Chapter 48: Fire Monkey
Since the addition of the production line, the daily output of animal feed at Jiguang has also been gradually increasing. However, facing the huge market in Jiangcheng, Jiguang's animal feed is still out of stock. According to the report received by Gu Nian every day, the daily turnover of animal feed sold is more than 50,000 credit points, and the gross profit is about 10,000 credit points.
Once the production lines purchased later are in place, profits are expected to continue to rise.
With the amazing cash flow provided by Aurora, Gu Nian hardly had to worry about money. Therefore, she gave Chi Qin a new order without hesitation: continue to recruit mercenaries.
Chi Qin was thoughtful. It seemed that the boss wanted to build a large mercenary group, not just a protective force. She suggested, "In addition to recruiting a group of experts, I suggest that we also need to recruit a reserve team, which can be young people with relatively good potential, to grow with the team. In the future, if there are casualties in the team, we can directly recruit people from the youth reserve team to supplement them."
"Okay, let's do as you think." Up to now, Gu Nian was quite confident in Chi Qin's abilities.
Chi Qin nodded and began to prepare. This job was easy for Chi Qin, and under Gu Nian's command, because Gu Nian fully delegated power, Chi Qin also felt a long-lost sense of accomplishment. The more professional the talent, the less they like to be restricted at work.
In addition to Chi Qin, Tan Cang also proposed a recruitment plan.
"Since we added more production lines, we have been seriously short of manpower, whether it is the workers who prepare the ingredients, the operators of the production lines, or the technical workers who maintain the production lines. We need to recruit new staff," said Tan Cang.
This makes sense. Gu Nian nodded and said, "Draw up a recruitment plan and work arrangement, give it to me, and then we'll prepare for recruitment."
As Aurora's business expands, it is indeed time to recruit people.
Soon, Aurora's recruitment notice was circulated everywhere.
In Jiangcheng, in addition to old-established businesses like Wan's and up-and-coming companies like Aurora, there are also several other companies that trade in mutant animals and plants.
Baixing is such a company. The company mainly focuses on processing primary mutant animals and plants. To put it simply, it slaughters mutant animals and processes them into various canned meats or semi-finished products for sale. Otherwise, it processes primary mutant spiritual plants, such as washing and drying the stretch grass, peeling off the surface fibers, and facilitating the later production of stretch cloth.
Because the company's technical strength is only enough for rough processing, Baixing's profits are not good, but the company's employees still cherish this job very much. In this world, having a job is enough to make people envious, so what else is there to complain about?
Baixing now requires its employees to work more than twelve hours a day and can only rest two days a month. Food and lodging are not provided. Sometimes the company's order settlement cycle is delayed and the boss will postpone salary payment. But even so, Baixing's employees have nothing but gratitude towards Baixing.
Cheng Wenle carefully checked all the equipment in the workshop and confirmed that all the equipment was in good condition before he was ready to leave work. He was originally a technical engineer, but now in addition to repairing the equipment, he is also responsible for batching operations, which involves barreling a large amount of processed raw materials, shoveling them into the equipment with a shovel, and then using the equipment for rough processing. This is a heavy physical job. After finishing the batching operation every day, he has to continue to complete the work of a technical engineer - checking the equipment in the entire workshop.
In the words of Baixing’s boss, now that a natural disaster has struck, we and the company are all one family, so we cannot be strangers to each other. Everyone must take on more work to help Baixing survive so that everyone can get their wages.
Therefore, in addition to his original job as a technical engineer, Cheng Wenle also has the job of ingredient handling - but he still only gets a meager salary.
He clocked in and prepared to leave the office. It was already two in the morning when he left the factory. The temperature finally dropped to over 40 degrees at night, and Cheng Wenle felt a little more comfortable.
"Bunraku!"
Someone called him from behind. Cheng Wenle turned around and saw that it was his colleague from the factory, Xiong Liangpeng.
Xiong Liangpeng came over and asked: "Why are you off work so late?"
"It's my turn to be on duty today. What about you?" Cheng Wenle asked back.
