When the second hand of the old wall clock in the activity center that could stop at any time creaked three and a half times, lines of text finally appeared on the LCD screen.
Meng Xia and others quickly searched for their names, and then heaved a sigh of relief.
Most of them were not satisfied or excited, but neither were they unhappy. For them, it's no different from taking the test at ordinary times, as long as the results are not too bad. Anyway, their parents, grandparents, grandparents, and grandparents came here.
The rest are more confused, because they don't know who they are marrying, which floor they are from, and which department their parents belong to - even if they all go to college and have higher education, the people they know are still concentrated in their classmates and students. "Neighbors" on the same floor.
Long Yuehong read it up and down several times carefully and earnestly, and couldn't help but whisper to herself:
"Why not my name?"
"Because your name is not good enough." Shang Jianyao's expression next to him did not change.
"..." Long Yuehong wanted to refute, but sadly found that she actually agreed with the other party's conclusion.
This time, there are thousands of people who are forced to participate in unified marriage, and there are only two more men than women. If it is not for bad luck, bad name, bad luck, how can they become one of the two unlucky ghosts
Long Yuehong paused for a moment, and said sadly and indignantly:
"Nor have your name!"
He did not see which woman Shang Jianyao was successfully paired with.
Shang Jianyao raised his right eyebrow slightly and said:
"Didn't I say so? I have applied to give up this unified marriage."
"This, this, really? How could the company, how could it agree... " Long Yuehong was stunned and confused, as if her worldview had been subverted.
He has lived for 21 years, and he has indeed heard of qualified people who did not participate in unified marriage, but there are sufficient reasons: the other party is either lying in a hospital bed and may die at any time, or participating in the external operations of the Ministry of Security , I don't know if I can come back.
Anyone who is healthy and qualified within the company will not dare to violate the regulations.
This is one of the core obligations of being an employee of the company.
Long Yuehong was relieved by this incident, looked at Shang Jianyao and said:
"Are you ready to accept a reduction in the share of energy rationing
"This is not bad, the most terrible thing is the deduction of contribution points. You can't get enough to eat! We can only set D1 level, only 1800 points per month, we can only eat meat once a week, and we will deduct one-third of it once. What is the concept?"
"The company agrees, no need to deduct." Shang Jianyao said with a slight smile.
"No, it's impossible, it's impossible..." Long Yuehong suddenly thought of something while muttering to herself.
If Shang Jianyao really applied to give up this unified marriage, it means that there is only one more male than female participating in this marriage.
only one more person...
I, I am the only unlucky bastard... Long Yuehong's mouth was half open, and a strong sadness emerged in her heart.
At this time, the screen began to turn pages, briefly introducing the basic information of those who were successfully paired with the residents on this floor, so that they could find each other and go to each "Order Supervision Bureau" under the "Order Supervision Department" to register their marriage.
"Meng Xia, your husband is an outsider!" After everyone watched for a while, the women's side exclaimed first.
Meng Xia's expression was slightly condensed, her eyes moved slightly, and she whispered:
"Zhang Lei; Male; Birth: Wilderness; Age: 25; He was recruited by the company 3 years ago and has been performing well; No hidden dangers; Address: No. 192, Area A, Floor 622; Employee level: D4; Electronic card number: 04311029189 …”
"There really is an outsider..." Long Yuehong was also attracted by this incident, and turned her head to discuss with her companions.
They all know that the company will regularly recruit wilderness wanderers to supplement the population and improve their genes, but because the residents on this floor have never been colleagues with outsiders, and no one has married them, so everyone is more concerned about this matter. Treat it as an anecdote.
"Meng Xia, it's actually okay, although he used to be a wanderer in the wilderness, but now he's a D4 employee. He's only 25 years old. He's amazing!" The girl in a green top and blue trousers comforted her friend.
D4 means changing from ordinary employees to senior employees and senior employees, who can serve as deputy positions of small research projects, squad leaders of factory production lines, deputy team leaders of security forces, and order supervisors of certain floors and certain districts. D1 improved by at least 2000 points.
"But the effect of genetic modification after adulthood is not so good..." The young man on the other side of Long Yuehong muttered.
At this time, he saw the information of his marriage partner:
"Zhou Qi; Female; Birth: Internal employee; Age: 30 years old; once had a husband, died 5 years ago, and currently has a child; she applied for this unified marriage on her own initiative; no hidden dangers; domicile: Floor 569 B District 27; Staff level: D4; Electronic card number: 01609052558… ”
"Yang Zhenyuan, your wife is 10 years older than you..." Long Yuehong also saw this entry.
Like most of his peers in the company, Yang Zhenyuan has a fair face, a strong body, and a good-looking appearance, but he is a little more delicate and introverted.
Hearing Long Yuehong's words, Yang Zhenyuan's face flushed, and he wanted to say something, but he couldn't.
After a while, everyone finally wrote down the corresponding information, and then left the activity center one after another, preparing to find their spouse, or go home and wait for the other party to come.
At this time, in the hall with five or six people left, a voice suddenly sounded:
"Who is Yang Zhenyuan?"
"Me, what's the matter?" Yang Zhenyuan, who was chatting with Long Yuehong and Shang Jianyao, subconsciously turned his head to look at the door.
