Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Chapter 2113 Public Transportation in the Base

Headquarters Base of Dazhangshu.

There are 80 elevators and 80 watchtowers along the entire edge of the city wall.

The wall, which is 40 kilometers long, has a watchtower and an elevator every 500 meters on average.

In addition to the elevator, there are 160 steps that allow you to climb the walls from the edge of the city.

Top of the city wall, in front of elevator number 20.

After spending two and a half hours inspecting the outer walls of the city, Ding Jiu said to Xie Wen beside him:
"Next, you should get the watchtowers ready as soon as possible, and also work with the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Ordnance Department to set up the weapon systems."

"Once you've finished with these tasks, Xie Wen, you should go and support Bi Yuning in building the infrastructure within the outskirts of the city."

Xie Wen nodded and said, "Okay, Chief Engineer Ding."

Elevator number 20 arrived just then, and Ding Jiu went inside. Xie Wen quickly followed and saw Ding Jiu off.

After seeing Ding Jiu off, Xie Wen returned to the outer wall of the city.

"Brothers, come over here for a second."

Numerous first, second, and third-level regulators all swarmed around.

"Chief Engineer Ding is very satisfied with the quality of the wall. The project was expected to take 6 months, but we finished it 2 months ahead of schedule! He said that everyone should have half a day off, so everyone should go home and rest early this afternoon."

"Everyone, gather at construction site number three in the outer city first thing tomorrow morning. We'll assign tasks there. Starting tomorrow, we'll be supporting the Second Construction Bureau's infrastructure projects in the city!"

Upon hearing this, many regulators cheered with joy.

"Wow! Finally, we get a holiday! That's great!"

"Yes, I finally had time to spend with my wife and kids this afternoon. My son has been pestering me to go to the movies with him, but I haven't had time until today."

"Hahaha, I'm going to have a good night's sleep tonight!"

It's no wonder these regulators are so excited, after working at a high intensity for four months.

Two shifts.

They spend 12 hours a day at the construction site, and most of them live in the buffer city. Even with special vehicles arranged to pick them up and drop them off, it still takes them more than ten minutes to get back to the buffer city from the edge city.

With all sorts of other things to do, they only had enough time left to sleep.

Xie Wen pressed his right hand into the air, signaling everyone to quiet down.

"To commend our Third Construction Bureau for ensuring quality and completing the project ahead of schedule, Chief Engineer Ding specially applied for an award for us."

"Everyone, including workers, supervisors, and all personnel of the Third Construction Bureau, will receive 10 contribution points. The points have already been directly credited to your point number cards. Please remember to check them."

"I hereby declare the organization disbanded!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than the crowd erupted in cheers and jubilation.

"Wow! That's great!"

"Great, it's contribution points, not transaction points!"

"Of course! Our team from the third division is definitely stronger than their team from the second division!"

"Thanks to our Deputy Chief Engineer Xie! Under his leadership, we were able to complete the project so efficiently!"

Seeing his supervisors so happy, Xie Wen was also quite pleased.

Ding Jiu just praised him privately.

The headquarters base of the Edge City project was actually launched simultaneously with the Oil City project, but the progress of the headquarters base was much faster than that of the Oil City project.

The number of workers in the oil city was even greater, with 3 people just for building the wall, while Xie Wen only had a mere 2.

Despite having fewer people, they were still able to outpace the oil city and complete the project ahead of schedule while maintaining quality.

This involves aspects such as refined personnel management and teamwork.
This demonstrates Xie Wen's strong ability to lead such a large construction team.

However, to be fair, there is indeed more large-scale construction machinery and equipment here at the headquarters base than at the oil city.
The message spread from top to bottom.

Soon, the workers of the Third Construction Bureau, who had gathered near the outer walls of the city, all knew about it.

In an instant, a huge cheer erupted throughout the entire outer city wall.

Work temporarily suspended!

Take a break!

The commotion they made was also heard by the Second Construction Bureau.

The people from the Second Construction Bureau all looked on with envy.

"Damn, I'm so envious of them. We haven't had a vacation in months."

"Who says otherwise? I just heard that they'll give each of them 10 contribution points. Damn, not transaction points. That's awesome."

"Their project is simpler than ours; they're just building walls. We have to build so many different structures; it's not even close to the difficulty!"

"But they did finish ahead of schedule, which is really impressive. Our Second Bureau... who knows when they'll ever finish."

"Ugh, this is so annoying! Time to get to work!"

"Screw it, the drilling machine's broken down again. Let's get the repair team to come fix it."

"Why is it broken again? It's so fragile."

"Find that Zhao Laosi, his repair skills are good. Don't find his apprentice, his apprentice is a complete slacker."

"Row."

The entire camphor tree faction currently has a total of eight construction bureaus.

