Chapter 82: Repaying Help from Far Away
Mo Siming switched the camera to the starship that was applying to enter the port. The starship's luxurious features could be seen from its exterior. Combined with its model and size, it really looked like a private tourist starship. However, there was no news from the Golden Fleet that had been anchored outside.
"Found it, it's this guy, right? He's still live streaming." Shengxia pushed a live streaming room over. The title of the live streaming room was directly posted: "What will happen to the first group arriving on Volk Planet after the snow melts?" The number of online viewers was comparable to the number of Star Network users who had previously flocked to Volk Planet's official live streaming room.
After watching it, Wei Jie felt that there are people who are so brave these days.
"I've looked through his past videos. He's always been known for his bold outdoor travel livestreams. Well, he's also given quite a bit of money to our livestream before. I think he's ranked... 138th."
"One hundred and thirty-eight?" Mo Siming was about to say that this ranking was useless when he heard Sheng Xia bluntly say that it was just a personal reward. In fact, this amount was already very large. After all, those ranked ahead of him were all extra funds donated by large arms groups.
"After all, it's 50 million star coins."
"How many??!!!"
For a moment, Mo Siming and Wei Jie were both stunned. They then looked over at the live broadcast background that Shengxia had called up. Before, they had only thought that being able to actually live broadcast the sale of military ammunition was already impressive, but they hadn't expected Shengxia to also enable a reward mode. The total amount of rewards currently stands at 12.8 billion.
"Oh my god." Wei Jie couldn't help but get so excited at these numbers that he almost lost control. You know, the Federal Bureau estimates that the annual economic output of Volk Planet is no more than 3 billion.
But now Shengxia's live broadcast backend has 12.8 billion in savings. Over the past four years, the combined economic output of all the people on Volker Planet who worked hard for four years is still not enough to cover Shengxia's live broadcast.
At this moment, Mo Siming and Wei Jie wanted to raise their hands high and worship Shengxia like the God of Wealth. She was great, she was really great!
"Let them in. Fu Qianshen, you guys need to provide full protection and accompaniment throughout the process. There's no need to restrict their live broadcast path, but while you're doing so, be sure to monitor the actions of their entire live broadcast team."
"A mission?" Fu Qianshen was stunned, and then mentioned the people who were still waiting outside the Federal Security Bureau. Shengxia stood up and walked out while comforting Fu Qianshen that she was on the way and there was no need to worry.
After walking for a while, Shengxia asked Wei Jie if the list of government-sponsored students had been released. Judging from the current situation, there would probably be many people who were planning to come to Volk Planet to investigate and do harm. They had to hurry up and send all the fire seeds away so that they could deal with these people with peace of mind.
"As of the time our communication signal was cut off, less than 85% of the list of international students we submitted had been admitted. I'll contact the Federal Bureau and the admissions officers of various colleges and universities to try to send as many people as possible."
On the way to the Federal Security Bureau, Shengxia specifically told the driver to slow down. She wanted to see the damage in the main urban area. After all, many of the workers were included in the government-sponsored study abroad program. Once they left, the manpower shortage would be even greater.
"Actually..." The driver thought for a moment, then, seeing Shengxia's gaze fixed on him, he could only bite the bullet and finish his words: "The buildings in the main city used to belong to the government office. Everyone paid rent, and the builders weren't all professional workers. A large portion were prison staff."
"Basically, after every winter, most of these buildings undergo a new round of renovations, and the renovation costs are all paid for by the landlords who rent here."
"So the prices for tourists and locals are completely different."
midsummer:?
"Well, what I mean is, if you're worried about manpower, that's not the case. To keep renovation fees down, previous owners have already mastered the art of patching things up themselves. As for basic house construction, residents in the main city generally have some skills. Of course... if you want to go even further, you'll definitely need a professional team of workers."
Shengxia looked out the window. The damage to the buildings in the main urban area was far beyond his expectations. Most of the houses had been razed to the ground like paper. However, the people had set up tents one by one and then found a piece of open space to set up the tents. What was even more amazing was that they put their luggage in the tents without any worry about it being taken.
Passing by a stall selling lunch, Shengxia directly signaled the driver to stop. Without waiting for the driver to stop, Shengxia got out of the car and went to the stall to buy lunch. At the same time, she discussed the reconstruction matters with the stall owner who was already shocked to the extreme.
On the other side, Fu Qianshen was looking at the schedule and waiting for the arrival of midsummer. He was also worried about accidents and came up with several plans for evacuating the people.
As a result, the crowd dispersed in the blink of an eye. Not long after I was happy, I heard that Shengxia appeared at the noodle stall in the main city and started chatting with the crowd. Not only that, he didn't even bring any security personnel, and Mo Siming and the others were not there.
"Oh my goodness, I hope the people won't lift our planet commander over their heads and toss him around."