"Me too."
The two looked at each other and smiled bitterly. Who wouldn't think that Baixing's work was hard? But in the end, they had to hold on.
Cheng Wenle and Xiong Liangpeng both lived in the West District, and they walked back together. Nowadays, driving a car is a standard feature of the rich, and the prices of industrial products are getting higher and higher. They can't even afford a bicycle.
Xiong Liangpeng hesitated for a while, then lowered his voice and said to Cheng Wenle, "I plan to resign."
Cheng Wenle was shocked, "How could it be?" It is so difficult to find a job nowadays. He racked his brains but couldn't figure out why Xiong Liangpeng would resign.
"I plan to go to Aurora. Aurora is recruiting people. I submitted my resume and they have approved it," said Xiong Liangpeng.
Aurora? Of course Cheng Wenle had heard of it. This was the most popular new company in Jiangcheng recently, but compared to Baixing, which had accumulated assets and connections before the natural disaster, Aurora was established too recently. During the natural disaster, nothing was more important than stability, which was why Cheng Wenle had never inquired about switching to Aurora.
"The salary offered by Aurora is good, twice as much as here. They recruited me to be a senior technical engineer, with a monthly salary of 3,000 credit points, 20 hours of work per day, and two days off a week," said Xiong Liangpeng.
Cheng Wenle's pupils dilated and his breathing became rapid. 3,000 credit points! This has to be considered a high price. He and Xiong Liangpeng were both expert engineers before the natural disaster. Being a senior engineer was easy, but it was useless in Baixing. Even the best engineers were treated like cattle and horses. If Aurora raised their salaries and the workload returned to two days off a week, it would be great.
Cheng Wenle couldn't help but envy: "That's great, I hope everything goes well for you over there."
"You can go with us. Aurora provides food and accommodation, and the entire company has moved to an underground warehouse with better working conditions," Xiong Liangpeng persuaded.
Cheng Wenle couldn't help but be tempted. Xiong Liangpeng was still single and had no one to call his own, so providing food and lodging was more attractive to him. But for Cheng Wenle, he already had a family, so he had to be more careful. He was worried that the company would go bankrupt not long after he went to Aurora, and when he came out, it would be difficult for him to find a job.
After thinking for a long time, he declined Xiong Liangpeng's offer. Xiong Liangpeng sighed with regret and went to Aurora to report.
\"Qian Qing lives in the underground warehouse No. 5 in Yangcheng, in a high-end apartment called Qingmu Community. He has been working at Yongji Future Technology Company since graduation, for more than fifteen years, and is an important senior executive of the company..." Tu Jing reported to Gu Nian. Since Chi Qin arrived, Tu Jing has had a deep sense of crisis in his heart, so after receiving Gu Nian's task, he wanted to show that he was useful.
Among the evolved people after the natural disaster, Tu Jing is not particularly outstanding, but she has far more efforts and sharp vision than ordinary people, which is why she has trained her current skills. In Tu Jing's eyes, she still feels that her boss is unfathomable. He can easily produce high-quality technology such as mutant animal food, has a good relationship with the government, and has a deep cooperative relationship with Wan's Trading Company. Now the power he has established is also getting on track. Tu Jing sees a rising future big man in her boss. She hopes that while her boss is just starting out, she can really gain an important position by his side.
Gu Nian looked at Tu Jing in surprise. Although Tu Jing had been cooperating as a female secretary at the beginning, her expression and words still had the arrogance of a master, but now she was extremely humble. What made her change her attitude? Gu Nian didn't want to think too much. What was more important to her was to deal with Qian Qing's matter.
She called Chi Qin. "A group of people will stay at the factory, and you will bring another group of people with me to Yangcheng. There is another mission to be completed."
"What mission?" Chi Qin asked.
"Find a man named Qian Qing and ask him why he sent people to attack Aurora last time." Gu Nian said to Chi Qin. That was all she said for now.
