Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Chapter 1996 Water is free to drink, but no toilet breaks allowed (4500)

The night was quiet.

This is the third night of the high-level meeting in Dazhangshu.

Two consecutive days of intense meetings left many participants exhausted and they went to bed early.

But even on such a bright and clear night, some people still can't sleep.

inner city.

Residential building.

Lu Cheng came out of his room and tiptoed to the room opposite. He was about to open the door to see if his daughter was secretly playing instead of sleeping when he found that the door was locked.

He stood there for a moment, then chuckled to himself.

My daughter is all grown up now, so locking the door is a good idea.

He walked to the cabinet in the living room and took out a pack of corn silk cigarettes produced at the camphor tree base.

I took the lighter, pushed open the door, and walked into the hallway.

The full moon hung in the sky, and its milky white light shone on the earth, bathing the buildings near and far in the inner city in a soft glow.

hiss~
Call ~
Lu Cheng smoked a corn silk cigarette, the sparks crackling as it burned.

He squinted, pondering the ten key points of the future plan that Li Yu had mentioned today.

These ten key points are very important, and the next three years will definitely revolve around them.

Currently, there is no force in the country more powerful than the camphor tree base. Without external enemies, they will definitely focus on their own development.

On the other hand, the antidote for zombies will soon be mass-produced, further reducing the threat posed by zombies.

This also gives the big camphor tree more opportunities, time and energy to develop.

He recalled the first issue that Li Yu had mentioned.

Expanding grain production areas is a good thing, but
What should we do when natural disasters strike?
That five-meter wall alone is definitely not enough.

Natural disasters like typhoons are relatively easy to deal with, but floods are a real concern.

As the city lord said today, intelligent control will be used in the greenhouses of the grain planting area, which will greatly reduce the number of planting personnel.

In addition, due to the small number of people and low popularity, it is difficult to attract too many zombies.

Even if the rainstorm arrives, most of the zombies will likely be drawn to the bustling crowd at the headquarters.

However, the grain-producing areas are located outside the base and are difficult to reach during natural disasters.

Thinking about this gave him a headache.

Implementing this in practice might be quite difficult.

Just then, the sound of a door opening came from the right.

squeak~
He turned his head and saw Ju Tianrui walking out of the room.

Ju Tianrui was taken aback when he saw Lü Cheng; he hadn't expected that Lü Cheng hadn't slept either.

When Lü Cheng saw him come out, he smiled, took out a cigarette from the cigarette box, and handed it to him.

"You can't sleep either?"

Ju Tianrui took the cigarette, sighed, and said:

"Yeah. What about you? Why can't you sleep?"

Lü Cheng smiled wryly:
"Thinking about tomorrow's discussion on the key points, I feel that there are quite a few problems among the ten key points. It will probably not be easy to implement them."

Ju Tianrui lit a cigarette, slowly exhaled a puff of smoke, and said:

"Yes, I'm also troubled by this."

"Things in the Northwest haven't recovered yet. If we follow the ten key points the city lord mentioned, the Northwest probably won't be able to keep up."

After thinking for a moment, Lü Cheng said:
"It's alright. The population in the Northwest is relatively small, so you hardly need to do anything about the second point."

"I mainly believe that the construction of grain-producing areas is the key to the entire development plan."

Ju Tianrui looked at him and asked, "What do you mean?"

Lü Cheng said:

"There have been so many natural disasters in recent years, and things are unstable. If the grain production area is set up several kilometers or even more than ten kilometers away from the base, it will be impossible to control during a natural disaster, and there will be no way to protect the greenhouses in time."

"Besides, even though there are fewer people over there, what if a zombie crawls in?"

"Five meters is far too low; it's even impossible to install a movable switch."

"Hmm," Ju Tianrui thought after listening to Lü Cheng's analysis, "it makes a lot of sense."

"What you said makes a lot of sense; five meters is indeed too low."

However, building it around the current base wouldn't be very suitable, since it's not just a few tens of thousands of acres; the required area would be much larger. Building it around the base would make defense inconvenient.

Most importantly, the area surrounding the camphor tree base is almost entirely forested for several kilometers. Developing forested areas into grain-producing regions is not easy, nor is it suitable for building greenhouses.

Lu Cheng frowned. "Yes, so this grain area is not suitable for expansion based on the current base, but I also feel that the grain area construction plan proposed by the city lord is not quite right either."

Ju Tianrui flicked his cigarette ash and said:
"As long as the direction is right, the specific implementation plan needs to be carefully discussed. Otherwise, why would this conference have lasted for so many days? It's all about slowly refining the plan. Don't worry, with so many people in our big camphor tree, we'll always be able to come up with a solution."

