When it came to dealing with the cash, everyone started to share their ideas.
"If you ask me, we should keep this money and use it slowly. It's all real money, who wouldn't want it! It's better to save it for buying things later!"
"That's twenty million! If you ask me, we should just convert it into property in the inner city. Once our company here is on track, none of us will need to work downstairs anymore!"
...
The scene was chaotic, but no one had considered things thoroughly.
Lu Yuan sighed and said, "Let's have a moment to calm down, and I'll share my thoughts!"
Everyone immediately quieted down, waiting for Lu Yuan to come up with a solution.
Chen Kaiming was also in a bind. When he heard Lu Yuan say he had an idea, he quickly sat up straight.
"Lu Yuan, tell me! Let's see if you have any good ideas!"
Nodding slightly, Lu Yuan composed himself and said, "On the way here, Uncle Chen already described Chen Tianhu's personality, and I did a simple analysis. He's a vengeful person and would never let things go so easily. But now that we've returned safely, it means he definitely has some dirty tricks up his sleeve."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Since they're using underhanded tactics to kill us, we certainly can't just sit here and wait to die. Our security is the first priority. We need to be extra vigilant about this. If Liu Tianhu is planning an assassination, we might not have enough manpower right now!"
“That’s right, we only have five security personnel right now. After deducting the two safety officers in the mining area, there are only three left. I’ve said it before, we need to recruit more people!” Ou Chen said, sitting by the fire.
Chen Kaiming nodded: "Okay, let's recruit a few more people then, but how many should we recruit?"
Lu Yuan pondered for a moment, then turned to the supervisor in charge of recruitment and asked, "Supervisor Du, how many people do we have in the mining area right now?"
Supervisor Du, who was standing to the side, adjusted his glasses and said, "Well... there are fifty-three people in total now, including thirty-eight laborers, five security personnel, four kitchen staff, two ore storage staff, one researcher, and one external liaison. General Manager Lu and General Manager Chen together make a total of fifty-three!"
Lu Yuan nodded silently, pondered for a moment, and said, "We still have a bit too few people. Here's what we'll do: you recruit another hundred people, including twenty security guards, two more in the kitchen, no need for the storage department, five more researchers, and we'll make arrangements for the rest!"
Supervisor Du took a pen and wrote it down in his notebook.
Sitting to the side, Chen Yan cast a grateful glance at Lu Yuan. During this time, she had been handling the research work all by herself. Because she had no assistant, her work was particularly heavy. Although Lu Yuan had not assigned her any additional tasks and she had been in charge of extracting the catalyst herself, she had never felt very important. This time, Lu Yuan said that he would assign her five more researchers, which warmed her heart.
After a moment of thought, Kuroko asked, "Ahem, so, does that mean I can stop handling external liaison work from now on? What am I supposed to do then?"
Upon hearing Hei Zi's words, Lu Yuan couldn't help but joke, "How could Brother Hei have nothing to do? Why don't you go work in the mines with me in the future?"
"Holy crap! Are you even human?! I, a high-ranking official from the inner city, condescended to help you, and this is how you try to fool me?!"
"Haha, just kidding, of course not. I have a new mission for you. We've lost contact with the inner city, but there are still resources in the outer city! You'll be in charge of contacting the outer city! Find out as many things as possible!"
Hei Zi then beamed with joy: "That's more like it! By the way, I'm actually quite interested in the lab too. How about I be your assistant, Yanzi?"
Seeing this lust-driven guy, Lu Yuan could only shake his head helplessly.
...
With everything arranged, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. As for the cash, Lu Yuan decided to use it as emergency funds for the time being.
However, Lu Yuan underestimated the situation, and so did everyone else.
The next morning, Lu Yuan woke up to a commotion outside, so he quickly put on his clothes and went out of the tent.
A group of people were arguing and shouting in front of the plumbers, while the two plumbers looked on with a lot of questions.
"What's wrong? What happened?" Lu Yuan asked, pushing through the crowd.
Upon seeing that it was Lu Yuan, the two plumbers breathed a sigh of relief.
"Mr. Lu, everything was fine last night, but the power and water were cut off first thing this morning!"
Zhou Qi's wife, who was in charge of the kitchen, nodded in agreement.
"Yes, Brother Lu Yuan, I got up to cook, but when I turned on the tap there was no water, and the power was out too, so I called two repairmen to come and see if there was a problem. They're fixing it right now!"
"Okay, is there a problem? Have you found it?"
The two plumbers looked at each other in bewilderment.
"We just received the notification and came here, but after checking, we didn't find any problems. We suspect there might be a problem with the wiring or something else!"
Lu Yuan frowned and pondered for a moment, secretly guessing that this was probably caused by someone, because the water and electricity had always been working fine, and it was impossible for the water and electricity to suddenly stop.
So Lu Yuan quickly took out his phone and dialed Hei Zi's number in the outer city.
"Hei Zi, is there a power outage in the outer city?"
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