Chapter 197: Designating Energy Stones as Currency
“Qingshan City is gone?”
Mother Song was stunned. Such a large Qingshan City was gone.
Many people at the Pet Beast Center were upset, and Mother Song now didn’t dare to say she was Song Tiantian’s mother.
Because the internet was down, the mobile phone couldn’t connect to the network.
More than ten years ago, the era of electronic payment had already begun, and people nowadays were basically not used to using cash.
Including her! Even though she was an elderly person, she was used to paying with her mobile phone.
Suddenly, with no money, it was very inconvenient.
People at the Pet Beast Center complained endlessly.
Yesterday, Song Tiantian had asked Song Jun to drive out the troublemakers from the Pet Beast Center. Mother Song felt that such methods were a bit too cruel.
But she knew very well that the supplies at the Pet Beast Center were limited.
Daily fresh vegetables, as well as rice.
These all cost money, and the Pet Beast Center’s money was also gone.
So Mother Song remained silent. Anyway, like other ordinary people, she lived in the same house with the same decoration; she wasn’t getting any special treatment.
Mother Song also grew some garlic, scallions, and chili peppers in her space.
These seasonings were no longer sold much at the Pet Beast Center.
Basically, everyone grew a few small vegetables themselves. Those with slightly larger spaces grew more, and then set up stalls downstairs to sell them.
However, she never imagined that the safest Qingshan City would be gone.
If Song Tiantian wasn’t her biological daughter, she wouldn’t have brought her son to move here at all.
Father Song also said with a sigh, “Alas, all the people of Qingshan City have moved into the Pet Beast Center. I heard that the satellites were shattered by meteors, and the signal base stations were disrupted by dense spiritual energy. The officials said they are repairing it, and it’s unknown how long it will take to fix.
Fortunately, we moved to the Pet Beast Center early. My trusted friends also moved to the Pet Beast Center with us.
During the gathering today, those old buddies also looked grim!
You need to be careful in the future and don’t make things difficult for Tiantian. Tiantian is just the nominal manager of the Pet Beast Center; in reality, the owner behind the Pet Beast Center is Doctor Bai.
This time, without Doctor Bai, our base would have been finished.
The world is not peaceful now. You need to cultivate more diligently in the future. You won’t be sent to the battlefield, but if your strength is stronger, you can escape faster if you need to.”
“I heard that our base’s Doctor Bai is a legendary Beast Tamer, the most powerful Beast Tamer in the world. Is that true?”
“It should be. Even the Noble Families don’t dare to act recklessly here. It’s said they paid a lot of energy stones to get these identity tokens. From now on, our universal currency will be energy stones. You can use fragments of energy stones to buy small dishes from those street stalls.
These points cannot be transferred privately, and those restaurants cannot accept points. Only the Security Department has a few machines for fines.
The only thing that can circulate is energy stones. Energy stones are better than paper money in any case, and we can use them ourselves.
Now the rules of the Pet Beast Center have also changed. For the next seven days, salaries will be paid daily. After seven days, salaries will be paid once a month.
What is being distributed now are some energy stone fragments, weighed and distributed.
You must keep your identity token well; you absolutely cannot lose it. Although there are no points in it, this card is still very valuable.”
Father Song instructed Mother Song.
“Don’t worry! I usually keep that card in my Pet Beast Space, so it definitely won’t be lost.
But you, it’s so dangerous outside now. Tell Tiantian that you shouldn’t go to defend the city and stay home with me.”
“How can that be? I said before that Tiantian isn’t having an easy time. The owner behind her is Doctor Bai. If we don’t strive for ourselves and always let Tiantian help us with this and that, what if Doctor Bai gets unhappy and replaces Tiantian directly?
There are countless people below who want to move up!”
Mother Song dared not speak. She was a bully at home, only knowing how to throw her weight around with her own family. When facing outsiders, she didn’t dare to say another word.
If people like Song Ruyu hadn’t come, the Song Family could have been considered one of the strongest families in the Pet Beast Center.
Now the Song Family already had the initial appearance of a family.
Father Song had never received such high praise from his own people.
All the relatives from before basically acted as if he was the center of their universe.
This was power. Father Song regretted that he had given up his Security Captain position for an Enforcement Officer identity.
What Security Captain? That was the great general of the Pet Beast Center, in charge of a large group of people.
At that time, he still hadn’t seen Song Tiantian’s potential.
If it were like Song Ranran, he would definitely be the number one person in the Pet Beast Center now.
Now that he had given up his Enforcement Officer identity, if he went to Song Tiantian again, he could only get the identity of a Security Squad Leader, and that was because he had made contributions defending the city wall these days.
Song Tiantian couldn’t promote him immediately, otherwise, the people below wouldn’t be convinced.
Father Song had gone to see Song Tiantian. Song Tiantian said that this was a critical moment. Although he and Song Ranran were defending the same city wall, they had to alternate, otherwise, they would both lead the same team of security guards, and their teams would overlap.
Secondly, Father Song respected Song Tiantian and was willing to listen to her. Although Song Ranran was his biological daughter, he didn’t want to be subordinate to Song Ranran.
So he accepted Song Tiantian’s arrangement. Song Tiantian also gave him a few vacancies, allowing him to recruit people himself.
Those who followed Father Song in the Law Enforcement Department before were now all willing to follow Father Song, choosing to give up their Enforcement Officer identities and instead stay here as security guards.
Father Song could feel that the loyalty of these people to him was very high.
Although these people were not relatives, they were all top students who had legitimately passed the exam to become Enforcement Officers; they were all capable.
Song Tiantian had warned Father Song to choose capable people to help him, not to choose only relatives.
Father Song had never imagined in his life that he would have such an opportunity, but when the opportunity came, he had to seize it.
Father Song couldn’t bear to give up the job of defending the city wall. This was military power. He hadn’t studied much, but he had watched television and knew the importance of military power.
So when Mother Song asked Father Song to give up the job of defending the city gate, Father Song’s first reaction was to refuse.
What was the purpose of living? Wealth and a stable life.
Father Song had all of these now, but if he were told to lie down and do nothing, playing all day, he would feel uncomfortable.
Father Song’s current state was working for himself, not for others.
Managing so many people under him meant he had to strive for their welfare and observe their mindset.