A woman came in at the gate of the activity center. She was mature and charming. Although her clothes were simple and monotonous, she could not hide her proud figure at all.
"I'm Zhou Qi." The woman glanced at Yang Zhenyuan and nodded with satisfaction, "Let's go to your house first?"
Yang Zhenyuan was startled at first, and then nodded frequently:
"Yeah."
"Then let's go now?" Zhou Qi smiled like a flower.
"Okay, okay." Yang Zhenyuan said as he walked over quickly.
Long Yuehong stared blankly at the pair leaving the activity center, and couldn't help but sigh:
"What should I do next?"
Shang Jianyao turned his head and looked at him solemnly:
"Great careers await you."
"..." Long Yuehong's face muscles twitched, "Speak human words!"
Shang Jianyao smiled and said:
"Wait for the unified marriage next year."
"Yes." Long Yuehong sighed, "Hey, I don't want this anymore, I hope I can be assigned a good post tomorrow. Also, Shang Jianyao, I always feel that you are getting more and more abnormal, I mean your brain. ."
While speaking, he pointed to his temple.
The next most important thing for them is to wait for the assignment, which will directly determine their future life-except for those who have been booked in advance by the corresponding departments due to their specialties, the rest of the higher education graduates have to wait for assignment.
Before Shang Jianyao responded, Long Yuehong saw Chen Xianyu, the director of the activity center, turn off the display screen, and slowly walked over with a cylindrical metal water cup excavated from the ruins of the old world, so he asked casually a little nervously:
"Grandpa Chen, what department do you think we will be assigned to?"
Chen Xianyu coughed:
"As far as I know, those who have just married and are about to start giving birth will be assigned to relatively safe internal positions. If they are not assigned, and do not need to have children for the time being, the positions may be a bit dangerous."
Long Yuehong's expression suddenly collapsed:
"I, I have to go back and tell my parents and my mother the marriage result."
He didn't wait for Shang Jianyao to respond, and walked out of the activity center with a sad face.
"Your parents and your mother haven't gotten off work yet..." Shang Jianyao whispered, followed by leaving, and came to the aisle outside.
This is the 495th floor of the underground building. There is no sky, only a 4-meter-high ceiling. One by one long tube lights are uniformly inlaid on it, and the light is still bright.
For the internal employees of the company, the street lights are on during the day, and when the street lights are off, it is night.
Shang Jianyao looked up at the street lamp in front of him, and turned to another place in Area C.
On both sides of the road, the rooms are closely next to each other, and the width is only about two meters, as if the beehives in the textbook are spread out to the same plane.
Compared with them, the activity center is spacious like a square.
After walking the two "streets", a relatively open place appeared in front of Shang Jianyao, where twelve elevators were placed.
This is the elevator that leads directly to the "research area".
In this underground building from the old world, in order to prevent congestion and accidents, the elevators from the "living area" leading to the "factory area", "research area" and "inner ecological area" in a narrow sense are separate, located on the floor different regions.
The "management area" and "energy area" are merged with the "research area", and you only need to swipe the electronic card and confirm the authority to arrive.
Shang Jianyao waited for a while, entered an elevator in the middle, and casually pressed the number "21".
Because it was working hours, the elevator did not stop halfway, and has been descending smoothly.
During this process, Shang Jianyao suddenly took out his electronic card and swiped it in the corresponding area.
Then, he pressed the metal key that represented the third floor.
The elevator continued to descend, only to stop after a while.
Shang Jianyao got out of the elevator, turned to the left, and saw a large metal door that was closed.
Shang Jianyao didn't try to get close to the metal door, and walked to the right along the aisle outside the door.
There are several rooms lined up at the end of the corridor, but none of them have house numbers.
Under the sunlight on the ceiling, Shang Jianyao knocked on the door in the far corner.
"Please come in." A soft female voice came out.
Shang Jianyao twisted the handle, opened the door, and saw a lady in a white coat.
The lady was sitting behind a log-colored table, looking in her thirties, with a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose.
Her hair was neatly braided, with only a few strands falling down.
"It's you." The lady glanced at Shang Jianyao, smiled and pointed to the back chair opposite the table, "Sit."
Shang Jianyao sat down and smiled as if returning home:
"Good afternoon, Doctor Lin."
"Good afternoon, Xiaoshang." Dr. Lin lifted his hair, took a folder next to him, and spread it out in front of him.
Then, she played with the black pen and asked casually:
"How are you feeling lately?"
"Appetite has increased, sleep is normal, and my body is healthy." Shang Jianyao said while doing an action to highlight his biceps.
Dr. Lin nodded:
"I have already applied for you to give up the unified marriage for you. Have you seen the result?"
"Well, thank you." Shang Jianyao said with a smile, "Can I sing a song to thank you?"
"No." Dr. Lin shook his head without hesitation.
She then pressed the pen down:
"Actually, I'm very curious, why do you have to give up unified marriage? Your situation is not serious."
Shang Jianyao's expression was straight, and he said in a deep voice:
"To save all mankind."
"..." Dr. Lin picked up the pen and drew a heavy circle somewhere on the document in front of him.
Inside that circle was written a line of words:
"Moderate psychosis (suspected delusional disorder, to be seen)."