Chapter 697: Hope and the future are in our hands (please vote for the super large chapter)
A speeding bus drives on the road under the night sky.
"This road has been repaired."
Jack, who was sitting in the window seat, looked down at the road outside the window.
"yes,"
His wife Aisha also leaned over and glanced out the window, "The group has been building roads recently and has hired a lot of people. There are road closures and road repairs everywhere."
"The roads here are now better than those in Chenxi City."
Jack reached out to hold his wife's hand and smiled.
"Our place is much better than Chenxi City,"
Aisha smiled and said, "Can we live in such a cheap house in Chenxi City? Have such cheap medical care? Can Aini go to such a good school?"
She looked out the window at the brightly lit building, "Chenxi City is paradise, but it is not our paradise."
"yes."
Jack nodded slightly and stared at the slow-moving vehicles outside the window.
"Mom and Dad, look there are so many people over there."
At this moment, the little girl sitting in front suddenly turned around, pointed at the window on the other side, and shouted softly.
Jack came back to his senses and looked in the direction his daughter pointed.
I saw many people gathered together on the sidewalk over there, almost blocking the road.
At this time, the bus happened to arrive at the stop and the door opened.
But this stop is not the one they want to leave.
"that is······"
Jack was a little confused. He was sitting on the bus, sitting higher up, and could vaguely see the crowd seeming to be surrounding an important person.
"It's Mr. Wei An!"
The wife beside him suddenly shouted excitedly, then grabbed his hand, and then grabbed his daughter in the front row, "Ani, let's get out of the car."
Jack didn't react for a moment and was dragged out of the car by his wife. When he stood still on the ground in a daze, he realized what his wife said. He looked at the crowd half shocked and half surprised.
The deepest part, "Mr. Wei An?"
He has been in Kaya City for almost two years and has only seen Mr. Vian in promotional videos.
The absolute controller of the Nolanka Group, the man who has changed the fate of millions of people in Kaya City, does not seem to like to appear in front of others.
There are even rumors that he has been seriously ill in bed and will die soon.
But the young man surrounded by the crowd was confident, calm, and energetic, and did not appear to be seriously ill.
At this moment, Jack and his wife were standing at the outermost edge of the crowd. He could only stand on tiptoe to barely see through the gap between his heads and vaguely see some scenes in the inner circle.
But Jack reacted quickly. She immediately picked up her daughter, then turned on the bracelet camera and let her daughter, who was higher up, hold the bracelet.
He and his wife 'broadcast' the central scene through the bracelet's projection screen.
······
"Mr. V. V. Vian,"
At the front of the crowd, a shy girl in simple attire stopped by the roadside. She raised her bracelet and looked at He Ao with some stuttering, "Can I...can I take a photo?"
"certainly."
He Ao smiled and nodded.
It was already dark at this moment, and the bright streetlights shone on the sidewalk, mixing together the onlookers around He Ao's figure.
Seeing He Ao's smiling face, the girl walked over excitedly, stood next to He Ao, picked up the bracelet and took a photo with He Ao.
He Ao also made a somewhat funny gesture for making a phone call.
"thanks, thanks······"
After taking the photo, the girl didn't bother to look at the photo in the bracelet. Her face turned red, she thanked her a little dizzy, and then ran into the crowd in a daze under the envious eyes of the people around her.
"Mr. Wei An..."
Immediately afterwards, another young man ran over.
He Ao also smiled and took photos with him.
The brave people around me came around to take photos with He Ao.
After several people arrived in succession, He Ao raised his hand, looked at the crowd in front of him, and said with a gentle smile, "Can you give me some permission? I want to go to the North City Gate."
His voice seemed to have a magical power that infected people's hearts. After hearing his words, the crowd naturally separated, leaving a 'passage' for three people to pass, with human walls on both sides.
"Thanks."
He Ao nodded with a smile and walked along the road that people gave way to.
There were no dividing lines, and no one maintained order. The crowd almost gave way to a pair of parallel 'straight lines'.
The vast majority of people stood behind these two straight lines in tacit understanding, watching He Ao and watching He Ao move forward.
This is an invisible order. People adhere to a common tacit understanding and do not cause trouble to "Mr. Wei An" while watching.
More and more people joined these two human walls, but no one broke this tacit understanding.
As He Ao walked forward, his eyes also scanned the surrounding crowd of 'watchers'.
In fact, the crowd that gathered around him was somewhat beyond his expectation.
The Nolanka Group Building is not far from the North City Gate where Fes is now located. He Ao's original plan was to walk there directly with Danny and Lina, and take a look at the infrastructure and reform achievements of Kaya City.
But he didn't expect that he would be spotted as soon as he went out, and before he took a few steps, the crowd completely blocked the sidewalk.
It was already dark now, and most of the people gathered around were probably workers coming off the late shift, or some citizens who were out strolling around in the evening.
After the restructuring, Nolanka Group does not work overtime for the time being, but it does have night shifts, and the working hours are also eight hours, but the starting time is later and the finishing time is also later.
