The male supporting character was actually myself.

“No, I believe in the facts more.” Jiang Chen looked at the crowd and asked, “Do you think he’s qualified to be a chef? This concerns everyone’s future meals, so naturally the decision should be made by everyone.”

If most of you think it's acceptable, Wang Wu can stay and continue as the cook; if you all think it's not good, I will continue to provide meals for you until a suitable cook is found.

The crowd, who had never been treated equally before, fell silent for a moment.

They had no opportunity to express their thoughts, let alone the right to make any decisions. Mr. Jiang suddenly granted them this right, and most of them trembled with excitement.

"Wang Wu's cooking skills are not very good! Mr. Jiang, your cooking is much better!"

"Yes! I haven't eaten any meat since he started cooking; he must have skimped on it!"

“Last night I saw Wang Wu harassing a silly 15-year-old girl. He even ladled thicker food for her when he was serving her. Isn’t that abusing his position for personal gain?”

"When Miss Xiaoyue asked him about the situation, he even dared to curse at her. He has a terrible temper and cooks terribly; your shelter can't keep someone like that..."

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Chapter Seventeen: The Mystery of the Protagonist's Halo

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Chapter Seventeen: The Mystery of the Protagonist's Halo

Everyone chimed in with their own opinions, emboldened by their words, all criticizing Wang Wu. He panicked and hurriedly defended himself, saying, "Mr. Jiang, it's not my fault! I had a good talk with Sister Yan. I came to the shelter to cook a feast for the supervisors. You should know that I'm a top chef in Shelter 681, and I have several people washing vegetables for me!"

I've never done this kind of work of cooking in a communal pot before.

"Don't blame me if the vegetables aren't washed properly. I have to cook for over two hundred people all by myself. How am I supposed to prepare all that food?"

"Wang Wu, I don't like what you're saying!" An old woman with one blind eye stepped forward and said in a hoarse voice, "Yesterday afternoon, you just took over the job of cooking for everyone. I said that even if I couldn't help with other things, I could still help with picking and washing vegetables. But you wouldn't let me into the kitchen at all!"

Now you're saying you're too busy? Stop making excuses!

It's true that you're cooking for so many people, but Mr. Jiang explained the steps in detail. Even I, an old woman, could do it after hearing those few steps. You keep calling yourself a master chef, yet you can't even cook such a simple porridge properly?"

Seeing this, Jiang Chen glanced coldly at Zhang Yan and said in a deep voice, "Since everyone is dissatisfied with you, let's not waste any more time. I installed surveillance cameras in the kitchen; just pull them up and we'll know what's going on."

Rongbao volunteered and quickly set it up, projecting the surveillance footage onto the wall in the square.

Wang Wu's every move in the kitchen was exposed to everyone's eyes.

The leafy greens weren't even picked over; large sections of the root were cut off, and they were only roughly chopped after piling them up. The rice wasn't washed before being put into the pot. Four meals were cooked, but the pot wasn't washed even once. He cursed and mocked Jiang Chen for being an idiot while secretly eating canned meat. He picked his nose after using the toilet and didn't even wash his hands before starting to cook. He cooked a separate meal for himself, eating the best ingredients...

"Zhang Yan, is this the chef you hired?" Jiang Chen, who already knew about it, glanced at her with an icy aura, then looked at the Wild Wolf Gang members who were defending her, and said in a calm tone, "This is just the beginning, we haven't even expanded yet, and you're already forming cliques. What are you trying to do?"

"I...I didn't!" Zhang Yan's face was pale. The way the other person had looked at him just now was as if they could take his life at any moment.

A sudden surge of fear made her shiver involuntarily.

"There's no such thing as 'best.' If there's a next time, you can leave with your Wild Wolf Gang in style. I need capable people to develop our business and shelter more refugees, not partners who only cause me trouble."

Jiang Chen waved his hand to end the farce, "Wang Wu, if you're simply not suited for this job, I'll send someone to send you back to Liuli City. Even if a deal falls through, we can still be on good terms."

But now that you've abused your power to steal precious ingredients from the shelter and led the way in disrupting discipline, you naturally have to accept some punishment.

Men, break his legs and arms and throw him into the wilderness to fend for himself.

Zhang Yan formed a clique and insulted his colleagues without investigating the facts. The Wild Wolf Gang members caused trouble. You are hereby punished to take turns cleaning the neighborhood with the residents for the next two weeks and eat communal meals with them.

Those who are unwilling to accept punishment can leave now; I won't stop them.

Guan Xiaoyue handled the situation poorly, so I'm punishing you by making you write three large characters and hand them in to your writing training class teacher tomorrow morning.

Rongbao did a great job, and I see that you are very interested in computers and related things. If you are willing to develop in this direction, you can learn from the mechanic for a while first.

As for cooking...

