Chapter 30 I want to build a food street
Compared to winter in other regions, the winter on Volk Planet arrived unexpectedly after just one rain. The temperature plummeted by more than 30 degrees overnight, leaving no chance for respite.
I was woken up by the cold in the middle of the night in the middle of summer. When I rubbed my sleepy eyes and looked outside, I found that it was snowing heavily. There was no spring or autumn, and winter came overnight.
The people of Volker, who had already had experience dealing with this, had gathered in groups of two or three to turn on their heating systems to keep their families warm. The glowing orange lights of the heating systems dotted the deserted white streets on this snowy night, like orange blossoms blooming on the Milky Way, clear yet hazy.
Shengxia stood blankly by the window for a while, then couldn't help rubbing her hands. It was so cold, she felt she might never wake up again. Suddenly, someone knocked on her office door. She opened it and saw it was a staff member from the government hall, carrying a heating device.
"The cafeteria has already served food. Why...why didn't you turn on the heating?"
During this period, Shengxia was so busy that she slept on the floor in the government hall office. Seeing how hard she worked, and because of the fear of terrorist attacks, most of the staff in the government hall chose to sleep on the floor like Shengxia.
Apart from anything else, it has deepened the relationship between colleagues. After all, this is a revolutionary friendship that was established by working overtime together.
Now that winter has arrived, most people can finally relax their frayed nerves. After all, with temperatures this low, even the most sophisticated weapons would only turn into frozen popsicles. 30 or 40 degrees below zero is no joke, especially since this is the temperature in the core urban areas. The surrounding cities are likely already frozen.
Rather than causing trouble, the right thing to do is to find a way to survive first.
"You're not turning on the central heating equipment?" Shengxia was a little surprised. She remembered that the Rongdong Underground City used collective heating by area, and the areas that were not due for heating had to be heated by the personnel in the relevant areas themselves.
The planet Volk is covered in heavy snow for a long time in a year, and it takes a long time to thaw. So if you count it all up, there are only four months in a year that are truly suitable for work. For the remaining eight months, the people on this planet are basically struggling with this barren and cold land.
The government hall staff member who knocked on Shengxia's office door obviously had something to say, but remained silent for a long time.
After a long moment, she managed to organize her words before telling Shengxia again, "Actually, in the past, the heating inside the government hall was already on before winter arrived. But this year... everyone unanimously decided to be more frugal. After all, without the support of the large capital groups, it's not going to be easy to survive this winter."
Sheng Xia followed the staff member of the government hall and just as she reached the first floor, she saw Wei Jie and Fu Qianshen rushing in from the hospital. The latter breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Sheng Xia get off the elevator of the government hall in good condition.
Winter fell overnight, and the two men couldn't contact Shengxia in the hospital. They were afraid that she would freeze to death if she wasn't paying attention, so they ran all the way from the hospital to the government hall with a heater. Fortunately, she was still alive and nothing happened.
At this moment, everyone on the first floor of the government hall sat around the floor, taking out the "New Year's goods" that each family had prepared in advance. The so-called New Year's goods were actually various kinds of nutrient solutions or dry goods, and the better ones had some noodles. Now everyone was sitting around the heater, looking a little tired. The breakfast cart was also filled with various nutrient solutions.
Seeing Shengxia coming down, the staff in charge of material distribution stood up while yawning and waiting for Shengxia's inquiry.
Shengxia glanced at the dining cart. The row of red, green, and yellow nutrient solutions didn't make her want to eat anything. However, the other people in the government hall were very cherishing. According to them, the price of nutrient solutions would skyrocket from now on and the daily purchase quantity would be limited.
So we should cherish the fact that we can still drink the nutrient solution for free.
"The distribution of free nutrient solution will continue until all people have taken refuge in the melt caves in a week." Wei Jie stepped forward and said, then glanced at the people waiting to report their work not far away, and simply used his eyes to signal them to come over and report first.
According to their current statistics, since the distribution of supplies is carried out simultaneously with the household and individual population counts, excluding other messy organizations and group personnel, the number of people on the planet Volker that can be counted is about 50 million.
The core city "Walker" gathers about 40 million people. According to the previous regional division, these 40 million people will be arranged in the two major areas of Rongdong, east and west, according to the level of investment.
The core of the Rongdong Cave and the Hot Spring Valley are generally not open to the public. The staff of the relevant government hall have not yet made a decision on whether to open them this year.
"No."
But Shengxia had already given the answer. She had previously used Xiaoai to look at the plan of the entire melt cave. The heating of the melt cave mainly came from the underground magma of the hot spring valley and the impact heating of the black matter in the east and west areas. Therefore, judging from the plan, the relatively most comfortable areas were the east, west and core areas.
But in the past, the core area was used as a place for the rich and powerful to enjoy, and it was integrated with the hot spring valley. The luxury inside was basically so high that ordinary people would want to rebel when they saw it. She couldn't allow the instability coefficient in the melting cave to increase any further.
"This year, the core area within the Rongdong Cave is open to the following groups of people. Each one requires my personal approval: scientists, medical workers, construction workers, senior military officials, and executives from major companies... Oh, and anyone I mention by name will be forced to go, even if they don't want to."
Wei Jie:? He smelled a hint that Shengxia was going to do something big again.