Chi Qin understood that Qian Qing was the mastermind behind the last attack. Even though she only worked as a security guard at Aurora, she could see that the new company opened by her boss was making a lot of money, so it was normal to have one or two jealous enemies. "Yes, I'll arrange it right away."
Fortunately, Chi Qin recruited a group of people some time ago. Now the entire security team has expanded to 30 people, and there are 25 younger reserve members, so that two teams can be divided.
Gu Nian came to the farm space.
Since the spiritual spring was placed in the farm, fog, rain, and clouds have appeared on the farm. Especially the most important rain, the originally dry river between the farmland and the forest is now filled with water again. Gu Nian suspects that this spiritual spring may be a "water source" that injects water into the entire space. Perhaps the rivers and lakes in the unlocked areas farther away are filled again because of this spiritual spring.
On the farm, Gu Nian began to work hard. Watering the land, harvesting vegetables, herbs, and fruits, and adding feed and water to the livestock on the ranch, but the biggest workload was preparing the auxiliary ingredients for the Aurora animal food. In order to keep the formula secret, Gu Nian had to work hard on his own.
I don’t know how long I had been busy, but Gu Nian suddenly received a system prompt.
"It has been detected that 20,000 plants have been harvested from the farmland. The farm space proficiency has been improved, and new areas have been unlocked. The host can explore on his own."
Gu Nian perked up and opened the system map.
In the original system map, the main area was the farmland, pastures and cabins owned by Gu Nian, and further away were rivers and forests. There was a blacksmith shop in the forest, which was the residence of the nine-tailed fox. Now the edge of the forest has been expanded, with a large part added.
In the extra area, there is a marked building with a question mark.
Gu Nian left Jiuwei at the factory to guard it, and she took Lianhua with her and walked towards the edge of the forest according to the direction indicated by the system map.
The further they went into the forest, the denser and taller the trees became. They didn't know when a heavy rain began to fall from the sky. Gu Nian felt wet all over and her clothes were sticking to her body, making her feel uncomfortable. She stuffed the lotus into her pocket to avoid the rain.
After trudging through the mud, Gu Nian arrived at the unknown new building.
It was a huge tree house built between tall trees. Deep in the forest, the trees were extremely thick, and the trunks were big enough for two or three adults to hold hands and hug. Between the thick branches, there was a tall and exquisite tree house.
The door of the tree house opened, and out came a half-human-high macaque with golden hair all over its body. "Strange, a guest is here! The owner of the farm is here!" the golden-haired macaque said.
With the experience of Jiuwei, Gu Nian was no longer surprised when the monkey spoke human language. She said, "I passed by here. What do you sell in your tree house?"
"Selling wine." The golden-haired macaque said, "Do you want to come up?"
Gu Nian was soaked by the rain and wanted to hide from the rain. Drinking a glass of wine was also a good choice. She answered decisively: "Yes!"
The golden macaque threw down a long rope ladder from above. Gu Nian grabbed the rope ladder and climbed up, noticing that the rope ladder was made of tree bark wrapped tightly.
After Gu Nian climbed up the rope ladder, he finally arrived at the small terrace of the tree house. After pushing the door open, Gu Nian discovered that this tree house was very large. Because it was supported by several thick branches on the tall tree trunk, this tree house was about 20 to 30 square meters in size.
There were five or six golden macaques sitting in the tree house. Seeing Gu Nian coming in, the macaque at the door politely said, "Guest, would you like some fruit wine?"
"Two cups, please." Gu Nian nodded.
"Two spirit crystals for one cup, pay first and buy later." said the golden-haired macaque at the door.
Gu Nian handed it four spirit crystals.
Sitting in the chair in the tree house, Lotus also crawled out and looked at the golden macaques curiously.
"Are you all from the same ethnic group?" Lotus asked curiously.
"Yes, we are from the tribe of fire monkeys." A golden-haired macaque said, "My name is Fire Fu, and everyone calls me Fu Fu."
This golden macaque named Fu Fu was smaller than other monkeys and looked like a little monkey. Its big, grunting eyes looked at Gu Nian and Lianhua curiously, and its fur was golden and colorful.