His gaze swept over the crowd, and the old woman with one eye stepped forward and said loudly, "If Mr. Jiang trusts me, this old woman is willing to give it a try! Although I am old, I am not completely useless. Besides, I cooked before entering the shelter, so I believe I can definitely make delicious food to contribute to the shelter."

“Okay, go register with Xiaoyue. If you need help with picking and washing vegetables, you can choose yourself and register.” Jiang Chen pointed to the kitchen and explained, “There will be more and more people in the shelter in the future, and people like Wang Wu or even worse than him will definitely appear.”

To avoid unnecessary trouble, I installed cameras in many places.

Mother-in-law, you must be careful. Food safety is extremely important to everyone. Everyone entering and leaving the kitchen must be thoroughly checked. Stealing is one thing, but we really need to prevent poisoning.

"Mr. Jiang, please rest assured!"

When the punishment results were announced, the members of the Wild Wolf Gang all glanced at their leader with knowing looks.

On one side is their eldest brother, with whom they have shared life and death for many years; on the other side is a safe haven where they can eat, drink, and live comfortably. It is easy to go from frugality to luxury and difficult to go from luxury to frugality. They are worried that their eldest brother will be wronged, but they also do not want to really fall out and leave the haven.

Various ulterior motives flashed through many people's minds countless times in an instant.

After a two-second silence, two members of the Wild Wolf Gang stepped forward, grabbed Wang Wu's arms, and said viciously, "You dared to steal food and even gave me your leftovers! If you're so tough, just break your legs and arms. You're being too lenient!"

"I can't swallow this insult either. Mr. Jiang only said to interrupt and throw it out, but he didn't say to interrupt it all at once. Hehehe..."

Seeing someone step forward to carry out the order, the remaining members of the Wild Wolf Gang stopped swaying back and forth. Some grabbed ropes, others looked for iron bars, and two even kicked Wang Wu, who hadn't even reacted yet, to the ground.

"No, don't throw me out!" Wang Wu, who had been smug, thought he could fool this rich fool. At worst, he could use the words of a professional chef to put on a cooking show and buy himself a chance to smooth things over. Who would have thought that the man surnamed Jiang would be so decisive and leave him no chance at all!

Especially the video of them stealing canned meat that was still playing made everyone in the shelter look at them with such hatred that they wanted to devour them alive!

He had initially considered the possibility of security cameras in the kitchen, a sensitive area, since food was incredibly precious in the wasteland and he was new and hadn't yet gained complete trust. However, after searching the kitchen and finding no signs of surveillance, he assumed the rich, idiotic kid didn't care about the food meant to feed refugees and lacked management experience, which was why he acted so recklessly…

I never expected to fail here!

"Help! I know I was wrong, Sister Yan, save me!" Wang Wu was kicked into the corridor. The more the refugees watched the video, the angrier they became, and they started punching and kicking him.

"The food that Mr. Jiang kindly provided for everyone has been embezzled by a parasite like you. You deserve to be beaten to death!"

"Anyone who dares to infringe upon the interests of the shelter is a sinner!"

"Kill this ungrateful bastard!"

…………

The refugees, whose rights had been violated and who were then given law enforcement powers, were filled with righteous indignation. When the Wild Wolf Gang members put on their armor and threw Wang Wu out, he was already beaten to the point of being half-dead.

"Mr. Jiang gave you a chance to rise to the top, but you proved to be useless." The deputy kicked him into the desolate wilderness under the cover of night, and said coldly, "You won't listen to reason, so you'd better pray for yourself!"

The dimly lit mountainside offered excellent visibility; Wang Wu could even see the bright lights shining in the dark pine forest in the distance to drive away monsters, as well as the radiant monsters with glowing green eyes at closer range.

He could only regret it deeply and forcefully suppress his urge to make a sound. He crawled a few steps forward as the Deathclaw drew ever closer before closing his eyes in despair...

Jiang Chen glanced at everyone in the shelter and said in a deep voice, "I do want to save every life, but I'm not a fool or a sucker. Only lives worth saving have value. Selfish scoundrels like Wang Wu only deserve to be monsters' snacks!"

Starting tomorrow, the shelter will begin its expansion, and everyone will be assigned their respective roles. I don't want any more situations like this to disrupt the shelter's development..."

Before he could finish speaking, alarms suddenly blared throughout the shelter.

The sudden alarm clearly made everyone, who were already on edge, tremble with fear. Even Zhang Yan and Guan Xiaoyue looked tense.

"Don't worry, my alarm system is quite advanced and can warn you in advance. Everyone go back to your rooms. We are very safe here. Even if a nuclear bomb were to fall directly, it wouldn't threaten us who live deep underground."

Jiang Chen waved his hand to dismiss everyone, and they panicked and ran into the room, becoming as quiet as a flock of quails.

This was the first time they had encountered a close-range nuclear attack since arriving at the shelter, so it was understandable that they were somewhat frightened.

"It's either you bombing me or me bombing you every day. How can we develop properly when we're dropping nuclear bombs everywhere?" He frowned slightly, thinking that if he wanted world peace, he would have to take a radical approach to eliminate the root cause of the problem!

