Chapter 509: Chapter 185: Waiting to Be Bought, the Academy Faction of Fat Pigs!
Cheng Ye still didn’t hurry to set off. He first called Long to arrange for the community members to leave the city. Only after this did he close the documents and, guided by two clerks, head to the assessment location.
It was Wang Kang’s first time leaving the city, so he was inevitably a bit nervous, but clearly there was no chance for him to calm down and vent his emotions right now.
As soon as they stepped out of the inspection station, they had to face one test after another.
They got onto a shuttle, which headed toward the open area in front of the North Inspection Station.
Before long, they saw a formation of refugees surrounded by a yellow isolation line, with a number of military vehicles parked around it to maintain order and ensure safety.
"Wow, this setup is really something!"
Cheng Ye glanced from afar. Twenty thousand sounded like a small number, but seeing the formation laid out before them, it was still quite a grand scene.
At first glance, there were heads everywhere, making it seem like there was no place to set foot.
However, as the shuttle moved a bit further forward, he saw rows of large elliptical flat-topped sunshades in front of the formation, looking somewhat like a university recruitment fair.
Under each sunshade sat two inspectors, along with ten guards to maintain order and two clerks, resembling a recruitment venue.
From time to time, refugees would step forward to talk face-to-face with the inspectors.
"Indeed, you can’t just go down and pick people directly..."
Cheng Ye chuckled inwardly, already noticing Yang Xingwen, despite securing a front-row tent, could only sit inside with a wry smile as there were no refugees lining up for consultation at his tent.
The situation for other inspectors was similar. Even the high-level inspectors only had three to five people inquiring in front of their tents.
It was apparent that these twenty thousand refugees were aware of some of the assessment rules and weren’t in a hurry to make a choice, merely watching the tents from afar, clearly planning to let the inspectors make the first move before they made their pick.
However, the inspection station clearly anticipated this and in the end, only provided sixteen thousand spots.
The refugees had to strive as well. If they just kept watching, they could very well be eliminated.
"Inspector Cheng, there’s only one sunshade left now." Link turned around, his tone tinged with a touch of embarrassment.
Compared to the front-row sunshades, the 32nd one had already been pushed to the right side of the refugee formation, at least seven to eight hundred meters away from the 1st sunshade.
"No problem, whether it’s the last one still depends on the method."
Cheng Ye smiled.
The 32nd could also be the 1st.
Who said the leading side had to be the first?
After all, they were surrounding the refugee formation, and the position of all the sunshades was essentially neither advantageous nor disadvantageous."
The shuttle came to a stop, and the two got off the bus, walking into the sunshade.
On a table about five meters long and two meters wide were the "recruitment tools" provided by the inspection station.
A portable typewriter, capable of quickly printing promotional materials as per the inspector’s requests.
Two large speakers, for delivering their philosophy.
And two large boxes of badges, meant to be distributed to the refugees to confirm recruitment spots.
Cheng Ye picked up a badge and took a look, immediately bursting into laughter.
"Brother Cheng, why are we Hei?"
Wang Kang was momentarily dumbfounded and turned to look at the nearby tent, noticing that others were using colorful symbols and text.
"It’s prominent, and it’s our South Inspection Station’s divine beast."
Cheng Ye waved the badge in his hand, the black dog pattern on it vividly crafted.
"Hei specializes in checking if caravans are hiding anything, so getting this badge now is a good omen."
Cheng Ye put down the badge.
He looked under the table top at the drawers, which contained ordinary tools like tape, a notebook, and some pens.
As expected, trying to recruit people using just these items provided by the inspection station was not very realistic.
When Ding Yishan announced the assessment had begun before he left, it meant the real test had already started from that moment.
Now, whatever means are used to recruit refugees, it is a reflection of the inspector’s personal capability.
Yet surprisingly, just as the two sat down, hardly settled into their seats, over a dozen young and strong individuals broke away from the line of refugees and came over, with two of them heading directly to the front of the sunshade.
Cheng Ye instinctively opened the panel to glance at the cooperation level. Those choosing the tent beside them had at least a 20% baseline, and further into the formation, over 30% wasn’t uncommon.
Since they voluntarily came to participate in the assessment, this level of cooperation wasn’t surprising.
But these two before him, their cooperation level was noticeably in the single digits.
Interesting.
Are they mercenaries who took on a task from Pinghai Building?
Or pieces sent by someone Cheng Long offended to interfere with his assessment?
Cheng Ye remained composed, a slight smile on his face, signaling the guards to let them pass one by one.
Link swiftly pulled out two name plaques, placing them in front of Cheng Ye and Wang Kang respectively.
The first to step forward was a middle-aged man in a sleeveless shirt, his muscles faintly visible, clearly at an age where his strength was at its peak for work.
He stepped forward, slightly bowed, glanced at the name on the plaque, and said, "Inspector Cheng, are you still recruiting strong young people here? I can bring 50 able young men to cooperate with your assessment, guaranteeing the completion of all tasks you publish."
"Oh?" Cheng Ye’s tone was flat, "I can take you in, but your team..."
"The compensation the inspection station offers us is 100 Happiness Coins for three days. We hope you can give us an additional 100 Happiness Coins on top of that, what do you think?"
Goodness, did they see him and Wang Kang as young and come to do business?