There are three construction bureaus here at the headquarters, which are the most experienced in construction.

Over the years, other sub-bases have poached people from these three construction bureaus to form the remaining five construction bureaus.

Putting aside other things, Xie Changshan, who is currently in charge of all the construction projects in the oil city, came from the No. 1 Construction Bureau.

Jie Changshan made significant contributions to the oil city; he was the only person besides Ding Jiu who held the rank of chief engineer in the construction of the large camphor tree.

In the Infrastructure Operation and Maintenance Department, Xie Changshan's position was second only to Ding Jiu. He served as the deputy director of the Infrastructure Operation and Maintenance Department and enjoyed the construction level of the chief construction engineer.

At his level, he has basically reached the pinnacle.

To continue advancing, he can only take over when Ding Jiu retires.

Xie Wen informed his subordinates of the work stoppage and break, and an hour later, the workers and supervisors dispersed.

The vast majority of these workers and supervisors returned to the buffer city by electric buses.

Within the headquarters base in Dazhangshu, the public transportation system mainly consists of two types:

One type is similar to the shared electric scooters used before the apocalypse, with 2 scooters deployed at the entire Dazhangshu headquarters base.

These shared electric bikes are extremely small, almost the size of a small child's bicycle.

However, thanks to the adoption of solid-state batteries, the driving range can reach 150-200 kilometers.

Its small size and long range make it quite popular in the camphor tree base.

Category 2.

These are electric buses, operating on 30 routes with a fleet of 600 electric buses.

These are divided into W-series lines, H-series lines, and B-series lines.

These three series represent the outer city, buffer city, and periphery city, respectively.

There are no electric bus routes in the inner city. Due to the small size of the inner city and for the sake of its privacy and safety, no buses have been deployed there.

In the inner city, people mainly relied on donkeys.

Electric buses and donkeys support the transportation of over 100,000 people in the Dazhangshu base.

On the BH3 express bus, in an electric vehicle.

The buses on this route can go directly from the edge city to the buffer city without having to change stops.

This line was also specifically prepared for the construction workers.

Several workers sat in the back row, bragging.

"I'm going to the public bathhouse for a good scrub later, are you guys coming?" one of the workers asked the other three.

The other three workers exchanged glances, understanding each other perfectly.

That old Dai is a total sucker; if we don't rip him off, who will we rip off?

One of the older workers, whose thumb was missing a section, darted around with a sly grin and teased:
"Old Dai, I'll go if you treat me."

As soon as he finished speaking, another worker chimed in:
"Yes, Lao Dai, you're all alone, and you have no family to support. We can't do that."

The last young man, only in his early twenties, also joined in the fun, saying:

"Brother Dai, please treat us!"

The middle-aged man called Lao Dai rolled his eyes; he finally understood. These three guys were going to rip him off again.

Going to the bathhouse isn't expensive, only 2 points, but it's just a simple soaking and sauna, without any back scrubbing.

If you participate in other projects, you can earn even more points from these purchases.

Last time he hired these three hangers-on, which cost him nearly 30 points.

One purchase wiped out almost a week's salary for him.

This was because there was a policy from above to expedite the construction schedule, so the three-shift system was changed to two shifts.
His salary doubled.

In the past, earning 30 points would have been enough for him to work hard for half a month.

He was tricked by these three people last time, and they want to trick him again this time.
He really thought he was being taken advantage of!
Thinking of this, Old Dai couldn't hold back his anger and said furiously:

"Please, I already treated you once, this time it's your turn."

"I may not have a family to support, but the points I worked so hard to earn aren't for supporting you!"

The old worker, whose thumb was missing a section, said upon hearing this:
"Oh, why are you angry? We got 10 points as a reward today, how about we just use these 10 points? They're a reward after all."

“Yes, we’re all colleagues, why worry about such a small number of points?” another worker advised.

Old Dai raised an eyebrow, crossed his legs, and looked at the old worker who was missing a thumb, saying:

"You've received your reward too, so please go ahead."

The seasoned worker spread his hands and said:

"I can't do it. I have a wife and kids to support, and I have to transfer all my points to my wife's account later. There's really no other way."

If I were in your situation, I would definitely treat everyone!

Old Dai looked at the young man and said, "What about him? He doesn't have a wife or wife either, so why don't we let him invite her?"

The fried dough stick worker, who was missing a piece of his thumb, said:

"How old is Xiao He? How can you let a younger man treat you?"

"I have no right to say that!" Old Dai said stubbornly. He had decided that if these people didn't treat him this time, he wouldn't hang out with them next time.

If it weren't for the fact that they often worked together on the construction site, he wouldn't bother with these people.

Seeing that Lao Dai was adamant, the other three looked embarrassed and stopped bringing up the topic.

