The man's expression softened slightly, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "How about this, Mr. Lu, I won't make things difficult for you. Just give me another hundred people. The cement plant is indeed short-staffed right now. Most people are working eighteen-hour shifts, and I feel a little bad about it. We also have a lot of technicians!"
Lu Yuan nodded, thought for a moment, and said, "Okay, I'll send you another 150 people. You can arrange them yourself. It would be best to train a new batch of technicians. We can't just have people doing the work without any technicians. That won't do. We need to improve efficiency. We need to ensure both quality and efficiency. I'll have to trouble you with this!"
Old Yao looked bitter and could only nod. After seeing the other party off, Lu Yuan also sighed. Now, apart from the cement plant, brick factory and coal mine, which are the main support for the construction of the base, Lu Yuan has transferred all the manpower of the other departments. However, there still seems to be a shortage of personnel. After all, there are too many people needed on the construction site. This is not as simple as building a building.
Lu Yuan's plan is to complete the construction of this entire area of tens of square kilometers, which is something that he simply cannot accomplish with only a few thousand people under his command.
Unexpectedly, Lu Yuan couldn't help but feel a headache. He wanted to recruit another batch of workers from outside Jin Province, but he was worried that he wouldn't be able to control too many people and that it would cause internal strife. The situation would be really hard to control. So Lu Yuan called Chen Bin over again.
Chen Bin rushed in, sweating profusely, and said urgently, "Mr. Lu, is there anything I can help you with? If it's not urgent, I need to get back to work. A new batch of people just arrived, and I'm busy assigning tasks to them. We're short-staffed in every region right now!"
Lu Yuan nodded and gestured for the other person to sit down, but Chen Bin showed no intention of sitting down.
"Mr. Lu, please forget it. I can just stand here. If you're done talking, I'll hurry up and get back to work. Others are waiting for me!"
"Oh, okay, then send out another message for me and find another thousand people!"
Upon hearing Lu Yuan say that he wanted to recruit another thousand people, Chen Bin's face immediately showed a look of surprise.
"Recruiting another thousand? That means our base already has four thousand people. Isn't that too many? Can we even supply enough food?"
Lu Yuan gritted his teeth and said, "I just contacted Wu Tian. He said the first batch of rice has been successfully planted and will be harvested soon. We'll use the first batch as seed, so the second batch will mature in about half a month. If we just grit our teeth, we can get through this. We can also solve the meat problem now. We can eat less, but we can't delay the construction!"
Lu Yuan glanced at Chen Bin, then continued, "How are you? Are you feeling tired now? If not, I'll hire another person to be your assistant, so you won't have to run around like this every day!"
Chen Bin sighed and said, "Thank you, President Lu. Actually, I've been wanting to tell you about this for a while, but I've been too embarrassed to say it. I really need an assistant right now. This place is so big, and we need people everywhere. I walk at least 40,000 to 50,000 steps a day just running around. If we could hire a few assistants, that would be great!"
Lu Yuan nodded and said, "Okay, then you handle it. Find a few assistants you can trust. If I suddenly find someone from outside for you, you definitely won't feel at ease. It's better to use people you can trust. But let me make this clear first, this person must be reliable. If they have any bad intentions, the losses they cause will be immeasurable. You have to handle these matters well!"
Chen Bin said with a serious expression, "Don't worry, Mr. Lu, I understand the situation!"
Lu Yuan nodded, then told Chen Bin to continue with his work.
Another half month has passed. Lu Yuan feels that his mind is full of things during this time. Xiao Shan feels sorry for Lu Yuan because he is either at the coal mine or at the construction site of the base every day. When Lu Yuan came back last night, it was already past three o'clock in the morning.
Xiao Shan sat in the makeshift tent, feeling a little sleepy, but still rested her chin on her hand, waiting for Lu Yuan to return.
The moment the tent flap was lifted, Lu Yuan, dragging his weary body, saw that Xiao Shan was still awake and felt a pang of heartache.
"Hey, I told you not to wait for me to come back, why aren't you resting yet?"
Xiao Shan's face showed a hint of heartache, and then she said, "Why do you work so hard every day? It makes me feel sorry for you. I just made you some millet porridge, why don't you drink it first!"
Then Xiaoshan took out a cup of very warm porridge from the thermos and handed it to Lu Yuan.
Lu Yuan smiled contentedly, then took the millet porridge and ate it spoonful by spoonful, feeling a warm current flow through his body.
The two lay on the cot, embracing each other, ready to sleep.
Just then, a series of hurried footsteps came from outside the tent. Then, Wang Laosi, the person in charge of the coal mine, shouted urgently from outside the tent: "President Lu, President Lu, something bad has happened! There's been an accident at the coal mine!"
Lu Yuan was feeling sleepy and was already a bit drowsy when he suddenly heard Wang Laosi's words. He immediately sat up, looked at Xiao Shan apologetically, then put on his clothes and rushed out of the tent.
There was no rain under the plastic panels, but Wang Laosi was wearing a gray-black raincoat and looked anxious.
"President Lu is in trouble! There's been an accident at the coal mine!"
Lu Yuan frowned, then quickly asked, "Tell me slowly, what exactly happened? What happened at the coal mine? Was there a collapse?"
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