Agriculture Maniac

Chapter 499 A Glimpse into the Lives of People Inside the Factory

3 month 20 number.

Xijiang Hero City Workers' University (formerly Hero City University).

Honggutan-Communication and Sensing Academy.

The male dormitory for the Class of 02, Room 802 on the 8th floor.

In the living room, which has six bedrooms and one living room, two boys were tinkering with a three-system base station, while three boys were sweating on a treadmill.

Meanwhile, the 80-inch color TV in the living room is playing the latest current events.

"This year, our factory has increased salaries by 28%, with average income exceeding 2100 yuan. Related benefits have also been further improved, with an average of 90 square meters of subsidized housing per person. The ratio of family car ownership to household ownership is approximately 1:1.6, and the average education level is college diploma..."

This year, our factory's international labor dispatch workforce exceeded 500 million, including 30 contract workers who were converted to permanent positions, 150 million temporary workers who were promoted to contract positions, and a cumulative total of 650 million permanent employees who chose to settle overseas. We have also established worker communities in Amur, Vladivostok, South Vietnam, and Central Asia…

"Our factory's second space station, Tiangong, and third space station, Futu Temple, will be inspected and accepted next week. At that time, 50 monks from the Dongyue Daoist sect and Futu Temple, along with 5 staff members from the monastery's religious management committee, will travel to outer space aboard a nuclear-powered spaceplane..."

"This year, our factory's external recruitment examination will be held uniformly on June 12th. Based on the joint discussions of the factory affairs team, board of directors, and supervisory board, we will recruit 700,000 recent high school graduates this year, of which 500,000 will be sent overseas for placement at various universities, including Amur Farm University, Vladivostok Maritime University, Japan Concession University, South Vietnam Light Industry College, Myanmar Coastal College, Aynak Mining University, Persian Geological University, Petroleum University of the Petroleum Country, Lis Town Nuclear Energy University, Chad Military Academy, Benin Air Force Academy, etc."

Internationally, conflict has reignited in Africa. Early yesterday morning, a foreign mercenary group formed by European Jewish capital, Israeli oligarchs, and South African forces indiscriminately bombed 15 mines controlled by federal capital. Mozambique's marines were forced to retreat to Madagascar by ship.

'Twenty-five countries, including England, Canada, and Australia, have joined forces to support North America's operations in Africa and have decided to provide assistance to the North American Africa Corps.'

Anti-war sentiment is running high in North America, with large-scale protests erupting in major cities across nearly 15 states… North America Administrator George W. Bush delivered a speech, publicly acknowledging the existence of the Titan Accords and stating that the actions of the North American Marine Corps were entirely for the benefit of all humanity.

The EU chief condemned the federal capital's baseless accusations and shameless predatory behavior, stating that there would be no compromise on the issue of Africa.

The Pentagon has decided to extend the European maritime exercises planned for the Third, Fifth, and Seventh Fleets, with no specific return date set.

'The 21 West African States (WAS) and Federal Capital held talks in Shiliying and reached a six-month ceasefire agreement...'

At this time.

The sound of an electronic unlocking came from the dormitory door.

Immediately afterwards, a young man dressed in overalls, carrying a personal workstation and a large travel bag, walked in looking travel-worn.

His name is Zhang Lei. In 02, with the help of a permission card provided by a forum member, he was admitted to the group as an auditor at Hero City University. After passing the interview, he was assigned to Sanyuan Communication Network - Nanhe Branch.

According to the internship agreement for college students, his student status was assigned to Xijiang Hero City Workers' University.

So for the past three years, Zhang Lei has spent the second half of the year on the job to familiarize himself with the work, and the first half of the year at school to consolidate his technical skills. He then learns and practices again, applying what he has learned and combining theory with practice. Now he has become a Level 4 Network Engineer.

Furthermore, the Class of 2002 employees of Hero City Workers' University are the most likely to obtain their Level 6 certificate before graduation and directly become graduate students.

Upon seeing this, everyone in the living room greeted him.

"Brother Lei is back."

"Wow, you're all up so early?"

"We haven't seen each other for half a year, we definitely have to get together!"

