Over an hour later, in the time it took to eat lunch, a few people had already walked out from the factory area of Coast.

Just as they stepped outside, the young man behind Gou Er couldn't contain his excitement any longer.

"Uncle, we're going to make it big, from now on..."

"Bullshit!"

Before he could finish, Gou Er's hunched body instantly straightened, raising his hand to give a hard slap across the face: "What did I tell you on the way here? Have you forgotten? Did I tell you to speak? How dare you interrupt when I'm talking?

You useless thing!"

Compared to the dried-up middle-aged man, the young man was muscular, but at this moment, being hit like this in front of everyone, he didn't dare to retaliate, only bowing his head, repeatedly pleading for forgiveness.

Not until Gou Er had hit enough and scolded enough, did he finally stop.

He spat a thick wad of phlegm on the ground.

"You all better remember!"

With a cold expression, he glanced at the seven or eight people he brought this time: "From now on, we are employees of Coast, we're frigging Director Ji's employees!

Starting today, don't you dare act out of line in front of the director, got it?"

Suddenly, everyone nodded like chicks pecking rice.

So, Gou Er nodded in satisfaction and suddenly asked:

"Who's in charge?"

In the brief silence, A Nao sensed the danger in his uncle's eyes again and immediately answered quickly: "It's Director Ji!"

So, the slow-reacting A Song, who just got beaten, received another heavy slap from his uncle.

"Learn from this!"

After a barrage of reprimanding, A Nao finally gathered the courage to ask: "Uncle, where do we have over a hundred people?"

"We'll have them soon!"

Gou Er instructed: "A Nao, you and A Song, skip lunch and drive back first, tell Old Liu and Old Baldy, the job is done."

"After Old Liu and Old Baldy take care of those two traitors, the Cripple and Liu the Shit, tell them not to hurry with the moving, but to first go to the next villages."

Gou Er paused for a moment, his wrinkled face stretching as if to form a grin: "Tell them, considering our years of friendship, I won't be greedy.

—This is the chance to turn things around, I'll wait for a day, let's see if they can seize it!"

The two young men left to carry out the order.

After watching the modified motor tricycle carrying them disappear, Gou Er, feeling rare luxury, patted the gold sand in his pocket and took the remaining people to a small restaurant.

Sipping homemade wine while eating fried snails, he became halfway drunk, and his wrinkled face also showed a flush.

Squatting at the entrance of the restaurant, watching the bustling marketplace, he delightedly lit up a cigarette.

Puffing out smoke.

Fine raindrops vaguely fell from the sky, it was a sunshower, but what used to make him feel uneasy and sleepless suddenly seemed not so scary anymore.

He lazily squatted under the shelter, basking in the afterglow of the sun.

When he grinned, it revealed a mouthful of big yellow teeth.

Isn't this life coming along?

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In fact, in the days to come, Gou Er never saw Ji Jue again.

Though disappointed, he didn't show it, instead diligently running back and forth between Xinquan and the wilds.

Spending several days familiarizing himself with the faces before Yan Jian and Lu Feng, after some private inquiry, and using tipsy boldness to seek guidance,

he found that many worries were utterly unnecessary.

Yan Jian currently only managed the factory area, completely ignoring matters beyond that, nor did he care whether Gou Er would use this opportunity to place his own people. After receiving the advice 'Follow the rules, do things honestly,' Old Gou finally relaxed, rolling up his sleeves to work.

According to the factory's regulations—whoever comes, as long as they follow the rules, sign the contract, keep their hands clean, and are willing to work diligently, everything is covered, food and stay included. Although the monthly wages aren't much, in the wilderness, it's considered ample, and they never delay payment.

The dormitories rented out to family members are unsightly, narrow, poorly lit, like pigeonholes, and the toilets are shared, but at least there's a place to live, with cheap water and electricity, and for a bit more money, you can rent an air conditioner.

Under such conditions, although even oxen and horses would sneer and spit black heart in the city, compared to the backwater settlements, it's practically Heaven.

The factory hospital doesn't have many meds, but they are reasonably priced, all commonly seen city meds available, plus doctors from Jici Hospital come regularly for free consultations, so even in death, things are clear, not requiring blame on fate.

Experienced people start working after testing, while inexperienced ones can also sign a contract, do unpaid work, and follow a master for training—they all learn production maintenance, and after completing a harsh ten-year contract term, it won't hinder them from opening their own repair shop elsewhere.

After thinking it through, anyone with a bit of brains rushed towards the six-day workweek with enthusiasm.

However, in the wilderness, one can hardly expect gratitude and repayment, as there will always be those whose sticky fingers are not so honest, and whose quick thinking tends to be a bit too much... and such people often mysteriously disappear, never to be seen again.

In just less than half a month, Gou Er realized that Coastal Industry might not be as simple as he thought, and what it hides behind could be even more terrifying.

But so what?

Faced with such matters, he instead smiled wider, even more certain that he came to the right place and clung to the right leg.

After settling his own settlement, he led a bunch of gathered men, women, and children, throwing himself into the work on the shed area renovation instructed by Director Ji. In just a few days, the previously chaotic shed area regained order, haphazard constructions, violations, even unauthorized water and electricity connections, were all dismantled.

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