Dreaming for 10,000 years

Chapter 320 Business
“Really delicious!”

Maybe it was because he had been hungry for too long, or maybe it was because the taste of the morning tea was really amazing. After Jack was full, he let out a satisfied sigh.

"There are many Cantonese people here. In fact, we have a lot of breakfasts. Northern breakfasts are also very unique." Shi Fei also ate some, with a hint of nostalgia in his tone: "From south to north, just talking about breakfast, it's enough to fill an encyclopedia."

"You like to eat so much?" Jack asked with some confusion.

In his opinion, breakfast is a simple matter. Two slices of bread, a little butter and vegetables, a sandwich is enough.

If you don't have any of these, then... just starve.

After being hungry for a long time, people actually don’t feel hungry anymore.

"That's not true!" Shi Fei stood up and paid the bill. "In our place, it's important to eat comfortably regardless of whether you have money or not. Food is something that makes people feel happy."

"If a person doesn't care about food, then he probably has no hope for life. Food not only maintains human life characteristics, but also brings happiness to people."

“No matter how poor a person is, they must find ways to eat better. Only in this way can life have hope and be considered living.”

Jack was silent. He had not felt happy for a long time. The taste of food and life had long been blurred in his memory.

The cashier looked at Jack a few more times. Anyone could see that Jack was not in good condition, his clothes were tattered, and he smelled like a subway station.

But the old man said nothing. There were too many weird people in Goff City. He was used to them over the years.

"Let's go! I'll tidy you up!" Shi Fei said, looking at his thin clothes and the strange smell all over his body.

"Sir... why are you so nice to me?" Jack suddenly asked after walking out of the morning tea restaurant, with a hint of uneasiness and gratitude in his voice: "I have nothing worthy of you..."

For someone like him who had nothing, suddenly receiving help made him very frightened and uneasy.

Shi Fei stopped, turned around and looked at him: "I am a human being, and I hope others can live like a 'human being'."

Like a "human"?
Shi Fei helped Jack only because Jack was no longer a "human". His life had lost dignity, hope, and everything.

Jack felt a warm feeling in his heart. He hadn't been helped for a long time. His throat tightened a little, and he let out a laugh that sounded like crying.

After a long while, he whispered, "You are such a kind person."

"I'm not a good person, I'm just a human being." Shi Fei looked at the road in front of him and the people marching in the distance and said, "I was weak before, and there was a big gap between what I thought and what I actually did. Now it's different."

Jack didn't say anything, but just followed Shi Fei to a clothing store. They didn't plan to go to a high-end clothing store, but to buy some clothes from a street stall.

But they didn't get very far because they were blocked by the marchers.

Those marching people held rainbow flags and all kinds of strange "LGBT" slogans. The crowd was filled with all kinds of strange costumes. There were even a few bearded men wearing bikinis, thick eyebrows and bright makeup, which looked particularly eye-catching.

Shi Fei couldn't help but frown, and took a few steps back, moving away from the parade.

"What the hell are these things!" Shi Fei looked at the bearded man and couldn't help but complain.

"It's business." Jack whispered. "What?" Shi Fei was stunned.

"This is a business," Jack explained. "You can get paid every day by participating in the parade. With the high cost of living in Goff City, who would come to the parade for no reason?"

Gender freedom cannot be eaten. Normal people are like George, working two jobs every day, how can they have time to participate in the parade?

"Where does their money come from?" Shi Fei asked as he watched the parade gradually go away.

"As long as they make a big fuss, people will naturally give them money." Jack said, "I have also participated in their parades. They can earn 80 to 100 dollars each time. It's only for a morning, which is a good income."

"If it's a full day, it might be $120 to $150, but it doesn't include meals."

In order to seek justice, Jack has long lost his fixed residence and job. In Goff City, a fixed job requires a fixed house, whether it is bought or rented.

In order to survive, Jack did a lot of odd jobs, and parading was one of the more "respectable" ones.

"Why didn't you go later?" Shi Fei asked.

"In the past, they were all environmental parades, protecting whales, sea snakes and small animals. Now they are all parades like this. They charge a higher price, but..." Jack paused, with a hint of helplessness in his tone: "But the costumes have to change. Those costumes..."

He was silent for a moment, then whispered, "I used to be a firefighter, I can't bring shame to my brothers."

Even though he couldn't even afford to eat, Jack still insisted on his own ideas. He was proud of his former identity as a firefighter, because he was once a hero, and his brothers were once heroes.

However, he had already been fired from the fire department.

When such a person falls into darkness, he will become the most extreme existence, just like Lucifer became the Lord of Hell after his fall.

"Go on." Shi Fei felt that Jack was very familiar with the parade business and seemed to know a lot of inside information.

Jack continued, "A few years ago, I was in the parade industry and met a... friend. From him, I learned a lot of inside information about this industry."

"He is an outsourced employee of a planning company. There are many such companies in Goff City. The lifelong dream of that friend is to have his own company so that he can negotiate the price directly with the client instead of having the planning company take a big cut."

"I heard him say that according to Party A's needs, the most basic package is $20 per day, with protesters holding signs and shouting slogans."

“If there is a media exposure plan, conflict intensification design, and different number of people, it may cost tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars.”

"What is conflict intensification design?" Shi Fei asked as he picked out a few clothes for Jack at a clothing stall.

Jack replied: "It's about throwing smoke bombs, confronting the police and other violent means to fight back."

"..." Shi Fei sighed: "Sure enough, only locals can understand the local industry."

Without people like Jack, Shi Fei really wouldn't know the workings of these industries.

He handed Jack a clean shirt and a pair of pants and said, "Try these. At least they'll make you look like a 'human'."

(End of this chapter)