Star Tycoon

Chapter 241 Development
Chengbang Group hires a large number of temporary workers and a small number of permanent workers every year.

Over the years, many elderly people have died and many children have been born in rural areas such as Sanhe Town.

Previously, older employees would occupy Chengbang's regular employee positions, and this is still the case with new older employees now.

Chengbang was rife with shady dealings in the past, and it remains so today.

The population cap of the Star Kingdom is 216000; this is just the population cap.

There is no troop limit yet, because food production is still keeping up, and there are still large areas of farmland that haven't had time to be upgraded.

The population cap of Glory City has reached 140,000. A large number of laborers need to develop the city's construction. Currently, there are less than 10,000 laborers, and the rest are soldiers.

The City-State Group has also expanded to multiple cities and countries, establishing milk powder bases and satellite launch bases in Maple Leaf Country, and helping Maple Leaf Country join the Interstellar Alliance.

On the day of the interview for the Chengbang Group, seventeen-year-old Cheng Shuangyue was responsible for introducing herself to the thousands of people present.

"I am Cheng Shuangyue, the head of the human resources department. I have worked at Chengbang for ten years and have witnessed Chengbang grow from a small company into a trillion-dollar enterprise."

Although Cheng Shuangyue is not yet an adult, she is highly qualified and belongs to the core management team among the formal employees.

Moreover, he is an outstanding student representative from Wangzhuang High School!

“In recent years, we have been recruiting cleaners in accordance with past practices. Some rules will not be changed unless necessary. However, Mr. Tian has not been home for the past few years, so this year we will only recruit 100 cleaners, and the remaining positions will be filled based on ability.”

"Those who want to interview for a cleaning job, stand here on the podium. If the rest of you have no questions, we will start the test. This year, we are still recruiting talents in science, engineering and aerospace fields."

After Cheng Shuangyue finished speaking, the test questions appeared on the desktop screens in front of each of the men and women sitting in their seats.

"These questions are all different, meaning there will be as many different test papers as there are students, so don't even think about cheating or copying."

There were more women taking the exam, and after looking at each other, they all stood up decisively to take the cleaner exam.

The so-called cleaner exam has been a tacitly understood affair for over a decade, even though everyone knows it's just a beauty pageant.

It wasn't about selling oneself into servitude, nor was it a selection of concubines; everyone thought it was a beauty pageant.

Pretending to be ignorant when you know the truth, even though Tian Ersan is clearly that kind of person, a whole bunch of people insist that he isn't.

Several female assistants stood beside Cheng Shuangyue, including Zhu Nuanyue, who was already a full-time employee.

Looking at the hundreds of people who had stood up, Zhu Nuanyue said softly to the girl beside her, "There are fewer people this year. I remember there were many more last year."

Cheng Shuangyue casually said, "Last year, 20 million people applied, and this year 25 million people applied. After the interviews, 500,000 people will be selected. This is just one of the test centers. In the end, 5,000 temporary and permanent employees will be hired."

Zhu Nuanyue exclaimed in shock, "How can there be so many people? There were only fourteen million test takers this year, right?"

The conversation between the two was overheard by some people who walked by, and they all felt very desperate.

Cheng Shuangyue smiled and said, "It's not like only graduates can apply to Chengbang. Doctoral students, graduate students, factory workers, married women, working high school students, and university students can all apply."

"Chengbang Group recruits from all walks of life. They will hire high-level talents, and they will also give low-level waste food."

"There are no age, gender, major, or educational restrictions. Anyone in their fifties or sixties can register for ten yuan."

Cheng Shuangyue glanced down at the women who were walking up to the stage to apply for cleaning jobs.

A tattooed woman brought a smile to Cheng Shuangyue's face again. "In recent years, many tattooed people have come to apply for jobs. Last time, we recruited a tattooed woman who had just been released from prison and gave her a five-year temporary contract."

Zhu Nuanyue has been in charge of the manor and farm at the Canadian branch for the past few years and is not familiar with the internal affairs of the company.

"What crime did you commit?"

“It’s a low-class thing.” Cheng Shuangyue smiled and said, “It’s good that you know you’re wrong and can correct it. You’re willing to work for Chengbang and have passed Chengbang’s test. Being a temporary worker is fine.”

Every year, a large number of people working in the gray area try to enter Chengbang. Chengbang is neither a state-owned enterprise nor a special institution, so it does not require such strict screening.

As long as they are released from prison after serving their sentence and meet Chengbang's hiring requirements, they will be provided with resettlement to help resolve social instability issues.

Chengbang not only offers high-paying jobs, but also many jobs that include social security contributions but offer only average benefits.

For example, workers at Chengbang Electrical Appliances, and low-level workers at Chengbang Department Store and Chengbang Construction earn a stable income of six to seven thousand yuan per month.

Chengbang's business is becoming increasingly diversified, but the people in charge of each branch are independent.