Gu Nian couldn't help but feel itchy again.
At this time, the fruit wine was brought over.
Gu Nian picked up the wooden cup and took a taste, his eyes widened in surprise: this fruit wine has a mellow taste, a green color, and a sweet fruity aroma. It tastes sour and sweet in the mouth, making the mouth water.
This is so delicious! Gu Nian's eyes widened, and Lianhua next to him also drank the fruit wine in the wooden cup, looking very satisfied.
While Gu Nian and Lianhua were drinking, the golden-haired macaque who received the spiritual crystal took it out and passed it around with his companions. All the macaques touched the spiritual crystal very cherishingly, with envy and admiration in their eyes. They talked to each other in a low voice.
Gu Nian was thoughtful. It seems that this spiritual crystal is very valuable to them? And in this farm, I am afraid that only I can provide spiritual crystals.
At this time, the macaques had finished their conversation, and the little monkey named Zi Huofu approached Gu Nian. "Do you have any extra spirit crystals? I can do something for you in exchange."
"What can you do?" Gu Nian asked curiously.
The little monkey jumped onto the table and said, "I heard that you are the owner of the farm. My hands are as dexterous as yours. I can help you plant and harvest. You only need to give me five spirit crystals a day."
Gu Nian's heart moved. This really solved her urgent problem. Gu Nian has been getting busier and busier recently, but the farm space needs to be taken care of all the time. It wouldn't be a bad idea to hire help on the farm, right?
Gu Nian clicked on the hiring option on the system light screen. Previously, there was only Tu Shanluo's hiring list, but now there were a series of options.
The fire is good, the fire is gold, the fire is good, the fire is good...
Gu Nian found Zi Huofu and clicked on the option to hire him.
Zi Huofu seemed to have received some signal. It carefully plucked a tuft of golden hair from its chest. It did not lie. Its little claws were very flexible. It quickly turned the tuft of hair into a small knot and handed it to Gu Nian.
Gu Nian took the small hair knot.
"Ding, the host has hired an employee [Zhuo Fu], and the employee has a voluntary contract. The payment method is spirit crystals. The contract has been signed and we will not betray each other."
The rain outside had stopped without him noticing. Gu Nian brought Zi Huofu back to the farm, and with her permission, Zi Huofu entered the farm.
Under Gu Nian's guidance, Zihuofu quickly adapted to watering the farmland, picking fruits, and adding grain and water to the livestock on the ranch. Gu Nian was also very satisfied with its work - with hired workers, Gu Nian could be freed from the busy farm.
Aurora Company welcomed a group of new people.
Xiong Liangpeng followed the information in the offer email and reported to Jiguang. He quickly adapted to the work at Jiguang, where he was mainly responsible for inspecting the production line, as well as designing and modifying the production line according to the company's production requirements.
For Xiong Liangpeng, this was just a small matter. After he understood the production process of Aurora, he quickly improved the original pet food production line before the natural disaster according to the current mutant animal food production process. After this improvement, the efficiency of the production line increased by 20%.
Tan Cang was very satisfied with this.
Xiong Liangpeng had initially established a firm foothold in Aurora and quickly adapted to life in Aurora.
The lunch bell rang. Xiong Liangpeng took off his work gloves and went to the cafeteria with his colleagues. Yes, Aurora was in charge of lunch.
Every day at noon, there are two vegetarian dishes and a staple food. You can choose between steamed buns or rice, and a bowl of soup. This is amazing. After all, the official water supply is limited now, and it is only enough for everyone's basic survival in the high temperature. Everyone has to spend credit points to buy water. However, Aurora is generous enough to give everyone a bowl of soup every day at noon.
In the poor families of Jiangcheng, many people may only be able to consume the amount of water equivalent to a bowl of soup a day.
As for two vegetarian dishes and staple food, such a proper meal has become a rare delicacy nowadays. After all, many people can only fill their stomachs with sweet potatoes and potatoes every day - this is still good, after all, they can eat enough. More people have fallen into a state of not being able to afford three meals a day.
