Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Chapter 2033 Oriental Paradise: Increase Investment!
"Regarding former Minister Li Hong's proposal about Oriental Paradise, does anyone else have any objections?" Li Hang looked at everyone in the conference room.

Everyone said no, and looked at Li Yu.

After all, Li Yu holds veto power. Even if everyone agrees, it's all for naught if they don't win Li Yu's approval.

Li Yu nodded slightly and said:
"Since no one has any objections, let's settle on this."

He wasn't the kind of person who acted arbitrarily. Generally, proposals from the group would be voted on by the meeting members, and he would usually approve them if they passed.

He would only intervene and use his veto power if it was something he felt was extremely inappropriate.

After receiving Li Yu's confirmation, Li Hang then announced the final result:
"I hereby announce that, following a vote, the proposal by former Minister Li Hong to formally incorporate Oriental Paradise into the Dazhangshu system and increase investment in it has been approved!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Old Xie asked:

"Since we're under the Great Camphor Tree system, how many people should we send there? And who should we send to oversee the affairs there?"

This is the point.

"Sending two militia battalions over there will suffice," Uncle San continued.
"In addition, we need a group of managers, and we can select suitable personnel from the various branch bases of Dazhangshu."

Furthermore, while Oriental Paradise doesn't require major renovations, a basic defense system needs to be established. Currently, these people have to hide in buildings every night, and some are even afraid to come out of Oriental Paradise because there are no mobile switchboards installed on the walls.

"Therefore, it is necessary to build the most basic intelligent mobile switch."

"Of course, all of this can be accomplished by recruiting people over there; it only requires a small amount of food to install."

After hearing what his third uncle said, the eldest uncle asked:

Do you have suitable candidates? Which two ethnic armed groups would be a good fit?

After pondering for a moment, Uncle San said:
“Zhang Tianfu and Chen Er from Oriental Paradise were very suitable. They were quite familiar with Oriental Paradise and the surrounding area, so it was most appropriate for them to return to Oriental Paradise.”

"Hmm, I remember Chen Er, but I don't know much about Zhang Tianfu. Is he suitable?" the uncle continued to ask.

My eldest uncle is the deputy minister of the military department, and he also has great power over the appointment of personnel in the military department.

Uncle San gave a brief introduction to Zhang Tianfu, who had been the head guard at Oriental Paradise.

They are specifically responsible for personnel entry and exit and for guarding the perimeter wall.

He was still reluctant to leave Oriental Paradise when all the staff were evacuated.

They were forced to retreat to the oil city due to a blizzard disaster.

He would be very happy to return to Oriental Paradise now.

As for the probability of betrayal, it's extremely low.

Moreover, Oriental Paradise is currently penniless and has nothing.

First, send Chen Er and Zhang Tianfu, who are familiar with the area, over there. Once things are stable and on track, we can send another level one or level two personnel to take charge.

Apart from the headquarters base, the North, Oil City, and Northwest all adopt a rotation system.

This Oriental Paradise is no exception.

After a certain period of time, these combat personnel will change their stationed bases and go to other bases to be stationed.

On the radio, after my eldest uncle finished speaking for a while, my third uncle finally said:

"From my interactions with him, I think he's a good fit. He's very thoughtful and has experience dealing with all sorts of unexpected situations, so I think he's a good fit."

"Okay." The eldest uncle said simply and then fell silent.

Li Hang glanced at Li Yu, who nodded slightly.

"Okay, the two core personnel to be dispatched to Oriental Paradise have been finalized. Next, we need to discuss the preparations for the third transport team."

Oriental Paradise.

As the sun rose, the survivors inside the building pushed open their doors and came out.

The windows of the house were all boarded up and weighed down with various heavy objects.

Oriental Paradise has never installed intelligent mobile switches, nor has it been able to supply the power needed to power the ultraviolet lamps that surround the entire Oriental Paradise wall.

Therefore, they could only resort to the methods they used to use to survive outside, staying in a closed and safe indoor space.

As night falls, wall-climbing zombies may appear outside, and encountering mutated wall-climbing zombies is even more terrifying.

Once they encounter a mutated, wall-climbing zombie, even ultraviolet lights are useless in the dark.