Most of these people who forcibly used human walls to block the road were thin and wore T-shirt suits with the emblem of the city of Nolanka Stars printed on them, or work clothes with the emblem also printed on them. These clothes are now one of the cheapest clothes in the entire Kaya City.
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Many people have minor scars on their faces and arms, and their skin is darker and older, obviously exposed to weather and sun.
Perhaps a month ago, two months ago, or half a year ago, they were just wanderers on the roadside who could freeze to death without being cared for.
Now they are standing here, having their own jobs, and after paying the rent, they can even have some money left over to buy their own things, and can live like human beings.
The sidewalks that were originally covered with homeless people's black bedding and small tents have been renovated, and the street lights are shining brightly. Even in the lanes next to the road, there are also small street lights.
He Ao's eyes swept across the crowd, and he tried his best to meet everyone's eyes.
He stared at these people, and the crowd also stared at him.
There was no cheering, no yelling.
Most people just stared at He Ao quietly, their eyes following He Ao's footsteps, and they refused to leave until He Ao's footsteps disappeared from their sight.
These people are not completely unfamiliar faces. He Ao also met Jack's family who had interacted with 'Qiao Yin' before. Their whole family has obviously gained some weight now. The little girl who was a little skinny two years ago has a different face.
Some of the meat is gone.
There weren’t many people at the beginning, so the ‘along way’ was actually not very long.
But as the news spread, more and more people came over, extending this road section after section.
They stared at He Ao and watched him leave step by step.
He Ao also moved forward step by step, but he did not complete the entire journey, but stopped more than halfway.
He lowered his head and glanced at the ground beneath his feet, then looked up at the bright streetlight above his head.
"What's wrong? Master Wei An?"
Danny behind him asked softly.
"fine."
He Ao withdrew his gaze and looked down at the ground again.
Unknowingly, he walked to the place where Wei An first met Chaos earlier that year. At that time, Wei An was eleven years old, and the equally immature Chaos was wrapped in dirty clothes and mud.
In Wei An's memory, the road was in bad condition and full of mud. The street lights were dim and in disrepair and could go out at any time.
This place is still the same now, but the road has been paved with regular sidewalk bricks, and the street lights have been replaced with brand-new and bright street lights.
So much so that He Ao almost couldn't tell the difference just now.
He then raised his head and smiled, "The road is well built."
Hearing this, Danny looked around, seemed to have remembered something, and nodded slightly.
Some people in the crowd looked down at the ground, and some seemed to be lost in memories.
There was a faint sound of sobbing.
The night wind blew through the night lights, swaying the light and mixing everyone's shadows together.
He Ao continued to move forward with Danny and Lina, following people's gaze.
This time, he quickly arrived at the North City Gate.
And because they heard that he was coming to the city gate, a large number of people had already gathered here.
And many of those who came on the way followed, and the dense crowd blocked the broad street in front of the city gate, and their heads undulated like water.
At this moment, the small gate of the North City Gate has been opened, and the Kaya City Defense Army guards are guarding the door.
He Ao walked to the city gate, turned around, and looked at the dense crowd behind him.
He knew that people were waiting for him to say something.
As 'Mr. Wei'an' made his first appearance after all the 'reforms' of the Nolanka Group, he seemed to have something to say.
And as he turned around.
The crowd became slightly commotion.
Even He Ao has faced so many people offline for the first time.
The city defense soldiers on the side promptly brought a microphone and loudspeaker and placed them in front of him.
He Ao looked at the crowd with nervous and expectant faces.
He should say something, the future development of the group, inspiring chicken soup, or the difficulties the group is encountering now, or like a repeater, take this opportunity to preach the main policies that the group is pursuing.
But in the end, thousands of words gathered in his mouth and turned into only one short sentence.
"This is our Nolanka,"
He raised his right hand high, and bright light spread into his palm, which he held tightly, "Hope and the future are in our hands."
This sentence was like a mud cow falling into the sea into the crowd, and the night seemed unusually silent at this moment.
It was so quiet that one could hear the chirping of mosquitoes on a summer night.
Immediately afterwards, someone in the crowd shouted, "Long live Mr. Wei An! Long live the Nolanka Group!"
"Long live Mr. Wei An! Long live Nolanka Group!"
Immediately afterwards, there was a response from the mountains and the tsunami.
The fanatical shouts were like vast ocean waves, and like surging thunder. All suppressed emotions broke out at this moment, were vented, and then turned into endless waves.
"Our Nolanka" itself was one of Lina's main internal slogans after Heao proposed the concept.
And He Ao's mention of this sentence in this position is not only to reiterate this concept, but also He Ao's recognition of all the achievements of the Nolanka Group's development to the present, from 'Mr. Wei'an'.
In fact, what people need is not a clear goal or a detailed plan, what they need is just a 'recognition'.
A personal admission from ‘Mr. Wei An’.
Although all the propaganda of the Nolanka Group says that "Mr. Wei'an" has shaped everything about the current Nolanka Group, Mr. Wei'an has never appeared, and there is no speech to confirm this.
