"You bastard! Didn't I emphasize before that you must strictly follow our requirements?
Lao Tao, you are so ignorant. Please apologize to everyone immediately and promise not to do it again next time." Wu Lao leaned on crutches, pointed at Captain Tao and cursed fiercely.
Even because he was too angry, Mr. Wu threw his crutch and hit Captain Tao.
Captain Tao lowered his eyebrows and stood there silently, as if he really knew he was wrong.
Listening to Mr. Wu scolding his subordinates, neither Hua Chuanlong nor Ke Hanyu spoke.
For them, Captain Tao's actions actually harmed their interests. Although they did not have to pay protection fees when they returned to the safe city, they were still the ones who had to collect protection fees.
Lao Zhuang watched with cold eyes as Mr. Wu reprimanded Captain Tao. In fact, he really wanted to retaliate: Just a few curses and an apology and that would be the end of it? There was no actual punishment at all.
Firstly, there were no punishment measures, and secondly, he was not asked to hand over the things he had embezzled before.
what is this?
Haha, I have seen this set countless times many years ago.
The stick was raised high and then put down gently, without any pain or itch.
But Lao and Zhuang are also very helpless in their hearts. These civilian groups are very disunited within themselves.
Many people actually have an ostrich mentality. As long as they can survive and are not forced to the last step, they are still willing to endure bullying until the last moment.
well.....
Lao Zhuang sighed deeply, if these civilian groups could be more united, they would not be so passive.
Then he said: "I won't say anything else. Now we have searched many places near Safety City. Now it is not as easy as before for us to find supplies.
At least we have to ensure that we can survive, so one-third is definitely impossible. One-sixth, this is our bottom line."
Mr. Wu, Hua Chuanlong, and Ke Hanyu looked at each other.
Hua Chuanlong suddenly said:
"Lao Zhuang, Lao Sun, Lao He, look at this, there is such a big fuss now, everyone is embarrassed, see if you can let the brothers go back first. Tomorrow we will go out to search for supplies, and we will talk about it when we come back."
When Lao Zhuang heard what they said, he felt a little unconvinced, so he said, "No, we have to make it clear now, otherwise we won't leave."
When Mr. Wu heard this, he frowned and did not look at Lao Zhuang. Instead, he said to Lao Sun and Lao He:
"Lao Sun, Lao He, please advise Lao Zhuang. It's a waste of time for us to be in a stalemate here. The top priority is to go out and find supplies."
Lao Sun and Lao He looked at each other and remembered what Mr. Wu had just talked to them in private.
His eyes flickered.
Lao Sun slowly approached Lao Zhuang and said: "Lao Zhuang, what Mr. Wu said makes sense. Before this cold weather, everyone was very safe. Now the top priority is to go outside to find supplies."
Lao He also echoed: "Yes, Lao Zhuang, we are still wasting time here.
Lao Zhuang's eyes widened and he looked at the two of them in disbelief and said, "What are you doing? What on earth is going on?"
Lao He stopped Lao Zhuang, came closer and said, "Lao Zhuang, I have something to tell you later."
Mr. Wu saw that the group of civilians were communicating and could not reach an agreement for a while, so he said: "Let's talk about it first and reach an agreement.
We’ll come back for the meeting in half an hour.”
Lao Sun quickly said: "Okay, let's have another meeting in half an hour to discuss it."
Hua Chuanlong and Ke Hanyu looked at each other. It didn't matter to them. Anyway, Mr. Wu cared about this the most, as people become better with age.
Just let him take the lead and solve these problems.
The crowd dispersed.
In a room.
Lao Sun, Lao He, and Lao Zhuang are communicating.
Lao Sun closed the window, then stuck his head out to see if there was no one outside, then turned back to Lao Zhuang and said:
"Lao Zhuang, I won't hide it from you. You know the current situation very well. We, this group of people, don't have guns.
Although there are many people, we can't defeat them. Besides, we also need their protection now.
What's more, Mr. Wu and the others won't treat us badly."
Lao He also came over, patted Lao Zhuang on the shoulder and said:
"Yes, if you don't care for yourself, you will be punished by heaven and earth. What's more, they have agreed to give us half of the distribution."