The Oriental Paradise already houses thousands of people, and the interior is very crowded. Every time the sun sets, they have to pack up their belongings outside and run back into the building.

The morning sun shone on the walls of Oriental Paradise.

The gate beneath the wall suddenly burst open.

A large group of people carrying plastic and metal buckets of various sizes ran out to fetch water from the Yangtze River, which was 10 kilometers away.

Some people were pushing homemade carts with two wheels taken off motorcycles and a door panel on top. One person pulled in front and two people pushed behind.

The small cart was filled with all sorts of water containers.

These containers were all tied to them with ropes.

The water-fetching team, numbering in the hundreds, marched in a grand procession toward the Yangtze River to the north.

It's not that there aren't water reservoirs in Oriental Paradise, but it hasn't rained for more than three months, and the water in the reservoirs has long been used up.

Even the ponds within a 2-kilometer radius and the stream less than 500 meters away have dried up.

They had to travel 10 kilometers to the Yangtze River.

Unlike the forces of the Great Camphor Tree, Oriental Paradise did not expend enormous manpower and resources to dig underground ditches and build a waterworks. When drought struck, they had no choice but to leave their base to fetch water from outside.

Yangtze.

As the river with the largest runoff in the country, even after three months of drought, its water volume is still very large.

However, there will be many zombies near the Yangtze River and in the Yangtze River itself.

Even though it's daytime, it would still be dangerous for them to go there to fetch water.

They have to walk to and from the destination, a round trip of 20 kilometers. On the way there, it's a bit easier as they carry empty containers, but on the way back, they need to bring full water containers.

Time is still very tight.

Among the water-fetching team.

A tall, thin young man with blond hair was pushing a small cart and calling out to the back:

"Hurry up!"

Not far away, four or five young men and women of similar age chased after them.

"Hey, why are you running so fast?" one of the young men, wearing a yellow vest and a gray-black baseball cap, said.

"Hey duck, are you going to pull the cart when we come back?" the blond young man said irritably.

Hearing this, the duck pouted, "Why am I always the one pulling the cart when we come back! It's so tiring to come back, I'm not pulling it anymore!"

Upon hearing this, the blond-haired youth, nicknamed "Hanging Hair," lowered the rope from his shoulder and pushed the cart.

"Take it or leave it, I'm not taking it anymore."

The duck snorted coldly: "Then everyone should stop drinking water."

Just then, a girl who looked to be in her early twenties stopped the two of them:
"What time is it? Stop arguing!"

She was very thin, with no flesh on her chest, and her gaunt figure made her unappealing.

Her complexion was sallow, clearly indicating malnutrition, and her frail appearance easily made her seem weak.

"Stop arguing, let's push the cart quickly together."

Strangely, the two bickering youths didn't ignore the girl's words. They immediately stopped arguing and obediently pulled and pushed the cart, one pulling and the other pushing.

The other three listened to the girl and quickly went forward to push the cart and run ahead.

Clearly, this girl is the leader of this group.

The girl sighed and shook her head. "What's the point of arguing!"

He straightened the fire axe on his back and chased after them to help push the car.

This is a team of 4 men and 2 women, all young people in their early twenties.

They exuded a fierce and unruly aura.

The fact that they were able to hold on together for eight years during the apocalypse is enough to show that they are not as disunited as they appear.

If a team is not united, it may have collapsed years ago.

They came from an orphanage and grew up together.

After the apocalypse broke out, they escaped together.

Since they had no parents to begin with, they weren't too sad when the apocalypse came.

Boldness, an indifferent attitude towards many things.

So in the early days of the apocalypse, they also looted a lot of supplies from supermarkets and enjoyed a short period of good life.

But as food became increasingly difficult to obtain, their lives became more and more miserable.

They had seen people eat people before, but they had never tried it themselves.

He was being suppressed by that girl called "Big Sister"!

The girl who just stopped Diao Mao and the duck is the boss.

The eldest sister was the leader of the kids when she was in the orphanage, and she punched all the children in the orphanage.

Because those eight years of the apocalypse coincided with their adolescence, they didn't get enough nutrition, and the eldest sister always gave her food to others first, eating relatively little herself.