Although people have actually obtained jobs from the Nolanka Group, and everything seems to be getting better, what is happening now is not under the true legal control of the Nolanka Group, and it is also the maintenance of the spiritual totem.
Mr. An's personal admission.
They are grateful to "Mr. Wei An", but they are afraid that this is just a "sweet dream" that can be awakened by speaking loudly.
Therefore, all they need is He Ao's "acknowledgment". Even if this admission is meaningless, it still makes them feel at ease.
He Ao gave this admission and put down the heavy stone hanging in their hearts.
The invisible strangeness and estrangement originally caused by 'Mr. Wei'an' not showing up for a long time disappeared as He Ao finished this journey tonight, as he met everyone's eyes, and as the mountains roared and the tsunami shouted.
Unknowingly.
He Ao turned around and walked into the opened north door amidst the commotion.
Naturally, someone will come to relieve these gathering crowds.
Lina, who was behind He Ao, glanced at the crowd that blocked the entire street from a distance and seemed to stretch to the end of the night.
All her worries finally disappeared at this moment. She smiled and followed He Ao into the north gate.
The shouts of the crowd gradually faded and faded away.
The wilderness is not directly behind the North City Gate, but there is an urn in the middle that separates the wilderness from the city.
At this moment, a middle-aged man with blond hair and a sharp face, wearing a straight officer uniform with the emblem of the city of stars printed on it, was standing at the entrance of the barbican city, waiting.
He glanced at He Ao, then at the dense and restless crowd behind the city gate, and said with a smile, "I have never seen a person with such a reputation in a city. How do you feel about it?"
"My feeling is that the road ahead is very difficult and I have to make money quickly,"
He Ao smiled and shook his head. He looked at the man in front of him, and while walking forward, he asked, "Mr. Feisi, how is the situation of the mercenary group now?"
"Compared to the last time we met, things are better,"
Feisi followed in the footsteps of He Ao and stood side by side with He Ao. "The number of miniature mechas has increased. Currently, the light mecha Cain type and the heavy mecha Abel type modified from the Adam type mecha are already in use."
The mercenary regiment has been equipped, but the number is not large, only 500 units in total."
"These mechas are very expensive to produce,"
Danny on the side said, "Currently, the entire mecha product line can only rely on investment from other businesses of the group, and you know the group's current cash flow."
"How is the combat effectiveness of the army?"
He Ao nodded slightly and looked at Faith.
"very good,"
Hearing this question, Faith's always serious face finally showed a little smile,
"Accepting your suggestion, the mercenary group has absorbed many relatives of Nolanka Group employees in the city. Most of them are the children and brothers of the group employees. Their family members have basically benefited from the group's reforms.
"These 'good men' have a strong subjective initiative to protect their current lives. Whether they are participating in training or performing tasks, they are very active. I am currently working with Danny to replace all mercenaries in stages.
Become a 'good family son'.
"But the problem now is that although our wages and benefits are very high, the recruitment of new mercenaries is not going very smoothly."
"Propaganda work inside and outside the mercenary group still needs to be done,"
He Ao glanced at Lina and said, "We must let the mercenaries understand that they are not only performing tasks, but also protecting the group and their families' work so that their families can have enough to eat. At the same time, we must also let the group's employees understand that,
Our safe trade routes and even new markets are all earned by the soldiers of the mercenary regiment."
Faith on the side glanced at He Ao, the young chairman could always surprise him.
This approach actually improves the status of the mercenary group. Only the improved status allows people to know that the Nolanka Mercenary Group is not the consortium mercenary group that brings together fugitives, homeless people, and gang members.
Only then will more good people be willing to join the mercenary group.
"OK."
Lina nodded, indicating that she understood.
In terms of publicity, He Ao believed in Lina. After receiving the response, he looked at Faith again, "Captain, are all the troops equipped with Cain-type and Abel-type mechas assembled together?"
"Most of them were put together and I assembled them into an elite commando team."
Faith replied.
"How is the individual combat ability?"
Heao asked.
"The commandos are all elite and good family members,"
Faith glanced at He Ao and said slowly,
"Facing ordinary mercenaries, with the same equipment, they can probably resist 1.5 times to twice the number of enemies.
"If you use micro mechas, you can basically defeat five to seven times the number of mercenaries with ordinary equipment in a short time. One high-energy battery can allow the mecha to be used for five minutes. Our current logistics equipment is that one mecha is equipped with three high-energy batteries.
Battery.
"But it won't work when facing war weapons above the Seraph level. The advantage of micro-mechas is their flexibility. The actual combat effectiveness is only close to that of ordinary D-level mechas. Five to six can barely deal with a Seraph-level mecha, unless
We ourselves also took out the same large mecha to participate in the battle."
"Our mechas are more suitable for combat in complex mountainous areas and narrow areas such as cities."
He Ao thought and continued to move forward.
While they were talking, several people had already passed through the Wengcheng and walked out of the outer city.
The cold wind of the silent night in the wilderness blew against their faces.
He Ao raised his head and looked at the continuous tents outside the city.
If such a large force travels through the wilderness, it will definitely be discovered whether it is taking a normal trade route or an already explored aviation route.
