Embers Ad Infinitum

Chapter 9: post

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As for Shang Jianyao's answer, Long Yuehong is difficult to understand, so he is too lazy to understand.

The two chatted casually and went to the "Material Supply Market" together. When the "Staff Canteen" opened, they each spent 8 contribution points to order a boiled egg, two miscellaneous grain steamed buns and a plate of sauerkraut.

After breakfast, Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong took their lunch boxes, entered the "Activity Center", sat in the corner of the hall, and waited for the results of the allocation.

At this time, the "activity center" was empty, and only the employees working here were busy wiping, cleaning, and fiddling with Chen Xianyu under the watchful eyes of Chen Xianyu.

The old people who exercised and chatted here in the early morning are no longer there. They either send the younger generation to school, or go directly to their jobs.

- The company stipulates that those who reach the age of 60 can be transferred to a more relaxed position, or the workload can be halved. When they are 75 years old, they can really not work, and they will receive a monthly allowance based on their employee level.

However, there are not many retired employees who can come to the "activity center" at any time after they reach the age of 75. Because the previous generations who did not popularize genetic improvement, in the environment of lack of materials and insufficient nutrition, very few people can survive to 75 years old.

Long Yuehong silently took a breath and said as if he had nothing to say:

"I met the daughter of one of my mom's colleagues yesterday.

"She was just 18 years old, she was working in a broadcasting station under the 'Entertainment Department', she was about 1.7 meters tall, and she was very good looking.

"You said, is it possible for her to like me? Hey, she is only 1.75 meters after genetic modification, and she looks average. The grades in various subjects can only be said to be average, and no department has reserved me..."

Shang Jian Yao moved his right eyebrow slightly and said:

"What's her name?"

"Feng Yunying, hehe, she doesn't know Houyi, they are not in the same group." Long Yuehong thought Shang Jianyao wanted to ask about Houyi, after all, many employees of the company were loyal listeners of this announcer.

Shang Jian Yao was not disappointed, and continued to ask:

"Which floor and which district do you live in? What's the house number?"

"What are you asking about?" Long Yuehong was surprised and suspicious.

Shang Jianyao glanced at him:

"Go to her and ask if she might like you."

"..." Long Yuehong, no matter how inexperienced, knew that this would screw things up, "Haha, stop joking."

He dared not continue the topic:

"Shang Jianyao, which department do you want to join?"

"Security Department." Shang Jianyao replied without hesitation.

Long Yuehong's voice was almost uncontrollable:

"Are you crazy

"It's dangerous! Don't think that having meal supplements is a good thing! Haha, you're joking again."

The "Security Department" is the least secure of all departments in the company, with an annual employee death rate several times higher than the other departments combined.

This is because they are responsible for many external operations, including but not limited to escorting large quantities of goods through the wilderness, fighting people who invade the sphere of influence or monster groups that have migrated here, guarding outposts outside underground buildings, and going deep into the wilderness to find old world relics , Protect the scientific research team to complete the corresponding plan.

As a result, the employees of the "Security Department" often have to face pollution, disease, monsters, unintentional people and a hail of bullets. It is inevitable that someone will be injured, infected, deformed, and even killed.

When Long Yuehong was frightened by Shang Jianyao's answer, Meng Xia and others entered the activity center one after another and found different areas to sit down according to their familiarity.

Yang Zhenyuan has a very good relationship with Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong. They live on the same floor, and they are admitted to university and enter the same major at the same time. Therefore, after sweeping around, he walked directly to the two of them. .

"Hey, why do you look so weak? Didn't have breakfast?" Long Yuehong looked at Yang Zhenyuan and asked with concern.

Yang Zhenyuan blushed:

"ate.

"Just a little tired."

"Why are you tired?" Long Yuehong was puzzled.

Yang Zhenyuan didn't know how to explain, so he turned to look at Shang Jianyao and sighed:

"It turns out that getting married is such a tiring thing.

"However, it's still very good, you have to find someone as soon as possible."

As he spoke, he unconsciously smiled.

Long Yuehong felt that she understood, so she didn't ask any more questions, and continued the topic just now:

"Yang Zhenyuan, Shang Jianyao just joked that he wanted to go to the 'Security Department'!"

Yang Zhenyuan thought about it seriously:

"If it can be limited to the internal post, I would also like to go there. The treatment is really good."

The salaries of the employees of the "Security Department" are the same as those of other departments, and they are all in accordance with the company's regulations. However, because they need high-intensity training, they can eat a meal of meat every day - training days and duty days are in the exclusive canteen of the "Security Department". Dining, the price is cheap, the portion is sufficient, and usually there is a meal supplement.

This has a fatal attraction for many of the company's employees.

"Isn't this nonsense? If it is really limited to the back office, everyone would want to go, er, except for the management and those who like to do research." Long Yuehong said disdainfully, "Unfortunately, the back office of the 'Security Department' And the field post is in rotation, unless you can enter the big boss's exclusive guard, the management's direct operation cluster, and the important project protection cluster."

Shang Jianyao, who had not spoken for a long time, suddenly opened his mouth and said:

"I want to be on duty in the field."

"..." Long Yuehong stretched out her hand and shook it in front of Shang Jianyao, "Is something wrong with your mind? You don't know how dangerous it is outside?"

There are many employees in the "Security Department", and everyone more or less knows a few of them, knows what the current situation is on the dust, and knows that there is still more chaos than order outside.

