..."

The refugee watched everything that happened in the factory in a daze.

Almost every step of what happened just now was carried out according to what Mr. Bai told him. Mr. Bai even mentioned a few times that he should emphasize children and future generations when speaking, and make more eye contact with the mother who asked him the question yesterday.

——In this way, the mother will become the first person he successfully instigates.

As long as the first person takes the first step and the window is broken, the rest will be easy to handle.

It is not a difficult thing at all - Mr. Bai commented calmly - this kind of common interest group that has been oppressed to the extreme is the easiest to incite.

Because they have no worse choice than the current situation.