"Let's go there after I finish cleaning."

"No need, the school has hired a cleaning service this year."

The staff university dormitory is different from the staff dormitory; it is not for long-term residence.

For example, you are in school in the first half of the year and at work in the second half.

During your time at school, the dormitory is yours.

During your time away from school, your personal belongings will be sealed, and your dormitory will be considered for alumni who are "on duty in the first half of the year and on campus in the second half".

Once the alumnus has gone to his post, his personal belongings will be sealed away, and then you can continue to use them when you return.

Therefore, the staff university dormitory is occasionally used to entertain tourists, students taking exams, and leaders from various regions who come to visit and inspect.

Zhang Lei put his luggage into his private room and glanced around at the layout, which was no different from when he left. "Wow, our treatment has been upgraded again. We've jumped straight to hotel-style service."

"I heard that this batch of cleaning staff is mainly responsible for training the storage robots. Once the large model is completed, the factory team will prioritize assigning them to the dormitories. When you authorize it, it will record the scene in your room. When you go to your post, it will help you store and keep your personal belongings. When you return to school, it will help you restore your personal belongings... just like restoring cloud data on your phone. You don't need to worry about personal privacy issues at all."

"Nubi!"

"And there's more! Starting with the class of 05, all engineering and vocational colleges in the Hundred Schools Alliance will be connected to a 'supercomputer' and a virtual system built with AR and VR technologies will be used for simulated teaching... Have you ever read any novels about virtual reality? From now on, going to class will be like playing a game. Just put on the goggles and helmet, and you'll enter another world. Of course, the actual effect won't be that outrageous. It's just a simple virtual 3D explanation that will allow you to understand the structure of various devices more intuitively and cultivate three-dimensional thinking."

"Nubi!"

The six of them left the dormitory, chatting and greeting returning classmates/colleagues, teachers/group leaders, as they took the campus railcar straight to Honggutan.

In 03, Sanyuan Agriculture sold Honggutan to Xijiang Province for 460 billion yuan.

Xijiang Province has successively invested 80 billion, 80 billion, 80 billion, 80 billion... to introduce Sanyuan Catering, Shili Shopping Mall, Sanyuan Tourism Service Company, Sanyuan Metro Operation System, Sanyuan Urban-Rural Integration Construction Project, Sanxi Zoo, Sanxi Botanical Garden, and so on.

Today, Honggutan has become one of the top ten international tourist resorts in the East and a world-class destination.

There are countless delicious foods, drinks, and fun activities.

However, the group did not go to the most bustling area.

Instead, we walked along the Yangtze River on a lush, green riverside path.

soon.

A large number of barbecue stalls appeared in the dense forest ahead.

Square table, small stools, draft beer, boiled edamame, boiled peanuts...

Zhang Lei and his group found a seat and sat down. Without ordering, someone quickly pushed over with cutlery, draft beer, and side dishes.

"Six sets of tableware, six mugs of draft beer, and one serving of each of the following side dishes."

"Okay."

Then another waiter came from a distance carrying grilled chicken drumsticks.

"Twenty skewers of grilled chicken wings, please!"

Then, waiters walked by carrying horse mackerel, roasted lamb, and grilled squid...

If you want something, just give the word.

If you see something you don't want to eat, just ignore it.

"Brother Lei, have you been involved in visible light communication?"

"No, the team leader said that the factory's intelligence system discovered that North America has achieved 2-kilometer secure communication without relays based on quantum entanglement. Sanyuan High-Tech then temporarily suspended traditional communication technologies and increased its research on topological insulators and room-temperature superconducting materials, hoping to achieve optical quantum communication within 10 years."

“I remember that our family achieved 10-kilometer communication with 8 photons entangled as early as 02.”

"Yes, that's why I was really conflicted when I chose communications as my major. I was worried about losing my job all the time, since traditional communications and quantum communications are completely different things."

"Hey, why think so much? Chairman Yu said that each generation has its own mission and responsibility. Our generation is laying the foundation for the collective and paving the way for the next generation. As long as we fulfill our historical mission, we will not let down the collective's expectations of us."