Hearing the words of the team members around him who gasped, Fu Qianshen was completely clueless. He immediately took his men and headed towards the temporary noodle stall in the main urban area without saying a word.
Sure enough, before arriving at the destination, the number of people was already equal to the number of people guarding outside the security station before. It seemed that all the people just now had come here.
"Fly the drone." Fu Qianshen had just given this order when he turned around and found that the crowd had spontaneously made way for them, and at the same time, they were signaling with their eyes for Fu Qianshen and the others to pass quickly.
At the noodle stall where Shengxia was, all the worst-case scenarios that Fu Qianshen and the others had anticipated did not materialize. The crowd spontaneously made room for Shengxia to talk. Shengxia relaxedly invited people to eat while listening to their ideas about the reconstruction of the main urban area.
She asked the drivers around her to help record these ideas, and also gathered a number of volunteer workers and logistics teams on the spot. For those who knew how to calculate prices, she kept them there and asked them to sit next to her and calculate the corresponding prices.
The crowd spontaneously gave way. After the person in front finished speaking, he would give way to the person behind him. Those who were interested in joining the volunteer team would take a piece of white paper and prepare to fill in their names when they returned.
As for the people who were reluctant to leave after the conversation, Shengxia also arranged for them to maintain order on the spot, telling everyone not to worry, as she was here and would listen to everyone's ideas before leaving.
Seeing how Shengxia had arranged the people so well, Fu Qianshen couldn't help but sigh in his heart, otherwise why did she say she was the planet commander? Shengxia was indeed better than him.
After seeing Fu Qianshen coming over, Shengxia immediately asked him to come over and sit down. The crowd cheered and welcomed the hero. Fu Qianshen's face froze immediately. The main reason was that he didn't know how to deal with being thanked, so he didn't know what expression to put on.
What's more... there are many heroes to thank, and he cannot represent these heroes, so he feels unworthy.
Shengxia seemed to understand his thoughts. She smiled and asked him to sit down. Then she praised him in front of everyone. He was able to accurately divide the federal security team and the police station personnel and command them to each garrison point during the rainstorm. His command ability and overall control ability were enough to secure his position as the top leader.
"You are the representative of the entire heroic team, so hold your head up." As Sheng Xia said this, Fu Qianshen's eyes reddened. He was still muttering in his heart that he could not represent all the heroes, when he saw the federal security team members who were returning home to visit their families in the crowd giving him a thumbs up.
Fu Qianshen: ...
"Okay, let's get back to the reconstruction plan. Since everyone agrees the original foundation needs to be rebuilt, we'll also have to adjust the main city's existing underground pipes, sewage system, and some electrical equipment. So if you have blueprints at home, please look them up. Once you find them, please bring them to the government hall. We'll set up a special receiving point."
One afternoon later, the new amount of reconstruction funds came out. This was several billion more than what Fu Qianshen and Wei Jie had initially estimated. This was the cost of reconstruction using only the existing resources on the planet Volk, after deducting labor costs.
If we take into account the need to cope with weather conditions such as typhoons or extreme cold weather, and the need to have a certain ability to resist military strikes, the amount will only continue to soar.
In the government hall, everyone worked through the night to sort out and prune the afternoon's suggestions, and then held a joint meeting with Shengxia to determine the areas that absolutely could not be skimped on during the reconstruction.
The final reconstruction cost for the main urban area alone was 68.3 billion.
"Sell me, no, there's not that much money to be gained even if you sell me." Wei Jie felt desperate and even wanted to persuade Sheng Xia to use other building materials. If it really didn't work, he could just make do with it first and then slowly build the rest of the project when he made money.
In addition to the main urban area, there is also the second phase of the underground nuclear laying project, the repair of damaged launch silos, and the construction of new granaries. Everything costs money. How can they come up with so much money at once?
In such a desperate atmosphere, Shengxia spoke frankly and said that it was not impossible to earn this amount of money with hard work.
Wei Jie and his group:???
The next day, the Federal General Administration received a budget request for post-disaster reconstruction from Planet Volker, which requested a sum of 200 billion, and the funds needed to be received within the next month.
"She's dreaming. Two hundred billion, that's a billion!!!"
Accusations against Shengxia were heard throughout the Federal Bureau, but Shengxia started a live broadcast at this time. The title of the live broadcast was also very simple [An Overview of the Post-Disaster Reconstruction Progress of the Volker Planet]. At the same time, Shengxia opened multiple live broadcast reward channels.
He declared to all groups and organizations across the star region: "Today, anyone who helps us will be rewarded, no matter how far away they are. We will accept any assistance we can."
Then, a series of food and specialty products and military ammunition display cases were hung below. What's even more amazing is that the satellite of the Volker planet was also put up for sale.
He is really crazy because of poverty.
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