Chapter 53: Emergency Conscription
“I won’t let you go even if I die!——”
On the large screen in the cinema, a warrior clad in heavy armor had bloodshot eyes, roaring hysterically at the enemy in front of him.
In front of the screen, the audience was packed in tightly, staring intently at the picture, not daring to look away for a moment.
Suddenly, the lights on the ceiling turned on, and the screen instantly went black.
A bit of unrest appeared in the screening hall.
The next moment, the screening hall doors were pushed open, and a team of guards walked in with solemn and serious steps.
People looked at each other in bewilderment.
The lead guard walked straight up the steps and looked toward a young man who was cuddling with his girlfriend.
“Doctor Tian Wei? There is now a major emergency mission that requires your participation. Please come with us.”
The young man called Tian Wei was stunned for a moment, somewhat at a loss: “This, I, I’m on vacation right now, I…”
The guard’s voice was full of unquestionable authority: “Please depart with us immediately. We’ll handle all subsequent matters.”
“Awei…”
His girlfriend pulled at his sleeve with some worry.
“Uh, alright, Xiaoli, don’t worry, it’s fine.”
Escorting Tian Wei down the steps, the more than ten guards stood solemnly at the same time, saluting the people in the screening hall simultaneously, then turned and left.
The ceiling lights turned off, and the screen lit up again.
But at this moment, that tense and thrilling plot could no longer attract people’s attention.
One car after another sped through different cities, residential communities, companies, restaurants, and so on; one slightly tense person after another was brought out.
One bus after another emerged fully loaded from various universities, research institutes, and laboratories, filled with people brimming with tense and bewildered emotions, converging into convoys at various different gathering points, then departing toward various different goals.
At this moment, no one knew exactly what mission needed to be carried out. But everyone in their hearts clearly knew that something major must have happened.
……
Base No. 7, Tianji AI control room, Gu Changshan walked quickly over, saluted Sun Changhe in front of him, and said: “The national emergency conscription order has been issued. The first batch of the plan conscripts over 768,000 people, covering major research institutes, commercial companies, and other professionals related to rocket manufacturing. It has currently been completed 90%, expected to be fully completed within three hours.
The second batch of conscripted personnel has a broader skill range, involving logistics, transportation, and other aspects, with a total of about 4.597 million people. It is currently advancing according to plan, expected to complete conscription within 20 hours.”
Sun Changhe looked at the constantly scrolling data on the huge screen in front of him, the constantly emerging alarms, and the staff ready at any moment to intervene and handle things, with a slight hint of emotion in his expression.
“Just conscripting personnel probably isn’t enough…”
He sighed lightly: “Relying only on state power and military power for rocket production is too tense.
Bring civilian power into it as well.”
Gu Changshan’s expression grew even more solemn: “Yes.”
In the suburbs of Tongyang City, several military vehicles drove into a factory, stayed for a few minutes, then left.
Luo Jiang stood in front of the window of the factory director’s office, watching the several cars that quickly departed, his expression constantly changing, full of struggle.
After a long time, he cursed fiercely: “Face is worth only a few bucks, damn it, let’s do it.”
He also drove quickly away from the factory area.
In a park in Tongyang City, by the small river, Zhao Youguang, with a face full of malevolence and sparse hair, was quietly fishing.
His mobile phone suddenly rang. He impatiently pulled it out, glanced at the number, and his expression grew even more impatient.
“Dad, Sun Yu bought crab and wants to come home in the evening to see you, you…”
His daughter’s weak voice came from the mobile phone.
Without thinking, Zhao Youguang scolded directly: “Forget it! I can’t afford his stuff! Zhao Juan, I warn you, if you’re dead set on being with that brat Sun Yu, then you might as well disown me as your father!”
Zhao Juan’s voice carried a bit of a sob: “Dad, Sun Yu is just a bit poor, isn’t he? He’s so good to me, why won’t you support us?”
“Get lost, don’t put on a pitiful act in front of me!
Either you want me as your father, or you want him, choose yourself, I can’t control you anymore!
If he dares to come see me, watch me beat him up and be done with it!”
“Dad, I hate you!”
The call ended.
“Damn it, wings have hardened, daring to challenge me, the sky’s been turned upside down!”
Full of malevolence, he put down the mobile phone, and Zhao Youguang’s attention refocused on the water surface.
