The parking lot is two to three hundred meters away from the entrance of Jixi Town. From time to time, you can see people getting out of their cars in the parking lot and rushing toward Jixi Town. There are also people pushing fully loaded supermarket trolleys back to the parking lot.
These are people who rush to the early market.
Generally speaking, people who live far away usually enter Jixi Town in the morning. They need to get rid of the goods in their hands, buy what they need, and then rush back home before dark.
This is just like the farmers of the past who went to the market in China. They often got up before dawn and rushed in the dark, waiting for the gate of Jixi Town to open and immediately swarm in.
Because although the gospel team received unlimited quantities of goods, their estimators were like the old court officials in a pawn shop, keeping the prices extremely low.
It’s not a large amount of goods that need to be processed. For example, a team pried open a container and filled it with a whole container of daily necessities; or this thing is generally unaffordable for ordinary people, or even if you buy it, you can’t use it.
, for example, a 50-caliber anti-machine rifle.
Apart from these relatively special circumstances, everyone still likes to engage in free trade, commonly known as street stalls.
In this regard, the gospel team does not charge entry fees, nor does it charge stall fees, nor does it charge transaction fees. These public services are completely free.
Lay people think that the gospel team is losing money and making money. What they don't know is that the greater the trade volume and the wider the trade flow, the more currency is needed.
There is only one source of money, which is issued by the gospel team. Now there are even dedicated economists in the gospel team who are calculating the ratio of circulating goods to the amount of currency to stabilize prices.
Through the price difference of commodity sales and coinage, the gospel team's current wealth is far beyond what it could have been before. In order to pile up the wealthy supplies, the Jixi Town Workshop transformed a large number of previously idle buildings into fireproof warehouses.
With abundant supplies and huge popularity, coupled with everyone's gradual understanding of the gospel team, the number of people queuing up to apply to join the gospel team is gradually increasing, and the gospel team has long since overcome the dilemma of insufficient manpower.
The most difficult part for a team is the initial start-up stage. Once the team grows, it will grow on its own.
Iger and Joanna looked at the long line of people waiting for the security check, and they continued to choose to jump in line.
Egg held the plastic organizer in his hand and led Joanna directly towards the entrance. Before they reached the checkpoint, a guard with a gun stepped forward and stopped the two of them.
This time Iger did not wait for the guard to speak. He said to the guard first: "I am Iger Lee from Ross Town. I need to see the chairman immediately."
The gun-toting guard didn't know Egg, and the names Rosetown and Egg Lee were not enough to make her relax her vigilance.
After the gun-wielding guard glanced at his companion, another male partner also came up with a gun, and the two of them escorted Egg and Joanna into Jixi Town.
In the guard room on the street inside the gate of Jixi Town, the guard politely said to Iger and Joanna, asking them to store their weapons in the guard room.
Now in Jixi Town, except for field personnel and security personnel, other personnel are not allowed to carry guns.
The guard explained that this was because there had been an extremely serious shooting incident in Jixi Town, so Chairman Andy had ordered that ordinary internal staff should not be equipped with guns.
Egger and Joanna did so, and they cooperatively took off their weapons and stored them in the cabinet.
This is the first time in half a year that Iger is bare-handed, so he is really not used to it.
The two armed guards then returned to their guard post at the gate, where they were greeted by another internal affairs receptionist.
From the little episode at the door, Iger can see that firstly, Jixi Town is very prosperous, and its prosperity exceeds his imagination; secondly, the security work in Jixi Town is very good, and the number of security personnel is sufficient, and it can be seen that
They are very conscientious and their personnel quality is obviously much higher than that of those idle guys in the past.
The third thing is that Iger and Joanna found that most of the people wearing uniforms in Jixi Town did not know them. Similarly, these newcomers in Jixi Town did not know them either.
This place was originally their home, but it has become so strange in just one month.
"Hi, Egg!"
Egger heard a passionate shout. He turned his head and saw a plump woman running over with a scream. She hugged Egger in her arms.
"Thank God, you are finally back!" Avella hugged Iger tightly, which made Ige enjoy it for a while. No, it was a little embarrassing.
After all, Iger is no longer the 10-year-old child, and excessive intimacy can easily cause some misunderstandings.
Avella finally let go of Iger, and she said to the internal affairs guide: "Leave them to me."
"Yes, sir." The internal affairs instructor saluted Avella and turned to leave.
The gospel team is no longer the gospel team it used to be. There is no round table in this world where we can always sit on equal footing.
Later, Avella enthusiastically led Iger into the Morgan Building. As for Joanna, she went shopping.
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The fourth floor of Jixi Town has been completely transformed into the chairman's office. Of course, there is only one room that really belongs to the chairman. All other places, such as the living room and so on, have been transformed into secretary offices.