In comparison, a company that is peaceful, orderly, and can guarantee the supply of basic materials can be called a paradise.

Because of this, even if the "Ministry of Security" has a corresponding subsidy for field work, and can bring back the dirt items that do not need to be handed in or destroyed, not many people want to go there from the bottom of their hearts.

In order to encourage everyone to join the "Security Department", the board of directors is very generous to the promotion of the corresponding employees. Many people in ordinary positions may only reach D3 all their lives and cannot become senior employees. The employees of the "Security Department" may be a year or even half a year, At the same time, those who have been discharged from the "Security Department" and transferred to normal positions will be promoted to one level.

Yang Zhenyuan couldn't understand Shang Jianyao's idea, but he didn't refute, just pointed out:

"The employees of the 'Security Department' are basically selected from those who are married and have children, and rarely find married or unmarried people."

"Yes, yes." Long Yuehong nodded with a smile.

He looked at Shang Jianyao and said:

"Why do you want to be on duty?"

"In order to save all mankind." Shang Jianyao did not change his expression.

"Cough cough cough." Long Yuehong and Yang Zhenyuan choked on their own saliva at the same time.

At this moment, two people wearing black uniforms came in from the outside and handed a sealed paper bag to Chen Xianyu, the director of the "activity center", old man Chen.

Long Yuehong, Yang Zhenyuan, Meng Xia and others stood up at the same time and held their breath.

The paper bag contains the results of this distribution.

Unlike unified marriage, which needs to be publicized, the distribution result is informed to the corresponding person in the form of a letter because it involves confidentiality clauses. During the whole process, no one else can know.

After confirming that the paper bag was not damaged and handing over the signatures, the two employees who belonged to the "Board of Directors" retreated to Chen Xianyu's side to supervise the next distribution process.

"So soon, it seems that we are the first batch... I don't know what position... " Long Yuehong couldn't help speaking when she was nervous.

Shang Jianyao glanced at him and said:

"Assume that you are in the 'Security Department' first, so that no matter what the final result is, it will not be worse."

"It makes sense!" Long Yuehong had no other way anyway, so he simply followed Shang Jianyao's suggestion.

Chen Xianyu After old man Chen showed the paper bag to everyone, he broke the seal and took out stacks of letters.

Then, he read out the name on the envelope:

"Zhong Xiaomin."

A girl went up, took the envelope, and walked quickly to the side to open the letter.

"Yang Zhenyuan."

"Meng Xia."

"Long Yuehong."

"See you in business."

Names were pronounced one by one, and a person walked up and took the envelope that decided his own destiny.

They didn't evade, they just opened the envelope at the "activity center" and took out the letter inside.

Long Yuehong stood not far from Chen Xianyu, and spread out the paper with trembling hands:

"Long Yuehong, electronic card number 02511013768:

"Please report to room 14 on the 647th floor before noon."

647th floor... Long Yuehong's mind buzzed, and the letter paper in her hand fluttered to the ground.

He hurriedly picked it up again and read it several times, hoping that he had read it wrong just now.

Unfortunately, no.

"It's over, it's over..." he muttered to himself, his face ashen.

The underground building has a total of 650 floors, and the five floors closest to the ground belong to the "Security Department".

So, reporting to the 647th floor means joining the "Security Department".

Slam, Shang Jianyao patted Long Yuehong on the shoulder.

Long Yuehong turned around slowly, her eyes dull:

"It's over, it's over..."

Shang Jianyao said with a slightly bright smile:

"I'm assigned to the 'Security Department'."

"Ah?" Long Yuehong woke up from the nightmare and took the other party's letter.

He glanced quickly and saw the above content clearly:

"Shang Jian Yao, electronic card number 02509083626:

"Please report to room 14 on the 647th floor before noon."

"We are in the same place?" Long Yuehong calmed down a little.

"It looks like it." Shang Jianyao responded with a smile.

"Why are we so unlucky?" Seeing someone as company, Long Yuehong was no longer so lost and depressed.

Shang Jian Yaowei turned his head and said:

"I applied by myself."

"..." Long Yuehong was speechless.

At this time, Meng Xia, Yang Zhenyuan, Zhong Xiaomin and others all saw the results of their assignments. They were excited, happy, depressed, or sad, but they were not as intense as Long Yuehong's reaction.

"Shang Jianyao, where are you assigned? I'm going to the research institute on the 36th floor." Yang Zhenyuan took the letter and moved closer.

Shang Jianyao replied with a smile on his face:

"Department of Security."

In an instant, the lobby of the "Activity Center" became extremely quiet, and those who were sad and depressed were surprised at first, and then felt that their distribution results did not seem to be that bad.

Seeing this, Long Yuehong didn't want to stay in this place, so she grabbed Shang Jianyao and said in a low voice:

"Go and report, hey, you can only report first."

This is an irresistible result, unless you want to be exiled by the company.

Even if there are some channels that can clear the relationship, you have to report in first, and then try to transfer away.

However, people with similar relationships have already taken the "predetermined" route.

Shang Jianyao waved to Yang Zhenyuan, took his lunch box, and walked to the other side of Area C with Long Yuehong.

There are elevators to the top five floors.

Long Yuehong followed Shang Jianyao in silence for a while, then suddenly pursed her lips and said in a low voice:

"At least, I can see the real sky..."