The men drew ever closer.
Jian Zhizhen suddenly squatted down, quickly rummaged through his bag for a moment, and pulled out a hammer.
Qin Yubai thought she wanted to use this as a weapon to resist.
Although the tools in Jian Zhizhen's toolbox are nowhere near as good as those people's weapons, it's better than nothing.
Just as he was about to find something handy to defend himself, Jian Zhizhen suddenly raised a hammer... aimed it at the cabbage-shaped talking machine, and smashed it all with a few thuds, destroying the machine he had painstakingly invented.
The men looked at each other, completely unprepared for her to do such a thing.
After smashing the equipment, Jian Zhizhen took out his counter.
The points and currency mentioned above are decreasing significantly.
Jian Zhizhen raised the counter and said to the people, "All the assets I obtained through this product have been deducted. The little bit of money left is what I earned as a quality inspector. I will no longer sell products to this factory, nor will I take away your job opportunities. So you don't need to be our enemy anymore."
The man closest to Jian Zhizhen mustered his courage and took two steps forward to examine the numbers on the watch closely.
Upon inspection, the data was indeed still declining rapidly.
Qin Yubai looked at Jian Zhizhen silently, and in an instant seemed to understand something.
He also took out his watch face and showed it to them.
It's also declining.
The man turned around, nodded to his coworker, and indicated that it was true.
Everyone looked at each other, hesitated for a moment, and then put down their weapons.
Now that they have achieved their goal, they will not make things difficult for them anymore.
If they break their promise and try to seize opportunities again, they can do it all over again.
Just as they were about to leave, Jian Zhizhen suddenly spoke up politely: "Excuse me, what will happen if there is no more production value?"
Upon hearing this, a look of horror appeared on their faces.
—"If production value drops to zero, you'll be arrested by the enforcement team and sent to the slaughterhouse!"
Jian Zhizhen asked, "Will they be killed?"
"The execution team doesn't kill people, and neither do the upper echelons. They just use other methods to make those people work until they die!"
Jian Zhizhen nodded thoughtfully, then asked, "The execution team, is that the one that gave you the counters?"
"No, the upper class rules everything. The counter is a tool developed by the upper class. The execution team arrests people who have no productive value on behalf of the upper class."
Jian Zhizhen looked up and met Qin Yubai's gaze. Qin Yubai nodded slightly.
They all gained a deeper understanding of this space-time.
They also had new ideas about how to return to their own time and space.
Jian Zhizhen had no further questions.
Seeing that the people hadn't left yet, she smiled and reminded them, "You can go and talk to the boss now. He definitely wants to hire people, but I don't know if he'll still hire you. After all, new people apply for jobs at this factory all the time."
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately turned around and headed to the interview center.
During the sprint, the man with the back injury was pushed to the ground by his coworker.
His back was hurting so badly that he couldn't even sit up.
He stretched out his hand towards those people and said, "Help me..."
But no one paid him any attention.
They were all afraid that if they were a step too late, they would lose their job opportunities.
The audience could finally breathe a sigh of relief at this point:
[They're all clowns. They were all fighting against us just a moment ago, but now they're rivals, and the alliance has crumbled instantly.]
I really admire Jian Zhizhen. She remained calm and composed in such a dangerous situation, managing to transform the conflict with them into an internal conflict within the group.
[But wasn't Jian Zhizhen being too impulsive? After all, they don't know when they'll be back, supplies are scarce, and so much money has been withheld. What will they eat then?]
Just as a group of viewers were worried about Jian Zhizhen and Qin Yubai's survival, Jian Zhizhen started talking about the real reason why they did what they did.
"Bai Bai, we originally wanted to attract the attention of the company behind the counter by inventing something, but now it seems that this method is too slow."
Neither of them paid any attention to the man on the ground who couldn't get up, and they continued walking and chatting.
Qin Yubai nodded: "Hmm. Why not just reduce the production value to 0 or even negative, and have the execution team arrest us?"
“Yes, they also said that the upper class doesn’t kill people easily, but only makes them work. If we can infiltrate the upper class, we might be safer than we are now.”
"Possibly."
When Jian Zhizhen smashed the microphone again, Qin Yubai had already guessed what she meant, so the two of them didn't need to explain anything and reached a consensus without any obstacles.
Jian Zhizhen looked at her counter.
The data has stopped decreasing.
She told Qin Yubai the remaining amount: "I have 120 coins left. Let's spend them all and exchange them for supplies."
Qin Yubai looked at his own and said, "I'm about the same."
"Also, I'd like to cooperate with the director to finish recording the rest of the program first. After that, we'll deliberately reduce the production value to below 0." Jian Zhizhen didn't forget to consider Lin Yi's situation.
Qin Yubai agreed, "Okay."
After that, the two of them simply stopped working.
They went to a nearby supermarket and exchanged all their money for canned goods, compressed biscuits, and nitrogen-filled bottled water that could be stored for several years.
Even if they really can't save themselves, they can at least hold on for a little longer.
...
On the assembly line.
Yesterday, Chien Chih-chen installed automated quality inspection equipment for everyone, so everyone's quality inspection income is not low now.
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