Tian Ersan only owns two companies: Chengbang Aerospace and Tiantian Milk Powder. Mu Xiuying only has the authority to purchase Chengbang Shopping. Chengbang Jewelry is wholly owned by the Bai Wanru family, and Chengbang Department Store is managed by Li Chuhong.

Chengbang Agriculture is an industry of Sanhe Township, Chengbang AI is managed by Li Cuihua's sister, Li Cuilian, and Chengbang Automobile and Chengbang Mobile Phone are managed by other people in Tao County.

Chengbang Group is a collective, not a single entity.

Fortunately, they don't do just any business. They've never been involved in real estate in other cities, nor in women's clothing or cosmetics. When they make games, they only work on single-player games, not the most profitable mobile games.

More and more people want to join Chengbang, especially Chengbang Trading.

Everyone knows that only the industries under the real control of Tian Ersan and Mu Xiuying can provide their employees with the best welfare benefits.

From monetary bonuses and awards to healthcare and education, to rising international status, and even increasingly pressing life issues such as retirement.

Choosing Chengbang for retirement has become the top choice for many women.

In previous years, this kind of thing was not obvious. But in recent years, with the steady economic development, many powerful and wealthy people have also thought about putting their good-for-nothing sons and daughters in Chengbang Group as a way out.

However, things did not go smoothly. The City Group had high requirements for appearance and also had clear requirements for ability.

Using connections didn't work either. When Chai Meirong was around, we could still try to use connections, but after she went abroad to give birth to her son, we lost contact with her.

Zhu Nuanyue likes to work with capable people.

Compared to a woman like Wang Linlin who knows nothing, Zhu Nuanyue certainly thinks that Mu Xiuying, Fu Weihou, Wang Xinmei, Wang Xinli, Cheng Shuangxing, and Cheng Shuangyue are much more capable.

Zhu Nuanyue herself was a regular employee who just coasted along, so she knew that there were indeed a very small number of people in the city-state who were just coasting along.

Cheng Shuangyue and Cheng Shuangxing are definitely not from the same family; they are long-time employees!
Because her mother and aunt are twins, Zhu Nuanyue has become very close to these two twins with similar names in recent years.

An hour later, the group went back upstairs to rest.

Zhu Nuanyue sighed and said, "The selection of temporary workers every year is just a formality. President Tian doesn't care about these people, so what are we doing supporting them?"

Cheng Shuangyue gave a mischievous smile, "It lets people know that we have many beautiful women here, and it also lets people know that we welcome pretty women."

Hearing about something that evokes a sense of collective honor, Zhu Nuanyue smiled.

The two sisters had other things to do, so they ignored Zhu Nuanyue after going upstairs.

Zhu Nuanyue could only go back and attend to her own affairs.

Now a full-time employee in the human resources department, Zhu Nuanyue mainly focuses on employment and issues related to female employees within the company.

Understand the external employment environment and add some recruitment advantages that others might not think of.

Alternatively, they could inspect temporary workers and fire any who damage the company's reputation. As the leading enterprise in Zhongzhou, Chengbang has now established its own entertainment industry.

Fu Weihou's film and television company is Chengbang Entertainment, which is also part of the Zhongzhou entertainment industry.

Although Fu Weihou named the company after himself, the name Fu Weihou is really not a good name, and people generally refer to the company as Cheng Bang.

The Northeast has its own circles, and the Southeast has its own circles.

Beijing has its own social circles, and so does Shanghai.

This happened two centuries ago, back when it was still the era of local circles.

As times progress, after the rise of various platforms in the last era, the internet no longer has hometowns or regions, only capital and traffic.

Although second and third-generation celebrities can get a lot of resources at the beginning, there's nothing that can be done if they can't keep up later.

Long-term occupation of resources requires a price to maintain, and it doesn't benefit others. Investors won't burn money to nurture someone else's daughter and consume their own resources.

Now in this new era, Fu Weihou, with its various high-quality actors and scripts, coupled with the appeal of the City State Group and its popularity with audiences, has quickly and explosively captured the market.

In the entire entertainment industry of the Dragon Kingdom, Cheng Bang is the undisputed leader.

The city-state has collaborated extensively with international capital to promote Dragon Kingdom stars worldwide. Coupled with the influence of the Interstellar Alliance, this has successfully created a group of world-class A-list stars.

Even if all the film and entertainment companies in the Dragon Kingdom were combined, none could rival a city-state.

Aside from entertainment programs in small circles outside the city-state, these days everyone is just a small circle enjoying their own little world. It's practically impossible for anyone with connections to get into the city-state unless they're both beautiful and talented.

The rise of city-states, coupled with the rapid advancements in AI technology of this era, has resulted in a large number of models and extras having no roles to play.

The emergence of a large number of high-quality new talents has led to a lack of nostalgia for veteran stars who have refused to retire for decades.