The second day was still far from peaceful. Although the script had not been updated, the "assassination" of Jiang Chen continued.

Several troublesome forces in Liuli City came over and tried again and again. They probably ran out of NPCs, so they resorted to nuclear bombs to make up the numbers, dropping several nuclear bombs near the shelter as a show of force.

Jiang Chen also couldn't sleep well. Whenever there was an alarm, he had to send a message on his communicator so that people nearby would have time to take cover.

Everyone in the shelter lived in constant fear, afraid that a nuclear bomb would be dropped on their heads. They had finally made it out of the ordeal and were seeing some hope for the future. They didn't want to die such a pathetic death!

"Ha~" Chen Luoqi stretched, and all the suppliers he had contacted finally delivered the goods.

He got up early and guarded the warehouse, reading novels until his hands were almost out of power. Now he had finally gathered all the goods the other party specified. Chen Luoqi lazily started to tie everything together in preparation for the journey. This was something he couldn't hire someone to do; it was too damn tiring.

The little ball of fluff squatted on the pile of goods, its face solemn, waiting to report its momentous discovery!

"biu!"

Chen Luoqi pressed the button and everything went dark. He took a deep breath, turned on his flashlight, and went to knock on the door.

"Host, this guy kept 20,000 yuan for himself and spent 20,000 yuan on this pile of goods!" The little white cat couldn't wait to jump onto its host's shoulder and tell him everything the protagonist had done.

Jiang Chen couldn't help but smile wryly, "No wonder the scripts have been attacking me so relentlessly these past two days, it turns out this guy was cursing me behind my back! Looks like I still need to give him a good talking to..."

The delivery process was very unsuccessful.

Fortunately, the outcome was good in the end. As soon as Chen Luoqi returned, he breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and cursed under his breath, "Damn it, you think you're something special just because you're so slow in doing business! You... dare to mess with me, I'll make you pay sooner or later..."

He didn't say anything more, but he already had a plan in mind.

Last night, while reading an online novel until 2 a.m., Chen Luoqi stumbled upon a "knowledge point" and specifically searched it online to confirm it was true!

If you can get the job by building a good relationship, then everything will be yours once the owner of the shelter dies.

The thought of making a fortune through time travel between the two worlds and reaching the pinnacle of a life of swagger and face-slapping filled Chen Luoqi with excitement, making him tremble with elation. What pleased him even more was that this time the other party wasn't so stingy after all, and had brought a real gold bar for the transaction!

"A big yellow croaker! Hehehe... This is what a real gold bar should be like. Holding it is much more exciting than those small pieces!" He pulled out a gold bar weighing over 300 grams from his pocket, looked at it like a treasure, and his eyes sparkled with gold.

The fluffy ball squatted to the side, slowly licking its paws and said disdainfully, "Heh, the mystery of your protagonist halo has been solved by the clever cat! My host said that you, the chosen one, are all just a facade, so you need a reasonable opportunity to succeed."

Your wish is far too superficial; the cheat code for exchanging resources between the two worlds hasn't even officially come into play yet.

In the real world, you rely entirely on your wealth to show off and slap people in the face. Therefore, your protagonist halo only works when selling property in the real world! Originally, you could easily win people's hearts by lowering their intelligence with your halo in the wasteland, but with my soft and cute little white dog here, you can't lower my host's intelligence.

Hehehe~ So you've been bugged, haven't you?

My host has already made it clear to you: if you obediently act as a porter, you won't be treated badly. You can pretend however you like; it won't cause any harm. But if you try to cause any trouble, don't blame me, your little kitten, for taking matters into my own hands!

It grinned wickedly, and its right claw extended, its sharp talons flashing with a cold light.

Chen Luoqi hurriedly locked the warehouse door, rode his electric scooter to the Daxia Gold Shop, and, relying on his dazzling protagonist aura, sold the 300-gram yellow croaker for 130,000 yuan.

"Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands..." He counted the zeros on the bank card deposit notification and was overjoyed.

The little white cat suddenly chimed in, "We can't give you too many gold bars during this trial phase, but you'll make 50,000 from today's transaction! You'll get even more gold when you deliver the supplies tomorrow. As long as you're of good character and have a good attitude, you can earn a million a month..."

Before it could finish its muttering to itself, Chen Luoqi sighed heavily and cursed under his breath, "Damn! If only that guy were dead, gold bars in the wasteland world aren't as hard to find as he says!"

Maybe... hehe, there are a lot of gold bricks piled up in the shelter, otherwise how could they have found the big yellow croaker in such a short time? If they can even find the big yellow croaker, I don't believe there isn't more gold.

That's a wasteland! In novels, it's a place overflowing with gold waiting to be picked up. Because he's hogging the vault, I'm just a porter, earning a pittance per trip.

Fluffy Dumpling: (?O?O) You old rascal!

That's fucking rubbish!