So the eldest sister turned out to be the thinnest one after she came of age.

However, these young people from the orphanage all listened to her.

Over the years, she has acted like a patriarch, leading this group of children who have no parents.

But she herself was a child back then.

Now, they've grown up, but they're all skinny.

Not only them, but the vast majority of residents in the entire Oriental Paradise were thin and malnourished.

Not everyone is as lucky as the people of the Big Camphor Tree Power, who can live a life free from worries about food and clothing.

Until they joined Oriental Paradise, they lived a life of going hungry for seven meals in three days.

Now, thanks to the trade and cooperation between the residents of Oil City and Oriental Paradise, they have obtained food and are barely able to make ends meet by eating one meal a day.

The eldest sister was pushing the cart when a girl to her right asked:
"Big sister, we're practically part of the oil city now, right?"

After a moment of silence, the eldest sister replied:
"According to Boss Miao, there are six levels in the oil city. We are the lowest level, the sixth level. We are only qualified to trade with the oil city and do not enjoy any other benefits or privileges. Even if we die outside, they will not care."

"To put it nicely, we are the most peripheral members of the oil city; to put it bluntly, we are just getting what we need from them."

"Oh." The girl nicknamed Chili nodded somewhat dejectedly.

But she quickly rallied and began to speak eloquently:
"I wish I could become a Level 4 member someday. I've heard that Level 4 members have great benefits."

"And I heard that oil city is very prosperous, with lots of delicious food."

"I heard there's a movie theater in the oil city. I only went there once when I was 8 years old. The director took us there. I want to eat popcorn again. It's the best thing I've ever eaten in my life."

"I heard"

Listening to her rambling, the eldest sister couldn't help but ask:

"Who told you all this?"

Chili pepper replied awkwardly:

"That material inspector sent from the oil city, an uncle, what was his name again, Ding Taishan."

I think he's a nice person; he always answers my questions.

"They gave me a can of food before."

The young man pushing the cart nearby scoffed:
"That greasy old man has a crush on you."

“Yeah, otherwise why would I give you a can of food for no reason?” another young man named Grass Chicken laughed.

Chili's face darkened, and she cursed:

"Didn't you eat my canned food? You shameless bastards!"

"Although he was a man in his forties, he was quite polite and didn't lay a finger on me. I asked him about the situation in the oil city."

Forehead.
The one who eats someone else's food is the shortest one to return; the one who takes someone else's food is the shortest

After Little Chili lost her temper, neither the chickens nor the ducks dared to speak.

Keep pushing forward.

The eldest sister glanced at Little Chili and then reminded her:

"Chili, you can continue to contact that uncle at the supplies inspection office in the future, that's your freedom, but you must remember not to be deceived."

Chili pepper said with a grin:

"Don't worry, what is there for me to be fooled about? Besides, if he really likes me, I'd be more than happy to!"

"Although he's twenty years older than me, he's still quite manly, hehe."

The eldest sister was taken aback by what she heard. She really hadn't expected that Little Chili would be so insightful in this regard.

In the end times, no one is free.

Chili likes capable older men and accepts it openly, especially if she wins over that oil city inspector.

In some ways, it benefits their entire team.

The eldest sister carefully examined Little Chili's expression, and seeing that she was speaking from the heart, she nodded and said:

"As long as you know it yourself, that's good."

The blond-haired guy pulling the cart at the front felt a tightness in his chest after hearing Little Chili's conversation.

But he didn't know what to say.

He had a crush on Chili Pepper since he was a child, a crush he kept very, very deep.

But now Little Chili is talking about her.
He was anxious, angry, frustrated, and felt inferior.

What's infuriating is that the young woman was willing to accept a man twenty years her senior just to climb the social ladder.
She was also angry at herself for having nothing, not even enough food.

Then she felt annoyed, annoyed that she had fallen for such a fiery girl.

He felt frustrated and inferior, as he was outmatched by the inspectors from that oil city in terms of material resources.

With these complex and indescribable emotions, he pulled the cart forward like an ox.

It seems that only by running wildly can one release the bitterness in their heart.

(End of this chapter)