Chapter 121, Little Steward
Ricky was surprised.
"What are you doing now?"
He was not blind, he could see that Ossena's status here was not low.
"Well... I'm just a small manager." That's all Ossena could say.
The clerk who was about to go out to hand over the documents laughed out loud inadvertently.
The 'little' steward.
Miss, you are now the head of the production department directly appointed by the governor. When all other civil affairs departments have not been established and no one is actually in office, you can be regarded as the de facto highest civil affairs director of the entire Fuxing City.
Is this also called a 'little' steward?
Hearing the laughter, Ossena glared at the clerk fiercely.
The clerk grinned at her and quickly started yo-yoing.
Retracting her gaze, she gave Ricky an awkward smile: "My colleague is not very sensible..."
"No need to explain further."
Even if Ricky is not a smart person, he has at least been in the wasteland for a long time. If he still can't see some things, he would be too stupid.
His attitude became somewhat restrained.
The two were acquainted with each other in the past.
On her way to Renaissance City, Ossena actually traveled with Ricky's team. During the escape and the period of time in Renaissance City, she received a lot of help from Ricky.
Ricky was not helping her specifically, but he was a rare person who valued fairness and loyalty. On the road of escape, including after settling in a small block in Fuxing City, having this was already a great help to Ossena, a little girl who was trying to survive with her brother.
Of course, since they were not related, the help only went so far. Later, Ossena took her brother away from Renaissance City.
Ricky said, "Before, someone said that they heard your speech and that you became a clerk under the Governor. I was happy for you. But I didn't expect that you were more than just a clerk."
"At that time, I heard that you and your brother were taken to the Governor's camp after drinking a bowl of porridge. I thought you were deceived. After all, there is no such good thing in the world. However, I didn't expect that I was short-sighted. You are living a good life now, that's enough."
Ossena smiled and said, "I haven't been doing very well. I haven't slept for two days. Besides, I asked Uncle Ricky to come here for something important."
"What business are you talking about?" Ricky seemed very cautious. He was a little afraid of falling into a trap.
But Ossena had already hurriedly pulled out a rough plan from the pile of papers under the table.
"Look at this."
"This is..." Ricky took a quick look. Although he couldn't quite understand many of the detailed parameters on the plan, he quickly formed an impression just by looking at the plan: "Is this our neighborhood? But..."
What a big change!
But how much would it cost to do this?
"Don't be so hesitant." Ossena said, "In my impression, Uncle Ricky is not the kind of indecisive person. Let me be frank. I didn't ask you to come here just to reminisce about the past. As you can see, I have a lot of work to do now and I am very busy. I asked you to come here because I hope you can help me."
"How can I help you..." Ricky instinctively wanted to refuse.
Everything was too unknown, and he didn't want to step in without knowing anything.
But Ossena waved her hand.
She is no longer the tough-minded but gentle girl she used to be. Or rather, her inner tenacity has not changed, but she has understood that sometimes, in order to achieve her goals, she needs to show this tenacity outwardly.
She said with some certainty, "Uncle Ricky, please don't reject me. Your prestige in the neighborhood and your good reputation can provide me with great help. I am in great need of people to do the work, and I need a reliable helper in terms of character and ability to help me speed up the work."
"This matter is not just my business, nor is it just the Governor's order. It is also for the benefit of the people of the entire city. Even if you ignore other aspects, just look at the block we originally lived in. Do you want to go back to your previous life, or do you want to live in the house I drew in my blueprint?"
Richie said helplessly: "Then I must want to live in the house you drew..."
"Then come and help me. I promise that you can move in. Just working for me and in the new government will give you enough work points to buy a house. And your work will help more people move in, and I promise that you will become a more respectable person in the future."
“It seems like I have no choice.”
"Yes, you have no choice." Ossena smiled and stretched out her hand, and continued to say to the man in front of her, "But I promise you will not regret it, never."
"Okay." Ricky sighed and continued, "What exactly do you want me to do?"
"Find more reliable personnel, organize the team, follow our plan, and do things more efficiently. Let everyone understand and believe that what we are doing now is for our own better life tomorrow. In this regard, our political commissars, those red hats, will help you. But our people don't know enough about the situation in Fuxing City, so we need locals like you to organize the team, distribute food, and supervise the progress of the work..."
She began to talk to Richie about the specific matters in detail.
Ricky was also listening carefully.
…
In fact, Richie was not the only person that Ossena had called.
In the process of clearing the ruins and rebuilding the city, Ossena encountered too many problems.
She has already counted the manpower needed by the factories and businesses that need to resume work in the city, and she hopes that the corresponding workers and employees will go back to work.
A large number of people who were unemployed or whose jobs were lost due to the disaster temporarily changed jobs to become construction workers. Through the method of work-for-relief, the city's infrastructure was also built.
But when the time came for more refined management, Ossena found that her control was simply not enough.
She didn't have enough staff to pass on her ideas and plans to every construction team and every area. When she was making a series of plans, she also lacked staff to help her.
Now, this problem is not particularly prominent. During the rescue and relief process, the army still maintains its organization and is helping her. But this situation obviously cannot continue for a long time.
She had to build up an administrative team.
Among the poor people in the outer city, those with good character and reputation, those with reputation, those with professional ability... Ossena is working hard to pull these people out and fill them into her own administrative structure.
But that’s not enough.
Among the poor in the outer city, people like me who have a relatively good educational background are very rare, but in the inner city there are many more of them.
And in this regard, she had already gone to Lambert.
(End of this chapter)
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