Lao Zhuang looked at the two people with disbelief on his face, a surge of anger surged up, and he said angrily: "The four of us were all elected as civilian representatives.
Our duty is to protect the interests of civilians, how can we stand on their side and bully our own people! You really disappoint me!
Besides, don’t you still know what kind of people they are?
Lao Liu was killed by them before, have you forgotten?
If we don't unite and work together to fight for our interests, we will be the ones who die later.
Lao Sun, Lao He!"
He was impassioned and his tone was full of hatred that iron cannot be transformed into steel.
When Lao Sun heard this, he sighed and said:
"I said, Lao Zhuang, to be honest, we were selected as representatives, isn't it because our family has a larger number of people, the remaining people are all refugees, and they are all scattered people with less than 5 people in some groups.
If you don’t think about yourself, you should also think about your family and your brothers.”
Lao He did not have such a good temper, so he directly said sarcastically:
"I say Lao Zhuang, we have all said good things, let me say it again!
Just now, Mr. Wu sent a message to us, saying that if we pay one-third of the protection fee, there are more than a dozen people in our three families, and your family will only have less than fifty people in our three families together.
Now our civilian population, after experiencing this cold climate, has gone from over a thousand people to an estimated 800 people now.
From now on, when our group enters the safe city, the protection fee is waived, and we can also enjoy 5% of the supplies provided by the remaining 750 people.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Think about it, if this happens in the future, how nourishing our lives will be."
Lao Zhuang looked at his face and felt like vomiting for a moment, and said angrily:
"I don't care what you want to do. Anyway, I don't agree with it and I would rather die.
Could it be that your conscience has been eaten by dogs, and you join forces with them to bully your own people? It is because of people like you that their gang will eat us to death."
"Lao Zhuang, don't be ungrateful."
I saw that Lao Zhuang still looked like there was no fume coming in.
Lao Sun's eyes flickered and he walked straight out the door.
five minutes later.
Behind Lao Sun came Lao Zhuang's two brothers and his son.
As soon as Lao Zhuang's brother entered the door, he said: "Brother, Brother Sun also told me just now, I think it's okay. If you don't think about yourself, you should also think about us brothers."
Lao Zhuang’s son, who is also 19 years old this year, also stepped forward and said:
"Dad, my mother is not in good health. She was undernourished these past few days. Look at her like this now. If she doesn't get supplements, I'm really worried about my mother's health..."
Lao Zhuang had anticipated this scene from the moment his brothers, sons and others entered the house. Human nature tends to be advantageous.
Even if you are not greedy, as long as you have family and people you care about, you will still have weaknesses.
For others, there is a breakthrough.
Lao Zhuang closed his eyes in pain and breathed a long sigh of relief. He did not expect that his brother and son would come to persuade him, which made him feel desperate.
Without their support, if they don't even support Lao and Zhuang's decision, then what's the point of it?
What's more, if he still stubbornly insists on his previous decision, his brother and son may have great complaints against him in the future.
Maybe the wife and children will be separated.
Lao Zhuang was like a castrated cow. After being hit hard by a hammer, he felt weak all over.
He sat slumped on the stool and said, "Oh... in that case, you decide."
Most of the time, people have no freedom.
Unless nothing matters, everyone has loopholes.
It arrived quickly in half an hour.
Mr. Wang did not leave, he simply stayed in the square and watched everyone.
When he saw Lao Zhuang's state, he felt something was wrong.
Staring closely at Lao Zhuang, Lao Sun and Lao He, he suddenly seemed to understand something.
When we were doing business in the past, it was always like this. At critical moments, we couldn't reach an agreement. It wasn't superficial. We couldn't reach an agreement at the company level. No one was so selfless.
Rather, when it comes to one's own interests, there is no consensus.
Mr. Wang murmured sarcastically: "Haha, man."
The meeting was held again.
But the atmosphere of the scene was much better. Mr. Wu spoke again:
"I discussed it with Hua Chuanlong and Ke Hanyu just now.
The reduction from the original one-half to the current one-third is our greatest sincerity.