"Well said!" A man at the next table raised his glass in agreement.

All six raised their glasses.

···
Zaoshi.

In 02, Sanyuan Agriculture invested in six super-large collective hospitals in Dongshan Zaoshi, Bashu Tianfu, Nanyun Kuncheng, Xijiang Yingxiongchuan, Jianfu Xiamen, and Xiangjiang Stanley, respectively, to connect with nearly 3 Sanyuan pharmacies in Dongfang.

Each hospital is initially planned to have 2 beds, with pricing based on Sanyuan Pharmacy's standards. The medical equipment will be the same as that of the Central Hospital, and the nurses will be from the Hundred Schools Alliance, while the doctors will be resident physicians from Sanyuan Pharmaceutical's affiliated hospitals.

The hospital is connected to the Xintai Data Center, with support from the Sanyuan Pharmaceutical Research Laboratory.

Today, the six hospitals continue to expand, not only doubling the number of beds, but also forming a 'city' around them.

Zaozhuang City - Collective Hospital.

The main gate, bustling with cars and people, was packed with people, making it impossible to move.

Bicycles, pedal tricycles, farm tricycles, ox-drawn wooden carts, human-powered wooden carts...
Some carried their elderly mothers on their backs, some held their children, and some lay on wooden carts covered with thick blankets...
Dozens of officers from the Zaozhuang City Police Department used megaphones in one hand and the other to part the crowd to prevent a stampede.

And in the hospital's operating room.

Diagnostic area, preparation area, anesthesia area, surgical area, postoperative observation area, and ward corridor.

Inside the building, which resembled an assembly line, footsteps hurried, and nursing beds moved in and out...
Chen Shuang, from the Taizhou Nursing College of the Hundred Schools Alliance, walked briskly into the broadcasting studio with the receipt in hand. "Family members of the patient in bed 42, please come to the consultation room as soon as possible." "Coming, coming."

An elderly couple with white hair walked nervously through the side door.

"Are you the family members of patient 42?"

"Yes."

"Didn't I say yesterday afternoon that the patient should be on an empty stomach, an empty stomach, an empty stomach? Why did he drink milk? Now the patient's internal organs are contaminated and he is in critical condition."

"Oh? She said she's hungry..."

"What? She was hungry? Did you force-feed her? Sign the papers first, and we'll talk about it after she's recovered."

"I can't write," the white-haired couple said hesitantly.

Chen Shuang slammed her fist on the table in anger. "Don't think I don't know that you abused your daughter, causing her stomach cancer. You sent her to our hospital so she could die in her hospital bed, so you could get a large sum of compensation to use as a dowry for your son who can't find a wife."

"How can you talk like that, doctor? That's our daughter. How could we treat her like that?"

"Do you think our big data is fake? You've married off the patient four times, deliberately caused seven miscarriages, and broken off engagements four times. Let me tell you, regardless of whether she can be saved or not, you two, along with your two sons, are going to Africa!"

After saying that, Chen Shuang hurriedly left the interview room, applied for emergency medical assistance, and was sent to the operating room.

A young doctor passing by witnessed this scene and exclaimed in surprise, "Is this still our gentle and lovely Senior Chen?"

"roll!"

"···"

The assistant doctor quickly pulled the young doctor away, saying, "The environment here is far inferior to that of the Central Hospital. There are all sorts of strange patients, strange people and strange things. If you stay here for too long, your personality will change drastically."

"I understand, I understand... The problem is, she's my matchmaker within the factory, and we're 99% compatible."

"Congratulations!"

After getting off work at noon.

Chen Shuang suddenly remembered something, picked up her employee card to check her marriage prospects, saw the handsome photo of someone she had long admired, and then recalled the young doctor she had met that morning, "Ah~~~"

The screams echoed throughout the female staff dormitory.

"What's wrong, Xiao Chen?"

"I'm doomed."

"You don't have eggs."

"I have lost a wonderful partner."

"Isn't it supposed to be a 99% compatibility score?"

"Today we encountered that 1%."

"Condolences."

At this time.

