Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

11 a.m.

Most of the family members gathered in the shack behind the barrier. In just one hour, for many members of the family, this experience was unprecedented. Even if they were wearing thick clothes, they would still feel the chill. It penetrates into clothes pervasively and continuously removes skin problems.

There was always a creepy sound of wind whistling in my ears, which seemed to tear people apart. There were visible sand grains in the air, as well as some large objects passing by, and my nose was always filled with the smell of metal.

Dryness is a common experience for everyone. Many people feel as if they are sick and are always coughing.

Honghong was sitting in the room, her body feeling a little warmer. Jiang Hao kept putting tissues into his nostrils, and he seemed extremely uncomfortable.

"Can I really stay in this kind of place?"

Jiang Hao asked, Angus and his wife on the side smiled helplessly, and Violet said.

"It's really hard to adapt to it at first, but you can get used to it in about a week. This land is very scary for people who set foot on it for the first time, because there is only wind, sand, coldness, and darkness. But that's it. So many people can live on this land, and they can build barriers in such a harsh environment."

Chen Qiao sat aside without saying a word, while Wang Degui sighed.

"If the people on this land perish, maybe Brilliant City will not be far from perish."

Avano looked at Wang Degui with some surprise. Except for the Su family and Phoebus family, people from the other six major families were not in this room.

"It's surprising that you would say such a thing."

Field said with a hint of ridicule, everyone knows that with the changes in the city, the biggest profit is the Wang family. They own a large number of rental properties in the city, especially on the ground floor. Wang Degui is very smart and knows about things like houses. As long as the economy is good, the value will increase. Therefore, even if the economy at the bottom of the city is very bad for a long time, Wang Degui does not sell some houses at low prices.

Instead, they are rented at very low prices, so many of the properties on the ground floor are now owned by some companies under the Wang family. Even when Wang Degui was still in the low-priced housing market, he acquired a lot of houses, and they are in every district on the ground floor. There are Wang family assets.

Now the rent has at least tripled compared to before, especially for commercial places, Jiang Hao said with a cold snort.

"It's really ironic to say something like this from your mouth."

Wang Degui just smiled. Only the Wang family knows the pain of the Wang family in recent years. It seems that the Wang family owns huge real estate, but the maintenance of the real estate requires a lot of money. In recent years, the transaction of houses, except for some in the more lively areas of the middle and upper classes, In addition to commercial housing being profitable, real estate in other places is really not profitable.

Section 7's management of ordinary housing and commercial housing is extremely strict, because businessmen are not allowed to speculate on houses to the point that ordinary people can't afford them, but the rich don't care, commercial housing is the most profitable.

But the city is no longer what it used to be. There is still a constant rotation of classes. After the classes are solidified, it is almost impossible to climb up from below. Therefore, the transaction volume of commercial housing has been very small in these years.

And the Wang family has to maintain a huge industrial scale, which can only be maintained by renting houses and part of the housing transactions, but it has almost exhausted the Wang family.

During this period, the most discussed thing among the Wang family was to sell some houses that were unlikely to appreciate in value, so that they could get a large amount of cash and then withdraw from the stock market, but Wang Degui decisively rejected it.

When the Wang family was in the most difficult situation and had to find other families to raise funds, Wang Degui did not sell the house because he knew that the opportunity would definitely come, but he did not expect that the opportunity would come so quickly.

Even in the two districts 119 and 120 that have been bulldozed, the Wang family still owns a very large area of ​​land. These lands have been authorized to the Phoebes family for construction. All commercial value generated by the land subsequently belongs to the Wang family. direct beneficiaries.

Many of the houses on the ground floor that were selected as movie theater addresses belonged to the Wang family, and the Wang family did not intend to sell them. Jiang Hao had talked to Wang Degui many times before, but in the end he had no choice but to pay rent every year.

As a result, there was a lot of unhappiness between the two parties. Now Wang Degui's words seem to be mocking to many people.

"I don't mean anything else. To be honest, we should think about it carefully."

"Considering what? Thinking about getting more?"

Jiang Hao muttered, Wang Degui ignored the ridicule and said with a smile.

"Hand over the planting land."

Wang Degui's words made everyone present look solemn. Angus and his wife were indifferent. Some of the crops produced in the Angus family's planting fields were supplied to the Angus family, and the other part was supplied to the business department. Especially subject 5.

The Angus couple did not sell the crops grown in their fields to the high-end market. Although they did make a lot of money, the same goods were sold to Xingke at normal market prices.

Some of the food in the canteen of the General Affairs Section is also supplied by the Angus family, and the largest supply is from the 5th Section Headquarters. After all, Niya is there, so the couple can only use this method to care for their second daughter subtly.

Charles did not speak. He knew very well that after seeing this scene, most people did not have the confidence to establish an agricultural base in the barrier area. They wanted to establish an agricultural base when the sun could not shine on this land. It was too difficult to come.

Although there is a temperate zone around the underground periphery of the experimental planting site, and there are some small heating rods in the ground, this is not an option. Temperature is the biggest problem with this proposal.

"Let's take a look first and then talk."

Chen Qiao muttered, and everyone was a little hungry. At this time, the door of the room was knocked open, and Niya came over carrying a large bucket, some tableware, and a few bottles of wine.

"Eat quickly."

Opening the pot, there was vegetable stew inside, which smelled very fragrant. Chen Qiao frowned slightly and looked at the dust on the lid.

"It's so unhygienic."

Jiang Hao muttered, and Niya looked at him.

"If you don't eat, you'll be hungry. I took time to accompany you gentlemen today."

"Eat it, it tastes good."

Charles got up first as he spoke, and everyone hurriedly picked up the stew. It tasted really good. Niya closed the door, made a big bowl for herself, and then opened a bottle of wine.

