Wang Haoran, who was sitting in the soft sleeper, and Mu Ziying, who was in the upper bunk, looked out the window at the slowly receding city, and then seemed to have entered a green world composed of rice fields and jungles.
This was their first time riding such a slow train.
In fact, the speed of the train in front of them was actually quite fast.
After the upgrading and reconstruction by Qingye Group, the old railway before Hongsawady not only improved the road condition, but also increased the speed to 70 to 90 kilometers per hour.
This experience, as if returning to the last century, made many migrant workers who had left their hometowns feel a little novel.
"excuse me……"
The flight attendant pushed the trolley and introduced the food to them in proficient Mandarin: "This is lunch. There is curry chicken rice, black pepper steak rice, braised pig's trotter rice, what do you need..."
"How much does it cost?" Wang Haoran asked quickly.
The flight attendant smiled and said: "You are quasi-employees, you can enjoy employee treatment, 5 gold yuan each, and a bottle of lemon tea as a gift."
"Uh... this train belongs to the company?" Wang Haoran took out a 5-yuan gold dollar from his wallet: "A black pepper steak and rice."
"A piece of curry chicken rice." Mu Ziying also took out a 5 yuan gold dollar.
The flight attendant quickly brought the still warm lunch boxes and two bottles of lemon tea to the two of them: "Thank you for your patronage. The company has many industries, and any industry with green leaves belongs to the company."
"I see, you are really good at Mandarin."
"Because I am a Kachin!" the flight attendant smiled and waved to the two of them.
Looking at the green leaf logo on the lunch box, Wang Haoran opened the lunch box. Inside was rice similar to Tianzhu Changmi, followed by a large piece of steak, plus small tomatoes and pickled cucumbers.
After taking a bite of the beef, he raised his eyebrows. The texture was very tender, and the beef was very flavorful after being grilled.
"So cheap? This should be the famous Haitian artificial beef in Southeast Asia, right?"
The people walking next door whispered to each other softly.
Wang Haoran didn't care about this. He asked for natural beef for a 5-yuan lunch box, so he was probably not just dreaming.
You know, according to the indirect exchange rate, 5 gold yuan is now equivalent to about 3.6 Chinese yuan. At this price in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, not to mention beef, you can’t even eat a box lunch.
Because the materials are relatively good, and the company has very strict requirements for the kitchen, the lunch box tastes quite good. Wang Haoran ate the lunch box in a short while and drank most of the glass bottle of lemon tea:
"Hiccup...comfortable!"
Half an hour later, the flight attendant pushed the trolley again to collect the stainless steel lunch boxes and the consumed glass bottles.
Wang Haoran randomly found a topic: "Ziying, it seems that we rarely see the use of plastic bottles and plastic lunch boxes here."
"Because the production cost is relatively low, the production cost of Hongsawadi's glass industry is the lowest in Southeast Asia and even the world, so they use a lot of glass products."
As Mu Ziying answered, she checked various websites in Hongsawady on her old smartphone.
"As for lunch boxes and plastic bags, I heard that paper boxes, paper bags, bamboo baskets, and stainless steel boxes are used instead here. Plastic bags and plastic lunch boxes are banned in Hongsawadi."
Wang Haoran joked: "This is quite environmentally friendly."
But Mu Ziying shook her head: "It's not for environmental protection, but because the oil production in Hongsawady is insufficient. The limited oil must be supplied to industrial chemicals. Therefore, we must avoid wasting oil on the production of plastic bags and fuel."
"Isn't there an oil pipeline?"
"So what if there is a pipeline? Importing oil costs money, and the pipeline is not mainly supplying Hongsawady. I guess they don't want to get stuck! I heard that the relationship between Hongsawady and America is very bad.
"
Mu Ziying thinks very realistically, which may be related to his life experience. He has no illusions about the world.
While chatting, the train passed through endless rice fields and rivers.
That night, they arrived at their work destination—Mandalay.
Although the role of geographical barriers is very small in the face of modern weapons, the Mandalay region is still the most important strategic heart of Hongsawady.
This is one of the reasons why the Homo sapiens company chose to develop its industrial base here.
More than a dozen heavy industries, including Qingye Airlines, Hongsawadi Steel, Mandalay Aluminum, Donghua Machine Tool, and Donghua Chemical, are all located in the Mandalay area.
In order to strengthen the connection between these factories, construction of a railway and highway around Mandalay was even started.
The next day, early in the morning.
Wang Haoran, who was not used to the hot weather in the south, got up from the temporary dormitory.
Since the first three months were the internship period, the company did not arrange real family-style dormitories, but temporary dormitories.
In a dormitory for two people.
After brushing his teeth and washing his face, Wang Haoran saw Mu Ziying talking on the phone with a smartphone.
Because it was pitch dark last night, neither of them took a good look at their surroundings. Now they can finally take a closer look at their surroundings.
To the south of the temporary dormitory is a large bare rice field, to the north is a road, and across the road is a small town.
Wu Fei, who is responsible for managing new employees, called together the 27 new employees. These 27 people were all intern employees assigned to Qingye Airlines.
"Hello, I am Wu Fei, the administrator of Nantian Dormitory. This is my business card. If you encounter anything in the dormitory or outside, please call me."
Taking the business card, Wang Haoran glanced at it. Wu Fei's name was written on it in Chinese, English and Burmese, as well as his phone number, email address and leaf number (similar to WeChat ID).
"You can add my Yemai account and I will add you to the group. This is an internal requirement of the company." Wu Fei continued:
"Now let me tell you a few important things. First, if you have anything, you can report it to me or your boss. If I can help you solve it, the company will not just sit idly by. Don't feel troublesome. The company is your home."
Everyone was a little disapproving, after all, they had heard this kind of slogan too many times.
"Second, you can arrange your daily life by yourself, but don't mention your work to anyone outside the company. I don't think you want to be fired from the company for leaking secrets, right?"
"Third, you should keep your employee card well. This thing is more important than your passport. Not only can you enjoy internal discounts, but if you need anything, you can directly use your employee card to go to the surrounding internal security stations, and they will also help."
Everyone carefully looked at the employee card in their hands. This card was designed to be similar to a bank card. On the front was a photo, name, job title and a series of numbers. On the back was a double helix gene sequence pattern similar to a gold dollar.
"The last thing is to come with me and go eat now."
Suddenly everyone started laughing.
Wang Haoran discovered that the canteen was not in the dormitory but in the town.
Wu Fei, who was in the front, explained to them: "The whole town is made up of people from the company. They include farm workers from agricultural cooperatives, supermarkets and banks, and restaurants."
Are the entire town people from the company? They have long heard about the tyranny of Qingye Group in Hongsawady, but Wang Haoran and others were still very surprised when they heard about this situation.
Walking into the Nantian Farm Restaurant in Nantian Town, Wu Fei introduced them to them:
"There are 4 restaurants in Nantian Town. You can eat at any of them. If you feel that the food is not delicious, or there is something wrong with the food, or the waiter has a bad attitude, you can complain on Yemai. Don't feel embarrassed. This is the company's encouragement.
Yes, as long as the complaint is well-founded, the company will award points."
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