Hearing what Ju Tianrui said, Lü Cheng thought about it and agreed.

The city lord proposed a goal, not a specific plan.

There will definitely be many steps involved in setting a goal and then implementing it.

We proceeded step by step, discovering problems one by one.

As long as the direction is right and it aligns with the sustainable development of Dazhangshu, that's fine.

“You’re right.” Lu Cheng stubbed out his cigarette and then lit another one.

The two chatted while looking at the moonlight in the corridor of the residential building.

Half an hour passed before they realized it, and as night fell, the two returned to their respective rooms.

The next day.

First Outer City Complex Building.

third floor.

Many people were holding notebooks, which contained notes from the meetings held over the past two days.

Also, after thinking and writing down my thoughts yesterday evening and night regarding the ten key points of Li Yu's proposed three-year plan for the Great Camphor Tree Power.

The direction and goals cannot be changed, but the plans and implementation schedules can be adjusted.

Their goal in this meeting is to identify and address any shortcomings, brainstorm ideas, and work together to find a suitable, feasible, and relatively comprehensive solution.

Just like the previous two days, everyone took their seats, Li Hang gave his opening remarks, and the process was completed in a routine manner.

Today's meeting is now officially underway.

The discussion session has officially begun.

As a section chief-level person in the first row of the audience, I definitely had to speak.

Lü Cheng took the initiative and was the first to raise his hand and ask a question.

"I have a question."

His second uncle pointed at him and said, "You speak."

Lu Cheng immediately recounted the first key point he had discussed with Ju Tianrui the previous night: the issue of grain production areas.

After he finished speaking, many people in the audience agreed with Lü Cheng's question.

"Director Lü is right, I thought of that yesterday."

"Yes, if a natural disaster strikes, it's not easy to manage the grain storage areas located outside the base."

"Let's see if anyone has a solution."

After Lü Cheng finished speaking, his second uncle asked him to sit down.

My second uncle personally chaired the meeting. "The question that Director Lü just raised was very sharp and crucial. Does the expert group have any solutions?"

The expert group comprises talents from various industries.

Before the experts could speak, Ding Jiu spoke up.

"The problem raised by Director Lü is easy to solve."

"First of all, grain zones can only be built outside the base. Everyone knows that whether it is the headquarters base or the oil city branch base, the nearby flat areas have been occupied."

"Grain planting areas can only be located in relatively flat areas; otherwise, the subsequent construction work would be too extensive, and mechanized harvesting would be difficult to achieve, requiring a large amount of manpower, which would be inefficient and troublesome." "Secondly, the five-meter wall height is only a preliminary plan; it can be changed to a height similar to that of the outlying city, eight meters."

"At a height of eight meters, it is just right to place a layer of mobile switches. The new generation of intelligent mobile switches can detect the approach of wall-climbing zombies and operate autonomously."

In addition, by setting up a dozen or so watchtowers in the grain-producing areas, a small number of guards can protect the grain-producing areas.

In addition, although the grain storage area is not built according to the current perimeter of the base, it cannot be too far away from the base.

Under normal weather conditions, the base's influence can fully extend to the grain production area, and there is no need to worry about attacks from small forces.

With the intelligent mobile guillotine, there's no need to worry about zombie attacks.

"Finally, there are solutions regarding the impact of natural disasters on food-producing areas, as well as the problem of zombie hordes attacking food-producing areas during natural disasters."

"My idea is that although the grain storage area cannot be built on the periphery of the base, it can be built in the same way as the previous water pipes."

Construct a concrete underground tunnel several kilometers, or even more than ten kilometers, to connect the base with the grain-producing area.

After a natural disaster strikes, it is relatively safe and convenient to send personnel from the base to provide support or to evacuate personnel stationed in the grain production areas to the base.

"Most importantly, multiple grain production zones can be built instead of one, which effectively disperses the pressure of loss."

"If a natural disaster such as a flood occurs, we can make good selections when choosing grain production areas in the early stages."

Taking the headquarters base in Dazhangshu as an example, we could choose to build a grain production area in Niujiaotang, eight kilometers east of Dazhangshu. The terrain there is relatively high, and there is also a flat area of ​​tens of thousands of acres.

"As long as drainage ditches are built around the grain-growing areas, floods will have a hard time reaching those areas."

"That concludes my answer to Director Lü's question."

After Ding Jiu finished speaking, the hall fell silent.

It has to be said that, judging from the solution provided by Ding Jiu, it seems that all the concerns mentioned by Lü Cheng have been resolved.

It was as if he had been prepared all along.

In fact, Ding Jiu had already started thinking about this problem yesterday when Li Yu proposed the direction.