Hua Chuanlong, Ke Hanyu and others are taking risks when they come together to guard our safe city.
There is no such thing as a wasted lunch. We are protecting the safety city and protecting your safety. If you give some appropriate sponsorship fees, there should be no problem.
Lao Sun, how's your discussion going?"
Lao Sun took Lao Wu's question and said: "We just went back and thought about it, and felt that now that the temperature is high, there will be more zombies. I saw two zombies when I was at the door yesterday.
Therefore, after internal research and discussion, we accept your allocation ratio."
When Lao Zhuang heard this, he opened his mouth, but his clothes were pulled twice.
Lao Zhuang turned around and saw that it was his son pulling him. There was prayer in his eyes.
The son looked very much like his mother. Lao Zhuang suddenly thought of his wife. He thought that his wife was indeed much older because she often went out to look for supplies and then came back with insufficient food. Now...
well.....
Lao Zhuang suddenly closed his mouth again and was speechless.
After all, he still has family.
After hearing what Lao Sun said, Mr. Wu saw that Lao Zhuang seemed to have something to say, so he asked directly: "Lao Zhuang, what do you think?"
Lao Zhuang swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said: "I...no problem."
Mr. Wang stood in the crowd, watching this scene like a bystander. He was sure that they had reached a deal in private.
But what they didn't expect was that it was unknown how many of these ordinary civilians would stay this time.
neither knows.
Hua Chuanlong laughed loudly and said: "Hahahaha, okay, then we will happily decide."
Mr. Wu also said with a smile: "Okay, we have settled the issue of distribution of sponsorship fees.
The next step is to discuss where to search for supplies next, so as to prevent everyone from searching in the same area and causing quarrels and conflicts."
Hua Chuanlong, Ke Hanyu, Lao Sun and others all fell silent for a moment after hearing this.
There are a lot of supplies and miscellaneous things outside now, and there are even some complete industrial equipment.
But is it useful to them?
Useful, but not the most useful.
For them, the most valuable thing is: food!
They once planted some crops in Safe City, but due to drought, there was no harvest.
Later, there was another heavy snowstorm, and their population was large.
There is no way it can feed so many people.
In addition, Safety City was originally converted from a residential area, and there was simply not enough space for planting.
The ones planted outside Safe City have experienced several waves of zombies and were trampled by these zombies.
Food is the biggest problem!
They searched the surrounding areas around the safe city and found a lot of food, which was then consumed.
Nowadays, there are less and less foods that can be found around, and the shelf life of these foods has passed. Although you can still eat them after they have expired, some things have turned into a piece of shit.
So, they need to look further afield.
Hua Chuanlong said: "Mr. Wu, you rarely go out to look for supplies. Maybe you don't know very well. There are less and less food available outside now."
Ke Hanyu also added: "Yes, we still have to find a way to grow some crops ourselves."
After hearing what Ke Hanyu said, Lao Sun said: "It's not like we didn't plant before. You haven't experienced that drought, haven't you? It hasn't rained for so long. People are dying of thirst, let alone the crops."
Lao He also said: "We must plant, but now everyone's food has been exhausted. I don't know whether there will be another major drought, like the one before.
Even if not, the weather is good. But by the time we plant these crops, we will all be starving to death."
When Mr. Wu heard this, he frowned.
Everyone was silent for a while.
Mr. Wang, who had been watching with cold eyes, was speechless when he heard this.
Have you only considered this issue now?
Food, food, food.
He is almost gone, but he still has some hidden near the safe city.
I can eat it for at least two months.
Thinking of this, Mr. Wang suddenly felt a sense of superiority.
However, he soon thought about how...how could he end up like this? He felt superior just because there were two months' worth of food hidden outside.
Thinking back to what his life was like a few months ago.
There are a lot of subordinates, and he can eat whatever he wants.
Up to this point, it was all done by people from Xincheng.
Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind:
Xincheng?
Safety City, no food?
The thoughts in his mind made him excited.
Since there is a conflict, he can take advantage of it. He alone cannot find trouble with the people in Xin City, but there are so many safe cities.