"Do you want to drink?"

Everyone nodded, and everyone was silent during the meal. Everyone's appetite was particularly good today. On weekdays, if you are in the city at this time, you will still feel full and not too hungry. It will not start until at least after 12 o'clock. Hungry.

“It’s good to have something to eat in a place like this, and you’re very picky.”

Niya's words were obviously meant for Chen Qiao, and Chen Qiao smiled awkwardly, because when Niya came in with the food, she saw Chen Qiao's disgusted face.

"After we've eaten, we'll go outside for some activities later. When it's almost done, we'll chat while eating in the evening. We'll take a clear look at the situation and then think about what's most important now."

Wang Degui said with a smile.

"Niya, you have been taking too many actions recently. When will real estate transactions be allowed?"

Niya glared at Wang Degui.

"Don't be nice just to get an advantage."

Wang Degui smiled awkwardly. After the meal, everyone felt warmer. With some wine, Honghong sighed and stood up.

"Let's continue to go out and walk around. Now the wind and sand outside are much lighter."

2pm

Things about the barrier zone have completely exploded in the city. Many people can't believe that there are so many people working and living in such an environment. Some interviews and videos on the scene have caused many people to start heated discussions.

“Can anything really be grown in a place like that?”

In a restaurant, several men who had just finished their work were discussing. They were all from the middle level and were white-collar workers in the company. Because the company's business has now fully shifted to the bottom level, they have been working at the bottom level recently.

"Who knows, but it seems incredible, especially that those people survived."

Many people were shocked when they saw the real news reports. Under such low temperatures and such rampant sandstorms in the barrier area, those people were still alive and could still work in such an environment.

"Hey, I used to think those people in the barrier area were criminals, but that doesn't seem to be the case."

"Of course, there are so many criminals who are willing to go out and live a hard life. Probably many of them were expelled or left the city voluntarily."

A set of real data has been published for a long time. Because of the existence of the urban citizen hierarchy, taxes must be paid. Many people were eventually evicted because they could no longer afford the taxes. In the end, they exhausted their last bit of energy and left helplessly. City.

Now more people are discussing whether the current people in the barrier zone can return to the city. Many people think it is not possible because it is impossible for the city's food to supply people in the barrier zone anymore, so it must Only if there is a plan to establish an agricultural base.

It's just that this plan seems to be difficult for most people. Section 12 has also published a lot of experimental data and some problems encountered. No matter how you look at it, these things are disappointing.

"It's just that I heard someone say that it seems that the business department is secretly letting people from the barrier area enter the agricultural base to work."

A man said, and several others looked at each other and around.

"Stop saying such things. If you spread rumors, you will be arrested."

Several people also knew it well. Indeed, they had heard a little bit about it. People in the barrier area had gone from the eastern guard station to work in the eastern agricultural base. After all, everyone now knew that there was a shortage of manpower at the bottom. One month's salary is much higher than working in the eastern agricultural base.

The serious decline in the amount of grain shipped out of the warehouse recently is proof of this. Several people discussed the matter of people from the barrier area entering the city, but everyone still felt that it was inappropriate because there were still many criminals among them and those who were no longer able to work. people.

The city no longer has any resources to support these people, so it is better for them to continue to maintain this state unless an agricultural base can really be built.

The people who talk the most are people in the middle and upper classes, as well as some young people. Many old people at the bottom have become accustomed to it.

At this time, a middle-aged man laughed at a table.

"Don't you know? They do live in such a harsh environment, and they can also produce some handmade products, including some ores. When I was young, I used to follow my parents to trade with people outside the barrier. thing."

The other young people were a little surprised, and one of them asked.

"Really? They could live like this before?"

"Of course it's true. If you don't believe it, you can go and see for yourself if you have the chance. That kind of dark world is really frightening. I still clearly remember the first time I went out, after seeing those people, I still have nightmares when I go home, after all, they are so miserable, old people, children, women, a lot of people, but they are still the same after so many years, but they look a little better now."

People in the city still have a certain degree of resistance to people in the barrier zone. After all, there are many criminals among them. Those gangs that have done a lot of evil in the city in the past were forced to flee the city. Only in the barrier zone can they escape sanctions. The barrier zone It was gradually born in the process of transactions between these people and some corrupt elements in the city.

The referendum that broke out across the city half a century ago officially gave birth to the expulsion law, and countless people have crossed the Bridge of Weeping over the years.

"I think they will definitely enter the city. A cousin of mine works in District 119. He told me that Districts 119 and 120 are prepared for people in the barrier areas. It seems to be the 13th subject. That’s what the secretary plans to do.”

"That little girl, she is indeed quite nice."

People at several tables discussed the issue of people from the barrier area coming in. Most people felt that if people from the barrier area came in, the economy that had finally recovered might have problems because resources would be wasted. Drastic consumption.

Many people in barrier areas have almost no guarantee of medical life and education, and if the city wants to protect them, it must devote a lot of resources.

"I don't think so. I think if the family members go to the barrier area together today, something major will definitely happen. After all, that girl's actions are always unexpected."

Someone just finished speaking, and many people nodded in agreement with smiles. They were all paying attention to what Le Xiao would do next. This is extremely important to many people, because Le Xiao is now Every step we take will bring the city to a higher level, at least in the eyes of many people.

"What, isn't this done?"

Su Li smiled and held Su Xin's arm. The two of them were on the crowded street, planning to go shopping in the supermarket. Su Xin was really surprised now, and she sighed helplessly.

"How on earth did she do it, this stupid girl."

Su Li smiled and looked at the sun in the distance.

"Because the sun's rays can be ignored, it exists there. Okay, let's make something rich in the afternoon."