After Iger followed Avella in the elevator to the fourth floor, as soon as the elevator door opened, Iger looked at these smartly dressed men and women, holding documents in their hands, and walking with wind. He felt like he had returned to the company in his previous life.
Maria formed a team of 10 secretaries, and Avila naturally held the extremely important position of secretary-general. Her main job was to handle matters with VIPs on behalf of Maria, including welcoming guests and preliminary negotiations.
; And the other secretaries are all truly extremely talented people.
This is the biggest difference between Maria and Andy.
Andy believes that balance is the most important thing in a team, but Andy is the one who holds the balance. The other people are just weights stacked at both ends of the balance. Andy needs to constantly add and subtract from both ends of the balance to achieve his goal.
Keep the scales balanced.
Maria knows how to delegate authority, and none of her secretaries work hard to obtain higher material benefits.
Andy has always believed that people live for profit, but he has not considered another possibility: there is a kind of people who really don't care about material interests.
The Evangelical Church is continuously providing talents that Mary can use. From this aspect, poor Andy can't catch up with Mary no matter how many times he exhausts himself.
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After Avella opened the door, Iger walked in, and then Avella closed the office door.
Maria was looking down at something, and she said without raising her head: "Sorry, please wait a moment."
Egger walked to her desk and stood up. He saw Maria hand-drawing a form in a notebook and filling in the form.
Maria has already missed the best age for learning. She has never learned to use a computer. For her, manual work is the most reliable.
Just take your time, there aren't many things that she needs to check manually now anyway.
Finally, Maria filled in the last data. She will add them up later. This is relatively simple. Maria can use a calculator.
After Maria put down her pen, she raised her head and found Iger smiling at her. She dropped the document in her hand in surprise, stood up and walked quickly towards Iger.
Just when Iger thought Maria would rush to him and hug him, Maria stopped a step away. She looked at Iger with relief and undisguised happiness on her face.
After Father Locke passed away, both Maria and Egg transferred part of their feelings for him to each other. Originally, the relationship between the two was neither salty nor cold, but now they are as close as blood relatives.
After Maria took Iger to sit down, she first told him about what happened on the board of directors of the gospel team.
Egger had already heard Bella talk about these things once, but when he heard Maria tell them again, Egger felt that Andy was really pitiful.
My girlfriend broke up with me.
My ex-girlfriend got involved with her right-hand subordinate.
My ex-girlfriend’s current boyfriend ran up to me and told me that my ex-girlfriend was pregnant.
His ex-girlfriend kidnapped his right-hand subordinate.
Knife critical strike.
Iger also let out a long sigh. He always felt that Andy and he were not the same person. Strictly speaking, the woodcarver in the luxurious villa was Andy's kindred spirit.
There are some people who have a strong desire for power. For them, power is everything in the world.
Therefore, the totalitarians in history often lived a stoic private life, which does not mean that they are self-disciplined, but that except for rights, nothing else interests them.
Later, Egg told Maria in detail what happened to him in the past month.
First of all, he focused on Dina. After all, Dina does not represent a person. Behind her is a very large force with unfathomable strength.
To be honest, Ige is frightened by the tip of the iceberg of the military's strength. They have the power to destroy everything, including Puduo County.
Dina said that the military does not have the concept of production personnel. The materials in the two doomsday bunkers are enough for the military to last for a long time through pure consumption.
Because there are no production personnel, except for researchers and necessary secretarial staff, everyone else is combat personnel.
It can be said that when a newcomer joins the military, the only arrangement waiting for him is to enter the combat unit.
Egger did not comment on the military's approach. After all, everyone's living environment is different. Near the military's garrison, the number of infected people is not comparable to that of Puduo County. They may be counted in the millions.
Such a huge number is just the tip of the iceberg.
The entire United States has a population of at least 400 million. Based on the 90% fatality rate of the blood epidemic, the number of infected people after the blood epidemic is 360 million. Even excluding the old, weak, sick and disabled who are unable to move, the infected people who can move around and move around are excluded
There are at least 300 million people.
Of course, America is such a large land that 300 million infected people would not take up much space if spread out. Therefore, although Iger does not advocate running around, he also feels that there is no need to fight with infected people in first-tier cities.
Deadly.
However, Egger is in awe of anyone who fights the infected. The premise is that you don’t drag me into being a strong man. Every day I open my eyes, I shoot monsters, 7 days a week, all year round, and it’s been a long time.
It would be strange if people are not crazy.
The small talk with Maria finally diluted Iger's sense of strangeness, and the feeling of home returned.
Jixi Town is where Iger grew up, and this is his natal home.