Xiong Liangpeng was queuing in the cafeteria. The auntie put two vegetarian dishes in his bowl and gave him a bowl of rice and a bowl of soup, but what Xiong Liangpeng didn't expect was that the auntie also put two big meatballs on the rice.
Xiong Liangpeng was shocked.
"Today is Monday, which is meat-free day," said the auntie serving the meal.
That's right. Xiong Liangpeng remembered that there was only one day a week, Monday, when Jiguang would provide a meat dish. But Xiong Liangpeng had only been here for a short time, so this was the first time he had caught up with it.
Xiong Liangpeng took the plate and found a place with his colleagues to start eating.
No one talked, just ate the food in their bowls with reverence.
Xiong Liangpeng chewed the meatballs carefully. The delicious gravy occupied his taste buds almost immediately, and Xiong Liangpeng almost burst into tears - how long has it been since he tasted meat!
Da Zhuang, a co-worker next to him, took out an iron lunch box and carefully scooped up two meatballs and half of the vegetables.
Dazhuang has a wife and two children at home, and two elderly people above him. He has the heaviest burden, so he always saves half of the food for his family. Everyone understands that after all, it is not easy for every family during a natural disaster. If it weren't for the good welfare of Jiguang, Dazhuang might not be able to support his family.
After eating, Xiong Liangpeng went back to rest for half an hour before starting work. At 8pm, he handed over his shift to another engineer who was working the night shift, went to the staff cafeteria for dinner, and then returned to the dormitory to rest.
Aurora didn't provide dinner, but Xiong Liangpeng's dinner of two vegetarian dishes, one rice and one soup only cost 20 credit points, which was a very favorable price. Eating such a meal outside would cost at least 60 credit points, which was also considered an employee benefit of Aurora.
Aurora has staff dormitories. The staff dormitories are just small, four-square-meter single rooms, but they are underground and have free electricity. Basically, you can use the air conditioner for four hours a day for free, which is a rare benefit. After all, the monthly rent for an ordinary four-square-meter basement room is at least 2,000 credit points, and it is difficult to rent one. Most people can only rent a cramped bed.
Xiong Liangpeng returned to his small room, first fetched a basin of water, wiped his body, and cooled down a lot, then turned on the air conditioner. He lay on his own cool mat and watched TV leisurely.
It’s really comfortable!
Xiong Liangpeng recalled his previous days. At that time, he was still doing hard labor at Baixing. How could he go back to his comfortable single dormitory and lie down after work like now? Not to mention that there was water to wipe his body and air conditioning to blow, so he could rest comfortably. Needless to say, Xiong Liangpeng was very satisfied with the meals every day.
Xiong Liangpeng was extremely grateful that he came to Aurora. No matter how long this period of time would last, at least he had tasted the dignity and happiness of being a human being again, rather than just a cow or horse struggling to survive a natural disaster.
"Boss, all the people have been gathered and are waiting to set off." Chi Qin said.
Gu Nian nodded and walked out, with the nine-tailed fox lazily following behind her.
Outside the underground warehouse where the Aurora factory was located, there was a bus parked. All the security team members who followed Gu Nian to Yangcheng were sitting on this bus.
Gu Nian chose to drive his own SUV.
Chi Qin hesitated and said, "How about you take the bus, boss? It's safer with everyone here." Chi Qin was worried that they might be attacked by the enemy halfway. Although she was confident in the safety of her team, it was hard to say if the boss took the off-road vehicle alone. What if something happened...
"No need, I have it." Gu Nian pointed at the Nine-Tailed Fox.
Chi Qin looked at Jiuwei suspiciously. Although Jiuwei looked extraordinary and looked like a very high-level mutant beast, he usually lay lazily in Gu Nian's office, and his daily routine was to urge the chef of Jiguang to cook chicken in various ways. Could such a cute pet-like character really be a powerful mutant beast?
Gu Nian didn't explain much, she took Jiuwei into her SUV.
The group set off for Yangcheng in a mighty procession.
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