A voice came from the lobby, "Is Chen Shuang here? Someone downstairs is looking for her."

"Who?"

Chen Shuang walked to the window and looked downstairs. The person she had admired for a long time was wearing a white coat and holding flowers.

After a while.

The two strolled in the garden of the staff dormitory.

"Well, I got really upset by a patient's family member today."

"That's normal, I often do that too... Do you have any work scheduled for this afternoon?"

"No, I work the morning shift."

"Let's go to Shiliying. I heard the Third Ring Road is being built quite well."

"Mmm." Chen Shuang nestled against the young doctor's arm like a little bird.

The latter was traumatized in the morning, her body stiffened for a moment, then calmed down and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

"Fortunately, my current position is quite challenging and I've passed the intermediate professional title exam. According to the employee system's assessment, I can become the head nurse of the operating room in another six months."

"I also passed the exam for attending physician..."

Let's keep working hard together!

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Shili Camp, on the west bank of Pingdong Lake.

As spring arrives and the sun warms, all things begin to sprout.

Yu Yang sat on a stone bench, his old classmate leaning over him, his hand supporting his chin.

There was a chess set in front of him, a group of old men surrounded him, and a few middle-aged women eating sunflower seeds on his left and right.

"The older you get, the less useful you become. All of you combined can't even take down a young guy."

"If you're so capable, then you go ahead."

On the distant riverbank, seven or eight middle-aged fishermen were either dozing off, playing games, or staring blankly into space.

Further away, several young married women chatted and embroidered, while a few chubby babies played nearby.

Two young women passing by saw the child and exclaimed, "Oh no! I left my son in daycare for a week and completely forgot I even have a son!"

"You're really something."

"It's not my fault. When I had my first child, I had to take him with me every day. He was so clingy that I almost went crazy. Now that he's born, I don't have to take care of him at all. I can go back to work after postpartum recovery... No, I need to get closer to my second child so he won't forget me when he grows up."

"Sigh, even when life is better, there are still troubles."

After finishing his game of chess, Yu Yang heard the conversation and pondered it for a while, feeling quite annoyed.

When the standard of living is low, wives miss work when giving birth, and husbands face immense pressure from the sudden increase in living expenses, leading to frequent marital conflicts. If both parents work, leaving the children with their parents will result in the children becoming "left-behind children."

Now that living standards have improved, pregnancy leave, maternity leave, daycare, and childcare classes are all free, but people are worried that their children won't be close to them.

"Therefore, the main task at this stage is to promote spiritual civilization."

"You can even derive profound wisdom from playing chess." My old classmate walked to the riverbank, raised his turtle fishing rod, and found it empty.

At this time.

The Elaines, dressed as overseas tourists, arrived at the riverbank with a young man with red hair and blue eyes.

“Mr. Yu, this is Prince Hal of England, the Queen’s eldest grandson, who just graduated from Eton College this year.”

"Good."

“Mr. Yu, the Queen hopes that Hal will join the factory's security team to gain experience.”

Yu Yang understood that with Walton Jr. controlling the EU, dominating Northern Europe, and having the Belgian oligarchs and the Abu Dhabi consortium under his command, Royal Capital's situation in Europe was not much better than that of Zahi Warburg.

To protect itself, Royal Capital had no choice but to side with Federal Capital, but Federal Capital was a bandit that slaughtered all the European countries except for Britain, France, Germany, and Italy.

Now that the opportunity has arrived, how could North America possibly let England slip by?
Therefore, Royal Capital sent the next generation over as hostages in order to seek the assistance of Sanyuan Agriculture.

Yu Yang looked at Prince Hal carefully, shook hands with him earnestly, and asked, "What do you think of the idea of ​​the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area?"

Before coming, Prince Hal had clearly done his homework and knew that Hong Kong was one of the links between the two sides. "Mr. Yu, this idea is excellent. We will definitely support it strongly and may even arrest illegal immigrants from Hong Kong who have fled to England and send them back to the East."

"That's good, but Australia is mountainous and not suitable for planting."

"Australia...?"

"Yes, Australia."

"???"

(End of this chapter)