Everyone has their own area of ​​expertise, and he was in charge of the basic construction of the camphor tree's power.

He has encountered too many problems over the years, so when Lü Cheng mentioned this issue, he could provide a feasible solution in a very short time.

The room fell silent for a moment.

Uncle asked, "Does anyone have any questions about this first point?"

He looked at Lü Cheng, who shook his head.

He was somewhat shocked, shocked that he had racked his brains for a long time last night but had not been able to come up with a solution.

But Ding Jiu did it for him in no time.

You have to admit, that's what you call professional.

After a while, a captain-level person raised a small question.

But Ding Jiu solved it quickly.

Later, a few more people raised some questions.
Some people also offered suggested solutions.

Until no one asked any more questions,
Only then did my second uncle speak:

"Since everyone has no questions, let's settle on this first point for now. Ding Jiu will be in charge of developing the detailed plan."

As he spoke, he looked at the person sitting at the very edge of the audience and said:

"Relevant personnel should record the conversation and make a memorandum. The memorandum will be released after the meeting and made available for everyone to see."

"Yes," the meeting stenographer nodded.

Second Uncle glanced down at the paper in his hand and said:

"Next, let's discuss the second key point, regarding the population expansion plan and the repositioning of the North."

"Does anyone have any questions or concerns? You can speak up now."

Li Haoran was the first to raise his hand and ask:
"If the northern border expands, the influx of surviving people from other regions will inevitably create management pressure. The current garrison in the north will struggle to manage it. How can we solve this problem?"

Ten key points, just follow them in order, one by one, and work them out little by little.

Everyone in the room can ask questions about these key points and offer solutions.

Sometimes, the meeting room is so noisy and chaotic that it's unbearable.

But sometimes, when faced with tricky and difficult problems, everyone falls silent.

The meeting was moving slowly, but when so many people are gathered together to discuss things, the efficiency is bound to be low.

But it is precisely because so many people participated in the discussion that we were able to consider things more comprehensively.

All the key points, the questions raised, and the corresponding solutions were written down in a memo.

Of course, when faced with some tricky problems, everyone needs to rack their brains to think of solutions.

If we can't solve it, we'll just keep dragging it out.

According to Li Yu, if you can't think of anything, then keep thinking!

There's no reason why someone who can't figure it out now will be able to after they go back.
Sometimes, when everyone was at a loss for ideas about a very sensitive issue, Li Yu would tell everyone that they couldn't go to the toilet. They could drink water, but they couldn't go to the toilet.

If you can think of a way, then go to the toilet.

If you can't think of anything, just keep it to yourself.

And you know what? This method is quite effective.

Solutions are often born out of necessity!

Therefore, everyone who raises a question can get a relatively reliable answer.

In this rather closed and focused environment, everyone's thinking is on the same frequency, so their ideas are very unified, and they can better understand the core meaning of these ten points.

They had a clear and profound understanding of what the big camphor tree needed to do next.

This process is the process of reaching a consensus.

By doing this, Li Yu brought everyone's spirit and ideas together, so that these high-level executives knew what to do next and wouldn't be confused or lost.

Only when they know what to do next will the people below know what to do.

If those in the meeting room don't know what to do next and can't understand the spirit and direction of the meeting, how much more so those at lower levels?

Time passes.

One key point after another was discussed.

And you know what? There's strength in numbers. When faced with all sorts of problems, someone can always come up with a solution.

And there's more than one way.

Let's list the solutions we can think of first, and then everyone can vote by raising their hands.

Choose the solution that everyone thinks is the best.

This type of meeting may seem inefficient, but it is actually the most efficient.

This meeting format allows those who are actually implementing the plan to participate in its development, and these implementers are the ones who bring the plan to fruition.

Having been on the front lines, they understand better what problems they encounter when implementing policies.

It's not so that the plans set up above are like castles in the air, vague and unrealistic, completely impossible to implement in practice.

On the third day of the meeting, it took a whole day to finally finish discussing the first three key points.

The fourth day was another full day.

The ten key points have been expanded to the fifth key point.

They weren't fast, but slow is fast.

At least after each key point was discussed, everyone's questions and concerns were resolved.

In this way, when everyone feels that these problems can be solved, they will not be reluctant to carry them out.

In this way, the execution efficiency can be high when it is implemented.

Moreover, if the problem is not thoroughly investigated, subsequent back-and-forth discussions will only waste time.

It's better to study the problem thoroughly and deeply in one go, which can maximize time savings and improve efficiency.

Every day, everyone participating in the meeting felt like their brains were completely drained.

The first two days of the conference were dedicated to inputting a large amount of information, while the following days were for brainstorming.

I'm frantically thinking about problems and finding solutions.

(End of this chapter)