industrial lord

Chapter 592 Open Book Exam
Many people from the Rhine Alliance came to the Cyclops Island, a tourist destination in the south of the Inland Sea. They settled in the city of La and hired boats to go to the southern coast from time to time.

When Duke Gadin, the lord of La City, heard that it was Grand Duke Wessen's fiancée who led the team to do business, he sent his daughter Marama to invite Maria and her party to visit the castle.

Duke Gadin had had contact with Frederick three years ago. At the dinner, he recalled the grand occasion of uncovering the true identity of the Cyclops and highly praised Frederick's wisdom.

However, when he heard that Maria and others were going to develop the swamps in the southern coastal areas, his expression became a little strange, but in the end he still promised to send an experienced guide to assist.

Now the United Fruit Company has established a foothold in La City and rented a building for use as an office.

The weather in the south is still very hot in September. Maria is wearing a light blue skirt and a white shirt today, with her sleeves rolled up to her elbows. Her long black hair is tied into two braids on both sides of her head.

She sat in the office, reading a document in her hand carefully, while the air conditioner in the corner was blowing cold air.

It is now the rainy season in the forest, and the water level of the rivers flowing out of the forest has risen sharply.

The company selected three representative swamps for the experiment and set up hydrological and meteorological stations to measure data such as water level, flow, flood range during flood season, temperature, and rainfall.

Many shipping chambers of commerce on Cyclops Island and the southern coast of the Inland Sea recorded a large amount of weather conditions. With the help of Duke Gadin and Hayreddin, the United Fruit Company collected and processed a large amount of data.

Waldemar von Pistor knocked on the door three times, and Maria called him in and walked into the office with a thick stack of documents.

"Ms. Eltal," Waldemar put the file on the desk, "the weather records are in order."

Maria looked at the document and said, "Put it here first. I'll take a look at it later. Is the content okay?"

Waldemar said uncertainly: "We wrote it according to the official document specifications of the Duchy of Wessen last year. The data has been independently calculated three times, so there should be no problem."

Maria nodded and said, "Okay, speed up the infectious disease investigation report as well."

"Frederick has already arrived at Citrus Island. We don't have much time left."

Waldemar immediately said, "We promise to complete the report before Grand Duke Wessen arrives."

After he left, people from several other departments handed in their reports.

Towards noon Marama came to Maria.

When Maria first came to La, her beauty, knowledge and temperament instantly conquered the entire city, and Marama regarded her as his learning role.

However, after June, the locals found that these northerners seemed to be chased by dogs. They were all very nervous. The usual tea parties, ball games, and dances were cancelled, and everyone worked day and night.

Duke Gaidin couldn't help but sigh, no wonder Frederick could rise in a short time, even his fiancée worked until nine o'clock every night, it would be strange if he didn't prosper with such hard-working subordinates.

After Maria finished reviewing a report, Marama asked her, "Aren't you going out to play tomorrow?"

Maria and her colleagues had days off before, but now they don’t have any days off and have to work continuously.

Maria picked up the thermos cup, took a sip of ice orange juice, shook her head and said, "No, I still have documents to look at."

Malama was very depressed. Today she heard that someone had caught some beautiful fish and wanted to go and see with Maria.

At this time, a staff member came to report: "Ms. Eltal, someone is coming from Weissenberg."

Maria's hands shook and the lid of the thermos almost fell off.

Although she was prepared, she was still panicked when Frederick really showed up.

The United Fruit Company incident was a huge incident. At first, they just planned to buy some land in the South together, but they didn't expect to form a huge team in the end.

Maria couldn't back out at this point and could only go ahead.

She was worried, not knowing what Frederick would think and whether he would criticize her. Maria knew very well that Frederick kept his public and private affairs separate and would not change his attitude because of his status.

It was the first time that Marama saw her so flustered, and she was curious about what kind of person Frederick was.

“Hehehehe…” The man laughed wickedly as he walked into the office, “Maria, here I come!”

Marama realized that it wasn't Frederick who came, but a young girl with skin a little darker than her own, and golden eyes that looked familiar.

Maria was stunned for a moment, breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and asked, "Susan, why are you here?"

Susan continued to smile evilly and asked, "Do you think it was Frederick who came?"

"No." Maria replied stubbornly, and then introduced Susan and Malama to each other.

Only then did Marama remember that the little princess of the Kush Kingdom had been in the north, and she was the one in front of him.

She saw that Susan came for something, so she left after a few polite words.

Susan saw that no one else was in the office. She unbuttoned the top few buttons of her shirt and said, "It's so hot here. It's a bit uncomfortable."

Maria wiped her sweat with a towel soaked in cold water at the wash basin by the door and said unhappily, "You are from the south, and you are afraid of heat."

Susan took the towel and wiped her sweat, saying, "I've spent more time in the North than in the South."

Maria thought so too. She had come to Weissenburg when she was six years old, and it had been ten years now.

After wiping the sweat off her face, Susan hung the towel back on the washbasin rack, took out a bottle of Lei Bi from the refrigerator, and drank most of it while sitting on the sofa.

She burped and then said, "The Institute of Biology of the Science Society is planning to build a bacteria laboratory in the south to study the bacteria here, so I followed them here."

Ever since allicin cured old Louis' sepsis, people began to pay attention to bacteria and made great efforts to study the relationship between bacteria and diseases.

The main task of this bacterial laboratory is to find southern medicinal herbs that can safely kill bacteria like allicin.

Susan's family was originally a medical family in the Kush Kingdom. Many people came this time, and Susan came along to play.

Maria was not very familiar with this area, so she just listened quietly.

After Susan finished drinking Leibi, she asked her, "Are you ready? He's coming."

"He's given you more than two months. If you don't do your job well, hehehe... I'll help him hold you down when he wants to spank you."

Susan and Maria had lived in Weissenburg for many years and were familiar with some things.

In each department, superiors will send documents to subordinates regularly to specify the time for checking work.

This type of inspection is equivalent to an open-book exam, allowing lower-level departments to conduct self-examination.

It may seem like superficial work, but it actually plays a significant role. Every inspection is an opportunity for learning and rectification, which can help people form the concept of doing things according to rules and regulations and nip some problems in the bud.

This time, Frederick informed Maria in advance before coming to the South, allowing the United Fruit Company to conduct a self-inspection first, identify and correct the problems themselves.

If you can't even do well in an open-book exam, then you've got nothing to lose.

Maria doesn’t dare to say that she is completely confident now, but she is probably about 80% confident.

(End of this chapter)