"As for the east, west, south, and north regions, we must quickly clear the barriers to allow for the flow of people. In the past, due to the need for centralized heating of the core area and the hot spring valley, heating was temporarily suspended in both the north and south regions, including parts of the west and east. This year, we can lower the heating temperature slightly, but we must ensure that no district is disconnected from heating."
"Then why do we need four districts to flow between them?"
"To prevent rumors from spreading, people tend to only believe what they see and experience firsthand. So, to prevent rioters from taking advantage of regional issues later on, it's better to let everyone experience each area in turn, and at the same time get everyone used to the collective movement."
As soon as Shengxia finished speaking, the staff in the government hall all had an expression of understanding on their faces, as if saying, "It seems that the planet commander is going to make some big moves."
And Shengxia did not disappoint them. A week before entering the melt cave, Shengxia, Wei Jie, Fu Qianshen and others led a team of about 280,000 people into the melt cave and then began a five-day "melt cave interior improvement and emergency repair" project.
During this time of tinkering, Shengxia and Weijie sorted out the operations and capital holdings of the major companies on the planet Volker. As Shengxia expected, the more resource-poor the country, the more concentrated the wealth. Large companies controlled the country's economic lifeline, and the remaining small companies were fighting an extremely brutal battle for survival.
"But this is necessary. Planet Volker is too small within the sphere of influence of the surrounding star regions. If we don't concentrate our national strength on developing businesses, the economic situation will inevitably be dire."
Shengxia nodded, agreeing with this statement but also pointed out the drawbacks of this model. The emergence of chaebols, once they are really formed, the consequences will be very bad. The road of drinking poison to quench thirst will not last long.
"So what do you think?"
"Hmm..." Shengxia pondered for a long time before giving a corresponding answer: "State-owned enterprises and related lifeline enterprises must be firmly controlled in our own hands. At the same time, we can also provide a large number of staffing positions to the society. Hmm, how about this, let's start with a five-year plan?"
"Five-year plan?!" Wei Jie was so surprised that he couldn't think straight. "You're a temporary transfer, aren't you? How can you still..."
Sheng Xia listened to Wei Jie's increasingly depressed voice and smiled faintly: "I'm not leaving. I won't leave Planet Volk until I die."
Wei Jie: ... For a moment he couldn't tell whether he was moved or couldn't believe it, but looking at Sheng Xia's determined eyes, he thought for a while and decided to take the gamble.
In five years, he wondered what Planet Volk would become, and he was looking forward to it.
Three days later, restaurant owners of all sizes on the planet Volk received an invitation letter from the planet commander. In the invitation letter, the planet commander gave the restaurant owners and employees the right to enter the melting cave in advance, but also required them to receive the relevant "welfare restaurant" mission after entering the melting cave.
The tasks and rights of the so-called welfare restaurants are as follows:
First, the federal government will provide corresponding material subsidies for the first three months of opening a restaurant. Restaurant owners must maintain a price no higher than the average price of meals for the four months of summer and open to the public. At the same time, they must also provide a "free meal" to those in need. If there is a meal, they can provide it for free, but it is limited to one meal per day.
Starting from the fourth month of opening, the corresponding federal material subsidies will be reduced depending on the situation. Restaurant owners need to record the free meal recipients and the relevant recipients in the first three months, and transfer them to a special personnel placement area in the fourth month;
From the sixth month of opening the store to the end of the winter season, restaurant owners must submit the corresponding two months' accounts for federal review and pay the corresponding taxes.
"Does this mean we only have to pay two months' worth of taxes and no venue fees?" Everyone gathered together to discuss this strange invitation. "Could it be that good?" "Maybe there's a trap. This is too good to be true. There's even a subsidy for supplies for the first three months?" "Oh my god, the boss from the next street has the lead. He said that if you go early, you can get a good spot."
I don't know who shouted first, but the restaurant owners didn't care about anything else. After notifying the chefs, apprentices, and front and back staff, they hurriedly packed up their belongings and headed straight for the Rongdong.
After entering the melting cave, many restaurant owners were stunned. Not only were the locations of their welfare restaurants fixed in the northern area, but... the entire street was filled with restaurants.
The responsible person came over with a blank expression and handed them a long questionnaire, asking them to write down the name of their restaurant, the types of food they would serve, the desired floor space, the number of staff members, their names and positions, and attach the resumes of the relevant staff within ten hours. There was also a blank space at the end for the restaurant owners to add a comment.
At the same time, Shengxia stood in the highest monitoring room in the north and looked at the restaurant owners and relevant staff below who were all worried about how to fill out the questionnaire. He just smiled faintly. How could they only drink nutrient solution for the whole winter?
"According to your request, the sewage and smoke exhaust systems for this area have been urgently completed. Also, what do you think of this eight-story design?"
Shengxia turned around and saw the bright black eyes of the construction team members who were looking forward to being praised.
"Great." Shengxia praised him generously, "This way, the food court I envisioned can finally move from blueprint to reality."
"This also means that we can have a warm meal in the melting cave during this cold winter, right?"
After receiving Shengxia's affirmative nod, the entire construction team couldn't help but burst into enthusiastic cheers and applause.
At this time, Wei Jie also walked in with a form filled out by Shengxia in his hand. That's right, even though he was so busy, Shengxia actually applied... to open a "hot pot restaurant"?
Does she know her daily workload?
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