“Old man, excuse me, do you know Donghuai Road…”
“Don’t know, ask someone else!”
Zhao Youguang scolded, startling the polite and scholarly young man, who hurried away.
Luo Jiang walked over from afar, looking left and right, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he quickly walked toward Zhao Youguang.
“Old Zhao, fishing? Whoa, nice harvest.”
Zhao Youguang was stunned for a moment, turned his head to see the figure of the visitor, and instantly let out a cold heh heh laugh.
“Yo, isn’t this our Luo Jiang, Factory Director Luo? How come you have time to find me, this old man you fired?”
“Old Zhao, Engineer Zhao, what are you saying.”
Luo Jiang nodded and bowed, full of apologetic smiles: “How could that be called firing? Yours is honorable retirement, honorable retirement, heh heh.”
“Cut the crap, spit it out if you have something to say.”
“Well… the factory received an order for special wire harnesses, performance requirements too high, no one in our factory can do it, so we thought of you? Heh heh, Old Zhao, if you’re willing to go back and finish this order, money’s no issue.”
“Yo, thinking of me now? Tell me, how much can you offer?”
“1000 special wire harnesses, 22 hours left on the deadline, I’ll give you ten thousand, no, fifty thousand!”
“Whoa, fifty thousand bucks!”
Zhao Youguang’s face was full of astonishment, clicking his tongue: “That’s more than my two months’ salary… Get lost!”
Like a face-changer, one moment his face was amiable, the next full of malevolence and ferocity: “Damn you Luo Jiang, last month when you kicked me out of the factory, why didn’t you think of today!
Now you think of me? Bullshit! Not even fifty thousand, five hundred thousand is a waste!”
Luo Jiang was anxious: “You old Zhao, why curse at the drop of a hat? I’m a factory director no matter how small, you slapped me in front of so many people in the factory, I didn’t call the police to have you arrested, that’s already giving you face!”
“Shouldn’t I slap you? Huh? Harassing women in broad daylight, beating you is going easy!”
“That was mutual consent, understand! Old Zhao, I beg you, consider it me begging, okay? I’ll add more money, a hundred thousand, okay? Just one day’s work!”
“Get lost, don’t bother me!”
Luo Jiang’s face gradually turned red, finally jumping up and cursing: “You damn Zhao Youguang, giving you face, huh?
All the nice words don’t work, right? A proper factory director coming here to take your abuse feels good, right? I’m masochistic, right?
If it weren’t for the damn national emergency conscription, would I come beg you? Even if the sky fell, I wouldn’t glance at you! Damn it, still putting on airs!
Fine, we’re done, scatter!”
Luo Jiang turned and walked away, but Zhao Youguang’s expression instantly turned solemn.
“Wait a minute. What did you say? National emergency conscription?”
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PS: In the author’s words below, there’s something I want to communicate with you reader lords, please take a look.
Seeing many reader lords complaining that the book title is too trash and suggesting a change, the author is very touched.
Thank you reader lords for your concern, my thanks.
The author is terrible at naming, now with reader lords’ pointers, I also feel the current book title is indeed a bit trash. But probably can’t change it recently.
This book’s performance was average at the start, only recently showing some upward momentum, watching the performance steadily rise, the author is happy inside.
Especially at a time like now, the author dares not make any moves. Qidian’s recommendations are a bit unpredictable, what if changing the title stops this momentum dead?
Don’t dare to take the risk.
Wait until more word count accumulates in a while, performance stabilizes, the author will definitely carefully think of a good book title and change the current one.
Also about monthly tickets.
Seeing other author bigshots doing monthly ticket extras, the author will learn too. We’re at seven or eight hundred monthly tickets now, let’s round to 500. From now on, every additional 500 monthly tickets, the author adds one chapter, leader also adds one chapter—of course not adding now, but saving to pay back after going premium.
New book period has too many restrictions to add extras easily, this kind of writing is also hard, author has not much stock. This period first strive to stockpile, after going premium restrictions lessen and release the extras!
Finally about follow reads, now in new book period all recommendation data depends on follow reads, here I kneel and beg reader lords not to stockpile the book first, even if not reading, please tap the latest chapter every day. Higher follow reads mean more recommendations better data, entering a positive cycle, author also more motivated.
Thanks again to reader lords for your concern and pointers, kneeling in thanks!