After all, nobody wants to treat everyone. Even if four people don't do any of the other extra services, a trip to the bathhouse still requires 8 points.

They felt the pinch.

Spending other people's points doesn't hurt, but spending your own really hurts.

As for this old Dai, it seems he's not someone you can easily trick.

The three of them tacitly agreed not to mention the matter again.

Just then, another group of people entered the bus.

Upon seeing the newcomers, the four quickly stood up to offer them seats.

"Brother Liu, you're here too~" The man with a missing thumb had a fawning smile on his face.

Brother Liu was holding a red safety helmet, which was different from the yellow safety helmets held by the other four people.

These four people are all intermediate and junior workers.

Brother Liu was a master craftsman, a genuinely skilled master craftsman, and the direct superior of the junior and intermediate craftsmen.

Brother Liu glanced at the man and sat down in his seat without any hesitation.

"Old Ma, you'll be working on the Second Bureau construction site tomorrow. If I find you slacking off again, I'll deduct points from your record!"

Upon hearing this, Lao Ma's expression changed drastically, and he quickly went behind Brother Liu to massage his shoulders.

"Brother Liu, I wasn't being lazy. You know the mixer needs someone to work there. I just..."

With Lao Ma rubbing his shoulders, Brother Liu was too lazy to say anything more to him.

"Just take care of yourself."

As he spoke, he closed his eyes to rest.

After greeting Brother Liu, Lao Dai and the others wanted to exchange a few pleasantries with him, they saw that he clearly wanted to rest, so they didn't dare to disturb him.

Just then, another person boarded the bus.

The man's clothes were clearly cleaner than those of the other workers, and most importantly, the safety helmet he was holding was white.

The white safety helmet has a number "1" written on it.

This means that the man is a Level 1 supervisor in the construction department.

They were completely different from frontline workers like them; they were leaders in the truest sense.

"Brother Liu, Brother Liu, wake up, it looks like Supervisor Song is here." Old Ma nudged Brother Liu, the senior engineer.

Brother Liu opened his eyes, and Supervisor Song was looking at him from the opposite side.

"Liu, you're so impressive! The workers are giving you a leg massage and shoulder rub!" The supervisor, surnamed Song, said to Liu with a forced smile.

His eyes were sharp.

Liu Dagong was startled and quickly stood up from his seat.

If it were another brigade's supervisor, it wouldn't matter; he wouldn't be afraid.

After all, he wasn't his direct superior.

But this Supervisor Song is actually his supervisor.

He swallowed nervously and said in a trembling voice:
"Supervisor Song, you're joking. I was just playing around with my coworkers."

Old Ma and the others nearby quickly chimed in:

"Yeah, we were just joking around, giving each other a shoulder massage."

"Yes, everyone works hard, so we should help each other out."

Supervisor Song sized them up and said coldly:

"Chief Engineer Ding previously emphasized that we must severely crack down on bureaucracy, Lao Liu. Don't think that just because you have a little power, you can bully your subordinates. I'm watching you!"

After saying that, he snorted and found a seat near the back door.

"Forehead"

Liu Dagong looked nervous, unsure whether to sit down or stand.

"Old Ma, please sit down." After hesitating for a while, he still let the old handyman, Old Ma, sit down.

He walked to the very back and found a place to sit down.

Old Dai, sitting by the window, watched the whole thing with a cold eye.

Even in the end times, the higher the rank, the more powerful one can crush you.

The same applies even in the construction sector.

Ultimately, it all comes down to climbing higher.

The vehicle started.

Old Dai, a 40-year-old single man, gazed at the scenery flashing past the window and fell into deep thought.

He wasn't married; ultimately, it's because nobody wanted him.

He was just a low-level construction worker, drifting aimlessly and waiting to die.

He lacked ambition and therefore did not get promoted.

He used to find women relatively easily, but back then he wanted to have more fun.

After all, it's the apocalypse, so finding a woman would just be a burden.

At that time, I just wanted to be happy and comfortable on my own.

But as they grew older, two years passed.
Now a nationwide scavenging campaign has been launched, and so many scavengers have emerged, with many earning a lot of points.

As a low-level worker in the construction department, he had a stable and decent salary, and could even accumulate a lot of points, so he was able to live comfortably.

Before the camphor tree base was established, this would have been a secure job, something many people envied.

However, the value of workers has decreased compared to before.

In addition, the headquarters base has abundant supplies and many job opportunities, so most people can find work and support themselves.

He sighed, thinking to himself:

"I still need to work hard to improve myself, but the competition here at headquarters is too fierce. There are more opportunities outside."
I'll apply when Oriental Paradise or another branch campus releases a recruitment notice next time.

(End of this chapter)