Capitalists are struggling to survive and are unwilling to allocate resources to older female stars who have been popular for over twenty years.

In such circumstances, large groups of people flock to the city-state.

Zhu Nuanyue worked for half an hour, then stood up and stretched.

"Go exercise, or you'll gain weight."

Having finished her day's work, Zhu Nuanyue went to change into her sportswear with a smile.

Because the CEO of Chengbang Group, Tian Ersan, enjoys playing badminton, the company frequently holds badminton tournaments internally.

The prize money is easily in the millions, and it's tax-free and given out on the same day.

Zhu Nuanyue changed into a cool short skirt and a loose sweatshirt, and was about to leave the locker room when she saw Zhu Nuanxiang coming in.

"Sis, wait for me!"

Zhu Nuanxiang, who is already sixteen or seventeen years old, looks twenty-two or twenty-three. Like most urban men and women of this era, she is developing very quickly.

Zhu Nuanyue stopped and said, "Hurry up."

Zhu Nuanyue had a fairly good impression of this younger sister, after all, she was her relative.

My grades weren't good before, but they gradually improved after I started attending school in Wangzhuang. Now I'm about to take the college entrance exam.

The city-state was populated entirely by women, with the only man rarely appearing in public.

If it actually happens, it's a good thing; there's no need to worry about whether you're wearing clothes or not.

Zhu Nuanxiang quickly changed her clothes in front of her sister. This was a changing room, so it was normal to change clothes in front of others.

The space in the City Building is still too small, requiring many people to share a single changing room.

"All right!"

Zhu Nuanxiang quickly changed her clothes and went out with her favorite racket.

As the two walked out, Xiangxiang asked, "Sister, why doesn't our company sponsor the badminton event at the Olympics?"

Yueyue said, "Whether they win or not has nothing to do with us. If we sponsor them, they will pester us relentlessly in the future."

Xiangxiang nodded. "That's right, I remember now. We have a lot of shameless relatives who want to recommend their wives and daughters to join the city. I really hate these kinds of shameless people."

Yueyue laughed and said, "That's right, our company is rich, but we're not stupid."

Xiangxiang then asked, "How about we find a few Olympic badminton champions to come here?"

Xiangxiang wasn't old enough to be a full-time employee like Shuangyue Shuangxing, but she already considered herself a member of the Chengbang Group.

My mother is Tian Ersan's person, I live in Tian Ersan's property, and I attend Tian Ersan's school, so I will definitely be one of Tian Ersan's people in the future.

Xiangxiang didn't think that following the rules was a bad thing. She wasn't a citizen of the city-state when she was young; her whole family worked hard to get into the city-state, so she naturally wouldn't be ashamed of being a citizen of the city-state.

Yueyue laughed and said, "I asked Xuanxuan this question before, and Xuanxuan said that we just wanted to have fun and have some fun. It would be no fun if professional athletes came. Only temporary workers would care about winning or losing."

Xiangxiang smiled shyly, "Friendship first, competition second."

Temporary workers are not eligible to participate in the competition; they are only eligible to use the venue and play the ball. They cannot participate in the company's internal rankings and can freely earn money in various games.

Aside from having a higher basic salary than permanent employees, temporary workers are inferior to permanent employees in every other aspect.

Many of the city-state's permanent employees have been working for ten years, while temporary employees are dismissed after a maximum of three years.

Although many women online are warning others not to work as temporary workers at Chengbang, saying there is no future there, Chengbang never lacks people.

The number of applicants has repeatedly reached new highs.

Just as the temporary workers of City State were enjoying their comfortable and privileged life after joining the company, a news story brought City State Group to new heights!

[A thousand members of the City State Group, carrying a large amount of supplies, successfully landed on Mars! Tian Ersan arrived on Mars and established the Starfire Camp!]

While others lacked the capability to reliably land on the moon, Chengbang Group, with some unknown technology, became the first to reach Mars.

Tian Ersan: Currently, the City-State No. 1 exploration spacecraft can reach Mars from the Maple Leaf Country base in 21 days, carrying 4,000 people each time. I expect to establish a city-state base that can accommodate 100,000 people within two years, officially settle on Mars, and develop Mars!
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Its completely outpaced, leading-edge technology has made countries around the world truly realize the strength of the City Group.

I finally understand why the Smith Group gave City State the second position.

Whether it's Duan Tiande, Yi Xiannong, the countless Taoxian people around Tian Ersan, or those outstanding graduates from Wangzhuang.

For six or seven consecutive years, Wangzhuang has been supplying the city-state with various top-tier young men and women. These talents have become valuable assets, continuously providing assistance to the city-state.

A few days later, the City Group delivered Martian wood, Martian stone, and Martian water.

People were surprised to discover that Mars is actually a habitable planet.
(End of this chapter)