Li Yulong and Chen Xin found a place to sit down and talk things over, preparing to have a good chat.
The place they found was a public canteen in the New Do City, which was originally one of the features of Fla Country from the last century, though it gradually fell out of use with the changing tis.
However, as the social environnt changed following the disaster, such public canteens beca popular again.
In New Do City, almost every district has one of these public canteens to provide food for the people.
Initially, the state directly distributed goods as a reward for people's labor, but as things gradually got back on track, distributing goods beca too cumberso, and so food wasn't easy to preserve. Ordinary people no longer had refrigerators at ho, and shelters had to use public kitchens...
For many reasons, the distribution of goods was canceled, and al vouchers or other tickets were issued instead, allowing people to eat at the public canteens with the vouchers.
With adjustnts in the supply of resources, the canteens could offer als that were more palatable than standard ergency food.
Originally, there weren't as many public canteens at the shelters, but when the entire city's population migrated to New Do City, every household was without a kitchen, making it a big issue for people to eat. The city governnt had to set up a large number of these public canteens to solve the eating problem for tens of thousands of people.
These canteens are all built to a unified standard, each capable of accommodating at least 500 people dining simultaneously, providing als for 3,000 people within two hours, and in New Do City, there are at least more than 30 such public canteens.
It was exactly al ti, and although it was just after work hours, many people were already queuing up to get food in the canteen.
Although Chen Xin could have gone ho to eat, since Li Yulong ca to him for help, he didn't mind taking the ti out of a al to hear what he had to say.
Li Yulong diligently went to the canteen's food counter and brought back two als. Since he was asking for a favor, there was no way he would let Chen Xin get the food himself.
After bringing the als back and sitting down, Li Yulong finally spoke to Chen Xin, "Brother Chen, you have to help ! Lately, life has been really tough!"
"Just complaining won't do any good. Tell what's been going on with you lately. If things are really bad, it's not like I can't help you!" Chen Xin didn't take Li Yulong's complaints too seriously.
From his understanding of Li Yulong, things might indeed be tough for him lately, but their family's foundation was still there, and it wasn't like they couldn't get by.
Furthermore, the state has always provided basic living support supplies to ordinary people, so even without the ability to work for food and other living materials, they wouldn't be unable to survive.
Thus, Chen Xin just prompted Li Yulong a bit and calmly watched him, waiting for him to get to the main point.
Hearing Chen Xin's words, Li Yulong knew that playing the misery card wouldn't work, so he changed to a more earnest expression and said to Chen Xin, "Brother Chen, although I exaggerated a bit, life for our family is indeed tough.
After moving to New Do City, most of our family's resources were lost, and I lost the business connections you, Brother Chen, provided for before. Although the previous help to form relationships with the city governnt and the city police departnt remains, and my dad still has a lot of connections,
our family still lost a lot of things and business, and many people who used to work with us have left. Life is indeed difficult, which is why I wanted to co to you, Brother Chen, to see if there's anything I can do."
Li Yulong finished speaking and looked at Chen Xin expectantly, hoping for a positive response.
However, after listening to Li Yulong, Chen Xin just lowered his head and remained silent for a long ti before asking Li Yulong, "So what do you want to do? If you're just looking for a job, there are openings everywhere now. I could arrange a better job for you without any problem.
But that's not what you want, is it? What about the trading market you set up before? Even after moving to New Do City, your foundation in that area should still be there, right? Starting it up again shouldn't be hard for you and your family, should it?
Tell your real intentions. If they're not excessive, it's not like I can't help you."
"You're really astute, Brother Chen!" Li Yulong hastily flattered him before explaining to Chen Xin, "The trading market I ran only had business because of your support, mainly relying on selling fruits and so goods to sustain it.
Ever since moving to Nye Do City, fruit farming hasn't been feasible, and the city governnt obviously can't allocate land for to continue farming, so the business has deteriorated significantly, and it's now basically reduced to the level of an underground market stall."
At this point, Li Yulong paused, looking quite forlorn.
The trading market he had set up, though established with Chen Xin's help and his family's legacy, was ultimately his own effort to make a career.
Although the business wasn't booming, it was gradually stable with a secure base.
But who could have imagined alien creature invasions, a complete city relocation, and Li Yulong's business foundation suddenly vanished.
Faced with such blows, Li Yulong had certainly thought about giving up, as after all, his father was still around, and past connections could still be leveraged. With proper managent, he could still make a living.
However, if Li Yulong were content to rely on his inherited capital for living, he wouldn't want to blaze his own trail.
Because of his dissatisfaction, his desire to prove himself, and the wish to establish his own career, refusing to follow the path planned by his predecessors, Li Yulong ca to seek help from Chen Xin.
Faced with Li Yulong's reasoning, Chen Xin felt a bit subtly, yet he could understand.
He'd rather ask a friend and owe a favor than seek his parents' help, simply to prove himself in front of them. Chen Xin had once experienced the sa mindset himself.
"If you want to do sothing, I do have a task, but it's very dangerous. Do you have the courage to take risks?" Chen Xin thought about a venture he was planning to undertake and offered Li Yulong an opportunity.
Confronted with Chen Xin's question, Li Yulong nodded firmly and declared, "In this world now, what doesn't involve risk? Brother Chen, just say it, as long as I can do it!"
"Alright, then co to my office tomorrow, there's sothing for you to do," Chen Xin saw that Li Yulong's attitude was quite resolute and nodded in agreent.
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